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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-12
Home RULE FOR MUNICIPALITIES

ton three for framing and adopting
charters Amendments may also be pro-
posed by the legislative authority OIL
tho city, provided that two-thirds, at
least, of such authority concur therein.
Amendments proposed by the legislative
authority Of the city, may be submitted
at regular election only.
Each city shall have the authority TO
exercise all powers relating to municlpal
affairs; and on enumeration OF powers
in this constitution or any law shall be
deemed to limit or restrict tho general
grant Of authority conferred; nut au-
thority shall not be deemed TO limit or
restrict the power OF the legislature In
matters relating to state affairs. to en-
act general laws applicable alike to all
cities of the state
The following shall be. deemed to De
part Of the powers conferred upon
cities by the resolutions:
To lcvcy. Assess and collect taxes ana
to borrow money, within the limits pre-
scribed by seneral law: and 10 levy ana
collect special assessments for dement's
conferred.
To furnish all local public services;
to purchase, hire, construct. own, main
tain and operate or lease local pubic
utilities; to acquire, by condemnation or
otherwise. within or without the corpor-
ate limits, property necessary for any
such purposes subject. to restriction i'm
posed by general law FOR the protection
Of other communities; and to grant local
public utility franchises and regulate
the exercise thereof. .
To make local public improvements
and to acquire. by condemnation or oth-
erwisc, property within It's corporate
limits necessary for such improvements;
and also to acquire all excess over that
needed for any such Improvement. ana
to sell or lease such excess property
with restrictions, in order to protect
and preserve The improvement. ...,
TO issue and sell bonds on the securi-
Is of my such excess property. or or
any public utility owned by the city. or
of the revenues thereof. or or potn'
including in tho case of the public util-
ity, Il deemed desirable BY the city.
franchise stating the terms upon which
in case OF foreclosure. the purchaser
may operate any such utility.
To organize and administer public
schools and Libraries. subject 10 the gem
cral laws establishing a standard OF cd
ucation for the state. ..
To adopt and enforce within It's lin
its local police, sanitary and other SINH
lar regulations not to conflict with gen.
crnl laws.
General laws may be passed rcquir-
ing reports from cities as to their trans
actions and financial conditions. and pro-
yiding for the examination by state osfi-
cia1s Of vouchers. books. books Of ac-
count. and records OF all municipal au-
thoritics. or.of public undertakings con-
Quoted by such authorities.
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THE GREATER WHEELING
VOTE.

The friends Of the greater. Wheeling
charter win probably not be contented
to accept the charter as it was amended.
blythe House Committee Of Municipal
ASairs. The amendment gives vote on
the charter to the suburbs to be incor-
porated independent Of the vote in the
city Of Wheeling. Greater Wheeling ad-
vocates believe that the vote should be
takenS6f the entire territory to be incor-
porated: that Is Wheeling and all the
suburbs voting as one They point out
with Justice that the matter Of incor-
coratton OF these suburbs Is not solely a
matter for the suburbs to decide, that
their relationship to the community. i'm
poses slpon them responsibility which
they cannot evadc and which certainly
concerns the entire community, and not
individuals solely ..., $500
In other words. the Greater wheeling
sproposition Is a greater community pro-
position. and as such. the citizenship Of
.hthe greater community should vote upon
lit directly and no mans rotc should. be
legal continuance. be given more power
Sand authority than the vote Of any other
imam. This Is Rcpublicanism. It is the
thssis Of. all Democratic government; the
control O., the majority as to all mat
sters in which. the whole people are in
-tercsted. Greater Wheeling Is a propo-
.sition in which. not only the citizenship
,oR Warwood. Edgwood. Woodsdale and
sElm Grove arc interested. 1t is propo-
tsition Of which the citizenship OF what
us now Wheeling proper is also inter
,asted, and the interest of the citizenship
lis Joint and common. The voter in the
Eighth Ward Of Wheeling is just as
much concerned as the. voter Of Warwood
.or Elm, Grove, and his vote should be
Equally as effective and decisive as that
,sof the voter living in the suburbs.
The only way an equitable vote can be
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Our Daily Story
TuN MAIp WHO loved a PRIVATE,

TIE MAID WHO LOVED a PRIVATE.
The military ball was in full swing,
and every one had commented on the dec
oratirc scheme of chcvrun vines entwin-
cd with khaki blossoms.
I'm just crazy about enlisted men,
She whispered to Private Heersay. II
much prefer an enlisted man To an off,
cor. Bars and leather leggins don't
make Il man in my opinion"
Mine either" said Private Heersay
earnestly. I'm dippy about bruncttes-
honest ! am. There's IL certain somc-
thing about 'rm that nobody don't have
except brunrttcs so 10 speak"
At that moment Second Lieutenant
Spffer. his gold bars and .Cordovan put
lees cleaning cloqucntly. approached de-
honairely and said gaily: Haven't we
mot somewhere Miss -ah--'
"Drcckles." she supplied. and smile
lighted up her fac" and tho tips or her
cars. why. yes, I believe we must have
did. Linutcnant-ah--"
"Spiffcr." 10 told her.
Lieutenant Spiffer." And she took
his prnffcrcd arm and E:tllcy-lumpcd OIL
rcrnarkinE over her ivory shoulder 20
Private Hncrsay, "non't bother waiting.
"ph. we'll. | prefer blondes. sald rri-
vat" Hccrsuy To himself for by that time
he was thr only one there.
Copyright h" George Matthew Adams.)
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THE NEW GERMANY

The final destiny OF German Austria
will probably be absorption into the new
German state. Premier Diebendorfer
addressing the German Assembly at vi
enna clearly indicated desire on the
part Of the .Austrians to join the Ger
man federation. and Premier Ebert, in
his address before the new German par
lament, at Teimar, forcshadowed this
result. With the German speaking PRO-
vinces OF Austria added to the German
state, the German federation, whatever
it's form, will be nearly, If not quite as
numerous. and more homogeneous than
the old. German Empire was. The loss
Of parts Of Poland and Silesia will more
than be made up by the Austrian addi-
ton.
A whole people cannot be destroyed
and the Teutonic races In central Europe,
numbering over seventy million people.
Joined in one political organization. are
certain to be a factor in the worlds
politics Of the future What kind OF a
factor they will be, whether force for
peace o. whether again they may some
time draw the sword in lust for world
domination. no one can tell. We can
not assume that the German mind has
been changed. We cannot assume that
the people who sank the Lusitania- and
made a gala day for the event, who just
flied the rape Of Belgium, and the hor-
rors Of northern France, arc to be trust
cd in a conference Of peaceful nations
For years to come, the new Germany
will be on trial before the world. and
the world will not forget. that for dec
adcs.. while the old Germany was sharp
ening her sword and preparing it's at
tack upon humanity it filed the air with
professions Of peace and assurances OF
amicab1e purposes.
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Tb, scvcrns, test 10 which mans
Iovslty can be subjected is I" return
after fighting in foreign trenches anu
be forced " stand III Tic hrriA -iihe iot
4 hand-uul 10 keep lroln STARVING
The Indications are that thou
American soldiers Will De loFScu " No
maj very ihluS be;ur" .sprlhs-
When The United States entered Tie
war thousands Of men threw down thett
TOOLS, resigned pa!lns positions anu c'i-
i;s,eu in uh,. army Or navy. Later. wheh
inc number OF volunteers was lha"e-
uuatc TO meet the nations pressing
needs, millions OF utu were arNh'eo Aot
the army. hundreds OF thOusAnoS vi
Young men were taken away lloIn s"ou
paving positions al tiNe when oppot-
lunilicS OF promotions wtiF opening W
them. The soldier was the nero VI the
hour; the savior OF the nation III Luz
ZINE OF imminent peril. he would nav {
been set down as Il miserable tral'oi
had he hcSitated all instant To answer
This call TO make the supreme sacfii'ce.
The departure. Of so MANY men -or
the training camps and foreign oatl!i-
fields created such Il demand LOT la"ol
that wages Increased Wy leaps anu
bounds. In many cases the government
not only secured the lncreasg Ill wages
demanded. but in many cases IL lhsls-ed
that lack pay. represent lux the lhcreaSe
covering a period Of months. should Dc
given the workmcn. For the men light
ing in the trenches there was no
thought Of Increased pay; he could fight
forty hours at a stretch, as our brave
men did at Chateau Thierry, and no one
even suggest that he should nave time
and a half DAY for overtime.
America shouted hersalf hoarsc wnen
the armistice was signed. Therc weTe
proper outburSls Of patriotic enlhusl-
asm, with fcrvid oratory. TO welcome
the first. Of the conQuering heroes nome.
Very soon, however. Il spirit uf ipdi1lcF-
enca began 10 creep into the Pupl'c
mind: friends and local communities
continue to give tho glad hama 70 the
homecoming herncs-but tho govern
ment and the public have ceased TO take
a very active interest.
The discharged soldier. instead or
finding his old job waiting for h'H. cS-
ccpt in the case of skilled workmen, mas
found that many. employers are laying
off men. Soldiers who fought for The
flag in France have trampcd the streets
Of homeland cities for weary weeks seek
ing employment and nnalns 10
aou 10 thclr ctpEEAltS' viz 6o, ~
has ordered them TO return their uni
forms by a certain date. Thousands OF
returned soldiers will be unable TO Darn
enough TO buy civilian suits by the time
the old clothes they wore while rghtlnE
for the flag must be returned.
Some governments officials seem 10
consider it more important to save a
lot of secondhand clothes than il is TO
conserve the brave boys who wore them.
In this connection, however. it must be
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Copyright, 1919.

reared in a hot-house atmosphere. Lit
tic by little they grow soft and naooS
Greenhouses ruin growing plants. In
two or three generations hot-house how-
crs are stricken with death. Just as
soon as spring comes experts take their
flowers out of the greenhouses into the
open air so they may struggle for them
selves What can we do to find some
thing that will do for our children what
poverty and hard work did for the scna-
tor and MYSELF" was the bitter cry or
one OF the rich women OF our country
to her pastor, Tho only answer is
throw him upon his own resources anu
set him bareback upon the steed Of his
own will.
Recently n group Of boys was injured
nj. a moving picture show. Sumo had on
rich clothes and some had on poor
clothes. but the flames and the surgeons
peeled off the outer husks and got down
10 the body beneath. Carlyle ,abhorrcd
any judgment based on Clothes" and so
does Truth. and Justice. and Success.
Away. therefore, with. lying oistinc-
tions!. Peel off the non-csscntials.
Strange that many a man, who climbed
from obscurity up the rounds OF the lad-
der Of success, and won his strength by
wrestling. and bought his prosperity by
days of industry. should give his sons
every kind Of crutch. release them from
burden bearing until at last they arc
unequal 10 any Of the problems of life.
What is crest in the social. wave today
will be froth tomorrow. Put the en-
phasis on individual work. In the re-
public there should he no chasm scpa-
rating the patricisn from tho plchinn
like that abyss which separated DIVES
from, Lazarus. In this republic Roosc-
Welt was right. there are Tall boys and
short hoys. good boys and bad boys in
dustrious boys and lazy boys, but there
are no other kinds Of boys"
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Wednesday, February II, 1918
OUR SHIP-BUILDING PRO
GRAM

Just as we are looking to the COM
tpletion Of a great merchant marine. We
get an unpleasant jar from the action
,ot the Clyde Line Steamship Company
lin disseminating three Of its lines from
New York. This company has just is
sued orders to discontinue its steam ser
:vice between New YorR and Mobile, Ala.
and Tampa. Fla: also the line between
New York and Wilmington, Del. and the
.tPhtladelphia and Norfolk line. Two OF
these lines have been in existence for
nearly fifty years, and have been regard
ed as fixtures in the trade interests Of
their communities. Officials Of the Clyde
Lime say that this action was made
necessary by the cost Of labor and the
reduced efficiency Of operations If
American shippers are unable to main
tain steamship, lines to operate advanr-
ageously between important points on
the Atlantic coast. what prospect Is
there that they will be able to operate
steamship lines between Atlantic ports
and the Orient? Foreign competition is
barred in our coastal traffic but on the
broad reaches Of the ocean, there are no
limits to competition. The cheapest paid
labor Of the world. the Chinese, the Ma
lays and the Islanders Of the South
Seas. all make UP the crews that sail
the oceans and against that competition,
the American shipper will hnd difficulty
In holding his own.
The Intelligencer- believes that If the
hope Of a great mercantile marine to be
operated by American sailors. to- be Gre
.ated Of ships built In American ship
yards. and owned by American shippers.
is ever to be realized. We must have
some form Of protection to the industry.
There are just two ways that protection
can be given
First: We may l2- subsidies for the
n maintenance Oh important tudl1 i1ASS.
, Second: We may impose discriminate
ing tariff duties giving lower rates for
goods in American ships, or we may al
low special privileges to manufacturers
producing goods for shipment abroad
and to be carried in American ships
s. Neither Of these policies has received
kho endorsement Of the present national
administration On the contrary. sug-
Hest,cns ;liks titese, have met scant con-
StdeFation- Yet we go merrily ahead
apeadins billions Of dollars in building
ships for which we have no. cargoes and
Sor which we have no crews.
Ate we Building ships simply to waste
government money and to give jobs at
high prices for thousands Of men who
might better be used in other lines. of
work.
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attaincd is by the entire community rot-
ing as a whole.
THE FORTUNES OF WAR

\ cable brings the news that Earl
Gray has been stricken with complete
blindness. and will probably retire from
public life. Gray was British foreign
minister. at the outbreak Of tho Euro
pean war. and had held that great posi-
ton for over eight years. a longer time
than any man held it since George Can
ming. thrce-quarters Of century ago.
Gray's diplomacy was largely RESPONSE
bic for the understanding between Great
Britain and France on the one side and
Russia on the other. He was influential
in bringing both Portugal and Italy into
the war. and in many other ways render
&c conspicuous service to the. British
people.
It is impossible to contemplate the
war without some reflection upon the
dramatic chances it has made in the
leadership of all the countries involved
in it. Gray and Asquith were at the head
of the British ministry on August lst.
1914. Both are now retired and one is
probably incapacitated for life. Kitch-
ner. who was at the head of the War
Bureau, found his death in the icy wat
ers of the North Sea Viviani was
French premier. and his tenure is long
since passed. Even. Jofrre- the conauerer
Of the Marine. had to give way to a
younger man. In Russia. Sansanoff the
foreign minister, who made war, the
Gear and all the Russian bureaucracy
have passed into obscurity. and many OF
them have paid for their mistakes with
their lives. The debacle in Germany.
Austria. Hungary. Bulgaria and Turkey
is complete OF the men who were in
high places of power in the summer OF
1914. few Of them survive. and those
who live. live only as fugitives from
the justice Of an outraged world. War
is q tremendous lcvelcr. but nothing
short Of the world war would have
brought so many proud heads so low.
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roveIor and Essavist Author of Under Fifteen Flags Etc

said thai the war department. in an
outburst Of generosity, has issued an
order permitting the discharged soiuicT
10 retain the pocket combs ana trench
mirrors. largely given 10 thein by Inc
kcd Cross. This is q very maenanl'
nous concession, for when the uls-
charged soldier has turned over ms
clothes To the government and STANDS
naked and shivcrng. the trench mirror
will enable HIM To see that his hair -
properly cornbrd. He might even ma
shelter from the wind behind that
pocket comb.
january 23rd discharged soldier
died in Il hospital in Springfield, LII.
The Saturday before h. had been arrest
, ed and placed in jail on charge OF
having held up and robbed Jah''ress
IN a bank building. There was no d.
rect evidence against this man, the Sus-
picon OF guilt being in the fact lhal
he wore n uniform. tho further fact thN.
he had walked the streets ut Springfield
for days begging for work and nholhS
none, and that the woman claimed the
man who robbed her wore a uniform.
lie remained in Jail over Sunday; Mon
day he was so i'll that he had to be re-
moved TO the hospital. where pneumonia
developed and he died three days later.
His denial OF any connection with the
robbery was evidently sincere. He is
dead, not from Hun bullet in a for
eign land, but because in the home city
of the immortal Lincoln no man would
give him work.
The nations arc secthing with social
unrest .1t-wrccked Russia, drenching
the land with blood and is hurrylng
Germany to the brink of ruin. The
bungling of our government, or Of the
war department, rather. in falling to
pay our soldiers promptly, and neglect
ing to pay alJotmcnts to dependent fami-
lies have filled the minds of many q
loyal American with exceeding great
bitterness, which is dangerous. Inc
American Red Cross claims TO have
! helped 100000 soldiers families here In
America.
The other day soldier returned
from France and was amazed to find his
wife working in factory 10 support
herself and baby. Her allotment had
not been paid in six months. For fear
OF making her soldier-husband home
sick she did not write TO him or her
distress. That man was justly lndiG-
nant over this failure of the govern
ment to keep faith with him in regard
to his family. A few cases might be
overlooked. but when they aggregate
! hundreds Of thousands the bitterness
becomes dangerous.
The government may we'll give a DO.
nus Of three months" pay to every sof-
| der when he is discharged. This Will
not equal the increased wages paid TO
| workmen who remained at home. but 1t
will keep soldiers, from being compelled
| TO stand in the bread-line this winter.
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BALL|NG THINGS Up
~ H1YAr I. II. soxr.

Ec soldier boys went forth to tight
To do the wicked Hun up riKht.
We sacrificed our home and all a.
TO heed the mighty battle call
With merry hekrt each left hrs homo
And crossed the dancing. prancins foam
To join the Allies over there ..
And share their burden. pain and care.
All! there we fought the best we could,
As every earnest soldier should.
An! there We slept upon the ground
And ate whatever came around.
Yes there We saw our brothers die
Beneath n dark and foreign sky. =
Yes there the millions gladly gave
Their lives to fill an unknown grave.
But now. King Woodrow, by, his talk.
Is making everything balk:
This .silver-tongued,. persuasive gent
Knows not the hardships that were
spent.
Let those great men who know each
phase -
Deal out the sentence to these Jays.
They would not let the ruthless Hun
Fer rise again with sword and gun.
They'd squclch the Germans In the shell
Till there was nothing but the SMELL
They would not let them run away
That they might fight another day.
But Woodrow talks Of this or that.
Expounding wisdom through his hat.
He has his fiowcry sptcls to spring.
Which bail up everything.
o, Woodrow, come down Off your throne
and let them tend to II ulone-
II you keep up your wordy bore
We soon will have another Waf.
Go, get into your bark canoe ..''~
And sail back home across the blue.
Those men must make gigantic deals.
And cannot hear your floN~rf spiN
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1 RETURNED TO WORK.

SEATTLE. Wash. Feb. 1.-THE last
Of the $4,000 workers who went on a
sympathetic strike with $4,000 metal
trades men OF local ship yards Thursday
last. returned 10 their workiat noon to-
day when the strike officially >came to
an end.
= With the exception Of some members
of the Longshoremen, who asserted they
have n separate grievance TO consider
and are still out nearly every union man
was back at his work carly this morn
ing.
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$4,000 ruBERcULARs LET OUT.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 11.-Twcnty-
four thousand soldicrs have been dis
charged from the army as tubercular
since the beginning Of tho war the Son
ate buildings committee was told to-
day Ivy DR.. w. G. Simpson OF the United
States public health service. lie said
the history Of tubcrculur patients indi-
Gated that they would be in the hospitals
ono third Of the time. Tentative plans
of the public health service for adding
1000 beds to existing hospitals were
described.
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:?DurnE his career as president Thco-
dore Roosevelt sent his sons 10 the pub
lie schols of Washington. In his child
hood nc had been educated by tutors
teachers at home. Having; spent: his
carly young amidst the surroundings or
@ rich mans house, he came TO believe
that his early experience had been lin
tied to the wealthy class, ana TO that
extent his life had been narrowed. crib
bed, cabined and confined" AS presi-
dent, therefore. he detcrined that his
boys should have an opportunity OF
meeting with all classes and conditions
OF men, and so choose their own friend
ships One day. at reception. wo-
man who belonged TO the rich set. en-
pressed surprise when Quentin spoke
Of being at the public. school in Wash
ington. "I should think" said the snob.
that it would be very unpleasant lor
you to meet all tho common boys that
you must find in the public school" l he
son answered with a quotation from the
president: My father says there arc
tall boys and short boys, good boys and
bad boys, but no other kind OF boys"
With that one sentence the president re-
vcalcd his faith in men as men. ana
pricked the bubble blown by snob. On
q dark and stormy night tho traveller
needs only one sharp Hash OF lightning
to reveal the fact that he has como to u
precipice.
A School OF Democracy.
In a republic it Is an open question
whether all boys and girls should not be
compelled 10 attend the public schools
for at least two or three years. Moth
ing can be more unfair TO child than
to limit its knowledge OF life. We all
know parents who would not allow a
daily paper to come into the house. Tor
fear the daughters under seventeen will
discover the varied forms Of wickedncss
in the world. Many boys. also, are sur
rounded by governcsses and tutors and
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Mrs. Bollc, president Of the New York
" C. T. IT,. says that the light against
the cigaret will be harder than against
booze, because so many women use
them. Seems rather Inconsistent, judy
ing from police records.
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Royalty and guady trappinEs may be
apparently absent from the peace con-
ference without materially altering the
general character Of the meeting.