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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23
TWENTY-THREE FLOOR
GAMESFOR W. Y. u. FIVE
Yale, Cornell, Pitt, Lafayette, And
Others on West Virginia Mountain
GERS Basket Ball Gard.
Special To The Intelligcncer.

Special To The Intelligcncor
| MoRGANTOWN. Dec. 2o;-'The Wcs;
! Virginia University basketball sched-
ule announced here today by Director
| Stanshury, provides the most difficult
assignment of games that has ever been
| arranged for q mOuntainccr floor team
! Twenty-threc games are listed and con-
spicuous in the list are the Yale, Cor
nell. Pittsburgh. Lafayette. Washing
ton & Jefferson. Colgate, Rutgers and
Allegheny contests.
A new coach. Francis II. stadsvold
who learned his basketball at the Uni
versity OF Minnesota under DR.. Cooke
! the famous Western mentor is in
charge Of the squad and team of un-
usual strength Is expected. Coach
Stadsvold was an All-Westcrn srlec-
! ton himself and was on the advisory
! coaching staff at Minnesota after gradu-
: alton. His material is excellent includ-
! ing Dawson. Morrison, Kigcr. Hill. Cut
right. Wemer. Hawkins and Trotter
all Of whom arc letter men and n large
number of new and promising recruits
! The complete schedule follows:
December 19-Pittsburgh Collesians
at Morgantown.
gantown.
January Davis Elkins College at
! MOrgantown.
January Geneva College at Nor
| gantOwn.
January 14-WashinEton & jefferson
ut Washington, Pa.
January l5-Univcrsity of Pittsburgh
! at Pittsburgh. Pa
! January 16-Allegheny College at
| Weadville. Pa
January 17-Carnegie Tech at Pitts
! burgh. Pa.
! January 23-Marictta College at Nor
/ gantOwn.
! January 31--Univcrsity Of Pittsburgh
a. MnrEantown.
February 7-FaIrmont Normal at
! Fairmont.
February 1s-Carnegie Tech at Nor
| cantOwn.
February 1s-Syracuse University at
Syracuse. Now York.
February T1--ColEate University At
! Hamilton, y. Y.
! February lA--Cornell University at
| Ithaca. y. Y.
February l9-Lafayettc College at
: Easton. Pa.
February 2o-Sct-on Hall College at
South Orange, y. J.
! February 81 Rutgers College at New
: Brunswick. y. J.
| February 2S--Lafayctte College At
Morgantown.
March 3-Fairmont Normal at Nor
gantown.
March 6-Allegheny College at Nor
SantnWH.
siar-n 1s-Marictta College at Mari
eta Ohio.
March Washington & Jefferson at
lMorgantown-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23

Tho greater the necessity Tor cavIna
tho greater your opportunity to use
The Intelligencsr W.. Ads
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23
Died After Operation;:
Physicians Bamed

Special Dispatch to the Intelligeneef.
HARRISBURG, WA. Dec. 22-The
strange death last night in . hospital
here Of Miss Edith Tucker, %. Of In.
terprise. has baffled local physicians.
She swallowed a turkey bone while eat
ing Thanks giving dinner 1t her homa.
and became i'll afterward. PhyDictAno
though the bone had lodged In the ston:
ach and finally decided upon . surgical
operation. This was performed last
evening at the hospital but no bone wno
found. and Miss Tucker died shortly
afterwards. Her body was taken. -
Enterprise this afternoon for the fua
neral. She was the daughter OF Mn
Clara Tucker. OF Fairmont
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23
MIDCETS TOPLAY FAST
WASHINGTON QUINTET

On New Years afternoon, at the !. NJ.
G. 4. gymnasium. III" East J. N. MidS-
ct basketball team Will meet IN" WASH
inpton SpuCks of Washington. Pa. The
washington five last season won the
Junior championship "f western Penn
Svlvauia. and as the Mdgcts were
strong rou,rndcrs for the same hon"rs
Of this valley. good game should re-
suit.
Practice is being held by III" MidG"ts
twic" week. and are bending every
effort IN order t0 win this game
Coach Miller has shown the boys many
new tricks +" pull over. as nc is deter
mined that the Midgcts will win this
|
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23
HoRNsBY NOT FOR SALE.

50. Louis. Dec. %2.--Scvcnty thou
sand dollars and four players have been
offered I" III" 81. Louis National
/ raguc baseball club for Rover Horns
by, according To President Branch
RicXcy. Of tn" club. in signed state
m,ni here to-day. He added that the
offer WAS refused and that Hornsby Is
not for safe. President Hickey would
not divmlg" IA" name Of the club that
made tn" offer
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23
Cathedral Five Meets
C|arksburg New Years
Washington irving High Of clarks-
burg Added to List of Cathedral
High.

The next camc 10 hc played by the
Cathedral High quintet Will br on New
Years evening. when they clash with
the Washington Irving five of Clarks-
burg AT H." Cathedral coop"
Coach Mrrrils. formerly e Wells
burg High is coaching the ClarksburE-
crS and local fans VIII turn out strong
70 sec the Aggregation developed 10y this
COmprtant man.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23

The first bout 70 be staged in this
civ 4, tho Market Auditorium was
erected with favor by about 1000 rams:
last evening. when Ed1!c Wimler OF
Fairhaven. Pa. and Walter Goo Stew
ar, Of this city. furnished the hre ~orks
for the main bout Of ten rounds. with
the local lad coming out on the winning
end. by big margin
Although Stewart won he had one OF
the hardest opponents on his hands Tor
a long time Goo" was several incheS
taller than his opponent. but Eddie was
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23
Goo Stewart Won Over
Wimler by Big Margin
EDDIE WIMLER PUT UP STIFF OPPOSITION IN HIS GO
WITH LOCAL FEATHERWElCHTLA LAST EVENING Be
FORE LARGE CROWD MYERS LOST TO WILLIAMS
NSEMLFNAL

a husky built fighter. They weighed
in at catch weights. Stewart tipping the
scales AT l22 while Wimlcr weighed IN
at IFS pounds. six pounds more than
the local boxer.
Although Stewart was AZ an hdNan-
taye in reach. he was handicapped BY
his height. He found difficulty IN
landing his favoritc body blows. and
had TO content himself with pounding
away at Winters face.
Twice during the fight Stewart, had
good openings for the kayo punch IN
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23
.UNGERLE|DERS GO
TO CLEVELAND, 0.
Form FHrtnsrship IN 1i0 3rotseAGt
Company In City On the Iaks.

Sam Ungerlcider. proprietor Of tn
Acorn Saloon in bridgeport in the palny
days and brilliant nights Of long aga
passed through the city YESTERDAY
Spreading the glad news that he 10 nov
a high financitr. as he owns and oper
ates a scat in the New York Stock Ex'
change. Sam is at present on his EAJ
to Cleveland where he and his brother
Abe. are going to take charge Of the
Bash and company brokerage firm. Az
Of their local friends formed. In tn
bygone days wish them good luck
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23
MORAN GETSK. 0.

EENyAEK, Y. j.. Dec" "3.--F'rank
Moran. IN" Pittsburgh heavyweight.
knocked out Sergeant Jack Hurk". OF
Chicago. in IN" first round of an eight
round match her" tonight. Moran
weighed 1871 pounds and Burke lSS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23

--RUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23
COBB LEADING
bATSNAN IN THE
1878 AMERICAN

The official American league battin :
records compiled by Irwin VI. Hove.
were given out for publication last night
and show Cobb. of Detroit. the real
leader. with an average Of 1854 in IL
games. although Murphy. Of Chicago.
battcd Ass in thirty games. The aver
ages for batsmcn having .@75 or better.
ara shown hollow.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23
WHERE MAJOR LEAGUE
CLUBS ARE TO TRAIN
National League.

GiantS-San Antonio. TEX.
Notwithstanding. Fla.
BravrS-raSadcna. Calf.
RcdS-Mlamn. Fla.
Cardinals Brownsville. Tex.
piratcs-IIol Springs. Ark.
American League.
Yankccs-JaCkSOnVillC. Fla.
White Observation-Disclosures. Ten
Rcd SoX-lIut Springs. Ark.
AthlcticS--I.akc Charles. La.
Scnators-AuEusta. Ga.
ludians--Nrw Orleans. La.
TigcrS-Nacon. Ga.
Mchl!c. \ "A.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-23
nAu cH1rsr1GAs 1u11Y.

~ calling the Union 1nssto1, u ~
have any cast off, or old clothing q
wearing apparel. 80 10y eeo0t0 ~
waiting to call for them yttA 0l1 ~
auto trucks. Call q. ". 0o1y, uN1o1
Mission, BY phone. o.1S-3
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04
LIES MOST DREADED HOUR
Modern Science Has Utterly Failed
to DO Away With Mans Fear
of the Dentists Chair.

Monday at a. m. is zero hour for
us. At that time we are to go over the
top in the dentists office. He will be
there with his machine guns and poi
son gas and bayonets to receive us,
and all our cries of "kamerad' will
avail us naught.
He will talk in the language of the
diplomat, as he always does. He will
tell us the marvellous advances made
In the profession of dentistry during
the last few years, and explain with
words of wisdom the new knowledge
which has conquered pain.
We shall hear how teeth can be
extracted from one side of the jaw
while the patient calmly goes on chew
ing with the other. Science, so he will
say in these modern days can remove
a tooth from the head and the man
will not know it until the dentist
hands it to him to take home and
show the children.
We are strong for these scientific
talks our dentist gives us between
shocks. Nothing is so soothing TO us
when we are sitting in his chair as
his professional information about all
that he's been done to make dentistry
easy. Marvellous feats of oral surgery
can now be performed while the pa
tient is still winking 1T the dentists
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04
Instinct in Spiders.

Spinning webs is second nature with
spiders. After they are Matched from
the eggs in a cocoon they cling TO-
gether for about week. Then they
senarate. but their legs do not carry
them very far. Facing the wind and
standing on the tips of their legs, the
baby spiders raise their abdomens and
emit a silken thread. The faintest
current watts the gossamer in the air,
and when enough is let out to permit
of aerial fight the insect drifts away.
When it wishes to land 1t hauls in the
thread Wherever it lands 1t can spin
webs without the slightest instruc-
lions from older spiders. Older male
spiders seem to lose this gift. There
are about $50 species of spiders in
America, but only two, the house and
garden spiders, are well known.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04

pretty nurse and wondering when the
operation is to begin. Things have adj
yanced so that the dentist now has to
tell his patients when it is time to 60
home. He picks teeth out of mans
head as 'pickpocket picks his purse.
The patient never misses them until
he gets home and tries to use them.
But with all that science has done
for painless dentistry 1t has left one
great field untouched. Science has
never made one step towards tighten
ing the dread of going to dentist.
Men still suffer as much as they ever
did, anticipating the hour when they
must 60 to the torture chamber.
They may not suffer when they ar.
rive, but all the throes of agony are
theirs when they are on the way. No
body yet has found way to approach
the dentists zero hour calmly and I'M
disturbed. Having a tooth yanked may
not be painful, but thinking about hav-
ing one pulled is as full Of misery as
ever it was.-Detroit Free Press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04
: Artificial Ice.

The method commonly used for the
commercial production Of ice Is to
SILK oblong metal boxes containing dis
titled or filtered water into tanks Of
salt water, through which run iron
pipes. Then compressed ammonia gas
is released in these pipes, which by its
rapid expansion, produces an intense
cold that freezes the water In the
boxes into cakes averaging 200 to 800
pounds in weight. In cold storage the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04

nevertheless Is the largest, mOSL pros"
porous and most important of them
all. It's railroads, metropolitan cities
and agricultural developments make it
one Of the chief islands of the Antilles.
If Great Britain's price for all these
islands were to be fixed at the rate
per acre paid for the Danish West
Indies it would amount to about
$2,5OO,OOO,OOO.
Undoubtedly the islands belong geo.
graphically to the American continent.
For the past several decades the Brit
ish possessions have belonged to the
United States economically, for the
bulk of their trade has been with
America and only small part of it
with the mother country. Linguistical-
ly there is no choice. SympathetiCal-
ly, assuming that the wishes of the
inhabitants are to be taken into con-
Siderati0n, there is little doubt that
the islanders would vote to join them
selves to the United States. The ex-
ample of Porto Rico before their eyes,
where a poor people prospered with
American aid, is too striking to pass
unobServed. Moreover, they realize
that they are no longer the favOrites
of England. The Indies under British
rule are not particularly prosperous.
Probably the production of the is
lands could be greatly stimulated I'M
der American control, and with an in
creased market. Sugar, cocoa and ba-
nanas are things that everybody wants.
Strategically the position of the
British West Indies is important from
our viewpoint. The purchase Of the
islands might be an extension of the
Monroe doctrine-by which Uncle Sam
sets great store.
And what job it would be to
straighten out the various cOmplica-
lions of these many islands! There is
now q Joint resolution before congress
appointing a commission to report on
conditions in the Virgin islands. In
the documents it is related that there
is urgent need for action. Danish Gus
toms. Danish laws, Danish methods of
judicial procedure. are still in vogue
in the islands. There is great need
to Americanize them. The land ques-
ton needs serious attention. The ma
tives own but per cent of the land
of the islands. The rest is owned by
Danes or by those to whom the Ger
mans have transferred title. The own
ers of the land will not lease 1t or sell
it. This is resulting in a condition
where the inhabitants Of these islands
have mo part in the sale of the land
and no chance to make Il living out OF
agriculture. The great necessity is
some land law that will enable the
people to acquire land, The Ameri-
cans. since their occupation, have done
considerable work along lines Of SAM
tation.
The people of the islands feel that
thew have been neglected by the Unit
ed States; that when the American
flag went up in the Virgin islands ii
should have been followed by Amer
lean laws. customs. and ideals as soon
as possible.
Congress is without sufficient infor-
nation TO act in these matters. and
there would be great benefit, in the
opinion of the committee, in having a
small commission visit the islands.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04
A BRIGHT, CLEAR COMPLEXION

is always admired, and 1t is the lauia-
bic ambition Of every woman to do all
she can to make herself attractive
Many Of our southern women have
found that Tetterine is invaluable for
clearing up blotches, itchy patches,
ETC., and making the skin soft and
velvety. The worst cases of eczema
and other torturing skin diseases yield
to Tetterine. Sold by druggists or sent
by mail for SOC. by Shuptrine Co.,
Savannah, Ga.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04
Keenlno the Color.

A clever woman recently invested
dime in a package of brown dye. This
she dissolved In small amount Of
boiling swater and then bottled 1t for
future use. Now whenever she washes
the children's tan stockings or the
boys' khaki suits she adds few drops
Of the dye to the rinse water and to
the starch. This keeps the tan gar
nents good even shade.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04

A little "Danderine" coOls, CleanseS
and makes the feyerish, itchy scalp
soft and pliable; then this stimulating
tonic penetrates to the famished hair
roots, revitalizing and invigOrating
every hair in the head, thus stopping
the hair falling out, or getting thin
dry Or fadfEA
After a few applications of ''Dander-
inc" you seldom find fallen hair or q
particle Of dandruff, besides every hair
shows new life, vigor, brightness, more
color and thickness.
A few cents buys bottle of de-
lightful 'Danderine" at any drug or
toilet COMMERCIALLY.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04
Indian Gamesters.

Although the natives of India do
not operate on the stock market, they
have adopted a unique form of gam
bling for which the cotton market re-
ports are responsible. Every day five
quotations are cabled from New York
announcing the cotton situation. The
natives looked upon this as a direct
invitation to them to establish a sim
pie but none the less absorbing form
of gambling. The gambling consists
simply In guessing what the five fig
ures will amount to, and the man get
ting nearest to the right amount
takes the stakes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04

filled with water and set near the
collector" which consists of COM
mon glass funnel with the small end
closed. The funnel is filed with
mixture of crush,d ice and salt and
suspended in an upright position.
Moisture from the air Of the room
forms on it and unites with the emana-
tons from the flowers, AS the moiss
ture collects it runs off the tip of the
funnel into receptacle If this liquid
is mixed with an equal amount of pure
alcohol, the perfume of the flowers IL
preserved indefinitely.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04
GARRY ON!
If Constipated, Bilious
or Headachy, take
"Cascarets"
..o-s~s.~.s-s-~-s-S's's.'s"s"s~s-s"s-s-s~

Feel grand! Be efficient! Don't stay
sick, bilious, headachy, constipated. Re-
move the liver and bowel poison which
Is keeping your head dizzy, your tongue
coated, your breath bad and your stOm-
ach sour. Why not get a small box Of
Cascarets and enjoy the incest, gentlest
laXative-cathartic you ever expert
enced? Cascarets never grippe, sicken
or inconvenience one like Salts, Oil,
Calomel or harsh pills. Cascarets bring
sunshine to cloudy minds and half-sick
bodies. They work while you sleep. Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04

the name might awaken memories OF
onions in the minds of sOme-isnt
strictly one of the Indies, but is often
classed with them. Its 300 islands,
iutting out of the sea nearly 900 miles
off the Carolinas, attract many visi-
tors from America.
The Bahamas-3,000 of them-are
also well known to the winter resort
tourists who flock to Nassau. They
stretch off to the southeast from Flor
ida, for the most part uninhabited.
All the island interest centers in the
winter trade. There is no other live
lihOod for the 10000 residents, and
there is neither fertility nor rains or
heat to produce the wealth and beauty
that make the more sOutherly Indies
famous.
Beyond Porto Rico lie more of Eng
lands possessions. Many of them are
very small. st. Kits and Nevis, Of
course, are historically famous in their
association. The latter was the birth
Siace of Alexander Hamilton. Bar
buda is the game preserve Of the
Iregion.
Montserrat might be called distin-
guished for it's red-headed, freckled-
face negroes with Irish names who
have even kept the brogue of the or
iginal Irish settlers. Dominica is one
of the real beauty spots of the sort
that remind one of Nice and the Medi-
terranean and raise the question why
Americans should go to Europe when
this fairyland lies so near. Its only.
drawback is the rain, that falls every
day, sometimes from clear blue sky,
and gives Dominica the name of one
! of the wettest spots on earth. On this
island live the few remaining pure
blooded, yellow Caribs, the warlike
people who fought the European set
tiers through 800 years before being
almost exterminated.
st. Lucia is important on the map
because it is a coaling station for all
the Caribbean, The inhabitants know
no other employment than carrying
| fuel to the many ships that seek har-
Dor there. The island rich in agri-
cultural possibilities, lies idle beneath
tropic sun, for coaling pays well,
the hours of labor are short and in the
days between jobs people take it easy.
Barbados, where live an average of
1.20O people to the square mile, is dis
tinctly English To most of the islands
Great Britain is little more than
n stepmother, as discoveries from
other countries reached them first.
But Barbados is and always has been
English. If Great Britain had senti-
mental attachments to any of her In
dian possessions, they wotld tie her
closest to Barbados. st. Vincent and
Grenada complete the string of Brit
ish islands in the Caribbee group.
Two more lie beyond Trinidad and
Tobago, parts of South America that
slipped into the sea and British pos
session. In Trinidad are limitless sup
plies of asphalt and oil. Tobago is a
land of milk and honey, the favored
spot where Defoe may have set down
Robinson CrusOe.
Jamaica is the largest of the British
Indies. 1t lies south of Cuba, out Of
the main run of British colonies, but
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04

tives of New Guinea and surrounding
islands make lavish use of the pIu-
mage as headdresses. Some precau-
tons are now taken to prevent visitors
to New Guinea from killing the most
beautiful birds in the world" but the
natives are left alone and they CON
tinue TO deck themselves out in capas
and headpieces more gorgeous than
any seen on on" stage beauties or the
wives of our millionaires.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04

Der Vi OlneF QueSllOuS, SuCll
Is this, which may be asked:
Does the United States want the
British West Indies?
Is Great Britain willing to sell them
to the United States?
Can the two nations agree on a
pricel
Answers to these questions will have
70 be guesswOrk largely. 1t was first
IuInOred in diplomatic circles in Wash
hgton in 1917 that the transfer was
being considered. Nothing official,
however, has ever been made public.
Seefetary Of State Lansing says he
Knows nothing about it.
Giving color to the possibility of the
transfer are two facts: One is that
lae United States is apparently in the
market for West Indian islands, as
SHOWN by the purchase in 1917 of the
Virgin Islands from Denmark for $685.
N09O0, In this connection it is to be
keps IN mind that the Panama canal
: located in this part of the world,
Which fact may have something to do
WIN Uncle Sans apparent desire to
invest In Islands off it's Atlantic APP
pfoaeh. The other fact is that Great
Britain owes the United States about
iouT billions, has national debt now
y excess Of $25,OOO,OOO,0OO and is APP
Iafeatly finding her West Indian is
anls more Of liability than an asset.
kle British West Indies comprise
ae greater number of the string of
eeAfl-iike islands thar is flung like a
asSAiaee' from Florida to South Amer
around that corner of the ocean
Aaogn as the Caribbean. All told,
~ aele age some four thousand of these
e'I Of land, though not many more
nan q hundred are populated. and
aOst q the islands are only great reefs
alOWn up from a volcanic sea in some
Sygone day.
ny BRUSH West Indies have a total
slsa q l2loo square miIes-equal to
es states Of Massachusetts and Con-
Uncut They have a population Of
ssa'ls 100000, for TIE most part ne.
soes out With a scattering of few
~0usand whites and a curious mixture
IS + 0.ilef peoples from all the world
m eslaaS Jayanese, Chinese, sfamese.
sassans MahOmetans, Buddhists
s .oftuciaMsts. Some of the islands
49, slalsely settled, while others are
49, s,s pensely populated than any Other
ss 81 On earth except China.
BERMUDA, famous for Its climate