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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14
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tea and toast sets, fancy salads and
cake plates at the national Coffee and
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Try 81 Leader Want Ad.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-07-24

only about year ago that nsncers declared hat there
could De no long waron the scale contemplate because
there not enough money and especially god in the
countries likely to be engaged to carry on such tre
neldous conflict.
These predictions all turned out to be incorrect The
has been In progress nearly year Its PARTICIPANTS
than anyone guessed they would be.
and SO far the dreadful has been amply financed
AS for the gold supply it to increase with the
progress Of the war. the statements OF the national
banks Of nations concerned give accurate account
The bank OF England reports increase Of S6S000oOO
In bullion the amount hand ago notw1h'
standing large renttances OF gold to obligations in
the United States year ago the Bank Of France held
gold amounting 100000 francs. recent state
ment showed 3s990O00 francs in gold in its vaults but
that amount increased vastly in the last week
or two by the governments appeal the French citizens
to bring their gold Of boarding and lend 1t TO the
nation receiving in return It has long been sup
posed that the thrifty French held enormous total OF
gold estimates running from Ssoo0o00o0 to $2.o0o0oo-
000 The government announced that this appeal was
remarkably effective that the supply Of gold coin now
in the Bank OF France must be very much larger than
before the began
Is interesting speculate Of the after effects OF the
presence in banks of the immense quantities Of gold
brought out the boarding in European countries in the
last twelve months. This gold will be destroyed
Much most Of will be spent but that simply means
will change 1t will remain in circulation
long while for the process Of rehoardng after peace
comes in will be comparatively slow. Gold which has
been in process Of accumulation mostly in comparatively
small amounts, in the hands Of millions Of people. has
gone banks and from the banks to the creditors
OF the nations. the people who supplying them
with food and munitions. While it may be Of academic
interest wonder and try imagine what will happen
in the financial world after the ends and peace re
sumes sway, all such guess subject to change
without notice, and likely to confound the guessers
as has been the with those who made the predic
quoted in the beginning Of this artice-Ptsburgh
Telegraph.
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UNCLE SANS SHORTAGE.

~ My the fact that when President Wilson came into
power he found big surplus in the federal treas
~ ury has saved the administration from sale OF
bonds to repenish revenues The fiscal year ending
with last month resulted in shortage Of well on toward
100000 O00 and the that the deficit is accumu,
ating working balance will not hold out much longer
The chairman Of the appropriations committee Of the
House. Mr.. Fitzgerald is record with estimate that
the deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30 1915 Will be
$6000 His prediction is being fully verified He es-
tmated excluding postal receipts averag
ing $6I 100000 monthly. The actual tax income excud
ing postal receipts and bond Sales for the first half Of
July was only S2S9O.5S394. In the first half month the
treasurys working balance went down S9,SS1.l213 AT
this rate it will be down about S10000000 by Oct l.
OF course income may improve Customs revenue seems
to be improving somewhat There will be efforts when
Congress meets to improve customs receipts The plea
the federal trade commission for restoration Of du
ties on Canadian lumber indicates what OF them may
be.
But even duties raised and others restored
it may be necessary view Of the abnormal trade situa
ton created by the world to sell bonds Such
a step would find ample in the fact that
siderable part OF the construction of the Panama canal
was paid for OF instead OF out Of
the proceeds of bond sales. The bonds authorized
but not issued They could have been sold to much bet
ter advantage year or ago than but solu
ton Of the treasurs problem still worthy Of consider
alton.
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SATURDAY EVENING. JULY "a. 1915.
NOT EXACTLY CORRECT.

- HEoDoRE Roosevelt is authority for the statement
that the woman who refuses to raise her boy to
- be soldier is not fit for citizenship.
8 Why may we ask?
d It the duty Of every mother to raise her boy to be
soldier? We hardly think so. is the duty Of every
mother to raise her boy to be good citizen and real
man and not primarily raise him for purposes.
m che raises him to high standard of citizenship and
manhood there is no need worry about the soldier
paTt The true citizen and the will always be
Wiling soldier and good soldier II the crisis arises.
Ths true man will not forsake his in the time Of
need and will freely sacrifice his life for his countrys
honor should the occasion arise But conversely the
soldier shirt does predominant in the true citizen He
does not seek war; but rather peace The true citizen
WI hold out for peace long there is any chance
but viii not sacrifice his countrys honor in order to get
away nom fighting.
The price Of too high to raise the youths OF the
country to be soldiers primarily and citizens secondariy
This would be fine world every mother raised her
boy TO be soldier It is much easier to convert good
citizen into soldier in such thing must be done.
than It is TO make good citizen Of the lad who has
been raised to be soldier.
NO Teddy we must raise boys to be citizens-the
highest type Of citizens When sufficient number Of the
youths Of the world have raised be broadmnded
peaeelovng men, wars will cease. and International
courts Of arbitration will take the place Of international
carnage Wars will never end so long as we
urge mothers to raise their boys to be soldiers.
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Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects
WALKouTS.

Strikes sometimes come like an
epidemic. Strikes are now sweeping
over the eastern portion of the United
States in constantly increasing mum.
Der IN establishments connected with
making or transporting munitions Of
war. Undoubtedly some OF them
have been encouraged deliberately by
German interests in this country.
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation OF Labor as
serts that he was offered a bride If he
would throw his influence toward get
ting the men employed in making
munitions to stop work. This is a
rood deal like making war on the
United States from within the Uni
ted States by a protessedly friendly
foreign power, and Bridgeport's an
swer to it appears to show that the
American spirit is too strong for the
eonspirators to employ such tactics
with much success.-N. Y. Herald.
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JACKS ESCAPE.

GA vaudeville playlet in one act.
Time-late evening. Place-any liv
ing room. Characters-Jack, Clarice
her father. Clarice and Jack are seen
seated on lounge. Lights are low.
Jack-Clarice we have loved each
other now for many long months.
Clarice-Alas! Time does fly.
lakeland. darling. you have never
yet permitted me to kiss you.
Clarice-No.
Jack-Don't YOU think it about time
We sell our engagement with kiss?
Clarice-If you kiss me. Jack Nor.
ton. III run and tell father!
Gle grasps her about the waist and
they struggle. At length, he kisses
her. She makes for the stairs, dis
heveled, panting.)
Jack-Great heavens! Did she
mean it?
(Clarice breaks into fathers DEM
Clarice-Dad, Jack wanEs to see
Your new shotgun.
Father takes us his gun and goes
downstairs.)
Jack-My God! Mr.. Hines-dd-d-
don't shoot!
Jack dashes from the room to the
street)
(Curtain.)
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The young man chases success.
From the moment that ambition first
stirs within him he looks ahead to-
ward the day when success shall
crown his efforts-and his efforts are.
oftentimes, too great for his physical
well being. And, sometimes, his Of
forts are misdirected in that. while
they bring him success as measured
in dollars and cents. they wreck his
very soul.
We can we'll imagine the boy run
ming after success 1t eludes him at
every grasp; he stumbles into mire
and arises: he brushes aside his fel-
low man; he tramples under foot his
less able brothers and sisters: he re
sorts to undermined. unfair, and
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CHIGGERS!.
sY CHARLES 3. pRIscoLL.

To arms! To legs! The toscIn
sounds. Ten million souls, on camp.
ing grounds, are drilling for the fray.
The enemy. from left to right, is
pressing forward TO the fight and
fight we must-today! Invading hosts
are in our land; their bloody work On
every hand and every foot is seen.
The foe has found US unprepared, he
penetrates our towns unsecured, he
holds each village green. The CHG
gers charge on flank and rear. They
fill our sous with sickly fear, they
rack our limbs with pain! The rules
Of war they have not learned. The
Hague conventions they have
spurned. they fight like ancient Cain.
o scientists and grave NJ. DIS. drag
forth your plans and remedies, while
yet our strength endures! Bring
some asphyxlating gas, pour boiling
pitch upon the grass! A olue-steel
cross is yours. We scratch and tear
out burning flesh. Each day the con
fict starts afresh, each night We
writhe and groan. Old Mister Brown,
who lives next door, weeps all night
long; we hear him roar, his children
veil and moan. Picnics and chiggers,
summer go, and have had enough.
I'll never cry when fall gets here, nor
nodding to a few friends in the grand.
stands. Ed. Long has done the same
thing twice over. showing speed both
times that surprised the time-keep,
ers. Stuart Reed has run often and
never beaten. being always we'll 10
the front OF the victorious bunch In
every contest. Harry WOODLAND
started FIVE times on the congreS.
sional track and won four times. Il
took political earthquake to beat him
in the fifth time-in 1910. Judge Rob.
inson's mild tryout on the judicial
circuit may or may not be considered
a criterion Of what he could do In
a more strenuous race.
The showings made by the Demo.
cratic runners in past years are
Continued on page six
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WARSAW AND coNsTANTINoPLE,

British pessimism about the Rus
sian campaign has been Offset to a
large extent by British optimism re
garding the Dardanelles campaign
Warsaw soon may fall before the
Germanic forces. but what OF 1t:
Historically Warsaw has been a
graveyard of conquerors; beyond
Warsaw has lain the illimitable east.
the inhospitable north. Nothing is
decided by the fall of Warsaw. or OF
any other city. in such war as this,
N. Y. Press.
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WIASH INGTON NEWS =
GOSSIP 5z 4Ez5EEs BROOKS s15zE:

WASHINGTON, D. c.. July "a
That day may be counted drab which
fails to bring forward some sugges-
ton Of a Democrat who is recon-
mended as a stronger man in the
party and at the polls than Senator
Chiffon. 1t is an unimaginative pat.
riot indeed who cannot think up
some man who in feats OF vote.get.
ting strength can put it all over un.
der and around the Kanawha county
tribune.
The conserving Of limited space
resources precludes review OF the
list, from John ". Davis down or up
as you might prefer it, at this time.
But It is our bounden duty and mex.
pressable pleasure to report the lat
est name suggested. 1t is none other
than that Of the Hon. John Cornwell-
editor. lawyer. railroad builder. ex-
senator and one time candidate for
governor. It is now his turn to be
labeled as party deliverer and Chill.
ton relegator.
has not been geeing with the party
organization since the year he ran
for governor. He has been decidedly
independent of the party outfit in his
views and quite courageous in ex-
pressing them. This change in him
was attributed to the new environ
nent he found himself in when he
undertook the building OF railroad
from Romney through to Moorefeld.
The project made intimate assoCIa-
ton with the money kings of Wall
Street absolutely necessary, and this
alienated what may be called the
radical or boob-tossing element Of
the party. Mr.. Cornwell's views on
public questions became less radical
and more sensible, and the contingent
which stolidly declined to have its
hair cut until Bryan was elected
President. were insstent with the
cruel charge that he was the com.
placent victim Of the odius Octopus
Nevertheless the railroad was built.
then II was sold to a larger syndicate.
and Mr.. Cornwell banked a substan-
tial and deserved profit. Since then
he has been fearless in going about
among the preying animals of finance.
wholly nonchalant Of the possible
consequences of a manufacturing
Predatory Interest slipping up on him
and biting him on the cawf Of the
leg.
In view Of all OF this it might be
thought that no name more inap
propriate than Mr.. Cornwell's gould
be suggested in connection with the
senatorship. Not at all-in the light
of the plausible explanation vouch
safed by the suggestor. Public sent
iment, he says. has itself changed,
and Democratic party sentiment in
West Virginia has changed with it.
1t is a more conservative and sober
sentiment that prevails now. We are
told. and the classhatred era is a
thing Of the past. Indeed. to be a
captain OF industry may soon again
be classification Of honor as in the
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criminal methods TO get what he calli
success!
At last he catches up with success
and success is his.
But in the meantime he has grown
old: he has made no other friend than
gold: with 4 grim. cynical eye ne
looks ont upon the world; with 8
hard. cruel mouth he issues commands
that come from a stony heart.
Success means little to him then!
Why. millions of failures" go down
into their graves with more contented
minds, easier consciences, purer
hearts, and cleaner souls.
So, young man. while you're chasing
after success he careful how you chase
il; and who you run over; and what
sort OF success you run after.
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melLANcE is NECESSARY.

There may be no cause for alarm
IN the fact that fires have caused
more or less damage within two
Syesks on FIVE Of our warships. that
on the still unfinished dreadnaugh;
Oklahoma, which already cost more
than $4,000. 900, making extensive
repairs necessary. Crossed electric
wires ana the carelessness OF work
4ng men do cause fires frequently
THe reticence of officials in regard to
fhe probable cause Of these fires also
Is communicable. But It was newt
able that apprehension should be
aroused. The air is filed with ugly
rlinors Of all sorts Of incendiarism
10 order the navy yards and ship
building yards in which government
work Is under way closed to all Wis
itors. as is said to have been done,
would be q wise precautionary mea'
sure.
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LABOR TROUBLE AND PRo.eER.
MAN INTRIGUE.

The public undoubtedly will think
that there is more than a coipcident
IN the sudden outbreak of strikes in
various Industries furnishing mum
lions Of war and other supplies to the
allies. Mr.. G0mpers has charged that
the meters OF the labor troubles at
Bridgeport were in the pay Of the
pro-G German propagandsts. 1t is nat
guKal to suspect a similar influence be-
hind the disturbances in the Bayonne
ION rehneries and among the long.
shoremen who are loading vessels
carrying war materials to Europe. 1t
would be well worth the Department
oGJusttee's while to investigate these
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OUR IMPERILLEp NAVY.

1t was announced officially at the
Navy Department in Washington yes.
terday that there is no reason to be.
lieve that the large number of fires
among American war vessels recent.
~ was caused by spies or incendiar-
les" and specifically of the fire on the
Oklahoma. These outgivings are de.
signed to reassure the public. But
what consolatory choice can be made
between fires deliberately and malic-
iously set and fires resulting from in.
efficiency and lack Of discipline
n, Y, Sun.
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GOLD AND THE WAR.

TT was common saying number Of years before the
outbreak Of the present European that conflict
between the great European nations could not last
long because Of the expense which would be in
voved in putting into the field the large armies which it
was known would take part If holities once began Of
sustaining them while the conflict lasted and Of keeping
in commission the great warships Of the several fleets
and of supplying the monster cannon, as well as the
smaller arms Of the soldiers with ammunition. 1t
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(Curtain.)
ON THE QUIET.

Mr.. Sububs-Maria the next time
you ship a crate Of chickens out here.
see that they don't get loose I've
spent the day securing the neighbor-
hood and have only been able to To-
cate ten.
Mrs. Sububs-Sh! Quiet, John. I
only shipped out six!
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troubles and determine whether or
not conspiracy exists to proven:
American manufacturers from carry
ing out their contracts.-N. Y. Tri-
bune.
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END TO END.

"a woman talks Of going from one
extreme to the other"
YES"
And then she buttons her shoes
with a hair pin"
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BY CHARLES BROOKS SMITH.

| lets MIN IN ana restores MN 10 SOou
standing in the benevolent and pro.
tective order OF Democrats.
The most notable past performance
OF Mr.. Cornwell was paced on the
gubernatorial track in 1904. He ran
against ". NJ. o. Dawson. he ran
over 1900 votes ahead Of the party's
presidential nominees, and lost by
90S3.
Studying past performances Is as
much a business of the politician is
it is of the speculative party who haz.
ards his money at the race track
How horse or candidate has run IN
other races is considered to be a
pretty fair basis on which to estimate
how he horse or candidate) will run
when he next starts. In puZzling over
the uncertainties Of Republican re
suits next year in West Virginia many
students Of the dope-sheet profess to
find Stimulation and invaluable help
in that piece of mathematical litera
ture. If, all who are mentioned run,
and run TO form" allowing the stu
dius optic to roam through the guide
book is by no means time wasted
There is Albert Blakeslee Whites
performance on the gubernatorial
half.mile in 1900. He won in a canter
with a lead of 1851. To be sure
that was fifteen years ago. and Mt
White may not have the speed and
endurance to make such record
race as that again. But it is inter
esting. now that he is having boom
for the senatorship. to see what he
did the last time he went to the wire
for the word. No one ever came any
where near his mark since the Re
publican party began TO win the gov,
ernorships in 1896. Atkinson and
NGasScock came through with little
over II 10000. Dawson with 9063 and
Hatfield with a lead Of S769. Isaac T.
Mann is newcomer to the track
never having raced before and the
form book can give no help in figur'
ing how he may perform under hard
drive. In the case Of Howard Suth-
erland it Is helpful, though. Suther,
and has a couple Of highly creditabIe
winnings 10 his credit. In 1912 he
finished over 10000 votes to the good
and in 1914. with a split ticket. he
romped home ahead over 5000. John
Sherman Darst is proven racer with
a long series Of winnings to his cred,
it and not a single defeat. Virgil
Highland has never been tried of the
Harrison county track. He had two
goes there and broke even. Fred o.
Blue had the same experience on the
Barbour county state senatorial
course. Senator Hoods races have
been local, too. and what he could
do In the gubernatorial sweepstakes
is bafflingly problomatical. Cousin
Abe Lilly Is young to the track. but
galloped to the goal three years age
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CONTINUED on page six.)
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~ HEoDoRE Roosevelt is authority for the statement
that the woman who refuses to raise her boy tc
y be q soldier is not fit for citizenship.
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Continued From Page One.)
In the second stories Of a few houses
ON higher ground.
Plenty of Supplies.
Large quantities of supplies from
Little Rock and other Arkansas cities
We're distributed in Newport today.
They arrived none too soon as the
situation resulting from the lack of
food and the means to cook what was
ON hand was becoming serious. Mayor
Taylor of Little Rock ana officials of
the Little Rock chamber Of commerce
have assured the Newport authorities
that the aid will be continued as long
as il is needed,
Governor Hays today ordered a
small detachment of the Jonesboro
company of the Arkansas militia TO
Newport TO aid in policing the city.
There had been minor disorders re
sulting from alleged attempts at eX-
tortiOn by owners of boats which are
the only method of getting about the
city.
With the crest Of the flood nearing
the lower reaches of the White river.
residents of towns in that section
turned out en- masse today and worked
vigorously strengthening the levees.
report that they believe the dykes
will hold.
The mayor Of Newport estimates the
food damage in the city and the
section within a radius Of
miles at $4,000, 600.
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Continued From Page One)
the cotton market by the mills of
EnC'and and America. permitting
them to secure their supplies of cor
ton at very low prices and defer their
own purchases until after peace is
made and take the chances Of secur-
ing then their own stocks at much
higher prices? Is It not reasonable
90 believe hat they will arrange 10
buy cotton as the spinncrs Of other
nations buy it and can they not casii,
arrange to have their cotton pur-
chascs stored in this country for
their account until they can transport
10 TO their WI shorcs?'
Mr.. Harding said the south's well
fare depends upon the marketing Of
at fairly remunerative rates
and southern bankers should, wher-
possible. make liberal conces-
in their usual rates on COM
modify loans. High interest. he
pointed out, means forced sales.
present conditions" he said.
fully justify low rates and southern
bankers should be willing TO forego
temporary profits for the sake Of Sc
curity and solidity i'm the future. I
am sure that the federal reserve
banks may be depended upon under
power Of r~ediscounting 10 CO.
operate to the fullest extent with the
banks in taking care Of the cotton