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GIVE ADVICE
 TO HIS COUNTRY
SAYS PRESENT TROUBLE Is SHEER NONSENSE. JUST :.
 KEEP COOL Is ALL

BERLIN, Dec. 21-Count Tizzax who. next to Emperor Francis Joseph, Is the strongest man in Austria, advises his country not to break with the United States. and provided that Washington keep cool. there is no danger or trouble between the two countries. The present irritation. he qualities as sheer nonsense and not worth getting excited over.
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FASTENING OLD AGE.

this day and age "old age is generally pohins more
u health
another for the falling due of the debts Q,
youth-oyer.eating oyerdrinkng oyerpaying and over
working. s'ss q
Few people nowadays live to a"rpe old ase because
theydo not know the meaning Of the wo.d, ainodera
ton" : -, sSiFssS \ I'd
For instance recorded that in Yorkshire England
in 1901 one Henry Jenkins born He died in 1870
cut off at the ago of 1853. III AZ
He remembered well the battle Of Flodden Field which
occurred in 1913 when he was 12 years old Records
show ne gave deposition witness when he was
Nor was he but mere doddering shell Of human.
In his young manhood, when he was little over 100
he was remarkable swimmer 81 ( 49,
Had he left his rule of living which he didn't 1t prob
ABLY. would have had for ote--MoDERATroN
People born with good bodies which they treat well
viii long time barring accidents ana SO will some
people born with poor bodies which they treat we'll
But people born with good bodies which they treat
badly or people born with poor bodies which they treat
badly-THEY DON'T LAST LONG s a. |. =
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Mr.. FoRD's8 RETURN i { /.

II TENRY FORD evidently overesmated the power OF
'f7l wealth and his power. He did mot oyerest.
mate the power Of an idea The impulse that guild.
ed hmSon his expedition Europe IN the interest Of
peace was noble one His enterprise has. ended in
failure chiefly because like most impulses 10 was the
result Of Inspiration rather than meditation Yet the
vision upon which could have appeared only 10
great and generous SOUL Disappointed az he must be-
esneed have no sense Of humiliation
Probably IL this non-oficial mission had been very
carefully worked out it would have accomplished little
lnder present conditions. AS It was Isl never had
chance Most of those who responded 10 MI. Fords
II sly Invitations not of type to give dignity to
his purpose Distinguished men and women Who might
have Joined him did not respond without such support
he found himself in Norway the one object Of interest in
party of bickerers and trihers Il.
man less jealous than Mr.. Ford would have seen in
this abandonment Of him by the cautious and discreet an
omen Of disaster. To his indomitable will this was
merely an obstacle to be overcome. We cannot doubt
that in many spheres his determination would have tr
umphed in spite of all discouragemens but in this In
stance the task was superhuman Il X, 80
Mr. Ford has failed, not because he was wrong but
because he right at the wrong time and in the wrong
way:-New York World. "a;
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done more for the femnists than many planned cam
paigns carried on by hundreds Of paid platform speaker
Modern feminist theories have gone far past some o.
heberal ideas With which Sarah first offended conyen
some Of the remarkably ADVANCED notions held By
many. college girls today. & 8 Il 3
But her life has been coincident With, and has been
in large way the measure Of the modern womans move
ment And with all OF the truly great Sarah Bern.
hardt has contributed indirectly life of her time
quite as much she has contributed BY intention and
endeayor. ssi x Z. 58
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MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER q, 1916.
FRICK's HAPPY THOUGHT,

ERYir rich men are seldom as happy in the selection
w ofEways in which to give away their money as was
H.Ec. Frick, Of Pittsburgh and New York, when
he agreed pay In cash and all of the accounts
Of the school children depositors in the SCHOOL Savings
Bank Fund of the Pittsburgh Bank for Savings. which
was closed last week by order of the Pennsylvania Com
missioner Of Banks.
There are 10000 Of these accounts and they have
total $4,000. 1t is trihe to man as wealthy
ss 10 the coke steel and transportation magnate, but
how different is the matter in the eyes of the individual
depostors Each of these represents some
self sacriaee, belief in frdgality some faith in
banks and In business methods Much of this good moral
eject might have been destroyed II in the winding up
" the affairs OF the bank these deposits were reduced
ANY danger Of this is averted by Mr.. Tricks &C
ton The lesson Of the of saving will not be lost
Mr. Frick through his fortunate thought in addition to
making Christmas happy for 10000 children has won for
himself o distinction which the other jewellers in mil
honairedom will sincerely envy him. 1t is easy for men
In his class give away money but real inspirations
do not such more frequently than to those
Who are less fortunate in a financial way.
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his personal profit or the personal and
private fortunes OF any leader. or
group of leaders,--will have to decide
Tor himself is whether he favors sac.
rifcing party TO persons. Let no.
body be so foolish as to make any
mistake on that,
y want, to point to 1908 to merely
show that feeling Is not to be erased
IN day and point to 1910 to sound
the warning that defeat to the Repub.
lican party is not impossible. Also;
! call attention to the fact that since
1904 the change Of six thousand votes
would have defeated our candidates
for governor and with fitty.fiye coin.
ties the average would not have need.
ed to have been large.
Il mention these things, because /
believe in Republicans expressing
themselves now and not saying tomor.
row: I thought So Let us be hon.
est IN our convictions and right or
wrong, II We arc fighting true for the
cause OF the party, we will speak out
fearlessly and with the hope that we
are rendering q service to the whole
party regardless Of our feelings for
individuals. The party is bigger and
Its success is more important than the
ambitions Of any men In West Wiz.
ginia who belong to itS'
lis Is on these Opinions that, Sen.
ator, 1t is published and gossiped that
you favor the nomination of ex.Goy.
ernor White" was asked.
Most assuredly," was the reply.
"Goryernor White will have my hear.
ty support. I5expect to do, every.
thing | can do to bring about his cleo.
ton to the United States Senate, be.
cause am strongly OF the couyic.
ton that the party could not do bet.
ter, and might do a great deal worse.
than to hand over the sentorial tora
TO him. He Is In every sense Of tie
word and the deed fit. to wearsit. But
aside from that, under the ScIrcum.
stances. 1t would be. the best thing .
Tor the party, as a party, to kbestow
the honor upon him at this time. II
Is because Of the party. welfare rath:
or than Gov. Whites personal am.
'bition, that l hold this view OF Il. Gov.
ernor White and myself have not al.
ways stood for the; same things and
Therefore my preference for him at
this time Is by no means governed
BY any especial sentimental reasons.
! am proud to say, though, that though
we have differed on policies and public
issues, we have been personal friends
Tor years. because he has been big
enough at all times to create enemies
and bitter feeling by with ding from
others the right ito be at variance
with his opinions and convictions.
1T is merelyfa waste Of words and
time to talk Of Governor Whites abili.
ties and quail lions. No West Wiz.
ginian would have the extreme nerve
to question them. White Is senator.
ial timber. He Is At. BY education,
experience, talent he fills the bill,
Compare him with any man in the
United States Senate today, and you
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. Eek.
Senator Elkins, heir OF "Halliehurst"
and scion of the Sage thereof under
whose leadership the Republican party
In West Virginia came into its own
and under whose wise guidance and
firm commands has held practically
unanimous control since 1894; in an
authorized interview today prophesied
Republican victory next year in ma.
ton and state, and delivered himself
Of some solid advice and meritori.
Gus admonitions to his fellow party.
men In West Virginia. incidentally,
n this interview. he expressed his
personal preference for Ex-Governor
Albert Blakeslee White for United
States Senator, and gave a few Of the
reasons why he favored the disting.
uished Parkersburger.
ByswaySof an opening, the interview
er asked the; youthful ex-senator what
was his view Of the political land.
scape since the notable meeting Of
the National Committee here week
or more ago. Il never saw a more
confident air among Republicans and
think the expression of the leaders
who gathered here was but an ex.
preston OF the feeling OF Republicans
in Retrospective states" said the Ell.
KIN the younger. "All signs that
see point to a sweeping Republican
victory nextfyear."
Ito West Virginia he was asked,
and his survey Of the situation there
was slightly less optimistic. This is
what Davis Elkins said as to that:
" would like as well as any man
70 say that we have nothing but sun
chine In the ranks OF the party in
West Virginia. But there are not
Z lew clouds oyerhanging the party
there. These, I believe, will be roll.
ed away in due season when the is.
sues are Joined and what the respec.
tive candidates. stand for is fully.
Understood by the voters of our par.
" West Virginia Is a strong Re.
publican state and a majority Of her
voters are strong In faith in Repub.
liean party principles. / think we
viii win. We should win. All the
advantages are our way, and victory is
sure unless iwetyirtunlly throw It away
% the winds. We cannot win, though
y dissension Is allowed to break our
line and scatter our ranks. point
with regret to signs that there Is too
much 81 q disposition to make the
party Welfare subyersive to personal
and selfish ends tits very plain to
me that the way things are headed
now, the Republican lparty's rank and
flie ssoon to be brought squarely
up to the barrier to make choice
between saving the party or sub
hitting Il TO the control Of selfish
men for this own personal aggrandiEe.
ment. Make no smistake-if the con-
lost that seems destined to- belwaged
within our party holds the boards as
many expect u will, but which recent.
" have come to doubt-the issue
that q Republican who loves and re-
veres his party above anything else,
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ONE OF THE TRULY GREAT.

ESFAhtaA14 bERNHARDT, report says, Is dying. AS she
- comes to the end Of her life. Bernhardt has no
greater admirers than the women of the United
States But this regard for the most extraordinary
actress Of her time has not always here Upon
aer hrs visit sernhardt was decidedly dsapproved by
everySs nice woman The reason was that Sarah the
Divine large and generous disregard for certain
Mrs Grundy, who then ruled the comngs and goingy
and sayings and doings of every well bred American
woman, =
But the status Of woman even her IDEAS are far
enough away now from what they in Bernhardts
hen there We're feminsts no suffragsts.
Ana while Bernhard has maintained complete indif
ference 70 both movements, she has forwarded both
Her indepseedence her energy her persistence have
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HouH Paragraph

|HH . . ~. -
!. Ralph, the thirteen year old son Of
Harry Hoult, met with a very. serious
accident yesterday, by which he lost
the two middle fingers Of the right
hand. While running a feed cutter,
the cog gear of which was not proper
ly protected, the hand was caught and
mangied very severely. He was taken
to the, Miners Hospital, where Il was
found necessary to 5amputate the two
fingers. It lis to be hoped no unto.
ward complications may set In. About
a year ago a younger son was caught
in the same machine and only the
QUICK action OF Master Ralph in stop.
ping II saved his arm. Safety first"
is as good on the farm az on the rail-
road and in purchasing no machine
should be accepted that has not the
gear, knives and other. dangerous
parts as well protected as is possible
to have them. Our children sliyes and
limbs are too valuable to risk. It is
serious fol. a boy to be Handicapped
so early in life by loss Of fingers on
the right hand, and our sympathy goes
out to Ralph, who is a bright, capable
boy. n. 5f
Kenneth. the small son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Huffman. was taken Tues.
day, with a very severe attack OF mem
braneous5 Group and only blythe very
prompt action OF Dr.. Brownfield was
relief afforded. For some considera.
Bile time hisilif was despaired of, but
we are glad to state that he now
seems IN he mt inf Hangar n a'f-fs "a
I Liston Burnworth has gone to Ohio.
pyle, Pa, to get his aged father, who
will spend the holidayswith him here.
4 A shooting match Is in progress at
Hoult today. s. z. rs. n X
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will get the answer, as ito whether
White would belong ~ the people
OF West Virginia should delegate him
TO represent them. That comparison
was made between the notable ar.
ray Of Republican senators and Gov.
esnor White at the BIZ banquet the
other night when the National Com.
mittee was In session here by. every
West virginian present-and there
were seyenty.fye to "a. hundred Of
them there. Prominent aud influen.
tial they were too. do not doubt
but the comparison was drawn in
the mind Of every one of them; and
1t was by no means SSunfavorable to
Governor White. In fact, ! heard that
much discussed. ~ i's 8;
so, therefore, there is no need to
dwell longer on that phase Of the can.
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~ West Vlrainla Patents. !,
IN n DnnlnnL nnienl

As reported by Fl! E. Dunlap, patent
lawyer, OF Wheeling. W. va, the Pat.
ent Office records show the recent is.
sue Of the following patents to West
Virginia inventors: Harry Enoch and
G: NJ. Point, Huntington, emergency
valve attachment for air:brake sys.
TENS; George A. Henderson, Charles.
ton, aeroplane; Horace Hill, assignor
to the Akro;Agate Co., Clarksburg,
machine for manufacturing sphericfs.
bodies; james W. McMullon, Matte.
wan, circuit breaker; Edward o'Toole.
Gary, continuous mine.hoist; Grove.l
9. Sinister. Thomas, rail clamp; join
w. Sayert, Maben, design for settes
rocker s,
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BOTTLE, ENDS LONG WATER TRIP.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Dec. '27.-
Three years ago while camping on Elk
River, near here, John W. Lee placed
q note in a bottle and threw it into the
river.
Saturday he received a letter from
William Love. Of Pablo Beach, Fla,
who says he found the bottle contain.
Ing the note.
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LOST YEAR AGO ~. ii
RESTORED ON CHRISTMAS

GRAFTON, W. Va, Dec 27.-In the
Christmas o year ago Miss Rose Lew.
In lost a gold watch. She lresorted to
every means to recover II, but without
Today the watch, again is In her, pos.
session. / It came to her by parcel post
IN a package postmarked Grafton, but
contained no card by which the sender
might be identified. 81 g ~
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didacy OF Governor White. There is,
however, another phase, which has
to do with party Organization and par
tySsuccess. Republicans in our state
are aware that the pa.ty is .sorely in
need Of q leader. one who. will weld
US together In harmony and con.
cord. In my Judgment Governor
White ideally measures up to that re.
quirement, too. He is a proven lead.
er OF men. He Is big and broad enough,
but more than all that, equipped by
years of experience, and tempered by
II. to get all the party factions on a
satisfied footing, under a constructive
leadership which, with our natural and
normal advantages as to majorities,
will assure US !dominancy in the state
for years to come. No one appreciates
that more than the Democratic party
leaders. They are doing all that they
can to hamper and harass Governor
Whites candidacy. He is the one logi.
cal leader Of the party In the state
today whom they fear. They do not
want the sceptert Of party leadership
to be handed over! to him. It means
augmented trouble for thems
Governor White is the only avow.
ed candidate for the sentorship nom,
ination. ! am inclined to believe now
that he will continue to be the only
candidate. 1t would be well for the
party should that turn out to- be true
to the end. IT would solve many par.
ty difficulties and restore a united
party under leadership that would
prove an inspiration. No man will
argue that the party. does not need
such a leadership today, and has bad.
lyi needed It for FIVE years. There
would be no division of authority be.
tween the parties in West Virginia to-
day4if We had it.S
. Personally, l want to say, that
shall do what Lean for Republican sue.
cess in our. state, but the time to win
the victory OF next year is right now,
when we should be. preparing for It.
It cannot be won by shutting our eyes
and ears to facts and conditions. They
must be met sternly and with Grm.
ness. It's the only way we shall win"
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FoetbaIlIeeIors.

The eRly eelors that always win al
football are the black and blue
New York Sun, ~
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Can't tell whether we are making
a hit with the boss or not-slnce
the cigars he gave us for
Christmas. We have our doubts.
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We are thankful for the Christmas
cards, but we never could eat paper.
~ 49, n p. - b y. !.
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When Prince
OF Anha will set record for royal family Of
person Of Countess ina Marie Basswz
ganaticaly on July 81 1914 -s& n
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No arrests made out OF the thou.
sands of imbibers over Christmas.
Cops behaving? "
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1t cost Henry Ford $4,000 to get
rid Of the bunch Of radicals he was
mixed up with. Tough luck to mix Mrs.
Berton Bradley up with that gang on
her honeymoon. ~
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Keep on trying to work the IS to l
puzzle and you'll get a free trip to
Weston.
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Frick doesn't look much like Santa
Claus, but at the same time all Of
Pittsburgh recognizes him as Chris.
a . It
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Just how! much money would you
have u christmas hadn't comet Well,
II Il were not for Christmas we'd
never had any socks or ties,
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Now. fellows, being as the holidays
are gone, look forward to the frigid
shoulder.
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Two vaudeville houses in town and
everybody broke.
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Must make a girl feel sort OF out.
of-the-way to be married during 1915.
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Henry Ford has Just as much right
to get sick at Christmas time as any:
one that has to eat away from, home.
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Think we'll have to take5t the Keely
cure to get the Christmas habit out
of our systems.
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There's a certain young guy in Fair.
mont that never drives; his automobile
unless he's drunk. The BOBBY hatch
is where that gent belongs. Sooner or
later he's going to kill "a friend or
two and he'll get there with the con.
sent of the entire community. @
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Pretty near time fol, the New York
papers to publish the date that an
earthquake Is going to visit Manhattan
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That bunch that Henry Ford left
should not feel SO bad. All IFords have
q habit of getting a party in a foreign
country a1d then getting sick or bnst.
Ing a tire or something q
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RUFF STUFF i.
BY RED.

Did you get through the holidays
without wishing you were a young,
ster again? TX
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: II you wear that necktie your sister,
gave you you're liable TO be picked up
for disorderly conduct ,y1l X
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When you're a long, long way from
home-it doesn't seem so bad to be
unable to give the whole familySpres.
ents.
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A special train Of nine cars to han.
die the liquor into Fairmont Friday
night, regular trains packed. and boot
leggers did land office business. Still
we have to drink water when working.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-07
LONG CASUALTY LISTS
British Army Loses Heavily in Com.
missiOned Officers
tAssoci&ted Press)

London, Sept. 7.-Officer casualty
lists are again becoming heavy and
during the period of July 80 to Aug.
Is, the British army lost 207 officers
killed, 434 wounded and, Al missing
a total of 682. This brings the ag-
gregate casualties since the beginning
of the war to .14,338 of which 1888
have been killed or died of wounds,
8739 wounded and 1916 missing, the
proportion of killed to wounded re-
manning at one to two.
Operations in the Dardanelles have
again been responsible for some heavy
losses during the two weeks period,
the Yorkshire regiment having lost Is
killed (including their lieutenant col.
oneD and % wounded; Australians IS
killed, 10 wounded; Worcesters kill
ed, wounded; Lancashires killed,
27 wounded; Hampshires killed, 8
wounded, 8 missing; Staffords<4 kill
ed, 13 wounded. Engineers killed,
IL wounded
In the western theater the Kings
Royal Rifles lost Is killed, % wound
ed; Rife Brigade 16 killed, "a wound
ed, while the Indians had Is killed
and 81 wounded.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-07
BOND MONEY HAS ARRIVED

Some $4,000 of the money received
for the sewerage bonds has arrived
and is on deposit at the Commercial
Bank. Mr.. E. J. Crook, secretary of
the board of bond trustees, will re-
ceipt for it today or tomorrow and
turn it over to the city treasurer, Mr..
w. w. Clyatt.
Some six or seven of the bonds
were not properly signed by the Off
GERS who are required by law to sign
the bonds and they will have to be
executed according to law and for
warded to the purchasers before the
remainder of the money can be avail
able. But as the matter now stands,
the city has only to open bids and
award the contracts for the work,
which should commence Immediately
thereafter.
The money for the water works
bonds has not yet been received.