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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03

morning. and the dam will be raised to-
day. Nos. IS and l6 have more extern
siye repairs TO make and il will be
about ten days before they are raised
The river dropped to feet lnchcs
yesterday at s p. m. on the wharf, ana
fallirrE. with the expectation OF the stage
dropping enc foot moro last night ~hcn
II would commence to rise this morning
as the upper pools would be filled. the
stage at the foot Of McMcchen dam
was feet inches and falling.
There was only one arrival and one
departurc at the wharf yesterday. the
Liberty loft for Zsnesville at p. M
with big trip.
The Helen Z. arrived from New Mata-
moras at 7:30 o'clock last evening.
The General Crowder will arrive IRON
Pittsburgh al o'clock tomorrow morn
ing and leave for Charleston at a. m.
The Helen T.. leaves today for New
Matamoras at noon.
TIs ienCral 'Pershing Will arrive
shout s o'clock this morning on her way
from Pittsburgh 40 Parkcrsburg.
Rivermcn are notified that coferdams
for the lock guide walls and aoutmen'
for damn No 30. about three and one
half miles below Greenup. KY, will be
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03

Street car mon say that since the sa-
looms closed in Ohio travel between this
city and bridgeport has fallen off at
least 70 per cent. They say that the
decrease in travel between Bellaire and
Martins Ferry has been slight.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03
The RIVER

The two government dredse fleets
started work yesterday morning on the
work assigned TO them at the head OF
the Island and below dam No. u al
%a.wood.
The L. S. S Cayuga with the dredge
Cincinnati. is making the fifth cut for
the new channel along the main shore
At the head Of the Island. and when the
cut IL finished will start on the hfth
cut on the other side. In both cuts
about 25.oa0 cubic yards will be taken
out and the work will last over
month.
The L. s. S. Guyandot. with the dredge
Cincinnati. IS working on the FORMED
bav lust below the dam at "ar~ood
Ahout $4,000 cubic yards will be taken
out and il will be six weeks before the
work is finished.
All dams are now up from No. &c
No 20, with the exception OF Nos. 10
IA. and IS. No. II was lowered yester'
day after being raised TO repair nro-
ken wicket, which will be finished this
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03

lest city. The prnfitccr is seen sweat
ing money from the common citizen. and
tho society vulturc is seen IN evening
clothes rohhlng tho representatives. or
big business" as they 20 out for pleas
urc. In turn these criminals ar" seen
paving their debt To society.
Mary Regain. central character Of tho
first national fcatur" MARY Regain.
with Anita Stewart in the leading part,
- tho daughter Of notorious convict.
and a gang If society intrIEu"rS who try
To use her as tool make capital OF this
fact
How Mary contracts a marriage Ia r"-
form the weak son Of "A rich man. how
she becomes hOpclcssly involved in the
schemes of the blaCkmailers. and how
she at last energies to find true love Is
griprngly told in this new story Of big
city life.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03
WANT WIG. TRACTION
COMPANY ENJOINED
Suit Piled Against Company BY Village
OF Bridgeport Yesterday-Say Com
pany Il Operating without
Franchise

A suit was filed in Common Pleas
court on Monday afternoon entitled
THE Village Of Bridgeport. Ohio vs..
Wheeling Traction Company" The
plaintiff asks that the defendant be re-
strained from operating cars over tho
streets Of Bridgeport. Ohio. alleging that
II Is now operating without amy author
ity granted ny Ordinance of Council.
1t is contended by the plaintIli that
the Wheeling Traction company has
been operating without authority since
July IS, 1918, and the court is asked to
restrain the defendant from any further
operations over tho streets Of said viii
lage, and also 10 remove its tracks turn
outs. poles. wires and hangers from the
streets.
Judge Charles J. Lynch Of tho Com
mon Pleas Court Of Belmont county.
will hear the application on Monday.
June Q. at $50 a. NJ Tho action is
brought by Attorneys Herman \. Scha-
fer. solicitor of the village Of Bridgeport
and Heiniein. Spriggs x James.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03
HOW The LUXURY
TAX IS APPLIED

Tho following interpretation Of inc
Luxury tax has been mad" by IN" inter-
Ial Revenue Office
The public. especially that portion OF
II engaged IN tn" mCrran'iI" business
ar,crtcd by what Is, usually called Inc
LUXURY Tan" has an interest L" Kho"
how rhc tax sh"A'd b. collected. ,
Tho law provides that tn" tax shalI
he paid by tho purchaser Ia the s"!lcr
Al tho iImc Of tho sal" and shall he col,
lcrtCd returned and pad To tho nlIcd
States by IN" seller. II th"r"iorc loi-
lows that tho seller Of goods on WhlCh
tho IaN "a Land cannot assume 10 pay
tho tax and not collect II Of tho person
making tho purchase.
The law provides tax OF ton per cont
on tho selling prir" IN "NrrSS 81 inc
amour, mentioned in IN" Act. ana IL -
provided that a TAX "f ton per cent shaiI
he paid by tho purchaser # women
End misses hats. h"nn"tS End h"GdS on
tho amount in excess "t El". ana mus
il n wunan'S hat is purchased by her
a, $1,000 she is required I" pay tax Of
Ton pcr cent on s.. fifty tHO) cents tax.
II the seller says h" viii pay the tex
out Of the $50 charged for III" hat; then
and The tax ~ 10 percent on tn" amount
over Sl5.un is forty-fNC (i5) cents and
tho seller would ~ violating the law by
collecting five cents moro tax than Is
due from IN" purchaser
There Is M way by which S"il"r
can absorb III" tax IN h" rric" OF IN"
article and not Nirlat" m" law and lny
himself liable 10 tn" penalties prescribed
therein. and thor" is II" way by which
ihr purchaser can escape the tax by per-
hitting IN" seller 10 absorb II without
LAYING himself liahl" In equal penalty.
In order. therefore. that tn" rurffc
may dis, harEc its "hliEatl"nS undcr ms
mari Of tho law. every purchaser should
demand II the seller to know tn" tax
due upon the transaCtiCn. and Of III"
article purchn sod. and the seller should
keep his records So that they VIII show
tho whole price for which the article
liable to tax is sold. and the tax col
Iectcd upon tho amount in excess OF the
exemption.
The law makes II the duty OF the
seller TO report under oath TO the Collec-
TOR Of Internal Revenue in the succeed
ing month the amount of taxes collected
in a month.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03

The greater the necessity for saving
the greater your opportunity to use
The IntelliEencer Want Ada.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03

Local painters report that there mas
been quito a boom in their line OF wcrk
during IN" past two weeks. Many
propcrty owners who have been putting
off having their houses painted from
year to year because Of the war and high
cost Of material have come 10 the con-
Clusion that II is useless TO wait longer
as no fall in prices is in sight.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03

Tho greater the necessity TOT saving
tho greater yoIr opportunity 10 use
Tho Inielligcnccr Want ACs.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03
Cnamberlain'5 Tablets.

When your Sysr"m becomes cloGE"d
from, ovcrcating, constipation and tor
mid liver, your stomach is likely 10 trou-
hlc Won. A dose Of Chambcrlaln's Tab
let's will give you quick relief. They
causc n free movement of IN" bowels,
tonr up tho liver and strengthen tn" d.
ccs,ion. You will hr surprised when
YOU realize how much better you are
fcclinr day or two after taking these
tablets For sale by all dealers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03

Buy WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03

I.cal delegates returning from the
state postoGfcc clerks convention .helo
in Grafton last week report that de-
nands for n minimum salary or Sl.ooo
for clerks in postofficcs OF the nrst
class and Sl.7o0 in postofhces OF the
second class were voiced in resolutions
adopted at the convention. The reso-
lutions will be presented at the national
convention Of The association to be heid
in Atlantic City September !. "a 8, ana
4. The present salary In first class
postoffiCcs is $500.
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started as soon as river conditions per

started as soon as river conditions per-
mia
The lock and guide wall cofferdam
will start from the Kentucky shore and
extend out about $40 feet. The abut-
ment cofferdam will be extended from
tho Ohio shore approximately 40 feet
which will leave pass Of 916 feet in
the open river between the coffcrdams.
The tops OF the cofferdams will be
about is feet above low water.
For any kind Of cement or concrete
work. call P. J. Gllligan, "a Fourteenth
St., Bell 2447-R. my-7-1no
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03
NEW YORK'S DOLLAR
CRAZE is PICTURED

MARY Regan" the screen adaptation.
Of Leroy Scotts famous novel, in which
Anita Stewart will be seen at the Libcr-
ty theatre Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day Is gripping study of the
heartless struggle for the dollar which
goes on in New York, the world might
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-03

or all tho problems confronting tho
now city administration. that OF PROVO
ing an adequate filtration plant - prop
nbIv the most urgent. and ono that re-
quircS tho most serious consloera''''
As praCt Cally every member or councl
Is on record as favoring the erection OF
a filtration plant. action in the ha''cr Il
10 he expected at an carly date.
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Tho local traction companies had Sow
oral Of the open summer cars IN opera
ton yesterday for the first time THIS
summer. There was time when inc
public welcomed the open car but nav
ing experienced the greater comforts OF
tho large convertible cars the little open
Yankee jumpers" are no longer in fav"r
either with crew or public.
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HERE AND THERE
Items Of Interest tn Local People
About Wheeling Folks, Societies.
and Organizations.

Tho street department has started the
work Of patching McColloch street. II
is hoped that when the work has been
complctcd it will be possible for one TO
drive over the street without oelhS
iostlcd out of the seat.
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Valentine West, Secret Agent

You are sure the woman in the
house knows nothing about YOU ne
asked.
quite sure. Braska has only had
the house month. The woman is NOT
in the house now. She came daily ana
only stayed late to. let you in. She
left directly afterward.'
Then / think / can promise that
you will hear nothing further about
1t tonight Goodbye. and thank you.
Perhaps we may meet again; a she
said, but it was difficult to decide
whether she wished it or not
Perhaps" he answered. Il have
usually found the world very small
place"
A little later Valentine West drove
out of Grove road with the duke.
THE police will find him tomorroy,"
he said in answer to question from
the duke Il shall arrange that His
death will be mystery. Too many
inquiries will not be made"
Your secret service is more thor
ough than | supposed Mr.. West. 1t
would interest me greatly to know
how you discovered what was my
purpose in coming to England"
Il only discovered it this evening,
your highness."
And my journey has been fruitless.
! had hoped for evidence against men
| suspect in Russia men who, / be-
lieve. are responsible for much evil.
who are curse to their country. 1
wonder how much that man Braska
knew"
II cannot say. In this affair my
business has been to protect your
highness." and Valentine West smiled
to himself in the darkness of the
motor. 1t would have surprised the
duke had he known how curious
England was about his visit. Had he
overheard the interview between
West and the foreign minister he
might have even greater respect
for the secret service of this coun-
try
II have to thank you for guarding
me most efficiently--you with the help
of Providence. Had my car not got a
punctured tire outside Lady Hanson's
| might have arrived first, and then
probably I should be lying in that
empty house at this moment"
In this case, your highness, Provi-
dence has not played much part" said
West when the duke put him down in
Piccadilly II had your tire very
thoroughly punctured when ] left
Lady Hanson's tonight"
The dawn was breaking as Valen-
tine West entered his chambers in
Bruton street.
Copyright, 1919 by Mcclure syndicate)
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Around the City.

worry over that squirrel, ma'am. He
knows more about taking care of
himself than you could read in
busheT of books. Come along, Juno"
Juno, equally alive to the cleverness
of the small gray thing, looking down
from the limb above him, trotted Off
to the wagon and the two women
trudsed on.
Il hate dogs. The idea of trying
to kin a poor little thing like that"
And birds, too, The way that our
Snap hunts sparrows is something
awful. OF course, / wouldn't take
anything for Snap. because I've had
him so long that he is Just like one
of the family. And when you come
down to it, all animals are cruel, as
far as they get the chance
Naturally. You couldn't expect
anything better OF brutes."
That's all there was to the incident,
except that another woman behind
who had been listening, noticed that
the woman who held the umbrella was
wearing a hat trimmed with a pheas-
ant breast-and the other had on a
tippet and muff of gray squirrel.
NANNIE LANCASTER.
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Tramp Fliers" and the Air Control

Much of the French work was done
by DR. Napier, who died of pneu-
monia three weeks before the armi-
stice. He was an earnest scientific
worker for the care of French fiers,
Col Dreyer has been chief liaison
officer between Americans and British
for all these matters. He invented
the oxygen apparatus used on all
British. French and American planes.
Lieut. Col. Flack (British) has work ed
much on these problems. and Lieut..
Col Berley (British) at the front"
The British idea, OF course, was
that, as they were short of men, they
should use all men available, give
them oxygen and make them as ef-
flcient In the air as on the ground
Nevertheless, the man who shows
ffrst-class physical condition under
these tests Is bound to be tie better
man and will always get the pref
erence.
err the war had lasted six months
longer" said Lieut.. Hanson, every
plane going over 10000 feet would
have been equipped with these oNy-
gen apparatus, manufactured SO eN-
tensively." -s,..,.>,, -,
"Wili Hylng DC Boou pioANS
] asked.
people will want to get from town
to town--and there are lots OF towns,
he laughed. "Figure it out yoursel.
During the war planes were made ior
speed, climbing ability and quicK
maneuvering None Of these factors
conduce to safety. In peace the IN
ventive end will turn to stapility'
comfort, safety, and they Will pro
duce planes which will almost fy
themselves. .,..
'"rhey purposely made these planes
unstable. so that they could dive ana
dodge, Take Fonck. Men who nave
been on patrols with him say ina,
them Fonck had turned and shot lt
down before they had even seen II
coming. Even training planes were
made purposely unstable; so that men
would learn to fly them better.
"All this will be different In peace,
he concluded "Planes will be dlHer-
ent and flying will be a tranquil busi-
ness. But the air will remain the
alr--and altitude will remain altitude
You cannot get away from it.
STERLING HElLlG.
Evening star., 1919-03-02

thought possible. OF course, pressure
affects the ears. II there is any
trouble with the sinus. II is due to
pressure, but 1t is now known that
the dangerous effects of altitude are
entirely due to want of oxygen and
not to changes Of pressure"
At Mineola and Issoudun the tank
Cor chamber) is a cylindrical steel
tank eight feet in diameter and ten
feet high, standing on end. 1t is en-
tered through a doorway and forms "a
comfortable room In which five or
six Investigators can conduct their
tests on a fiier under reduced atmos-
pheric pressure similar to that Of al
titudes.
Reduction of pressure IL obtained
by motor driven vacuum pump ca
paole OF rarefying the air to
barometric pressure of 140 milimeters
or mercury. equivalent to an altitude
OF $4,000 feet. cor course, a man is
never subjected to such q minimum
The pump withdraws air from the
TANK and at the same time fresh air
is admitted. the amount being regu-
lated by valve. In the tank the man
is under all the conditions Of going UP
bother with pressure.
VIII the tank be used in future
routine?" I asked.
Yes. for checking up work" he
answered. and for abnormal cases of
men who seem to be periodically af-
fected by changes of pressure AS
] said. 1t Is generally ear and sinus
trouble"
There are other small tests need
less to mention.
The salient fact is that peace time
pilots, carrying the lives of others
In their hands Cor even United States
maiD, will probably undergo this su-
pervision along with all regular air
service fiiers.
The medical research" said, "will
carry on"
Yes" he replied 'as a branch Of
the aviation. The British have 1t
now, Gen. Mundy being chief surgeon,
The oxygen apparatus for planes and,
in general, the taking up of this alti
tude problem Is greatly due to Lieut..
Col. Georges Dreyer. professor of gem
eral pathology at Oxford, who has
been in the British Army Medical
Corps since the beginning of the war.
Evening star., 1919-03-02
So DistastefuI.

t~THE Germans" said senator at
reception. "are already growing
cocky again. a naturalized German
said to me the other day:
1--WE Germans are a wonderful peo-
pie The allies will never be able to
keep us down
IL gave u laugh
In one way. I'll admit I said
They'll find it hard to keep you down.
"'Yes? What way Is that?'
The way, said ]. the whale couldn't
keep down jonah"
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Baptism, Marriage, Death.
roHN D. ROCKEFELLER, Jr.. tell

TOHN d. ROCKEFELLER Jr.. tells
a story about a miner who explain
ed one day to bishop why he never
went TO church
"You see, bish it's like this" the
miner said: "the fust time ! went to
church they threw water In my face,
and the second time ! went they tied
me up to a woman I've had to keep over
since"
The bishop smiled, grimly
"And the third time you go" he said.
they'll throw dirt on you"
Evening star., 1919-03-02

THAT day it snowed---well. Of course
you couldn't realize ii had showed
here in town, because, like the baby
of the obituary, it was so soon done
for you wondered what it was begun
for. But it was different out in the
suburbs where two women trudged
along street of unbroken white un-
til Il squirrel scurried into the fore
ground, sat up on its launches and
held up heseechine paws
Having nothing to give, one of the
Women-the one who held the urn =
breila-relieved her regret by blaming.
nature for not properly attending to
her own affairs:
The idea of creating a helpless
mite to perish in weather like this,
If l was Providence | would at least
give squirrel intelligence enough
to-oh, look at that dog-oh, oh!'
wagon had numbered along and
in the wagon was the dog. And the
dog, seeing the squirrel. leaped out.
The squirrel, seeing the dog, flashed
up tree.
1t looked like vindication for
nature.
We'll. did you ever, / reckon II
knows more than ! gave ii credit for,
Say. driver. call off your dog, will
you? The poor little thing will freeze
up in that tree"
The driver seemed to know thing
or two; Don't you waste your
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Continued from First Page.)

main laboratory at first A. !. G. Us
soudun) and O branch at second A.
i. c. (Tours). Issoudun was a model
of the larger laboratory at Mineola,
having In Its equipment both the low
oxygen apparatus t'rebreather") and
the low-pressur6 tank.
Much has been said about the
whirling chair test. This work on
the balance mechanism (internal ear)
by the biologists was very valuable
in detecting vertigo. etc. but many
good fiiers do not check up with
those ideas at all. At first a num-
Der OF men were put out of the avia-
tiOn for not showing UP well under
the chair tests. but many who
showed abnormal on 1t really made
good fiers. Much OF the data must
be worked over again. ut is just
one Of many tests" ! am assured.
and nowadays not one man In 2e0 is
eliminated on account of his re-
sponse to the chair, because IL there
is anything really wrong with him II
will show up in other ways by other
tests"
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PERSONAL PROPERTY
HOUSEHOLD GOODS

HOUSEHOLD GOODS 81
HN'"\'N . r"u1l. Nwmro fot sN.r apd
''r., ivr r,rt r.unr a.sl
lnR ~N.F ono loo hu, ga ,toy, Mn
'ntnt OF sooAus ut,uH. and d,,he,
lhour 'ppf
ron SALE tufu0ttiuss OF room re,
N'n,r 'o.r 10. no .m'urmsuun iy tu.r
phone car at Jll " -1,th ST. or r.l
/" tVoot
WANTED ~rropd hand eooI, N. m,
"r''hlug ,rd sr.I everything nur"r .si
unu yon al oi1t DGmuni furriure
MNrrRESNES RENOVATED And re,o,
cred returned homr the same day. rhor,
o4'o 0sUtsp Mattress Go
bNhl ,'ra.. Tot fAc, practically nm,
'ol south -,n
For SNjl Adjustable dfr., 'orn 400
lr''ur. 'o. servants room. Phone
uNR"NlN TO QulCN RIYtR
'"n'' |rtN'ug toNn, offers ior ale four
toons NIGH rado furniture. pra, Oh. ally NV
VIA Hr. altogether Ur tcparsiri, see
owner 700 g ftnu 81
\ hNltuNl\ Nr~ up 10 date trriturc hr
ll'" '"ums usri cash. la'aur, OU ltt.
m"nl' Phone 73i1.
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NEW KESrAl RANr--Ou account OF an.
Aroidabir circumstance will sell brand
new restaurant. all new firtures. newly
decorated room and doing good husiurss
Tor ~ ZOO. 81 500 will handle. no bet
Ter proposition In city !or tho money
So" II. g Finch, $50 Robinson building
Phone 400
WE WOULD likc 10 hear from an organ.
iSed oil company who wish representa-
ton In ihis territory Proposition must
stand r,sid iuvestiEAtion and be able to
secure state permit In Iowa, South Da
kota or Nebraska. Iowcry Brns In
vesInent Brokers. 3os.0 Trimble block
Sioux city, Iowa
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
CARD OF THANKS

UAKD OF THANhS 7
w WISH 70 thank our friends and neigh.
h0r, for ,hr'r floral offerings and loy
. lns hndacN during the sickness and
5rllh oi our loving father and husband
Nn n J ktpcr and children
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
HOUSES roR sALI

NN' NiDt Five room huusr corner lot.
H"Nl .". '"uW FOR two more hp4.rs. iw"
h.".hH ot Washington srhoo, s-TIu.
30 ~. balance .lt' rent can 4 V
NNvhf. 80
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ron TRADr MqCEILANTous ,

WANT Iu TRADE Al player piano tur "a
."' .r I1..h ur 4. uar payment on Ioi
or "'. .. .n "A.. payment. N|H con
trtrr .slt car %. pare payment IU.g =
Boston. IHpuu oIa1.
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PERSONAL PROPERTY

BUILDING MATERIALS 90
CEMENT BLOCK MACHINE Iur ,.r.
Inquire Al Riverside Hotel Most Iuha
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ktf NED LADY NlN lHyrsroH son.
wishes position as louscl srpe-. boz. OF
references. Address p.5, care Word