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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

Tho labor department estimates thaI
with the beginning Of August approx
mately half Il million men had been sup
piled to tho shipbuildtng industry
largely through the organization OF the
United States employment service. inc
number indicated makes an allowance
for the labor turnover.
Tho elimination Of unrrGulated COM
rct;,jon for men. between the war in
dustrIes and the government depart
ments, the premature withdrawal OF
workers from "non-essential" industries
and tho lure of labor from one section
to another by exaggerated statements as
to shiphuildinG and other war industry
need, has been effected by tho depart
mcnt Of labor. This was tho first result
Of the action Of tho council OF national
defense. with the Presidents approval
in turning over to the labor department
tho administration fthe national war
labor program and the complete control
over the problem Of war labor supplying.
All Of tho requirements of the snip
wards of the country is now belHE met
by the department Of labor through l'S
United States employment service ana
the United states public ScrFic" To-
serve, which is 4 division OF the employ
mon, service. This service has rliml-
mated inc lnutI"llNlcHN 'AA''' ~ ~
dfvidual plants, as we'll rs tho govern
mcnt branches engaged III shiphuildlnS'
TO secure workers. which now are lur-
niShcd from lists of unemployed anu
from thu membership Of the public SER
vice reserve. all of whom at IN" Time
of enrolment and registration wcr" IN
teryirwcd by trained examiners I" asccr-
tain their capabilities for shinbuilding.
Tho Department of labor, last f"pru-
ary. enrolled in this public service re-
serve all men In the country VINO wcr'
willing and had the skill I" work IN
sIipvnrds. Chairman Hurley or tho
shipping board and the council OF ma
Nonal defense. Joined with tho depart
ncnt of labor in order quickly TO com
plctc the organization Of the reserve IN
every state. where enrolment agents
wcrc appointed In every county.
Much confusion AMI suffering had poem
caused at that time by careless state
mcnts of the numbers Of men wanted at
various points were .misintcrprcled as
meaning thar great numbers or men
we're needed at that time and immediatc-
": whereas they were wanted only in
limited quantities and OF particular
types or qualifications at any one tune
and at any one place
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
E OF THE WHEELING 1NTELL1GENCER
1ETEII1aENohR
LABOR SUPPLY WELL REGULATED
Ssezed through Government Employment Service and Public
Reserve Service
By LOUIS F. POST,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Assistant Secretary Of labor

In Wow Of this situation L was l"unu
desirable. If not quite necessary 10 hu-
wise men Ia remain At the J"''H Witt
they then were located until III" depart
INIT If labor should rcpurt t" th'm thh'
certain positions were aFallapi'' '"c
lnCa ion. and the wages. IN" housing c"'-
ditinnS and transportation arrhhccinchts.
This was determined upon rs nhSoIu'rS
necessary 10 any sound and orderly so!u-
lion Of the cuuntry's labor problem.
Rv registering in tho public service
reserve the men were assured that they
would be authoritatively ADVISED as ~
when lhry were wanted. ana thlS ulu
away with the rush or %ork1ncn ~
places where they were not needed anu
To Jobs for which they were not httcu
AMI which. therefore. they could not
hold.
All branches cf tho government
promptly united in using tn" dcparIrnch'
M labor MS the common organ for re-
crrilting men The public scrVic" reserve
still is listing men, particularly those
willing and lit,cd 10 serve OH railroads.
in munitiun plants and In the DIVISIONS
Of the army which require skilled me
chanics. When II man rnrnlls IN the re-
serve he is expected To indicate inc ma
turc Of tho work which h" prefers anu
which he is best qualified I" perform.
Employees Of labor. even In the so
called unrssential industries. haV" poem
materially helped by the successful or
t;auiz;,tiOn of the public scrrlr" reserve
since "A large, cuuntry-widc registration
made it possible for the department OF
labor to mnkr for the adjustment OF
labor and to minimize and "quail"c the
drain on industry which previously haa
resulted from unreGula;rd and conf using
competition for men between the various
industries, both essential and non-eSSeh-
tial.
Labor is in entire sympathy with tho
PURPOSE and accomplishment Of the de-
partmcut in the creation and operation
of this public service reserve. hccans"
labor has found that it has helped To
prevent the great hardships when pre-.
viously fell upon wnrkingmen who nal
no certain means OF knowing whether or
where. there was 4 place for them III
tho shipyardS or in munltihn plants. anu
because Of tho absence Of any compul-
Sprr features.
The department relies wholly upon the
ratrIotism Of American workInEmcn 10
induce them TO answer the countrES call
wherever and whenever Reasonable re-
quest is made of them
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
his NAME IS WATsoN-OR?

From tho latest returns it appears
that the corrupt machine and I'M
limited money Of Col. Watson have
triumphed over the cunning. trickery and
low-down intrigue OF Mr.. Chiffon In
other words. We have identified the par
ticular Hun whom 1t will be tho duty Of
the self-rcspectuE citizenship Of West
Virginia to drive across the Marine" in
November. At the same time VIC arc
indebted to Mr.. Chiffon for the informa-
ton which he and his friends have FUR
nished us concerning Col Watson's char
actcr and record. The Intelligencer never
had any idea that Col. Watson would
be elected to the United States Senate.
and. with the assurance OF such dis
ttnguished Democrats lis Col. John T.
McGraw and Mr.. Chiffon. not to say Of 4
host of others in West Virginia. that he
IS not I'll for the place. We Will under
take TO defeat him with cheer and
Gaiety.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
THE OHIO PROHIBITION
FIGHT

, Tia people OF Ohio will have an op-
pcrtuntty this fall to vote again on
stxte-wide prohibition. The battle for
prohnttion goes on constantly IN Ohio.
The prohibition forces fall back after
ODD defeat. only to re-orGantze and start
axain. Each successive contest during
the past ten years has shown greater
and greater prohibition strength. In
the election last year the result was so
close that for several days It was
thought that prohibition had carried.
The prohibition forces enter the present
csupatxn more hopeful and more con-
f3dent than they have been before. They
think that the nationwide sentiment has
turned distinctly towards prohioltion'
that all the developments of the past
twelve months have been favorable. and
the very slight majority given for the
-vet1. in 1917 will be far more than
reversed
Undoubtedly the production and con-
4ttn1ption of liquor are looked on with
more disfavor in the United States to-
day than ever before. Excessive drink
ing. anywhere. has ceased to be fash
ionnble, and moderate drinking IS not
looked upon by. many conservative men
as a thing to be tolerated. Moreover
the foolish and reckless manner in which
the: saloon business has been conducted
in such places as Bridgeport has out
ragged public sentiment and disguised
many who were not extremists as 10
temperance If the saloon business
cannot be conducted without wholesale
prostitution Of communities; without the
Qualification Of rum above dcceney ana
civic virtue: without the degradation OF
men and the prostitution OF women: It's
days are justly and properly numbered.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

not over nine percent on the capital in.
vested, I'VE cannot see where condition:
would be improved"
Louis F. Swift president Of Swift
Company, while expressing willingness:
TO cooperate with the government. sait
that we do not believe that the takin;
over Of branch houses and storas'
houses would be practical"
we hope that the general public viii
read the report of the Federal Trade
Commission. 1t contains many senSa'
tional charges. but careful reading vii
reveal new facts to justify hem."
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
PEACE OFFENSIVE
BEING ENFORCED
BY BULGARlANS

ATHENS, Aug S.--Bulgaria is engaged
in q peace offensive synchronlHlng win
The German movement in the same dircc-
ton, according tn Alexander CnrapanoS'
former minister of foreign affairs. She
Is playing particularly upon the friendly
sent Iment existent, at least In the part
in Great Britain and the United States,
he asserts.
The rumors Of a possible about-lace
on the purt Of Bulgaria have been con-
lirm"d by VI. acknowledgements our min
lister OF agriculture, who has returned
from London whittier he went on spc-
cial mission" declares NJ CaraponoS IN
an interview printed in the Messenger
of this city. Bulgaria is employing hcF
old method Of matchmaking her allies IN
order To obtain the largest possible sec-'
lions of the territories Of her nciEhpor'
and is exploiting the eternal PhIlo-hui-
gar illusion III America and England Il
proceeding which has been employed,
particularly Of late"
NJ. Carapnnos recalls the deploranle
consequences of the Volcanic Illusions
among the entente nations in the past.
which weakened tn" confidence OIL Hrcece
in tho entente. He says
Three years of war have shown clearly
the artful and brutal policy Of bulgaria.
as well rs her ardent militlrism. the
purpose OF which is 10 accomplish 40
structlun and to gain ultimate dominion
by violence. 1t IL TO bc hoped that py
this time the powers know how L" an-
prrcI;ItS AT it's true value the pretehdea
repentance OF Buugaria-"
lie lays stress un tho necessity Tor
the smaller Balkan allies seeing ihis
question clarified.
II hclicvc." lie continues. That l IN
inrpr-t the ardent wish of tho Greek
people, that 1t be- no longer permitted
10 catch Il glimpse of the unhappy pos
sibility Of an insane bargaining 10 as
sure the predominencc Of a predatory
race which already has under Its talons
Greek. Rumanian and Serbian popula-
ton. One must not forget that the
Greek army. receiving achievements
daily is fighting on the Macedonian front
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

merchant. the mechanic and the miner
all work moro than eight hours. and all
pay cheerfuly Of their earnings to sup
port the government, but they do not
cheerfully pay TO support large class
in comparative idleness. Tho seven
hour day ought never to have been es-
tabl1shed in the departments at Wash
ingtou; and never would have been cs-
tablishcd except through the political
pull exercised by the organized clerks
In this hour Of national difficulty. when
men who work in every productive line
are being urged to speed up" the
example OF speeding up should come
from Washington. No better example
could be furnished than by fixing
decent working day in the dcpar tnents
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
TIE TIDE HAS TURNED

Marshal Foch along the northern
English Advances the extent of
miles been made places The effect OF this
the German line supposed to be
make unenb While the higher strategy
distance
the of the Allies
which the
battle
Whether they strong enough
to-day will not be known for weeks
they strong he the offensive
The de has tuned. Americas day has
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY

In line with tn" peculiar policy OF tnH
national administration relative TO All
labor questions is the Presidents veto
Of a bill requiring clerks in the various
Aeoartments at Washington to work
,.,qht hours a day. instead of sevon
houra. Il Is difficult to see why this
;1.rre class Of government ottice-holders
should be privileged above other men.
rhe farmer. the professional man. the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
HON. CHAS. J. SCHUCK
TO BEGIN CAMPAIGN
VIII Not wait For Formal Opening
Plans to See Every Voter.

Hon. Charles J. Schuck. Republican
candidate for congress from the First
congressional district. will not wait for
the formal opening of the congressional
campaign. hut will begin an active cam
paign next Monday in this district. MIR.
Schuck'S intention is 10 see every voter
in this district. and ii is expected that
his personal work among the voters will
aid his cause greatly. Mr.. Schuck Is Il
splendid orator. which work he does in
Il most pleasing manner
Later in his campaign Congressman
NJ ". Nicely. whom it is stated considers
himself some pumpkins" as nh orator,
AMI who has expressed his desire Of en-
tcring into joint debate with his OBJ
poncnt, may b, Accommodated.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
NO NAVAL DRAFT.

WASHINGTON. Aug. S.-t.Xt"nsion
Of the draft system Ia tn" navy Is not
rcga r,lrd ms necessary at this tim" by
III" navy Department. Fear Admiral
Palmer. chief Of tho bureau Of navlEa-
ton. told the senate military commit
toe today the navy has practically All
tho mon II needs and that cniStmentS
would not he affected by changing the
army draft ages.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
McAdoo Stopping
Railroad Thefts

WASHINGTON. Aug. S.--Thc cam
paign inaueuratcd by director General
McAdoo t. stop thefts IF railroad prop
erty is beginning to show gratifying re-
suits, il was said to-day. Since the
property protection section of the divi-
sion OF law of the railroad administra-
ton was established last March. 1.0eS
prosecutions of railroad property thieves
have been brought. 592 convictions have
been obtained and 244 penltentiary sem
fences have been imposed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

The Parkcrsburg Sentinel has made
the astounding discovery that one Of
the editors of the New York Tribune has
been living in the same apartment house
as Dr.. Rumcly. the German agent, who
bought the New York Mail The Senti-
mel editor may be excused. or course.
for not knowing that in New York
apartment house all the residents do
not sleep in the same room. and eat on
the Same plate.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

Louis Malvy, a former Minister OF
the Interior in France. has been banished
from the country. for his alleged supine-
ness In dealing with pro-German propa-
ganda- A number Of prominent politi-
clans have been shot and one. at least.
committed suicide in his cell. France
has an earnest way of dealing with Eun
agents and sympathizers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

American forces landing at Archangel
and Mt Eladiyostok have been received
with Joy by the Russian people. II
this sentiment is general. Russia might
be speedily re-orgarihcd. and made
again q factor in the war.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
LoUISIANA RATRTES.

BATON ROGUE. La. Aug. S.-Lnuis-
ian has ratified the federal prohibition
amendment. Ratification was voted to-
day by the house. GO to 81, following
favorable action early in the week by
the senate.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

Whatever It was that happened In the
Rheims scissors ten-day battle, the
German ncwspa pers all agree that II was
highly unimportant.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
to revenge the innumerablc victims OF
Bulgarian atrocities and the obstruction
of l;rrcrk communities in bulgaria
Recommends Taking
Over Of the Packing
Industry By the j. s.

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-1nvcstlEa-
ton Of the packing industry by the Fed
rrnl Trade Commission eliminated today
in an announcement that the commits
sion had recommended To President Will
son that the government commander
and operate for the public benefit stock
wards, cold storage plants. warehouses;
and rrfriEtrutur and cattle cars.
MnnopoliStiS control of the essential
food surp!y not only of the United
Statcs and it's army and navy. hut also
Of the entente countries. was charged ny
the. commission against the five great
hacking Companies Swift. Armour
Morris, Cudnhy and Wilson. The last
uamcd company, III" commissions re-
uort, said, is controlled By three Of the
strongest banking groups in the United
StntcS--kuhn. Loeb and Company. Quar-
anty Trust company and Chase NATIONAL
bnnk.
Further closer afliliation between the
acting industry md the financial inter
cSlS was reported. The commission
said that in tho great financial ccntcrs.
the packrrs had representation on the
directorate Of large hanks through mcm-
hers of the individual families. or
through officers, directors or confden-
tial employees.
The commissions report on the pack
i'm. industry was the third made in its
general invest iSatiun of food supplies
ordered by President Wilson and Con-
gross last year. The report WAS made
public through the White House with
out further comment than that II had
hrrn presented July and had not he
fore been made public because the
president desired first to get full infor-
nation.
CHICAGO. Aug S.--rrotcsts against
thu. recommended ions of IN" Federal
Trade Commission that the government
assume partial control of the packing
industry. wore made today by some Of
the heads of concerns in tho Union
Stock Yards. +. Ogden Armour, prcsi-
dent Of Armour and Company. after
pointing out thnt the government had
been in control OF the packing industry.
were made today by some OF the heads
Of concerns in the Union Stock Yards.
J. Ogden Armour. president Of Armour
and Company. after pointing out that
tho government had been in control OF
the packing industry since November l.
1917, said that the statement made by
him at the beginning of the war that
the United States government can have
Armour and Company and every en-
ploye and official thereof. II need be"
was reiterated n thousand times more
eInphatically."
Edward Morris, president of Morris
and Company. said that the commission
evidently desired to place the entire
stock yards and packing industry in the
hands Of the railway administration.
He added that with profits limited to
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

Another Zeppelin has been shot down
Off the English coast. Zeppelin! That
was once a word to inspire terror. now
none are so poor as TO do it reverence
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
PARIS BoMBARDED.

PARIS, Aug. S.-Thcrc was n fur
Their bombardmcnt OF tho Paris region
by the German long-rangc cannon to-
day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

It's on again. of again with the High
stun.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09
WASHINGTON
West Virginia News - Notes
and Gossip at the Nations
Capital.

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-If congress
nasses tho new newspaper bin as intro
duced, It provides for drafting men OF
from IS to IS years Of age, 1t Will
affect two Of the present members Oh
tho house delegation from West Hir-
ginia-
They arc Congressman n. ". Nicely
Of the First distric. and Congressman
Edward Cooper Of the Fifth.
Nelly is A. years of age and Cooper
is As. Nicely was born November D.
1874. and Cooper February &c. 1873. II
mag bo probable that Cooper will be
found unaffected by the law by &c"
weeks or months, depending very large
Is when tho law goes into effect, ana
what shape it is when finally passed.
assuming that 1t will finally pass. But
Major Nicely Is almost certain 10 DC
amenable to il when 1t goes through
providing the maximum age is not MADE
less than As.
Tho other members Of tho delegation
need not worry. Senator Nathan COLI
was born in 1913; Senator Sutherland IN
1865: Representative George NJ. Bowers
in 1868; Representative Harry Chapman
woodward in 1867; Representative Ao;ua
Brown Littlcpage in 1859.
REPRESENTATIVE Stuart Felix Reed or
Clarksburg district falls to give the dale
Of his birth in his biographical sketch
in the congressional directory. Entirely
an unintentionfu omission. no doubt
But while duly careful 70 compliment
his youthful. as we'll as handsome looks,
and his boyish pep and cxubcrance, his
friends and family are not uneasy tnaI
the new man-powcr law when 1t Is en-
acted VIII get him. ANY doubt thtt
anybody may have that 1t might, should
be ecuclchcd. While Of uncertain VIM
tage because OF his emitting to state
the date OF his natal arrival, yet II IS
still q dead certainty that Stuart FcliN
Reed waived q graceful adieu to tho
forthwith milestone some little time
since
Ono hundred and fifteen members Of
congress will be subject to General
Crowder's work or fight order II the
now draft ages, IS to As. are approved.
Members Of the house and senate M
draft age will be required to register
lust as every one Of their constituents
of the new service ages Is. and Will have
TO fill out qucstionnnircs. They Will
be suuelchcd. While Of uncertain vim
ice.
Among members who were In wash
tneton today there was 4 discussion or
the possibilities for good under the
work-or-fght order. and those men who
become impatient at the frequent lack
of n quorum insisted they would have
Il fine weapon to keep rcchlcitrants on
the job.
Eleven Of the lis members are
United States senators.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

Senator Sutherland has been nolifHd
oC the award Of two pensions: Ono Ia
Mrs. Mary A. Owen Of Huntington. S2n
n month from February. 1917. So fr"m
October. 1917. accrued pension du" her
late husband on tho date of his death.
and to Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Lyon Of
Singwood. s25 q month from last month
and accrued.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

Walter Scott Of the office staff OF
Senator Sutherland has been enjoying
his vacation playing politics with the
boys out in the Second congressional
district. his old stamping ground. Inc
last lick ne put in for his particular
friends running in the primary WAS IN
the shape Of his own individual vote.
Then he hoped train for Washing
ton and work.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

Calvin G.. Rcddin Of Charleston. ana
Porter ". Post of Lost Creek. arc late
arrivals in the city from West NIr-
rinia.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-09

Woncn's extra thin Gauzc Lisle
Stockings. with high spliced heels
and double toes. Comfortable Sum-
mer Hosiery OF good wear. in Black
and Tan shades only. Spe- 0SH
clal Friday, the pair.