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The Press., 1919-01-09
WELLINGTON

| Inc community flag on the tOWl l common was at half mast for Col
 Roosevelt Monday. Tuesday ant
 Wednesday,
 C. F. Reed has been appointed door keeper at the capitol for the coming legislative term, a position for which 'Comrade" Reed with his soldierly caring as a G. A. R. man and his affable dignity of manner will well fill. Congratulations.
 In summer we often hear the re- mark, Two showers met" but storms where fine sitting snow comes from the north and large feathery flakes from the south at the same time are not common, yet that was the con ditiOn Wednesday morning on the Hill.
 South Wilmington
 Louis Service has returned to the New Bedford Textile school to resume his studies.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis Dimock are both confined to the house with a slight attack of the grip.
 Mrs. Thomas Wondrasek and daugh- ters returned home last Saturday from New York where they have been visiting over the holidays.
 The regular communication of Uriel Lodge, F. & A. M, will be held at Ma sonic hall next Saturday evening at 7.30 o'clock, when the E. A. degree will te worked. All members are earnestly requested to attend,
 The meeting of Jan. 1st of the c. E. society was of special interest. Rev. Harris Beebe, now president of the Willimantic c E Union, was present and installed the new officers and committees and led the regular meet ing which followed.
 The National w. c. T. U. has ap- pointed to-day as day of prayer for the ratification of the federal prohibit sion amendment. The federation of Womans Foreign Missionary so cieties has appointed Friday as the annual day of prayer for missions. The w. C. T. U. Womans Missionary society and the World Wide Guild will meet in answer to these calls on Fri day at 7.3O D. m. at the home Of Mrs. w. H. Hall All women are earnestly invited to be present.
 Rev. Theodore Bachelor of Man chester occupied the pulpit at Me norial church last Sunday. His text vas from Matthew, "Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater han John, the Baptist Yet he that is out little in the Kingdam of Heaven is greater than he." Rev Bachelors sermon was very interesting and in structive and was very pleasing to all who heard him. Rev. Bachelor will .lreach again next Sunday and it is ,bped that large congregation will 1k present to hear him.
 With the beginning of the new year he G. Hall. Jr. Co. has presented all heir employees with certificate of insurance in appreciation of the earn ,st and faithful services and as an ex ,ression in substantial form of the ralue which this company places upon heir loyal cooperation. The cost of his insurance will be entirely carried ,y the company. The insurance runs rom $500 to $1,OOO, according to the ength of service, and this will be in creased automatically, according to he length of the time the employee las been with the company:
The Press., 1919-01-09

in ''The Man from Painted Post,' a com edy.drama of exceptional action and the. true western atmosphere. Also Mack Sennett comedy, ''Saucy Madeline. " Matinee at 8 p. m. Wednesday, Wallace
The Press., 1919-01-09

A LOAF OF OUR BREAD "A is tempting article of food. You'll be tempted to bite piece right out of it before the butter has chance to meet it half way. Serve our bread. It's full of food satisfaction. Tell your groceryman what he already knows--that he should deliver our broad to your home.
 ALFRED BIDORINI.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-07

The following sketch Of General
Cronkhite win no doubt be of interest to
the families OF the men who composed
the wonderful SOth. or Blue Ridge divi-
sion. He was born January. 8, 1861. in
Litchfeld Center. Hcrkimcr county. New
York. the son OF Colonel Henry NJ.
Cronkhite, surgeon q. S. army, and MEM
Der Of an old Dutch family. After at
tending various schools in Syracuse y.
y about 1875 no removed with his pa
rents to Arizona where his rather was
then stationed. It was from that state
he received his appointment TO west
Point, which he entered as Il cadet July
l, 1878. He graduated from the acad-
envy June l3, 1882, tenth in his class.
and received his appointment as second
lieutenant OF artillery. He was promot =
ed as follows: First lieutenant. 1889;
captain 1899; major 1905; lieutenant
colonel, 1909; colonel. 1911; brigad!cr
general, May Is, 1917; major general.
August 5, 1917; corps commander. No
yember %. 1918, which he rclinquishcd
in order to return home with the SOth
division. Upon his return he was mndo
commander Of the port of Newport News.
one Of the two most important COM
nands in the United States.
General Cronkhite saw active service
during tho Sioux Indian campaign in
1S90-9I. serving with the eth cavalry.
In the Spanish-Amcr!can war he served
with the artillery and was part Of the
time stationed at Puerto Rico. He held
many important positions and was COM
mandinR the coast defense Of Panama
and the Panama canal department from
November II, 1914. to August so. l'l =.
when he was ordered TO prorc"'! !" Camp
Lee, Va. and assume command there.
In 1883 General Cronilhtte married
Miss Annie z Pennington. daughter OF
Major General Alexander c. Pennington.
L. S. army. Ono daughter. Dorothy
now Mrs. Onward G. Young, was born
Of this marriage. and one son tMator)
Alexander Cronkhite, September. 1923.
The untimely death Of Major Cronkhitc
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Our Daily Story
on :" coNT1AGY

Name, please" asked st. Peter Win
n vawn-for II was late and he had had
quite a day Of it. 3,245.ss7 acceptanees
and 9.675,309 reflections.
"Eabber McDashery." replied our VIZ
lain.
St. Peter found his name on pasS
900. 465, 465.5S9.
Rejected" he yawned. 'Unpatriotie.
The Kingdom OF Heaven Is not Tor sucn
as thou. On the contrary.
"But-cr--why--cr-w nonsense,
fumcd McDashery. why. nobody could
MT O. been more patriotic. Four youog
men left my employ TO fight for their
country, and
And you put up service nag with
four stars know. / have your record
before me-" said st. Peter. AND then
Won bought four Liberty bonds. one in
honor OF each Of the four young men.
So far. not so worse. as our hippant
Young angels say, but when the kaiser
was canned and your young men came
back. they found girls doing their work
nj one half their salary. and were In
formed that If they wanted to come back
nj the same reduced figure they were vel.
como. sum total in red ink at the bot
Tom OF npatriotic-rejected-
Damn" swore Habber AcDAsoefy,
realizing, since he was hellbound any.
way, that damn or two would MAJ -
particular difference. -..---.s,
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with an electric oven turns the flour
into bread. and another with little gas
olinc car distributes the loavcs to the
various houses Today. through ma
chincry ten men can rails" enough wheat.
priup enough flour. bake enough brcnd.
distribute loarcS sufficient to take care
Of a thousand families for on" year. Not
otherwise, one great cotton mill between
Monday morning and saturday night is
now weaving cloth yard wide and long
enough to reach from Bost IN TO San
Francisco. \ single now printing press
can now turn out within che month. ono
hudrcd million copies Of a small book
continuing the Declaration Of lndCp"n-
drnCc and the Constitution of the Unit
rI States and the draft Of tn" League
of Nations, one copy for every man,
woman and child in the United states.
Today I, iS as if every American Citl-
zen had sixty slaves working for him
steel slaves slaves thai do not run away
nor ask for bread and shucS--slavcs that
never 70 on strike. one kind Of
slavery is right. machine slavery. iron
md steel. FIR cand electricity. God b"
thanked for tools and of inventors made
in his divine image who can create the
tools, There is one path 10 universal
abundance. and that path is the path of
inyantiCn through tho tools that re-
deem man from drudgcry and ultimately
Will destroy all poverty forever.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-07
BoLsHEVIsM AND LABOR

Hugh Fraync. one Of the organizers
of the American Federation OF Labor in
an interview in the New York Sun
makes a definite and lncisivc statement
regarding Bolshcvism which is well
worth reading. Mr.. Frayne says:
1T Is we'll TO make clear that the
American Federation Of Labor is Ameri-
can through and through. believing in
American democracy. in the Constitu-
tton Of the United States in the en-
forcement Of law. IN the recognition OF
properly constituted authority. III tn"
church and in all other ideals upon
which our republic stands. Therefor,
IL never could have sympathy with the
doctrines OF Trotzky and Lenine now
being circulated here and elsewhere
That point established. Il is equally
ting down BolshHvlSm in America is
equal to or greater Than that Of any
other class
The American Federation OF Labor Is
against Ro!shcv!sm because it has
found better way OF maintaining it's
rights and improving tn" condition Of
its members than Bolshcv:>m offers.
Bolshevism is the war Of those who
have nothing against those who have
something. In the end it is futile AMI
suicidal because it's members cease TO
be Bolshevists when they become prep
eFty owners. Among the millions OF
working men ia the United States. par
ttcular1y those Of American birth. it is
safe to say that great many more than
q half are owners OF property in their
own right. Millions OF them own their
GOWN homes. Many thousands Of them
have investments in stocks. in banks.
I'd government bonds. and Other sccur-
tiles. They know the processes OF
business and they know that the oppor-
tunities to rise in the world are open 10
them on the same basis as they arc to
all other men. Their common sense
= tells them that honest labor Is tho srea.
lot Of all humanity: that there has nev-
er been time and never will be time
In which the majority OF tho people
will not be compelled 20 engage IN some
productive toll: that work is not a I'm rd :
ship, but an opportunity, and under
ordinary conditions prevailing in this
country, the man who In willing 10 work
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-07
A SERIOUS QUESTION

That the attack on the daylight saw
ing law has become an extremely scrt-
Gus matter is shown by the fact that
the house Interstate commerce com
mittee yesterday recommended the re-
peal Of the measure to take effect on
the last Sunday nm October. This would
mean that daylight saving would re-
main in effect this season but that there
would be no turning forward Of the clock
next spring.
The ISSUE is pretty we'll understood
Tho VIZ rkcrs OF the cities. the railroads,
manufacturers and people in general eN-
cept farmers and artificial lighting COM
panics are for me daylight saving sys-
TEN. The farmers are against 1t. Bet
ter health. better morals and millions Of
dollars saved ape the arguments Of
those who WANT the system continued.
Inconvenience is the argument OF the
comparatively snail number who oppose
II.
One argument! OF the farmers is that
rs the railroads. go by the new time.
they must!go byht too or get up an hour
earlier to do their milking in order TO
catch milk trains,to the city. Obvious
", they could gosto bed an hour earlier
but that solution does not appeal to
them for tho reason that they wish to
regulate their hours with those Of the
city. II can be frankly admitted that
the farmer has a.case on the point Of
Inconvenience, butIwhat Of the millions
on the other side? To them. the repeal
means not only Inconvenience but actu-
al, loss Of large sums Of money as we'll
rs considerations Of health. recreation
and morality.
But daylight saving will not be re-
pealed without fight The nation has
been notified of the proposed change and
there WILL be storm Of opposition that
will probably aStonish those who have
favored the backward step.
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60 that he would be in the best poss'pIc
nnsitirn to rnko care Of himself Wheh nc
finally got overseas.
General Croukhitc at Camp b"c va"
surrounded BY n very superior stan anu
Tho same high quality applied 10 III"
n,h,r officers throughout the camp
have heard that, owing to General from
hiIc's uopulariiy. only the best mn
were sent to serve with him. nave
also been told that when tho general hrst
reached Camp Lee and asked who ma"
hc,n assigned to hun as stan "hice'S'
and heard such names AS "aIorot''
I,,rucs. Foreman. Goodwin, h!nc"'
clark, williams, Hunt. Hughes l"ple'
Terry. Harding and 50 on. that "h,''
they finally said Colonel Thomas H.
Rhnads. division surgeon. that tears
came into his eyes and he said: i kno"
now NV m,n will be well cared LOT;
And tho general had the greatest prluI
md affection for the men. the rank anu
Mo Of The division. His one thouEht
yns to care for them, to train thelh' l"
carry them overseas carefully ana 10
hiring them back home safely. Ana IL
tho general was devoted 10 his men,
they in turn were devoted TO him. Al''r
the death Of his son hc wrote lrieno
,bo, no felt now that the men Oh inc
So,h division were his sons.
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MAJ, -GEN. CRONkH|TE
''''' The SOLDIER AND MAN

at Camp Lewis. Washington. October c5,
1918. through n lamcntable accident,
! brought deep sorrow 10 all who knew
him and anguish 10 the hearts OF his
parents.
When General Cronkhitc arrived at
Camp Lee few people in this vicinity
outside of his stan and the higher Of
ficers ut camp knew him personally. but
he soon made many warm friends. Three
things about him struck cvcryon" who
came in contact with him his Guickucss
of mind his larg"mcSS Of heart. his
genial manner. Everyone realized that
here was Il man of ability, who knew
his business thoroughly. hut few rCaliz-
ed what IL hard worker h" was. and his
versatility. AS To work. the general
wanted only about three or four hours
sleep u night and when the division was
preparing TO so overseas The writer
knows that one hours sleep might was
all he needed. Everyone was aware
that the general knew all about can
! non and arms Of all kinds. but outside
Of the army few were aware that the
general had invented one Of the first
rolling kitchens used 10y our army. and
that II mt with every t"$: satisfactorily
. And speaking of cooking enc Virginia
dish that seemed particularly 10 appeal
10 General I'ronkhIt" WAS cur old Nir-
Slnia ham. When he sailed for France
he carried ono of these hams with him
as souvenir Of Richmond
The general felt very aCutcly the re-
spunsl bIlItv resting upon him in the
matter Of properly training the young
men sent to Camp L." under IN" draft
system. Dn" ono occasion | Know Pt
several civilians Imp"rturcd the general
10 appoint as Il sort Of body servant for
himself Il CERTAIN young Col"rcd man
who had recently arrived ut Camp Lee
with Other rockies. They had known
this young man some years and v"u'h'd
for him as an excellent servant. But III"
general absolutely refused. That boy
Ind been sent to him I" train. and
everything must be done TO teach HIM
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TO REHABILITATE
THE RAILROADS

s.,,,or cunmins. chairman OF the
.u,a,s committee on Interstate Com
rneree, and bis associates on that co'''-
r,ittee are earnestly lahortng on some
Hesitation intended 10 take railroads
mt OF government control. and restore
them 70 their owners The proole"
which they meet Is hard one. Inc
railroads for all practical purposes are
bankrupt. Great obligations OK dco1
and Of operating expense have oeen
.niled on them Their charges have oeeh
increased as much as the business OF
the country can well stand for' anu
still they are running behind. Few &c
..;,s of the Cummins proposition have
vet been made public. ard such details
"a have been received are open to seri-
nus debate. Following the suggestion
of the warfield committee OF railroad
owners, the Cummins plan IS under
stood TO guarantee returns on raliroaa
investment, and to limit the returns TO
six cents
The New York Sun points out a'seri-
ous objection 10 this plan. Practically
IL puts the we'll managed railroad on
the same footing as the poorly and
wastefuIly managed railroad. 1t guar
antees profits to corporations that can
not earn them. and IL limits the profits
Of those that are able to earn liberal
nrof,ts. This policy may work 10 de-
stroy initiative, limit investment ana
reduce efficiency. The fact is that the
railroads. have been brought by govern
ment interference and bunging 10 such
a condition that any practical plan OF
rcstoring them TO their owners meets
with great difficulties. II is evident
that some way must b. found Of assurJ
ing profits TO capital invested In rail-
roads. Otherwise. railroads. will nor
be built, and will not be operated. That
- the nrst step anu Sth"'"'
and his associates seem 70 be trying to
take that step in about the only direc-
ton that Is open for them TO move.
Government guarantee Of PROFITS on the
one hand to weak railroads and limita-
tons Of the profits OF rich railroads on
the other is by TO means the idea!
thing but It may temporarily. at least
be . partial cure fer a desperate condi-
ton.
Amputation OF log. for INSTANCE. is
not a pleasing thine 20 the party to be
\ operated on. but amputatton may be
better than doing nothing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-07

All Americans are looking forward Z"
n harvest Of one billion bushels oi
wheat. Tho rcapcrs Of crops. after years
If observation are reasonably sure
that the farmers this year Will Gath'F
. twenty-five billions of treasure l"r me
support Of tho people. All TINS stlrS inc
note of wOTd"r in view OF IN" laSt thh|
today there arc still ono million soldiers
who are in camps at home or abroad
who cannot return In IN" farms before
Tho early autumn. IN l9lN, despite Iu'
ahscnc" Of three million OF her men at
Tho front, through her new Tools HF'at
britain produced douhl" the amount. OF
wealth that She produced IN 1913. DC
spitc the absence ut million American
rarnlrr boys this year through III" new
rr,,IS The American harvcsts are to be
larger Than ever before.
II jS the tool that multiplicS the
hand. haslcus the foot and strengthens
the body. Every average man to-day Is
sixty man power through steam ana
electricity. The hand strikes blow
Of one hundred pounds. the trip ham
mrr N The baldwin Locomotive WORKS
strikes IA, blow Of ten tons. Man leE9
runs four miles an hour. his locomotive
runs forty niles an hour. Man voice
reaches five thousand hearers; his pho
nbErhln IN lark lNOW NNI '''N W. -
tory Loan repeated the VOICE or
epralicr whose words were spoken IN
WashiuEton Ono" farmer cut wheat
with Il short sickle. then with long
scythc: In 1870 he had a mower; III
1850 n reaper. IN 1870 n reaper that not
,nly Gu; tho wheat. hut with hemp
string tied il in bundles. Now Dig
steam tractor pulls n heading machihc
across tn" harvest field. TIL" hrhcS Oh
IA" wheat CT oats, rye or barley ar"
carried ia q clown apron 0N'r I" lI'l''
Irrr. mir: machine that blows out all the
chafr ANA Whrn the tNn-huShHl sack
j. nIcd with wheat n boy riding on IN"
machiuo rirs Tho str nS about the sack
and rops II from IN" platform {" IN"
ground once ihcrc WAS the driver III
!hc machine" five binders. two men
shocking the bundles, Eve men building
The stacks Of wheat fftccn thrcshihE
tho golden grain. Now. ono engineer
and one small hoy do all the work re-
leasing twenty-five mon for other forms
Of productive labor, while up in Minno-
npolis or Duluth, another man turns
that wheat into flour. while another
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They know the life to come, devoid Of
tears and woe, will mako this life seem
bum. and yet they hate to 30. And am
in their class: this world seems full Of
glce; these days, which swiftly pass. ara
good enough for me. am the bully boy
who sidcstcps useless care: look around
for JOY. and fin It everywhere. I am the
buoyant lad to whom the world seems
fine: determined to be glad. have no
use for brine. Is life tyrant rude? II
life n thing Of bliss? It's all your atti.
tude which makes 1t that or this.
Copyright by George Matthew Adams.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-07
AUTOMOBILE DRIVING

The automobile menace IS something
must soon begin to deal. We have
some kind Of laws in this state intended
to license chaurcurs and to regulate the
use Of the automobile by inexperienced
drivers, but these laws are either not
sufficient or are not enforced. Every
nice day we see the streets OF Wheel
ing. and the roads OF Ohio County
throngcd with automobiles. the drivers
Of many Of them. being absolutely tn
experienced. The automobile is as
dangerous as a loaded pistol Left to
quires experience and brains to run.
and the longer the man Of sense runs
an automobile the more respect he has
for it,
The majority Of the accidents which
daily crowd the COLUMNS OF the news
papers. and particularly, adorn them on
Monday morning. are due to careless
and inexperienced drivers. and careless
and inexperienced drivers are about the
same thing. We have few speed
ficnds who are reckless, and yet who
are good drivers, but most men and
women who drive automobiles become
more careful every year that they drive
The new driver and the fool driver are
a menace to the public and ought to be
regulated by the state.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-07

When somebody told Queen Marie
Antoinettc that the poor in France had
no bread, she remarked well then. why
don't they cat cake" Marie lost her
head for the nippant come back and that
is just what ought to happen to the
boob who. when told that 1t is hundred
in the shade. advises you TO keep out
OF the shade
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and to exercise ordinary care and THRIFT
is able to own Ids own home. to rear his
family in decency' and enjoy comforts
and luxurics which kings did not have
century ago.
We have no.room in this country for
the weeds Of Bolshcvism because the
sound and healthy growth Of sane in
dustry Is too frnly rooted in our sol!
TO be crowded out or to be chokcd by
worthless trash
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-07
RIPPING RHYMES

BY WALT MASON.

hear tho crouch complain. This
lifc's a total loss; We meet with grief
and pain, but joys don't come across.
Doomed are our falrest plans. our hopes
arc in tho hole; and men are also rams,
who never reach their goal" a guy who
thinks like this of course finds life n
wreck; how can he sample bliss. VIII"
saws there's none on deck? How can Z
man be glad. and taste the joyous years.
II he makes woe fad. and lays the dust
with tears? Some find this life so gay,
with all its giaring faults. they hate TO
pass away, to rest In boneyard vaults.
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Senator Porah charges William How
ard Taft with being propaGandlst.
Oh, certainly. apd probably Premier
Clcmcnccau IS secretly aspiring to be
president Of Germany.
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GETS JOB AT PARIS.

WhSWINNGTON. Juno 6.-Comman-
der John NJ Towers. fii;hi c"ri'rh"d"r
Of th" navy TRANSATLANTIC S'ap'i'''
squadron. VAS relieved or NIL GUY WIN
'ha; squadron today and assigned /"
service with tho commission for air
terms now sitting in Paris.
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Sergeant Alvin York. Tho bravcst
man in the American army" is to be
married today. Now We know he's u
hero.
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Probably some of those congressman
who voted so readily for luxury taxes
would find IL difficult to explain what
e. luxury Is
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-07

Jess Willard is not making the mis-
take that cost Jim JcGries his title
so there may &c a real fight at Toledo
July 4.
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Some Of Germans requests re-
fused" says a headline Let US hope
so.