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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13
MILL WHEELING HAVE MEMORIAL
tn HEROES Of THE WORLD WAR?

noiut>rf Wheeling and her suburbs
Tho prcti,ninary plans call FOR inc
1rvcliup of the summit IF the hill south
IRON, the city r"srrroir Tor diSta'""
Of about l2nD foot and about -nh rect
IN width 10 he rounded 4; both nndS
vitb q concrete" wall about five tc"t
high surrounding tn. who'll" struciur".
and skrtiue the wall lis Who'll" rrcuhi-
ference n boulevard 20 "" constructors
with branches leading t" ';rnndEIcw ave-
nue and Twelfth street
In the center OF tho proposed s'ruc-
turc a graceful shaft over leo fec; hIEh
sur,nount"d by an appronrIat" figure
will he erected on n base twenty itet
hiyh. tho bvsr' 10 he i'll the shape or
cross such rs us"i pS AN insignia by
rh,. Rcd Gross. \; thr foot ot INC Shn't
An rho bagn nj rho four cardinal points
Of the compass Sta;uary groups VIII he
n,oced These groups ar" TO hr OF n na'-
riotic nature. and they VIII probably r"p-
rcsnn. tho Tot" services "r fighting
units Of :hn country. va: navy. 1ntan-
,ry. artillery and aviation: on the twelve
x,,ins of tho base. tablets ara 10 be
rralcJ on whirh will II" placed ~"
ra,nes If tin battles in wn"h III" men
=, srrvi..., from ti!' ely aud "huntr par
;!"ipajcd.
TIL" hayn VII h. divided or INFO
rooms md n war museum "StahliShch.
wi,irh will contain trophies and relies or
tn" European war.
Tho space "ncl"s1d Ivy The wall ana
surrounding tn" hnsE' iS {" he cafpeted
with erass nud beds % flowers placed
at intervals near TN" cement Walks
which will run In" l"neth and breadth
ans in tho rc,Iicr OF each side or ihe
shac; small laiin5 Will IL. placed. It h"-
my H.. ;,irntiru a. lave th"$" lak"s
~.Irra;I N" present un>iGhilT waller
,ar%. which suppl? IL" l'll t!r residents
Min ri.y wai"r =; present.
!: .lr ".'iI;'r portion 81 The wall on
-. 49,: sd ia from, az the Shar; IN
omen ar TO .:1:: ;''H"" i "n!l'rmnIa'"d {;
.;is Will ~ in tho :i,,:::' nf 4 ''rrel; the
,trr $r.n;-C;:~'i'a" N form. with the
s,aj:c ur S:cah"r's, stand forming tha
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13
WANTS TO RAISE
The TAX LEVY

:, ~i.mrt Session 81 r"u:I"ll WAS nrid
las evening with EAI% nIl:"r routine
matters. tni;rn for r'unsid""aiIun. The fol
lowing councilman answered In" roll:
Mos ~ Hare. Thompson. kr"s*. llhhig.
r!'oncr. Elliott and Blum.
The principal matte: placed hc!"r"
council was thu reading al "a ""inmhnl-
scati"r from Mayer ''rndd""k al 'IagH%-
uurG. hr Mayer NcS;cr.
Tn" communication - urElug in" AMI
inequalities and cities of tn" stat" 4"
iuim in tho movement to Eav" legislature
change ihr law setting inC IAN levy I'm
Il ~ ihiriE-f!N" r'HiS Ia iIiiH r"iit:,
r% th"rr are im"Ty ,!li"" ~ prr:'n; niI-
nj "a meet their hhiEatlmIiS, wIh the
:niIIy-iivr cent limit. 1t Is said thu
Hiuy, rlnri is meeting with Hppr"rHl III
!nHi.y lilies. The ~ .IHuHirIli"E furih'r
u"2">, HAT Il representation or INC CItl'*
j.. zen; l." legislature :" su!mi. the
rnHu@'.
= uumhCr - committees ""rr called
urmn for rciurI> and Tia" "hL1rin"n
MAD" mutIuuS for r''"mmitmrn'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13
CADILLAC CAR GOES
over THE S BRIDGE
Lands On 3. o. Railroad Tracks 30
Feet Below.

An aged man. said to bc J. j. Barr. OF
this city. was injured ycstcrda! after
noon and several other men. said /" he
from Ohio had = nnrr"W eScap" Wien
;lc cadillac touring car. III which they
wcr, riding. crashed utn The fence. went
through il. and rolled d"wn n ohnK III
Tho =. bridge. near tn" Florence NTitlsn-
,Inn hon. and landed on til" L. ~
tracks
Little is know how The accident "c-
cured, Tin, injured man WAS taken l"
thu ohm count" infrihHry. where nc
was given attention. and the other men
went on their wa. Tho wrecked car
VA; taken In an Elm Grove garage.
/, is said The men we're driving iaSl'
and as they uca-cd the turn. the driver;
sn,r he could not make the turn an"
beaded into - driveway near Inc '''
cucc rriitrndon home. the h'acH,"e
kcil IN going and plunged over t''
hnrk. /, is thought there WAS S"''''
thing. wrong with the ear c"ntr".S'
The iriurnd man. was nj i1f$' .h'"H ~
T., hovr lrrf seriously hurt. Is hni,'".
inc. ami !, is thought he Will "S ADJ :"
leave The institution today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13

extreme western point. much lower thhrl
the small base. with I'll" seats rising
tier on tier until they connect win the
top OF tho will.
Architect Faris says that TINS n"h"i
ial can De constructed al small Cost.
as it is the plan 10 build in concrete
which Is much cheaper Than sion" OF
brick. Stock groups or stalunrT can ne
bought which would minimize the cost
In that direction.
Tho removal Of The uld crematorF
would BE- nm easy matter. as it ha" been
an cvrsorc 10 the community. and ltS
eradication would bcauiify tho surround
!ngs.
Tho summit nf W'hccEIuE Ehi. aGThr"-
ing to Mr.. i'ar!s is tn" ideal rlac" f"r
tho memorial. and !; would b" c"nSpiCn-
Gus for miles around: the top "a 'hf'
shaft would be mo foot above Tia" nN'"
river. and Is Il easy access through
Grandvicw avenue and Twelfth stree.
Mr.. TarIs has mot with = great ucal
Of encouragement since il" has l&un"hed
tho idea and has had the commentator
nf many If n" Leading CltizcGs III tho
interest o. 4 more beautiful. city. conf
bined with Tho grand sentiments Tor
which the memorial will he erected.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13
WANT FIRE ENGINE

: ncr,i.c nf tn" citizens; If ;ar SIX, II
Ua,d will hc held ~ soon rs tn" u"
han =. Uftrd in Tho interest o. ra'NE
llr .irn fighting annara,us "E 'hH N''-
cara ruunany returned 1" tha' Wair
after harry b"cr removed b.: ordc" "i
in" cry nauH=or.
\ committee WINS appn.:.;"tl, ~ CO.
council about IL week ago. with '"ut"'I-
,iau Elliot; 40 chairman. 1" consider tho
nc,iiion sent IL council hy tho citizens.
mi a; last nights mc"iinr tounr'lmhn
Tiahic. az tho Sixth wnr.l. requested
;ha; = mass meeting he held ne soon
ne possible nfs tho cnEnmtt'". city mani
"Ecr ami tho citizens.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13
B. W. PETERSON, JR.

Word was received yesterday by. NJ.
and Mrs. u. q. Peterson from Oas-
;u.iu,, thni Il :.nn itHd been horn 10 MI
and Mrs. Fairfield Peterson. ana INC
little chap has :."ru named II. NaiN'i
Peterson. after his GrhndiathcT' WIN
,ht. surfiX 0f Junior SCR good '"c.i. "r'
I'd Mrs. T.. ". Peterson hi'' fccr'f'E
thc congratulations; If friends "h Tie
visit of the stork - their sons h"inc'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13
Construction Co. Employe
Is Seriously Injured

lanes Grant. Of i'iHrkshurS. aGcd 81.
married. * in the OH" Valley hcherh'
hosIri;nl in Il very serious '@hu't",'
with several COMMISSIONS ON INC h"hu'
suffered while yesterday IN ms COM
laurIty.
Mr.. Grant has h""n M "'npi"E' 81
The CONSOLIDATED Constructor I"h,i'hE'
ui GhinuStun !nr several years ana WIS
~ work at the time The accIdcnt oItuf-
rod
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13

The above likeness s|ihat OF l.i"u-
tenant Richard Preston !Gildrrih son "i
DR.. aud Mrs. l.. A. Hilirelh. of IN" "ut
tho pike district. who has recently hceh
awarded the tr"iN-dc-''u"rr" mccall ny
tho French Guycrnm"n; for bravery
while In action.
tTc was ono al WhcciinE's first young
mon "a enter III" srsvirr al his country.
rnd sailed for France carly III In" game.
He was connected with ih" Ha"'l-Atl"S
company ut Chicago when In" war broke
out. and was given commission 30
second lieutenant. owing ts his military
IRA aiming.
fIr was SUDDEN; n, I..nSi& IN ms
city. and later attended tho winchester
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13
MOVEMENT IS MEETING WITH
MUCK APPROVAL TRRouGH-
OUT CITY.
wheeling Hill Summit Chosen as Ideal
Place for Mem or:a1-Prclirn.nary
Sketches Being Made.

II n.3u"r? -: tn" Wheeling and ONO
rnunty tl...i who fought and DIED III
France thar l.n"r;y might no; p'riSh
from :he face ~ the Garth. the SuSIeS-
S.on TINT 4 soldiers memorial be erected
is ncrtiuE with favor from many OF
TIC leading citizens. and Architect FRED
T.. Fa:s is preparing preliminary
sketches for ;hc memorial IN be erect
81 on the best site availahl". which
seems 70 be the summit Of Wheeling
hill. az there ~ plenty ~ space Al hand.
and the structure would command the
view for miles around ard IS the central
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13

buy WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13

-rlY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS go
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-13
rAE DAGGER.

1T don't know abnu, these war men
lions when peace comes.
"Whu about them"
These aviator fans ma? 70 about IN
Ia schalI times bombing the umprcs. -
Baltimore American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
nApE IN THE WOODS

From the New York Herald.
 I object to the terms peace trap" and peace offensive" They are vulgar and Prussian and militaristic terms.-Mr Ar mold Bennett.
 When MT. Arnold Bennett gets beyond the confines of his five towns and into high politics he is as a babe in the woods. He would have serious attention given to every peace balloon sent up from Ber- lin. though he is compelled to concede that nothing that comes from the crowd in control of Germany is worth attention.
 Mr. Bennett accepts as a foundation fact the theory that the United States is in this war to establish a league of nations. The United States is in this war to help crush the beast that set out from Berlin to devour civilization. once that is accomplishde, the United States may turn it's thoughts to league oi na tions, but not before.
 In the means. time, despite MT. Arnold Bernett's objections to the terms, Amer jeans will continue to describe peace traps and peace offensives as what they are and to treat them as they deserve that is give them no consideration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
To Show Motion Pictures
 of Child Welfare Work

m HE third feature of the child well
 \ fare campaign being carried on throughout the country will be an ex- hibition of motion pictures devoted to child welfare and the handling of milk. These pictures will be shown in Bir- mingham at the Bijou theatre next Tuesday morning from 10 to II o'clock under the auspices of the child welfare committee of the Jefferson county unit of the council of national defense. Mrs. w. R. Murdoch, the only south ern woman who is a member of the national child welfare committee, will deliver an address.
 Previously Birmingham citizens, men and women, who are interested in the all important problem of conserv- ing infant life, had the privilege of studying a most instructive child well fare exhibit in the old Saks building. Later there was the weighing and measuring of babies, a feature which created a great deal of interest and fostered enthusiasm in this work.
 There will be no admission charged at the Bijou next Tuesday. Everyone who can be present is urged to attend. The pictures will portray in graphic manner phases of child welfare work with which all humanitarians should be familiar. The theatre was donated sithout any charge by the manage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19

ment, but a voluntary collection will be taken up to provide free milk and ice fund and to care for some needy children who have been brought to the local committees attention.
 Surely there can be no duty closer to all hearts than that of safeguarding babies who, through ignorance or neglect, have been sacrificed by the thousands. It should never be said again that we devote more attention to our blooded stock than we do to the physical well being of our children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
Growth Indicated
 By School Census

l A LABAMA's biennial school cen R sus being taken this month is expected to indicate considerable growth in population.
 In Jefferson county the enumera- tion of about two-thirds of the school precincts outside of Birmingham and Bessemer has been completed, and in each substantial gain is shown. The number of persons of school age seven to twenty-one-multipiied by three and one-half equals approxi- mately the total population.
 Two years ago there was acute in- dustrial depression hereabouts. The negro exodus was in progress and many white workmen were leaving 1 for northern centers where industrial activity was in more or less evidence. As result of local depression Bir- minghanl's school census in 1916 showed a sharp decrease compared with 1914. The county, exclusive of Birmingham, kept slightly ahead, however, and it was not long before the situation throughout the district began to improve.
 During the last eighteen months Jefferson county has witnessed high degree of prosperity. There has been industrial expansion on a scale of great magnitude and this has caused an ever increasing demand for labor.
 Birmingham's population as indi- cated by the city directory for 1918 was we'll above the two hundred thou sand mark on the first of January, and it is safe to assume that the new school census will fully confirm the directory estimate.
 In the meanwhile a compilation of the county enumerators, due early in August, is awaited with much inter est. The federal census of 1910 credited Jefferson county with pop lulation of close to 5000. It is brob- lably upwards of three hundred thou sand now, and as the Birmingham dis trict is striding forward industrially more rapidly than ever before, the Inext United States census should find Jefferson with a population 50 per cent greater than it was in 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

This is tough old world, but things could be worse. Men are not expected to kiss other men when they meet them on the street.
 Any married man can tell you that his wife is always smelling something burn ing in the house.
 Men are slick brutes We know one who forgot all about the occasion beng his wife's birthday, and who got out of the ia mby telling her that he didn't know the difference because she looked just as yourS as she did a year ago.
 Don't put off praying because you are so busy hustling for a living that yol haven't time to go home and kneel down. Just offer up silent prayer while you are standing up at work, and if you mean it, and don't make it too long, it will get q hearing ahead of the prayer offered by the man who has been on his knees for an hour. Every man believes that the other tel- low ought to be satisfied with what ne has, And every man believes that ne, himself, is entitled to a little more than he has
 1 What has become of the old fashioned man who used to grind out Sweet vio- let's" on a hurdygurdy while a monkey collected the pennies? I One way to make yourself popular is | to remember that other men are not 3 bit interested in your troubles. Here is one that you can paste in your
 hat: Fortune and opportunity are the
 only knockers the world has any use for. l Two kinds of women move into every neighborhood. One kind soon owes a. 1 the neighbors and all the neighbors soon
 owe the other kind. l There is d boob born every fifth of a
 second. But no woman ever wore I
 drug store complexion that fooled any | body.
 | It must be hard at that to lead dog s l life. How would you like to have ra icatch flea with the nail on your big
 toe?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
Economic Side of
 River Transportation

6T HE announcement that the gov
 j. ernment barge line on the Mis- sissippi would be in operation within two months recalls the time when the bulk of the heavy traffic originating at river points was carried by steam boats and "flats."
 Many business men now living re- member when river steamers provided the most popular mode oftravel. After the railroads supplanted the packets as passenger carriers large part of the freight traffic was still left for water transportation. But gradually the railroads drove all the big craft from the Ohio, the Mississippi and other rivers and twenty-five or thirty years ago the occupation of the boat man had practically vanished.
 In the nature of things river trans portation always had it's strong eco- homie side, but in the feverish drive of mercantile life, freight in bulk was rushed by rail. Even Pittsburg coal was beginning to disappear from the Ohio.
 With the decline of "river business" railroad congestion, in periods of pros lperity, was more and more acute, and finally, when the United States en- tered the war, the transportation situ- ation became so staggering as to make government operation of the rail lines an absolute necessity. And in order to relieve congestion the director gen. eral of transportation turned to the rivers. It was logical and the re- suits are sure to be of distinct eco homie value.
 7, Towboats and barges on the Missis- Isippi, Ohio and Missouri will soon be familiar sights again. And here ir Alabama traffic on the Warrior will
 be developed by the government on g vast scale This great river will soor be one of the busiest of waterways And later on when the mighty dams al
 Muscle Shoals are completed the Ten Inessee will be navigable for the larg. est Mississippi steamers from Paducaf
 to Chattanooga all the year round. ] Floating palaces of the Natchez
 and Robert E. Lee type may never be
 seen again. The glory of the old rae ling days has departed. But with tht
 revival of river transportation there
 will be room for packets of moderate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
Birnineham,s Beauty Ring

The people of Birm1nsnam are not conscious of the debt which they owe to the vision of Maj Willis Milner, who years before there was any possible chance of using it planned Highland ave-
 nue, which is the beauty ring in the nose of the residential section" said HUI
 Ferguson, who is using every effort to make available the Manning landscape scheme in book form.
 We have an opportunity of getting a highway to Bessemer over the trunk sewer route if we don't go to sleep over the chance. Some day it will come in as handy as did Highland avenue, but stir up anyone to get busy and secure it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
THE DIFFERENCES

From the Stars and Stripes, France. 10 per cent tip: "Merci.''
 15 per cent tip: "Merci, m'sieur.' 20 per cent tip: "Merci, ben"
 9 per cent tip: "Merci bien m msieur." 30 per cent tip: "Merci beaucoup" S5 per cent tip: "Merci beaucoup m sieur.'
 40 per cent tip: "Je vous remercie beau coup
 50 per cent tip: An. Je vous remercie beaucoup, m sieur!"
 60 per cent tip: "Merci-merci-merci- mercit!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
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DEDICATION

Helen Gingold, in he New YokHer To that has everfo I onor all my and her freely se nd oysaw In to a eaters they O lodi! notm my by And herdo To weico in the andt
 
  Arm rm Liberty! O he of oh, on a foreign My life for Freedom but God!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
Martin a Real Farmer

T have been feeling bit blue about my corn crop of 40 acres" said J. A. Martin, advertising manager of the Pro- gressive Farmer, "as it has not had shower of any consequence to fall on 1t for eight weeks, but yesterday I got telegram from my manager stating that a good. soaking rain fell yesterday.
 My cotton crop is clean of grass and the weather for the f1eecy staple has been ideal. My farm is near Memphis in the northern part of Mississippi. and I am greatly interested not only in a farm paper but in the real thing of farm ing.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
BACTERIA IN ICE CREAM

From the Popular Science Monthly.
 The population of the United States is approximately 1DO,00o,0oo; the bacterial population of one cubic centimer of ice cream is 37,s59,9o9, or about 6O6oOo,OOO to a cubic inch. That makes quite a crowd of bacteria in glass of ice cream soda. But don't be afraid of your ice cream on that account. for most of those bac- teria are harmless, and many of them are actually helpful, enriching the gas tric juice by adding to it's digestive prop critics
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
Frank Julian on Vacation

'1 ran down to the Alabama Press association" said Frank N. Julian, the versatile newspaper man, who, when in- troduced by President Doty as "the edi- tor-politician." disclaimed the latter title,
 but stated that Incidentally in order to get rest, as Sheffield is in such swirl that he ran down to Birmingham. q have been living at high tension. It's hard to make those who have not visited my home town since the war ac- tivities were started to realize just what
 great changes have been wrought in SC short a time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
THE LINEUP.

What sort of campaign organization has this candidate?"
 'In the front rank of his supporterI stand the reformers."
 "Good!' E5a Immediately behind them are the horny-l,anded sons of toil.' l-a Finer ~ And in the background are two ot three wealthy men, with fountain pens poised over their checkbooks, who will direct his policies after he is elected..,.: Great! He can't loose"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Admits He Is q Cook

nave learned not only to be able to get my breakfast while my wife is away said George M Webb, but have learned to like it.
 The war is teaching us to try to do many things which heretofore we have depended on servants to do. It's easy to scramble a couple of eggs and fry a slice or two of bacon and make a cup of coffee, and rely on bakers bread, as one no longer expects to have hot bis cults If am hungry l have the restau- rants to fall back on. So far as l am concerned l am taking seriously the gov ernment's request to release unnecessary labor'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19

summer dresses, rosy cheeks, laughing
 erybody got off, but no one in khaki.
 They stood 1t bravely for minute, then
 one said "Oh, girls, John didn't come"
 She may have been his sister or his
 genuine. Our soldier mascot sensed the
 near tragedy, and rushing out drew hinl-
 self up Troudiy, and said, Its true, John
 didn't come, but why be down-hearted.
 The girls shrieked with laughter and
 waved at him as far as they could see
 him. ,rw Just q kid He came into our life for
 a few hours and made us happier. I am
 glad no one asked him his name or where he came from or where he was going. 1 want to think of him as the incarna tiUh
 of young American manhood springmg up ali over the country to fight for
 human rights against the cruel despotfsm of the twentieth century Caesar who is troubling the peace of the world And
 as I looked into his carefree face and thought of the hundreds of thousands of others whom he typified, my heart was bitter against the Emperor of Germany, and made solemn VOW to put my all into the light which is going to teach him and his murderous crew of mlitar- ists that smiling American lad is foe that can lick his picked Berliners. So here iT to the soldier boy on the train: God be with him until we meet aEaln, l is my prayer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
TRYING ON DEAD AUToCRArs

From the Chicago News.
 King George V at an American base ball game on the Fourth of July and de- scehdants of the French royalists helping to bump off" the sole upholders of au- tocratic institutions in Europe on the Fourteenth of July must have made George III and Louis XIV turn hand springs of rage in their respective royal mausoleumS