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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-07
HERTZ THE REAL DlscovERER
Marconi Made Practical Success Of
tho Wireless, but Was Not First
In the Field.

The principle Of wireless telegraphy
Is easily comprchended. AS Is known
light and heat move in waves whose
lengths can be measured. Thus, the
sun gives out In every direction light
in series OF undulating waves which
may, not only be measured, but can be
detected. polarized, and SO on. Some
Idea of this may be gained from
the well.known fact that when a stone
is thrown into a smooth pool Of wa.
ter a series OF circular waves extends
in all directions. II any floating OBJ.
tect comes within these waves they
are oscillated.
1t was the lamcnted Prof. Hertz
who discovered that electricity, like
light and heat, also moves In waves
which may be measured. Just precise.
ly how these waves pass through the
atmosphere Is not wholly understood,
but 1t is believed that they have some
relation to ether, which Is omnipres-
ent and which Is believed to constitute
all matter under different negative
electrical conditions. In wireless tel
egraphy q series Of Hertzlan waves
are set up by powerful electrical dyna-
mos or batteries, and these are dis.
charged from the top OF high, mast
or pole. These waves extend in all
directions. and. unless their force is
expended by distance they excite GER
tain effects in the receiver OF wireless
telegraph instruments within the zone.
Just as the waves disturb chips on a
pool. Messages are sent and received
somewhat on the plan OF ordinary
Morse code by wires. In that electrical
impulses are regulated so as to spell
words according to a code.
To Marconi belongs the credit Of
making practical success Of the dis
coyeries of others, but to Hertz be-
longs the credit Of making the sys.
TEN possible.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-07
Third Gold Shipment
Arrives at Halifax

BANGOR, Me-, Sept. 1.-THE third
gold shipment from London for New
York arrived safely at Halifax on a
warship yesterday. The gold was
transferred to a special train, which
left for New York. this afternoon. It
should reach Its destination Tuesday
night or Wednesday morning Word
OF the arrival OF the ship was received
here from authoritative sources.
The train, heavily guarded by EN-
ployes Of an express company. which
is responsible for the safe delivery
of the gold, left Halifax at l o'clock
and Is due at Vanceboro at midnight
1t is expected to pass through here
ut o'clock tomorrow morning, and
II Its schedule is maintained, SHOULD
reach New York late tomorrow.
AS In the cases of earlier shipments
the censor at Halifax apparently has
not permitted anything regarding the
movement of the gold to be telegraph
ed by newspaper correspondents.
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DO Y0UsDOUBT THE POSSIBILITY
OF FOREIGN INVASION?

land on our Pacific shores 100000 Of
as good soldiers as the world con.
tains. and equipment with them which
would give them as much advantage
over our soldiers as the Spaniards
under Cortez had over the Aztecs.
England or France or Italy could do
the same thing in 10 days, and so
could Germany II it were not for the
British navy. After the first landing
they could transfer troops by the mil.
lion to the same shores at will.
Our military men solemnly assure
US that we could not mobilize an
army OF more than 10000 regulars at
any point In a month, and that it
would take year and half to get
our militia modified to resist an In.
vading army Of hundred thousand.
By that time It would be all over.
Are you willing to rest quietly be.
hind such ridge Of sand dunes, with
the ocean OF war raging outside and
the hurricane OF diplomatic contro.
versy blowing?
am not!
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Concerning The Mote.

Naturalists aver that among com.
mon animals few have been less
studied in their life history than the
mole. Accordingly a British scientist
his turned his attention to the mole,
with the result that some interesting
data concerning this queer creature
have been collected.
Under the edif,ce which the mole
constructs above the surface Of the
ground will always be found series
of tunnels. a curious feature, almost
Invariably found, is a perpendicular
run penetrating about a foot below the
bottom Of the nest and then turning
upward to meet another run. A mole
is never, one authority contends,
found in his nest, although 1t may be
yet warm from his body when opened
Guided by smell and hearing, a mole
frequently locates the nest OF a par
tride or pheasant above his run and,
penetrating It from below, eats the
eggs. The adult molegis practically
blind, but there are embryonic indica.
lions that the power of sight In the
race has detcriorated.- Harper's
Weekly. 81 + &
~ /.
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Most Popular Character.

Charles Dickens once received an
invitation to a Walter Scott party,
each guest being expected to attend
in the character Of one or another OF
SCOTS heroes. On the eventful night,
however, greatly to the establishment
of. the assembled Rob Roys and Wa.
verleys, Dickens turned up in ordinary
evening dress and apparently quite
unconcerned. Atlength the host, who
was feeling uneasy, came up to the
novelist and inquired:
pray. Mr.. Dickens; what character
of SCOTS can you possibly be sup.
posed to representa-
Character" said Dickens. 'why,
sir, a character you will find in every
one Of SCOTS novels. J." he went on,
sm!lingly, IAN the gentle reader"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-07
Pennsylvania Best
Building, Loan State

New England will have to look to It's
laurels as the land of thrift. for Penn.
sylyania is coming fast. Just as Phil.
adelphia is the banner saving.fund city
Of the country, SO Pennsylvania is the
banner building and loan state OF the
Union, and the annual report OF the
state banking commissioner on build
ing and loan activities for 1914 reads
like propectus OF some big Wall
street merger. For the associations
in Pennsylvania, up to the date OF, the
report, had assets of $239, 1S7,937, or
more than $50 for each man, woman.
and child in the state. More than
$4,000, 1000 had been put out in loans
the vast bulk being mortgage loans on
stock shares. which is another way OF
saying that building and loan associa.
tions are advancing more than $780,
100000 to help build homes for share.
holders who probably could get homes
OF their own in no other way. Total
shares in force were 4.3sS,62s, divided
among 541,4o0 shareholders. OF whom
174,714 were women.
Any Commonwealth whose wage.
earners are willing and able to spend
these large amounts In home building
has moral and material asset beyond
computation. The building and loan
association is not a dry mercenary In.
stitution by any means. In its central
idea and in its results 1t is thoroughly
idealistic. 1t is a modern Pennsyl,
vania way OF rendering John Howard
Payne's famous song. The desire for
real property is so strong with the
average person that he is better
citizen for its possession, so the build.
ing and loan association really helps
the state by helping its own share.
holders. The book assets belong to
the persons directly interested. but the
biggest asset of all belongs to the
Commonwealth.
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and Gas

. u
The drilling in Of a gusher on the
w. y. Robinson farm, near Dorseyville,
In Indiana township, Allegheny coun.
", Pennsylvania, last Saturday even
Ing, Is an evidence that the fields still
have some undrilled territory that is
capable Of furnishing large producers.
They are hard to find. but all the more
appreciated when discovered. The
well on the Robinson farm is owned
BY the National Oil and Gas Company,
Pittsburgh parties. and is the culmina.
tion Of considerable test work that
has been completed in that district
within the past year. The oil was dc.
veloped In the 30.foot sand, and after
Il had been drilled II feet into the pay
The well started to flow at the rate OF
better than % barrels an hour, and
the first ~ hours produced 634 bar.
rels. Drilling was al. once suspended
% move back the boiler. and yester-
Jay morning the welllwas holding up
1t u barrels anihour. AS soon as the
boiler has been moved back they will
drill IL q little deeper, and it is expect
ed to increase Its production to a
point higher than when the pay was
hrst tapped.
On the water OF Poca river. Smith.
field district, Roane county, W. Va,
The Ohio Fuel Oil Company has drill.
ed No. is on the H. c. Taylor farm
through the Big Injun sand, and has a
very light pumper.s On Rush creek, in
The same district, the South Penn OIL
Company has completed No. II on the
Andrew Parks farm through the same
formation, and has a 15.barre.
bumper.
On oil Rock run, Clay district, Writ
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-07
MRS ]. ". MCDONALD
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Prominent Woman of City
Passes Away After
Years Illness.

Mrs. Mary sheetz Mcdonald, wife
Of DR.. ]. ". Mcdonald, superintendent
of Fairmont Hospital No. 3 in this
city, died last night at TIER apart.
ments in the hospital after long iii.
ness from heart trouble and complica.
lions. She had been in declining
health for the last year and for sew.
eral months her condition was known
to be critical. She had grown worse
in the last week an dthe end was not
unexpected. Her sisters. Mrs. Walter
Sterling. Of wellsburg, and Mrs. Ora
Mccormick, of Chicago, had been here
for several days and were with her
when the end came.
Mrs. Mcdonald was formerly Miss
Mary Sheetz, daughter OF the late
James Sheetz, a former prominent
citizen Of Jefferson county, Ohio. She
was united In marriage In 1884 with
Dr.. Mcdonald and for the last ten
years had beer a resident OF Fairmont,
DR.. Mcdonald having come here with
teh opening of the Miners Hospital.
She has been PROMINENTLY identified
here In church and social circles, be.
ing member OF the First Presbyter.
ian Church and active In its various
departments until prevented by Ill
health. She was also a prominent
member OF the Woman's Club, having
held several offices in that organiza.
ton, and OF the William Raymond
Chapter OF the Daughters Of the Amer.
ican Revolution, and various other ~
CARNATIONS.
Her Ill health followed by her death
have caused the deepest regret and
sorrow among a wide circle Of friends.
Beside her husband and sisters, her
mother and several brothers also sur
vive.
Tonight at 1880 at teh hospital fun.
eral services will be conducted by DR..
II. G. Stoetzer and tomorrow morning
the body will be taken to Wellsburg,
W. Va. on the 10:0S train, where fun
eral services will be held on Thursday
at the homo of her sister, Mrs. Ster:
ling. Besides members of the family,
a number Of Fairmont friends will &C.
company the funeral party to Wells.
burg.
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Meu York

NEW YORK, Sept THE weight
Of the German question was with:
drawn early in the week from the
market and the foreign exchange SIT
nution took rs place. Exchange would
ordinarily have little effect upon the
market. except for international
shares. and the decided premium over
prices prevailing her for these Undue.
ed large selling. Such stocks as
Southern Pacific, Erie, Union Pacific.
Northrn Pacific, ETC., came In in large
amounts, depressing the whole rail.
road list So far the railroad stocks
have refused 10 participate In any
bulltsh capacity, and this has perhaps
been safeguard for the rest Of the
market keeping 1t out Of overwhelm.
ing sudden advances. which might
bring on collapse. Inasfar as war or.
.ders are o benefit, the whole country
Is receiving the influence of steady
demand through bout all the various fac.
tories interested and this is slowly
making for better general conditions.
Last. week was one OF reaction and,
10 some extent, OF readjustment, be.
sause new buyers have come in at the
low levels. The professional short In.
terest IS said TO have increased. The
foreign exchange situation, as senti-
ment, still has its effect. but there is
absolutely no question that remedy
Will be provided and is even now part
" under way. Railroads are begin.
ains to show betterment, which to
yome extent has to be discounted. as
the comparison Is with the very de.
pressed period of a year ago Beyond
this. however, there is some improve.
nent, as the railroads are realizing the
benefit from war-order transportation.
Foreign liquidation is always with us
10 keep prices down. This. too, will
be overcome later on by actual i'm.
provement. The steel business, with
Increased activity and higher prices,
continues to keep good values in the
steel stocks. Signs of better outlook
Tor copper are developing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-07

Do you doubt the ability OF: for,
sign nation TO invade the United
States successfully?
Why do you doubt It?
/; A few years ago I was quite famil-
az with the gulf coast at and east
Of Fort Morgan. Ala. The parade
ground ofthe fort; was smooth mead.
,w of bermuda grass bounded to the
south by a ridge Of sand dunes, on the
other side Of which the waters of the
Gulf Of Mexico whispered in wavelets
In calm, or roared In sleague.long roll.
Iers In storm.
On that parade ground the two. or
three companies Soft artillery drilled,
and mounted guard and went through
their military eyolutions, all oblivious
81 the raging ocean on the other side
Of the dunes.oti sand.
One day there came hurricane,
md pfling the waters against the
:rumbling sand hills swept them
away. At once the gulf became a
thing Of fear and terror to those men
Id the garrison. ~
They could see It now! As they
passed back and forth they could see
The breaking rising, curling over and
falling In thunder on the strand-and
they we're afraid.
i was there a day or so after the
storm. The officers were in great
perplexity because their men were
deserting In ones and twos anu
th-occ rhoyRwrro afraid 20 rfay For
fear that the waves would overwhelm
them.
Andyet, theyFwere in no more dan.
ger than before. They had been in
danger all the time. The difference
was now that they could see the dan
ger. The sand dunes had never been
OF, any use as a protection against
. hurricane. It was better to have
them swept away, because then the
government proceeded to build a sea.
wall of concrete.
We have little fool Of an army
which Is too small to be OF any use
in . real war; but to many It looks
= like the real thing. We have lot
OF coast defenses which are really Of
little uses and yet they lull us to a
feeling Of security, and rob us OF the
consciousness Of being defenseless.
These things are like the sand dunes
OF Fort Morgan. They look like pro-
tection. but they are none.
Let Us look over, them at the stormy
sea.
within four weeks OF a mobilization
in case Of war with Japan, she could
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-07
Dull Season5in
London Stocks

LONDON. Sept. s.-Money and dis.
count rates were easy today.
The stock market passed another
dull session. The recent activity in
shipping shares. slackened owing to
the sinking of the Hesperian and quo.
tations were easier. Kaffirs were fair.
ly busy and International Mercantile
Marine advanced.
American securities were quiet ow.
ing TO the holiday. but prices aGvanc.
ed following the fall In exchange rates.
United States Steel, Erie and chasa,
peake & Ohio were occasionally mark.
ed. Bonds were neglected. The clos,
ing was dull. but firm.
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tkppropriate.

Gazing alta group of nine children
gathered about small. stoop, an old
lady called one of the little girls.
"Are all Of these children your sis.
tiers and brothers?" she asked.
yes, num-" replied the youngster.
What is the largest one named?
Make, num-"
"And what do YOU call the smaller
one?"
Minnie, num-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-07
Wanted 70 ae Ho,pI.abIa

When went to Paris, relates Gen.
Horace Porter, l told my friends that
any of them who got within a mile
Of the embassy must come to see mo.
The latchstring, 1itold them, was out:
there was always a spare seat In my
pew at church. The latchstring was
often pulled; the seat In church re.
manned vacant. One ofmyI friends who
visited me stopped his subscription
to the Christian Observer He said
he didn't want any observers while he
was in Paris.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-07

U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH MEN HERE.
DR.. T. R. Thompson and R. E. Tar.
bett OF the United States Public
Health Service are in the city looking
over the streams leading into the Mo-
nongahela river. They are here repre-.
senting the Ohio River Investigation
Committee OF Washington, D. c.
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Mrs. B. F. Reed, Mrs. Rosa Fleming
and Mrs. Jennie McCleary returned
last night from Huntington, where
they attended the funeral Of Major
and Mrs. E. A. Bennett.
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FINANCE, OIL, GAS AND PRODUCE

county, G.lF. West has given his No.
40 on the Coldwaterl OIL and Coal Pro-
ducing company's farm o shot, and
will have a 5.barrel pumper. This
well was formerly reported duster.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-07
Bank Condition
Call is Issued
nv Associated pres. ,

WASHINGTON, Sept. THE comp.
troller Of the Currency today issued
a call 10 all national banks requiring
them to report their condition at the
close of business on Thursday, Sept. 2.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lynch have re.
turned frcrl visit with relatives at
points In Monongalia county.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06
WOMEN IN EDUCATION.

OF the $4,000 conspicuous positions,
largely of an administrative character
listed in the 1856 Educational Di
rectory just issued by the interior de-
partment through its bureau OF educe'
ton, $500 are held by women. There
are women who are college presidents,
state superintendent Of public In
struction. county superintendent, dt
rectors of Industrial training, heads OF
departments Of education in colleges
and universities, directors Of schools
for afflicted and exceptional children
and Librarians.
Twenty-four Of the 622 colleges and
universities listed in the directory are
presided over by women. OF the
nearly 5000 county superintendents In
the country, sos are women. The
tendency to fill this position with
women is almost wholly confined to
the west. One state, Montana, has
not ono man as county superintendent
Wyoming has only two. Kentucky is
the only southern state that Utilities
women in this office; the state has
twenty-six women as county superin.
tendents. On the other hand, there
are only twenty-six women city super
iintendents in a total Of over 1000.
Seventy institutions for the blind
are listed in the directory. OF these
fifteen are directed by women. OF the
seventy-hve state schools for the deaf,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

ten are under the leadership Of WON
en-; and of the twenty-five private In
situations Of the same character, six
teen have women superintendents:
OF the thirty-one private institutions
for the feeble-minded, twenty are un-
der supervision Of women.
Fourteen out of eighty-six directors
of Industrial schools are women; and
forty-etght Of the 200 schools of art
are in charge Of women. Women have
almost a monopoly Of library posi-
lions. Out of 1900 public and society
libraries given in the directory wom-
en- supervise 1,075.
The government bureau Of educa-
ton itself exemplifies the call for
women in executive educational posi-
tons; eleven of the thirty-three
bureau officials listed in the directory
are women.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06
revenues are measured by ton miles

revenues are measured by ton miles
and expenses by train miles.
I'm view Of this showing of savings
in operating expenses, the question
naturally arises as to why so many
railways are complaining that they
are in a bad plight financially. This
is due partly to the fact that the econ
omy in operation secured by increas-
ing trainloads is partly Offset by the
increase in investment and fixed
charges that 1t is necessary to incur
in order to effect this economy. The
investment in reductions in grades and
curvature, in heavier rails, more pow
erful locomotives and longer sidings
and passing and yard tracks has
greatly increased total interest
charges. But the greatest increase In
ortgo has been caused by the heavy
advances in wages. The railroads in
1914 paid over $500, 100000 more in
compensation to their employees than
they would have paid on the basis OF
the wages in effect In 1904. Without
the increase in the average freight
,trainload, with the consequent savings
detected, most of the railways, In the
absence of large increases in rates,
would have been in the hands OF re-
Iceivers. On many roads the increases
in wages, fixed charges and other ex-
Ipenses actually have come faster than
itrainloads could be increased and
other economies could be effected, and
the results have been disastrous. :,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06
TO RAISE 500, 600
AS CUMMINS FUND
Finance Committee has Been Appoict.
ed to Work for Iowa Presi-
dental Candidate.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
DES MONIES, Iowa. Dec. 8.-The
finance committee Of the Cummins.
For-President club, will hold a meet
ing Monday night at headquarters in
the Fleming building to map out plans
for financing the senator's campaign.
George Call Of Sioux City, recently
gave out statement that 100000
would be raised in Iowa.
Members of the finance committee
say they have no definite amount in
mind, but would not be surprised IL
the fund reached that sum-,
The conn ;ttee is composed Of: r.
j. Fleming, Jes Moines; G.. M Cur
tbs, Clintol ]. Reed Lane, Daven.
port; ]. s ,eIiamy. knoxville; L. c..
Kurtz, Des Dimes.
Ninety-ny7o percent of the money
raised will be spent in perfecting or.
CARNATIONS in mid-western states, the
remainder in Iowa.
The Cummins workers having
launched the Cummins campaign in
Minnesota, are now preparing to turn
their attention to other nearby states.
Soon emissaries will be sent to
Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska and other adjoining nearby
states. Some work already has been
done in North and South Dakota.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06
% YOU FEEL HEADAcHY?
LOOK TO YOUR STOMACH

It 10 an unusual thing for a drug.
g1st to sell medicine under q guaran.
tee to refund the money II It does not
cure. Yet this is the way Wilkinson
& Co., the popular druggists, are sell.
ing Mona. the standard dyspepsia
remedy.
Never before have they had so large
a mum Der Of customers tell them that
a medicine has been successful as
with Mona. PEOPLE who few months
ago looked like walking skeletons
have put on flesh and today are rudy
and vigorous with perfect digestion
and good health.
There is no longer any need for any
one suffering or making their friends
suffer on account OF dyspepsia. MI
o-na can always be relied upon. The
percentage Of cures is go great that
there is little risk to Wilkinson & Co.
in guaranteeing to return the money
If the medicine does not relieve. And
they stand ready to do so without any
questions.
Headaches, all forms Of Indigestion,
specks before the eyes, dizzy feelings,
poor sleep. ringing in the ears and all
forms of liver trouble are helped by
Mto-na. a few days treatment should
show considerable gain in health whils
complete cure often follows rapidly
These days are the best in the whole
year for the enjoyment Of good health
and Min-o-na will put you in such per-
feet condition that you can enjoy
every minute of them.