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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-02
McPherson's Military Comment

, Of invetcrntc dcadlock-k'och's offensive
at its climax is producing results which
! tour all earlier experience. Tho Ger
| man Iron wall" which Won Hcrtling
, boosted of the other day before the
! main committee Of the rcichstag, mas
become everywhere brittle and porous.
! The HindcnburE zono is as much a
! thing Of tho past as the German bul-
; garian alliance. 1t is geographical
and historical memory. The BRUSH arc
! in the suburbs of Cambria. 1t is only
Il question nnw whether 81. Quentin
! will fa! before La Fcrc. or La Frrc DC
/ fore st. Quentin.
In Il day the belgian army and Plu-
mer's British army have rctakcn the
ridges southeast and cast Of Ypres. to
capture which in 1917 cost Field Mar
shall fIaiE Il whole summers .t-r-
) paigninE Tho allied forces have rout-
ed the Germans out the Hindcnburg
zone north Of the 1-rs river. Ancy have
taken RoulcrS and threaten Mcnln. ne
iirS; north and south line Of COMMUNE
cations between the Lille front and the
German front from Dixmudc TO the
North sea coast has been cut. The al
lies have to move only few miles north
from Roulcrs--as far as LiChterrcld-
tu cut the secondary lines and leave tho
Germans on these two sectors with no
railroad connection except long. cir
cuitous one through Ghcnt and Bruges.
The hrcak-lhrough on the Iprcs front
wns sensational both in lis extent ana
in the case with which il was effected.
It exposes the decline in German mo-
raln AS no other recent operation has
cxposcd II. The allied armies are no"
we'll to tho northeast of Lilo. Inc
Flanders end Of tho Hindcnburg line has
been smashed even moro completely
than sectors in .trtois. PicardF ana
Champagne
\ German rrtircmcn: in IN" n"rlh
ia the line Of the Schnldt river now
seems inrvitahl". This involves giving
up the belgian coast. so that the ne"
line would follow the Schcldt from Ant
wcrp tn Client. and then down through
Journal to EalrncicnnrS, whence 1t
would turn southeast IN Whatever po-
sitions I.udcnh"rfr may attempt I" hold
after abandoning Cambria, ST. quentin.
La Frrr. l.a"n and the whole upper
Aisne valley.
General Bcrthrlots army about
Rheims Joined in the Champagne Of
fnnsirc yesterday. Under Foch's unrH-
lcntInE pressure Il looks as If Inc
great par, Of martyred northeastern
France might b. redeemed by the tim"
that General d'Espery'S armies arc
firmly established on the Danuh".
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WHEELING

tives and a number OF United States
senators this fall. As to the House
and the Senate, this is the situation:
The Democratic speaker of the
House. Champ Clark. left the speak
er's chair TO 60 down on the floor OF
the House and make personal fight
against the selectire draft law. The
Democratic chairman of the military
affairs committee refused 10 report or
to champion the selective draft law.
and that great measure was put
through the House by Il Republican
member of the House, with the aid of
Republican votes. The Democratic
chairman of the great ways and means
committee opposed practically al OF
the early war measures, and even dur
ing the past few months has made
himself conspicuous as an obstruc-
Zionist to war measures. The Demo
cratic chairman Of the foreign affairs
committee in the Senate opposed the
declaration Of war and the entire war
program. Democratic senator's like
Eardaman OF Mississippi. Hardwick
OF Georgia and Reed Of Missouri have
thrown wrench in the war machinery
whenever they have had the oportu-
nifty, The great war program has been
developed in Congress by Republican
leadership; it has been supported by
Republican votes, and the Republican
party today is taking the lead in organ
ling the war resources of the nation.
To elect Republican Congress and
a Republican Senate will not be swap
ping horses in crossing 4 stream. 1t
will be dropping an cid broken-down
and balky crowbait, for strong, we'll
trained and willing horse. that will do
it's work we'll. The Republican party
apeals to the American people on the
platform Of speeding up the war. Its
members in Congress do not need and
will not need prodding from the
White House On the contrary. they
will be leaders instead OF followers.
In Great Britain sAsquith, the great
Liberal premier. was dropped for
Lloyd George; in France Viviani gave
way to Clemenceau. Why? Because
Lloyd George and Clemenceau stand
for war to the end, and war to the ut
most. So in this country, a party
whose membership have wavered and
held back, is going to give way, and
ought to give way, to a party whose
sole and certain object is victory.
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BY WILLIAM L. MCPHERSON.
Copyright. .191S. New York Trih-


unc, Incl
After four years Of indrcisirc. dead
lock warfare. the pace To which the al
lied offensive Of 1915 has now been
gcarcd up sets The Imagination in
whirl. Great events and military op-
erutionS which would have seemed To
have touch OF The marvellous last
year. or in any earlier year since -.-4
flash before us with rhr miraculous Sc
qurncc of an accelerated motion picture
Him.
II took Russia a year 10 get out OF
the war Her failure to support ku-
mania in the winter Of 1867 WAS
the first uminous prcSagc of her dcfcc-
ton. But she was not delivered body
and soul 10 Germany 10y her h"lrhyerS
until early in 1918. FumanIa fingered
In the War for many months after she
had been isolated by the Russian coll
lapse and resistance on her part had
become hopeless.
But today Bulgaria quits The quad
ruplc alliance OH three days notice.
And Mr.. Bonar Law plainly intlmatcn
in the British house Of commons yes
to-day that tho days OF Turkish bel
ligcrrncy arc also now numbered. The
whole Tcutnn structure Of conquest
md empire in The near cnst has h"cn
shatt"rri practically overnight. No
moro berlin ~ Ragdad or Bokhara: no
moro Hamburg 10 H"rat: no NOR" CO.
lugn" 10 Tunsiautinrplr. Tan-Gcrman-
ism has nat it's dcathhlow.
Ry the Terms of thr armiSticc with
iSulsarin all the railroads pass into al
li.rl hands. just ms the railroads Of lfu-
mania passed into German hands under
tho terms of III" treaty If Bucharest.
If Turkey holds out the allies Will be
free. tn use tho bulgarian railroads 10
TRANSPORT troops to the back door or
C'unHianiinnplr. Rut Turkey is not
likely Ia hold out against lmp"SSlhir
odds When she yields IN" Black sea
will hr opened the German orrr"SSors
will II" rhasrd out OF the Ukraine. out
Of Poland and out Of tn" Baltic prov
inrns and Il new eastern battlefront
will he created.
Serbia. Albania. Montenegro and the
South Siav provinces of AuStril-Ftun-
gary will be liberated. Rumania VIII h.
restored and the war will hc cnrr1ed
again 10 the Transylvnnian border and
the Danube II is Il vision OF triumph
for the allies In that long despairec-o1
corner Of the world--tlH Ealkans-
wh"r" 81 many of tho brilliant hopes OF
other years lie buried. II is Il vision
Of ruin To Berlin. Budapest and Vienna.
Even on the west frnnt-thc theatre
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DR.. SOLF MAY Be
GERMAN CHANCELLOR

! PARIS, Oct. l.-Dr.i w. s. EplL-Ilc
| German minister Of colonies. is men,
toned first in Berlin political circles
as the successor Count Won Hertling.
the retiring imperial chancellor. accpro-
ing to, 4 dispatch from Zurich to l.:
Journal
Then. in the order named. the follow
! ing are spoken of as candidates for the
! position: Count Brockdorff- RantzaL.
! German minister to Denmark; Count
i Won BcrnStorff. former ambassador Il,
/ Turkey Friedrich Won Payer, imperiai
! ricc-chancellor. and Konstantin Fehreu-
bach, the president Of the Reichstag.
| in Il message to the Fathcrland Party
! is quoted in an Amsterdam dispatch L,
the Exchange Telegraph company. a.
spying:
# have the confident hope that the
whole German people in these most Sc
rious times will resolutely gather
around me and jgiye their blood
and wealth until tho last breath for the
defense OF the Fathcrland against the
, shameful eneny plans.
Such a unanimous resolve 10 eX;S,
will. and must, with Gods help. succeed
in breaking the encmy's will 10 war anc
secure for the Fatherland the peace j.;
is worthy among the people OF the
world"
LONDON, Oct. IA peace demonStra-
ton took place in Berlin on Saturday
according Ia news received here. The
cheering crowds assembled in front OF
the Bulgarian legation at the German
capital, ncceSSitating police interview
ton.
Tho rioters. according to the informa-
tion. got the upper hand % the author,-
ties and committed eXccsses. \ num-
Der az statues in the Berlin square we:e
destroyed
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We know what our boys at tho front
must endure, and we can picture 70
ourselves their suffcrinGs and what
they will 70 through. There never mas
been q time in our life when we have
felt so covetous of youth as IN the
months since America entered The war
There never has been q time OcloTe
when we felt that it was cause OIL SEX
reproach that We were old
There never has been time when
We have been SO eager to- entcr with
the full lust OF youth into the contest
We who stay Ut home we men VINO
are beyond the reach OF the hand OF
Uncle Sam. who are no longer able TO
be Of that supreme use at this suprem"
moment TO him, must feel in our hearts
the dignity and the glory and the beau y
Of being young and vigorous; we must
bow our heads in honor 10 those who
are able to render q service Tor our
country that We are not able to render,
An officer who had just returned
from the lighting line in France told
ME that he found no murmur among
our men. not the slightest discomfort
or dissatisfaction. They arc being well
cared for; they are we'll equipped; they
are strong in spirit; they are loyal 10
the cause for which they are fighting.
They endure: they suffer. Why? Not
for themselves, not because ct any de-
sire that they have had that they may
exercise or show their proweSs as sol
diers. but because there is 4 great cause
that they represent
When we say that this Is q war for
civilization, We say very rcal thing.
1t is a generality, but it has something
in It that, II wo understand. means to
us every impulse that is in the Ameri-
can or in any other civilized mind.
All the battles of the world can DO
crystlized into one Word-frtedon.
And that is what we are fighting for
today across the water.
Within the last few months We have
sent nearly two million men across the
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The YANKEES ON The Marine
As Seen by T. ATKINS.

the and he 'owns Scoties, too.
and Ausryouns. the airy FRENCH
he bothered before We Knew
w in ud look and wo in ell they d do
2 NJ they didn't know the gyme.
muchtheir shootln was Inc s'he'
And only bothered that day aWSt July
Was ow in he they should aw y.
Them I4eggy noey just across the sea
thing that bothered SN stagsern ranks
Was in 81 nd appen " ad IL the ianks
My the drive ad first begun
We he Yanks bimy they run!
bothered that seed the chase begin
ell en- fore they got into Berlln!-
They ave the bloody manuel,
They "Ooray! and Give EN-
But bothered about them legEF lads
in eli to their "hanerads!
So together in stfish firm line
ono ere dom flne
bothered that don't bother much
Is the dirt to bury all the Dutch
Gaw's
dirty Pyer becos 'es alNuys been:
the only bothers andn I'M THANKS
Is 'owin 81 i / weren't for the fRnks
Oh the English and the 'owlng Scoies
Austrylcuns an tho airy French Polu
The bothered don't bother us
EMERSON HOUGH
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LENeTHENED LIFE

Thirty years used to be considered
the average span Of life. Today men
men and women are living better and
living longer The average life is
nearer forty years, and specialists tell
-" mat death under fifty ought never
10 occur except from accident. In no
field Of science has progress been
more marked than in the prevention
of disease The whole tio-y of medi-
cine has been revolutionized during
the past fifty years. Diseases are
being traced TO Their origin and dis
case itself is being eliminated. Men
Will wear cut Old as will como On
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SACRIFICE TO THE LIMIT
Not Only In But In Physical Comforts to Back Thos
Rendering Services We Cannot
By FRANKLIN X. LANE,
Secretary of the Interior.

sea. And we have sacrificed in sugar
and in bread and in meat, and We have
sacrificed in money and III Work. ana III
everything else that We could.
And VIC will continue "a sacrifice,
because we do not dcServ" To live unless
We have in our breasts The impulse
for something that Is more precious
than our individual lives; and for that
impulse. to crafty that noble sentl-
mcnt We arc willing 10 sacrifice to the
limit We arc willing to sacrifice not
only in luXUres, but in physical conf
forts. that we may save money to buy
liberty Bonds wheraw1h TO finance
our undertaking and To assure ample
provision for tho wrIl-bcing Of our sons
who have gone over, there to face the
great adventure.
Nearly Il million and half Of the
sons Of France have died upon the west
ern front More men than We had 1T
any one time on both sides in the Civil
war huvo been killed upon that front.
We have some In in the nick Of time To
save civilization. 1t rS our duty. II il
the finest impulse that We have ever
had
he noble purpose that VIC had in
moving into Cuba and across TO the
Philippines and standing against Span
ish aggression and cruelty was as
nothing compared 10 this impulse. which
is but Il further expression OF that
same spirit.
We give a helping hand Ia thr ma
tons Of the world when they are in
distress not that their territory may
BE- saved. not that they may gain VIC
tory over another power. but that the
great things Of civilization may be pre-
served for them and for US.
What are those great thmgS' They
arc the things that are represented by
the fight that we made Il hundred and
forty years ago. They are the things
that arc represented. If you please. by
every battle that this country has
fought. They are the things "f twu
thousands years Of Christianity.
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ABOUT SWAPPING HORSES

About This stage OF. the campaign
We expect 20 hear rarch talk about
pot swapping Gorscs while crossing a
stream. II this APPLIED TO 4 President
OF the United States. who was per.
Sonai,y supervising the details of the
war program. il necessarily would
have point. Applied TO 2 Congress,
whose Democratic membership has
been chiefly conspicuous for failure to
support the war and the war program,
It is an absurdity. The voters are TO
eject q new House of Representa-
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OUR SENATORS VOTED RIGHT

West Virginia woman suffragists
will derive not 4 little comfort from
the fact that in the critical vote on
the amendment in the Senate yester-
day Senator Colt and Senator Suther.
land voted for suffrage. The lntelii-
gencer believes that the West vir-
ginia senator's voted right. They voted
in accordance with the progressive
sentiment Of the day Woman suffrage
is certain to prevail eventually: Il;
may be temporarily delayed. but is
final triumph is not far distant
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TARIFF AFTER THE WAR

= When the great war ends, as it Is
almost certain to do, within the next
hwenty-four months. If not earlier, the
fproblems of readjuStnent viii press
lizard. The world will never again be
what it was before July /, 1914. En-
stirely apart from international Ques-
tons. every one of the warning nations
will have grave peace problems. In
1.-The United States undoubtedly the
J raost serious will be the re-establish-
! rtent OF normal manufacturing and
. commercial conditions. This industry
! has been enormously stimulated. Costs
! cf production have doubled and
! ttehled. The prices Of food, clothing
! and building materials have reached
, figures hitherto undreamed of. With
OFT the stimulus of very large govern
n1ent orders, and without the constant
Increases in the amount of ready
money. resulting from heavy bond is
sues and lavish expenditures. prices
ARE certain TO come down.
TSe process of REIMBURSEMENT will be
a palFsll one, under the best OF cir
cumstancss. 1t will be fortunate il the
process does not bring widespread
disaster. Men do not willingly give up
what they have gained. High wages
and high salaries are the ma ural de-
sire of all employees. Eventually wages
and salaries will be reduced to APP
pTo1imately what has hitherto been
,nprual. These operations mean labor
fe; possibly strikes. Certainly
h unrest and turmoil. The more
dually the REIMBURSEMENT of costs is
ID ought about the less it will pinch.
y In these days of readjustment of the
normal. Of getting back 10 earth so as
to speak, the industries. the trades. the
: commerce and the wages of the
American people will need protective
tariff more than perhaps ever before.
Our industries will have 10 meet the
~VAPSlllloLk VI 'AAV WI IA 'AAN AAStA
est market Of the world. In Great
Britain, France and Germany. in par
ticular, manufacturing activity has
been stimulated beyond all me:;care.
Old. men. women and children have
been drafted into the factories. a great
new industrial population has been
created. That population will demand
employment. and these countries will
have to find employment for them
Their aims will be- to find the employ
nlent in the production of goods TO be
sold in America. the richest country
of the world, the country of the high
est wages and OF The greatest consum-
ing capacity.
How will the American standard Of
wages now existing be maintained
against such competition? How. in
.Sact. will any decent standard Of wages
be maiutained without stronger and
higher tariff wall than the one now
standing?
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TWO LOST In SINKING
OF SUBMARINE CHASER

WASHINGTON. Oct. l.--Nayal sub
marine chaser No. 60 was sunk early t"-
day in 4 collision with tn" oil steamer
$. W. Waller. or tn" coast of Now Jer-
Soy. Two mon from tho chaser arc miss
ing hut III" other members of the crew
were rescued.
Patrol boats and other craft are
searching for the missing men. who are
Machinist'S Mate Walter Fl. Nuth and
S,amau Martin y. Wilson.
Tho collision occurred nj two o'clock
this morning the navy department All
nounrcu tonight
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the determination Of King Ferdinand
to forsake the powers which had
brought only dissolution 10 bulgaria and
trust her dcstinirS to the entente.
But what lmpclled the King most the
consul generals account indicates. was
the fear of revolution. Anarchy was
making serious progress in Sofia. Work.
men and soldiers had held meetings ana
passed laws. BolShcrikiSm in its most
excessive form became the regular or
der and manifestations were held be-
fore the royal palace.
King Ferdinand. il is added, haunted
by tho rccol!cctlonS Of the execution
of former Emperor Nicholas, was unn-
bic TO sleep. Hr considered it csScntia:
for his country and for his own safety.
that strong foreign military force
should intervene. and thus. it is added
as Germany could not give him that
force, he turned to the entente.
BASIL. Switzerland Oc;. l.--Prrmcr
Malinoff Of Bulgaria is accused by IN"
SlraSSburg Post Of having cnnccalcd
from the bulgarian army n decision ar
rived at by the Central l'uWcrS nearly
tru days ago Ia turn over the entire
province of Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
Tho newspaper declares that such n
decision was reached in Berlin SGptrm-
brr ~ during the visit Of Tnlaat TaShs.
tho Turkish premier. hut that Premier
Malin0ff failed To make the decision
known 10 the bulgarian army in lin"
to prevent Bulgaria's asking all arnis-
ticc."
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US Science has not learned to CON-
bat that. But it has learned much,
and is daily learning more. about the
best methods OF protecting the human
BODY from disease attacks.
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THE SCALES HAVE TIPPED, HOLD THEM

now II we hang on. Rut that hanging
on means lighting as dogEcdly and skill
fully rs If il meant 10 tIii thoS" scales
II you don't supply the money for
more American guns, the boys will fight
in vain next time. The weight will
shift This latest victory will be over
turned
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Mayors Proclamation

Whereas there arc now in the
morsucs of this city the mortal re-
Mains of three soldiers Of our coun-
Iry's army and whereas a movement
has been started tn have q public
military funeral on Thursday after
noon. October 3. 1918. and whereas,
SAID movement has met with general
public approval, now therefore cali
upon the citizens OF Wheeling to de.
vote one hour between three. and four
o'clock TO join with the families and
friends in sorrowing for their de-
parted soldiers,
Signed.
G. ". VESTER
Mayor Of Wheeling.
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-BVY uBERIY BoN9s -
BUlGARIANS WILLING
TO ATTACK TURKEY
IF ALLIES ASSIST

LONDON. Oct l. via MonTcal-Bul-
garia- during the discussion over the
armistice at Salonica indicated that she
was not avcrsc TO attacking Turkey. &C
cordng TO reliable news received IN
London, Reuters Limited states to-day
Bulgaria explained. however that she
could only act militarily in this conncc-
ton in cooperation with the allies.
LONDON. Sept. 30.-With Bulgaria
out Of the war through the armslicn
convention signed on Sunday involving
her complete military surrender. inter-
est in the near eastern situation is being
focused on Turkey.
II is noted that Andrew Bonar Law.
chancellor Of the cXchcqucr in his Guild
hall speech to-day, made remark re
fcrring TO the defeat of the Iurklsh
Palestine army II General Allenby.s
hands. adding and "Somethng more IS
going to follow"
l.llcr in his speech he snid also crypt
cally touching on the control nf Bull
gariu which the control OF her railways
will give in that there was something
in connection with Turkey which | can
not say but which VIC can nil think"
Mr. Bonnr Laws words were almost
drowned by cheering. but tho impression
created was that Turkey would follow
Bulgaria's lead.
There was deep satisfaction in Lon
don over the days Developments but II"
excitement and no demonstrations. The
keynote OF the newspaper comments is
4 warning to the people not TO think
that the war IS ended.
The Gcrm;Ln army yet it is pointed
out. is 4 great army, and is as Yet ur-
defeated There is stern work ahead.
the commentators generally agree. and
any rclaXatlUn Of efforts should not
take place.
according to Vienna messages. En-
pcror Charles is 10 issue Il manifesto to
the people tomorrow and il is f"l; that
this must DC an uUtcrancc Of historic
importance,
PARIS. Sept. lit WAS tn" fear ~
revolution at HON" and tn" failure or
Germany and Austria 10 send him III"
military force h" required that induced
King Ferdinand ~ bulgaria. IN turn I"
the entente for help. according Id thu
American consul general Al Sofia inom;-
nick Murphy. as quoted in 4 disratrn
TO III" Matin from SalnnIii.
Tho consul general. the dispatch
states. gave Interesting details on his
arrival AT Saloniki from Sofia in rnnI-
pany with the Bulgarian rlrninutrn-
tiaries of the conditions in III" RulgH-
iian capital leading up 10 titr demand
for an arnistire. King Ferdinand. thu.
account declares. assembled tho grand
council September l3. with tho result
that formal demand was made on
Berlin and Vienna for Immediate as
sistancc. Notwithstanding the urgent
touo Of the demand. Germany and Aus
tria responded with rVaSivr promises
for the future.
That tho account continues. settled