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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-31
Tuesday, December 81, 1918.
BoLSHEVIK CONTROL AT
WASHINGTON

An Associated Press dispatch from
Berne. Switzerland. says: Reliable in
formation. from Russia brings conhrma-
ton Of reports that the Specialization Of
industry there is q complete failure.
Official statistics show that in almost
all tho 51a mills and factories controlled
by the state, expenses have considerably
exceeded receipts. During the first
four months OF 1918 tho government
paid out moro than 400, 100000 r1bles to
cover the deficits, and has been obliged
ND to the pt esent to advance 1.o0o,000.ooo
to the factories under its control
Government ownership and control
as praeticed at Washington. and sociali-
zation Of industry. as practtced by the
Russian Bolsheyik. are not essentially
different. The Bolshevik have applied
their theory Of specialization to all in
dustrics, while, so far. the United
States has applied it only to the rail-
roads. However, the parallel is inter-
esting. With poorer railroad service
than ever before. and with more costly
railroad service than ever before. the
railroads Of the United States, under
government operation. lost about five
hundred million dollars last year, in
stead Of earning upwards Of three hun
dred million dollars as they did in the
previous twelve months. The essential
error in the specialization Of industries
is the same as in governgent operation.
1t removes the incentive: to special ef-
fort: it offers premium to the noisy
demagogue who can start an agitation;
it invites wholesale demands for wage
increases, and it eventually brings
about the deterioration OF service. No
organization of industry that does not
give to the Industrious. cnterpristng
and thrifty man better opportunity to
better himseH than is given to the lazy
the DUH and the wasteful man, can
maintain itself for any length Of time
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Bv II. P. FAIRCHILD
Professor of Sociology in Yale University.

,urbing influences Of the war. Now
that hOStiliiics are over. they threaten
Ia make use Of the chief weapon OF
labor in it's conflicts with capital
weapon long ago recognized and sane
toned as legitimate. and 10 strike Tor
their rights as they conceive them.
What will he their attitude toward the
men. many Of them sui III UNIFORM
who stop IN Ia block the achievement
OF their aims, or of the government
which permits its ncwlH-discharsed SOL
dicrs TO become strike breakers?
What is really important is the light
which is used by this circumstances
upun the complex situation which now
roufruuts IN" nation. one may ask.
why do not the boat owners have re
course to the United States Employment
Service, established 10 meet just such
problems" The answer is clear: The
L. s. Employment Service will not SEND
workers 10 place where they arc plain
Is 10 be used 10 affect Il labor dispute.
The moral Of this 50 far as there Is
one, is the Necessity Of The most car"tu
thought and the most impartial ana
unSclfiSh consideration on the part OF
all thinking people with reference to our
situation. Th" state Of mind which
naturally followed the signing of the
arm;sticn was one OF relief that now
at least tho danger was over. ana We
could relax uur tension. The fact IS
that the danger is more acute than
ever.
1t is no longer the attacks OF for
ricn foe Tint W" must fear. but tho IN
sidious workings Of the internal forces
Of disintcrratioIi AMI drEcnerauon EVIL
dcnccs Of this danger abound on every
hand for ono who has eyes 10 sec. a
we'll organized group OF men In the uni
form of the federal government trying
ia heat dawn tho resistance OF tho po-
licr force Of tho municipal government
Gu ne to vent their spite upon group
Of ncorlc gathered to condemn all gov
eminent Is. not an cdifying spectacle
When the Mooney parade in New YORK
nusscd M Fifth avenue, soldiers ana
marines made cxinmNorc speeches 10 the
crowd protesting against the carrying
Of tho red flag before the Stars ana
Stripes.
Our nation is facing perhaps tho most
critical period in its history. the only
conceivable exception being the pcr'ou
! Of the Civil war. 1t hchooves every
,, natrintic citizen 10 fight off inc lrtn-
argv which follows victory. ana 10 re-
member that the buElc call to service
| Is far from silcnccd.
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ILoYD-GEoRGE's VICTORY

The coalition victory won by the
Lloyd George government in the British
elections can hardly fail to be a source
Of qualification in all allied countries.
The defeat Of the Lloyd George min
istry would have meant change in the
British administration, the appearance
of a new Premier. and. possibly.
change in British policy. In this par
ticular the British election was differ
ent from that IN tho United States.
Although Mr.. Wilson suffered 4 severe
rebule at the polls. he still remains the
spokesman Of America and he goes to
the peace conference at his own volition
as the representative to the American
government and the American people.
At this stage Of affairs a change in
British leadership might have proven
embarrassing. Whatever may be the
strength or the weakness OF the Lloyd
George government, it is, at least. un-
derstood by the Allies. 1t has their
confidence and they will be better able
to work with it than they would with
a ministry composed of men with whom
they had not. heretofore. co-operated.
' We may safely assume that Great
Britain and the United States Will not
be widely at variance at tho peace con-
ference. Our views, our aims and In
terests run along parallel lines.
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COMMUNICATION AS
TO STATE TAXATION

Editor Of The Wheeling Intclligenccr,
Wheeling. W. Va.
~Dcar Sir: 1T would appear that
there arc those who have already de-
clcd as Ia what the legislature will
do as regards tho so-call"d Virginia
debt Now | remember that quite a few
Of tho papers Of the state. as we'll as
many prominent members Of the leEiS-
laturc "f 1918. declared that VIC did not
uw" III" dob. and was for over opposed
to paying any part of it. In 1877 many
had changed their opinion and talked az
though we were Iiahir Ia he thrown in
iail ut any time: and left to languish
there until We arranged for the pay
!nert Of Eirrinia's claim.
I'VE are not in Jail yet. neither have
wn arranged for the payment Of the
claim. am willing for a just and fair
cnmproniS" that the state may br for
eyer rid "f IN" controversy. Rnt n We
nay All or any part Of 1t. why make
Natural Gas the scapc-Soat upon which
VI" shall place the lag marking 1t as
Tho source from which VIC may derive
tho revenue for its payment? I do not
object to Il productinn tax on gas but
WHY cxcl'id. roal" IN 1896. or near that
time, there was a company buying up
coal lands in Webster county at $40
per aero. allowing tho landowner 10 re-
main on it during his natural life: the
Title then went TO the company.
And III This way the coal lands ht
tho state have been taken up nj very
small prcccnt &C thci rvalue; and in
many places. they now hold lands that
ar" much m"rH valuable than much or
our farming rNads; but h"cau"" "f III"
fact that ihryY ar" ~ yet undrvelop"d
ihoJ. are not :IGe"SSrI ut what they
should be considering their value. While
The InicliignrCcr has expressed hope
that the legislature would not get coal
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4 Cew days ago a metropolitan news
paper contained an advertisement head
rL as follows: "A Serious strike Is
Imminent; Returned soldiers Needed L"
Save q Serious Situation.
The remainder of the advertisement
described the situation among the water
front workers. telling the r2minrncc
of strike which would aim to Ii" up
the harhor of New York. thereby pre-
venting tho shipment Of necessary sup
plies 10 the boys over there and S"ri-
ouSiy interfering with the government :
plans. y paragraph from II government
notice WAS quoted 10 show the concern
which is felt in the matter. and re-
turned soldiers wcr" assured that they
would be given preference ii they aN-
piled for employment. The ADVERTISE
mcnt was signed by The Boat Owners
Recruiting Onicc.
Those few sentences contained one OF
the mos, significant cpitomcs Of tn"
present critical situation which coutd
be found anywhere.
Here is an essential and basic indus
try in which tn" government mas mani
Tested particular interest. not 'nniy by
fostering its general development but
by an official prnnuunccmcnt concern
ing The Importance Of the SITUATION.
Here are hundreds of thousands of re-
turning troops. composed Of men who
have been away from their regular oc-
cupatious for q number Of m9NhS o.
ferins their lives for he SAX" Of their
country. and assdupusly cared for by
a temporarily most pat"rnalistic gov
ernment Tho great majority or them
must now look Ia tho cmploymcntS OF
peace for their livelihood, and Ia their
own independent activity 10 make con-
ncctions with those emnloymcnts. In
MANY cases they find their former posi-
tions filled BY older men with fhmllicS'
or by women who have faithfully per
formed the work and who arc not IN
clined to rolinQuish their positions.
Over in Europe are other hundreds OF
thousands of troops dependent for their
comfort upon the efficient function'nS
of this industry. which now openly pro
claims itself in need Of men. Nha'
more natural than that certain pro-
norton OF soldiers without employment
should offer their services for this
work. or that tho boat owners snouio
advertise for them:
But what of the other sidc?- Here Is
a rroup OF workinSmen. with their own
ideas Of their rights, and conception
Of their place in society undouhtedlS
modified by the cnlightcning and dis
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DIR SH1PBUILDING BAN

Notwithstanding the desire OF France
70 place orders for shp-haildins tom
mage amounting to upwards Of 6.boHOP'
dead weight tons. combined with the
established fact that American ship
builders arr advertising for construc-
ton contracts by virtue Of government
cancellations. the Federal Shipping
Board refuses to permit construction t"
proceed in American yards for foreign
nations.
According to Washington reports this
prohibition is imposed on order from
the President To the Shipping Board.
md the reason advanced for the same
Is that aIr. Mil"on contemplatcs using
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tor or arbitrator. hut in the most use
full if most difficult. role of cano'o
friend. Candor will be met with can
dor, and that is the first milestone on
our road to the greatest Of political
Ideals"
In the meantime. this troublesome
Irish ghost which refuses TO be Ialo
has stnlkcd across EnEland's own stage
-, hnmr During the recent election
L'r,.I,Sh labor leaders were loud in their
acknowledgement that their big fights
in British constituencies were largely
due to enthusiastic Irish support ana
splcndid Irish organizations. stranger
things have happened than the ultimate
solution Of an apparently Impossible
Irish problem by combination between
English labor and Irish nationalIsts.
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Erzberger. the German Liberal leader,
who was one Of the signers OF the
aru,istice, declares that the indemnity
question has been settled. that each
country Is to pay it's own war cost. and
Germany only is to pay damages to
Franco and Belgium. Germans like
Erzberger become so accustomed to
bluffing that they cannot quit. even
when the world has ceased to take them
seriously.
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Mainly About People
A Weekly News Letter
By r. P. O'CoNNOR

WAY as the mind nf President WILSON,
who is above all Things consecutive ana
logical, whereas our own brilliant prime
minister sees things rather in visions
and after the manner of an impression
ist" -
Tho Guardian finds consolation in the
hope that "a little hcart-to-heart talk
will clear up all differences ana ;Iops
Significantly. the president is wise 10
lose no time in starting the cohEeis"
ton"
II will be seen from this article why
:, is that the presidents sudden change
of plans suggest such hopes TO the LID
erals and such uncasincss To reac' ~
ary circles. He will get maEni. IT
reception from all London: but II the
truth has to he spoken. his reception
will he polite among the classes nut
wholc-heartcd among the masses. WI"
today look to him with moro c"nfld"h'"
than to any other contemporary liSuIc'
rbus labor is already out with spec
ial preparations, and Ireland, through
Tho lord mayor of Dublin, invites HIM
to Irish shores.
Sim Fein Faces Big Task.
Nobody knows the next step In 1rish
DEVELOPMENTS. as everybody REGARDS 'ie
nresent situation AS essentially transl-
tory. The Sim Fein leaders now. al
Inst arc faced with the responsibility
| OF establishing an Irish republic Win
| in n short time. or try what can be Done
| by 81 sham parliament in Dublin issuing
! sham laws. imposing sham taxes and
! finding realities in wholesale imnr!s-
| current OF history have found strange
| allies One is the state of Ireland
! land. 49,
Already supporters Of the Irish M
! ti,,,lis, Marry contemplate the next
election, when thc insane fever having
run it's course. their policy Will aEai"
| prevail. In the meantime ireland Is
virtually ignored in tho English press
with the conspicuous exception Of the
! Times. Lord Northcliffc Is not swrrF-
| inr in his convictions largely due to MS
| Intimate acquaintance with American
| conditions, that 4 reconciliation Win
| ireland is an urgent necessity Tor inc
security Of the British empire.
The German influence" says the
Times. "in America. beaten down III
war, is again active. and the Struggle
| for the political soul Of the country Is
! jntrrruptcd by q war renewed i'll other
| forms. and these attempts 10 divert the
! current OF history have found Strngc
allies. Ono is the state OF Srcland
When will people realize that Ireland Is
moi q question Of domestic politics
| only. but a permanent diSturbcr OF tho
compAss in our foreign and colonial
policy. too?
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WANTS ALLIED ARMY
TO ENTER BERLIN

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3o.-A rcsolu-
ZION nrupnsing an array Of allied and
United States troops trumphanuy enter
Berlin to impress upon the minds Of the
Germans the fact that Germany has
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rhe rsn,ns Extols Mr. Wilson.

And then, like everybody else the
Times turns to President Wilson IN
these words:
1T is precisely because Mr.. wilson
brings with him Il drAucht of liberty
from the New World that his arriraI
here is welcomed by all good English
men. and he is not here is an !nStruc-
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SOLDIERS AS STRIKE BREAKERS

An Incident of the Critical Period the Nation Now Faces
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-17

Mrs. Ben Logsdon went to Ores
co Monday on a visit to her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lewis.
Miss Gertie Moe went to Albert
Lea Monday on business expecting
to be gone several weeks.
Something new. Ice cream
sandwiches, 5 cents, at Otto Ander-
sons. If.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Reed arriv-
ed home last Wednesday from a
three weeks stay in Chicago.
Robert Hargreaves of Mason
city spent Sunday here with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hargreaves.
&C. HI. Nordby returned to Min
neapolis Thursday, after a visit of
several days here at the E. S. Thune
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Laudel
were business passengers to Cresco
yesterday.
Mrs. p H. Hong concluded a
visit here at the S. L. McMasters
home and returned to Chicago Mon
day.
Miss Anna Peterson came last
Wednesday afternoon from Mime
apolis and is a guest of Miss En-
ma Jewell
Mrs. A. E. Eberhard returned to
Elkader Thursday having spent a
few days here with her mother, Mrs.
M. c.. Steyers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-17
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mrs. G. P. Hong returned to
Chicago Thursday.
Il. S. Dale was passenger to
Minneapolis Saturday.
Try an ice cream sandwich,
cents at Otto Anderson's If.
Mrs. j. C. X. Jackson went to
Dubuque Saturday to spend Sunday.
-Mesdames A. Zieman and Elmer
Weihe of Postville were shoppers
here Saturday.
Mrs. S. r. Ringoen and daugh-
ter Margret spent Saturday at Ridge
way with friends. tEEkI.
%. K Kjorlein went to Mime
apolis Saturday for~~sH..- indefinite
stay with his son. sEe
Mrs. j. HaatvedtA returned to
Ridgeway Thursday having visited
friends here since Sunday.
Miss Lena Thompson came
Saturday from Chicago on a visit to
her sister, Mrs. o. Bergeson.
For good -varnish for~foors and
woodwork go TO Prastmark's.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-17
TAXES INCREASED BY
over 100000
State and County Levies are Much
Higher This Year Than in
1917.
THE WAR FUND
GETS 100000
State Levy This Year is 7.25 Mills
Compared With 4.33 Mills
in 1917.

Des Moines, March 25.-Taxes to
be collected in Iowa this year total
SCI, 761, 0'75.79, as compared to $751;
GAG, 1860 in 1917, according to the
reports submitted by the county au-
ditors to the state auditor, which are
now complete. The taxable value of
property is $975,467,S72 exclusive of
moneys and credits as compared to
1855, 143,629, the preceding year.
The total increase in taxes thru
out the state this year as compared
to last year as shown above is S.
la, 1910. OF this increase about
SO, 900 is an increase in state
taxes. OF this 100000 increase
81 100000 goes to the war fund of
the state, s1,0O0,0O0 to the educa-
tional institutions and $1,000,00O to
the institutions under the state
board of control.
The increase in the county taxes
amounts to about 100000 OF
this amount $2,69S,041 is an in
crease in school taxes. There is an
increase of more than $1,000,0O0
in city taxes.
Out of the $61,761,075 in taxes to
be collected this year the total state
tax is $7,O6S, 966.6S. The remand
err s64 ,692,109 goes to the counties.
In fact the most of the money col
lected as state tax indirectly or di-
srectly goes to the counties mas
much as 1t maintains the state edu-
cational institutions, established for
all of the people, the state institu-
ttions under the board of control, ex-
cept for per capita contributed by
counties for their own patients in
these institutions, for money to pay
the salaries of district judges and
indirectly to other county purposes.
The state tax levy this year is
1925 mills, whereas last year it was
ABB mills. The amount of money
to be collected for capitol extension
is $169,7S2.59.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-17

VI. a. meyer was ONCl iiOhI
Calmar yesterday.
-Chas. Kornmeyer went to st.
Paul Sunday night on business.
Mr.. and Mr.. l.. B. Willis were
passengers to Calmar yesterday.
Mrs Adeline Wallace of West
Union is a guest at the home OF
S. L. McMasters.
Supervisor j. P. Kuhn and j. j.
Haug were DEBORAH visitors Satur-
day from Spillville.
Boy" Bulls arrived here last
week from the west on visit to
his mother and sister.
Mrs. Frank Young went to
Hawkeye yesterday for a few days
visit with her father.
Peter Queal and wife of Locust
and Mrs. C. A. Queal went to Cas-
per, Wyoming. Monday.
Children's Rah, Rah, hats, all
colors so cents. S. LARSEN.
Mrs. M. C. Hanson went to
Burr, MINI. yesterday on a visit to
her sister, Mrs. Carl Wick.
Rev. and Mrs. S. B. Slater OF
Mason City are here on a visit to
the latters mother, Mrs. A. P. Rudy.
Mrs. John Barth went to Prairie
du Chem Monday where she will
take treatments at the sanitarium.
Eggs cheaper now than at
any time this season. Preserve them
now with Parman's Liquid Egg Pre-
server.
Mrs. o. o. Canestorp returned
to Elbow Lake, Mimi, Saturday af-
ter visit here at the X. l. Haugen
home.
Olaf Queal who is soldier at
Camp Pike, Ark, is here on visit
to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ole
Queal.
Miss Ardeth Conrad who is,
studying nursing in Chicago is here
on a visit to her mother, Mrs. a. E.
Conrad.
| Mrs. C. F. Anderson went to st.
Paul Thursday for a visit of three
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. A. G,
Peterson.
| Miss Rinilda Weiss returned to
Cresco Monday. having spent few
days here with her brother and
sister-in-law.
Mrs. o. NJ. Olson and Mrs. ].
Quenvold of Manchester spent Sun
day here with the latters sister, Mrs.
N. o. Bendickson.
Mrs. J. A. o. Preus, concluded
visit here with her father, X, +.
Haugen, on Saturday and returned
home to Minneapolis. d,
Mrs. Albert Hammersnessl ar
rived home Monday from Adams,
Mimi. where she has been on a
visit to her brothers the past two
weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Banded
autoed down from Spring Valley,
Sunday on visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. E. Reed.
Mrs. Margaret Brown and
daughter Catherine, of Des Moines
and Mrs. j. S. Hardy, of Cedar Rap
ids are guests OF their sister, Mrs.
N. r. Croft
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Ruksvold,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ruksvold, Mrs
Hans Ruksvold, Mrs. Paul Stee and
Herman Stee arrived here Monday
from Florence, S. d. to attend the
funeral of Mrs. James Allen Head
ington which was held yesterday.
-Messrs j. j. and C.. E. TrZcin.
ski who have been here on visit
to their mother and sister conclud-
ed their visit and returned to ST.
Paul today. Their mother ac-
companied them.
Mrs. j. C. Peterson returned to
Chicago today after a visit here at
the home of Prof. Naeseth
Mrs. James Meikle arrived
home this morning from Canton,
Ohio where she has been on a visit
Ito her sister, Mrs. John Gardner.
-Thos. Qualley departed today
for Great Falls, Mont where he has
taken up his residence.
Auto Windshields at Prast-
marks
Sooner or later you will trade
at Miller's-why not sooner? 12-6
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-17

Sooner or later you will trade
at Miller's-why not sooner? 1876
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-17
SOLDIER LOSES HAND.
Falls Under Train While Enjoying
Furlough at Home.

Oskaloosa, March 25.-Claytou
McMurray, who has been In training
for the past four months with the
Twenty-first Field Artillery, Battery
C, at Waco, Texas. had his hand in
jured by train Monday night. He
was brought to Abbott's hospital and
amputation was found necessary.
The young man was returning home
for six days furlough. He arrived
in Givin on the NJ & st. L. railway
just as the Rock Island train came
through. Seeing some of the soldier
boys on the train he ran along by
the train with his hand on the win
dow of the. car. talking~to the boys
He slipped and fell, the rear wheel
of thes last coach passing over his
left hand. He was taken to. ABB
bott's hospital for treatment. The
hand was so badly mashed that am-
putation was necessary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-17

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that with wiser laws and a sounder policy regarding Alaska there could be larger growth in the production of the territory and an increase in population, both national assets. He pleaded for the establishment of con- ditions whereby the tin of the Nome region would not have to be sent thou sands of miles out of the territory to be manufactured, only to be shipped back as cans for Alaskas salmon; whereby it would not be necessary to import fuel to run the railroads and industries; whereby Alaska coal could be used in Alaska smelters, and whereby farmers could have a market for the products which already they are producing in excess of local de- mands.
 Summarized, Mr McPherson's rec concentrations were under three heads; First, a large measure of home rule, form of government on the basis of that accorded to other territories; second, the coordination and the unification of federal bureau control over those matters that would remain under federal jurisdiction even when Alaska becomes a state, and third, a revision of the land laws to encourage settlement and home-mak- ing.