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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13
MoNpAYY8EvEN1NG, DECEMBER 10, 1915.
.AaG0ODlSIGN.

HAS been many months since piece OF information
has come out OF the state capital Of more importance
tohe whole people of West Virginia than the modest
announcement made at Charleston last Saturday. that
500 school teachers are now taking mail course agr
culture, and that before long the number will be 800
We have natural resources abundant to enrich
pre- but before hope to secure the proper pro-
portion Of thswealth West Virginia, and thus realize
the destiny bountul nature designed for u.s. we
must learn how grow the food with which feed the
people who engaged in developing this potential
wealth When West Virginia atains economic balance
and workers In the Mines the oil and gas fields and
the forests longer compelled to send millions of
dollars into other states for food which should
be grown upon our own hills and in own valleys we
can look forward to the time when can take equal
with other that owe their present
Ureeminencet primarily to their natural products.
The basis OF the wonderful prosperity and wealth Of
Pennsylyanta coal oil iron and timber but the annual
yield OF farms in that state is greater than the value
OF the output of the mines the forests meas
ured In dollars and 1t is impossible to estimate the eco
nomic advantage of this condition which makes that
state The banks of the states
in the mississippi Valley which depend entirely upon
agriculture are overlooking with money and the people
are conented happy simply because conditions there
make 1t possible to keep right at home the wealth that
comes out OF the ground and In all these states vast
directed by the best brains obtanable and
adequately supported by funds constantly work to
yet further increase the yield Of the farms.
Obviously the proper place to begin the movement to
put West Virginia upon Independent basis is in the
rural schools all the country school teachers are
equipped to teach inelligenyhe opportunities as well
rs the advantages of the proper kind Of farming there
wiz the part the boys and girls
70 leave the farms And that eventually will put stop
serious drain to which The wealth Of this state
10 now subjected. s57s \. s.,.si -sss 80 =
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TARIFF AND DEFICIT.

n HR. WILSON was far from frank In disclosing the
lV deficit and mixed up the figures Of the past with
his discussion of military preparedness program
for the future empaticaly to create the impression
that he hoped the average reader OF his message would
be mised into believing that the special taxes he propos
ed were needed solely for preparedness An analysis
his own figures however, discoses the fact that leaving
the preparedness program entirely out Of consideration
the deficit for the coming year. unless revenues are In
creased by special taxation, will amount to $sO00O0oO
leaving, according to his figures only $4,000 in tho
treasury He adds taht at least fifty millions should be
added to represent safe working balance for the treas
ury MI Wilson urges Congress to expend sos 0Oo
Tor preparedness-inc he urges shipping bill
at cost at least $40000000 but does not include its
cost in his fguresand this s173S000OO he would raise
by special taxes but reenacting the war tax and by
repeating the free sugar clause of the Democratic tariff
bill which has not yet gone into effect What the Demo
cratic Congress will do with these onerous and fantastic
taxation propositions of the President remains 10 he
but that they have greatly depressed his party colleagues
IS everywhere obvious. 1t is noteworthy too that thu
PRESIDENT IN all figures accepts Secretary McAdoos lug
sled figures regarding the treasury balance and this s
though MIR. McAdoo has been compelled by Republican
criticism to explain lin footnote) that his alleged bal
ance is not true balance The President refers 10 The
treasury balance on July LIST 100000 Secretary
McAdoo now explains in his daily treasury statement
I'm hne type at the bottom of the page that this balance
includes S60ooOOOO ITO the credit OF disbursing officers
nut he does not explain that this is not correctly
ance at ALL but the money held to meet the checks drawn
on by disbursng officers which moneys have been az
pended but the checks not actually paid AS has been
explained before IL Mr. McAdoo had adhered ID the svs
TEN OF bookkeeping which the treasury had employed 70,
upwards Of twenty years his daily statement would show
an ac'uai treasury balance Of only slightly
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13
GLASS COMPANY 7ExPANps.

CLARKSBURG, W. Va. Dec. 10
A. B. Paxton, secretary OF the Hazel.
Atlas Glass Company, has departed for
London, England, to open branch
office, made necessary by increasing
European demand for the company's
products.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13
sINsTHE TRENCHES

HE8Phtadelphia Public Ledger in recent issue car
rted avery significant cartoon which had the title
IN the Local Trenches" 1t picture Of ner.
yous irritated crowd of women shoppers beseiging
counter In department store while the weary clerks
to do the fair thing by ALL against innumer
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

According to the Huntington news.
papers Mrs. Charles Baisden, OF Lau.
rel City, Boone county, who was shot
and killed by Miss frankie Chandler,
had strange premonition Of her
death. A few days before the tragic
affair, in which she. was killed and her
husband was MORALLY wounded, Mrs.
Baisden visited Madison, the Boone
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

The last issue Of the Point Pleasant
Gazette contained the following: "In
Point Pleasant, on last Saturday. a wo.
man passed to the great beyond who
is entitled to- great fame for one rea.
son at least. She had passed consid.
erably beyond the century mark In
years. Mrs. Ella Brown, the de-
ceased. was. according to the state.
nents of her relatives here, born on
the twenty first day Of March, 1907,
and was, therefore, more than a hun.
dred and eight years old. This IS
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

such a phenomenal stretch Of life for
q human being that it is worthy of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

Painters. spaperhangers and decora,
tore OF Grafton have formed a union
The meeting at which the organiza.
ton was perfected was held in the
court house.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13
RUFF STUFF
BY RED.
BY RED.


What makes ham like shoe leather
when it's cooked with cabbage?
H. AS long as we can sleep late Sun.
days, we don't care when the war
OF course it had to rain last night
to make old Fairmont nice and muddy
for business visitors today.
Henry Gassaway Davis's porter at
Elkins drowned in three inches OF
water. Must not have been used to
the H 20.
I Cotton goes to So a bale. Well, our
shirts are made Of valuable stuff.
Greece agrees to demobilize. Here's
where Belgium will have a chance to
sympathize with the wards Of Constan.
tine.
Weekly news already in print await.
ing the arrival Of Monday.
The streets and stores were crowded
Saturday night with shoppers.
Many took advantage Of the fine
weather Sunday and went for auto
rides into the suburbs.
Three more bootleggers arrested
for violation of the Union Rules which
say that any man who sells liquor
must not partake himself.
Walter Camp has submitted his All.
American eleven for 1915. We will
now continue to ask: "What does he
know about it?"
!, We wouldn't trade Jobs with Yuan.
shai-Kai.
There is no truth in the report that
the city intends to build a pipe line
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

A. N. Donahue, Clarksburg poll
tician recently visited Braxton county
on hunting expedition and Saturday
one OF the Clarksburg papers printed
the following story under a Sutton
date line: "Donahue. as the stories
go, spent the greater part Of his time
watching the wild and acrobatic swine
perform; One Mr.. Hog has learned
the trick Of swinging over a high
precipice on grape vine into a corn
field. He holds to the vine with his
teeth, lowers himself to shock Of
ocrn, grabs up a dozen ears between
his front legs. Another member OF
tho hog family pulls him back up
over the cliff by another grape vine
attached to the one Mr.. Hog is hold.
ing to. By this means a herd OF the
wild swine are kept fat, and so far,
the farmers living in the vicinity have
been unable to catch the acrobatic
hog 81;
Some one must be trying to kid
Donahue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

The wages of SIN seldom enough to pay the bills
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

Eight thousand dollars Of munich.
pal bonds recently authorized by
popular vote at Keyser, the proceeds
TO be expended in the purchase Of the
auto'truek for the fire department and
for other equipment, were sold on
Monday of last week to the First Ma.
tional Bank Of Keyser for $s,1s5, this
being the best Of ten bids submitted.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

What you KNOW, there's no use arguing about
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

G: S. McNary according to the Blue.
field Telegraph has proven himself
quite genius as an inventor. MI.
McNary's work, plumbing, takes him
to all parts Of Mercer county, and he
owns an automobile in which he
makes his trips from place to place.
Since the cold weather has set in,
riding in a car is rather disagreeable,
but Mr.. McNary has found way to
make travelling by car quite comfort.
able. He has fitted up two pipes to
the exhaust engine of his machine,
having the pipes lead into the car
and through these pipes heat is con.
veyed from the exhaust to the ma
chine, heating it UP as comfortable
as steam.heated room,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

Greedis the barrier between need lee and feed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

The visit to Huntington Of DR.. al.
derman, president OF the Athens
Brick company, of Athens, O., may re.
suit in building brick plant there.
DR.. Alderman, accompanied by T. s.
Scanlon and City Commissioner o. H.
Wells inspected the Sixteenth street
shale deposits and II the shale proves
satisfactory after test at the Ath.
ems plant, one may be built In Hunt.
ington.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

During the sold snap Of last week
most Of the streams in West Virginia
were closed by Ice. The Greenbrier
at Marlinton was covered with coat
thick enough to hold scoters. This
has not occurred this early for a
number OF years according to the
newspapers printed in that section Of
the state.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

OF course 1t had to rain last night
to make old Fairmont nice and muddy
for business visitors today.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13
BITS OF
ST ATE NEWS

Or. @. N. Waldeck, of West Hunt.
ingtou, receives the title Of champion
"storkers for 1915, according to the
decision % the Cabell county court.
Or. Waldeck filed a report showing
he had officiated at eighty births
Physicians get twenty-five cents for
every birth and death report filed. DR.
sWaldeck filed twice as many reports
as any two doctors in the county, &C,
cording to the officials.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

Jacob Lightner~ was in Marlinton
last week with . big bear hide which
he was trying to SELL The bear was
killed at the foot Of the Alleghanies
near Valley Center, in Highland coun.
ty, Va. 1t was monster in size. The
Marlinton Journal says Orval Dillcy,
while going over into Highland coan.
ty few days before In his car saw
a large bear crossing the road, and
it is supposed the one killed is the
same one he saw.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

Greece agrees to demobilize. Here's
where Belgium Will have chance to
sympathize with the wards Of Constan.
tine. .S
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

Cotton goes to 50 a bale. Well. our
shirts are made Of valuable stuff.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

L. AS long as we can sleep late Sun,
days, we don't care when the war
ENDS. I. ..t.t q.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

Henry Gassaway Davis's porter at
Elkins drowned in three inches Of
water. Must not have been used to
the H 20.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

Remember Hartman's $4,000 Suit Sale.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

The Parkersburg Sentinel says
there have been rumors for several
days that eastern capitalists have
been endeavoring to secure the hold.
ings Of George Rinehart, one Of the
successful Independent operators In.
the Richie county field for number
OF years and 1t is the belief that 1t will
be contaminated Mr.. Rinehart be-
gan his career in the oil business
aobut twenty years ago when he took
the contract for drilling the first we'll
Off 9. E. Sarber and C. Il. slaytoni
on their Bonds Creek venture, where
they had considerable success. Since
that time he has drilled many wells
for these as well as other parties,
throughout the Richie county fields.
Being thoroughly acquainted with the
country he branched out for himself
and secured number Of good leases
which he developed and made sue.
cess in nearly all of his ventures
along this line, and is now considered
one of the most fortunate of the many
independent operators in that field. It
is the belief that the deal will be
closed within the next few days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

Logan county lays claim to two
centerarians in the persons Of Annie
Mahon, OF Sunbeam, who win be 102
years old in January, and Mrs. Jane
Colby, who will be 1o9 years olo
next April.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

Pint bottles of whiskey tied up in a
woman's undergarments and hid
away In bureau drawer was the find
OF Clarksburg prohibition officers, who
made a search Of place in Pike
street Saturday night that is suspect
ed OF being q place where intoxicants
are stored for bootlegging purposes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13

What makes ham like. shoe leather
when it's cooked with cabbage?
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wife, upon whom the girl turned her
revolver, firing twice.

Spencer, the Roane county seat. Is
70 tiaseta community Christmas tree.
Mayor a. b. Gamer who served III
that capacity most aeceptabiy last
year, has been elected chairman Of the
committee which viii make the ar:
rangements. "A. q
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-12
Baseball Season Will Be
Underway This Week

With Spring on rullblast, the time
is ripe for the opening of the baseball
season. The Feds started on Satur-
day. On Wednesday the major leagues
will get busy, and until next October
there will be a shelling of the various
baseball forts throughout the country
Indications are not bright for a big
season.
Many officials are feeling better than
they did two months ago, and predict
q successful season. The majors are
expecting to pull through all right,
but the minor organizations are picked
for many troubles. At the present
time there is not the interest any
where that was in evidence a year
ago.
Later the interest may pick up
again, as it generally does pick up,
especially when the races are close,
but there is no denying that the base
ball public has been greatly digusted
by the chickering's between leagues,
and between players and magnates.
That the war will end one way or
another this year seems almost GER
tain, because neither organized ball
nor the Federals can afford the steady
financial drain that the war entails.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-12
KRONPRINZ WILHELM
MAY BE INTERNED
[Continued from First Page.1

GERS and sailors in their queer looking
gray uniforms of French army cloth
captured from the steamer Guadeloupe
presenting a fresh appearance after
the first undisturbed nights rest in
eight months of persistent and elusive
operations on the high seas.
Long Way to Newport News"
1T was a long voyage from New
York to Newport News" said Lieu
tenant Warneke. first officer of the
Wilhelm as he looked out on the bril-
liant sunrise. 1.-TWO hundred and fifty
five days from New York to Newport
News and the distance. is only 27O.
miles. l wonder what can be the
matter with this ship"
Sinking by the Wilhelm of the neu-
trail Norwegian bark Samantha, bound
for Falmouth February last, prom
lsed to-day to present an interesting
International case; similar to that pre-
cipitated by the sinking of the Amer
lean bark William P. Frye by the Ger
man raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich, now
interned here. The Samantha was
loaded with wheat for England.
Investigation is being made of the
conditions under which the Wilhelm
slipped out of New York harbor Au-
gust last, it being reported that she
did not have proper clearance papers
when she made her dash, as it now de-
NNaOpS dllOtl ulitNI OIuGTS from the
German government
Several of the officers and men of
the cruiser were, wearing the iron
cross but they refused to discuss the
teats performed to gain it.
The siXty-one prisoners now on
board the Wilhelm who were taken
from the Royal mail steamer lamar
and the British steamer Colby still
were cooped up in space on the up
per after deck and guarded by armed
sailors. Efforts to talk to the prison.
ers were prevented by the guard but
later to-day they will be brought
ashore.
A newspaper, taken on board and
offered to one who begged for it in
order TO get news from home, was
confiscated by an officer. Several of the
prisoners. including Captain Creighton,
of the Colby and chief Officer Mathews
of the Tamar, asked that cable mes
sages be sent to their families in Eng
land, but before the addresses could
be secured the guard intervened and
newspapermen were ordered from that
part of the ship.
The crew of the Kronprinz is com
posed almost entirely OF persons who
are naturalized Americans who have
lived in the United States for many
years. Some of them are former mem
bers of the crew of the United States
battleship Kearsarge and of the Ger
man cruiser Karlsruhe, transferred to
the kronprinz in the South Atlantic.
Several Others are members of the
crews of ships sunk by the auxiliary
Icruiser.
OF the ships that the fifteen thou
sand ton cruiser sank. nine were Brit
ish, four French and one Norwegian.
The value of these ships and their car
goes, officers of the Wilhelm tonight
estimated at $7.000,000.
We came dangerously near being
captured by British warships," said
one of the sailors of the wilhelm to-
day. we were sighted by one and
they asked us for our name.
Who are you?' they signalled.
Who are you? we replied.
This is a British warship. What
is your name and where bound?'
I'VE told them we were a British
vessel and bound to HaVre
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-12


The Governor said that the bill
would not be amended and that there
had been no change in the plans for
It. 1t had been suggested that the
Unit be changed and that more time
be given for campaign when an cleo
ton has been ordered, but DR.. Brum-
baugh said he stood for the bill as
presented.
The plan for the law and order COM
mittee to report out the bill to-mor-
low stands, but the Governor said that
he intended to discuss the proposition
of making the bill a special order with
Speaker Amber before making up his
mind.
Action taken by bar associations fa-
vorable to the bill was communicated
to the Governor to-day and he eX-
pressed his pleasure at the endorse
ments given in Allegheny and York.
The Governor received the follow
ing communications to-day in regard
to local option:
Five hundred and sixty-six men,
bers of the st. Clair United Presbyter-
ian Church, Mount Lebanon, endorse
the Williams county local option bill
and request you to support the same
with your influence. (Signed) Willis
H. Siegfried, secretary of congrega-
ton"
IIlBhI 1luluIGu anu lWGhly -lOuJ
assembled this morning in the various
Bible classes and churches of the city
pledged their support to you in your
effort to refer the liquor problem in
Pennsylvania to the decision of the
voters of the various counties of the
State for solution. (Signed) A. G. Phil
lips Frank c. Lockwood, Manley O.
Brown, committee, Meadville."
"All representatives of our county,
also Senator Sensenich. are pledged
for the Williams LOCAL option bill and
we deem it unnecessary to urge them
further than to influence doubtful
members. We commend you for your
stand on this bill and earnestly pray
the bill will pass. (Signed) Mems
Bible Glass, Irwin, Pa, Methodist
Church"
"The officers and members of the
Memorial Presbyterian Church and
Sabbath school of Braddock township,
Allegheny county, by a unanimous vote
are for local option. Our prayers in
this cause, and may we, the voters of
this State, be privileged to turn our
prayers to votes for Righteousness.
(Signed) r. M. Vanoradell, wilkins
burg"
The mems organized adult Bible
class of Mahoningtown Methodist
Episcopal Church, New Castle, unani-
mously passed a resolution this morn
ing in Sunday school, asking for the
votes and influence of our represent
tatives for the passage of the local
option bill, and heartily endorsing
your activity in same. (Signed) John
Y. Sheey, president; r. Barnes, secre-
tary."
1.-THE Allegheny county bar asso-
citation at its regular meeting held on
Friday, April 3, 1915, adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, that the proposed law,
known as the Williams local option
act, House bill No. 283, now pending
In the General Assembly of this Com
monwealth, should. If enacted, have
strong and useful effect toward re-
lieving the judges OF the Common
wealth from the vexatious and incon-
sistent and wholly nonjudicial, duty
of acting as dispensers of licenses to
sell intoxicating liquors. and therefore
would be highly advantageous to the
and for this reason
this association hereby endorses said
bill, and recommends its adoption by
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-12
NEW CENTRAL FOOTBALL COACH
LIKELY TO BE "SHORTY'' MILLER
Popular PennState Athlete Also Mentioned as Probable Director
For John Y oyd Memorial

Central High school will have a new
football coach this season, If present
plans hold cut. He will be none other
than Eugene (Shorty) Miller, former
captain of Penn State eleven, all
around athlete and an ex-high school
star.
For some time Miller's name has
been mentioned as the probable coach
at Central. II has brought a revival
of football spirit and the students at
Central high, who are probable candi-
dates for this seasons team are jubi-
liant. While none of the athletic Off
ciais at Central will talk on this ques-
uon, it is admitted that there has
been gossip about new coach, and
that Miller's name has been consid-
cred favorably.
Honors are coming thick and fast
for the popular Penn-State athlete
There is also report that he will be
the Athletic director of the John Y.
Boyd Memorial to be erected this year