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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29
MRS. BARNES ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF ". C.. 7. U.

SpecIa, 20 tho In'ellirnecnr.
C!arkS6urg. w. Va. Sept .s-Mrs
Olive 9. Barnes or Charleston was re
elected president OF the state Womens
Christian Temperance Union today at
It's annual convention IN progress here
Other officers chosen: Mrs. Cora Ogden,
of Salem. vice president; Miss Mildred
Barker. OF MorEaniown. secretfry. Mrs.
Blanche VI Pickering. OF Rowlesburg,
corresponding secretary; Mrs Allie Il.
Jackson, Of Jdrc Lew. recording secre-
:arS: Mrs. Lille Mac Fisher. OF Blue
fled. treasurer and Mrs. Edith Sweet,
OF Sia!bans, musical director.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

Tho New oeusraton-" by Jnns
Phelps, Will follow THE Revolt OF Vera
ssnSerson," BY the same author, which
snds tho week OF October l. This In
another OF those human stories, tense,
gripptaS. for which Mrs. Phelps -
noesd. Don't miss tho opening install
msnt OF The New QsnSraHon-"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

Congressman Wells GoolykooNtz has
recommended 20 the pCst0tr!cC depart
mont the appointment az tha :oll"wiuh
named az postmasters: Merritt j. BrC-
gan at Big Sandy. Mcdowell county.
Henry Newton Murphy at Anrwalt. M
bowel county; Audrey ID. Sruri"rk al
CARROTS Bend. Lincoln county. and for
appointment as acting postmaster a
zeal
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29
MOST DESTRUCTIVE MISSILE

WashiaE;on. Sept. IS T,s'+ Il 4 new
{ .o"H-nnTAd a"":ai h"mh. 81 d u T.. tao
h"iy!es, hEi probably thc nos. drSiv.I"-
I've eve: constituted, W. l." hid
Nh"rd".u proving EI'-iHdS. M'"s.r
tomorrow. Measuring fourteen feet IN
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

Now :" IS proved that Mrs OTaary
an her cow I'D not start the great Chi
UaEO FIRE. Well. somebody dId
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29
SEEKING LIGHT WINES

Bacon RurIEr i.r Sep. .. r." '"n-
.,ir today passed &, r"s"..t."" pe.:t."a:nE
10y ErrsS 81 modify tn" N,.sj"au n,. =
p"rr.!: the. SIZE flo: ..Ent H.L" ana beet.
The vote wh- - :" Is.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

y the pos,oHioe department TODAY
.m"SsionS as postnIaSterS. fo"r'h
-. were issued to MINI 4 G"dhy
,wks Nest. Fayctte county. Al,xand":
" Finnege!. Standard. and Ulric -
/ iawley. Brady.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29
What Other
Editors Say

Tho New York World. which IS the re-
morse!ess and tireless enemy OF law
less West Virginia, takes due cogniz-
anCe we hope. Of the five essential muir
derS. three suicides and score or more
OF burgiar!es and rohheries which have
occurred In It's own ha!liw!ck within
the past six days.--Hunt!nEton Herald
Dispatch
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

Tho price OF oil 10 advancing .., 100
which will be good news to - OF
good OIL stocks Holders o" t.. thor
kind arc not interested IN o.. ...'Ys.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

Mea, dealers n Akron ,oing to
cut their prices n g. pound.
That's the real way /. business
these days.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

II publicity he all thpt Is rcccssary.
the new Ku KluS Kan "uEh. - grow
by tho well known caps aah bounds
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

Clement Ste!umetz ard William Hel!'
crs. both prominent business inen II
Wheeling. are among tho West Virginia
visitors in the capital today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

~. ros'UriCc department has issued
&C." order giving through NAL service
between True and r!pestem, Summers
county. mus providing the connecting
NIX which gives direct through mail
errvic" between Hinton and Princeton.
This is an ,mN"o'cw"nt which the pat
sons a,rnE th!s mail route have long
S,rpt,,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

Henry Ford - going % c.ean up rol!-
ttre. That Will be h1s.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

.f'u o.. the visitors in the Ci;y arc
NJ. $500 Mrs. FRANK Stanm. J. -. Dillon
uaI b. ~. Weiss of Wheeling and JUtE"
y {. Willis OF New Martinsvil,e.
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length and about two feet in diameter.
e.. -. .......... designed to carry law
in..;uS oe TINT.
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rrprtrht 10y George Matthew Adams

C",umh!p R"c.-d- The ;'o!!"" couldn't
take "p he modem 4 lis f'r being with
un. y.SIh'o MEANS % support
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-29

T~o r.@~.." awards Ivy thv icA.."r'
Evening star., 1921-09-04

of the Atlantic. the specialists re-
main in London. with the public
market.
New York. today. is the banking
yet for 1000 years the gold-dealing
ships Of England have been making
the gold market London, and just as
the diamond specialists make Amster-
dam the diamond center, although
the diamonds do not remain there. so
the public market still gives London"
Add that London is the great COM
mercial power of Europe, having the
greatest balance of trade, it increas-
How different is the situation Of
Washington-althou New York
may be the banking center of the
world all you please.
Nobody is afraid Of Washington"
says Mr.. Duras. But, over here In
Geneva. chosen originally as tho city
of the league of nations for the very
opposite calculation. II the diplomatic
union created by the league of ma
tions has failed, it has been principal
y, on the side Of Europe; by reason Of
premacy.
Some groups wanted Brussels for
the league of nations. some Geneva,
some The Hague. otheks different
clt1eS. ana even wnen SuCn 1nn0cent6
were agreed on the contro! of one
like Geneva by a predominant power
came to be dreaded.
THE pact of Versailles" he says.
provided that the administrative
functions of the league. including
council and assembly. should be To-
Gated at Geneva, and that the judi
ciary system be located at The Hague.
Since that agreement the assembly
has met twice at Geneva, but the
conferences of the council have met
in various cities, according to the con-
venience Of the premiers!"
+ +
ILIHAT is it that IL making WASH
E" ington the diplomatic. center
Of the world-and Of Europe?
Why, the necessity of things. both
imminent and immanent. President
Harding has had the great privilege
to make himself great in history by
recognising it, with tact; but events
were pointing the way, in Europe
painfully. in South America more
gayly.
'For South America" says Mr..
Duras, "'Washington has become more
convenient than London, Paris or
Geneva, as is shown by an amusing
Evening star., 1921-09-04
Washington Great Diplomatic Center of the World Power

capital. her hotels are good. As for
the meeting place. a number OF in
ternational conferences have been
held at the Pan-American Union.
which is very commodious for such
purposes. Some have been held in
Contiental Hall of the Daughters of
the Revolution. Others have been
held in the auditorium of the Ma
tional Museum. All three are new
buildings, beautiful and modern"
Also, at conference of Washing
ton, they will accomplish something
in itself. he says, a novelty,
The distinctly business -pike ia
cilfties Of Washington will make it
possible for the conference to move
with dispatch. which is more than
could be said of the late conferences
of Europe. That of Versailles never
ended.
when Victor Cambon returned to
Paris from his Washington trip he ex-
pressed particular astonishment and
admiration for the departments' faciI-
tiles for dispatching work - tele-
phones on every desk. communications
without delay, freedom to see func-
tionaries and state your business. lib
erty to go and come without interfer-
ence of ushers in silver neck chains.
AL this admiration, he summed up in
three luminous words: The swivel
chair"
X **
"WHEN was United States judge
at Panama. says Duras. I
saw in miniature this rivalry of cities
which is automatically threatening
the allies. There had been three at
tempts. down there. to bring about
the federation Of Central America. All
failed by rivalry of cities"
Their good will was complete@like
that of London and Paris. But
Three times constitutions were
adopted, but when II came to locating
the capital in any one state the whole
son of the fear that such promi-
nence of any one of their cities would
make its state supreme over its fell
! lows. First. they wanted Salvador,
because the state is small. Never
| theless. it was objected that even
Subsequently. there was a judicial
! union, which made San Jose. capital
| of Costa Rica. the judicial center.
, Carnegie gave the money for tie
i building, as he had done for the
Palace of Peace at The Hague. Work
| was begun. but even the elements
| were against it-an earthquake over
| turned all! And. now. I am inclined
I! to believe that the Central American
union, which they have agreed on.
will fail in like manner. unless for
great affairs they can shift the
ITO Washington" I interrupted.
| "Yes, to Washington, the fair. calm
capital that has no fear of being
! dominated. no desire to dominate. re-
, moved from European passions, YET
| the capital of a country wherein all
| races and nationalities are centered.
We have proved the possibility OF
one great center of sovereign states
| living in harmony together. The very
atmosphere of Washington conduces
| to harmony among nations. Happy.
| the fevered. worried. fatigued allies
to be convoked to Washington"
Evening star., 1921-09-04

est today-in the matter Of the Ian
guages to be used at Washington.
The Spanish delegates had signed
eednr he Of tha ebn
pines to the United States. Almost
Immediately a controversy arose as to
whether such control" was meant in
French or English sense. In French
1t means simply right of supervision;
in English. it includes the meaning
which we naturally attach to it-ad-
ministration. The Spaniards denied
that they had signed In this English
sense. but the weight of the congress
of Paris itself was against them. and
Spain, we were confirmed in the posi-
tinn we since hold in the Philippines.
It was the first time in which
French as the diplomatic language
sasidss Language and people. there
Belgium has declared and shown by
her acts that she Identifies hefsef
as q unit with France, economically.
politically and. most of all. militartly.
to watch at the frontier, and the
Washington conference on disaruna-
ment will find them standing to-
gether.
Poland has been forced to look to
France.
Italy. according to the speech of
her minister of foreign affairs, has
her interests identical with those of
France, in the MAN,. and the two
>m"st stand together. bit. as he
added in his recent speech. in many
present disputes about the winding
up of the war and the observation of
the Versailles treaty, Italy must
stand with England.
Il \ II X
r ONDON has naturally the greatest
- horizon. on world politica of any
city. because Of her great empire
which stretches quite around the
world.
"The fact that her influence. is SO
great and widespread and has be-
come so much more great and wide
spread since the war;" says Mr..
Duras makes diplomatic fear in Eu-
rope that she will become too great
The historical struggle for Constanti-
nople is present aggravation. No
European nation wants any other
powerful European nation to have
control of that strategic point be-
tween Europe and Asia"
London, too, has been the gold mar
ket of the world; and, while the
weight of gold is now on our side
Evening star., 1921-09-04
The Ancient GinckO.
CHEMISTS tell US that the gint

- CHEMISTS tell US that the gincko
pronounced jinc'ko-is the old
est form of tree in existence; that
it really belongs to time when
the pterodactyls, the flying lizards.
were the only creatures to light in its
branches and when the terrible lizards.
the dinosaurs, walked this earth. These
strange animals have perished. but the
tree still survives. For thousands and
thousands of years the gincko has been
planted and tended in China, because to
the Chinese it has a religious signifi-
canoe. Apparently. there is no place in
the whole world where it now grows
wild. though there are fossil remains in
many places. A similar tree is even
found in our own Potomac formation
From China the gincko was introduced
into Japan with Buddhism in the fifth
century B. c. and from Japan 1t came
to America. When 1t was first intro
duced here there was a story rife that
in order to have it grow successfully it
was necessary to bring with it and plant
about its roots soil from its adopted
homeland, Japan.
No other tree growing in the city of
Evening star., 1921-09-04

fact Panama has a dispute with Costa
Rica, and they appealed the other
day to Secretary Hughes. His reply
did not lack SAVIOUR. Both of you
signed for the league of nations ran
his answer. Therefore you should not
come to me with your differences. but
lay them before the league of nations.
by whose decision you have agreed to
stand or fall. You have appealed to
Caess to Caesar go ye" But
their spontaneous movement was to
go to Washington"
The objection that Washington is
across the ocean from Europe is an
swered by the fact that she is not SO
far across the ocean from China and
Japan as Europe Is.
1.-The wayf things are shaping out.
in general. makes Washington quite
as central a world position as Paris
or London. The facilities for ocean
travel are such as to make the dis
tance negligible. and the trip of five
or seven days makes but a needful
relaxation for the minds Of diplo-
mats"
As a Washingtenian. he repeats the
dictum of Gen. Grant, after his trip
around the world, that Washington is
the most beautiful of cities.
I'm comparison with any European
Evening star., 1921-09-04
Origin of Gunpowder.

THE Chinese were long credited
with the invention Of gunpowder.
but not long ago evidence was ad-
duced to indicate that this is a mis-
take. and that the Arabians did not.
as commonly supposed. introduce gum
powder into Europe during the eighth
and ninth centuries. 1t is believed by
the most competent authorities now
that the manufacture Of the first gun
powder was based upon the Fire
Book" Of Marcus Graecus. which ap-
peared In Constantinopie about the
middle Of the thirteenth century. This
was the source from which Roger Ba-
con, Albertus Magnus and Thomas
Aquinas derived their knowledge Of
gunpowder. The first use Of gun
powder to drive projectiles Is as
cribed to q monk. Berthold Schwartz,
whose discovery was made accident
ally while preparing the mixture for
medicinal purposes.
Evening star., 1921-09-04

ETC.. all look with hope to Washing
ton. because they have come to dread
preponderating center in Europe
either Paris or London"
Paris, by reason of her geographical
position. the genius of her people, their
riches and the use of the French Ian
guage in diplomacy. was the true dip
lomatic center of Europe up to 1870.
and even in that shadow, she re-
manned greater than might be imag-
ined.
+ X + +
oCoNSIDER only our own diplomatic
conferences since 1870" he says
THE Bering strait conference was
held in Paris. and the Spanish-Ameri-
can war was settled, not in London or
any olher European city. but by the
congress of Paris. Now that the
weight of 1870 is taken from France.
England herself fears the preponder-
ance of Paris-all in businesslike
and friendly way. but the rivalry is
there, ana 1t explains many things"
One picturesque detail Of the con-
gress of Paris Ii of the utmost inter-
Evening star., 1921-09-04
Children of the Mesa.

THE home Of the Oraibi branch of
the Moqui Indians is mesa 500
feet high. upon which the old Indians
practice the snake dance and other
favorite ceremonies of the tribe. But
it is probable that the coming genera
ton. or perhaps the present one, will
grow out of these things. The white
man. with his schoolhouse and other
usases of civilization. has found the
young Indians and made friends of
them.
Some years ago these Indians of the
mesa were considered hostile because
they exhibited more opposition to the
influence of the whites than did the
other Moquis. When it was proposed
to build a schoolhouse at the base Of
the mesa and to place all the children
in school, the parents stubbornly re-
fused to permit it. But a house was
built and after long and persistent
effort every child of proper age was
enrolled as a pupil. The indians, who
had SO vigorously opposed at first,
became jealous friends of the school
as soon as they saw the results of it.
The enterprise has been very sue
cessful. and now one may stand near
the school at o'clock in the morn
ing and, looking up at the plateau
500 feet above. see suddenly a curl;
Gus thing. Little children, looking
like little dolls. begin to appear over
the edge of the mesa. One child
comes into view behind another. and
soon the face of the great rock is
alive with the little creatures as they
descend, in singlefle, the steep zig
zag path leading to the base of the
mesa and the school. The little folk
seem to be hanging to the wall of the
immense rock as they slowly descend
the face of ii. They keep pouring
over the edge at the top. and the
head of the line has reached the
school on the plain below before the
last of it leaves the mesa.
When the struggling line comes
fully into view it is nearly half a
mile long. A fanciful person might
see in its convolutions on the path
some resemblance to the movements
of a snake. and think of it as the
snake dance with which the young
Indians have replaced that Of their
grandfathers
Evening star., 1921-09-04
AROUND THE CITY

I'm proud to think got off this easy,
when SO many women younger than i,
who come down to the city right along.
get run over by automobiles every day
and I'm not used to accidents, either!
It's the first one that ever happened to
me, and I'm glad OF the experienced
way l got out of it"
She was 80 obviously primed for q
boast that would last her all her life,
that the boy having looked hard at her.
as if puzzled to know what she was
talking about picked up his bike and
then cons idered the other woman. She
smiled back and nodded with tender in
dulgence at the little old soul. And he
must have understood. for he grinned
with a Wilderness that showed every
white tush in his mouth. and then whiz-
zed on, with the old lady smiling good
bye.
1t was doubtless his first object lesson
in that laughable. pathetic. ridiculous
and splendid riddle we know as human
nature. MAMIE LANCASTER.
Evening star., 1921-09-04
Washington's Famous Trees
By Mrs. Isabel Sewan Hunter. ss4e.s.ss~5.z- :

The branches Of the gincko at q dis
tance seem to be long, free, swinging
fronds. Nearer. they show rudiment-
ary side branches, short twigs few in
number. The leaves are fan-shaped,
with a radius of less than two inches.
the parallel veins lying so closely
packed as to resemble the ridges in
heavy grosgrain ribbon. The gincko
is often called the "naiden-hair tree"
because these leaves do repeat In
heavy, leathery, grosgrain material the
shapes of the dainty. delicate maiden
hair fern"
The fruit Of the gincko is something
like persimmon IN appearance. The
outside flesh smells abominably, and
for that reason cuttings from male
trees are much better liked for street
planting than the trees which bear
fruit. There Is, however. after the
flesh has been taken of, a thin
shelled nut which the Chinese roast
slightly and eat at wedding feasts
and other social occasions. much as
we eat olives AS with olives. also,
perhaps the liking Is an acquired
taste, for some Americans at least.
do not care for these YIN kuo," silver
nuts. --.=
The gincko is not a very good tree
for shade. The branches are too
few or too slender, sometimes both:
Evening star., 1921-09-04
BY STERLING HElLIG.

PARlS, August IL, lSzl.
~ OR nearly three years Amer
H lean newspaper correspondents
in Paris have been on rush and
strain to learn what new quib-
bic British diplomacy has been put
ting up to French diplomacy. and vice
versa.
London correspondents were in the
same predicament. And Belgians.
Italians and all the others had come
to consider after-war diplomacy as a
sort of boxing match between Paris
and London.
Now. President Harding has issued
his convocatfon for an international
conference at Washington and the
situation suddenly becomes clear.
"A struggle has been going on since
the armistice for the diplomatic suprem-
acy of Europe" says my clear-seeing
informant, land the great gesture OF
the American President is to beckon
away from a natural but dangerous
rivalry Of cities-Paris and London
in favor of third city. washington,
which is, by its nature, blameless, re-
assuring, healing"
.THE man who sees this over here'
is Washingtonian and citlzen
of the world. who represented New
York state at the original dedication
of the Palace of Peace at The Hague.
He is Victor Hugo Duras. now In Par1s
gathering data for his new work on
"a History of American Diplomacy.
Mr.. Duras was United States judge
at Panama at the age of twenty-five
and the youngest government judi
ciary official at the time. In 1911 ne
wrote his prophetic brochure on The
World War;" in which he stated that
the kaiser would strike against Eu-
rope before the third peace CONFER
ence of The Hague, which was 10
have been held in 1915.
Having attended The Hague dedica-
t;on for New York state. where he had
Neen twice candidate for Congress. he
asked for the appointment as vice
consul at Liege, in anticipation OF
the war, and he was at Liege ou.ns
the siege, where he was slightly
" ounded-the first American 10 pc
wounded in the world war. He was SUD-
seouently ordered to Petrograd, whence,
in the end. he was almost the nIst
American to be put over the frontier by
the bolshevists.
He is a doctor Of laws. and expert
ance at a number Of international con-
ferences gives him special interest,"
in this subject, which is SO ciose 10
fhe heart and pride of every Amerl-
can.
washington is becoming the dipio-
matte center of the world" says Mr..
Duras. mot merely in moral sense,
but geographically. The smaller pow
ers. Italy, Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Jugoslavia, Rumania, Turkey. Greece.
Evening star., 1921-09-04
FRoNDs OF THE ANCIENT G1NCKo.

Washington seems to take such a great
variety Of shape as does the gincko.
The young trees are tall and slender. re-
nlinding one of red cedar or Lombardy
poplar There is a young tree on 18th
street near New York avenue with top
branches dropping. giving the silhouette
Other trees have limbs turned upward
like candelabra. and. also like candela-
bra, the trees may be f1at-topped as
well, while still others may be as round
shalf way between the prehistoric ferns
and the varied trees Of our present age,
a repeating for our benefit the labora-
tory experiments 1t tried out In aeons
past.
Evening star., 1921-09-04

but it is always graceful, and abso-,
lutely free from disease and insect
pests.
In China and Japan, where the name
is pronounced with the hard g.
gincgo-there are magnificent old
trees. One in Japan Is said to be
thousand years old. The Oldest In
America is in Philadelphia, but the
best known American trees are. here
In front Of the Agricultural Depart
ment building. There are some ninety
trees. all well grown. Three Of these
ginckos In front Of the Agricultural
Department are the ones shown In the
sketch. y.
Evening star., 1921-09-04

CTERLG I1EG The Sunday Star France
- Victor Hugo Duras Selection the United States
Location of Disarmament Cfe Smaller Powers Look With Hope
Washington Because They Dread EuroThe
One Good SeionWh
Of the Past Were Eeld-The Central World Position