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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-19

the war stopped II fortnight too soon.
Tho allied army should have invaded
Germany and marched straight to Ber-
lin aud dictated tn" peace IN Potsdam
Palace. The result nf the blundcr
against which many protested ut the
time is Il revival Of German arrogance
great public meetings all over. Germany
announcing that they will not pay the
indemnity. the challenge 10 invade Ger
many and run tho country and let tho
Allied army collect The taxes. tho riots
in the towns tho Rhinc---we arc rraping
what We Suwnd. What we need Is
revival Of memory.
Blind TO their follirz and mistakes:
An yes.
But blindness To base crimes?
How will thr aftcrtin,"s
Spit IN us if We fail TO smitc
For ciliesful OF homes flaming upon
tho night
For little hands cut off. and torn out
tongues.
And fumes that set slow fire IN the
W. meant To do our duty in the hour
or victory and powcr'
And %ct---
Oh Cod wc may forget.
And So every day. this il tn" prayer
pray;
ord let our face be- $ct. like flint unto
the end:
ct IL. not bend. God. lot us no; forget"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-19
Ss+urdsy, April 70, 1919.
TEE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
oUESTIONNAIRE

YAo Boston News Bureau contains the
@.zun Of m tataresttns league OF
saatssns euest9oaatr~ conducted BY
Anzcsvns Letters. ruhtseataen connected
,4uwS tho building trades Of New Eng
NsnA md New York Many Of the MEM
earn az thsee trades responded to the
eaRuna,sy sent out. and results are IS
Sesap~@
Z No yea IN ezpor OF the League Of
-2estiona as rropooed without aneno
Srerfg?
nn fEvoe. 30. Not h taEcr, al
= Aro you tn tsvor q the proposed
r<anzua Of Nations With anenoroenS
vroNncsSnx American tnterestS7
IA Aaror. xSS. Nok In favor. ID
3. Are you against and Leasne on
Nst4oos7
80, Against any leagre Is NOT aSalfss'
.any league, AL
sha above results. tns Mseztsenear
Aas*ezes arc fztrly indicative Of tho sen
s.sneus among thoughtful American ettf
ven. generally. There has not been. and
ener. Is not DOW, opposition to league
go.yIcnant agreement or treaty or
whatever it may be called that VIII
capitalize the moral influence OF the
American people for world peaee
There will continue to be positive oSjec-
sson to any agreement that forces us to
become responsible in military sense
: for the maintenance Of peace IN any part
os the old world. AS to the use OF our
army and our navy. and the sacrifice OF
r<ur own flesh and blood in any world
cause, the American people will main
: tain complete freedom Of action and VIII
assume no obligations that bind them to
take part in a quarrel Of which they
can have no advance information and as
= TO which they may have absolutely no
direct interest
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-19
Our Daily Story
RUDDERLESS

Tin" middle sized man politely d'fed
his hat.
II am from tho income tax Office.
he sand Docs Mr.. rickcn Chooscr
liv" here"
Mrs rhoosrr nodded worried NOD
Il know he should have paid his TAX
several days ago. she. said. GU q
better go in and So" him. He's III his
study--hc'- been thor for several days.
The middle. sized min FOUND PlckHn
Chuu<rr stamping w -Hd down the
room waving an incom" tax form. Hhir
WAS scattered on the n"nr Judging from
rh"usrrs hairless h"nd. II must nave
come from there.
"Takr tho total remainder Of the
sixth class su:, \ and add the auto
license number" l'ick"n Chooscr was
ravinE. "Suh&Iraci The size Of the col
lar. multiply hy the birthday and add
the cub" root If the last two children
Tho subtract tn" day Of tho week from
five. ANA thrcc-riEhth per cent of the
hu,lS" number and"
floor rrlow.' murmurcd the middle
today. and the asylums already so
crowded"
And hr r"Erctfully wrnu" opposite
Chu"srr's name: Non comins taxes.
and YEARLY w"ndrd his wnndy way.
protected by Gc"rg" Matthew Adams.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-19
ndPUDENCE REBUKED

The obstinacy Of city hall officials in
forcing an election upon the water bond
issue this week will cost the city sew
eral thousand dollars. and in addition.
gives black eye to the worry worthy
project Of filtration When the proposed
election was fixed for April 18th. with
just a little over two weeks notice. every
formed about its affairs was amazed 1T
the proposed snap Judgment The In
teliigencer was honored by being taken
into the confidence Of the members Of
the commission just before they pre-
scented Their ordinance to council. but
even then di6 not understand that any
date as early as April 18th was conteua-
plated for the election. and 80 far as
the Intcnigencer can learn not sin
gle person who was consulted with
fajled to protest against the early date
However, the city hall management IA
euous1y insisted upon It's own program
down to the dotting Of the r. and tho
crossing Of the IT" No amendment,
alteration. changes or improvements
were possible from their viewpoint
They practically said to the citizens Of
Wheeling Take this or nothing. II
you want filtration you must talae It
our way or you win not get It all all.
and the citizens Of Wheeling promptly
and effectively rebuked this official i'm
pudence.
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BEWARE THE BOOK TAUGHT BILKINS
DEWHnE I'LL UUVN lHUVNi DlLNilso
There's Danger When Experts Theory Not Experts Realty
Advise in the Framing of Laws.
By WALDO G.. MORSE
Lawyer and Publcst.
power over small group of subject
Lawyer and Publicist

power over small group of subject
youths.
How We love the memory OF those
benevolent hrSputS who taught us years
agQ. and their like arc instructing our
sons today in tho sound and tried out
knowledge of all time. And In case
they should make an occasional journey
into thr fields Of speculation, dreaming
about the untricd. we will humor them
|, is when tho mon Of the books ana
their followers como with their mex
pcriencc in real things. and would put
aside the institutions and customs
which have developed through us. that
society begins 10 have the pains Of dis
solution.
Such is tho situation which Is devcl-
oping in Russia. given over to eX2lota-
tion under theories taught by book
learned professors t,trec generations
ago and repeated by many in our own
midst today. Many of our colleges and
public schools are seriously affected by
those same teachings. and it is we'll 10
know whnt our sons and daughters are
learning Made in Germany" is the
stamp upon the brand cr--sumod in Rus
STA and long peddlcd hero.
Usually the professor never practices
any profession or does any primary
work. Practitioners sometimes teach,
but they are not real professors. The
professor is frst pupil. and goes on
'peing pupil until he can do so no
longer. Then he stays right along IN
school. teaching younger men. He sci
dom makes the plunge into actuilities
or learns the rude realities Of life. lie
passes from tho condition Of the sub
misSive subject 10 that Of the unqucs-
toned autocrat. and rarely does he
learn TO meet or respect in practical
competition his peers. He lives in books
and speaks tx cathcdra.
II is when such men arc called by
legislators or otherwise To advise in the
framing Of laws for the government or
their fellows and 10 deal with their
equals that suffering comes to men. The
professors are acclaimed as experts
but usually they arc farthcst from that
attainment. They arr untricd novic"s.
book taught hilkins"s in practical af-
fairs of life, and when they arc permit
ted 10 drop their rcadjusunG monkey
wrcnchcs into tn" whirlinS forces or re-
ality. then people get hurt.
An expert Is the product Of study plus
long years of practical experience with
hard facts in Il laboratory of actuaIliiS.
Copyright, 1912
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-19

Ours Is the day Of the expert Tech
meal information has grown to dimcn-
stons 50 prodigiouS that in each spc-
cialty men can learn only by great
great labor the tE&Ss which directly
affect their particular corners Of uni
yersal knowledge. When the other r"-
quirenent Of true wisdom and efficiency
is added. that they know something
about everything and become tltted 10
understand the relation Of their own
little bits OF specialized learning to the
whole sum Of human knowledge, then
indeed the task grows appalling
though nothing less IS sufficient In max
Ing up that half of wisdom which may
be acquired by conscious effort
In spite Of everything we are over
run and pestered by untaught geniuses
who assume all wisdom and are DINING
into the ears Of men various RECONSTRUCT
tons Of society and, rearransements OF
the relationships Of men. In the prac-
teal fields Of material life the wild
theorist Is harmless, for the hard facts
Of tangible things soon destroy his
ill-adjusted dogInas and society suffers
from nothing worse than crank. use
less and q little moro harmful than any
other productive individual living
upon tho acc1Inulations and endured by
the patience Of his fellows.
The shouters and whispcrers Of plans
for destruction and reconstruction OF es-
tah1fshed manners and customs, how
ever, are met by the physical fncts'
while tho DRIFT toward good or i'll in the
life Of a nation Is measured by CEN
turfes. seldom By decades. Crashes ana
distinctions may Suddenly appear. as
at tho brink OF 4 Niagara, but the water
has slowly worked its way from Lake
Erie, from the Detroit river, perhaps
tho Georgian bay or Lake Superior
So the fool who has said in his heart
that there is no God. and the knave who
has said II only with his lips. may live
thetP lives and die unconfutcd. and
others. may carry on the cry without
thought or new ideas. while destruction
Fingers because Of the right thinking.
square acting majorites.
The ignorant theorist, tho crank ana
the knave, however. arc only sub-toNie
as compared with the innOvators of IN"
book taught bilking type. men who have
done no work but to read and have at
tempted the performance OF no useful
task more nearly related to fact than
writing or the teaching Of their views
Of society and government to students,
or ruling with unlimited and des3ouc
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-19

billion dollars out Of the Treasury OF
the United States. That billion ought
by keeping up the price of wheat and
making bread .dearer. Whatever tho
loss to the government. the price OF
wheat should be in accordance with the
law OF supply and demand for 1t. lf
wheat can be sold to the people for $l.U0
u -bushel so much the better.
In the narnc of humanity let us have
some food that will be cheap.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-19
Big Obligations for
The Baltimore & Ohio

Special Dispatch To The Intelligcnccr:
BALTIMORE. Md. April lS.-Thc BAL
timore 4 Ohio railroad Is one OF me
large railway systems OF the count?
which will soon have TO consider ne"
financing for maturing obligations
amounting to several millions OF dollars
On July this company has notes rail-
ing udr which total together with DINER
maturitics in excess OF s2n. opo;uVo. 80
far tho 4, & u. has not decided upon
nnv dcf-aitc plan for meeting these OBJ
legations. but it will be shortly taken UP
for serious consideration.
Between now and the time tnat tho
July maturities roll around smAiler on.
Iipations Of the company will be paid
off. but ns the amounts are not large
these can be met without difftcu
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-19

Our experts toll us that this war has
loaded every American family with Il
debt Of two thousand dollars. Every
infant in the ,rHdl" cnrricS n four hun
drcH dollar debt upon its hands. Ever
boy nud girl going toward their mar
ringc day, hay" Il mnrtSaEr of eight
hundred dollars upon their lives. Every
old man and woman. dying. leaves be-
hind II large burden. Rut for this two
thousand dollars war debt, IN" young
working man could have his little auto
mobile for S35n as could every young
farmer and many ricrkSl Thd TWO
Thousand dollars that every American tx
paying represents Il total loss. ON"
part OF .hc forty billions wasted r"nr"-
st.nrs tho supper, of an army Of two nil
lions Of mon with cannon. machine guns.
munitions. equipment. ships and cnrg"cs
sunk The other part represents lives
lost. men crippled until they have ceased
"a hr in >trun..niS of producing wealth.
Every life lost. "rrry cruelty wrought.
EVERY ship sunk. every family that is
h"nrthr;kcn. ar" events directly charge
ablc Ia the German people. backing up
their inhuman Kaiser and b;Lrbnrous war
chiefs
What This Forty Billions Could Have
Done
Consider what America could hav"
done with the forty billions wasted:
Would build one million miles Of mac
adam roads for farmers.
THIS. ruHds would hav" crossed the
c"ntin"n; thr"" hundred times.
Would build one million public schools
costing $40 .0n0 each.
Would HAY" built eight million homes
for working Mon at $1,000 each.
Would lhrr"fnrc have housed forty
millions Of. people now renting houses
All this would have added t" thr
strength If tho American people.
This WIZ d"ht has lr:Sa'n"l thor
strength as wealth producers.
Il - ON" thing for Il young soldier 10
survive. his wound. tn" loss Of his leg.
and dirsfarEc from III" hospital: II is
quite another thing for him 10 begin III"
Hnrw. rs n cripple. In caru his own sup
tort. To- carry his hnndirar perhaps
found a family and win their livelihood
Throughout, the long strrntch Of untold
years. II is this burden Of two thous-
and dollars upon every American family
that gives us pause.
The Allies Need Good Memories.
Today the whole world realizes that
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hn.. hcnn sending circulars broadcast
,hrousi. nut tho country urging flood
Of prnnnranda letters directed primarily
NJ The members Of the next house mill
,ury affairs committee. The circulars
orc, the very first Scnt"nr" states, not
for puhliraion." members "f the union
grc urged Ia write letters To any mem
hcrs Of The military committee they may
know. and to krI other people who
orrrn with them particularly returning
soldiers, tn write also to their NOM
hers Of tho committee.
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Nationwide Propaganda
Against Training by
Anti-MiIitary Union
Special Dispatch to The Intelligcnccr.

Special Dispatch to The Intelllgcnc"r.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Nation
wide propaganda against universal mill
tary training. preparedness and ado
quate appropriations for the army and
navy is being eng neercd, IT was earn
I'd 'to-dav, BY the American Union
Against Militarism. which has been So
quiet during the war that official Wash
ington had almost forgotten the exist
cnce Of the organization.
1t has just come to light. however.
that under date Of March = the Union
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The report that Germany intends ask
ing indemnity for damage done by aerial
raids shows that after all the Germans
have a sense Of hurnor.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-19
r1HEMEN ACCEPT TERMS.

CINCINNATI April lS.-A settlement
Of the controversy between city firemen
and city officials was effected late today
when the fircmen voted unanimously to
accept III etcrms Of Mayor John Calvin,
under which the mon will be relnstated.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-04-11
GOT BOOZE IN LEAvENwORTH

James Mclaughlin was found not
guilty by jury in the Superior court
Tuesday evening on the charge of hav-
ing liquor in his possession for the
purpose of selling the same.
The verdict was a surprise to all
who heard the testimony says the We
natchee Daily World. Prosecuting
Attorney Whitney Immediately caused
McLaughlin's arrest on the charge of
having LIQUOR in his possession.
This is only misdemeanor and the
maximum fine is $4,000 and three
n onths in jail, but there are other
charges pending which will be pressed
as soon as the present case against
the defendant is tried
In his testimony Mclaughlin ad-
rlitted having the "a pints of squirrel
whiskey at the Red Apple Cafe in
Leavenworth. He said he left his
empty suitcase at the end of the coun-
terwith $50 in money inside it, and or
dered a plate of ham and eggs. When
he got thru eating he picked up his
suitcase and found that the $50 had
been mysteriously transformed into
two dozen pints of booze.
This was purchased for his own per-
sonal use and benefit he swore and not
with intention of selling the same.
Several character witnesses were in
troduced by the defense, including one
man for whom he worked, who after
wards testified that Mclaughlin had
discussed the bootlegging business
with him, and the witness had ad-
vised him against going into tive
natchee World.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-04-11
ALMOST 3 YEARS IN FRANCE
ESCAPED WITHOUT SCRATCH
Z. c. Booth in the Canadian Expedi-
tionary Force-Returned to -
His Family Wednesday

Lacking less than two months of
serving three years, Mr. Booth re-
turned by way of Vancouver, B. c. and
Seattle Wednesday morning. He left
here in the early part of June 1916,
long before the United States got into
the scrap, and enlisted in what was
called an American regiment being
made up at Vancouver. He was
shortly after transferred to England
where he spent several months in a
training camp and then was sent to
the Flanders front and served with the
English army. He was present at
Ypres fight and Messines ridge where
some of the fiercest fighting of the
war took place and escaped without a
scratch. He says he was not even sick
during the time. The last year of the
war his regiment was set to building
railroad supply lines Immediately
back of the fighting front.
He says, an opinion in which many
of his comrades concurred in, that the
real turning point in the war was put
ting all the armies under one COM
mand He also says that England
is responsible for this long delayed
agreement.
We gained more information about
the conditions under which the fight
ing was carried on, the effect of the
tremendous strain on the soldiers and
the gruesomeness of the affair, from
Mr.. Booth, than from anyone who has
returned from France. He brought
back with him a number of valuable
and interesting war relics. He says
he has no regrets about going to war
but has no desire to repeat his exper-
ience. With his wife and four chill
dren, Mr.. Booth has made Leaven-
worth his home for the past thirteen
years.
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addressed to Mr.. Keene. Before, how
ever, his letter of even date came to
hand the following day, confirming
the telegram. Because it was thot
the letter of Nov. 8, 1917, was suffi-
cient answer to both telegram and
letter no answer was made to Keene's
letter. Like the foolish man which he
proved himself to be, he never noticed
that the letter of Nov. 8, acknowledge
ing receipt of telegram, was written
before his letter of the same date
could be received here on which the
name, "Walter A. Keene, Attorney,
was conspicuously printed" and the
further fact that Madison's name was
never printed in connection with the
warnings to Leavenworth working
men. Obviously, tho, the warning
pointed to him.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-04-11
CLARK PREDICTS HIGHER
APPLE PRICES THIS YEAR
Export Prospects Never Better Says
Wenatchee Grower-Expects to See
Average Price S1.75 Per Box

Export prospects for northwestern
boxed apples are bright for 1919, ac-
cording w. T. Clark of Wenatchee,
a pionee Iit grower of the north
west. lark believes prices will
be even ler than in 1918, when
they brclond.ll records.
"The e oort situation looks bright,
said NJ sc ark. "There was no ex-
pcrtinalifo. past season. By the time
our no western apples are on the
market next fall they will have the
field to themselves for raw fruits.
California Gamers are canning every
thing they can secure"
Mr. Clark returned three weeks ago
from an extended visit in California.
His faith in northwestern apples is un-
shaken and is based on long exper-
ience. He built the first ditch in the
Wenatchee valley in 1902, and since
that time has seen the appraised val
uation of Chelan county grow from
s4,OOO,OOO to s60,0O0,0O0, with the en-
tire orchard development of the cen
trail and north central country reali-
zation of his early dreams.
"Our 1918 apple crop was about
5000 cars and it was worth s12,o00,-
000," said Mr.. Clark. "That includes
the Okanogan district, which pro-
Izl Iazz 49, IEnn oa-, I'll &o1J
Prices averaged s1.60 to s1.70 box,
and this year I expect to see prices
average SITS.
"Virtually all our orchards are now
in bearing although some of them
have not yet reached maturity. Pro-
duction will increase for that reason.
There are probably 100 to $50 cars of
1918 apples yet in the valley"
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Leavenworth, Wash,
November 8, 1917.
Mr.. w. A. Keene,
Seattle, Wash.


Dear Sir:
Your wire of even date was received
at 1880 today. I did not reply by
wire as requested, because l did not
deem it necessary because the Echo
does not again go to press until Nov.
8, which would be as early as it
would be possible for me to make cor
rection OF apology, as the facts dis
closed might warrant. Am taking,
tho, the first leisure moment to reply
by letter to your message of this
morning. 1t has ever been my habit
to treat my fellow man right, to
make amends if thru mis-information
| have done him a wrong. With this
purpose in view today called on Mr..
Madison and in the presence of very
worthy citizen asked him to make a
statement of his occupation here and
in what respect the article of which
he complains did him / an injustice,
with a view, if his statement showed
he had been wilfullly injured or ac-
cused, to make such correction, or
apology, as the facts might warrant.
Mr.. Madison did not see fit to make
any further reply than to say, 81 have
nothing to say. See my attorney"
But did not name him or give his
ad<ress.
Now the statement printed in the
Echo of Nov 2 was based on what
we considered reliable information. In
view of his reply am unable to de-
termine if he is entitled to a retrac-
ton from the Echo. do not know if
you are his attorney, but I am sure
you will Sc he has left himself in an
equivocal, not to say doubtful position.
Before he can demand a retraction he
should show he is entitled to it. How
ever, it is almost week before the
Echo again goes to press. To be ac-
curate, Nov. 9th. If in the meantime
he sees fit to make statement show
ing the Echo has erred, or done him
wilful injury, we might be induced to
make the amende honorable.
To insure the prompt delivery of
this communication, you not having
given an address, shall ask Mr.. Mad
ison to give me your address, pre-
suming he knows it.
Please believe me,
Very sincerely,
DEED H. MAYAR.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-04-11
EASTER SHOW AT SCENIC
Promulgated by
THE MINUTE MEN.

In the way Of an Easter attraction
Manager Barclay of the Scenic has
booked Kalem's great Biblical master
piece "From the Manger TO the Cross"
1t is a reverent moving picture life
story of Jesus of Nazareth and was
produced in authentic locations in Pal
estine and Egypt. Over a year was
spent in the Holy land securing these
pictures and they are said to be the
best yet offered the public. The press
and clergy thruout the country are
loud in their praise of the production
and especially recommend it for the
young people. 1t comes to the Scenic
Monday and Tuesday April IA and 10