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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-31
THE STANDING ARMY

Secretary Of War Baker proposes to
ask Congress to appropriate for a stand
ing army Of 100000 men. This is five
Sinss the size Of the army which the
: AIIies propose to allow Germany TO keep
ara about two and a half times tho
army which we supported previous to
ns,r entrance into the world war. II the
mace treaty and the League OF Nations
mean anything. they mean less need for
armies, less need for war preparations
and q general reduction Of war expendl-
tprea. Why should the United States.
! ,rdeY these conditions. contemplate
var program many times more expensive
and more elaborate than any We have
I undertaken in the past. The maintcn-
Anee OF an army Of 1906 men was a
Astly proposition for us under pre-wa-
ambitions. and the maintenance Of an
.army Of 500. 900 will be much costlier.
1. The American Soit4tA - pS'N ''S~'N>>'I
.spd is more generously provided fo-
than the soldiers OF most armies. We
must depend upon voluntary enlistment.
and therefore army life has 70 be made
attractive, both as 10 pay and TO condi-
tions. An army Of 100000 men cannot.
in the United States. be supported for
much less than S1.oOo.Ooo.ooo a year.
nartieularly II the army Is at all active.
IN provided with proper equipment, is
gathered in maneuvers and is trained
"A the use of equipment IT IS designed
70 handle. This Is sum Of money en-
tirely out Of proportion TO our military
needs and far beyond any previous cal
caiations- Rt:h as we are. we can use
n billion dollars to a better advantage
Shan In the cultivation Of . lust for war.
We don't need an army Of large size
n To DATED States. and we can't 6ettes
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PROGRESS IN AMERICANISM
Importance of Development Community Spirit Impressed
Upon Those at Recent Conference
BY PROF. H. P FAIRCHILD
Authority on Sociology and immigration

the natives which are tho only true as
SIN ilativc forces.
Rv the end Of ihC nineteenth century
this situation had altered rad'"a'I! =
Life had become vastly more complex,
and the relationships between n'''r'n'
c.aSScS of society much less lmh'u."''
and pCrsnunl social differentiation.
coupled with Tho Increasing number and
greater diversity If immigrants. ma"
resulted in setting tho foreigners of ny
themselves and dcpriNrg them OF all
but the must artificial contacts with ma
tive Americans There was manifest q
hctcrugru!iv and dISEni"n among our
people which ucraSiuncd grave Apprehch-
sion on the part Of thoughtul Cd
servers.
Some time before the war. therefore,
muv, mcutS started to devise ana Apply
remedies for this situation. 1t WAS
rrroguiz"d that the object desired was
tho unillcation Of our population, and
someone hit upon the term "Amrrlcahl-
2atlon' as the designation Of both the
process and the result. The word caught
iEr popular fancy. and for time many
people were cdludCd into thinking that
some marvellous formula had been dis
covered Whereby ~" whole immigration
problem of both the present and the fu-
,urc was To h" speedily solved.
In this instance. rs in so many 9TH
crs the war brought the real situation
into clear relief. Both the gravity OF
tho sitpation and the futility Of depend
ing upon any artificial formula were
plainly demonstrated. Everybody now
secs more surely than ever tho ncccs-
sity of closely knit. harmonious. SYM
pathetic population. and also realizes
that this result can never be achieved
by the superficial. artificial CXp"dicnls
Of night schools. paE'ants. patriotic rail-
lbs. etc. useful as thcr" arc. but only
Icy tho development Of real community
spirit and action aud the cStahli Shm"nt
of spontaneous relationships between
natives and foreigners which will facil-
tate a mutual interchange Of ideas and
tate Il mutual interchange Of ideas and
The conference al Washington was
designed To afford information as 10
what the various social agencies Of the
country w"r" already doing in this di-
rcction. and 10 plan for a closer CO.
operation and NOR" comprehensive pro-
gram on the part Of each and Of all. The
general impression left upon those in
attendance was tina: TCry definite for
ward steps had been takcr.
(COpyrlghi, 1879
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The AmcrtCaniZat conference
which was recently hold in Washington
at tho call Of the department Of the IN
terror was a striking manifestation OF
the modern sentiment toward our lor-
ciEn born population. sentiment Whlch
is growing IN strength almost hourly.
Our traditional policy with reference
IA alien immigrants has been "mphalI-
Callv a "l,, them alone policy as 1ar
as the currcr of tho foreigners IN TINS
country is concerned. Rather tardiiy
we undertook to eX"rclS" dlScrlmlrat-
ing cont rol over IN" stream or arrivals
as il touched the boundaries or our
country, and once started we nav" hul'I
un a very inclusive and elaborate" mach-
aniSm for the exclusion OF those iih'-
y,duaIs who were manifcStly i'll fitted
for admission into American me In IN"
case Of some whole races W" hay" "Stah-
ltshcd barriers which have reduced
their contributions Ia oar population II"
a negligible minimum.
But once admitted. tho immigrant mas
been loft 10 his own devices ana MS own
fate to a remarkable degree. We nave
tacitlv assumed that all that was ncceS-
sary 10 safeguard our own national IN
IcreSts and the welfare Of the lmmi-
grants was TO pick our specimens WIN
sufficient care. We have acted as II
there were some magic virtue IN Amer
lea. some intangible but potent lnilu"ncc
in our life, which would operate auto
matiCally and uncrruEly TO secure 10
the immigrant the realization OF the
benefits he sought in coming. while pro-
tcCling us from all evil effects. frIfate
individuals and unofficial agencies. sec
ing the need took some feeble steps To-
ward meeting the situation. but III" fed
Cral government did virtually nothing
in tho way Of dCv0tinE special attention
or care 10 the foreign elements Of our
population.
This happy go-lucky, Indifferent. opti-
mistic attitude was sort OF holdorcr
from Tho early days Of our national his
tory when in point Of fact life was so
simple, natural resources were so great
and immigration was relatively so small
that the foreigners who came were nat
urally and irrcStist.bly drawn into the
current of American influences.
Up 10 the middle Of the nineteenth
century the organization Of our social
life was such that foreigners were I'M
consciously brought under the influence
Of those contacts and relationships with
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counties, and II has been able TO present
a picture Of the scene more accurate and
more thrilling than has appeared in any
other Wheeling or West Virginia news
paper During this great war. in pre-
scntins special features concerning it
and publishing features Of interest Of
the greatest struggle in the history of
the world. The Intellicncer has led all
West Virginia newspapers, and It has
rivaled some Of the most ambitious in
the country. It's complete, accurate and
interesting stories of the return to New
port News have been read with special
interest by the people Of Northern Yves;
Virginia
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-31
OUR NAVAL PROGRAM

Secretary Daniels has shown an un-
.S,u.,A, amount CT good Judgment in
recommending 70 the Naval committee
S.n., tha ten Observation-Disclosures and ten
.cont cruisers program be cancelled.
Some months ago Mr.. Daniels dcmaaoe"
aof the Naval Affairs committee very
elaborate program Of warshtp ou'Ia'"S'
aeairred 10 make the United States the
I s,unI ~ Great Britain as naval power
ukfr. Daniels has evidently seen the light.
5 y,Ne,b.r on account OF the storm OF pro-
z test which his proposition raised or
whether because nc became convinced
ths, his original plan was extravaganza
ard unnecessary. Mr.. Daniels has now
! IsecJaed 70 be satisfied with very much
4na,l.r amount of new naval building
II would be an astonishing thing II
4At. .he great peaceful power Of the
world, should come out Of the war with
- determination to make itself the great
J. warlike power Of the world. when all
81 tho other countries were desperately
y.aakinp to reduce ornaments and TO
iover the burdens Of military and naval
! preparedness. We do not need great
!. navy like Great Britain. The mighty
oceans are our defense. We do not seek
Z 10 70 forth on the seven seas as con-
nxcrs Of weaker nations and we may
be satisfied with such naval
.SfFensth a. may be necessary to do po-
,,ea duty abroad and TO defend our har-
,Aors at home. Our naval program
',hould At all times be commensurate with
INA naval programs OF other countries
when they are reducing their cxpcnd'-
lures we certainly ought not to increase
purs extravagantly.
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paupcr. We revolt from those disgust
ing animal parasites that Crawlcd
through the trenches. tormCmtcd our
young soldiers, conveyed diseases, and
brought death in their train. More
Ir"Nolgng still tho folk that live upon
their fellow mon. All children. inralds.
ond all the aged. must be- cared for. dur
ing their period of nonprUduCtiNity.
Therefor" on"-ihird Of society has TO
support the other two-thirds. But III"
burden IS augmented by those who
have the strength 10 work hut not tho
will. Every man who consumes moro
than he produces IS 7aupcr. Some
pauDCrs are plcbian-tramps. who beg
meals ar Kitchen doors. drifters. who
think society owes them IA living. GRIM
mails who live in warehouses; and jails.
In the wiutortimc thousands O young
tramps wander south in the summer
time they beat their way north on
trains. or do n little work on boats So
| skilful are they in telling hard-lurk
stories that they can always get tho
Ipr,c" Of a bod and a good meal.
But IN" natriciHn raurcrs are para
sites despite their leisure and their
| money. These paupcrS live upon the
| aCCumulations Of their fathers indus
try and ability. Their daughters con-
| sumo much. produce little. They are
as much charges upon tho state and ne
! truly burdCnod upon society ne though
| they were supported by public taxation
| in the country poNrhousc. instead Of liv-
| ing out Of tho storchousc filled by their
| own family. In some respects tho
| patrician parasite Is moro disgusting
Than the rlcban tramp. bcEear. and
| criminal. In ono case. tho patrician Is
! SHINING against tho good example Of his
/ father. against his own hotter Judgment.
! Every influence rchultc& tho ratrician
| for asking much. and. like tho locch.
| crying. GIVE. give give" Unfortu-
nat"ly ono" a child or youth his learned
! :" drift tho long day through. and hc-
comes plcasuro-monCcr. tho habit Is
| fixed. and tho intellect loses ns firm
) ness and tho will lis Ncor and grin.
| Tho oak. grown in n pasture and OK
| posed m every sid" must wrcstlc and
| defend itself against IN" storms Of tho
summer and blasts Of tho winter. All
| shiDhuild"rs look for III" pasturc-Cro
| oak. hncauS" tn" iihrc is moro compact
and closely knitted. Ono day rich
4, woman turned with io1rs TO friend
| and cXClcimcd: "Whcrc can we find
, something that will do for our ctildrrn
what poverty and hard work did for tho
senator and myself" Unfortunately
! that problem was never solved. To This
! day those children arc soft. cffcninatc
! luxurious AMI pleasure. loving. in that
! they have received much from tho state
and don" little. They have lived and
! they will die industrial parasites, M
triCian paupcrs. moro burdens. and loads
on the shoulders of society
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-31
THE INTELLIGENCER LEADS

With considerable satisfaction The
IntelIigenccr calls attention to the spe-
cial service which 1t has given its read
ers in connection with the return Of our
Wheeling, Ohio county and West Virgil
MIA warriors to Newport News. Tho
Intelligencer has been rcpres ed on
the ground by two trained q Rspaper
man knowing every Wheeling Ohio
county boy, 40 well as those o; Rtng
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-31

Col. George L. Wallace. Of Hunting
ton. is waiting in Washington to secure
his discharge from the army and lh'n
he is gong hHCk homo IN resume IN"
PRACTICE Of law. No man who served
l'nclc Sam in the great war has winter
record than cot Wallace. II is con-
spicuous in official circles. He II was
administered tho draft law in West Nir-
%ina. making q record there that at
IraCtcd tho attention and won tho ad-
miration Of his SupCriors in Washing
ton He was brought her" To the head
quarters Of the army judiciary. TIL"
&amc fin" service here and as reward
h. WAS sent overseas to General Pcrsh-
ings headquarters where. for nine
months. he was supreme IN his sphere
there. While resting here. h" is pro
narng an address or tho subject of
military justice which no Will deliver
Mt the meeting Of tn" Stat" Bar Asso"i-
alton at FairmUnt next month. tho In
vi:oI'Cl to deliver he address having
come To him hcr" this week from Dean
Jones Of IN" University Law School who
= also tho president Of tho Association.
II" is also keeping up his stud 90 Of the
l."ngu" Of Nations covenant. Few men
in Washington know more about It and
cnn discuss i quit" 50 we'll ms this bril-
FAINT minded West NirEinian. He is
ardcntlv opposed 10 it. and seems 10
have IN" ability To convinc" others 10
his way Of thinking. When he takes of
the uniform and II tho people In West
Virginia want to hear him discuss the
interesting cuhjcct. h" says that he
considers II his duty to state the rcas-
Cns for his opposition II isn't ard
shouldn't hc partisan question. re
says. Himself a Democrat and n very
orthodox ono. h" comedies with tho
president on hardly a .Nngle nngle or
tho covenant. During his absence
abroad HuntinGtonian politicians
launched with tho carly Swing flowers
n euh"rnotorIal boom for "a. Wallace.
Asked about that today. lie missed
1T with characteristics hrevity-"I have
neither thr disposition nor the money
for IT," hc said.
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begin economy than by turning down
extravaganza army demands.
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The words most used IN tho army
arc--"Sir." Yes sir NO sir" They
get thataway by addressing their super
ior officers. and answering the s., o.'s.,
when addresse. The habit is not easily
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arc strong at the Capitol that this bill
will pass the Congress.
The Washington times., 1919-11-30

ing them to receive and presiding
at the tables. And for no diplomatic
or official tea during the season are
greater pains taken to have every
thing about the Secretary of States
reception rooms more point device
than for this to his subordinates in
the department AS far as possible
individual cards are sent, but there
is every effort made to convey also a
blanket invitation. that none may feel
LETT out. And as there are few churlish
enough TO refuse so gracious an in
vitation, and there are several thou
sand department employees, naturally
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Family Party
At White House.

The administration circle spent the
feast of the turkey for the most part
quietly at home, with the traditional
FAMILY parties. At the White House
II was mostly the Boiling famiiy-and
the President dined in his room. You
know there is a very nice story be-
ing told that he complained whimsi-
cally to the Prince of Wales, when
that sympathetic young man visited
his bedside, that he was developing
downright fellow feeling for the
suffrage pickets since his illness, for
he was learning some of the horrors
Of forcible feeding. Every member p
of the household who came near him.
he complained, seemed to be provided
with a bowl of broth, or a glass of
milk, or an egg nogg presumably
stickless), or a cup of tea, or some
thing.
And.if he opened his mouth. IL was
promptly stopped with food He felt
sure there was conspiracy on
doctors, nurses, wife, daughters, even
ms secretary and stenographers-to
inject food into him whether or no.
he progressed to stand some sort of
fighting chance when he was sit
ting up, but when they caught him
lying down he was helpless and at
their mercy.
There were no out-of-town guests
at the White House except Lucy
Maury, of Roanoke one OF Mrs viii
sons TWO young nieces, who, the ap-
tlmistlc prophesied would be launch
ed into society with White House de-
butts, thereby adding considerably to
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annual ball, that evening-vhich is
not their job
The Bakers and the Dsnielses. en-
the other hand, DO. They both had
boxes Thursday night, and entertain
ed more or less Official parties. the
Bakers including the bright partics-
lar star. General PershinG. Beth
came from regulation family dinner
parties In their respective homes---
Secretary Daniels having just return
ed TO his from business trip through
the Middle West and Secretary.
Baker being about to leave his on
business trip TO Panama
Secretary and Mira. Baker had
very quiet little family pArty-jvss
themselves and their cousin. EhSo-
beth Fress. who lives with them
Neither of Mrs Bakers two brothers
was in town Captain Leopold ss sta-z
toned out West, and Ralph LeopoM
who was here last week ss q concett
stsr-being his sisters house guest
for whom. with his so-star. Mise Flor
ence Esston, she did quite q little en-
tertafning-has gone on his way. For
once Mrs Baker is roing along win
the Secretary on one OF his pleasant
official trips. When he ssi1s Ter
Panama today. along with c~nerah
March and Senator Chamberlain Mrs..
Baker will be with them. even ~ n r.
on a transport They went up TO New
York Friday night to attend the
Army-Nsvy game yesterday. and are
to sail today. The trip Is variously
announced as IAN inspection TRIP
and Ito open the Panama Canal TO the
commerce OF the world--altbough
some of US were under the impression
that IL had been open for some time
Little Jack" Baker (whose real
name IL Newton D." like his father'sl
4 has gone up to New York with them
to see the game, but he viii rejoin hss
sisters in their Ceorretown home
! and await the return of HE parents
probably about two weeks hence-4n
Miss Fress' care.
And. by the way. one OF the ~drivee"
/ spoke of in the opening paragraph
hash cen a drive TO enroll every oos
! in one or another OF the cftisen's -
sociations which flourish fmore or
lessD in the different districts iske
1 which Washington IL divided hey
went after the President. and enrulieA
him in the West Enc Citisens' Asso-
Continued on Page Elsven)
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popular of the buds, not only of this
;eason, but of several recent seasons,
vent up to New York for Millicent
Rogers ball-some of them even
went up last week to be in on the
entertaining for the Prince Of Wales
and made a week, or a fortnight,
Of 1T, staying over for the Army-Navy
game yesterday. And you know Con-
gress has for few months ceased
from troubling, and the White House
Is at rest. Congress, naturally, for
sound economic reasons Ut would be
so thriftless not to use up all the
mileage at 20 cents a mile that the
members are entitled toy, is pretty
numerously out of town for this very
short breathing spell between the
special session which ended last
week, and the regular session which
opens next Monday. All of which
helps to account for the generally
depleted condition of the National
Capital this Thanksgiving week.
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turn out for It in forceLand in full
uniforms most brilliant and pictu-
rescue congregation. The mass is al
ways said at St. Patrick's-the cathe-
dral church in Washington, as there
is no Roman Catholic cathedraI-with
Cardinal Gibbons, the Rt. Rev. John
Bonzanc. the apostolic delegate (; the
Rt Rev. Owen 3. Corrigan, auxiliary
Bishop Of Baltimore s<Rt. Rev. Thomas
Shahan, rector of the Catholic Uni
versity of America; Mgr. Thomas.
rector of st. Patrick's; the Very Rev.
Edward Fitzgerald. o. T., of the Do
ninican College. and a number of
other priests and dignitaries repre-
senting different orders of the Cath
Ollie Church, in the sanctuary, their
priestly robes vieing in brilliance and
picturesqueness with the diplomatic
uniforms.
The high officials of the State De-
partment make a point of attending.
1t is part of their job" and a very
pleasant part, Mrs. Lansing says, as
it is a wonderfully beautiful and i'm
pressive ceremony. In past years one
has not known whether the President
and First Lady would go or not.
When they have gone there has been
some criticism from the rabid oppo-
nents of everything that the Roman
Catholic Church does, and IL they
stayed at home. that course, too. came
in for criticism. However, this year
it was obviously out of the question
for the President to go, so that Pres
ident and Mrs. Wilson did not have
to choose whom they preferred to
offend.
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the gayety of nations. Margaret Will
son was the only one of the Presi-
dents daughters who spent Thanks
giving here, both Mrs. McAdoo and
Mrs. 'Sayre, who have been frequently
in Washington since the President
came home ill. being again at home,
and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, the
Presidents cousin. until this winter
a member Of his household, conspicu-
ously absent.
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Annual Thanksgiving
Tea for Departments.

The annual Thanksgiving tea for
"the department" is, so far as I
know, one of Mrs. Lansing's pleasant
friendly Inventions. 1 don't recall
that any previous Mrs. Secretary of
State has done it. She and the Secre-
tary have a group of the assistant
secretaries and their wives. and bu-
reau chiefs and their wives. assist
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Navy game, the first in several year:
in New York.
In fact a good many of the mos;
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football games everywhere else than
in Washington; and finally there was
the supreme attraction, the Army
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Marsha1ls Away
For ThankaxfvinR.

Marshars Away
For Thanksgiving.
The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall were out OF town-still on that
Southern speaking trip which was SO
horribly interrupted last Saturday at
and misguided idea of humor tele-
phoning news" of the Presidents )
death, and the necessity of the Vice
Presidents immediate return to
Washington. He was due back last
evening. and will undoubtedly be here
ready for the opening Of Congress to-
morrow. The Marshalls spent Thanks
giving Day at the Hotel Chamberlain,
Old Point Comfort, where they got
a bit Of a rest before coming home.
The Lansings had a very busy day
they always do. Thanksgiving
Day is no holiday for the Secretary
of State and his attractive wife. The
family dinner party was about its
only restful feature. They had that
Mrs. Lansing's sister. Mrs. A M.
Dulles, from Auburn, N. Y, having
fcome down with her daughter Eleanor
Ito spend Thanksgiving with the Lam
sings and Mrs. Foster; John Foster
Dulles and his family. and Nataline
Dulles being already here. Nataline
Dulles. by the way. is quite absorbed
in the nursing course at Walter
Reed Hospital, which she undertook
while the war was at it's height with
| the hope of getting overseas service.
| The family sees little of her, and she
| has no idea at all of abandoning the
course now that the war fervor has
spent itself. She did. however, come
home for Thanksgiving dinner.
/ Pan-Americnn Mass
! GIitterinE Spectacle.
Aside from that there was the Pan
American thank sgiving mass, which
| the Lansings attended in the morn
| ing, and in the afternoon the recep-
| tion for the department, which 1t Is
! their pleasant custom to give on
| Thanksgiving Day each year. The Pan
American mass is a beautiful annual
ceremony arranged especially for and
by the Latin-American diplomats. They