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The Washington herald., 1915-08-30
BY ONE WHO IS

Finger bowls from the 1o-cent store
were Metas intended contribution tc
the Hetherton crockery supply after
a visit at the home of Myra's brother
who has acquired an awful lot OF
money and a finger-bowl perspective
on life Our eleven-year-old had i'm
bied some of the fine airs of his
household.
I arrived home while the youngster
was showing off her purchase to Myra
and the rest of the family.
What's the idea of the finger
bowls?" I asked.
Il don't know laughed Myra Meta
has been assimilating some high-toned
atmosphere in the city. but I didn't
expect this. She went down town and
got them without saying anything to
me"
Yes, papa, I decided We ought to
have finger bowls" put in Meta
Uncle Willis has 'em, and they are
SO nice when your fingers get sticky,
and-and most everybody has EN-"
That's right The voice was that
of father-in-law. just coming in. I've
been thinking for a long time. Rob-
ert, that you ought to have finger
bowls for your table. Myra was al
ways used to them before she mar
ried you"
"Oh, she was, was she?" 1 unloaded
just as much sarcasm as my voice
would stand, father-in-law being the
chap I am usually laying for. Upon
what theory do you claim finger bowls
are essential in all well-regulated fam
ilies?" I finished.
why, son, II is a time-honored Gus
tom among respectable folks"
TT is!" I exploded. We'll, here's
where we'll cease being respectable
folks, then" And before anybody could
stop me, 1 grabbed the bundle of fin
ger bowls and threw them with a
clash out the back door.
Robert" exclaimed Myra. why,
what do you mean"
Nothing" I returned. angrily. "ex-
cept that II our fingers get sticky
we'll hunt the wash basin. Wen have
no fine airs around this house"
And why do you object to finger
bowls?" prodded Myra's father
why do 1 object?" I yelled. I'll
tell you why I object. First and fore
most, we are not high and mighty
folks like Myra's brother, and you,
father. We are just the ordinary
kind. who haven't much Of anything
The Washington herald., 1915-08-30

IT do not agree with that position" :"
| said Senator Simmons. I'VE should have
plenty Of submarines and mines, for the
present war has demonstrated their i'm
portance, but we should not neglect the
other portions Of the navy. We are daily
the worlds affairs. and a strong navy
is necessary"
Senator Simmons intimated that the
extraordinary expenses of the govern
ment may result in certain changes in
the re-enacted war revenue bill and the
inclusion of articles not now taxed un-
der that act. II is possible the national
defense appropriations may be cared for
by issuing bonds, while the war rev.
enue bill and the retention of duty may
be called upon to offset the loss in
customs receipts.
Sugar Duty May he Retained.
1t is known that there is talk in legis-
latfve circles regarding the advisability
Of retaining duty on sugar. President
Wilson, however. Is reported to be un
willing to permit general tinkerlng with
the Underwood law. although he may
agree to leave a duty on sugar, whicn
is scheduled to 30 on the free list next
May.
In connection with the national de-
fense movement, the directors of the
Navy League will meet in New York
at the Waldorf-Astoria this afternoon.
Encouraging reports Of a change In sep
timent regarding the national defense is
made in the following statement issued
here by the league headquarters:
During the last month the Navy
League has done work of great value
In behalf Of adequate national defense
throughout the great Middle West and
South, the country from which opposi-
tion in Congress to naval appropriation
bills has come in the past. The league
directors in these sections report that
since the beginning of their work there
has been a tremendous change in senti-
ment in localities and in the sections in
which the Congressional delegations for
merly stood as unit against naval
appropriations. These districts have now
swung around until it is hard to find a
single man who will oppose Legislation,
calling for adequate national defense"
The Washington herald., 1915-08-30
WEEDS AFRICAN PRINCE.

Shreveport La. Aug. 2s.-Prince As
sambla Condelee. an African prince, the
son of the King Of Somaliland, obtained
q license here to marry Josephine Bur
ney, q belle Of the negro quarter.
Papers in the possession of the prince
apparently prove that he was brought to
this country by Baptist missionaries
when child. He was educated at Aus
tin. Tex. and speaks fve languages. He
saws he win return to Africa, taking his
bride with him. and that he hopes to con-
vert his father and mother. who are
snake worshippers
The Washington herald., 1915-08-30

recommendations discussed piecemeal
the Secretary has carefully concealed
them from the public. A conspicuous
feature of the report, it is nevertheless
understood, will concern the creation OF
an adequate reserve. And more from the
disposition of his military advisers to re-
gard any other means Of raising this re-
serve as impracticable, than from any
thing the Secretary himself has said, the
impression has gained ground that the
Secretary will seriously discuss. IL not
actually recommend. an adoption of the
Swiss system of compulsory military
service Under this system all boys be-
tween the ages of IS and y years would
be required each year for three years to
give themselves up to a thorough instruc-
ton in military training.
Problem of Omcers.
The problem Of differing a reserve is
only less perplexing than that Of Gre
ating a reserve. Confronted by the sad
experience which the British troops on
through lack of officers trained In war
fare. Secretary Garrison directed the
Army War College to devote particular
attention to this question. Out of this
study, it is said, the conclusion was
reached by the War College that not only
should the number of cadets at West
Point be doubled, but that the govern
ment. as soon as practicable, should
seek to standardize the training at gov
ernment-aided private military acad-
emies and schools, so that, in time of
emergency, officers could be drawn from
these institutions.
Secretary Garrison is understood to
have reached the conclusion that IL an
adequate reserve army can be built up
in the course Of the next five years. the
regular army need not be increased to
more than 10000 men.
Question of Coast Defense.
The question of coast defenses has
been studied separately from the needs
of the regular mobile army and the
reserve. A special committee Of staff
officers, appointed by Mr.. Garrison six
months ago, has been steadily at work
on this problem. with the result. it is
believed, that Congress will be asked to
authorize a material Strengthening Of
the coast fortiications. both as respect
ing the range Of the guns and the es-
tablishment of additional coast forts.
Provision for a strong fortress on Cape
Henry, Va, in order to better protect
the naval base in Hampton Roads, is
understood to form part of the coast de-
Tense scheme.
AS far as the navy program Is con-
cerned it remains to be seen whether
Secretary Daniels will respond to the be-
lief Of the General Board that four new
] sadnoughts as well as large numbers
of submarines should be built, or to
the expressed views of certain leading
Southern Democrats in Congress that the
building program should be enlarged only
with respect to submarines. Naval off,
GERS here profess to believe that 1t was
only slip Of the tongue that caused
Secretary Daniels to tell the governors
conference at Boston that he will recon-
mend an appropriation Of $1.0o0,o00 for
submarines and aeroplanes, inasmuch as
that sum would not cover the cost of two
small submarines or Of . single sea-
going underwater boat.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-30
Will Open Grand Jubilee.

Solemn high mass at Q o'clock this
morning in the chapel of Georgetown
Convent of the Visitation will open the
honor of Sister Mary Fidelis, superior of
the convent The sermon will be preach
ed by Rev. Edward i. Dewitt. S. J., of
Georgetown University. Sister Fidelis has
received letters and kilograms of con-
graduation from all parts of the coun-
try in recognition of her service Of ffty
years at the convent.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-30
BELIEVE RUSS ARMY BROKEN.
Germany Still Rejoicing Over Fall
Of Brest-Litovsk.

Berlin Cby wireless via Sayville), Aug.
2s-The rejoicing over the fall Of Brest-
Litovsk continues. All reports from the
front agree that the Russians in certain
localities are still fighting bravely and
tenaciously. but that the backbone of
the Russian army Is completely broken.
The general rejoicing is increased by
the fact that today q year ago was the
decisive day in the three-day battle of
Tannenberg. the battle in which the first
severe defeat was inflicted on the Rus
SLAMS by Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
who since then has been the most popu-
lar man In Germany
The Washington herald., 1915-08-30
OLD SANTA Is SMILING.
Lifting of Embargo by England Re.
lieves Toy sit.ation.

Following the announcement Of the lift.
ing by England Of an embargo on 5000
worth Of German toys tied up in Rctter.
dam. District dealers In playthings foI
children took on more hopeful air when
they considered q well-nlled bag for the
Christmas Santa Claus. Not that $500 o0(
worth Of toys figures largely In the coun-
try's total purchase Of things for the
stockings. District dealers point out.
Even should no more cargoes from Eu-
rope reach here. the hardship on wash
inyton children would b only slightly
felt. Al many toy manufacturing planta
have sprung up about the country during
the European war.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-30

TRIANGLE
Four weeks ago printed an advertisement headed
WARNING.
In it told Of some of the plans Of the Triangle Film
Corporation and mtmated that expected large profits
But was 50 afraid that there might be exaegerations
and overstaements by persons without authority speak
that made very plain the fact that anything that promised
so very much profit necessarily entaed some risk of oss
said we had got together the greatest organization
of moving picture producers the world had known,
great actors and actresses, great executives and
Griffith, Producer of The Birth of Nation"
Ince Famous for the Battle Of Gettysburg"
Senne Master Laughmaker Of the World,
Creator Of Keystone Comedies
But my belief that the theater managers of this co-
try would be willing pay big weekly rentals for fine pic
lures was only belief. Now it is FACT.
THE BEST TEEATERS have written, teleeraphed. tele-
phoned offers of weekly rentals equalmg my estimates
The abest executives in the film business have joined
us. For Nothing Succeeds Like Success" Actors and
actresses who have hitherto found the pictures below their
dignity have come to us eagerly. a~A
Those who appear in the first Triangle plays viii give
you pretty good idea of the calber of the rest 1,
s.. Raymond Hitchcock
Dougla Fairbanks
Dustin Farnum
all in one evenings entertainment Of it'll ,...,
And then there will be Billie Burke. De Wolf Hopper.
Joe Weber, Lew Fields and host of others.
Four weeks ago Triangle Film was unknown to the
New York stock market 1t came out at par-$500 per
share As write it is selling there for $3.50 or more share
lido not control the price.
Many big men are buying Triangle Film. appreciate
their interest and their support.
But the man want is the ten-share man, and the man
who owns fifty shares For he the man who most appre-
ciates his monthly dividend check.
1t is he who goes regularly to the theater that shows
Triangle Plays, and tells his friends to go.
want you who read this advertisement to own stock
enough to laugh the hearer Keystone Comedy because
you are part owner of ....
Just ask good stock broker or your banker to get
some shares for you-whie the market is low. ,!
am President of Triangle Film Corporation believe
it will earn large profits believe that the Companys
interest will best be served by having the largest possible
number of stockholders Hence this advertisement 1t tells
the truth it, avoiding overstaement and avoiding
equally understatement for understaements may be
leading and unfair as overstatements.
A. to October 18, 1915
Very soon after October 18th Tnang Plays vii appear
in the best theater IN Washington.
The beet ravers m ali The vaorld vnoyfAN> MIR H.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-30

Advertising Guilds national suo-
cesses and encourages home indian
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-01-14
y.y 0ss.r 41inerr"ysr.y

11ue-Aprll Arst, tu,ooo,o4 A. j. y.
lIue Iet.e1s signify <A4ler JUG
-ntu. Uay.J
1eMpel re-IhlrCy-Seven hundred
degrees lam enheIL.
rIaCt-aeu--Anleirc Department.
-ro4l.lcaI ouD-0lvIs4on.
Lost Sou Nos nalnng Hon FAAlt.
Lelpnla:
'.r'euow spooks! something's got to
oe done. Things are getllne worse
mere all the t1nIe. II Was Dau enough
when nrst came here bach IN 1891
A.. d., but they We been boosting the
temperature every year until now they
nave to soak the thermometer In IL
qulu air before it geIs down to the
Dolllng point;
81 don mind getting roasted on a
red hot s.oye, but when they make
fellow nre1t the stove and drink the
Juice, Say, that's going too Ian
Last week l had talk with Stan
islaus Czrerwinsky, who got drowned
N Homestead cupola, and was
buried in an armor plate on the Cruis-
or Texas. You remember he's the tei-
ow for whom they had to put Judg-
ment Day off a week because they had
50 much trouble to separate his soul
rom the blow holes in the armor
plate.
"Well, when L saw Szrerwinsky, he
was crying like his heart would
break. He said he had given up all
hope ever to get back to a nice cool
place like that Homestead cupola was.
When he said it, the tears sizzled
down his nose and blistered his eye.
balls.
"Fellow citizens. / say that is no
way to treat. a lost soul, who never
had done anything worse than to vote
for the protection of American labor
against the pauper labor of Gods chill
dren in Europe. won't stand 1t any
longer. Something's got to be done.
say, let us force the devil to reduce
hell fire to the temperature OF the
year, three hundred and seventy-hve
thousand A. D." -
(Great applause.)
Lost Soul No. 2. Navitity, Milwau-
wee, Wis:
'I fully agree with the remarks OF
the extinguished spook from Philadel-
phia. Who-so-ever has eyes to see,
ears to hear and noses to smell, knows
that this thing can't keep up much
longer. 20
aI'm not a kicker and hate
calamity bowler Maybe deserve my
lot. When man votes for Repub1i-
Democratic ticket, he ought to be
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-01-14
WE WILL NOW HAVE
A FelU Remarks
HE "SOCIAL CONSCIENCE'' Of the average
BIZ WALTER B. HILTON

The s'sOCIAL CONsCIENCE'' of the average Gre
former" more clearly shown than when
A. Leo WE'LL Heretofore prominent the persistent pur
Of and corruption in Pittsburgh appeared
chief counsel for the Manufacturers Light and Heat Com
pany in that corporations fight to hold its exploiting
privileges in West Virginia With that shock preparing
u.s. the Of his arrest the charge Of
tempting to bride Commissioner Bronson fails to starte
That he is guilty of course be said only after
vcton and until then he is entitled to- the doubt that is
all mems due But since the company revenue
in West Virginia amounts to more than 100000 in a
year, and since adverse decision by the Public Service
Commission would cut that off, understand how the
high fees Of skilled refomers, and $4,000 brbe
dwindle by comparison. u
It is reasonable to suppose that the Manufacturers
Light and Heat Company tried to organize the Legislature
in opposition to Governor Hatfield thus endangerng the
further strengthening Of his machine designed to lift him
into the United States Senatorshp and that he struck
the spark At least every other person denies response
bity for the charges against Well and it is unlikely that
any state official would undertake it without Hatfield 5
orders.
However that may be, other men may have a
chance And brings dsrepute on the contention
that private corporations be publicly regulated with
out the corporations attempting regulate the regulators
That attempt crude nopportune as to react
is no proof Of continued failure. We still pay what the
masters choose for fourcent gas and twocent electricity
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-01-14
CLUB FAVOR
TRAVELLING LIBRARIES.


The Womens Club of West Virginia
sympathize with the rural clubs of the
state in the difficulty of securing good
books to aid in study, and knowing the
general dearth of good reading matter
in the average farm home, the Wo-
mems Clubs are most anxious for the
passage of a travelling library bill
which will be presented at the COM
ing session of the Legislature.
The bill will call for very modest
appropriation and viii mean tnat any
country village or community or rural
school, no matter how remote, may
upon request to the proper authorities.
borrow small collection of books free.
except for transportation charges, re
turnable at the end of perhaps six
months and secure another collection,
should they so desire.
The oboks are to consist o. works
of reference, fiction, travel. history or
science, and win, in all cases, comprise
the best reading to be obtained on
those subjects.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-01-14
HE COMING OF SAMUEL GoMPERs to the cit

: HE COMING OF SAMUEL GOMPERSo to the city is
j an event 0f unusual Importance to people. No
has done for the upt Of mankind, to bring to
the and Of the ranks of Labor self respect and
the power Of self defense Don't blame me- he said to
the writer recently eff all Labor is organized
100 percent organized If every wage worker in the land
could say much there would beno problems for self edu
cation left to solve No power of oppression could with
stand such strength.
For half century has been doing his best to bring
this about His policies have brought fruit to extent
that cannot be realized by those who live merely in the
present and who have thought of the old days when
organization possible only secrecy and when
ganzers by way Of freight trains and country roads
ed their way to meetings held in cellars attics in
the woods. ..:*
Today the legal barriers to unohsm have been broken
down. with but the bulwark Of the judiciary yet to
crumple. man work for wages and hold up his
head in self respect. He demand consideration He
get for himself decent wages the right to his opinions
He do this so far he is organized Where he fails
is simply because he is not organized.
The chasm between Gompers and Debs is not great
as they themselves imagine since they both preach
ganizaton That they have dred farther apart with the
passing years is natural for each has his following
grow from huddled handful to the million mark, and
their IDEAS ridcued where they not condemn
ed generally accepted. The depends mainly on
economic action the other political yet each accepts
the need of both
Each has given his life to the emancipation Of the
workers through his ideal The coming generation will
revere them both and, doubtless, both methods.
Certain is that if method could be dispensed
with it would be the political For, after ALL political
power but shadow of the economic. The famous phil
osopher might have said ''Let your industries
and not who makes your laws" It is equally
tain that however and whenever the workers have depend
ed the political way alone they been deuded and
defeated The laws may be the book but they are dead
letters where there is economic power to enforce them
Australia is instance Colorado and West Virginia near
So let those of who have listened to Debs and Car
Darrow and Kerr Hardie hear also Gompers whose
individuality has kept him at the head Of his theory for
half century, and whose only hopeis to bring more hop
into the lives of the workers of the world
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-01-14
Regulation In Hades

Aere. IN MOI Complaining Aur Delns-
III Hen. IL no mU4e imam tIgnt. bu,
tnereS a nnllL 10 All Lnln5S.
~ ney useu " uIahe ne take H.
oath III Dolnng oil, men gave me {.
shampoo OF molten plLcn ana MAJ
~..eu WAN a Iachp1ane. 1 LeAt pref.
-" oDous II, DuI didn't kclK.
Mnat the gentleman salu Concer44
80 ..lu JeulperatuIe is perfectly true
"a. Inpre, are worse torCures lna.-
.ndG.
over in the miser department, fol-
instance; is old man Dives. He Deeh
begging for a drop OF water, 1ro1.-
Lazarus, Tor nearly fourteen m1l1oi.
years and hasn't got it. yet. i na. :
Cough enough. But Of late they looh
ed me in a cage. And in from OF il,
just SO l can barely touch it, they
placed a limberger sandwich ana :,
schooner of beer. What torture tina,
means to lost soul, OF German .ex-
traction, nobody can appreciate.
Something's got to be done. But
we don't want to be too rash. l hard
ly think it'll work to go to the devil
and force him to lower the tempera-
ture. In my opinion, we ought to ap
peal to the courts for help. That's
the way we used to fix the Socialists
in our town.
There are more lawyers here than
any other kind of people and if there
is a Supreme Court Judge missing,
haven't heard of it. Now my opinion
is that we fight our case clear up to
the Supreme Court and get decision
to dissolve hell.
turbulent applause)
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-01-14

uary, at which Senator owen, Senator
Kenyon, Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer of
Pennsylvania, Hon. Victor Murdoch of
Kansas, Julia C. Lathrop of the Chill
dren's Bureau, Jane Adams of Chi
cago, Jasper Y. Brinton of Philadel-
phia, William H. Maltbie of Baltimore.
and others will speak
The next move will be the .observ
ance of Child Labor Day on January
24th and '-25th, when 10000 clergymen
and school principals throughout the
country will address churches and
schools on the subject of the Palmer
Owen bill. Later in February a rs
panel exhibit prepared by the Commit
tee will be opened in SanFrancisco as
part of the Panama Exposition.
The Committee explains, however,
that this campaign for a federaklaw
will not take the place of state work
but that representatives of the Com
mittee will appear before Is state leg.
islatures in connection with child la
Dor and compulsory school attendance
bills. 1.-THE Palmer4Owen bill would
eliminate gthe 10-year old cannery chill
dren and the youngsters under IA in
The cotton mills; it would back up the
forts of state authorities to enforce
WIS that already exist; it would short
en- the hours of 100000 children who
ire legally working g., TO- or 11-hour
day; and it would do away with the
Ubiquitous night work of children in
glass factories. But only improved
state laws can deal. with the equally
important matters Of the education
and health of children who go to work,
or regulate their employment in stores,
messenger service and other occupa-
lions in which interstate commerce is
not involved"