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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-20
PLAN a,ooo HEW HoUsIs


Pittsburgh. Aug. 1s.-rwo thousand
new houses for the Pittsburgh district
within the next year Is the aim or the
housing corporation Of the Pittsburgh
chamber Of commerce. formed TO better
the acute rent and home situation hero
Cheap money. construction at about
one-half the usual cost and expert So
pervision without charge are leading
features Of tho plan. 1t has so appealed
to the public that scores OF building
applications have been filed.
The movement Is for civic oetterment,
without profit to the corporation Its
Officers are giving their time and bust
ness experience without hope Of imam
cial reward. Bankers, builders and
material dealers have fallen into line.
Tho result has been that money for
construction Is available At tho legal
ratio Of S per cent without bonus, mate
rails are being provided at little moro
than cost and 1000 lots nve been listed
as available sites for dwellings.
The corporation has NO money nor
does Il assume any obligations. 1t de-
nands that each prospective builder
shall have not less than 81 percent OF
the total cost. Then II tells him where
no can get . irst mortgage for 50 per-
cent, and. IL necessary, It puts him In
touch with an institution that will take
a second mortgage for the remaining
20 percent
We arc simply applying TO tho man
who wants home the methods by
which mass production has been sue
cesstul. and giving him the oeneht OF
the saving In costs" said A. W. Thomp-
son. president Of the corporation.
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CALLS CHILD 4 VICTIM
or DRY ENFORCEMENT


Nonnett Mo- Aug. 1a.-Reno Bloch
two years old son % Gustave and
Thelna Bloch. who died last Friday
from acid poisoning. was a victim or
prohioition- according TO the attending
physician. Dr.. r. Carlos Copeland, VINO.
In q statement 20 the State hoard or
Health, asserts that no could have saved
the chld's lfe had he been able TO OBJ
tain alcohol for use as an antidote
Dr. Copeland said tina, he was ad-
v!sed By telephone OF the haoys con-
d:tion and ordered the parents TO ad-
minister alcohol AS an antidote They
had none and the physician spent forty
i've minutes in 4 quest that fnaiy pro-
,!,iccl Two ounces OF corn whisky. he
hurried 20 tho Bloch home and EaVo
:: 20 The child. whose intense pain wa
m ,lga,ed momentarily. But tho amount
wtS tasutnclrnt 10 overcome tho erect
Z. M. poison. aud the child. after rat
:, p: S.;Ehtly. dicd. DR.. Copeland said
- re vas no doubt that l!fe could have
ben saved had M been able to give tho
Dry effective sntidote.
4 permit 70 prescribe alcohol to my
patients has been refused me. LII. Sope-
land said. but I am not alone. frac-
,irai.v every physician OF my acouatnt-
ance IS similarly handicapped. l maoe
application about year ago FOR per-
mission "a prescribe alcohol FOR medlci-
nal purposes. Shraler p. Howell. state
prohibition director. refused my reone&t
upon the bold refusal OF Postmaster
Safer 10 recommend II. appealed 10
Congressman AcFherson and he. aftsr
m inve<t'ga,ion advised me to seek
whit OF mandsmus to compel the prohi-
billion forces 20 permit me to PRESCRIBE
alcohol. I shall do that Immediately
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BEANS COMING BACK
RESTAURANT men SAY
DsAarAsss - sesvArd1 ooaysation H.
port Growing Demand for n
xno0sAAd On . Plata

Pittsburgh. Pa Aug. 1s.-Prohtbiaan
has affected tho restaurant business
and beans are coming back accord
ing to Harry Doherty OF New York. Ma
tional presidena OF tho international
Stewards association. and other food
purreyors meeting here this week In
their twenty-flrst annual convention.
You can't fool the cafe patron any
moro" said Doherty. when he orders
ham and eggs ne wants ham and eggs
The la business IS a dead issue.
There was a time. when few cocktails
could legally precede a dinner. when me
diner did not care what he ate. but not
now. Dress ham and eggs up In ute
Ham and Eggs a Ia Portuguese ana
the public is Skeptical"
Rciterating the contention thar prices
would not drop in restaurants. MT.
Dohe-ty said that cafeterias. where the
masses were fed would feel the lower
ing prfce first when they did como.
BEANS are coming back" sweeping
over the country like an advancing
army. according to stewards who say 1t
has taken the world war veterans three
wears 10 forget tho taste OF tho stand
Ing diet In ;he fighting service. but the
old craving for "A thousand on plate
Is coming back The demand Is grow
trg stronger each day.
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GAINESVILLE

Mrs. Thomas Rogers and daughters
Mrs. Frank Robinson and Miss Laura
Rogers. entertained II the Rogers
home Thursday afternoon with tea.
During the afternoon Clifford Cunard
sang several beautiful numbers which
were highly appreciated by the guests
Misses Vera Taylor and Mabel Smith,
Of Wheeling. arrived Friday to spend
tho week end with Mr.. and ME- Theo
Modem Of walton avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Thornberry and
mother. Mrs. Ella Thornberry. returned
homo this week from Redlnnds, Calf
where they spent the past year.
Mrs. Norton Lovejoy. OF Cleveland. is
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. H. G
Checy of West Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Bailey were
visitors at Bethesda Thursday.
Miss Gladys VosA OF Fremont. Ohi"
returned home Wednesday Of this week
after q visit with Mrs. Herbert Fowler
OF this place.
4 son was born Tuesday. August 10
10 Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hnrdesty, OF
Cleveland, Mr.. and Mrs. Hardcsty were
formerly residents Of this place.
Mrs.. ]. B. Mercer is visiting relatives
At Cambridge this week.
DR.. and Mrs. +. y. White ana son
lack, and Mr. and Mrs. T. Philips iet'
this week for Tresque Island. Mich, on
n four-veeks camping and hshin5 Trip
Mrs George Fisher was the guest OF
Mrs. Stanley Bolon at Bethesda Thurs
day.
Mrs. Ray Chalfant and Mrs. Charles
chajfant were visitors in Wheeling this
Week
Mr. Waldo Hilles and daughters
uIss., Margaret and Ruth, are visit
Inv re,a,iyes Mt Arlington, Ohio.
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week END with her cousin Harold Fisher
VI Speidel.
Mrs Rena MulQuinn and children who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Han
son Evers Of SpcIdcl. returned 10 th"lT
home at Mansfield Tuesday.
Miss Dorothy peddcord OF Mt. Holly
and Miss NADIA Wiley OF GAINESVILLE
spent a few days last week with MISS
Mary ZuagE who Is attending schooi
at New Concord.
Oliver Bailey Of Tacoma spent the
week end with relatives at Salem, Ohio
Mrs. T. Ferguson and children OF Ia
coma were guests Of Speidel relatives
Tuesday.
Miss Wilhomana Lucas Of Bethesfn
Is the guest Of Misses Ethel and Luelia
Goodman Of Speidel
Robert Okcy OF Bethesda is visiting
his cousin Howard Brooks.
kennon williams OF BarnesviNe 10
tho guest Of Mr.. and Mrs George
Burchheld
VIII Moore Of Iowa returned homo
Tuesday after spending several weeks
with friends and relatives IN this vicin-
Ity. He was accompanied home By his
brother Herman Moore and Willis 8 -
ner who will remain there coople or
weeks.
Several from here attended the OK
roast at Bethesda Thursday
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.,,,r!t OF inherited instincts or
-. .,.:rn N" encouragement given
..r:' hv their parents. But we
a~s !rHing ont that thrift has a
natural place in the school cur
=: ,.,,n,. and 20 some extent our
,,:;nful citizens are being given
systematic instructions IL the
values Of thrift practices.
lIu:nanisy's needs have shown
:hat 4 practical understanding Of
Thrift rrust be universal, not az
ciGental. 1t seems strange that
the substantial principles of
economy never have been taught
fn our schools. Washington,
P.xukFin, Lincoln and many
othxs Of the nations immortal>
cc.zaseied tie teachings OF this
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meth Of McKeesport. Pa, are visiting
at the home OF her father. Milton Yost-
Mr. Addison Starbuck was business
caller in Wheeling Wednesday.
number from this place attended
the sale Of c. h Hogue. Of GAINESVILLE.
Tuesday.
Squire r II. Simpson and wife. OF
Barton. we're the guests OF their par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. RSsby. Sun
day.
Mr. Elmer Lawrence. OF Steubenvtlle.
Is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs..
Lawrence.
LIT. and Mrs. M. Q. Martin and sons
o. Warwood. spent the weekend with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Miller.
Mr.. and. Mrs IL Moline White and
daughters, OF We!lsburg. spent the
Weekend wiz their parents, MI and
Mrs II F. White.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gifhn and SON. OF
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COI.ERAiE

Rev II. ". Peterson. OF Cumberland,
delivered an excellent sermon Sunday at
the Presbyterian church.
Mrs Morris. OF IIarrisyille. ~ visit
IN, nj tho homo of her brother Harianl
DUNCAN. ut that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Rigsby were call
ers NJ Mrs. r. N. simpsons. OF Bar
ton. Tuesday.
Miss Catheryn Cope and brother. Ellis.
q, Barton. were callers here Thursday.
Mr.. And Mrs. c. H. Walker and aons.
Paul and Ralph, OF Wheeling were the
guests OF their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
J. w A6sby Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. II. G. Gillespie and
family. OF Redwood. O., have returned
home after a visit with relatives here.
Mrs. Florence Rigsby and son. Ken
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but another name for Economic
self-preservation.
The very life and destiny of
America rests on widespread
practices of thrift. If we are
to fulfill our mission as a nation
VIC must have thrifty homes and
thrifty people. In these late
summer days when another
school year, 50 rich with oppor-
tunity, lies ahead Of US, let lis
place a true value on the irnpor-
tance Of teaching thrift 10 the
young. both for their :uture
good and for the glory and up
luil!.::1s of our nation.
In the SHOOT room We sec The
face OF tomorrow. ...-.
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The modern replica Of David's sling
shot IL An aerial bomb. When 5000
worth Of chemicals. launched from one
OF Uncle Sans bombing Aeroplane1,
destroyed q present day Goliath In the
form OF the German battleship 'Ost-
fripdland," once the pride OF tho
KaiserS navy. a new era In warfare.
Is important q, the supersedinE OF the
eroSsbow by the gun. vas ushered In
The development Of chemical war
fare means the end Of costly arma-
ments In the opinion Of many leaders
ot Congress who witnessed the sinking
nf the German wafship on the Vir-
Etnia capes. Through the reduction Of
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SANDY RIDGE

Miss Lillian Hoffman entertained with
q party At her home at Tacoma We'd
nesday evening. Games and music were
the diversions Of tho evening and At an
hour a dainty luncheon was
served. Those present were Misses
Edna Burchheid. Audrey Fisher. 1neZ
Fisher. Trcnna Shipley. Margaret Gill
lesple. Kathern KcarnS Margaret Cas-
sells. Beulah Shipley. Daisy Burchheld
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tho men. Many have been shockeo oy
tho number Of American and f.nSilsn
women who In the last season have m
dulEed In cigarette smoking IN pubic
with 4 freedom which q Frenchman As
.ociates only with Bohemia and the
demi-monde. II. Alexandra DuvaL .
famous restaurateur and one Of the last
OF the "dandieA" declares
To smoke in public 10 always bad
taste In Q woman In prtyae she may
be pardoned II she does It with sufh-
cient elegance"
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armlments they sec relief for the tax
pAycr--and relief for the taxpayer Is
very important, these days TO every
Congressman who has an eye 10 the
elections less than Two years away.
In the 1000 pound bomb which sank
4 }2o. e0o. 900 drcadnousht. without
even q direct hit on the vessel. were
the same ingredients that go in tho
aspirin tablet on the bathroom shelf.
the dyes in the chiidren's shoes, or Ia
milAdy's dresses. Five such bombs
can be made for the cost Of one IA
inch shell.
The ArsenalS Of the future" de-
clares General Amos Fries. Chief OF
the Chemical Warfare Service, arc
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tho chemical and dye plant. ~ ma
ton. We can diSarm so FAR rs high
explosives. powder and war gases AFRO
concerned. just in the sam" ratio as
we build up 4 peacettme industry in
coal-tAr products.
How to protect the chemical indus
try built up In America during the war
IS causing serious concern In Con-
greSs To prevent Germany recaptur-
Ing the American market. an extern
sion OF the war time selective embargo,
such AS has been enacted by England,
France. Italy ani Iarxr. IS advocated
until American plants have developed
the full requirements necessary FOR
national defense.
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thrifty. n o m ely
virtues. incoln's
words on the sub
ject are immortal.
He said. Teach
economy - that is
one Of the first and
highest virtues; it
begins with saving
money
History's page
ever has revealed
that thrifty nations
prosper and thrift
less ones pass
auay for thrift is
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nOl TOW.
I is gratifying
that progress is be-
Ing made in. the
development o (
thrift teaching III
the schools, and
that greater atten-
tion IS now given to
this important fun
Ga?lental OF cduca-
,ior than ever be-
;r!e. Until recent
.c%rs those who
ir&"n,ec. ;h-ift did
- -. .arycly as q
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Tho milk you've been selling ~
complained the young housekeepsf'
vatery. Now L"
pardon me- ma.am." Interrupted thS
foxy milkman. II wus jest goin' - to-
YOU about hat. You see, tho ~ssS Got
into the salt bin last week an It maze
EN- awful thirsty, but 1t won't never
occur again"
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LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
byS w STRAUSS President Anae,ieas Society for 7Ar

virtue. Washington said,
Economy means happy homes
and sound nations; lnstil 1t
deep." What he saw was that
the happiness of the people OF
this nation really depends very
largely on their practices of the
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Steeple Valley, vMe this guess - H.
and Nh J. r White Sunday.
Mr.. 8. p. vIckers Is improving
Mrs. Esther Bundy continues ASsae
tho Same.
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Jack-was tho church garden party
q success?
Julia-Well. I worked hard enough;
alto ice cream with every young mAo
on the grounds.
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School days will soon be here
again.
With them will come renewed
opportunities for implanting les
sons Of thrift in the minds and
hearts OF those who shall rule
he desnnies 90 the nation to-
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IN thu mIdntins inUju sou II M TIL err h"y-RH
IN f-D,rvt II. YouW find II ih Nun best tpskHnss
Evening star., 1921-07-26

They light their smoking materials
and throw away the matches without
care. In passing along the street
they will toss burning matches into
cellar gratings. They will throw light
ed matches and cigarettes out Of win
dows to ignite awnings and perhaps
to fall into the clothing of persons in
the streets below.
Practically all, fires are preventable,
originating in some act of careless.
ness, or through inattention to some
detail Of supervision. The waste of
property in this country through heed
less handling of fire is enormous. And
apparently the same thing prevails
abroad, as the Mauretania fire evil
dences. Carelessness in the matter of
fire is apparently not confined to
American workmen. Nor is it confined
to workmen, of whatever nationality.
1t is simply fault of humanity to be
negligent. and no amount Of self in
terest seems sufficient to check the
habit.
In ancient days fire was cherished
and guarded as priceless gift. To-
day it is handled heedlessly and reck-
lessly. The invention Of matches has
cost the world an appalling sum in
loss in flames.
Evening star., 1921-07-26
Department Economies.

Chairman Fordney of the House
committee on ways and means be.
lieves that the tax burden can be
lightened through the reduction Of the
government forces in this city. This
is doubtful. Certain savings are un.
doubtedly possible here and there in
the executive organization. Perhaps
four or five thousand civilian employees
can be eliminated, but when that is
done the effect upon the tax question
is negligible. II the average of de.
partmental pay is $1,000 a year, the
elimination of 5000 clerks would mean
a saving Of $S,000,0o0 annually, so
slight a percentage Of the total neces.
sary tax yield as to be of no moment
whatever. OF course. every little helps.
and the six or ten million dollar econ
omies here and there mount to a con.
siderable total.
But can the government afford even
in this time Of stress to prune down
its personnel below the point Of ef.
hciency? In two particular cases that
Representative Fordney mentions
large reductions are possible in the
near future, In the Shipping Board
and in the railroad administration. If
the government goes out Of the busi.
ness Of developing a merchant marine
and when It relinduishes any degree
NJ rovfrol ns,sr fha handlins s.-nR >x>
Evening star., 1921-07-26
Fire Waste,

A workman smoking a cigarette
while cleaning a carpet on board the
tEiant steamer Mauretania in dock at
Southampton let fall spark which
.1gnited the petrol he was using as q
cleansing fluid. Immediately a flame
sresulted that spread and before the
,5ire could be extinguished the great
xship was almost a wreck. Three of
Bier decks had been gutted and it is
estimated that 1t will require at least
thalf year to repair the damage.
Traced to their sources, most great
cf1res start with insignificant causes
hnd are the result Of carelessness. The
etradition Of Mrs. O'Leary's COW kick
I5ng over lamp in a shed and thus
6starting the great Chicago fire of half
"a century ago has become established
khs a type Of needless destruction. Ac-
cepting that story as true, 1t is easy
10 see how the fire could have been
fprevented. A lamp should never have
been used in q stable, or If taken there
Dshould have been put out Of reach Of
The cows heels.
Despite the obvious danger, people
continually work around infiammables
nWith pipeA and CIGARS d-cisarettes.
Evening star., 1921-07-26

transportation lines. But In the Offices
at large. in what may be called the
permanent establishments, there are
no such surpluses Of clerical help that
wholesale economies can be effected
there without risking serious and
harmful loss in working capacity.
Whatever Is done in the way Of
reducing the departmental forces
should be very carefully considered.
Surveys are now being conducted in
connection with the budget work to as.
certain whether. there are any super
numerary employees. Doubtless such
cases can be found, and in the framing
up Of the appropriation bills of this
year these reductions can go into ef-
feet through the shortening Of the al
lowances. But it would be a grave
mistake. leading to much evil. to apply
a horizontal rule Of reduction in any
branch Of the government. In certain
Of the bureaus Of the federal admin
istration all persons on the roll are
working at capacity. Whether their
work is essential to good business ad-
ministration, they are now doing the
utmost possible. Their elimination to
any degree would congest the work of
those bureaus inevitably.
Inasmuch as the total possible saw
ings in personnel reduction are rela.
lively insignificant and the probable
consequences of indiscriminate force
cuttings are grave. the greatest care
should be exercised in any attempt to
ease the tax burden through the strip
ping Of the public offices. No good
business administration lessons its
force without making certain first that
the work can be done as we'll and as
promptly with the reduced personnel.
Evening star., 1921-07-26
Industrial Operation.

There is a significance in two ma jOr
news items which have lately claimed
the attention Of the American public
Of these items dealt with the Shipping
Board business wreck, a fiasco which
last year lost the American people
three hundred and eighty millions of
dollars. The second concerned the an
nouncement that Henry Ford had
bought an Obscure and impoverished
railroad, increased the wages of his
employees thereon. lowered its freight
rates, and was already making fair
return upon his invested capital.
Interesting as each Of these items is
in itself it is only by considering them
in conjunction that the true import
of each may be grasped. And since
the moral involved Is both timely
and a happy one it is well that it
should be dwelt upon for a moment.
In the failure of the Shipping Board
we learn Gf additional experience were
necessary for the learning) that the
touch of government in business is the
touch of death. We have seen the
effect of government operation upon
various types Of industry during the
past several years. Its operation of
the railroads, its building of airplanes,
it's running of munition plants and a
series of similar adventures have
brought home the truth. Ardent ad.
vocates Of government ownership and
operation to the contrary notwith.
standing. it is today a truism that
were a private concern to operate any
single business" which the govern.
ment has taken unto itself upon the
governmental basis it could not for
the space Of a year escape the hands
of receiver.
From Mr.. Ford's latest venture the
converse of that truism is derived.
From his experience it is learned that
even in an hour of grave business
depression-energetic, practical and
sound private enterprise will ever be
successful. 1t is learned that, given
product or a service for which there
is popular demand, a keen and an
honest American business man can,
under the most adverse of conditions,
not only operate his property at a
profit. but can. in so doing, better the
lot of every honest worker in his en-
ploy.
Combining these two truths the as.
surance is reached that American
prosperity must continue to be sought.
as it ever has been sought, not through
paternalistic and costly government
operation, but through the vigorous
and astute reckonings of the in.
dividual American. working as only a
man can work when his success in
life depends upon his individual effort.
In that truth lies the only solution to
many Of the problems with which the
nation is today beset.