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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

Can England afford to see her war
ships silently sink to the bottom of
Davy Jones' locker at thsi rate. is a
common inquiry, as every week or SO
the cables report another dreadnaught
or cruiser punctured. There are sew
eral considerations to bear in mind.
First, England can lose third OF her
entire navy and still be superior to
Germany on the sea. All told she has
not suffered as heavy los as might
be experienced in one massed battle.
But after England's navy is swept
from the seas, if that is conceivable,
Germany will still have navy to face
as great as her own in the French feet.
The bulk of that reserve force is sup
posed to be somewhere in the Mediter-
ranean out OF harms way.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
Buy IL Nosyi

Say.
Do-you remember when yon were a kid,
How they used to tell you
About throwing pebble into pond,
And how IT made a ripple
That went on, and on, and on, and on,
Until It reached the distant shore,
Or something like that?
And when you got big enough
You went to the minstrel show
And saw the end man
And the middle man
Show how a quarter of dollar
Paid OF ten dollars worth of debts
III about FIVE minutes,
By passing from Tambo to Bones,
And from Bones to Rastus,
And from Rastus to Ephraim,
And from Ephraim to Liiah.
And so on around the half circle?
And then when you were sent up
To college.
The high-brow professor
Tried to explain the same thingt
You remember?
Well,
This Is no talk on Political Economy
Or anything like that:
It's just a gentle hint
To the effect that Right Now
Is a good time for you
To start a little ripple of your own;
a good time
To start your dollars
Moving round the circle.
Pay off your debts.
Buy what you need,
And buy 1t now
Get things started
Put money in circulation.
That's good sense.
And patriotism,
And good business.
Every ripple in the pond,
No matter how small.
Helps break the stagnatioE.
Get busy
And make splash.
Buy 1t now"
And get your money back.
M. M.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
Clerks Get One Per
Cent Of Xmas Sales
HARTLEY's STORE SENDS OUT 80
CHECKS FOR VARIOUS SUMS
TO EMPLOYEES.

Eighty-four checks representing
various amounts were handed out to
the same number of employees of the
J. NJ. Hartley and Sons department
store on Saturday. in payment of the
one percent of sales. offered by the
firm to its employees for the Christ
mas season.
The checks were handed out on
Saturday but the firm desired that the
matter not be published until today.
The Hartley company instructed
their employees, on November 80,
that they would be allowed one per
cent on all sales, either cash or credit
up until Christmas eve.
The fact that the firm, would offer
this increased pay to its employees, al
a time, when business depression, is
keenly felt over the country, is doubly
appreciate by the employees.
other employees of the store not
employed in the sales departments
were given an average percentage on
a basis in keeping with the sales peo-
Pile.
The Hartley firm, always progress
sive has shown marked step ahead
in this move. The step will work to
the benefit of the firm also. as an ap-
preciated employe gets the, best re.
suits for the employer. -
The Hartley firm enjoyed a good
Christmas trade. At no time was
there a rush, this fact being attribut'
ed to the earl shopping movement,
which was inaugurated by the papers.
The shop at home movement which
was also agitated through the city pa
pers was also largely responsible for
the trade O focal concerns.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
ANOTHER FREE TRADE lFIsAtLURE.

I'VE were told with great gusto only
few months ago that the cost of
living was too high and that by re-
ducing the tariff on the necessaries
OF life the prices would be brought
down to the consumer but just the
opposite has happened
The tariff on wheat was taken off
as well as the % per cent duty on
bread which according to the Demo
cratic theory of economics SHOULD
have brought the price of five cent
loaf ofbread down to four cent per
loaf. That argument was of course
falacious to begin with but it's fall
acy is now doubly proved by the pro-
posed increase in the price OF bread
or the reduction in the size of the
loaf which amounts to the same
thing. This all proves once more our
oft asserted truth that the retail
price of commodities is not regulated
by the tariff. In the present case OF
wheat and bread the increased price
can be traced to grain market specu-
lators.
Bull spectators in Chicago are re-
sponsible for the prices. which have
reached the highest point since the
Letter corner of seventeen years ago.
May option touched S1.41 3-4. and
closed l cent under that quotation.
Cash wheat was barely below the
May price. and July sold fraction
above S127, on the theory that the
Southwest may be able to market
part OF its crop by July.
All the wheat in store in Chicago,
80. 100000 bushels. has been sold, as
has that at Duluth. Europe is clean
ling up the biggest crop this country
ever raised-9O0.000.0 bushels.
Countries that never before imported
much wheat from the United States
are taking it now by millions of bu-
shells. Italy and France have bought
in enormous lots. Italy has been
buying in such quantities that it IS
puzzling the trade.
Great Britain, after clearing up the
Canadian surplus. has been an enor-
nous buyer. The Scandinavian coun-
tries have doubled their usual pur-
chases. This country's surplus of
$50 100000 bushels is fading so fas:
that spectators and statisticians be-
fore the next crop natures.
When the war started wheat was
selling under 81. The price now Is
just so cents a bushel over that of
year ago. The receipts are 40 per
cent greater. and the price on the
farm is close to $1.35.
Yesterdays export sales of wheat
in New York were estimated to have
been in excess of 100000 bushels.
Bradstreet's estimate of exports for
the week was 1O,365,Oo0, new rec
ord,
To cap the whole situation, grain
dealers are saying that if exports are
not stopped and 50 wheat becomes
reality americans will have to take
to eating corn. Attorney General
Gregory it is reported from Wash.
Gregory, it was reported from Wash
ington is watching the situation to
make sure. that there is no combin.
alton or conspiracy to bring about
this sensational jump.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

took back anything did or sed. Pa,
toad Ma. S
1 know. sed Ma, but you reemenns
Der that butiful oald poem which be-
gins:
Speek gentlely. it is better far
To rule by love than feer:
Speek gentlely. let no harsh word
mar
The good that we may do heer.
Speek gently to the little child,
Its love to sure to gaini
Teech it in accents soft & mild
1t may not long ree-main.
That Is the way l want Little Bob
top Moran, sed Ma.
I wuddent back water for anybody
sed Pa.
Just then the doorbell rang q o.
big tall red headed man cain in. Ny
name is Moran. he sed. Red Moran
they call me down to the docks. Nj
littel son tells me that yure boy won
fair fife from him today & want
to shake hands with the yungster
that can lick my Dinny. taut him
TO fite myself. & then he shook my
hand.
Now. you sse. sed Pa, grit Is al:
ways admired. l knew It.
One minnit. sed Mister Moran.
understand yure son told my SON
after he had whipped him that his
father cud do the saim thing to me.
That is why dropped around.
How ridiklus. sed Pa, the vary idee
OF my whipping you. If my son sed
that l will apologize for him and
then Mister Moran sed Goodnite.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
Install Officers
OF Central Church

The following officers of the Cen
trail Christian church were installed
with suitable ceremonies at the moru-
ing services yesterday: Elders A. T..
Jones, Bruce Morcan and Frank Car
penter: deacons, Frank Carr, Ernest
DeBolt, D. o. Smith, w. /. Lydic and
T. H. Daugherty. In the afternoon
the following officers were chosen for
the Christian Endeavor Society:
Counsellors, Rev. c. E. Mitchell, A.
T. Jones and Robert Thurman.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
BROTHERHOOD TO
DEBATE QUESTION
Interesting Session Will be
Held at Baptist Church
Tonight.

The Brotherhood of the First Bap-
fist church have planned for an in
teresting meeting tonight at the
church. A debate will be conducted,
in which four of the leading members
of the Brotherhood will participate.
The subject to be debated will be
Resolved tTGa the Cause OF For
eign Missions Is More Important Than
Home Missions. The Ladies' of the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

The California building at the Pana-
ma-Pacinc International Exposition
was dedicated on Saturday. November
81. This structure is the best building
of the exposition and as completed rep
resents an outlay of $4,000. 900. 1t is
the largest structure ever erected by
any state at an exposition.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

At the last OF Billy Sundays
meetings at Des Moines. 10000 men in
that town supported a rising vote in ia
vor of prohibition in Iowa and nation
ally. AS q result OF Sundays meetings
an Iowa prohibition campaign a GER
tainty.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

There is always one pertinent OBJ
servation about the inflated prices Of
wheat and other farm products, that
is they are brought about after the
product is out Of the hands of the
farmer who gets no benefit of the rise.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

A good many believe there should
be two Heavens-one for people of
their kind and one for the lower
classes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

A geologist has by process of de-
duction discovered that the world is
one hundred million years old, which
we might add is the worlds record
in longevity.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
They Are Coming.

incy arc SoHltnS.
Now it's over till Easter. No. beg
pardon. There's Washington's birth
day and Ground Hog Day and. bless
every one of our souls. st. Patrick's
Day in the Observation-Disclosures Adj
Yertiser.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
State Editors.
Precedent For II.

What's all the commotion about
Canadian soldiers shooting an Ameri-
can soldier or two? The Canucks, in
this. merely followed the undisputed
precedent set by the Mexicans.-Hunt-
inEton Herald-Dispatch.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
The Festive Co W With Thinking Bell

The Festive Co W With Thinking Bell.
After -o~t March no more will the
festive COW with tinkling bell keep
the residents of Logan awake at night
end scared that a delegation from
Dante's nightmare has come to sere-
made their wicked deeds.
Logan town council bars the COW
on the streets in the night time. This
civic and physic action comes right
after the supreme courts decision
that the Republicans of Logan can't
vote after night.-Pocahontas Inde-
pendent
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

Miss Bertha Cole has gone to Win
chester, Va. to spend the remainder
of the month with relatives and
Reconsideration Sentinel.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
a GOOD suaaestIon.

careful not to stain 1t with blackness
from the old one-Wheeling News.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
Better Be Chased Than Shot.

Look out for Jimmie Seibert, our
big chief of police. He has sprained
his ankle badly and can hardly walk.
The doctor has advised him not to
run but to shoot, or If he gets hold of
a man just sit on him till help comes.
Now. if you are looking for trouble
just fool around little and see what
happens. We hope the big chief will
soon be o. K. again.-Somerset Pa.)
Democrat.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

When a squaw marries white man
the newspapers refer to her as an "In.
dian princess"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

A woman can take a bath in a basin
OF water and make a good Job OF it.
But a man can't.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
Just Smiles.
Instructins the New Reporter.

InStructin9 the new Reporter.
A cub reporter turned in STORY"
that ran like this: Buck Seymore
was seen with two-inch augur 60
ing down the river road this morn
ing. Wonder what Buck is after
now?"
Here, young man." called out the
city editor, this story is incomplete.
We don't print that kind of items in
the Gazette Tell what Buck was
doing with the augur''
Il didn't find out" the cub STAN
mered.
We'll, I'll tell you this one time.
Plainly, he was going after grease
fish. You catch 'em by boring hole
in the water and batting the surface
with dried prunes. The grease fish
comes out. eats the prunes and swells
up SO he can't get back in the hole"
Some folks were surprised that Ed.
Shirts went to work again at Hunt &
Milks. They thought he would take
a Job with Coates & Co. and then
they'd advertise Coates C Shirts
Burchard (Neb.) Times.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

Some ten years ago in Indiana.
Hannah Allen married Allan Hannah.
So she became Hannah Hannah. a
name that spelled the same backward
or forward
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

Every man knows lot of other me
who haven't as much sense as he ha
and who are making more money tina
he does.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

"Style" means that because gown
looks good on tall clothes horse it is
going to look good on short fat dame.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
uecless ThInns.

Useless Things.
Two of the most useless things In
the world: The college yell and the
Underwood tarif-Preston Republic
can
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
Luke McLuke.

AS long as dog knows how to bark
and wag his tail boy doesn't care a
hang If he hasn't any pedigree.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

Anyway. we can't say that the wo.
men have not done all they could to
shun loose habits"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

princess wouldn't be able to talk
at all If she was barred from using the
word cute"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

A man is as young as he feels, and
q woman is older than she says.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

Things are not always what they
seem. Many a complexion that looks
like peaches and cream, tastes like
kalsomine.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

church are invited to this meeting,
which promises to be a good one.
Judges will decide the question. Those
who will participate In the discussion
viii be TO affirm: N. G. Matthews and
]. F. Cole. To deny NJ. C. Lough
and z. C. Currey.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
THE PARTY OF HIS FATHERS.


The significance of the return of
Medill Mccormick to the Republican
fold in Illinois is mainly in its tardi-
ness. The first deserters from the
field Of Armageddon won notice over
the length and breadth of the land.
Mccormick Is noticeable from his
prominence in the recent parity. and
also from his being a member of the
Illinois legislature. That body con-
tanned another Progressive, H. S.
Hicks. and we learn that he has join
ed Mccormick In declaring the pleas
ure of getting back to the party of
his fathers
Nevertheless, 1t has been noted
that Mccormick was slow. II is
months since Dan Hanna turned the
thunder of his Cleveland newspaper
to other ideals than Armageddon.
Possibly both events were aided by
the bad fortune of other leaders who
have tried to keep up the fight. Only
In California does the Progressive war
cry appear to continue persistent. The
great task of making this country a
place in which Mr.. Perkins children
may dwell happily seems liable to
suffer from the neglect that follows a
movement from which the voters re-
tire rather more rapidly than leaders.
Except in Pennsylvania This state
balances itself between California
and the rest of the country. With
the credit of having secured for Gif-
ford Pinchot the prominence of being
a bad second, it may be at least an
other year before the Hon. William
Finn will desert the standard OF
Armageddon and return to the party
of his fathers."-PIttsburgh Dis
patch.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
Current Comment.

WHEAT IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
May wheat. which topped $3.50 in
New York yesterday. is a speculative
commodity. More significant is the
cash price. which is irregular, in some
cases unreported, but runs the May
price good race beth in Chicago AMI
New York. The prices for actual
wheat are the highest in forty years.
Such sustained prices as have now
continued for some months were not
in the memory of midle-aged men.
Chicago wheat dropped in January,
1895, to ASK. the lowest since the
Civil War. Cheap wheat was the
strength of the free-silver cause in
the presidential campaign of 1896;
that strength declined as wheat rose
throughout the fall. But from ASK
cents to present prices, with farmers
demanding SIPS at elevators in the
High prices for export wheat are
greatly affecting the trade balance.
The 100000 bushels sent abroad the
past week were worth $14 100000 The
August. Septembee and October
breadstuffs exports passed those of
the previous year in value by $751;
100000. Home demand has risen since
Sir William Crookes in 1900 estimated
it at five bushels per inhabitant. A
continuation of the present export
pace would leave us rather short in
the face of crop uncertainties. Hence
the furry lin prices.-N. Y. World.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11

To the victim belongs the bowls.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-13
BATTLING NELSON
AGREES TO TERMS
Snnnial 10 Tho NYorld

DRUMRIGHT Aug. 12.-Drum-
right fight fans are now assured Of
good bout. Tuesday night Tom
Goss, local promoter, received a tele-
gram from Battling Nelson at his
homo in Hegewiscb, H. stating that
he owould accept his offer and the
challenge to fight Sailor Kirk, the
Frisco boy, here on Labor Day lie
asked that all particulars and condi-
tions be given him by wire, which
has been done, and the bout is pracs
tically "cinched." Kirk is in training
here now
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-13
EIGHT AMERICANS
ARRIVE AT LAREDO

LAREDO, Aug. Eight Ameri-
can passengers. en- route from Mon
terey to Brownsville. arrived here to-
night. They claim this route was
chosen because OF persistent rumors
in Monterey that strong anti
American sentiment existed nj Mata-
moros, opposite Brownsville, and
they were advised by Mexican friends
to come through Laredo.
Heavy fighting continues before
Saltlllo, according To news here to-
night, both villa and Carranza forces
losing heavily. Details were not forth-
coming.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-13
WINE SHORTAGE MAY
PREVENT MASS IN DRY
STATE OF ARIZONA.

DOUGLAS, Arlz., Aug. 12.-
Churches which use wines for
sacramental purposes will not re-
ceive renewed supplies until suit
Is brought to test the state pro-
hiDlti0n law on the point, ac-
cording to Eugene s. Ives, rail
road attorney. Mr.. Ives in a
letter to Il. N. French, represent
ing the Catholic church here,
said the railroads would not ac-
cept for shipment into Arizona
any liquor no matter for what
purpose such beverages were in
tended until the law had been
construed by proper judicial au-
thoritles.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-13

dollars worth oof tickets have been
sold despite the fact that there is no
decrease in the price Unless at least
$1,000 worth Of tickets are sold by
Saturday, night the club will finish
the season at Okmulgee."
The tickets are in 81 packets. Four
25-Cent tickets are in each package
Each ticket is good for general ad-
mission at one game and two tickets
admits the bearer to the grandstand
The same price of the regular games
The only idea of putting on this sale
is to increase the attendance.
While there is a sentiment among
the fans that the Tulsa club is not
Just what it should be, this feeling is
not we'll grounded. 1t must be res
membcrCd that in every league seven
teams must lose: There can be but
one pennant- bearer. The fans who
take occasion to rap the local club
are not loyal fans. The Producers
have won three out of the last four
games, They are playing better ball
league OF that there is no ques-
ton.
Season Pass, Too.
Another thing about the ticket sale:
In one Of the packets Of tickets which
are now on sale in practically every
drug store and cigar stand in the city,
are five tickets. The person who gets
the package with the fifth ticket will
he ablo to go to ball games all next
season.owithout cost. This fifth ticket
is a pass for the 1915 season.
Remember, Mr.. Fan, it is now up to
you. Either keep the Producers ia
Tulsa or let them go to Okmulgee
It's up to you, that's all.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-13
Herbert Pennock Released

BOSTON, Aug. I2.-The release OF
Herbert Pennock, the Boston Ameri-
can pitcher formerly Of the Philadel-
phia Americans, to the Providence
club of the International, league was
announced tonight by President Ian
min of the Boston Americans. PEN
mock had not pitched a full game
since Boston bought him two months
ano
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-13
Buy EN- Here! Those
Booster Tickets
Jack I.etchcr

Jack Letchcr.
Miss pOzier, dining room Hotel
Tulsa
Oil Flyer cafe,
r.. Z. Cline, city auditor.
Mistletoc cafe
Central National Bank cigar stand.
Tulsa Pool hall, basement Hotel
Tulsa.
George + hathaway.
POstDfficc cigar stand.
Jituey buffet,
LutOnia cafe.
B. \, Hooper Of Hooper Bros.
Ohio Euilding cigar stand
Smokewell cigar stand.
RibmsOp Arcade cigar stand.
Gillelt building cigar stand.
Rotary club.
OrphCum cigar stand.
Gillette Building cigar stand.
Baltimore drug store.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-13
Onr.mcn Rcndy ion Rcgnttn.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Aug. r.
one hundred Of the fastest oarsmen In
this county and Canada arrived in
this city today for the forty-third ma
tional regatta Of the Amateur associa-
tion Of the United States. Fourteen
events will be rowed on the Connect
cut river. four miles below the city
with seven races each day
The races will begin at 3 O'Clock
each afternoon with a half-hour in
terval between starts.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-13

Pittsburgh Federal league baseball
club from either employing or play
ing Sanford Burk, the pitcher who
jumped from the Indianapolis Ameri-
can association club, was continued
late today in common pleas court
until a final hearing is held in the
case. No date for the hearing, how
ever, was announced but it was said
the case could not be resumed until
October.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-13
TcnoCcnt Rail nj R,Itimorn

BALTINOEE, Aug. 12.-Ton-cent
baseball will be inaugurated at the
Federal league park here tomorrow.
Announcement to this effect was
made by the management Of the local
team today Admission to the pavil-
ion hereafter will be % cents and to
the grandstand so cents.