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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-20
THIS COAL MINER.
THE
: BLADE
Wentworth Got In It's Work
And Forestalled the
Operation

New and striking crid"nC" Of
S"rr-Worth'S power to hold of The
knife, Given a few days ago 10 tntrn-
towns Nrrv-WOrth druggist:
Wad" II. Guytnn: - ] am coal miner
and the coal dust and dampncsS hnd
completely knocked mo out. was very
nervous. Poor appetite and digestion.
My nerve force too low TO digest AMI
assimiiar" my food 10 give mo strength
Badly hloatCd with gas and afraid 30
lie down ut night. ! was III 4 hospital
for over Il week. tho doctors claiming
he'd appendicitis. but an operation
WAS postponed.
purchased ono bottle Of Nerr-Worth
and took II as directed. Now | can c2l
anything I want, wien want il ahd
digest II. My stomach trouble all ron1
md have gained my normal strength
and vigor. Wentworth proved the
right thing In my case and l Chccrfully
recommend II.
ANIIDEE MILLER.
Fairchancc. Pa. Near Union
town, Pa
Your dollar back ut Gricsts pruE
Store. Wheeling. IL this famous family
tonic docs not DO for you what it did
FOR Amidee Miller.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-20
MONTGOMERY PUTS
ON \. C.L. PROBE
Srccial Ia The IntclliScnCCr.

Special u Tho Int"I!lSrnCCr.
CLARKSBURG. W. Va. August 10
Another state probe into the high cost
of living was started here today, when
". l.. Starchcr. Of this city. former
legislator and now one ut the state I"
four factory inspectors. received orders
from Samuel b. Montgomery, state COM
missioner Of labor. Ia proceed with an
investigation. This probe is to be car
ricd on In various ~'s Of the state oy
the state department - labor ana VIII
cover u DIVER field than those Undertaken
nv other branches Of the state govern
rcnt as Investigators will he required
IN obtain information About the prices
of shoes and clothing. as well as food
Stu1fS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-20
INVADES MEXICO
CONTINUED Prom Page one.)
cr-in-law Of Rcnteria. who acted as g.
between.

cr-in-law Of Rcnteria, who acted as go
between.
story Of The Rescue.
Ito said the bandits insisted the DE-
livery Of the aviators be made allet
dark. so flares might bc seen. The GO
between crossed TO San Antonio Chl'
huahua, opposite Candclaria- and select
ed the spot where the aVlators were "
hc delivered. 1, was ut an old cotton.
wood tree a mile and half south of
San Antonio. The go-bctwecn then re.
turned To the American side and said
ARRANGEMENTS had been completed.
When tho flares agreed upon failed 10
SHOW IN after midnight. Captain Mat
lack crossed He was gone more than
half an hour returning with Lieutenant
Peterson. As he rode into Candclarla'
Captain Matlack said:
"IJrrr's ono Of them. thank God.
Returning TO the old cottonwood. Cap
tain Matlack told Lieutenant Davis 10
get on behind. Then tho captain spurred
his horse without delivering the balance
of the money.
You can 20 plumb to He'll. I'm going
back" the captain shouted AS he gaIlop-
cd across the river. When Captain MAI
lack dismcuntcd. FcnneIl said he shook
the money in their faces.
Look at that: I'm going back tomor'
row and get the rest Of that money 'ne
cap,ain told them. F"nnall said.
The aviators were clatcd over thell
experience once across the river, said
FenncII. 1--WE asked them If they had
good time. Davis said I'll say did,
"Nrithcr man was hurt by the rail- OF
tho biplanc. The avIators believed me
accident was caused by the fact that
their oil supply had become exhausted
The men had only !. cantcen full OF
water but drank from the Concho river
They said tho bandit R"ntcria forced
them 10 write messages asking for the
ransom and read the messages to sec il
they were correct
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-04-26

HIS scale has been worked out by the Liberty Loan
J. Committee with the help of labor leaders, fitis fol-
lowed the wageearner will have done his part make the
Victory Liberty Loan success Id ~.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
CRIPPLING BIRMINCHAMS EDUCATIONAL WORK

THE state revenue bill has reported of committed
 with the profits feature eliminated and with no rec ommendaon the taxing machinery income tax and coal and iron tonnage tax
 This brings important subjects squarey before the members of the senate The AgeHerad has great confidence the judgment and ability of the members of the present state senate and that this body will become party the evg of which have been recognized everywhere and by practically everyone unfair and unjust partcu arly to the Birmingham district
 There features these which The AgeHerad wishes particular The industrial leaders, the who have brought about the great develop ment of the Birmingham district unanimous in their be- lief that these taxes will cripple this district badly that will take many years to from the blow.
 The Birmingham district the largest employer of skilled and unlled labor in the south Conditions have reached point where the best Young drawn here from all parts of the country Every county in Alabama has contributed who have here learn trades and become skilled the metal crafts allied industries They have by the hundreds apply practically the knowledge which they have in technical colleges Alabama and other states
 They of the highest type the nations young mngham contributed to the skilled young engineers and craftsmen than other city in the south Their record the showed what the training received Brmn plants and industries had done for them It proved that B mingham practical education unsurpassed It proved that the echnoogca opportunities the high est value and that while due regard should be educational institutions the Birmingham district has been busy all these educating the point they hold their own with similar young anywhere in the world.
 If this unfair approved by the senate it will
 mean that hundreds of these young be thrown out off work DO not underestimate the importance of ep If the c ho iron industries are crippled at their source it will felt in every manufacturing plant industry in the district The reaction will be felt the remote hamets of Ala bama because after a is the young men of Alabama who constitute the great majority of skilled and msked workmen in the Birmingham district Manufacturing in
 me VIII De curtaled Pay rolls will be down. Fewer men VIII De needed The practical education now under way tor hundreds of them will be interrupted
 These points which The Age-Herald bones the WI" pear Tn nd There are the issues These are the re ults which are sure to come.
 Let all share the tax burden equally Do not IA 1
 all on the mineral district which should be ncouracad in stead of handicapped. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
ADMIRAL KOLCHAK'S FAILURE

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 6GNHERE probably is as much exag-
 geration in stories of the defeat
 S of Admiral Kolchak's forces in Siberia as there was~in accounts of his victories not so long ago It is fact, however, that Kolchak has been forced to retreat over a large part of the front he has been defending and is now hun dreds of miles from where he stood six months ago. That he is still in retreat and may be forced to give up Omsk, leaving the bolshevild in control of most of Siberia, is possible but not probable
 The real strength of the Kolchak gov ernnent is not known. If the anti-bol- shevist army numbers no more than 100000 men it is much weaker than we have been led to suppose. Such force could not successfully cope with an army of 0,oo0 Red Guards in ordinary. battle It does not follow, however, that Kol- cbak can be driven out of Siberia by the Reds. The latter must experience the same difficulties as confronted Kolchak in fighting over the vast spaces of Si- beria, and cannot show an equal strength at many places at the same time
 The history of the bolshevist military effort has shown that it possesses all the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
LUKE M,LuKE SAYS

The nightgown that a woman wears in the privacy of her bedroom isn't very opaque, but it usually hides more than the gown she wears on the street
 Funny how porperty is so worthless if you are the assessor and how it is so valuable if you are a prospective pu- chaser.
 A girl can be so afraid of man that she will snuggle up against him for protection against him.
 Some how or other you can't make a husband understand that every orna- ment in the house isn't meant for cigar ashes.
 Many a girl gets wonderful results by paying a dollar bottle for a com plexion wash that is nothing but liquid soap and water.
 Each took the other for better or worse. But neither had any idea that it was going to be so awful worse.
 Any husband can fool his wife. But no husband can manage to keep his wife fooled.
 And you may have noticed that one sided people are always on the wrong side
 A woman doesn't care what a hat costs as long as it makes her look a few days younger than she says she is
 The trouble with some men is that when they are not batting themselves on the back, they are kicking them selves.
 And after a woman has acquired the middle-age spread she makes blame fool of herself when she tries tot act kittenish
 Every married man in town can tel you that his, household expenses arr higher than any other mans in town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
HIS OPINION
From the Kansas City Star

From the Kansas City Star.
 Just now the old home paper is carrying in each issue quite number or sarcastic paragraphs designed to drive the readers lobbying Chautauoua tickets, commented old Dorsey Dud- geon. Tt is mystery to me why if should be thought noble work to keen pestering other people to do something tney prefer not to do. If man feels that he would rather stay at home and go to bed early instead of to the Chau- tauqua or doesn't think the programme is worth the price, or prefers to read his book to being entertained by queer looking persons who seemingly were foreordained to be vegetarians, uplifted by saints who need the money or edi
 fled by genuine Swiss bell ringers from Posey county. Indiana, why in thunder shouldn't he be let alone to his graceful. way in peace? The trouble with people who feel that they stand on higher plane than that occupied by the rest of us is that they are never comfortable unless they are making somebody else uncomfortable. My be-. nishted notion is that anything that he has begged for, bullied for or wfim
 pered for isn't worth bothering about"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
THE EARL OF BEYMERsIDE

From the Detroit Free Press.
 The selection of the name of the Earl of Beymerside on the part of General Haig is delicate compliment to the antiquarian population of Scotland. Thomas the Rymer. the first real Scot tish poet. whose history is lost in an- tiquity, but who is mentioned in the annals of the year 1906 was famous in legendary history for his prophecies, one of which Sir Walter Scott took advantage of in his story of "The Bride of Lammermoor." General Haig has undoubtedly selected his title from an- other of the prophecies. which reads:
 Tide, oh, tide, what'er betide,
 There'll be Haigh in Beymerside.
 great many years ago the Haighs of Beymerside became extinct, when the title went to the female line, and by act of Parliament the husband of the lady took the name of Haigh. so that the prophecy might be fulfilled. The selection of the title by General Haig was undoubtedly for the purpose of perpetuating forever the pro. hecy of the old poet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16

advantages and disadvantages of the
 geological situation in which the bol-
 sheviki find themselves. Like the cen
 tral empires during the war, Trotzky's
 forces are fighting on interior lines. This gives them an advantage so long as they can meet attacks on one front after an other by shifting the same armies, but becomes a disadvantage when they are compelled to fight on more than one front at the same time,
 When the bolsheviki were meeting with success in the south and were oyerrun- ming the Ukraine, Kolchak found it easy to advance in the northeast. To meet this danger the Red armies were shifted from the south to check Kolchak. In this they were successful, but General
 Denikin immediately took advantage of
 the weakening of the front in the south and has retaken most of the territory
 lost to the Reds there. Denikin is now
 well up the Volga and unless he is
 stopped he will be on the flank of the
 bolshevist armies long before they can
 reach Omsk. Denikin's Cossacks are
 now much nearer Moscow than the bol. shevist forces fighting ISolchak, and the
 latter cannot be overcome until the threat offered the Reds by General Denikin is
 removed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
Crop Conditions Vary
 In Different Sections

WNTITH the approach of autumn
 WV the condition of the crops continues to vary. In some sections there has been too much rain and in others drouth has caused serious damage. Notwithstanding the falling off in wheat compared with early forecasts the yield, it is believed, will be slightly above the high record crop of 1915, when it touched for the first time the billion-bushel mark.
 In Alabama corn and cotton are of chief concern. This state will harvest an abundant hay crop, but corn will fall considerably below expectations; while cotton, suffering great injury from boil weevil, will probably not yield more than six hundred thousand bales as compared with eight hundred thousand forecast seven weeks ago.
 
 The American Steel and Wire com pany's weekly report telegraphed yes- terday from Chicago's sales head quarters to the Birmingham sales of flee covers the country at large. 1.-The corn crop, although damaged, still promises well," says the, report. Figures on oat and wheat crops in dicate heavy reduction in estimated yield. Cotton has not improved ma terially. The same is true of pota- toes, while sweet potatoes promise good to extra good. Grapes generally good. Tomato crop light. Local rains have improved general crop conditions since last week"
 On the whole the 1919 harvest will be sufficient to stimulate prosperity. If it is not the best year for the farmer it will be one of the best.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Cities Separate From Counties

Cities Separate From Counues
 q see that a movement is on Foot here to form a Birmingham county our of Jefferson county, and as l under stand it, to maze the city coterminous or practically so, with the proposed new county" said s. H. Herndon Of Norfolk, Va.
 'T have no idea. of course, what ;he Alabama legislature will do with the measure. but it has always seemed strange to me that all states did not follow Virginias plan.
 "We have an automatic law that makes every city independent or county. That is to say, no city is in any county. It is bounded by one or more counties, but is in no sense what ever part of county.
 Any community of 5000 population is eligible to apply to the legislatun for city charter. and once a city, it is removed automatically from the county in which it had been situated The law works to perfection. No one would think of changing it
 "Baltimore and St. Louis are the only cities outside of Virginia, so far as I know, that are entirely separa.t from the counties bounding them. Philadelphia covers Philadelphia coun- ty, but there is a duplication of gov ernmental machinery. In the other cases referred to, there is. as shown, no duplication"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16

mere seems to be no way to heat the hrgh cost of living. The "shoe hos pitals' are charging more for repairs than thy used to charge.
 i. < *
 Woodrow Wilson" was sold at tbe Demopolis rooster sale for approxi- mately s5s,ooo. There's something in g name, after all.
 <. * x We are waiting with feverish interest to hear that Admiral Kolchak is about to come back"
 # # x The British government announces that Sim Feiners will be suppressed in county Clare. Easier said than done
 < # X frlces are beginning to tumble. which is very good indication that profit eers are trembling in their boots
 x x # A substitute for old John Barleycorn equally potent and no more pernicious. seems hard to find
 * * * viSi' 10 hngen on the Rhine brought back memories of his school days to many an American dourbhov
 a # 4 Even an airplane wedding doasn,t de lay the happy couple in getting back to earth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
EIks Bar BoIsbevism

>.S.'The constituted authorities of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, at their annual convention in Atlantic City. have officially decided that any man who is sincere bol- shevist or who supports the princi- ples of bolshevism, is not eligible to membership in the order" said Dr. John W. Perkins, past exalted ruler of the local lodge of Elks "and the same authorities hold that a member of the order who declares himself a believer in bolshevism violates his obligation as an Elk and is subject to expulsion from the order.
 'This announcement was made by the grand lodge committee on judici. ary through it's chairman, William NJ. Abbott of San Francisco. in discus. sion of the subject of bolshevism that gives a clear understanding of what the doctrine really is. and how tutor ly contrary it is to our principles and form of government"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
Likes Sports Page

T see that Bob McDavid is making great name for himself and likewise for The Age-Herald as sports editor, and am pleased to know it. said John Mor- row. T attended school with him and remember him telling several others and myself one day that his father had just told him that if he ever thought of writing for newspaper, he would give him sound thrashing like the other sport writers around town, but l have a greater respect and admiration for the page gotten up by Bob.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events Recorded August 1s. 1899

Officials of President McKinley's ad- ministration are alarmed by a report that anti-imperialists in the republican party are planning to put an independent ticket in the field to be known as the republican continental ticket It IS rumored in Washington that Senator's Hoar and Hale and Speaker Reed are behind the movement
 Physicians attending Maitre Laoori, fa- nous French lawyer and counsel for Captain Dreyfus. who was shot from ambush at Rennes. report him out ot danger. While the wounded lawyer lay on the ground, his pockets were rifled and an unsuccessful attempt was madr to deprive him of important papers bear ing on the Dreyfus case.
 Hon. F. NJ. Flight, mayor of Anniston, is in critical condition at his home. and his death is hourly expected. He served the city as mayor for many years
 Wharton Barker of Pennsylvania, popu- list nominee for the presidency or the United States, was guest of Birming- ham yesterday.
 More than s13,O00 of the sl5,ooo stocH of the Alabama State Fair and Asricul- tural association had been subscribed. Officers will be elected by the stockhold- CTS today
 Mrs. Lily Lapgtry, the actress anu noted English beauty, was married sa' the island of Jersey to Hugo Gerald oe Rathe. 2s years of age, the eldest so" of Henry Perciyal de Bathe, Bare' tired general and Crirnean veteran,
 Hobson City, near Oxford, Alabama is to be incorporated with population ol 400 all negroes. It is to be governed eN clusively by negroes.
 Birmingham bank clearings TOT the mast week were seos, ,1527e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
RANK CowARDICE.

You ask divorce from this man on the ground of desertion?Y
 Yes, your honor"
 But he says he left home because you were always throwing household utensils at his head and he was afraid that some day you might hit him."
 That makes his conduct all the more reprehensible, your honor. He deserted under fre"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
FROM A CITY WINDOW

Margaret E. Sangster, in the Christian Herald. The dust is thick On the city streets. The smoke on the city sky Hangs dense and gray at the close of
 day
 And the city crowds surge by With heavy feet through the summer
 heat
 Like a sluggish sullenstide: But hand in hand through magic land We are wandering side by side. For somewhere, dear. there's magic
 land
 On the shores of a silver sea; And there is a boat with turquoise With sails that are wide and free; A boat that is whirling through the
 spray,
 Thtat is coming for you and me, Somewhere dear, there's a singing
 breeze
 That creeps through the laughing air. To the wide-flung boughs of a blue
 black tree
 It touches your joyous hair, And the touch of it is as soft and light As baby's lisping prayer. Somewhere dear. there's bit of Where the sand is warm and white; Where the sky seems close and the
 drifting clouds
 Are tenderly, warmly bright. And there is ship with turquoise
 sails sst With sails like living light An. the ship is bringing us dreams
 come true.
 And hopes that are all dew kissed; It is bringing us days that are all
 aglow,
 With scarlet and amethyst; Bringing us faith to find our way Through a world that is wrapped in
 mist. Our window looks on the city street. We can glimpse the city sky; But our hearts are gay at the close of
 day, Though the tired crowds pass by. With heavy feet through the blinding
 heat
 Like sullen, sluggish tide; For hand in hand through magic land We are wandering side by side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
Soda Founts Popular

"One mans loss is anothers gain, and weeks in Birmingham said V. l.. Smith of the Snow-Smith Drug com pany. While everybody has sweltered and cursed the weather man some of Birmingham's merchants have sat back and as the saying is watched the long green pll in.' I refer to the soda water founts of the city. On these hot days of the summer I have watched the count CTS of the downtown soda fountains and they were almost as popular as the old bar with the brass rail used to be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
HENcE .ukuLELE.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 One learns that in Hawaiian, ''uku' means flea, and '1ele' means to jump; hence, ukulele is Jumping flea. But. of course. it's bigger and so more irri- tating
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16

ORIGIN OF LAT
 From Victory.
 psychologists have discovered the origin of the famous name which dur- ing the recent years of war has become dearer than ever to Frenchmen and Americans alike. Lafayette came from inc part of France known as Auvergne. He was born at Chavagnac, near Bri- onde. and his ancestral home stands not far from the village of Aire-la-F -Fayette- In this part of the country the word .fayette' means a wood of fayards and fayards' comes from the Latin word fagus,' which in the dialect or the country has come to mean 'hetre' or beach tree. A fayette.' therefore, IS a beechwood. Etymologically, then. the word LaFayette' is the equivalent or saThe Beechwood.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
MIR. PLUMB, MEET MIR. sHAKEsPEAH

From the New York Telegram.
 'If we don't work it out, and work it out quickly" was one, of MT. Plumb's oracular prophecies, i've won't have an opportunity to work it out" MT. Plumb reminds us of Shakespeare. If it were done when 'tis done then 'twere we'll it were done quickly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
OLD STORY TO CHINA

From the Washington Star.
 China has had so many experiences with food shortage that she will be able to keep her mind strictly on the league of nations regardless of corps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
APPROPRIATE, roo

From the New York World.
 Chicago doesn't refer to its landlords as "profiteers." It calls them rent hogs It is easier to understand the language of the Stock yards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-16
----===-7---=---sS' S'~777=-=-==-=--- seWE'Iv' CAMOUFLAGE

From fhe Indianapolis News.
 One of the main differences between a lot of soft drink establishments and the average blind tiger. seems to be a few bottles of something soft on display.