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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-09

THERE WAS EARLY PREPAREDNESS
Significance of PreWar Activities Was Not Fully GraPed by
the Public.
IA Il
Bv DAVID F. HOUSTON
Secretary OF Agriculture.

and formulated n plan To make An IN
vcntnry OF In" cmuntryS producing anu
manufacturing resources. The h"uG"'
and purposes at these Nv" bodies "fTa
brought Ia the attention ~ the tres''
dent and their consideration rcsuhGn III
recommendations for III" creation OF INC
Council Of National Defense.
Thus. i number Of months before the
war was Declared agencies had h""h
created covering. At least III outline
many of III" essential now tac!lrit'c'
Seven OF these Of peculiar Importance
had begun Ia find themselves and to
chart. their course. "" refer |" the
shipping board. III" aviation. IN" fncu'-
cal the manufacturing. tn" tranSp"rta-
ton. the munitions. and the labor conf
mittecs.
When war came these bodies greatly
SpCcdcd up this work. pthcrS were
created. among them tho food admins
iratiun. the fuel administration. thr "hr
trade council thu war trade board ana
the war industries board in addition IL
these agencies which have since been
organized.
The ashamed ls OF unique Impor-
tnncc and yet its work is lItti" nnder-
stood. lis members are the direct repre-
scntativcs OF the government and Of 'ne
public interest. Tho tasks of the ooarn
are stupcndous. II acts as a clearing
house fer the war industries nccdS OIL
thc government, determines the most ci'
fecrive WAYS of meeting them. the VaS'
means Of Increasing production-incino-
ing the creation Of new faclities-tho
nriority Of public needs. and also VI
transportation.
II considers price factors. the laocf
aspects of industrial oporatlcns large
Durrhasr. OF commodities where market
values arc greatly affected, and maKrH
anpropriate recommendations IN the sec
rctaries Of war and navy. Therr are
divisions in charge OF prloriti"S. or ra"
materials and OF finished goods.
These three constitute n commission
for the approval Of purchases III 'n!S
country BY the allies from credits maze
through the secretary OF the treasury
We need only refer 10 the items OF tRe
concentrations for supplies. ordnance
and other things. 10 be impressed WI"
rho magnitude of the boards task us
machinery even yet is not perfect Dull
il is working. and We are sure tha' no
stop will be omitted to make II as nearly
adequate as possible. =.
II n hc,trr scheme can b. DEVISED u
should he promptly adopted. II Is on
yiouslr Of the highest Importance TIA
tho resources Of the nation. maze a'HI''
nhlc nv Congress, should br admins
,ornJ With the utmost skill and effect
ivcneSs
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-09

Steps toward preparedness in respect
/" several highly essential interests
were taken before war was declared.
Their Significance was not Erasp"d II!
the public at the time. For the most
part they have bern overlooked
Pursuant 10 an act Of Congress or
March g. 1915. two years before the
war thu President appointed the ma
tlonal advisory committee Of aer"naul :
les. composed of the eminent students "
the subject.
In connection with tho work of this
committee and in part through It's la6ors
has been developed our enormous AVA
ton program and expansion. Likewise
during tho summer of 1915 the secretary
of the navy organized the admirable
naval consulting board, with Edison as
chairman and two representatives
elected by each OF the eleven great en-
gineering and scientific societies.
furthermore. on September 1. 1916.
after a long and unfortunate delaa
caused r yunintelligcnt opposition. the
shipping act was passed. creating
board with large powers and appropr'a'-
inr $4,000 900 for the construction.
purchase charter and operation or meF-
chant vessels suitable for naval aux
iliarics in time OF war. This was inc
beginning Of the present huge snip
building program. the speedy execution
of which is now Of paramount impor-
tance.
But that is not all in the way Of early
preparedness. On August 20. 1916 tn
Council OF National Defense. consisting
OF six heads OF departments and OF an
advisory commission OF seven nomi-
mated by the council and appointed nS
the President was created.
The council was charged with tho
duty Of mobilizlnE military and naval
resources studying the location, ucliza-
ton and cooperation Of railroads: water
WAYS and highways methods Tor IN
rrensins domestic production for civil
and military purposes. creation Of rela.
tions which would render possible the
Immediate concentration OF national re-
sources.
The creation Of the Council OF Ma
,ional Defense was not the result OF suo-
den inspiration. Ii was directly sus'
pcsted by the activities or two very I'M
por,ant groups Of individuals.
In March. 1915, a committee from the
five great medical and surgical as'ocia-
lions. having an aggregate membership
NJ from 7n,noN to 100. 0ne was inrmeu.
II met in Chicago on April. -. 1915. ana
rendered to the President the services OF
the medical men OF the nation.
In March also, representatives of I'VE
engineering organizations. win nne"
bership Of $4,000. met In New YORK
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-09

years that these taxes were in opera
ton the government realized $1,"th'-
800 tnn ar about Unc-rghth of the
amount which must bc raised by inter
nal taxation during The coming fiscal
year if the budget expenses nf tn" next
,wclv" months Of tho present war ar"
q be met.
II will be remembered that when Sec
rotary Chase attempted 10 lower IN"
rate Of interest on ono OF the great
Civil War loans. II was not until after
tho rntc had her substantially in
creased that n sale for tho bonds was
found. The result during the Spanish
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-09
Rowe. Arthur W. Reynolds. Myro

Rowe, Arthur W. Reynolds. Myroi L.
AShcraft. Charles r. Coleman.
Attached to l52nd infantry j.
Smart. John II. Srholi"ld. Charles q.
SaInucls Wilbur 4. t'hdc Leonard II.
vnSIrricr. 0rrn X. Marquis. Ru"l II.
{ ain. John &. Long. Herman PuEh.
Thomas r. Palfrey. James y. Henry.
Assigned to 1l@th Ammunition Train--.
Luther r. Robinson.
Attached TO ll%th Ammunition Train
Samoan X. RrIderrs. Herbert W. Frcund.
amp Exchange Section. Camp
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-09

Secretary Of the Navy Daniels Oh
t.r.d a reward Of $1,000 for information
of IN. location OF submarine base on
,., atlantic coast, and q newspaper ed
ter in Halifax has "nerrd q reward OF
s,.n00 for; information concerning ina
location Of Il submarine base on tho
roast OF Nova Scotia Daniels was once
an e.lii,lr. but not in tho Halifax class,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-09

Observation-Disclosures \. Younger. Peter
J. ,'ramcr Edwin 4. Bird. Robert +.
bt'uGhrrty.
To Provost i;uard Company. infantry
-- l..v t. AidrilE". DrlIc T.. ll"rshmnn
Edmond l.. C;n"riitZ Stanley j.. Allen,
To Development observation-disclosures T.
sutton Charles +. Brown. Harry h Law.
son. l.. !. Stephenson. Crei R C0lbcr
lanes X. Thompson.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-09
A aood word for Practice

I,'s a rather difficult word 10 say. but
nov is ronr too carly tn rrartIr" on
.oasisIcsS.' h.raus" that IS what III"
country. is golnx To h" after July l. I"'''
detroit News.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-09

No matter what YOU want. II vii
save you time and money 10 use Intelli'
gcnccr WANT ADS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27
LYMAN HOWE AGAIN.

Old Jim Hatch states positively that
Lyman Howe will be here again a
week from tonight with his travel
ogue moving picture. The Howe pic
ture shows Uncle Sans war work
and then jumps to Alaska and the gla-
ciers. Salmon leap waterfalls in or
der to reach headwaters, and other
Alaskan scenes are pictured. A
thrill comes when a man and woman
capture mountain lion in the North
west wilds. This is cry exciting. A
trip through China "The Forbidden
Land" follows. This picture took 5
years to make but only few minutes
to run through the machine. 1t is
described as very interesting. Along
at The end as spice comes a Lyman
Howe comedy with the familiar car
toons and thrillers. Coney Island is
the place. Animal caricatures and
novelties are in+erspersed throughout
the show Lyman Howe at Hatchs
next Wednesday night
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27
ALIENS MUST REPORT
CHANGE OF ADDRESS,

A recent ruling of the government
is that all alien enemies must report
promptly any change Of location. AL
len enemies desiring to change their
address may only do so by obtaining
a permit from their registration off
Ger. Aliens having changed their ad-
dress must also report. Changes must
not be made without authority. If
the permit is denied the alien has the
right of appeal. Registration officers
are expected to know the location of
their registrants at all times. Aliens
moving about without permit may
set into restricted areas and be ar
rested.
The government has asked this
paper to give this matter publicity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27
REAL ESTATE DEALS
DEALS IN DIRT FILED WITH THE
COUNTY RECORDER DURING
THE PAST SEVEN DAYS.

Anton Koenig and wife to Herman
Wagner, lots in Dickeyville, cons.
$3,45O.
Benjamin suer and wife to Thos.
Vincent, lots in Lancaster, cons.
$3.50.
Louis R. Neuroth and wife to An
ma H. Dale, las acres more or less in
town of Wingville, cons. $3.50.
Thomas H. Hannah and wife to
Wesley Holmes, lots in Livingston,
cons. $4,000.
Edward Heathcoate and wife, Wal
ter j. HeathcOate and wife to Emil
Rojik, 194.45 acres more or less in
town of Clifton, cons. $20,625.
Lanessa M. Young to Albert Bran
demuhl, land in Lancaster, cons.
$4,000.
James ]. Hudson and wife to W.
G. Livingston, lot in Livingston, cons.
$176.6O.
Henry Stuer TO Jno. Lonergon, lot
in British Hollow, cons. $3.50.
Leo Heiliger and wife to Robert
Bailie, land in Lancaster, cons $4,250.
Louis COrdts and wife to Frank
NeckVatal, 40 acres more or less in
town Of Clifton, cons. $1,000.
J. e. DOnnell and wife, VIM. Mar
shall and wife, Geo. F. He'll, 80 &C
res more or less in town Of Hazel
Green, cons. $500.
Anton Helbing and wife to John
Merning, acres more or less in town
of Paris, cons. $500.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27
STATE HIGHWAY WORK
HENRY MINK DISCUSSES FEAT
URE OF NEW ROAD SYSTEM
OTHER ARTICLES FOLLOW.

Work under the State Highway Act
will begin this spring as soon as the
weather permits Many inquiries are
being made as to what this new high
way law means and especially as to
what is to be done in this county.
The purpose of these articles is to in
form the public briefly of what they
may expect.
Broadly speaking, i'll the period end
ing July 1921, there will be allotted
10 this county for construction on
the State Trunk Highways the sum OF
$134,000.00. Of this the federal gov
eminent will furnish One-third, the
state che third when will come from
the automobile license fund, the Ii
cense fee being raised to $40, and one
third from the county, out of tax to
be levied by the county board The
county board may provide that not to
exceed so per cent of the cOunty's
share of the cost shall be assessed as
a special benefit against any town,
village or city, provided that the
amount thus assessed shall not ex-
coed $1,000 per mile Of road construc-
ton.
1t is not necessary under the act
that construction shall be done in eV-
cry county every year. However, it
is provided that on or before June
80, 1921 each county which provides
it's one-third of the construction fund
must have had expended in it for con-
struction, or have allotted to it to be
expended, the federal and state aid
which it is entitled to under the act.
The states share of the construc-
ton fund, the maintenance fund I'M
der the trunk highway act, the fund
for the road marking, engineering
services and administration will come
from the motor license fund. Hence
the only direct tax on the county will
be for it's one-third of the cost Of con
struction. Under the State Aid Law
the county pays up to two-thirds.
The construction work is under the
direct supervision Of the state and
will necessarily proceed slowly along
the line of building the worst spots
from year to year. All construction
projects must be submitted to the fed
eral government for their approval.
The next article will discuss main
tenance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27
VOTE FOR LENROOT!
TUESDAYS ELECTION SHOULD BE
ATTENDED BY ALL PATRIOTIC
CITIZENS.-LOYALTY KEYNOTE

Next Tuesday, April End is cleo
ton day and every patriotic citizen
should exercise the franchise.
Go to the polls and vote. While
from the standpoint of loyalty there
is little choice between Mr.. LenroOt
and Mr. Davies this paper believes
Lenroot to be the winning candidate
Opposed to both men is Berger, the
Socialist. Berger is opposed to ev-
erything this country is fighting for
in this war. AS a result the loyal vote
will be divided between LenrOOt AM
Davies with Berger catching the
"agin" vote.
The Herald has positively no i'll
feeling toward Mr. Davies-believes
him a loyal man and good citizen
Under the circumstances, however, it
seems necessary for all loyal people
to cast their ballots for the man most
likely to win. This man is Lenroot
Vote for Lenroot, Tuesday. Vote
your support of the president and vote
your denunciation of the SANDER on
Wisconsin extending from coast 20
coast and gulf to lakes as "The Trait
or State" Berlin will shout with glee
over a pro-Gsrman victory in Wiscon-
sin. Vote that smile away. Vote for
the boys on the battle lines.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27
THE FISHING LAWS
REGULATIONS FOR DEVOTEES OF
STILL AND GAME FISHING
SEASON OPENS SOON.

Chapter 1928, law of 1917, opened
hook and line fishing in the state of
Wisconsin on May 1, 1917 This chap
ter also provides that this commits
sion may issue an order opening the
season on the same date, i. e. May 1,
1918, if the conditions as to scarcity
and high prices for food stuffs prevail
in 1918.
Under date of March 1, 1918, this
commission took the following ac-
ton:
l. In addition to the open season
provided by law any person who is a
resident Of the state of Wisconsin
may catch fish except large and small
mouth black bass, muskelIunge and
sturgeon, from any of the waters of
this state by means of hook and line
from May 1, 1918 to May 20, 1918, both
inclusive, subject to the following re-
strictions:
A. The quantity of fish to be TAX
en- shall not exceed in any one day
ten pounds round, except that two fish
of any weight above legal size may be
so taken.
B. No fish taken under the provi-
sions of this act shall be shipped,
sold or caused to be shipped, sold or
bartered.
G. No fish shall be taken by any
method, by any means, or under any
condition, or of a length now pro-
hibited by law for taking, killing or
capturing of fish during the open
season therefor.
D. Violations of the provisions of
this act shall be punished in the man
ner now provided by law for like Of
lenses"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27
BOSCOBEL BOYS SIGN
UP FOR FARM LABOR.

Many high school boys have vol
unteered their willingness to help in
food production this summer They
will be ready for work April 18th.
Some already have work; others are
waiting for offers from the farmers.
If you wish to hire a boy write or tel
ephone U. J. Norgaard of the high
school. Following are those who have
volunteered: Paul Orchard, Fred
Byers, Donald Davis, Alan Harrington,
Will Grimesey, Orville Hoffland, E.
Hulsether, H. Mathews, Henry Mon
roe, Rob Nugent, Lewis Olson, Rob
Ostrander, Ronald Ransom, Orville
Rice, John Sanderson, Kenneth Slit
ger, Laverne Walker, Alfred Moriva,
Willard Walton, Clifford Remington,
Harry Scheinpfug. Others are wait
ing the call.-Boscobel Dial-Enter-
prise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27
DAUBPICTuREY YELLOW
INDIGNANT CITIZENS BRAND So
CIALIST BILLBOARD IN PROPER
MANNER REGRET SHOWN.

An artistic job Of painting may be
seen on the biIlboards opposite the
Wright house. There the three big
bills advertising the candidacy of
Victor Berger, the Socialist candidate
for senator, have been painted bright
yellow. The lettering and features of
the American BOlshevik are complete
ly obscured as well as his outrageous
platform which is an insult to the pat
riotic people of every community
where the bills were put up.
The billboard is said to belong to
a man in Lafayette county and the
bills were put up during the night
some time before primary Other
boards in the county bear the same po-
litical advertising.
Just why this unknown should be
allowed to plaster these bills in the
face of the people who have sons and
relatives fighting in France, is be-
yOnd comprehension.
Berger received 46 votes in Grant
county primary and three in Lancas-
ter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27
KAISER TO GET HIS
LEROY DURNI In FRANCE SAYS
ALLIES WILL WINS NOW
LEARNING FRENCH.
Somew' ere il France.

NOb1CW III l. CSlICC'
Dear Mother and ALL
AS | have a little time I VIII drop
you line to let you know [ am ready
to go back to duty. | DO not know
where | will go from hcle but will
have a nice ride on q French train.
If you get chance read cover the
Top" | would like to have you read
it as it is very interesting and tells
all about the way older lives.
have had nice time here in the hos
pital. | have a lite French girl that
| have adopted as my little French
sister. She is nine years old and is
teaching me French. | surely enjoy
it. You picture me sitting beside a
stone and plaster house with a little
French girl. She pronounces my
name just right When she writes 1t
she adds an "e' to it. Well | don't
suppose this sort of dope will inter
est you, but you see there are so
many things l can't tell you, the
dandy times I have etc, it would
take too much paper. I have not had
a pass, not even for five minutes, but
it doesn't worry me. When I get
home it will be a pass forever and
we will have a good old time, won't
we? It will probably will be quite a
while before we get home, but just
be patient, mother. l will try and
write often but sometimes [ will not
be able to write and when | do one
might get lost Oh. it's long trip to
the thousands of miles-and
would be quite walk Now | am not
one bit hOmesick like you would think
l would be. l don't think any of the
boys are, as at least they don't show
it. Some of the engineers are here.
[ am glad I am in such a grand bunch
of men. We are all ready to do our
bit and we can do it you bet if it will
help win the war. I have never seen
a fellow that / knew since l left Chi
cago except Bill Rigdon. Tell me
where he is.
Well mother trust you will give
my very best regards to everyone at
home and take good care of yourself.
Now I will go out and talk to my little
French sister l have told her about
all of you and my little sister at home.
1t is so much fun to be with the little
children. 1t is like coming home.
How many Lancaster boys are over
here now? We are more than ten
million strong so don't worry, there
will be no more Germany when Uncle
Sam pushes the right button Believe
me there is not even half chance for
Kaiser Bill. Love to all.
LIE Roy D. Durni,
Co. A, % Reg. U. S. Engineers,
A. E. F. via New York.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27
LOTTMENT PLAN
NEXT LIBERTY LOAN BE DIVIDED
ON FAIR AND IMPARTIAL BASIS.
SOLICITORS MEET FRIDAY.

The allotment plan will be used in
the Third Liberty Loan Campaign in
Grant county, and in most counties
of the state. The plan, which is
known as the "Winnebago Plan," calls
for the card indexing of the taxpayers
of the county, the cards containing
the taxpayers net worth as far as it
is able to determine, and the amount
of Liberty Bonds purchased in the
first and second loan, together with
the fair allotment of the Third Loan.
This is computed on the basis of the
county's allotment, and offers the on
~ fair and systematic way of going
about securing subscriptions. Each
solicitor will be provided with cards,
the duplicates of which will be on
file with the county chairman.
The immense amount of clerica
work necessary to inaugurating this
plan, is being furnished by the wo-
mans Liberty Loan Committee. When
this plan was suggested to Grant
county the only drawback against
adopting it was the mass of detail
work involved. That problem was
quickly solved by the County Chair
man for Women. A dozen or more
loyal Lancaster women and girls and
a number Of high school students were
enlisted and been busily engaged at
the task in Judge GoodselPs court
room for several days.
The work is such that anyone able
to write good legible hand may do
and as it is not nearly finished, and
there is the utmost need for haste
additional volunteers will be appreci-
ated. No formalities are necessary,
merely call at Judge GoodselIs court
room any day between nine and five
and ask to be put to work.
A call for joint convention Of all
the men and women Liberty Loan
Chairmen of Grant county was sent
out last week by G. H. Baxter, Chair
man for men, and Mrs. David erich
ton, Chairman for Women, for Fri
day. A man and woman chairman
from each city, village and township
is expected. If all the chairmen are
able to be present, they will number
almost hundred.