The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-19
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Of the elements Of truth and sincerity
and less OF sbunkem and batting.
Not a West Virginia member but
who has had a batch OF this foreign
business TO attend &c. since the great
war began. And they still have 1t.
1t goes trough the State Department,
and where that department fails with
any OF 1t, 1t passes It over to No. 26'
Broadway and No! 20 finds the miss.
ing relative, no matter In what in.
accessible quarter OF the Old World
he may be, and more often than not
hands over to him or her, as the case
may be. the much needed money sent
from the folks at home and at peace
in Gods Country. There are many
foreigners in West Virginia, which
explains the large amount OF business
of this kind which the members OF
the delegation and their alert sec
retarial assistants have to attend to.
It has so happened that thus far the
bulk OF 1t has fallen to Congressman.
at:large Sutherland and Major Nelly,
OF the First district, although prac.
tically the first business that Con.
gresham. Edward Cooper has had
with the departments was business OF
that nature. Today. the State De.
partment notified Mr.. Nicely that
Salem N. Simon, tof Shinnston, w. Va,
had been located at Belt Merry.
Turkey, and that he urgently needs
$500 with which to get out .'of the
country and back to his Harrison
county home.
The money will be cabled him by his
brother, 7. NJ. Simon, by the Stand.
ard OIL Company, which located him.
The Simons are American citizens,
well.to.do business men OF Shinnston.
The brother that is stranded in Tur.
key was enjoying continental vaca.
ton trip when the war entrapped
him a long, long way from his New
World home and his bank account.
1t 1t should happen that a cores.
pondent had business which required
him to call at the French embassy
these days. and had neglected TO pro.
vide himself with laisser.passer, as
they say on French Creek, W. w.
well, he might call till he was hoarse
and he might get an answer from the
policeman on the beat or secret
service sleuth all dolled up in the
brass and braid that denotes the q.
allied rank of third butler.
II 1t were the German embassy,
which is the object OF his business,
he would find no "Wilkommen,n with
an almost American handshake to re.
inforce tho hearty greeting, as in the
quiet, unsuspicious days before the
Bosches doomed their 42-centimeters
and struck out for Paris via Belgium.
The same strange conditions OF affairs
he would find at the English embassy,
and at all others belonging 10 the
nations that are at war.
For, without any announcement of
1t, the government has thrown guard
outside and inside these palatial mar.
BILE piles which cluster together In
fashionable quarter OF the capitol.
There Is police patrol on the out.
side OF each. and within are detectives
inasquerading as menials.
No explanation OF It has been made,
and none is likely to be. The lads
who persue the elusive news item are
left in the mists Of surmise. Some
opinc that 1t was done to preserve
neutrality and peace among the am.
bassadors, under.secretaries and their
slayeys, while others OF more serios
mind over 1t advance the theory that
the precautions have been taken be.
fore the spring season for cranks,
fanatics and the nuts OF the nation to
head toward Uncle Sans own city
opens.
Various and many :are the reasons
given, but Senator Bill Chiffon, baak
here from Charleston for few days,
claims to know the real one. He says
that q 'ouse man from the Hinglish
hambassy passed tho blawsted 'ead.
quarters Of the Germans singing
"Tipperary" and a daschudt rushed
out and bit i'm on the cawlf OF the
leg. Then 1t was that the hobbies
were put on guard, old top!
Congressman Nicely shook the post.