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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-08
CURIOUS FACTS.

The historic old elm tree at the
south end Of the green in Suffield,
Conn, has been condemned as un.
safe and is being removed. It was
under this tree that General Wash
ington rested and ate his lunch while
on his famous march from Philadel-
phia to Cambridge.
In addition to the usual lifeboats,
the new giant Cunard liner Aquitania
carries two large motor boats fitted
with wireless t%elegraphy having a
range from 100 to $50 miles. These
boats, In the event Of disaster. are to
be used primarily for towing the or
dinarylS tfeboats.
TherSf Is In Norway a law dealing
with ordination. According to the act
every person over Is years Of age can
be cremated after death Is he makes
a declaration in the presence OF two
witnesses. For those under Is a dec
laration on the part Of the parents Is
necessary.
A government patent of 70 acres OF
land In Springfield, Mo, was sent to a
Jefferson City man by J.. W. Bowen,
oLIleh 1Ldkto iauu iektst6ts IL uau
been in the land office since 1858, and
1t was signed by President Buchanan.
The land was purchased from the gov.
eminent for 121a cents an acre.
Nevada, with a total population Of
S1,500, has two United States senators
and nj congressman. She was ad-
mitted as a state with about 21,o00
population by Lincoln, who said, as
he signed the bill: II hope the wrong
we are committing by admitting such
a state will be offset by the Justice
of securing the passage OF the four
teenth amendment"
For every man killed in battle one
ton OF cannon balls Is required. AL
though this Is an old theory of the
days of flintlocks and muzzle leaders,
1t. Is a known fact today. General
Rohne Of the German army has
proved It to be true by a careful study
OF statistics on the battle OF Kiau.
Chau, which preceded the siege OF
Port Arthur during the Russo.Japan.
ese war.
E. C. Chatfield!Taylor. who has Just
returned from q long stay abroad, has
probably more decorations than any
other American author. His latest
have been received from the govern:
ment Of King Victor Emmanuel, the
orders OF IS. Maurice and Lazarus
and the crown Of Italy, In recognition
of his efforts to bring Goldoni 10 the
attention OF Americans
At a Sunday school picnic near
Kipp, Kan, recently, the girls had d
contest 10 deterrnlne who could hitch
Q horse 70 d buggy in the shortest
time The horse. ~harnessed. was tied
TO the rear Of the vehicle and had 10
DO united. placed In the shafts and
completely attached to the buggy with
tha raina essas thu daHhhoardS xaady
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NORTHAMPTON NEWS.

'LE#. L. ~ .HE-"M Nj
A four weeks old child OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Smith died on Tuesday
night last. The funeral was held on
Thursday and interment made at En-
terprise.
s. X. Jacobs made "a business trip
to Parkersburg and other points on
Tuesday last.
Justice M. R. Musgrove, OF Fair
mont. was in town on Thursday trans
acting some legal business IN which
Justice Parrish was Ineligible 70 act.
Mrs. Mary M. Martin is visiting
friends at Shinnston this week.
F. B.. Plgotti of the village of Brisco,
was shopping In town on Friday.
The. river did not reach the danger
line here this week but there wns
considerable apprehension for o time
that It would reachSa flood stage and
do considerable damage.
G. G. Martin OF the Sturm q Nor
gan store. Is confined to his room at
present suffering form a severe cold.
Our old friend Jas. p. Barr who has
been on an extended visit to Mounds
Vile and other points returned home
last night.
Fred Taggart Is working for tho NJ.
v. Traction companylat G1arksburg at
present. He Is on the night turn.
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WHO'S WHO IN THE WAR.
Won Emmich.

Gen. Otto Won Emmich. the conquer.
or Of Liege, who led the way for the
German army in It's invasion Of Bel
GUM, is sixty.six years old. When
the Belgians were making their des.
perate and unexpected resistance at
Liege, 1t was reported that Gen. Won
Emmich, 'disheartened and fearing
the wrath of the Kaiser, had com.
mitted suicide: His obituary notices
were published In the English and
American press, but the German
leader could say, like Mark Twain,
that his death u greatly exagger.
ated." It has since developed that
Gen. Won Emmich tarried only a day
and a half at Liege, and then, leaving
the artillery to cope with tho forts,
pushed on with the majority of his
men in the direction of Namur. Later
Gen. Won Emmich was heard OF at
Mons, where he directed the attack
on the gallant little body OF Engiisn-
men who opposed the German ad.
vance at that point. Since then the
censor has permitted little news Of
the leader Of the German advance
guard to leak through. Gen. Won
Emmich is brief of stature, stoeky Of
build, with a stubby mustache and
iron gray hair. His florid face is said
to wear a perpetual smile. He is des.
cribed by American correspondents
as the most popular commander in
the Germany army, and it Is said
that his men III unusually devoted
to him. When the troops entered
Liege, which fell long before the de.
voted Belgians gave up the forts,
Gen. won Emmich Is said to have led
the attack. Although favored by a
majority OF the German officers. Gen.
Won Emmich has been a soldier all
his life, and he is a warrior OF the
old school, q personal leader of men
rather than a swivel-chair strategist.
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TopAY's BIRTHDAY PARTY.
BY o. Terence.
Prof. Hale, Latin Teacher, Wants War
Against Germany.

Prof. William Gardner Hale, the
eminent phililogist of the University
of Chicago. was perhaps the first
American to assume the position.
since taken by Col. Roosevelt and
other prominent men, that 1t is the
duty OF the United States to defend
the treaties signed by her at The
Hague by declaring war on ~nationas
violating treaties. While in Europe
last September Prof. Halo urged that
the United States Immediately de.
clare war on Germany, alleging viola.
ton by that nation Of The Hagne con-
ventions, particularly those relating
to the use Of floating mines and the
destruction of cities such as Louvain.
"We should take u part in the
great struggle instead of snugly sit.
ting by while the worlds work is done
by other nations, declared the mill.
tant professor. even Germany would
then know her plot against humanity
had been both judged and doomed"
Prof. Hale was born in Savannah,
Ca, and will be sixty.six years old to.
morrow. He was educated at Harvard
and at the universities Of Leipzig and
Gottingen, In Germany, and holds hon
orary degrees from several American
and British universities. He Is editor
OF the Classical Quarterly, and Is the
author of a number Of works deal.
ing with Latin and other languages.
He has been head Of the Latin depart
ment of the University of. Chicago for
near a quarter Of q century, and
before that was Latin professor at
Cornell.
Prot. Hale believes that war can be
ended only by all great nations Join
ing in enforcing the provisions of The
Hague conventions. "All the worlds
physical as we'll as moral force should
have been thrown, and should be
thrown today, against the aggressor
and transgressor." he recently de-
clared. This moral duty lay. most
Of all upon the United States, the
strongest as well as the most disinter-
ested nation outside Of the dispute"
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The SONG THAT NEVER GROWS


Though the day. q old come back.
my dear,
As we travel the sunset wsy-
And true to the call OF the yester
years
Our hearts o'erlow In . wreath Of
When we dream Of thestrystingday.
It's little wen care though the days
were fair
In that beautiful, far-ofs time
For the heart Of the Spring is bios
soming yet.
AS the sprig Of a greening migonette,
And soft as a measured rhyme.
Yes, the days that have gone are
good. my dear.
AS they whisper Of Aud Lang Syne-
And each is a jewel that holds a
thought
As deep as the love our souls have
wrought,
And as rare as an aged wine.
But we linger long in the days that
are,
And the songs that we sing tonight
For u twfning hearts sing the same
old tune
That they softly sang in that distant
Ere your locks were touched with
white.
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Two Notable Witnesses.


The Federal Commission on Indus.
trial Relations had a field day when
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rookie.
feller, ST.. testified regarding their
foundations and aired their views on
Industrial issues. The contrast be.
tween their appearances on the stand
was marked. The ironmaster, as ever.
was jovial and affable, the audience
enjoying his sallies as much as him.
self, and he said he had a most enjoy.
able afternoon. The oil king, on the
contrary, had to be assisted to his
seat, read his answers to the prepared
questions previously sumitted to him.
and was gravity itself throughout his
examination.
Neither admitted any possibility OF
their. foundations being a menace to
the religious, political or educational
liberties Of the people. Both said they
had created the foundations for the
welfare OF mankind. Mr.. Carnegie
approved direct dealing with his work.
men. Mr.. Rockefeller thought the
best way to help laboring men is to
pay them good wages rather than to
extend help when they become objects
Of charity.
Incidentally Nj. Carnegie disclosed
that his total benetactionsto the close
of last year amounted to s324,657, 1893,
and that his chief pride is in the Car.
negie Institute OF Pittsburgh, which he
invited the commission to visit when
it meets In this city. This institute,
he said. had cost him s24,o0o,0 900. but
indicated his satisfaction with the In
vestment in the good It was doing in
helping others to help themselves
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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DIPLOMATIC ASSURANCE.

The German Ambassador at Wash.
ington seems TO be sticking faithfully
to his functionsof proving to his own
satisfaction that the warlike pro-
Iouncements from Berlin mean moth
ing to neutrals. more than the usual
laws OF war. He does not put 1t ex-
actly In that form. What he does say
IN short is that thetrecent declaration
that the coast OF Great Britain and
Ireland Is to be war zone. and that
infmicai merchant marine vessels will
be destroyed there, is nothing more
than the laws Of war permit. with
some danger to neutral vessels owing
TO unavoidable mistakes.
Il is worth while to take note that
there ID o good deal of foundation for
this view so far as present informa-
ton goes. The&Unitedf States has not
received the official copy OF the Ger.
man declaration. But 80 far as the
information goes, It does not declare
Q blockade Of Great Britain or threat
an the willfuI destruction of neutral
vessels trading with that country. It
has simply proclaimed the waters in
that vicinity to be "a war zone
which all the OCEANS were, wherever
she fghtings vessels Of the belligerents
might meet outside Of neutral waters.
This viewmight evoke the question,
what. then. is the purpose of the Ger
man government giving the world o
formal noticeithati It Is going to>make
war on Great Britain after It has
made war omit for over six months:
no this Il can be replied that there
was no purpose, unless it was to stir
hip the British wrath. 1t is no secret
that the British are sensitive as to
their islandgseclusion. II the Germans
can at the expense Of a proclamation
txcite the British as they have done.
hey may not consider the labor lost.
Nevertheless, neutral Nations may
easily find inSthe official proclamation
4 possible threat of attacks on their
rights which will warrant very posi-
tive action on their part.-Pittsburgh
Dispach.
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SEE THE WAR;

You don't have to visit the Euro
pean battletields to see how the great
lighting nations OF the earth are con-
Quoting their campaigns. Just get the
separate SPACE supplement, the "Pic.
torial Weekly Review OF Events
which goes forth with every copy Of
next Sundays New York World and
see how war Is conducted up to date
from a point beyond the range of the
greatest howitzers. Another Sunday
World feature will be a Charles Dana,
Gibson drawing. printed on colored,
paper. suitable to cut out and frame.
Order in advance.
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The Government Concert.

In sentences and words that make
one grand sweet song Mr.. Wilson sets
forth %symbolically but with crystalline
clearness the complete duty Of the
President and the congress:
Have you never heard a great cho.
rus Of trained yoiceslift the voice OF
the prlma donna as II 1t scared with
easy grace above the whole melodious
sound? It does not seem to come
from the single throat that produces 1t.
1t seems as II It were the perfect &C.
cent and crown of the great chorus.
So 1t ought to be with the stateman.
So it ought to be with every mar who
tries to guide the %counsels Of a great
nation"
The President is the prima donna.
The congress Is the chorus.
Sad that certain senate singers, out
OF tune and harsh. should now disturb
the perfect accent and mar that docile
choral consonancy.-N. Y. Sun.
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Watch My Cat On Page 8.
TO-DAY WE %cELEsRAT7.
Anarchists Of India Honor Memory
of Assassin All.

One OF the most surprising Of the
many unexpected developments Of
this war has been the remarkable 10y.
atty OF India to the British Crown.
The native troops Of England,s vast
and populous Asiatic empire have
been among the brayest of'thel brave,
and the native princes have contribu.
ted vast sums to the London war
chest and may of them have offered
to raise armies at their own expense
and lead them to battle. Before the
war Germany confidently expected,
and England feared, that a conflict In
which the latter country was engaged
would be the signal for q general up:
rising in India.
For. many years the doctrines OF an.
archism have been spread broadcast
20 India and this has been a source
OF grayss anxiety TO the government.
For fortS years the militant ndhorents
Of anarchism have celebrated each
eighth OF February. the anniversary
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Current Comment.
Set Example.

Few parents are Of such perverted
instinct as the Haeffner couple, who
abandoned their younger children
while amply able to care for them,
and later deserted their older offspring
for the purpose Of trading on the no.
.toriety thus to be obtained: aud be.
cause OF this comforting fact there
can be no pretense that the heavy
terms In prison imposed on them were
designed to prevent others from fol.
lowing their example. Their sentences
were punitive in intent, and they will
be welcomedby every whole headed
father and mother as richly deserved.
Such cases are fortunately rare, and
when they occur no mushy sentimen.
tality should protect their authors
N. Y. World. g6 g.
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

Equal suffrage In West Virginia
gained the first round last week when
the Legislature passed the suffrage
bill submitting an amendment to the
constitution, TO be voted upon at the
next general election This by no
means Is to be accepted as meaning
Votes for Women as yet In West
Virginia.
No EFFORT was required to pass the
resolution and everything went of SO
smoothly that the matter OF its pas
sage was very tune and uninterest-
Ing.
There GEMS 70 be little II any real.
enthusiasm among the women regard
ing tho mntter, and unless some one
comes forward to head the movement
and convince the people that the
women themselves desire the enlanci-
patton offered. Il Is very probable the
amendment Will meet It's waterloo.
IN the election.
Tho men win not=likely warn, up
10 the question and become inspired
unless the women show some inspira-
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anyone In IT, boasted Martha,s aunt,

anyone In IT. boasted Mnrtha,s aunt,
who may moi have ftnnnq i about
music, but Ettp cessa asw a1ll
about chotrs.
Isn't that boasttng 1ist q little?.,
gently inquired her husband
NO. ii amt retorted Marines
aunt. ~ know she's the best singer
I'M the lot becaus no one else In thu
choir will speak to her!s-Lippin-
colts Magazine,
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One of New York's public service
commissioners Is accused of spending
So days on private business when he
ought to have been working for the
state. They must be getting mighty
particular about public employees
punching the time clock in the EN-.
pire state.@Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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ing tho past week. Public hearines
were held before the senate com
mittee Tuesday night before the
house committee Wednesday night;
evidence was submitted at d Joint
Ing Thursday night and the taking
OF further testimony was continued
at another Joint meeting. The COM
mittee will meet again next Friday
evening, when the hearing VIII be TO
sumed. Each of the meetings was at
tended by between 500 and 500 per
sons.
During the past few days, bills have
been introduced revising the present
statute with respect to the Regulation
OF Intercollegiate grants. The pro-
posed bill gives the public service
commission unlimited powers over
these permits.
The house committee on the judict-
ary reconsidered Its action or Thurs
day night, In deciding TO report un-
iayorably the SIX resolutions propos-
Ing constitutional amendments relat-
ing to the initiative, referendum, re-
call. classification o fsproperty for tnx,
alton. county courts and Legislative
salary. The committee vii further
consider the amendments and will i.
port later.
R%e,appolntins Representation.
One OF the matters Of interest occu.
pying the attention Of the solois at
present Is the re:districting on tho
state as to SENATORIAL and congres-
sional districts and re:apportioning
the n~nrasaofafia IN fsa,scn -
delegates.
AS the result OF a Joint meeting OF
the house and senateY committeea on
re-districting, a bill has been intro
duced providing for the re:apportioti.
ment of representation In the fouse
Of delegates, increasing the member.
ship from So as|at PRESENT to ta4. This
is the representation WI are entitted
to under the, census OF 1910. providing
at least one delegate fer each county.
Under the proposed plan. Richie
and Tyler. now with two delegates.
would lose n eacn, while Mcdowell
and Harrison each would gain two.
and Raleigh, Randolph, Mercer, ca
bell, Fayette and Kanawha each
would gain one.
Counties entitled to one delegate
under the proposed plan are: Bar
Der, Boone, Brook. Calhoun. Clay bod.
bridge, Gilmer. Grant. Hampshire,
Hancock, Hardy. Jefferson. Lewis
Lincoln. Logan, Mineral. Mingo, Mon.
roe. Morgan. Nicholas, Perdelton,
Peasants, Pocahontas. Putnam,
Richie. Summers, Taylor. Tucker,
Tyler. Upshur, Webster, Writ and
Wyoming.
Counties entitled to two delegates
each are: Berkeley. Braxton, Green
brier. Jackson, Marshall, Randolph.
Roane, Wayne and Wetzel.
Counties entitled to three each:
Marion, Mercer and Wood.
Counties entitled to four each:
Cabell. Fayette. Harrison, Mcdowell.
kanawha under the proposed plan
would be entitled to SIX delegates.
More Than Six HundredGBlla.
The bills offered in both the house
and the senate total more than sir
hundred in number. Up until now
there had been 293 introduced In the
senate and 342 in the house OF dele
gates.
An idea OF the size OF the calendar
can be obtained from The TACT that
twenty-five bills on the regular
calendar and sixteen upon q special
calendar. all facing second reading
while thirty.lve bills on the regular
calendar and ten on q special calendar
all on first reading.
The senate's calendar Is almost as
long.
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Beststoriies
Quarreisome.

ouarreisome.
But why did you leave your last
placer" the lady asked the wood.he
cook.
"To tell the truth, mum, I Just
couldn't stand the way the master an
the nissus used to quarrel, num-
Dear me! Do you mean to say
that they actually used to Iquarrei?"
.sYis, mum. all the time. when Il
wasn't me an him, It wasfme an. her; {.
Proof Positive.
"Oh, yes, Martin sings in the choir
and she has about the best yoice Of
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is TALK cHEAP9

The old saying that talk Sc cheap
will have to be modified 1tgdepends
on how the talking Is done. The.coms
;mercial rate by the new transconti-
neutrality-suspicious. line iss 5000 for the
first three minutes and s6.75 for each
succeeding minute. IA little icalcula.
ton Is sufficient to indicate the high
cost Of a long.continued chin music
Blueieid Telegraph.
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It is peculiar that a man who owns
a bunch Of cattle will go out to look
at them every few days. but not once
during the whole year will yo~.. catch
him at the schoolhouse where his chill
.dren r getting their education
Wayne News.
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What has become OF the old fash.
toned country woman. who was an ex-
pert at removing wild hairs" from
the eyes? The task of locating her
Is passed along to Luke McLuke, who.
ii he has time. might likewise ascor.
tain what has become Of the wild
Ealrs?"-Fayette Tribune.
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MIND Ar EAsE!

Mr.. Manly-well! my dear, I've mad
my life insured for sssspss
Mrs. Mnnly-How very sensible Of.
YOU. Now T stan;t have to- keep tsti
Ing you to be 80 CAREFUL every place
YOU ro.-ohio State Journal
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People who are reporting sights Of
the first robin evidently wish to create
the impression that the first robin has
formed a merger with the last one
from the fall season.-Gazette Times.
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STATE DRY.

It. has been mighty dry in West vir.
ginia since the Yost law went into
effect last July, but that's nothing to
what it's going to be.-Shepherdstown
Register. M.
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Quite Sane

Quite Sane.
lost his mind?
Albert don't think SO. Why?
George-Just look at the illumina-
ton In his house. He has every gas
Jet burning all day long.
Albert-oh! that's Just a little
scheme Bilikins has to increase his
gas bill this month. His wife is com
ing back tomorrow and he told her
he had been staying at home and read
ing every night since she went away.
II she looked at the gas bill and found
it to be only half a crown he would be
cornered for an explanation.
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REPORTS VARY.

War reports continue to vary &C.
cording to whether they are imported
from Paris Or made in Germany
Wayne News.
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STICKING 70 ms POST.

NV STICKING TTUNHIS POSf.
With but three minutes 10 catch his
train. the travelling isalesmnri inquired
of the street car conductor. Can't
you 60 faster than this?'t
Eyes" the bell:ringer replied, but
/ have to stay with my car."-Hnr-
per's Magazine.
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to travel. Miss Mabel Ross ala the

to travel. Miss Mabel Ross did the
work In IS seconds.
Great Britain has more Mahometa1t
subjects than any other Power in the
world. Its ruler governs more Mos.
lens than any other four rulers put
together. The total number of FOL.
lowers OF the Arabian prophet living
IN the BrttLah empire 4 probably
about se.000. 900. and OF these O.. 000.-
900 are natives Of India. There are
cmre Mohametnns In India than In
any other country on Cart.
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Water, water everywhere and not
aSdrop to drink" has taken on a new
misunderstanding News. 4