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but not less clearly drawn. She moi
only marriss her chauffeur but lives
happily after. She becomes ?
stunt" performer In aviation. AS
might be expected. father and daugh'
ter, being like as two peas, are really
deeply fond Of each other--and lose
no chance to fight and hurt eacI
other. Such is the nature of power
full Wills and also, perhaps. OF per
sons whose care for each other is OF
a certain intensity.
Mr.. Webster aims at and achieves
no effects OF literary style: but he
writes we'll and effectively and clear
ly. His method is particularly sue
: cessful in a story Of this KIND Do
! cause he can write about big bust
ness" and finance In such a way that
! anyone can grasp the point. Ana
, this Is true even for those to whom
! the processes Of company organiZa'
! ton and stock manipulation arc on
tirely mysterious. And Mr.. Webster
is not afraid Of descending into the
l details of his peoples lives. nor Is
he ignorant Of those details. Thus
! he gets an effect OF exact realism
but without any of the ~CaricaturiSl
quality that one feels in reading the
novels Of Sinclair Lewis.
/ In fact. II is something OF a ques
tin whether Joseph Greer and His
Daughter is not a better American
novel than Rabbit. Probably not;
/ hut there is certainly n strong case
IN be made out for Mr.. Webster's
. hook as an ample. interesting and
i genuinely good American novel.
! (Joseph Greer and His Daughter
; BY Henry Kit"bell Webster. The
! Bobbs.M Merrill Company. 81
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-18

Broadway with Sidney lackme III
the title role: and that Rex ingram,
whodirected Turn to the Right and
THE Four Horsemen OF the Apoca
lrpes" for the movies. is to make tnH
film version of Scaramouche pretty
soOn.
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READIN' AND WRITlN'
PLEASANT TALKS ABOUT BOOKS AND
AUTHORS
EDITED BY GRANT OVERTON

story Of the adventures OF a ealdisI'
middle aged grocer Of Glasgow with
some Russian rutIianS and a prlh'
cess. To which We may add that the
title is Hunttngtower and tue booN
will be ready early In 1928.
That Lord CharnwCod. author oi
the best life Of Lincoln ever written,
Is writing a life of Roosevelt.
That somebody has remarked that
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-18
SEASONAL DECLINE
IN SALES OF Steel

Washing! on Dec. 1.-THE usuai sea.
sonal decline In sales of fabricated
structural steel was reported for No
vember In statistics issued today by the
department of commerce. " the
total sales for the month To have been
about ass per cent Of the shop capacit!
Of firms manufacturing the commodity.
October orders were about % per cent
Of the shop capacity
Figures also were given out By the de-
nartmeut estimating the total monthly
shop capacity of American plants fabri'
eating structural steel III 25h.0c0 tons.
This represents an increase Of approx
mateiy % per cent in the shop capae!t!
since 1913 and indicates. according 10
unofficial statements at the department.
that many fahrIca,ing plants are '7eins
used for dual purposes. the fabrication
OF structural steel when demands re-
quire. and the turning OK the plants 10
other uses IN OF seasons.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-18
Trv This Book This Week

Joseph Greer aud His Daugh-
ter. by Henry Kitchell Webster.
The struggle Of wills between
an unusua! and dominating man
and his modern daughter. Pub
lished by Bobbs-Merrill Co.
or
What | Saw in America, by Gil
bert x. CheSterton.
Not only what the ingenious
man say, but what he makes OF It:
which is entertaining and In
struCtive in his. usual perverse
fashion. Published by Dodd Mead
& Go.
Spiuster OF This Parish. by "
B. Maxwell.
II you haven't read it. One OF
the most entirely satisfactory
novels of the year. Or. ii you pre-
fer. read MaNwell's The Devils
Garden. or his In Cotton Wool.
Published by Dodd Meal 4 co.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-18
Son of Owner Shot In Leg
When He Tries, to Sound
Alarm.
Cow Crowd of 200 and Es-
capes Toward La Belle
Mill Yards.

Two masked burglars entered the
store Of Frank CarfaEna, SteubenVille,
last night and escaped with sill AFTER
shooting Felix Carfagna. ~. son OF the
proprietor when he attempted TO run
from the store.
Holding more tina 20J persons at
bay. attracted by the shooting. the men
led toward the LaBellc mill yards. and
late ,hia morning they had no: been
captured.
Shortly after 9:20. while the streets
were st!il dotted with pedestrians. the
bandit pair. wearing cloth masks. en-
tered tho confectionery store. Thc'son
was alone in tho store. Roth men pulled
rcvolvcrs and ordered him TO the rear
OF the room.
While one Of the bandits held him
prisoner the other rIfcd the register o.
s9nn in cash ard s21l in checks and ne
gOttahle paper.
AS he finished stuffng the money into
his pockets he Joined his companion
who was holding young CarfaRna at the
roint Of his revolver.
Debate Youths Pate.
They seemed undecided a. to what
disposition should I've made Of the
voungstrr. and as they stood debating
[ HTI1Rnl uHSi'N I" t'iN WV
He lodged around Z counter and az
he came into their vision both men fred.
rarfagna fell to the floor. q bullet hay
ing pierced his right leg. Rushing over
his wri,hinC body. the bandits Ned TO
the street. Mon md women who had
heard the shooting we're running towar!
tho store.
Erandishing their guns. the robbers
started TO back slowly into tho shadows
md before the police arrived they
turned and ran toward the LaB"lle mill.
The local authorities took M the
chase within five minutes after the men
had left the store. An intensive search
was instituted. hut NJ trace Of the rob-
hers was found.
Young Carfagna was taken 70 the
McGii!l hospital. His wound IL not con-
sidcrcd serious. IN describing the men
he declared both were negroes. but he
had never seen either before. The
masks they wore. he said. were evident
lv Of an ~improviscd nature and looked
as IL they had been torn from a shirt.
Home Talent Be,ief.
Frank CarfaCna and his family were
upstairs when the shooting occurred.
and Il wa. learned that the store Is gen
orally IN charge OF the son on Sunday
evenings.
In view Of his information. the police
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Pc n p oints

Talk about Christmas books. this
week" ran our Instructions.
We thought: What's the idea? DC
they want Pen Points TO read like Q
carol? Is it a long-drawn complaint
they're so lightly inviting? Talk
about Christmas books Oh. Well
we'll tell EN- somethin"
about Christmas books"
So here goes. For the last thre.
Christmases We have received an
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-18
Thugs Rob Steubenville Store Of
SAIL, Shoot Clerk and Flee

arc inclined to believe that the holdup
Is the work Of local men acquainteo
with C%arfagna's custom Of staying WIZ
his family Oh Sunday evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-18

A. 5. VI. Hutchinson will shortly ee
able TO say. with This Freedom Oh
tanned T am great sum-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-18

The Rock Of Gibralter Is covered
with white narcissi blooms in sprins
time.
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Books in the Offing

FOltunes Fool, o! NaIdeI oaUa
Uni.
Now appearing in McCall's Masa'
zine.
Many Marriages. by sherwood An.
ilerson.
Now appearing in the Dial.
The Vanishing American, by Ianc
Grey.
Now appearing in Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Isle of Retributjon. BY Edison
Marshall.
Now appearing in Popular Maya.
Zinc.
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Not That It Matters

This new MAGAZINE. Book Notes
published six times a year by Edwin
Valentine Mitchell. the bookseller. c.
Hartford. Connecticut. Is tull Of the
interesting irrelevaUCes OF literature
and literary people. From a single
PAGE In the current number We
learned
That David Lloyd George keeps
goats.
That John Buchau has written 4
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Home Talent Behef,

Frank C%arfaGna and his family were
upstairs when the shooting occurred,
and Il was learned that the store Is gen
orally IN charge OF the son on Sunday
evenings
In view OF this Information. the police
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-18

OF course. 1t is possible we shall
not receive the book this Christmas.
It Is also possible that George '
King will take office az president OF
ENGLAND on January l..
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-05
How Do They Do 1t?

: Americans who subscribed literally to funds
to buy food for starving Chinese did not and do
not begrudge their charity. They will, however.
wonder little at the spectacle Of armies charg-
ing one another around Pekin, expending much
high priced ammunition III an endeavor to seize
the capital Of the nation. Especially when neither
of these armies represents the nation, each being
a private enterprise set on foot by an ambitious
leader.
: Over in Russia several millions Of people have
starved during the last few months, in spite of
the utmost endeavor OF Americans to get food to
them. Our people have given without stint to
save these victims of famine, making no question
ofswhat caused the food shortage. Yet they do
so indace of the fact that the Russian government
as it exists has all through the trouble maintained
a large and we'll equipped army, and its leaders
have threatened war on other nations since the
Genoa conference began.
How do-ithey do it? The United States Of
America wealthiest Of all nations, is reducing its
military and naval establishments, cutting off
government expenditures in every direction, and
practieing economy in all its activities Will the
world be surprised if some day Americans de-
cline to contribute. to relief funds until the suf-
fering nations quit their foolshness and settle
down to orderly, productive life?
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-05
Recognition for Cooperation.

1--WE have reached the point where the right
OF the cooperative marketing organizations to
carry the products OF their members for orderly
marketing, until the consumer is ready to take
them, must be recognized and the necessary
financing machinery provided" Managing Di-
rector Meyer OF the War Finance corporation re.
ports to President Harding II was by the way,
at the request OF the chief executive that Mr..
Meyer made special investigation OF the farm
co-operatives. r.. q.
The official recommendation accordingly is
made that the need for orderly marketing in a
more gradual way and over longer period OF
time be frankly recognized, and that existing
banking laws and practces be adjusted to this
end What Mr. Meyer specifically asks is that
rediscount facility be established to make it
possible at all times for cooperative marketing
organizations to obtain adequate funds for their
operations. He recommends also that the
powers OF the Federal Reserve banks be extended
to include the purchase in the open market Of
eligible paper secured by nonperishable ,agricul-
tural commodities, properly warehoused =
Loans amounting to 100000 were granted
to cooperative institutions by the War Finance
corporation in the past year. A large part Of
this sum was not actually used, as once it be-.
came apparent that the credit was Forthcoming
from the government agency the farmer associa-
tions were able to finance thelnselve. through
local banking institutions. Recognition Of the
Importance OF these co,operatives represents an
important step toward the stabilization. OF Amer
ica's greatest industry. ,4s.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-05
Another Englishwoman.

When Mrs. Asquith landed in America she
hired aIpress agent in order to BE- properly ad-
vertised Lady Astor quites possibly is making
her way from one arumph Of oratory to another
without any such mentor. 1t is more evident that
Miss Maude Royden, another noted English
woman, did not have the benefit of any such
booming methods on her visit here. n
It is no credit to the newspapers and press
associations Of America that more was not heard
Of Miss Royden who is in many ways remark
able woman. She is London preacher Of won
derful power, and came overseas to attend the
Y. w. c. A., convention in Arkansas. Originally
she was 4 worker in the British suffrage move
ment ''@
The message of religion is an old one, and
yet Miss Royden is putting new vigor into. it.
Science, she maintains, is the handmade of
religion. and people will have to approach their
faith in scientific way.
we face all our modern questions in a scieh-
tiic spirit, whether we recognize it or not" she
said iuss before sailing home. >"The results of
scientific investigation filter through the news
papers and the magazines. And yet people do
not think Of their religion scientifically 1t is
because they imagine that if they start to nvesti
gate their religion they will find that it is not
true; they fear investigation II only they would
not fear, they would find the eternal truths are
there and religion will gain from science"
Measured any way you will, these are help
full words. 1T is to be regretted that more was
not heard from this sincere and gifted visitor.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-05
Taking Down the Crepe.

A million dollars worth of building is re-
ported to be under way in Fremont. This does
not represent any unhealthy boom but merely a
resumption Of steady growth. Talk of hard times
/. killed by such demonstration of the spending
ability of Nebraska community.
When three churches, with total cost Of
100000 are being built, It is difficult to maintain
that community is hard up. And what can be
said about the onerous nature of school taxes
when two new school houses costing s27S,Ooo
have been authorized by the people?
Construction of $4,000 factory for produc-
ing corn and alfalfa products bespeaks business
confidence in Dodge county, promising as well
= market for raw materials and employment for
more men. A new business block and thirty-hve
or more residences eonelete the list OF projects
under way and seem y round out complete
building program.
Fremont has taken down the crepe, and so
has the rest of Nebraska. York is preparing for
. building show, Broken Bow is carrying on a
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-05
Our Vanishing. Forests.

A report of the forest service made at the re-
questo of the United States senate shows that this
Of wood annually from its own wooded area and
is growing about 6,ooo,Ooo,Ooo cubic feet This
process-of slow production and rapid consump-
ton results every year in the addition of be-
tween 100000 and 100000 acres OF idle land
to the area of cutover land, and, the nation now
has over 300O00000 acres Of !cutover and, to a
shocking extent, burntover land
Nobody call the figures here printed dry
statistics" They are appalling. There are still
great areas of forest in America and if all the
suitable land were at work as it ought to be.
there would always be great areas of forest here;
but the present situation points to the time when
there will be virtually nothing left-Detroit Free
Press
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-05
Russia Learning the Rules.

Rei,era,ion by Secretary Hughes OF the United
States policy OF nonreeogni,ion toward the soviet
government. together with the attitude OF Bel
gium and France on the private property ques-
lion, must give even so naive diplomat as NJ.
Tchi,ehern cause TO think The United States
can not consider the existing form OF what passes
ior government, in Russia sound. for it is denial
OF the fundamental principles on which our gov
ernment rests. Our country also joins with Bel
gium and France in declining to accept any ar
rangement that condones the conhscation OF
property OF foreigners in Russia. No objection
is raised to the appropriation or naturalization
OF the belongings OF Russian nationals, but the
property OF foreigners seized by the government
must be compensated for That responsibility
must be accepted by the sovicts before any ap-
proach to an understanding can be made between
Washington and Moscow. The same principle
applies here as is invoked between the United
States and Mexico. The Harding administra-
ton does not intend TO abandon American cti-
zens domiciled or engaged in legitimate business
abroad
Seli-determination OF Russians is not involved
in this. Any form Of government that suits them
is permitted, but it will not secure approval and
enjoy communication with the United States un-
less il assume the same responsibilities that arc
recognized and accepted here. Compensation
tor property seized or destroyed, observance of
commercial contracts, and respect for interna-
tonal Obligations are essential to harmony Of in
tercourse, and without them there can be no
genuine relations between the governments.
Lenin and Tchitcherin alike are clamorous
for recognition. They are not pleased with the
program contemplated at Genoa. but they are
learning that established governments which
recognize human rights are more than little
wary as to setting up close communication with
a group that is pledged in every way to destroy
any and all forms of government not framed ac-
cording to their ideas OF what is right. Espe-
cialy in this country is bolshevism unpopular,
and the plea that America join in the Genoa con-
ference and extend the right hand Of fellowship
to the soyiets is insincere because those who
make it know that it can not be done with the
consent Of the American people. The soviet
crew is getting some needed lessons in elemen-
tary politics, just as its experience in applied
economics has served to show it something that
can not be done by issuing proclamations.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-05
National Control Failures

The tendency to look to the federal govern
mcnt to solve every problem and shoulder every
burden that becomes difficult for private interests
to solve or carry has been so much in evidence
in recent years that1t is not surprising to hear
many voices urging the government to take over
the coal mines and operate them.
Apparently, the governments experience In
operating private industry during the war and
since has made no impression upon those who
imagine that government control is the panacea
for all industrial ills.
What is there in the record to encourage any
such belief? Surely, not in the operation of the
railroads. The outstanding feature of govern.
inent control of the roads was poor service at
extra cost. Within few months the formerly
magnificent railroad system of the country was
almost demorazed. Labor became inefficient
and at times insoent. Rehabilitation of railroad
properties was largely neglected The federal
treasury was called upon to make good huge
deficits.
Having failed so utterly in the transporta-.
tional field, what reason is there to expect any
better success in the mining field, which if any,
thing is more difficult? To embark on such an;
enterprise as operating the mines would almost
surely mean another era OF extravagance, IN
efficiency of labor, and very likely an INADEQUATE
supply OF coal. .tss.se afsAss
Or, if our own governments experiences not
enough to warn against the impracticability Of
federal operation of private business, Canada
furnishes a feduy cAdIIlplC IiSit a. ou uoot' .S
Canadian government has been operating the
Canadian railways with the exception Of one i'm
portant system and it appears that the system
remaining in private hands is the only. one that
has paid expenses since the war s.
The governments of Canada admits it lost S70,-
00O O0sin operating the roads in 1920, while rail-
road authorities themselves estimate the loss at
$780, 100000 Another huge deficit was incurred
in 1921, which with the $l0O,0O000O interest that
had to be paid, cost the Canadian government
half Of its income last year. The shipping en-
terprise that was attached to the government
railroads has likewise, been the source Of huge
losses, the New York Times reporting that the
capital loss in the ships is rated at one-half
The coal problem is admittedly tough one
One side to the controversy appears to be as
culpable as the other. But government control
Of the mines would in all probability make mat
tiers worse if possible At least, that has been
the experience of every big venture in govern
ment ownership thus far tried on the American
continent--Hou Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-05
THE TROUBLE MAKERS.

IL will not be long before Industry
viii employ mental hysisnis,s 10 dis
cover the cause Of hish labor turn.
over Nor will IL be much longer
until industry makes use OF the same
mental hygienists TO discover why
isen who do not quit their jobs are
dissatisfied. dlssfantied and geher-
ally unhappy,
These were the predictions OF Dr.
y, y, southafd. very eiear-headed
specialist In Boston, who died soon
after he wrote what ~ quoted above.
When men ls unemployable
there IL probably something the mat
ter with him physically, mentally or
socially.
Also. when a man will not stick 10
Jobs because he eanno, get on with
his fellow employees or his employ
ers.
Also. when man sticks fairly
well. but Is unhappy himself and
makes those around him unhappy
Ma.be employers would save
money by trying 20 get az the causes
OF all these manifestations inside the
plant. Perhaps studies by mental
hysienists would make II possible 10
transfer some OF the men from Jobs
over which they are unhappy 10
other Jobs where they would be
happy.
At any rate. tho Engineering
Foundation thought enough of the
proposal 10 start the investigation
In which Br. Southard was engaged
az the time OF his death.
These are some OF the types OF
men who are unemployabie. or who
do not III In when they are employ
ed. according TO Ball;
Queer guys" cccentrlcs, disturb
ers. auerulous persons. unreliable
and unstable fellows. misfits. the ir-
rltable. the sullen. socially dis
gruntled. unsociablc. negative. con-
scientious, litigious. bear 4 grudsc.
peculiar. ''glad-handed." gosslpy.
rowing. restless. malicious. lying.
swindling. sex pervert. false ac-
cusator. abnormal suggestibillty and
mental twist types.
Match this list OF diseases OF dis
position with a part OF list of rea-
sons given by employers for sepa-
rating employees from the pay roll or
The study was made by Read and
relates to the labor turnover In a
large department store.
Agitator. carelessness. dishonesty
drinking. fighting. financial difficul.
ties. indifference. insubordination.
irregular attendance and dissatisfied
with supervision. resented criticism.
did not like working conditions and
work too hard.
The Read study does not 30 into
personality considerations. as docs
that OF Ball, but here and there the
trail of personality problems is seen
even in the Read study.
There are one or two items In
these tests that might call the at
tention Of the courts to the parties.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-05

One of the interesting features at the ma
tional capital is the agricultural lunch club,
composed Of western members of congress and
officials of the Department OF Agriculture. Gov
ernor McKelvie spoke there on his recent visit
TO Washington on the topic Of the War Finance
corporations work in Nebraska. It's good
thing to talk over the news from home, espe-
cially in the spirit indicated by the new name
of this organizaton-the Washington Hired
Mems club -3
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-05
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Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-05

great improvement program, Galway Is bresk-
ing ground for new sehool-and out in the fields
man and nature soon will Join their efforts 10
produce new wealth