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Evening journal., 1915-11-22
SILVER SHE'LL no CLEAR.

The Silver shell. built by the Har-
Ian and Holiingsworth Corporation
for the Shell Co. OF California. is
about completed and ready for her
trial trip. AZ the plant Of her build
ers this morning it was stated that
she was about ready TO leave but
would not get of until the early part
Of next week. Captain Percy Gibson
and his crew Of forty men are here
ready to man the new tanker.
Evening journal., 1915-11-22
TOoK sHoT AT CITY RABBIT.

Walter H. Keen. Of Thirty-hrst and
Monroe streets. was arrested this
morning by Patrolman Fairchild on
the charge Of discharging a firearm
in the city limits. II is alleged that
Mr.. Keen took a shot az a rabbit that
was running about Eastlake. The
case will he heard in City Court to-
morrow morning
Evening journal., 1915-11-22
eoopING LATE WITH PAYMENT.

John Gooding colored, was arraignod
in City Court today on a charge of lar
ceny as baiee of 1913 from w. d. Null
lin & Company on July %, and held in
$500 bail for court While acting as a
teamster for the company he is said TO
have collected the money and failed TO
pay il over. lie wrote to the company
from Oxford, Md, later. saying he had
the money and would pay IL over later
Evening journal., 1915-11-22
THANKSGIVING nANCE-

The Y. NJ. II. A.-Y. w. II. A. Thanks
giving dance will be held on Wednes-
day evening. November "a. in the Y.
NJ. II. a. Hall. Indications are that the
affair will prove one Of the biggest
events ever held by the joint associa-
tions.
Evening journal., 1915-11-22
HUNTERS HAVE LUCK.

John w. Ford aud James y. Smith.
OF Newport have returned home af-
ter spending a week on a cunning
trip in Hartly and other nearby
towns. They brought home six rab-
hits each which all the law allows.
They said that game was plentiful
Evening journal., 1915-11-22

and went across the fields without
lights until they reached the road.
They arrived in Niddletown in time
TO accompany the pastor of a West
Side church as far as this city. The
Middletown automobile they used was
taken to the garage the next day.
Evening journal., 1915-11-22

The Want Ads are noted the country
over for being the only allies that
make success in business certain. Be
advised. therefore. and get the Want
Al allies on your side and you cannot
help but win success. s.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1915-11-22
FRACTURES CHuD's SKULL.

Kicked by a horse. on his fathers
farm yesterday morning, James Sui
livan, aged 4 years, OF near Silverside,
had his skull fractured The child
was removed to the Delaware Hospi-
tai where II was said this noon that
his condition was good.
Evening journal., 1915-11-22

TIE general experience OF mothers
- fAsf rufeemzi1E are fhe most din
t|n. y 3ou consult the mothers who
tzff been satisfied In this line. you
ejii en1 fbat IN ninety per cent Of
10 fee<e they obtained their nurse
wxi<ie through Want Ads,--Ady.
Evening journal., 1915-11-22
CUNNTNG AT REHOBOTH.

zadoc Pool. assistant secretary OF
the Street and Sewer Department. is
on a weeks cunning trip along Reho-
both Bay.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-03
VOTING BY MAIL

VOTING BY MAIL.-Test or straw
voting, especially by mail, having
proven such a close approximation to
the official ballot in a great number
of instances, it suggests the practical
bility of substituting voting through
the postoffice for the present COM
pick, expensive and fraud-inducing
system.
Every voter could have his private
registration number on record; postal
cards could carry the vote, numbers
being written thereon instead of the
names of voters, so about the same
privacy which affords the main pre-
text for baIlot-box and personal vot-
ing could be maintained. Safeguards
would inevitably be invented to make
forged tickets even more rare than
check-raising or forged names to
drafts. Banks rely upon signatures
and few simple means Of protecting
against imposition, and were politi-
clans less anxious to cheat there
would be changes in vote-cOllecting
making fraud impossible. Voting ma
chimes costing millions have aided
ballot stuffing and helped grafters
rob public treasures.
The very simplicity of mailed votes
would arouse the hostility of thieving
politicians. Edison suggested simple
push buttons marked aye and nay,
electrically connected with the clerks
nesk in legislatures, to swiftly and
visibly count the will of the members,
lights to the right or left showing the
total votes at glance.
But, it was explained to Edison, po-
Iiticians would have no chance to
cheat with such an apparatus, so the
scheme failed of adoption.
In time, particularly when the hui
man beasts of Europe and America
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Working Class while all ''hobos' are
called. capitalists. Will Max answer
this: On what just ground does he
condemn a scab for accepting a job
he, Max, has rejected? Why it is
Max's job after he resigns? Will you
consider what Henry George meant
when he said 81 am for men"?-C. F.
Hunt.
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HAVE THE CAKE AND EAl lis
TOO.-Now that a Public Ownership
league has been formed let us hope
it will use its efforts to see that pub
icly-owned utilities are properly
managed when acquired.
There is considerable opposition to
public ownership, but the most serl-
GUS and the easiest to overcome is
from citizens who see it's abuses only
and do not understand their causes,
or at Ieas make no effort to remove
them.
Chicago's municipal enterprises
seem to have been acquired solely
for the purpose of paying the polit-
icaI debts of those in power. The
public is to blame for this. 1t de-
cides to cooperate and do something
for it's mutual benefit and then
chooses some one to do it for them
who doesn't believe in it or is strong
for rewarding their friends and pun
ishing their enemies. This is about
the same as making all arrangements
for a trip to Crown Point for your
self and best girl and then calling in
your hated rival to spoil it all.
Things socially used should be So
cially owned and public service
should be the aim of those directing
them: To achieve this the logical
thing to do is to select people to do
it who believe in the principle
Frank Guynn.
NO CLASSES Max Man
clings to caste and sees remedy only
in struggle of classes, which is really
nothing fundamental. 1t is libel on
creation to assume groups that are
destined to fight each other to the
bitter end" Who destined them? l
do not act as agent for any class, nor
do l seem to. Class struggle is as |
though two groups of slaves should |
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perhaps theoretical rather than practical for two rea
sons. ID the large percentage Of gold that nan-
ciers will require 70 be deposited with them as re
serve against the liability; and t2 the large amounts
OF our American) securities consisting of high
class railroad bonds which will also be required as COLI
lateral security In the end the allies will pay high
price for tho accommodation The interest charge will
be heavy and the prices they are paying for the sup
plies they will buy with the proceeds are high in pro-
portion
The financial necessities OF the allies thus frankly
confessed There is hardly any concealment OF the
financial burden under which Germany is staggering
The Berlin Yorwars in recent article points out that
after the the imperial debt and pensions alone win
demand annual expenditure Of at least 900
little less than the united ordinary and extraordi
empire hitherto will only suffice to pay the interest
the national debt" II
Some writer's fear that German imperial finance faces
great difficulties due the recent of the empire
and to the fact that many Of revenue
tanned by the sates at its formation For instance the
income tax in Great Britain vast revenue producer
is In Germany reserved for state and local purposes
Even the extraordinary tax levied by Germany in 1913
IA for military purposes In theory based not In
come but capital In 1912 the empire drew from. ma
tricuar payments by the states only s5700o000 who
remembers" says the Yorwarts, "the taxation
troverses of 1908 and 1909 easily imagine into
internal political difficulties the war is leading u.s. n
One and all, the warning nations have on the purely
financial side Of undertaken titanic task Modern
invention has made modern warfare frghtfuy destruc
tive Of capital well Of life. 1t is possible, there
FORE that the writers who have predicted that the
would be decided by preponderance OF credit right
Pittsburgh Press
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GET BUSY RIGHT NOW.

er of Gold for Babies contest The contestants are
now on the final lap OF the race for gold, and now
is the time to show your class Don't hold back any re-
strength now for the home stretch and
must go fast to land in first place. The race is close
and the one who land the most subscriptions during
the final days of the campaign will undoubtedly be
in Farmont
The triple vote offer remains open for four more days.
the big competitive offer remains open for nine
days-get and get busy The big contest will close
Saturday evening Sept 95. and you must make good
from until that date to stay in the race. Make up
mind that you going to bring victory for your
candidate. and then get out and hustle.
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"A MILLION REsERvIsTs.

A DVocATES of the policy of preparedness see much
~ to encourage them in plan suggested by Mai.
Gen. Leonard Wood for the raising OF a million or
reserviss. Briefly stated, he proposes that the
great army OF unemployed be transformed into an
army of drilled into efficiency by three,months
course of training under military supervision In
for this service, according the plan proposed.
would receive board lodging and uniforms Free
in addition thereto each would be paid the sum OF six
dollars month.
An increase of the military strength OF this country
such proposed is "a consummaton devoutly to be
Wished and the fact that Gen. Wood believes can be
effected in this will be generally accepted as
convincing he having given much thought to the subject
of preparedness still further benefit the nation would
be the reclamation of the downs and OUTS" as they
would be converted into useful citizens sound in body
and mind, and therefore would be in prime condition to
the battle of llfe regardless OF Whether or not
they should be called upon to fight for their coun.
try's honor.
Thus through the putting into effect Of Gen. Woods
pan there would be distinct benefit to the nation the
community, to the individual himself and to those who
naturally are dependent upon him. With the promise
of such desirable results the plan certainly is worth
trying.
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SYSTEM" WHICH MUST BE DE.
STROYED.

II this nation is TO be placed on a
plane OF decent preparedness 1t must
first smash into smithereens the sys.
tenn that has strange hold upon its
Congress. This is the system of the
pork barrel. The system Of the pork
barrel Is the national menace. pre-
eminent and paramount. There are
greater offenders and lesser, but with
a very few brilliant exceptions the
members Of the Congress of the Uni.
ted States have all responded to the
bidding Of the system whose shib.
boleth is 'the old flag and an approp-
riation."-N. Y. Herald.
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HIS REVENGE.

Two lrishmen employed in con.
struction work on the New York sub.
way were engaged in conversation on
a Broadway surface car.
you are becoming industrious
lately, Pat?' said Mike.
"shure an l have BEEN" said Pat.
II was arrested for assaultin' O'Hara
last week an the joodge said II l
came back on the came charge he'a
foine me twinty dollars"
49," came back Mike, you're
workin' hard to keep your hands off
o'Hara?"
"Divil Bit" exclaimed Pat, I'm
working to save up the twinty dol
lars, bedadi
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WAR NATIONS FINANCE.

- He visit OF the French.Anglo commission TO this
country Us one Of the most important events of the
y war from the financial stand point. This commits.
sion, representing the allied governments comes to dis.
cuss with chief bankers manufacturers the es.
abshn,ent OF large credit for the allies How much
they desire at this time is not officially declared but the
prevailing opinion is that they seek direct loan or
credit Of less than s5oooOOoOO to begin WITH and an
additional S5o0o00ooo II the lasts year or two
longer, Nwoud seem unlikely at first glance tina,
American fnancers should be willing to advance ST..
oocoooooo 70 countries engaged in war OF doubtful
outcome Andy the money lent to be spent right
here In the United States, the temptation to run the
risk IL strong And after all has been said the risk is
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Tho West vrslnlan is on sale daily in Atlantic City att
Beredoi News Co. South Carolina and Atlantic Ayes
Atlantic News Agency Younss Pier.
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER IA. 1915.
HOPPE FOR SETTLEMENT.

+ - CUNT Won BERNSToRFF, the German ambassa.
dor this country is still hopeful of negotiating
- complete understanding between tho United States
and his country on the problems which now confront
them. He had confidential talk with Secretary Lam.
sing yesterday while details OF this meeting have
been given for publication 1t is understood that the
two officials discussed the Arabic in detail and took
up the matter OF the German note on the case the for
egn agent endeayoring to show the sentiment be-
hind the last note from the Teutons.
Ittsto hoped that the situation between the United
States and Germany does not assume more serious
aspect than the present me for, owing to the fact
thst the relations between the countries have been
strained so long 1t is likely that IL the United States
and Germany sever diplomatic relations 1t will practt
ealiy be declaration of between the two nations
which p state of affairs that not wanted either in
this country orn Germany Germany has plenty on ncr
hands at the present time without taking the Unea
States. while we haze plenty to do at home without get
Ting mixed up in the disgrace across the water.
The Dumba case is still unsettled. The United States
still awaits some official action by Dumbas country in
regard 70 his recall and nothing in the case will
develop untths answer is forthcoming 1t is expected
at any time, and then the officials at Washington will
know Just how the requstion for the recall of Dr. Dunn
ba mas been received in Hungary That nation
should have good sense to recall their diplomat who
has proved HIMSELF to be diplomat ALL By SO doing
Austria Hungary will avoid any further complications in
the case and incident will be considered closed
Should they refuse the of the United States
then the situation Is still more complicated and It will
be up the United States to make the next move The
public Is anxiousy waiting for new developments in the
case
Or. pumba, 1t is said, is making preparation to sail
for home soon thus showing that he thinks his govern
msnt will grant the request Of Uncle Sam for his recall
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ranking only after Great Britain, is
significant. 1t behooves America to
see to 1t that this progress. achieved
because Of the exigencies OF war, is
not only continued but advanced. But
the best endeavors OF individuals and
OF government would be OF little avail
unless energetic efforts are made to
create sea power to defend a mer-
chant marine.-N. Y. Press.
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WASHINGTON. ID. c., Sept. Ia
There will be no new dances to be
learned by the ,devotees OF that art the
coming season." Prof. Finley Mott
who, with his charming wife stopped
over In Washington on their way
home to Parkersburg. They have
been scouting for weeks in the trot-
tcries OF New York at the big sea.
shore resorts for new ideas and the
latest terpsichorean novelties.
Prof. Mott is the dancing master de
luke to society from Charleston 10
Wheeling, and during one recent sea-
son had classes as far south MS Blue
field. Last season, which he said was
his best, his territory extended from
Parkersburg 10 Wheeling, and he
spent day each week at Clarksburg,
Morgantown, Elkins and Fairmont be.
sides. The Professor was surely
kept on the jump.
THE only new dance out is the
canter waltz" said Prof. Mott. THE
other new things are merely novel
phases of the old. All the dances of
last year will be popular the coming
season. There may be something
new and distinct originated at any
time, which will strike the popular
fancy. one can never tell, you know.
But the coming season will open with
the dances OF last year holding high
place in popular favor.
~ do not see any signs 10 indicate
that dancing will grow less popular.
Dancing is not craze, as you have
Just termed 1t. 1t is an art. 1t is as
old as human creation and has pro-
crossed through the ages, and will al
ways continue to go forward. 1t Is
the medium OF expression that hu.
mainly cannot find any other chan
rel for. and 1t is the most beautiful
medium that there IS or ever can
be-"
For over fifty years. West Virgin.
ians have been taught by the Mott
family how to dance. The elder Prof
Finley Mott who. journeycd forth
across the mountains from Washing.
ton to teach the mothers and grand.
mothers Of the present generation Of
West Virginians the stately-yes,
rather stiff-dances Of their period,
was in appearances and graces the
master dances OF the olden days. lie
lived TO ripe old age and he taught
his classes close up TO the time when
he bowed his stately and hoary head
and glided gracefully through and be.
yond life's curtain. Hundreds Of
West Yirginians there are who will
recall with tenderness the picture OF
this old fashioned dancing master of
the girl and the boy whom they know
today as mother and father.
The mantle OF the old master is
worn with becoming character by the
son.
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cARRANzA-oR NOTHING.

1t Is a popular thing in American
circles In Washington to describe
Gen caranza as opinionated, pom.
pous and intractable, a leader OF mar.
row mind and small capacity, who
owes his tenure Of power to the exer.r
tions OF others. Yet on every issue
which the administration has made so
far with Don xenustiano It has come
out pretty poor second. He has
hevcd TO one line. refusing TO commit
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son, wife of j. byron Nickerson, sec.
rotary TO Congressman Nicely.

Hon. William p. Hubbard, Of Wheel.
ing, who has been spending the sum.
mer at Nantucket where he has a
cottage. has written local friends that
he would be in Washington Septem.
Der % TO remain until after the O. "A.
II. encampment, when he will return
to WheeIing for the coming winter.
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According to the report OF the pos.
tai authorities who invested and re.
ported on the Carnegie Engineering
Corporation. of New York and Pitts.
burg. against which concern fraud
order has just been issued, number
Of West Virginians fell victims to
this alleged fake.
The corporation is alleged by the
authorities to have advertised an au.
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Mrs. R. C. Price, OF Moorefield, is
visiting. her daughter, Miss Lola
Price, who is connected with the. good
roads department Of the Department,
Of Agriculture. Mrs. Price is the
widow of the late State Senator Price.
who represented the Hardy county
district one term. and was prominent
in Democratic politics.
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EDITORIAL Comment
on Current Subjects
DEVELOPING our NAvy, ,

The announcement by the Score.
tary Of the Navy Of the names OF the
advisory board OF inventions. which
has been III process OF formation for
bcnie time. will satisfy the people
that the board will be Of great prac.
tical service in the development OF the
United States navy. Obviously the
% members were chosen for fitness
rather than for notoriety. The board,
which was chosen by the votes or II
scientific societies. is small enough to
work IN harmony when combined &C.
ton rs needed, large enough to attack
and solve many important questions
without needless delay. The an
nouncement6 OF its completion comes
II time when the work OF upbuild.
ing our navy is well under way.-N.
2. Times.
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himself to any projects which seemed
to him to impair Mexican sovereignty
or to recognize the right of foreign
powers to intervene for the purpose
OF recognizing the Mexican govern
inent.-N. Y. Tribune.
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George H. Gordon, of parkersburg,
visited his niece, Mrs. George L. Ed.
monds. stopping off here en- route to
his home from Richmond and Allan
tic City.
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tomobile that would have all the i'm.

tomobile that would have all the i'm
provements OF the highest priced cars
and which sell in competition with the
Ford; that 1t had almost as large a
plant as there was in the world; and
a number OF other claims equally as
modest. On the strength OF these
representations, and the use OF the
name Carnegie" and Pittsburg as a
manufacturing center. many pros.
pective agents were lured to advance
money, ranging In amounts from $50
TO $500. The government authors
ties say that the concern hasn't a
thing It advertised. and is fake"
Hence, the prompt issuance OF fraud
order.
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ENeLANpI NOT DOING Her BEST.

the appeal David Lloyd George,
minister Of munitions, makes to the
labor unions Is substantially this: TO
eave the allies from defeat and Eng.
land from subjugation by Germany,
With all that it would imply, suspend
your rules whenever they interfere
With the manufacture OF war mater.
ial. II the allies cannot obtain pre-.
$onderance is shot and shell, heavy
artillery and machine guns-they
>ave the men and they have the mo-
ney. too-they will be beaten, and In
sddition to loss OF territory, or col.
onies, or both, they will have to pay
Q huge indemnity that would spell
economic ruin.-N. Y. Sun.
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The striking resemblance between
President Wilson and Solicitor Gen.
eral John W. Davis has frequently
been noted in print. Few days pass
by that some tourists don't mistake
General Davis for the President. The
other day they we're together in the
Presidents box at the American
League ball park, and the similarity
in their appearance was observed by
hundreds. They looked like twin
brothers. The camera men took a
picture of them and when 1t was
printed in the papers next day. the
resemblance was as decidedly marked
by the kotEk. Daring the punishment
of lose >isjeste, any West virginian
will tell you and prove 1t to you tina.
General Davis is by long odds the
handsomer man. But. then, he isn't
President
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Hon. and Mrs. Isaac T. Mann are
at the shoreham. They came to In
spect the progress that the contrac.
tor and decorators are making on
their handsome home on Sixteenth
street. which has been undergoing
elaborate repairs this summer. The
Mann family spent the first part OF
the summer season at their home in
Mercer county, and after that were
stopping ut the Hawthorne Inn at
East Gloucester, Mass.
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Miss Irma Griffin, of Charleston. is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Susan Nicker'
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The man who doesn't know when he is licked, is the
man who can't be licked.
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"A party of West Virginia leaders
are registered at the New Willard.
They are Mrs. Mary NJ. McCarty, OF
Clarksburg; and Mrs. A. N. Edmis-
ton and Miss Elizabeth Mccarty, Of