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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28
NARCOTIC LAW
IS MADE PLAIN
BY UNCLE SAM
ALL CROSS Road oRoCERS MUST
PAY TAX AHD ALSO KEEP AC-
CURATE REPORT OF SALES
Collector Hays Wires TO Local Federal
Men Relative to Tho Law
In Matter

The following message was received
by the internal revenue officials in TINS
city, relative to the new narcotic law
which il seems number Of druggists
and others know very little about. The
telegram received is as follows:
Parkersburg. W. Va.
AT once inform all druggists in your
division that no stamp is required to De
placed on broken, or unbroken bottles, or
other containers Of narcotic drugs on
hand February 25th. Their own laoel'
or poster with words. "in stock inventory
February 25th~ and initials must De
placed on such containers. and Initials
must be placed on such containers. Man
ufacturers must place stamps on sucn
containers
Signed Hays, collector Of revenue
In days gone by the cross road grocer
was allowed to sell all kinds Of extracts
and medicines containing narcotics and
was not taxed for 30 doing. but in the
future they must have a license the
same as any druggist and pay the reVe-
nue. tax. They also must keep record
in which all sales are recorded. contain
| ing the names of the persons to Whom
I, is sold and also address.
The ruling is made very plain ana per-
sons handling drugs of any kind con-
tanning narcotics must comply with THIS
| law to the letter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28
SPEEDERS CAN'T
BEAT THE COPS

The officers know how fast you go
Don't forget that when you beat it down
Market street toward supper ut 80 per.
T-hey11 get you sooner or later. just as
they caught three yesterday. ana you
cants argue with the judge or discredlt
the officer who has asked you to kindly
take him to the police station. Frank
Davis tried. and rot IS and costs. nc
vas charged with speeding on Eon
near Seventeenth street. Charle@
schnelI tried and got IS and costs FOR
testing the speed Of his motorcycle up
Fnitbn hin. Ralph Young tried the same
thtnt and got tho IS and costs too. You
c.nt' get away with it in Wheeling.
kid" Johnson Of police court fame.
,B1o vas found in a supcrdrunken con
dition by Officer Nau near the Eleventh
street. chemical station. vas arraigned
h.toer Atctng Judge Foulk yesterday
,1d pleaded guilty to the charge" He
vr,t further to state that he desired
.epcy. which the Judge could not sec
A. to grant in view Of his record in tn"
,-chiyes Of the court You see. ne
o,eeded. ~ got couple 'housecleaning
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28

jobs and want to ask for mercy, Judge.
The court suggested that he arrange the
matter with the police and gave him IS
and costs.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28
BETTER BROTHERS
OPEN new PLANT

" We will have the most up-to-date
meat shop not only in Wheeling, but
in the state" said a member Of Beuter
Brothers firm yesterday at their open
inG in their new location at lilo Mar
kct street.
Bcutcr Brothers. who were until re-
Gently located at 1870 Market street.
have moved into their newly EQUIPPED
shop and formally opened to. the public
a fine meat establishment yesterday.
They have not gone into the new plant
in half way fashion. Their new store
contains four rcfrigerators and ono
freezing room and a refrigcrating plant
which will do the work OF six tons OF
ice in one day. Not only can they
freeze several tons Of meat and keep II
frozc, but they are putting in machin-
cry that will enable them to do all their
own lard rendering, meat choppinS aud
smoking. A tireproof smoke room
which will handle over r ton OF meat
in as expeditions a fashion as meat
packers can do it Is established on the
second floor The sanitary end Of the
nlant is carried to the last degree.
Everything about the store can DO
thoroughly washed and scrubbed. I'M
movements have not been entirely COM
nlcted vet. but the accommodation OF
customers can 60 ON while the re.
nninder OF the store is being finished.
Another rerrigcrating machine will be
added to the present unit. We arc
eouippcd to handle our growing trade
now said Mr.. Beutcr. besides the III
crease which our up-to-date plant war
rants us to expect
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28
! THE THEATRES
"PAa1oR, BEDROOM AND BATH"

Playgocrs who arc familiar with the
brisk and breezy brand OF a. Il. W oods
farccs will be moro than Interested III
tho announcement that ono Of the most
successful of his farce hts. iaTlor.
Bedroom and Bath will be presented
at the Court theatre tonight ana toH'or-
row for IN engagement or 1hree per-
formnnces from its overwhelming sue
cess at the Republic theatre, New 10TH
"par,nr, bedroom and Bath" enjoyed the
rare distinction Of having scored notable
triunDbs in both Chicago and New York
on tho occasion Of its first presentation
II cninycd a run OF four months in
chicago and IF seven months in New
York Immediately following the Chicago
engagement and played TO capacit au-
dicnccs in both cities.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28
BIRD OF PARADISE"

Symbolism Of psychology 70 hand in
hand in tho romance of Hawaii. Tho
Eird Of Paradise" presented by Oliver
Morosco. In il Richard Walton Tully.
rho author has woven out Of SUNSHINE,
rho swish Of tho murmurnE seas. Tho
haunting melodies Of the ukclclc and
the Inngnur Of the latitude. heart
criapin.: play Of n w"man's soul. This
NAV nf Hawaiian life. with its wealth
Of beautiful scenery. superb complement
If players and brilliant and striking
st,1-r rrrc;s, will 10 seen at the Court
rhcatcr for two nights. commencing FRI
tfay April 4.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28
"mY SAMMY GIRL"

Tho jolly military musical spectacle
called My Sammy Girl" will bc tho at
traction at the Court theatre for two
days commencing Wednesday. April =,
with Il matinee Thursday. This new
combination Of love. music and comedy
is something Of an innovation in the
world. embracing as it does.
musical numbers Of original compost
ton nnd comedy element that renlly
arnu.ns. Naturally n very large conf
many is necessary to properly produce
INV Sammy Girl" and l(ilroy & Brit
ton have engaged thoroughly talented
company Of players, and in conjunction
N largo body Of spirited show girls give
rrlnr tn rhr ensembles and tuncful mu-
steal numbers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28

yce,,rl IN fierce. storm on IN" Atlantic
coast The muthf" or tho captain Of tho
CIV warned hr" son as Sh" hooked from
the station tower. hat his boat could
,,:,i I've, Ia r,.r,,h III. vessel IN distress in
~. :.rrihlr s:c-rr H"d wav"G which
ragged Eat lhc CrntT n went ont with
IL. crew. rnaCI!ri -" wreck and Tho
r.; mnn rak"n fr.m III" sinking deck
~. t!r .r3ptain'$ brother ana tn" moth
rs son.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28
MONTE CARLO GIRLS.

The announcement that the famous
Monte Carlo Girls arc coming to the
Court theatre next is causing great de-
light to the many burlesQuc patrons or
this city who are familiar with the
merit Of this high-class burlesauc pro-
duction. This seasons roster includes
the following we'll known stars: Frank
Grassy Murphy. the acrohatic tramp
comic: Charlie Collins. the Ruhc; John
HudEins. blackfacr singer and dancer:
Earl Hail. classy straight: Sarah Hyatt,
prina donna: kittlc Warren. speedy SOU
brcItc. and Violet Buckley. ingcnuc.
4 supporting cast Of Is beautifully
costumrd singing and dancing girls and
nine elaborate scenes complete the show.
Don't miss this treat.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28

A man always imaEtnes he HIS good
sense until he comes across an Old love
The Intelligcnccr Want Ads.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28

Boy WAI: SAVINGS STAMPS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28
"rm AUCTIoNEER."

ono Of the carly bookings nj tho Court
is David Warflcld IN The Auc;innccr."
Mr. Warllefds present tour is limited to
90 weeks. 10 of which were devoted to
New York City alone. where. at the
Manhattan opera house. this popular Be
lascn actor drew n series of audiences
limirrd in SHE only by the seating CA
paciiy Of this huge playhouse. His To-
chi appca rance will occur on April Il.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28
STIRS
CONGREGATION WITH
POWERFUL SERMON
Addressed Large Audtence at FOURTH
Street Congregational Church
last Night

In his address at Fourth street Con-
grcSational church last nlrht Evanxcl
ist Rccs was at his best. 1t was n dis
course Of persuasive cloqucnCc Of en-
precision and was fnrccfully presented.
There were moments of dramatic appeal
rs whel hn said: Tho salvation which
preach tonight cost the richest treasure
of Heaven: Il must bc great because Of
what Il cost-Ereat because il is free to
an"
Two ~ Tho illustrations made use Of
nv thu speaker to driv" homo his appeal
were Of absorbing intcrrst The first
WIS OF the Gid iani'ur in tn" burning
church ut buffalo. lie had gone M III"
church tower TO direct fir"m"nt with h"
hose: the flames followed them up In"
winding stairs and tho firrmnn wore
forced 10 throw down tho hos" and use it
Us means % escape. The old janitnr
took another method. throw \ plank ont
from a tower window and climbed out
upon the plank The fir" chief directed
tho r1rcrucn 70 hold n net rra1y IN re-
ceirc him when hc should jump. hat RI"
pcat"d calls to tho old man to do so
wore UNDECIDED. TT" go: ready again and
again to drop hui each tI:mr climbed
back upon tho plank.
Forwards wrrn offered 70 '?H man whn
would savo him. but dear 10 all on:rca-
ties tho old tanitnr sail clunC. ~ his
plank md tho chief finally. in d"spair.
and TO save tho ffrcm..n from their n"T
danser, ordered thr p"t taken away and
rs tho fire mt last "nv"inr"i N" tower
the taritor fell to his G"rih !Th" story
was told with 4 p7tloS that found III
instant response throughout All" vast
thrnnr of absorbed listeners. aS did n"
adronition Mt iis rlna"--''S"mn IN this
audience nrr getting their la"t call to-
night Don't cling to any theory any
longer. Til" man fell nnI s" Will You
e. down with your fails" theory "f
escape
Tho other Illustration :nld OF tn" life
savers crew going Out 10 the wrecked
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28
MANY CANDIDATES
SPORT ANTLERS

The retiring officers of the Flks con-
Quoted their l;Lst initiation last night
when large class of candidates wcro
introduced into the rites OF that orEani-
Zation. In appreciation Of the work
done by thest. officers q reception to
th..m and 70 ihr now members took place
q, tho E.lkS Club after the initiation. A
splendid social hour was enjoyed and
tho nppctites incurred during the festfv
tiles of the evening were appeasfd with
L subSt aniiaI luncheon.
ON Thursday night of next week tho
new officers ~ tue order will be for
nal1y installed.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

ard form of government, and the
first that ever worked well, and
following it's adoption we had hun
dred years of the greatest progress
the world has ever known, phys
ically, mentally and morally. We
developed more statesmen in that
hundred years than had ever been
developed in all the history of the
world, in all the other countries
before or since. ThaNis a pretty
fair proof that our Constitution was
provided for the standard form.
We observed it's one hundredth
anniversary in Philadelphia in 1887,
and unless you have already seen
the report of that convention, can
think of nothing, outside the Bible,
that would be of greater inspiration.
It was one of the greatest meetings,
probably the greatest, ever held in
the history Of the world. All of the
great editors and men of affairs,
statesmen and authors were invited,
not only from this country, but
other countries, and the books that
were written by Hampton L. Car
son and published by Lippincott G.
Co., giving an account Of that one
hundrcdth anniversary, contain the
replies to the various invitations
sent out. It was in reply to an in
vitation and in declining it that
Gladstone observed that the Consti-
tuition was "the greatest piece Of
work ever struck off at given time
by the brain and purpose of man."
do not think we yet have begun
to penetrate even the crust Of the
Importance of that Constitution
over 40 per cent Of the American
people have never read it, yet it
was the most important human
event in history, ranking second
only to the birth Of Christ, and the
story of its achievement is the great
est in the history of the world out
side the life and the work of Christ
on earth.
The one man who seemed to get
something Of the Importance of it
was William Pitt, the greatest states
man in England at that time, the
greatest statesman England ever
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

a S11AS51C WOAO OA IlSlC
sentence, and ON the
morning of the fifth week,
in the midst of a very
heated discussion, they
were about to adjourn
and abandon the great
purpose for which they
had met-and what a diff
ference it would have
made in the history
of this country and the
entire world if that had
happened! but Ben
jamin Franklin, one of
the wisest men, if not the
wisest man, who sat in the
convention, arose and, adj
dressing George Wash
ington, who was in the
chair, said:
''Mr. Chairman, we
have been cropping for
four weeks i'm the dark
ness searching for polit-
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Taking a Look Back Past
Our Federal
Constitution

and capital" during the first ~.
tury; it was a question of industr,
l myself believe that so lone ~
you have a Department of I,ahor
and a Department of Comme,..
that you will have class difference.
because it assumes that there i,
difference and that the interests ~
employer and employe are not ab.o
lutely mutual.
We referred to it alwav. q.
question of industry, and there w.,
no class distinction; we mada -.
reservation whatever, even 90 ~
the Presidency Of the United state..
we did not provide that he sbor,d
come from any class, but simplv
that he should develop characte,
and capacity so that he should r.
qualified, and we took a rail-splitts,
and a mule-driver from the TOW.
path of the canal and a tanner IN,
and made them great President,
because this was a government
where we provided for the riphts
of persons and Of property, Of the
individual, and encouraged jnd;.
vidual initiative, and that Is whv
we developed as we did.
1t was the first time that ther.
had been a government founded
that knew human nature we'll
enough to encourage individual
initiative, and that must alwau
be- the underlying factor in the
development Of the race.
This is such a big subject that n
is difficult to discriminate as to
what to say about it. As an illus
tration that the men who founded
this government had no thought Of
popular fallacies there were men
in that constitutional convention
who were full of these modern mil.
lenniums-the recall was suggested
in the constitutional convention,
even for Congressman, and thers
are lot Of fellows who go around
now and pretend they have got
something new when they talk
about the recall-it failed in Rome
and Greece; you can point to great
numbers Of countries that have
gone down as the result Of mob
theories; there is nothing rev about
them at all, and the reason we have
been able to withstand them little
is that the foundation was laid 50
we'll by the founders Of this Re-
public.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
The Founder of the Gov
ernment Planned the
Latter

~ ONE of these
safe for democracy" rebel the suggestion that America
~ Is a
Yet told that "the who founded this
had thought founding democracy
lc is what they
between democracy republic between republic
autocracy.
In days. when democracy revealed
is interesting and important from
what Madison
and Jay planning
permission Society," Revolution Los Angeles
World" following is psnted
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

INC longer i've anu inc
more / know the more I
believe that God governs
in the affairs of men, and
if the sparrow cannot fall
without His notice is it
probable that an empire
can rise without His assist
ance? Except the Lord
build the house, they labor
in vain who build it, /
firmly believe this, and l
also believe that without
His concurring aid we
shall succeed i'm our polit-
ical building no better
than the builders of Babel.
[, therefore, move you
that from henceforth we
open our daily DELHI
erations with morning
prayer And from that
moment they began to
make progress in the
framing and adoption of
that fame crowned old
document.
Harry F. Atwood.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Appeal to Fear

But there were men In that con.
stitutional convention who were
full Of these same popular fallacies
that are threatening us to-day.
When they found that the Const
tuition was completed without them,
as a last resort-and / never knew
anybody that would go as far to
carry a point as the professional
reformer or self-appointed uplifter
and they had them there-fnally
when they could not appeal to the
reason of these men, the members
Of that constitutional convention
the greatest gathering in the his
tory Of the world that ever assem-.
bled for a human achievement
when they saw they could not
appeal to their reason. they tiled
to appeal to their fear and said
Unless you write into this Con-
stitution some popular fallacies to
please the people, the Constitution
will never be adopted"
George Washington had taken no
part in the discussion Of the con-
vention up to that time, but when
he heard that statement he rose
from the Presidents chair and in
tones of suppressed emotion saio
1T is too probable that no plan We
propose will be adopted; perhaps
another dreadful conflict is to be
sustained. If, to please the people
we offer what we ourselves dis
approve, how can we afterwarc
defend our work? Let US raise 8
standard to which the wise and
honest can repair; the event is ID
the hands of God"
Professor Fiske has we'll said that
those words ought to be written Cd
the walls of every legislative hall
state and national, in this country
and ought to be carved upon the
walls of every convention roon
where people meet to write piaE
form or adopt a resolution or nom
nate candidate. 1t is illustratl0
of the type of reasoning that prs
vailed.
These men were not trying
follow the crowd; they were tryins
to mould public opinion and giw
the people what they needed. ls
great difficulty during recent yes"
is that we have had crowd followe"
instead Of statesmen who weH
leaders. The crowd does not wan
to be followed, it wants to
guided, and the great men, the neD
who have moulded public scntlmehs
frequently have had to stand IN 'H'
minority for a time, but hist0'
points to these men finally as tho'.
who moulded public opinion s's
who stood for wA&t thsy below
20 b x3shA ....rSsai
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Before the Constitution

In this country, after we had
adopted the Declaration IF Inde-
pcndence and the Articles Of Con-
federation, there was no greater
chaos anywhere; we failed abso-
lutely on American soil until we
wrote that Constitution.
The year before we wrote our
Constitution the mob drove our
Congress from Philadelphia to
Princeton. Shay's rebellion drove
the Legislature out Of the State
House Of Massachusetts.
Our money was worth two and
half cents on the dollar.
Trade was paralyzed,
Commerce was dead.
we could not raise an army. we
could not raise revenue and we had
absolutely failed, when we SUBJ
scribed to the doctrine that all men
are created equal, which is another
statement that has created much
false discussion in this country, be-
cause we all know that men are
not created equal, nothing is
created equal, and what Providence
did not see fit to do it is impossible
for mankind to do through legls-
lation.
Our Constitution was to the sci
ence of government exactly what
the Golden Rule is to moral phi
losophN II provided for = stand
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
To Steady ske State

The main thing they had in mind
was stopping the swinging Of that
pendulum from one extreme to the
other and protecting the individual
rights of person and property. They
founded representative Govern
ment; there was no intent-this is
not so popular to say now after the
kind of talk we have heard for the
last twenty years-but there was no
intention, by the men who founded
this Government and wrote the Con-
stitution, that any questio would be
submitted to the people, and during
the first 100 years there were no
questions submitted to the people.
There is great difference be-
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

produced and the greatest ever
produced in the history of the world
outside American soil. When he
read that Constitution he said: It
will be the wonder and admiration
OF all future generations and the
model of all future constitutions" ;"
He could not possibly put it stronger
than that; that was saying it was
standard and should have been
adopted by every country in the
world, and SO sure as progress con-
tinues that is bound to occur.
If you could get the people to
thinking about that Constitution
and coming to understand it and
desiring to adhere to it, you would
overcome great many Of your in
dustrial difficulties, because that
Constitution provided for running
a government just as n successful
business is run.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
5 America a Democracy or Republic
Constitution Divinely Inspired

n BELIEVE that that Constitution was as much in.
spired parts of the Bible. You know they met
for four weeks, day after day. and had rot written
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
II People Would Think

1t provided for an executive and
deliberative body, and the appoint
ment Of heads of departments; but
along toward the latter part Of the
last century we began drifting
away from the Constitution. In
stead Of the various states, which
in the Constitution are guaranteed
a republican form Of government,
accepting that guarantee, they be-
gan drifting off toward democracy
and providing for long ballot and
the election of a. great long list of
names.
During the period from 1905 to
1909 in this country we enacted
62,343 new statutes, and we had
over $4,000 decisions of courts Of
last resort, and compiled 631 new
large volumes Of decisions. If we
should keep up that tendency for
a hundred years there would not
be room in all the public buildings
to store the printed matter and no
one would know where they were
at, or what they were doing, or
what they ought to do.
We have so many legal volumes
now that if a lawyer were to read
| them before being admitted to the
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Lincoln's s Vietus

I think we will concede that
Abraham Lincoln had as much to
do as any one with saving the Repub-
lie; he said he would do it under the
Constitution whether he freed the
slaves or not, and the last thing he
said, on the night Of his assassina-
ton, just before he started for the
Ford Theatre, was to Mr.. Ashmun,
who had presided over the conven-
ton of 1860 which had nominated
Lincoln for President. Mr.. Ashmun
called on him and reminded him
that he still had the gavel he
welded in that convention, and how
highly he priced it, and after short
conversation he said, "Mr. Lincoln,
| am interested in a cotton claim and
want you to appoint a commission
to investigate the matter and re-
port Lincoln replied, with so much
earnestness and warmth that he
aIterWard apologlZed to Mr.. Ash
nun for his abrupt manner: CASH
nun, have done with commissions,
| think they are contrivances to
cheat the government"
To my mind that is the best def
milton even given Of a commission,
and it applies to all Of them, do not
know an exception, and the
Interstate Commerce Commission is
one of the best. 1t is almost as per-
feet an illustration of the usefulness
Of commission as Russia is of the
benefits of democracy.
There is difference between a
constitutional provision and q statu-
tory enactment. There is a good
deal the same difference that there
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

ical truth and have found it. How is it that we
have not invoked the Divine guidance of the Father of
Light upon proceedings? The longer live and the