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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20
A BIGGER NAVY

Americans have long been proud of
their navy. They are prouder of it to-
day than ever before. because of its
unblemished record in the present
war, and because of its standing Sec
ond in the world in efficiency and pow
er. with no rival except Great Britain.
Nevertheless the public does not
view with complete satisfaction the
prospect of going ahead indefinitely in
creasing the size and power of the
navy
Ii is well. no doubt, TO proceed with
the completion of the three-year build
ing plan adopted in 1915 and held up
somewhat by war exigencies. During
the past two years we have added
some 500 submarine chasers' and Al
destroyers. and nearly doubled our
submarine feet. Only two battleships
have been added during this time. The
five battle-cruisers authorized in 1916,
needed particularly to make a COM
plete. well-balanced fleet according to
modern standards, have not yet been
started. AS long as big navies are re-
quired by world coalitions, we must
have them.
1t may be well, too, to accede to the
recommendations of Secretary Daniels
and supplement this with another
three-year building program, adding
10 dreadnoughts, six battle cruisers
and other vessels of such type as the
naval experts may determine, aggre-
eating 156 in all. We are so accus-
toned now to spending big SUMS for
armament that the $6O0.0O0,000 wanted
for this program does not brighten
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20
REGIMENT DIDN'T
GET IN ACTION BUT
is OFFICIALLY CITED
Thirteenth Regiment 0s Marines Does
Heroic Work In France During
Influenza Epidemic

The famous thirteenth regiment of
marines. which sailed from League Is
land TO Farnce last summer. and which
was cheated by the sudden ending OF
the war of the chance TO get shot at
the Hun, so distinguished itself in the
influenza epidemic in France that the
whole regiment has teen cited. This
is a most unusual honor for 2 unit
which has not been in action.
Brig Gen. George H. Harris. COM
handing Base Section No. in France,
has written letter giving the highest
praise to the regiment and TO its COM
mander, Col (now Brigadier- GeneraD
Smedley ID. Butler.
Major William p Upshur. well
known in this city. where his wife re-
sides with her sisters. the Misses Mum
ford. is member of the regiment cited
for work during the epidemic, and
never seeing action, has been given the
unusual honor
Arriving in France at a time when
influenza was raging among the S. o.
S. troops, the Thirteenth turned in
with a will. doing the work of men
who were laid low by the plague, as
sisting in the care of victims and af-
fording them amusement.
Such work, no less than valor on the
firing line, General Harris says, is de-
serving of citation, and he recommends
that the war and navy departments Of
ficially praise the regiment
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20

anybody. The nation can AFFORD il.
But the nation had hoped for an
early end of armament. II Is natural
to ask now. How much longer shall
we haze TO build and maintain such
costly fieets?a warships soon wear
out or grow obsolete Expenses null
tlply. Is there 10 be no end of this2
Secretary Daniels himself seems
hopeful enough In the same report
in which ne recommends the new con-
struction, he says:
1.-The day is not far distant when
the world will witness an end of COM
petitive building between nations OF
mighty weapons of war In the peace
treaty there will undoubtedly be incor-
porated President Wilson's proposal
for a reduction of armament TO the
lowest point consistent with public
safety. Nayies will still be needed as
an international police force TO compel
compliance with the DEGREES of an in
ternational tribunal which will set up
TO decide differences between nations .
Thus, he thinks, it is the present
duty of the United States to enlarge its
navy in order TO provide a sufficient
defense as long as self-defense is nee
essary, and in order to have a navy
proportionate to our wealth and power
to contribute to a world-police feet
when the defensive work can be dele
gated to an effective League of Ma
tions.
Let us devoutly hope that these ex-
pectations will be realized. On no
other conditions can continued piling
up of naval armament be viewed with
approval, at time when the thoughts
of all mankind turn toward peace and
disarmament.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20
CHRISTMAS CAROLS ARE
HEARD IN CITY SCHOOLS
Spirit OF SaesOn Expressed In Exer-
cises Which Precede Two
Weeks Holiday


In the Annapolis grammar school to-
day, Miss Riordan. principal, there
were two programs, one at 11-30 for the
smaller children, who sang Christmas
carols, and one at two-thirty this aft
ernoon, for the grammar grades.
Christmas stories were told and carols
sung in the school assembly hall at
each of these periods, after which the
teachers and pupils celebrated the
holiday season in their own rooms by
exchange of greetings, song and reci-
tation. Blackboard drawings were a
feature of the day in the several
rooms, the characters drawn repre-
senting Santa Claus, the chimney side
and the hanging stocking, the trimmed
Christmas tree also being prominent.
Some of the drawings show talent
among the pupils.
All the public schools in the county
closed today until the day after New
Years.
The private school of Miss Holiday,
on Charles street, will not close for
the Christmas holidays until Tues
day.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20
CHRISTMAS CARDS
THAT SAVE MONEY

/ Use your old magazines for all your
Christmas cards and place cards this
next year and see how many COM
pliments you will receive on them and
how much money you save.
! Use correspondence cards for the
/ foundation and paste the "cut-outs''
onto them with library paste. Find all
the "Old Santas" that you can, some
of them will be colored, those that are
not you can color, cut Sits in their
packs and slip. into them the tiniest of
homemade envelopes with a scrap of
paper inside bearing the Christmas
wish. Paste Christmas trees on to stiff
white paper, then cut them out, put a
standard on the back so they will
stand up and fasten tiny slips of paper
with greetings of the season to them.
One young girl last year cut out
all of the little round painted wooden
boxes in color for which there was
such craze last year; she found sew
eral whole pages of them in the wo-
mans magazines, pasted them to white
paper folded so it would open like a
little booklet, and inside she wrote:
Within this little box
| am sending you today,
There's heap of CHEEKY wishes
For the year that's on its way"
This year this same girls cards are
even cleverer. She drew a shelf the
long way of the correspondence card
and along il she pasted jars and bot
ties cut from magazines There was a
tiny label on each one, Merry Christ
mas" Happy New Year. Greetings .
ETC., and underneath was written "for
your emergency shelf for the coming
year.
One has no idea of the clever sug-
gestions that viii come till one has
formed the habit OF using the maya
zines: they viii come in swarms- val
entines, birthday cards, postals, illus
trated letters for the boys at the front,
and besides the fun that they will give
those that receive them, it is great fun
to make them. too
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20
WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY

If man die. shall he live again?-
Job 14:14.
For that which befalleth the sons of
men befalleth beasts; even one thing
befalleth them; yea, they have all one
dieth the other; yea, they have all one
breath; so that a man hath no pre-
eminence above a beast.--Eccl 3:19. !.
/ am the resurrection and the life:
he that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live.-John
11:25.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20

All yellow flame on the gas range is
practically wasted.
Keep dry groceries in glass jars; ii
is very convenient
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20

Never let silver stand overnight
without washing.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20
GEO. w. JONES
Circulating Library

The following books were added TO the
Library week ending Apri .. 1918:
The Dwelling Place of Light" by WIN
atom Churchill.
"The Inevitable Balance Sheet" by Ka-
rrina Trash.
"A Circuit Riders Wife," by Cora Har-
els.
'Long Live The King" by Mary Rob-
,rts Isinehart
Over The Top by Arthur Guy Empey.
'Extricating Obadiah" by Joseph c.
lincoln.
kenny" by Leonora Dalryimple.
My -Four Years In Germany" by J. w.
Gerard.
where Your Treasurer Is" by Holman
Day.
"The Crue In The Air" by Isabel Os-
tranaer.
TERMS:-New Books, &c. per day.
Old Books, lie. per day.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20

DIED.

WHTTELAU On December 10, 1918
AGNES +. WHITELAU, aged 81 years,
wife of James Whitelau.
Funeral Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p. m,
from 14T King George street. Interment
in Cedar Bluff cemetery.
WANTED-A man with small family to
care for stock and garden. Henry II.
Myers Cherry Grove farm. d20-6t
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20
FeR RENT.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Ford touring car, 1916, price
$500 if sold at once. Apply Andrew
Krause, Brewer avenue and West street.
d20-3t
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20

FOR SALE-Oakland Touring Car: in fine
condition; price $500. Phone Mr.. Keith
ly. 1S10-F-2 d1S-3t
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-20

FOR SALE-Hard and Soft Wood, de-
livered in cord lengths, or sawed TO suit
customers. Thomas McGuckian, Phone
734. n27-tf
FOR SALE-Antique Desk and Buffet,
solid walnut No. 40, Box 597. s30-tf
FOR SALE-Lot and dwelling at No. III
Charles ST.; price 81. $50 Charles +. Lee
Lee Building. Church Circle. a10-tf
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-28
DRY AMENDMENT
Voted into BILL
AS WAR MEASURE
Would Stop Beer Production
Now, and Sale Of Spirits
June, 1919

W\SHIN,iTnN. Iun" -. &C., Carrying
an arnou'imcui pr"vidIu" for national
prohibition as n war n"aSur". hut not
f,:lly ccf"rtiv. until .lUn" -. 1919. tho
...ry..u ,niiliun dollar emergency agrl-
rultur" appropriation hill. WAS reported
lat. today /" the senate. Th" present
;,l;n - - call II up after the army biz
* disposed nf and 2 bitter fiRhf IS "N-
ir,.;"l by many senators. Th" pr"hlpl-
;inu Amendment offered by senator Nor
riS. ct N.brnska as substitute Tor
that hy senator Jones. "f Washington.
w.:.s adopted to-day hy tn" Srnat" agrl-
cultural committee. t. -. Ii prnhlllts
the sal. ut distilled spirits and the
,nnrutacturc oG wines or tn" r"ln"Eal
81 liquors luw held ~ bond after Jun"
80. 1912. Tn. ,nauufactur,. If l",rr would
h.. stopped thr,". months after passage
II tn. bill.
Approved by Committee.
The amendment was approved ny th7
..nrrrnI!t... ~ = thr..,. hour SESSION. dur
inr which nppnurutS mad" GItil" efforts
- have. i; amended sn as I" J.rnit th'
rnruufa.r,rr" and sab. "f h"''r fnr six
and lh.u four months after "nH"i irnrni,
Efforts /" haE" III" r"Irm,tt'" recon-
m.rjd tn" pa>SnGr &c pr"hihil'-l l"EiS'
i..i.r ir 81 s..parai" uu'aSlr" AIS" w"r'
unsuccessful.
t:N,"n~i"i: hearings on IN" question "f
prohibition during th' war w"r" held hS
tho ,mrnul,i"r. rh" proposal was "I''
;,..<... an! approved h. high government
n!f;,.i.l~ aul others.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-28

S-uatorS Reed OF Missouri. Demo
cratic member of the S"nat" military
commirree: I.odgr. Of Massachusetts.
and rumminS. Of Iowa. in urging upon
tho. senate the necessity for Immediate
extension of the draft ages. challenged
the opinion Of Secretary Baker and
General March. chief Of staff. thar the
legislation is not needed at this time.
The Missouri senator however,. said
he would bow 10 the decision nf the
WAR department officials.
Before VIC are through with this
WAY. We will have to put five 10 seven
million troops in Europe. think. "
said Senator Reed. Bachelors OF
thirty 70 forty should be called before
the married men OF Il 10 30"
"Amcrican newspapers" said the
senator. have handled the war like 4
good political paper handles its party
affairs" adding that the people Of tn"
, country uetu llDl Ut oSN'''~N NP
our side Of the case
Stories that Austria Is about 10 fall
To pieces. that food riots are frequent
and the country is about to rebel were
regarded BY Senator Reed as part OF
Il skillfully laid plan 10 lull the world
into slothfulnesS.
! Senator Lodge. OF Massachusetts,
urged tlra, the draft age limits be eX-
tended now. declaring that ii would
eliminate possibility Of delay, which
be asserted had been our great trou-
bic" in the conduct of the war. He op-
posed lowering the draft limit below
81. bur favored its extension to 10
years.
Senator Cummins of Iowa, said that
il the senate had adopted the resolu-
ton he offered last month calling for
information from departmental Off
ci;,ls. regarding the man power needed
for military. industrial and agricultural
purposes. Il now would have lntorma'
lion that would make it imperative
for thu senate TO act.
The chief question 10 be considered,
thu senator said. is the maintaining nt
a proper balance between III" military
rnd the industrial and agricultural
; populations.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-28

Thc ri,sr:l,r - through river 'raihr iS
hiarr.4 .,,r ''.. I.la> whr.ir has marked
tn. ::"v,r rnrn"ni'S WORK ~ '"''ui'i"ilnE
,h.. l,ru.rau ,,i rHnaliEiuE IN" ''hi"
rv.r Thi~ work. lt'i w""m ih'i$hurEh
and ,Iu.,mnali lu'lHd'S ih" building ~
tkiriN-SJN dams. ih" program Tor 'h'
"u!!r. r'ni" iny"iving hIt! dams.
In I,r:;mcr!rnl ORDER down tn ''hI" from
iTf. -:rurrh. ih. ;irs; SIAi"''H dams Hr''
r"Inpi"i'.i aud ~ operation. h.|"hh
,h.. pnrr,i ..,.iIr,. ."f ih" dams ar" almost
Cu!l.I. .t,,l >"Ii.. aT'' ruti!i'I' l':'l. some
har.. l"."l just h"EUn. ana ";h"rS hHN"
not lr.ru !."gun. I'll" lack -; continuity
III ,.,Iui.i.nur IN" dams. II ~ pointed
owl h, river ira fiir rXp"nCn;s along IN"
'ui".f r'ht". has fAII"d !" MAX any o.
irn,!rh part "r 'lm river lra!Iahl" Tor
I,nuiinutuIs nrvi.Hlluu Tn" ranaitzh- J.
tinn work - :" cIrr the entire 'ihl" n
un"-fnn, ..hnnnrl /" t'air" Arh tn" MisS-
iSSIpi'I river.
Pittsburgh is an important faci"r in
srh"rnE traffic p0SS utilities hn inc
NiN:I-SinT: Waterway system nH n
m"I&ur. Of war Transportation. because
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-28
MEN OF q 10 BOTTOM Of. CLASS
To WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED
Intelligencer Again
Points the Way in Its
Complete News Service

This mornings 1ntell.gencer again
points the way to all its competitors,
in presenting the only complete r"-
port of the results OF the lottery
drawing for priority Of service for
the men Of 81 soon TO be called TO
the color5 by Uncle Sam,
Not only does tnday'S paper give
the results OF the drawing as applied
TO the young men oil the city OF
wheeling and Ohio county, hut also
covers the complete lists for the
three local draft board districts OF
Belmont county, Ohio, and for Brooke
and Marshall counties. this state
n total Of nearly fifteen hundred
names. These lists involved consid-
erabie preparation In advance, and
several hours Of unrnmitting Work
by large staff Of reporters.
These lists will be found on tho
following pages:
City Of Whecung-PaEe Q.
OHIO County-Pagc ..
Brooke County-PaGe 10.
Marshall Couuty-Page II.
Belmont County No. J, Martins
rcrry-Page 6.
Belmont County No. 2, Bellaire--
Page Q.
Belmont County No. ., St. clatrs-
ville-Pnge II.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-28
Ohio County Must 'WakeUp'
To Go Over TOpFor w. S. S.
Only $4S3,OOO Of County's
$1,3OO,OO0 Has Been Pur-
chased or Subscribed -
MacGregor, the Highland
er, Does Effective Work

Ohio county's war savings stamp
u"nta c"r n" y";lr ia $l.%on.9o"
When tn" days affairs w"-" wound nr
at tho county hct'iuuart"rs lnst mSh,
only sI<3.n00 had been subscribed. thi*
frur" Including all s;,t"$ mad" since IN"
stamps we're nrc<t put OF the market.
!, means. I"cal war. stamp authorities
said. that ohio county must wax" up
as SANDY" MaC1ir"GUr would say.
II is at least gratifying 10 knew. how
eyer. that tn" campaIEn ~ going along
find and hv the "nd "f th" week SaI'S
will ,";IldI"ss haY" ,"tal"h Il much
higher figure.
Yesterdays program was "n' we'll
calculated to s,i,nular" the sal" a.
.,,,uns SANDY" Mac';r"Gur. tn
scotch Highlander. was hard at i, AL
dav long. and put in. I".rhaps. III" hard
cst davis work of his "nrr"r. Scarcely
etnppin- 70 dino "Srntiy' visited mills
md factories by tn" dozens. stopping Il"
hc,wcrn times In stores and offices.
Eirh, before Inst h" visited ih' tIh'"
Valley General hospital AMI tn" mrs."
,onl him Ia cr"rr room wh"~r patients :
could hc s"rn. Thcn u" hal meeting
Of all c"nv;tlrsccn' PATIENTS an" AL
dressed them In II body. SANDY r.
ncatcd this performance" last nj:;ht III
The North Wheeling hospital and sang
, few Scotch songs I" III" Sr"a; delight
Of tho sick folks.
Tho noon meeting ny '"wn WAS 4
most satisfactory ono. There was som"
nnc music. after which III" chief
sp"ak"r nr tho day Vas introduced. li'
was Walter Hilton. editor "f tn" Wheel
inr. Majority. n well known labor n"ws-
nancr Hilton Sp"k" straight from the
shoulder and tim" and again his "n'hH-
siastIr uitcrancrs brought great rounds
OF applause.
Among The workers
Many ~ tho ,ranr members ar. doing
eincularlv good work Among iH'.<'
might hn m"utinn"d John II. l'av'';Srn
nm Island grocer VIII" ~: only 'rH"' G
his nrmpI, ,rnInis" 80 hiir Thrift Stamps
I'm, ,nak.s sure - il hy getting 'h'
. S,,nus aud delivering r'"m - person
Other prorinr,S whore I'm r',""-d> hr'
hcinC mad" nr" III" following WASH
! in:ton "" .: Mahi$"n NJ. :nd \. la
! No. 7: Union No. !: clay NJ. /. i'nt''"
50 !: Center Nos : aud : Webster
Ms l. and s: Fitch!, N"- = md
(coutinued on Page Threc.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-28

and Allegheny r!r"rG ~ it's source. ana
tn. kanawlra rIr,r branching /" tn:
south through West NirSinia. Is found
extensive. tarS" traffic. particularly IN
.h. hnnIlinE of "''ai. u ~ l"'i,iiZ"d
traffic. however. moving only over
small stretches "f th' waterway. fNr-
th..r7uur.. il IS not ""IntII"n carrier ;ra' !
fir but u IS tn" result &C 'indlNidual
rndustriai plants or coal r"Erl'HuicS en-
.lEinc IN water transportation with
their own Inns ni harrrS and f"wh"atS &
Sdicl.. l.. a..curnnIniat" ;hsir IndITlhual
businesses.
'rh" possibilities fnr water traffic
from ihn section r"n"t by ihe
urp"r ohio. oyer tho length ~ ihe
Mississippi waterway system. arc "n3r-
NOUS due IT, thr immens" industry IN
heavy iron and steel manufacture" which
lines tho river for scores nf miles. ana
lfn IN" huge rnnl produr,i"n. Their" is'
hnu-eyrr n In'al %h%"nrr Of river ira =
fc Of the character which would indi-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-28
REGIMENT OF j. S.
TROOPS ORDERED
- TO ITALIAN FRONT
No Italian Expedidonary
Force From the United
States Intended

WASHINGTON. June "7.-A regiment
OF troops in General PershlngS cSpedi-
tionary forces has been ordered to Italy.
pruhahly as an advance guard OF addi-
,innal forces to be sent later. to COM
rlete the unity OIL that front Of Italian.
british, French and American troops.
Secretary Baker announced today that
General PrrshinG had he"n instructed
,o select q regiment now in training IN
France for immediate ;InorcmchL 70
r,aly 7, will he replaced by regiment
70 bn sent from the United States 10 XII
IN the division from which IT Is dra"n'
The secrctary'S announcement per7nlto
for tho frs: time publication or inc
nroiec,s that hay" been under cons'oer
ation here and which were discussed
with General F.rshinG by cable before
:, decision tn send the first contingent
,n Italy from France was reacncd. Inc
original 'rlan was Ia use n part OF inc
n,ohilo reserve Of the American eSpedi-
,ioparv forces for the Italian expedition.
hy, later IL appeared likely that the
movement would be made direct from
tho United States.
While there is good reason TO bciieNe
that tho American forces In Italy Will
he augmented considerably later. tc-
6ay's announcement appears TO make IL
rcrt,iu that no direct movement from
,bc I-nitcd States at an early date is
planncd.
Th, purposc Of sending troops TO
italy, Mr Baker has explained. IL mors
for political than military reasons.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-28

cat" direct communication i'"'w""u '";'t
section and the various "tn"r sections
along the mississippi system.
'rh. cuaI barr" irri;" referred :" ~
nf largo proportions In :"fiIi!'n
thereto, the only river lrarn" along t!".
upn,r ohio - packet business. "i"rhI'
Inn, rs short links IN a chain. Th'r''
is no haniiIIng "f llIk freight in hars:"r :
by any h":!t lines "i"rhlins hS '"i''-
mon carriers.
as pnintS nr frs, I'ur"riIur'' hi"n:
W., unnrr nhIn ar" IrttahIr:h. =: IN"
vcry tin nr tn" phI": Wheeling. ". Va,
NINETY miles below lin. rivers S"Ur'":
and Cincinnati. AhA miles h"i"W ;-''i>-
burph There arr "th"r points "h'h
,nter as river lrafli" iht"rS. Inriudih:;
Charleston. W. Va, "n tn" kanH"h't
r1yor: St",lh"nvIII". a.. 'w"ntE-i"ur
miles ahnv" Wheeling. aud Marietta. o..
rarkrr&hurr. " VA. and haES"ili".
Ey along IN. nhl" between Wheeling
and Cincinnati.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-28

"r its larc" production "f iron. coal.
ruh,' and manufactured ~t""l hr''aus" "t
it's strategic, lr"'aiInn with r"sr"ri I"
waterway avenues. AMI h"'aHS" l'"'hI-
iH"l river traffic ih'r" i AN "SiStihE
fartnr ri ,uHSi!rra biz rrnlmril"nS.
Til. .'nInHi"rriai rrutrr -; Pittsburgh
is at n" p"IuI whrr" 'h" MnnnnE:th la
and Allegheny r'v"rS JOIN I" form th''
uhI" riV, r. rh" city Is spread hI"nc
both side, "f each "f 'hr thr"'' rivers.
Ns /" rNIsiluI: Irn!ic the M"n"nEah"!a
furnishes oven NOR" striking "vid"n'''
than that found nn she ohio. III con
Sld"rinE lhi* point aS factor IN r;H'f
traffic. it Is nc"rSsar: Ia deal not solely
with ihr city ilS'If. hu; with III" So
called metropolitan district -; lri9-
hurrh. which IS If r"markHhln and un-
broken cNtensiv"n"S*
Tho Pittsburgh district. III m"aSur"
CORRESPONDS /" ihr Twin cities ~ IN"
head nf potential navigation "n N"
MistisSirpl river. Her" - found m"
head Of another great branch az me
waterway system. TIL" district. ny
water is Approximately l,"pO miles
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-28
311 PRISONERS
AND MANY GUNS
FOR SA|NM|ES
No Effort By the Enemy to
Counter-Attack Against
the Americans

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
on MARINE, June 26.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press)-The number OF prison
ers captured by the Americans in their
drive on the German positions IN the
'Belleau wood sector Tuesday night was
officially increased today to 511. The
Americans also captured eleven big
machine guns, ten automatic rifles,
quantity Of small arms and ammunition
and other material.
The Germans have not yet made any
attempt 10 counter-attack. Last night
was comparatively quiet on the whole
Marne front. The Americans we're
kept busy consolidating their new po-
sitionS. The additional prisoners
mostly were strangers found hiding In
the wood under rocks or in the shrub
berry where they had been isolated BY
the American fire. They were un-
kcmpt and hungry.
WASHINGTON. June 2I.-The cap
ture of 240 prisoners. including five
officers, by the American forces op-
Grating in the Chateau Thierry region
Tuesday and the successful bombing
of the railroad yards and station at
Conflans by American aviators Tues.
day night are recounted In General
Pershing's communique for yesterday,
received today by the war department.
LONDON, June 27.-InteveninG in
tho debate on the new military service
act and speaking Of the urgency OF
obtaining men for serious emergency,
Premier Lloyd George said today il
was true the Americans were coming
and being brigaded with the allies. otn
|, that it, was on the distinct understand
ing that when men were obtained they
should replace the Americans and en-
able the Americans 10 form their own
divisions