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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-11
Air Program Disappointing Drastic Reorganization Recommended

money. The three remaining types stu
left are now in course Of manufacture.
The largest and most powerful Hand.
ley Page bombing machine, the com-
mi.tec stated, is to be driven by two
Liberty motors and carry Six. men
eight machine guns and heavy load
Of bombs.
The history OF negotiations for the
adoption and manufacture Of this plane
afford remarkable illustration OF pro
crastlnaton and indccision too long 70
recite," the report said =
Designs Of this plane which had been
used with marked success by the Brit
ish. were offered to our OFFICIALS a
early as May. 1917. The signal corps
finally decided upon manufacture OF .
number Of parts about january 1. 1913.
(Contnued on PAGS 3A)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-11
WONDERFUL WORK
BEING ACCOMPLISHED
Mems Committees Hard at
Their Patriotic Task and
Getting Results.

The Women's Liberty loan committee
reported sl03."5Oi as the result of their
work for yesterday, being their sum to-
tai for three days in the neighborhood
of SS50.OOo with many reports still oGe
and some as yet not in tahulated form.
The ladies worked hard and came In
promptly with their results. literally
swanping the ladies' headquarters with
the tiny square blanks signed by tho
prospective purchasers Of Liberty bonds.
This is truly their work and it seems
that they are adapted to it and have
taken it up with vim and push that
cannot be surpassed.
Mems headquarters has been hamper
ed in getting their work in tahulated
form as the blanks are not on hand at
the banks and hence the report Is be-
Ing held. \ fire near the plant printing
the blanks is partly to blame for the
blanks not being in the hands of the
bankers. But it is known that the men
are doing good work and when their re-
port sees print ii will wake up many
people. so great will be the figures.
The following is the list Of the ladies
organizations and their totals for the
,oet davS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-11
MauR1cE's STATEMENT.

LONDON, April lo.-"on the Mes
sines front tho enemy's attack to-day
was repu1sed" Major General T. B.
Maurice, CHIEF director OF military
operations at the war once, announced
this afternoon.
"The enemy mas obtained no footing
Oh the high ground anywhere"
"-he German gains to-day" con-
ttaued General Maurice, ain conjunc-
tion with the results Of MS attacks
yesterday, have placed Arnentieres in
IN awkward salient"
"Arracnttere5," General Maurice
won't on, "5 now little moro than q
heap Of ruins and Its loss would mot
be a vital matter. It Is not lost yet,
and We hope 1t will not be, but it
may be-"
The Germans CAPTURED a consider
able part Of Ploegsteert wood, Gen-
eral Maurice said.
In thu fighting yesterday the
encmy advanced In the center to a
depth Of S SEQ yards" said General
Maurice. "1t IS quite certain we lost
some guns In an advance Of such q
depth considerable Portuguese artn-
CONTINUED on Page Twelve)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-11
british RESIST WITH HER0|S|A
ANASSED At TACkS Of GERMANS;
GAINS MADE BUT LINE UNBROKEN
Evacuation of Armenteres and Loss Of the Important Rail-
road Base of Bethune Threatened british Take
1000 Prisoners in Counter Attack.

around Chauny, the village changing
hands many times. At last aecounts
the French not alone held tho village,
but alSo the nearby cemetery.
Tie German submarine mc--acc evil
IDENTIFY = growing less each week. Ao-
cording TO thc British admiralty S
statement the sinktngs Of British
merchantmen last week by mine o.
submarine consisted Of four Of moro
than l,6oo tons, and two Of less than
1000 tors. The total OF the previous
week was SIX merchantmen OF the
larger category and seven under that
tonnage.
Only two French nerchantmen were
sent to the bottom during the week
ending April s.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-11
WEATHER FORECAST.

Western Pennsylvan1a-Fair Thursday
and Friday.
Wcst Virginin-Partly cloudy Thurs
day and Friday, warmer Friday.
Oh1o-Clearlag In early morning On
Thursday; Friday fair and warmer.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-11
other Organizations.
Syrians and Greeks working.

Syr1ans and Greeks Working.
Charles Amicn OF the Syriur. commit
tee. reported $3.50 In subscriptions yes
tcrday and said that he had SoTlc six
thousand dollars to report later.
, Pete Cararasios Of the Greek commit
tee, is also doing some good work and
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-11
AMERICANS WOUNDED.

LONDON, Ap-u 1o.--During tho "re-
cent lighting and retirement on tho
western 'front.'" rays an ofdcia1 state
meut issued this evening. by tho war
ONCE, a. surgical team which very
generously had been sent to one OF
oux casualty clearing stations by
Philadelphia hospital, was heavily
bombed and two officers and one nurse
we're wounded"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-11
EAIG'S STATEMENT.

LONDON, April Notwithstanding
their powerful attacks in the north :
eru part OF the British Limo, the Ger
mcns continued to gain ground to-
day. The official report from Field
Marshal Eaig says that tho British
troops were forced back to the line OF
Wytschaete, Messiues ridge and Ploeg-
steert. Tho text Of the statement
reads:
Following upon the bombardmens
already reported, the enemy this
morning launched fresh attack III
strength against our positions be-
tween the Lys river and Arrlentieres
and the Yprcs-Cominos canal. Heavy
bgL inq has been taking place In this
sector throughout tho day, as well as
on tie whole front Of yesterdays at
tack, north Of LaBassec canal.
North Of Armentieres the weight
Of the ene1nY's assaults pressed out
troops back to the line Wytschaete-
Messines ridge and Floegsteert."
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-11
AMERICANS REACH THE BATTLE LINE
ritish Fighting Front Amid Chorus of Cheers From
Sammies Swing Into the British

&c sS
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CONTINUED on PACS xA)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-11
The Kser Get Your Dollars You Don't Beat By Liberty BOND

Fair Thursday and Friday
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
FARM and GROVE:
Agricultural News Service
Exseas;on Division u. Of F.
(oT University of Flogida.)
THE LABOR SHORTAGE
Suggestions to Relieve It Are
Given

Labor conditions over the state
arc getting IN a critical condition,
says j. @. Traxler, farm special
list, working comparatively with
the extension division. He be-
lieves that the farmers will have
to apply very much their own
remedies as the condition is very
general over the entire country.
One remedy he suggests is
thriugh organized efforts to create
public sentiment favoring the
work or fight order and by the
sheriff issuing instructions to his
deputies to rigidly enforce the va
grancy laws A notice posted by
the sheriff in all conspicuous
places over the county, giving
warning of his intentions of so do
ing has been a great help in some
sections of the country.
Another method is for each
farmer who has registered in this
last draft to carefully fill out his
QUESTIONABLE, showing his occu-
patton or EMPLOYMENT so that the
local exemption board can intelli-
gently determine whether or not
he should be placed in deferred
classification as necessary farm
manager, assistant manager labor
er, etc. If the necessary farm la
borers will see that they are prop
erly classified according to rule II
of the revised selective service
regulations there will likely re-
main on the farms sufficient labor
to insure a good supply of farm
products for the next year, but
should many of the necessary help
be taken through Glass more Sc
riius circumstances will result.
Provost Marshal General Crow
der has ruled that the one-horse
farmers are not to be placed in de-
ferred classification on account of
being engaged in a necessary in
dustry unless they are producing
more than is used for the mainte-
nance of those living OH the place.
It is most impossible for one
horse farmer to comply with this
requisite and many of them who
are anticipating deferred classif-
cation are likely to be placed in
Glass /.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
Dancing academies -

Dancing academies all en-
.ployes.
Fruit stands-all employees.
Garages-all employees, EXCEPT
mechanics.
Hotels and restaurants-W Wait
ers, porters, SO per cent cooks.
House servants.
Janitors of buildings.
Junk dealers and all employees.
Livery and sales stables-aIl
employees.
Mercantile establiS h m ents-
more than sufficient drivers to
make one delivery a day, no spec
ial deliveries permitted. Book
keepers, cashiers and solicitors
More than so per cent clerks.
Shooting galleries-proprietors
and employees.
Soft drink establishments-all
employees.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
FLORIDA'S GREATEST SHOW
Will Include Exhibits of the
States War Work

The many twin the war" ac-
tivities to which the peipIe of
Florida have, in common with
those throughout the nation, given
literally of their time, more liber-
ally of their money and both with
all the enthusiasm of which they
areocapable, will be interestingly
illustrated and impressively DEM
ionstrated in the joint exhibit
which is assured for the Florida
State Fair and Exposition, in
Jacksonville, in the coming fall.
Such an exhibit, made in con-
Junction with the highly instruct
i've display of war implements and
equipment, which the United
States government will make at
the Florida State Fair, will be
made by the various war activi-
ties organizations of the state to
whose executive heads Secretary
Hanafourde, Of the State Fair AS
ISOLATION, has recently addressed
ia letter suggesting to them that
the U, S. government desires that
fairs in all communities shall have
exhibits along this line of work,
and extending to such organiza-
ton the abundant facilities of the
Florida State Fair and EXPOSE
ton. 1t was suggested that the
heads of every war-work organi-
cation in Florida call meetings of
their representative bodies and
name a committee on State Fair
Exhibit to arrange for the pro-
posed joint exhibit at the Fair.
which" wrote Secretary Hama
fourde, "would prove of interest
to the citizens Of Florida and
would inform them of what is
really being done to help win the
war;" "This exhibit, he further
suggested, should be made in
one location under some distinct
title, such as An Acre of War
or FLORIDA In the War. = How
well the suggestion has been re-
ceived is indicated in the cordial
approval of Federal Fuel Admin
lstrator Arthur Z. Williams,
Judge j. F. Griggs, Director Of
the Florida War Savings Commit,
tee, and l.. w. Josselyn, librarian
OF the Camp Johnston Library
which is included in the Ameri7
can Library Association, as well
as OF the Departments of War and
OF Agriculture at Washington.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
Storing Sweet Potatoes

The annual loss in Florida and
the South by not taking proper
care OF sweet potatoes runs into
millions Of dollars. The increas-
ed production of this important
Iood crop in the last six years has
Deen ~ per cent, and there has
oeen more of them saved by fol-
lowing instructions provided by
the Y. s. Department of Agricui-
ture. Information about taking
care OF them is found in Farmers
bulletin $40, entitled "Sweet ,Po-
tato Storage" copies of which
can be had free, with plans for
storage houses, by writing to E. %.
Atkinson, State Experiment Sta.
ton, Gainesville, or R. G. Hill
Connally Building, Atlanta. Ga
lhey represent the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. 4 !;
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
If we are the
same stuff, let
US proUe it.
Let us get
into the fight
as they do--to
the limit
for Victory!

list those non-war industries in
its community which will first be
called upon to contribute men to
war work.
This does not mean that such
industries will be compelled to
close up or discharge their male
employees at once, but that with
as much fairness as is possible and
with as much speed as may be
necessary to meet the national
emergency, they will release male
workers. y
The DeSoto county community
labor board at a meeting held
Sept. 30th prepared list of oc-
equations which it will consider
non-essential. The list follows:
Observation-Disclosures of pleas
ure cars.
Automobile cleaning and de-
llverlng cars to owners.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ticket sell
lers, collectors.
Barber shop attendants, not in
Guiding BARRIERS.
Bellboys over Is years of AGE.
Bowling alley employees and
proprietors.
Billiard and poolroom employ
es and proprietors.
Bottlers and bottle supplies.
proprietors and employees.
Cigar dealers, clerks and at.
tendantS.
Candy dealers, all employees.
. Chauffeurs of public automo-
blles except those operating only
to Camp Dorr and CarIstrom
Fields. = :
Clearers and dyers-all EN-.
ployes.
Confectioners and delicatessa,,
establlshments-all employees ex.
cept one manager.
Contractors Unskilled M
ployes not engaged in the erection
Of structures for war work This
shall not include buildings IS ner
cent completed.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
CHOLERA TREATED FREE
BY State and Federal Veterina.
rians

This is the season of the year
when hog cholera is most preva-
lent. Hog raiscrs should report
the first evidence Of disease to DR..
II. w. Wilmer, Bradentown, or to
the State Live Stock Sanitary
Board in Tallahassee, who will
send state or federal representa-
tive to take charge Of the work.
The prompt cooperation Of the
farmers is a patriotic duty. 1t
will reduce hog losses to a mini
mum and will make hog raising
$50 essential in war times) one of
our safest industries.
During the month of July, the
state, federal and practicing vet
erinarians vaccinated $500 hogs.
While this is a good report, this
number should be more than
dubbed for the month of Octo-
Der.
The service of the state and fed
eral veterinarians is free the on
" cost to the farmers for having
their herds treated is for the Sc
rum; or for serum and virus,
which may be purchased at nom
inal price.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
WAGES OF FRUIT PICKERs
Agreed Upon at the Orlando Con-
ference

Adoption of a scale Of wages
for picking citrus fruit that will
give the pickers of expert ability
from three to six dollars or even
more each day, was the feature of
a conference of the citrus fruit
growers and packers at Orlando,
on October LIST. Federal Food
Administrator Braxton Beacham
had been asked to call the growers
together to discuss the labor prob
lem, not the least part of which
was the wage scale under which
the growers and packers have
been operating and which they
hoped to settle by a general dis
cussion.
The scale of rates as finally a.
dopted were as follows:
For picking grapefruit, 4 to 8
cents per box.
For picking oranges, 6 to IL
cents per box.
For scattered picking-good
pickers where impossible to fol-
low piece work, a daily wage of
$500 was adopted.
Following the action of the
growers, these prices for labor
were submitted to Administrator
Beacham, who approved them as
being fair and just to the laboring
people and also to the grower and
packer. Mr.. Beacham, after the
schedule was submitted to him,
made the following statement:
FThe prices you have suggested
will give, your pickers an opportu-
nifty to earn higher wages than
they could possibly hope to re-
ceive on any kind of work open to
workmen. Nevertheless,
it is a high-wage scale in compari-
son to what has been paid in past
years for this particular class of
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
- TBS Space conrf5afed 70 Winning tie War BY &-l
SOUTHERN UTILITIES COMPANY
y. n. SlhEo, LoCdl Manager. punta G0rda, Florida

work; but, in approving the
schedule, | have considered the
increased cost of living and the
necessity for safeguarding the in
terests of the working man. The
prices you have named will allow
expert pickers or those more skill
full to earn from four to six and,
in some cases, as high as eight dol
lars day. ! trust that our reg
ular workers in citrus groves will
consider the liberality if these
prices, and will also consider the
duty they owe to their country at
the present time by Loyalty coop
Grating with the grove owners and
packing house operators to prop
erly handle the crop of this sea-
son. -
Following the adoption of the
prices, the growers also agreed to
endorse and adopt as far as prac-
ticable the labor registration card
system originated in Orange coun-
ty. Practically every county of
the citrus belt of Florida was rep
resented at the Orlando confer
ence, and all who were in attend
ance agree to comply fully with
the schedules of prices as adopted
and approved.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
LOCAL LABOR BOARD
Names the Following Non Es
sentialS

The Community Labor Board
of DeSoto county met on Sep. 80
In Arcadia and decided what la
Dor would be essential and what
would be non-essential in order
that the Government may obtain
the necessary labor to carry ON its
work.
The ruling of the department of
labor regarding the duties Of
these boards is as follows:
: 1t is within the province of
each community labor board to
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
Save your scraps.

Save your scraps.
II its printing you want done.
we do it.
= Back the Fighting Men with the
Fighting Loan.
Why not subscribe for Tho Her.
aid and cease borrowings
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17

The Herald will do your print
ing right now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
CROSS TELLS HOW
 HE KEPT ON THE JOB Was Just About Ready to Quit Work Altogether Be-
 cause of Trouble

T was just about ready to lay down my tools and quit work altogether be- fore I took Tanlac, but now can work all day long and feel fine all the time 7 said Frank D. Cross, a well-known car penter, living at 1115 East End avenue, Chattanooga, Tenn.
 'T had stomach trouble for five years and got so I couldn't eat at all because it made me suffer so Even a drink of water would pain me and gas would form in my stomach that swelled me up until I could hardly get a good breath. My heart would thump and skip, was badly constipated, had weak, dizzy spells and was so rundown that L. could hardly keep going.
 "Tanlac has not only brought back my health and put me in shape to work again, but it has saved me many dol lar besides. All the misery I used to suffer from gas in my stomach. and indigestion, is gone. My nerves are re- stored my heart has quit bothering me, haven't sign of weakness or dizzi- ness and am on the job every day. l wouldn't take $100 for the good Tanlac did me"
 Tanlac Is sold in Birmingham ex- clusively by Eugene Jacobs drug store and Patton-Pope Drug Co.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
U-bOAT CHASER USED ID RESCUE
 FALLEN A|RMEN

Fort Worth Tex, September 21.--A submarine chaser, tuned and groomed. has been transported into the heart of Texas and put to work--not hunting down lurking German Uboats but in rescuing unfortunate American avia- tors who fall into the water.
 This is a new venture for the sub marine chaser or the sea sled, as 1t Is more commonly called. Ordinarily thls craft, which attains a speed of 60 miles an hour under the flashing of its pow erful eight-cylinder motor, is employ ed along the Atlantic coast as guard against the activities of the undersea boats. They have been successful in hunting down foes and in guarding coasts Sixty-one of the lightning sleds are in use-60 along the Atlantic coast and the 61st on Lake Worth in Fort Worth
 Several months ago. when the fatal falls among the aviation students around this city grew alarming in number. United States army officers concluded that stunt flying and ad- vanced training would be less deadly over the waters of Lake Worth than over the dry land. The problem of how to rescue the aviator, should he turnble, was solved by the sea-sled
 The cost of constructing the boat and getting it to Fort Worth was s17,012. It draws IS inches of water. It's length is 24 feet and it's width eight feet eight inches It has IS air pockets and the walls are about eight eight inches thick. The sled has a " shaped bottom. Credit for suggesting this shape to the manufacturers is given to Capt. s. V. Schermerhorn, who was formerly stationed at the Fort Worth air fields.
 A crew of three men is required to operate the sled, which is kept in readiness for action all the time like fire engine. Quarters have been erected for the men on the lake shore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Remarkable Newspaper Sung Huns


 "The only organ that Belgian hatred of whitlock, in Everybody's, was that re- markable publication, La Libre Belgique, little sheet that people found in their letter-boxes from time to time
 'They knew not how 1t got there; Won Bissing himself did not know how 1t got to him. but there it was punctually, with out missing number, so it was said, on his table at each publication. He tried by all the means at his command - find out, but he never succeeded. 1t was small sheet of four pages, with three or four columns of observations the governor general could not have liked to read.
 Tt was. as it's announcement said, "A Bulletin of Patriotic Propaganda. ~Irree- ularly Regular in appearances the pfice of number was elastic, from zero to infinity,' and those who resold it were requested not to go beyond this limit As to it's editorial rooms, it was st1ted that as it had been unable to find peaceful location 1t was installed in n automobile cellar As to advertisements. Business being dead under the Germa [, domination, we have suppressed the ad- vertising page and we advise our clients to save their money for better times.'
 'The German police tried every device known to them; they made raids and organisations; they offered rewards; but they never discovered the editors and publishers.
 Probably nothing in all that the Bel gians did irritated the Germans more, and they were incapable of seeing that their desperate and intense enmity only made 1t the more powerful. Now and hen they did succeed in arresting sonde ickless person who was distributing 1t, IT who had copy. but even those who ad 1t could not tell whence it camA Women spies. dressed as nuns, were sent bout soliciting subscriptions; they went every door behind which they suspect aN someone of knowing about the paper Hrd asked for odd numbers to complete ta cir files; but all to no avail: neither seitor nor printer was ever discovered"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Women in War Work to
 Have Their Day Oct. ,

Washington, September 21.-In recogni- ton of-the war work being done by mill lions of American women, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo today designated Saturday, October 5, for observance of the fourth Liberty Loan campaign as "Wom- en in War Work Day"
 'eThe women of America.' Secretary McAdoo said. ''are doing their share in the winning of the war, both by actual hard work and by the tremendous force of their moral influence. It is fitting that their service should be memoralized."
 MT. McAdoo said 100000 women were actively engaged in the organization Of the national woman's Liberty Loan conn mittee.