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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-26
WHO'S WHO IN THE WAR.
sprins.Riee.

An epochal war such as that now
raging In Europe naturally brings
about clashes Of interest between the
combatants and neutral nations, and
It Is the great task Of diplomacy to
bring about a fair and friendly settle.
ment OF such questions. The man
upon whom Great Britain depends
largely for the maintenance Of cor.
dial relations with the United States
Is Sir Cecil Arthur 5pring.Rice. The
British ambassador to Washington
will celebrate his fifty.sixth birthday
tomorrow, as he was born February
~, 1859. He began his career as a
clerk in the war and foreign offices.
Since entering the diplomatic service
he has been secretary at Brussels,
Toxic, Berlin and Constantinople,
charge d. affaires at Teheran and
first secretary Of the Russian AM.
bassy, and was minister to Sweden
being appointed to the Washington
post as the successor Of James Bryce.
Unlike Count Won Bernstorff, the Ger.
man ambassador Sir Cecil has had
pfAGLGhhs aothAhb w aas oooal ettU
war, and has made no reply 10 the
nt.British propaganda which has
been so actively carried on by Ger.
many In the United States. The Brit.
ish ambassador has always been popu.
lar wherever he was stationed. and In
Washington he has become a fayorite
because OF his affahle and democratic
manners. "a true diplomatist.r Sir
Cecil once said; lis q man who strives
earnestly and always to reach a soln;l
ton Of each difficulty before It be-!
comes a diplomatic incident" In
conforming to his own definition he
has been eminently successful during
the most trying period In the worlds
history. Sir Cecil is OF medium height
and slender build. and usually wears
q sack suit Of gray or brown with .
soft hat and tan shoes. He Is always
cordial, and reporters lind him quite
willing to talk about the weather and
allied subjects.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-26
uNmAsKlNe THE HYpocRlrs.

With President Wilson filling the
various boards he has to appoint with
obscure politicians. in sympathy with
his administration and the deyout
Bryan writing letters to administers.
tive heads in the far of islands OF the
sea to find places for deserving DEM
ocrats,". It comes with pretty bad
grace for the Democratic leaders Of
this state to protest against the Re-
publican party retaining majority
of the appointive boards. Their pro-
test Is the rankest kind of hypocricy,
in regard to which the Parkersburg
News very ably says:
"The News hopes that the Jealous
votaries OF non.partisan, or bi.parti-
san Public Service Commission for
West Virginia. whose advocacy Of
pinciple found such powerful express
sions In the partisan Democratic dai.
lies OF West Virginia, will inquire into
the political composition OF the Fed.
eral Trade Commission. nominations
for which were this week sent to the
Senate by the President of the United
States. II they do SO and accept the
dictum of the President as sound and
expressive Of the spirit Of their own
party 1t is our opinion they will be
constrained to immutable' silence II
Gov. Hatfield should select men Of
his own party to fill tire administra.
tive board created by the new Public
Service Commission act.
n ia ntnnnef a nna rant fbof the nam.
mission which the President has des.
ignated can be justified on no ground
except that he has found places with
which to reward deserving Demo.
Gratis" It is sufficient to say that
among both Democrats and Republi.
cans In Congress there Is no effort to
conceal disappointment SO far as the
business capacity Of the Presidential
nominees is concerned. With but
one exception they are regarded as
weak and without business expert.
ence: and whether the fact that they
will have none OF the prejudices OF
business" will compensate the coun.
try for what they admittedly lack Is
open to grave doubt in practice.
minds.
I'm addition to the inherent weak.
ness Of the commission It is paipa.
bly, a political device.
The members OF the commission
and their political designation, as we'll
as professional occupation, are as
follows: E
"Jos. E. Davies, lawyer. Commission.
er of Corporations, a Democratic
leader III Wisconsin and now secre-
tary OF the Democratic National Com.
mittee.
VIM. ]. Harris, director OF Census,
insurance man. Wilson'S campaign
manager In Georgia. p =
William H. Parry, OF Seattle, news
paper editor, and so-called Progress.
siye, who aided Wilson by supporting
Roosevelt for President and Progress.
sives for Congress-.
George Rubles, of New Hampshire,
a lawyer and an attache Of the VII.
son administration, employed rs trust
buster. Also nominaIly d Progressive
and who claims tofhaye supported
Roosevelt.
Edward Mash Hurley. Obscure bust.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-26
LITTLE BOBBIES PA
BY William H, Kirk.

Pa helped me on my grammar les.
son last mite. sed, will you help
me do my language lesson. & be sed,
newer call 1t langwidge. call It gram.
mer. am the grammer kid, sed Pa,
eeven in my widest moments, Pa sed,
when yure mother has taken my
weeks salary. ! always strive to be
grammatical. ta.
ought to be speshially good tonite
on the grammar thing. sed Pa. was
talking to q bunch Of newspaper men
G they newer mnik a slip excep wen
It Gums to ordering. M
Then Pa & me set down TO the
label & Pa sed. Now. Bobbie, bring
on yure grammer lesson. So ! red for
Pa the queshuns wich the eacher put
on the palper for me, This Is the
first queshun:
Wich is proper. cain hoam on the
Elevated. or ] hav went hoam In the
Elevated.
Well, sed Pa, that depends. Per-
sonally, Pa sed, usually go hoam on
the trolley. However. sed Pa, that Is
not matter Of grammer that is a
matter of dickshun.
Doant bother making speeches. sed
Pa. Tell Bobble witch is rite, have
cum hoam on the Elevated, or hay
went hoam on the Elevated.
Well. sed Pa. 1t is all queshun
Of usage. For instens, sed Pa, the
peepui oaver on the west side wud
probably say, hnv CAIN hoam on
the elevated, while in the tenderloin
the he'd OF the house wud cum stag
gering into his flat & say, Thank
heyvings hay shook them acters e
am hoam at last.
Then Ma began to look at Pa kind
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-26
4 PRECEDENT SAT.

An experienced legislator said with
reference to the passage Of the Fair.
mont charter that 1t was the first time
in the history Of teh state that local
measure was passed by the legisln.
ture when the solid delegations In
both branches representing the com.
nunity affected opposed the measure,
which all goes to show that the peo.
pie have some weight IN spiet OF this
formidable opposition.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-26
LECTURES At scHoo Ls.

Or. Harriet Jones. who Is touring
the state under the auspices Of tho
tuberculosis League OF Wet Wiz.
Vinia, lectured yesterday afternoon
In the East Side schools Of kFairmont.
Tomorrow morning she win speak Of
Rivesyille and Granttowns schools and
in the afternoon at Fairview Next
week she will speak at Monongaht and
cayenne schools.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-26

body, three OF the i've men selected
are lawyers. This Is the net results
OF five months elaboration on the
part Of President with a onetrack
mind.-Chronicle-Teleg
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-26

with continuous chorus Of cheers
and his old veterans tlocked to his
standard. =
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-26

Hush, my heart! why thus complain!
Thou must, too. thy foes contain:
Though on earth no more We rove,
Loudly breathing words of love;
Thou. my heart. must find relief.
Yielding to these words belief:
I shall see thy form again,
Though today we part again.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-26
WHEN THE SWALLOWS HOME:

When the swallows shomeward ny,
When the roses scattered lie,
When from neither hill nor dale
Chants the silv'ry nightingale;
In these words, my bleeding heart.
Would to thee its grief tmpart.
When ] thus thy image lose.
Can /, ali, can l e'er know repose?
When the white swan homeward roves
Io seek at noon the orange groves.
When the red tints OF the west
Prove the sun has gone to rest.
In these words, my bleeding heart.
Would to thee Its grief impart:
When thus thy image lose,
Can !. ali. can eel. know repose!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-26

Wan. to Sell '.-rr:y .swsns AZ.
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ton Of which I have the honor to be
president. fully realizing the Importance
OF improving our national defences in
the most immediate future. and wishing
to do Its share of the work to be done
In order hat this country may be placed
In a position which will enable 1t to
protect itself against foreign agrees
sion. and to provide for the preserva-
ton Of American institutions at home
and American rights abroad has de-
clded to raise 10000 for establishing
a unit OF the %aero-radio system or
national defence. recently proposed by
John Hays Hammond. Jr"
Miss Mary r. Burt Of Coytesville. N.
j., author and educator. proposes to
turn over a plot Of ground at Englewood
Cliffs which she owns for use AS an
aeroplane landing station. Meanwhile
Mrs. Anita Comfort Brooks. president
OF the Gotham and Gridiron clubs. has
written to the Aero Club proposing to
have the subject of the development Of
aviation corps taken up by the Fedora
| ton OF Women's Clubs.
A woman who has withheld her name
made possible the formation OF an avia-
ton squad in the National Guard Of
New York by giving 10000 for the ac-
QUESTION Of an ~aeroplane and the train
ing Of two officers OF the militia and
two mechanics. In all. women have con-
| tributed s25. 700 to the National Aero
| plane Fund. Among the contributors
were Miss Lyra Brown Nickerson OF
Providence. who gave $1,000, and Mrs.
! Elsie French Vanderbilt. who gave $500.
To launch the movement to obtain
funds for the coast defence unit the
| Women of 1915 will give "A subscription
ball at the Hotel Biltmore on December Q.
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D FOR STIFF TAX
TO BUILD BIG NAVY NOW
Or Let's Face a Big Bond Issue, He Urges, Demanding
Immediate Action on Programme for
Adequate Fleet.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn, Nov. 13.--Pleas for
the upbuilding OF n really adequate nav
for national defence without loss of time.
even IL a bond issue or "a stiff dose of
taxation be necessary. were voiced to-
day by Representative A. +. Gardner Of
Massachusetts in an address to the
Mems Club OF Bridgeport. He expressed
regret that Secretary Daniels's plan cuts
the former estimate of the General Board
Of the Navy from forty-eight to forty
six battleships and reduces tho destroyer
feet from four to three per battleship.
Mr.. Gardeners address, In which he
asked that the public be given a chance
TO know the facts through the testi-
mony of the war college and other az
perts. was in part rs follows:
There is a vast amount Of misun-
Outstanding about this new navy build
ing programme. It is to be spun out
over a period OF nine years. ~Appropria-
tons are to be made FOR the next
five years and then approximately o u
years more are to be spent In complet-
ing the battleships n battle cruisers
which are to be built.
81 dc not believe In such sluggishness.
1t is the old story OF putting of till to-
morrow what ought to be lone to-day.
It's our old Cuban friend 'manana.'
"A good many unpleasant things can
happen Ions before nine years can come
and go. II We are to save Safety for
our motto for heavens sake let's have
safety first and not safety in the sweet
by and bye Let's face a bond Issue
or a etir dose Of taxation and have Il
over with.
Furthermore. I am by M means con-
vinced that the American people will
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"NAVY FOR OFFENCE."
Nest Protect Great Merchant Ma.
rine, Says senator stone.

WASHINGTON; Nov. 13-"I want a
aayy for offence If necessary, not merely
Tor defence said Senator william ].
Stone. chairman of the Committee OF
Foreign Relations. to-day. II want TO
lee the United States with "A great mer-
chant marine" he said. Side by side
with the merchant ma rine must grow
mo navy The merchant marine must
be protected against depreciation By any
other Power IN the world"
Senator Stone declared that for these
reasons he favored the general idea Of
President Wilson's and Secretary
Daniels's navy increase plan and with It
tho McAdoo ship purchase measure.
which viii be introduced at this session.
~ approve OF the Administrations be-
LET in the need of a larger navy. al
Enough I cannot say whether l shall APP
prove of all OF the details. l believe
lnI the ship purchase plan because l
mink Il IL the most efficient and rapid
nefhpd Of securing n merchant marine.
II come other plan appears which seems
better | will support that"
senator Stone said a large army is not
,e~cessary. II the United States has a
erKe navy, but he approves OF build
M the best coast defences possible and
,eeping them In advance of armament
improvements in any other country.
'Tf another country develops a gun
hat shoots twenty-five miles" he said,
the United States must arm its coast
lefences with guns that shoot thirty,
they must be ahead of all other coun-
ries. This may cost money, but we have
many important ports which must he
protected. with these coast defences
md "a powerful navy there is little fear
( any invasion.
THE plan of training citizen soldiers
8 n fine thing. Every young man
,hould IA some military training to at
clst keep afre In him the flame of
q triotism SO " 1T he will not put self
scfore country, It's educational value
q great. would like 10 see 5000, 600
roung men with military training in this
,ountrt. But the expense must be con-
hdered. Money should be first put into
no navy"
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MUST GET READY, SAYS WOOD,
Tells Worcester College Men Pre-
. paredneas IL Only Way.

WORCESTER. Mass. Nov. 13.-Major-
Gen. Leonard Wood, Commander OF the
Department OF the East. was h guest
to-day Of the Worcester Polytechnic In
stt,ute and Worcester Academy. where.
In the presence Of a large body Of repre-
sentative educators, he spoke at the dedi-
cation Of the new 100000 gymnasium.
He said in part:
war is what none desires. and here
let me say that our military officers
want il the least OF any one. They
know what II means and what 1t costs.
The military does not make war; they
are merely your trained servants 20
carry out what your representatives
decide upon.
'Dishonor Is worse than war. II makes
for national decadence. We must be
prepared for war. We do not want a
large standing army. The Australian
or Swiss plan Of military training for all
men is the best.
A army OF 1000, 900 will require
40, 900 officers, The present force OF
officers is about 5000 In the regular
army and about 1000 in the militia.
This will leave a large force Of ON
GERS TO be created. 1t is in this line
that you educated young men can b,
valuable to your country"
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consider this building programme ade-
auate when they have looked into the
matter. Up to the present time the
board Of naval experts. known as the
General Board OF the navy. year after
year for over a decade has repeated
to our ears that we need forty-eight
battleships and four d~estroyers to each
battleship before we can be safe against
the strongest enemy likely to assail us
or our policies. The boards reports
show that II excluded Great Britain
from its list Of enemies likely to assam
Us.
Now comes Secretary Daniels's plan
which ats the General Boards former
estimate from battleships down &c
~forty-six battleships and u the
destroyer feet from four destroyers down
to three destroyers per battleship. ii
the old plan did not pretend to make US
safe against Great Britain doub
whether the new plan can pretend te
do SO.
Even with the proposed increases IN
the submarine fiOtilla and even win a!
the other improvements contemplated
/ doubt whether Secretary Daniels him.
self would claim that his building pro-
gramme would give US a navy adequate
10 stop the strongest nav which Grea'
Britain would be likely to bring against
us In case Of war.
THAT In why I am asking that the
public be given a chance to know the
facts. That II why I have requested
thai other naval witnesses be called &c
Washington to supplement or discuss
the evidence OF the Navy Department
experts. Surely II Is not unreasonable
to request the m Of the Presiden,
Of tho United states. the Naval Wal
60 l. -
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H.A. WISE WOOD URGES
ZEPPELINS FOR U. s.
Says People Should Know the
Truth to Be Judges Of
What They Want.

Henry A. Wise Wood. a member OF
the Naval Advisory Board and presi-
dent Of the American Society OF aero.
nautical Engineers, said yesterday mat
in view Of the realisation that the
Zeppelin IL n powerful instrument OF
war, OF greater effectiveness h the
~aeroplane. the United States should AZ
once take steps for their construction
II It wishes to have a proper aerisi
defence. -.
Zeppelin, Mi. Wood said. but he believes
in telling tho people the truth IN ordeI
that they may be the Judges Of what
they want. Furthermore, he said that
any programme Of preparedness snouid
he n national. not an Administration or
party affair, and he believes h Presl.
dent should "lay his cards on the table
and let the people see them Tor them-
selves.
az know enough to realize o that
the Zeppelin Ia more dangerous as a
long distance weight carrying airsn,p
thar all aeroplane," he said. us ei-
fectlveness has been shown by the visi,s
of Zeppelins to London. Inc Heppemn
can bound into the air and rise with
great rapidity, whereas 1t AXE an
aeroplane considerable time to spiral
IN. Thus the %aerop!ane 10 not able
easily to DROP bombs on 1t. Aeroplanes
kent in the air over London during the
night have proved OF no avail against
Zeppelins.
"a dirigible such as the Germans use
can remain In the air easily for two
or three days and has a speed OF from
fifty to sixty miles an hour. 1t can
hover silently over one : spot and can
not be detected at night until the
sound Of the propellers and engines be-
comes audible. A Zeppelin as a rule
appears suddenly. drops It's missiles and
is of again within a period OF about
ten minutes. 1t works as far above gun
fire as possible, close to a mile
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0 M TO MEET TO-DAY.
viii Hold National Defence Con
ference Of Their own.

WARRINGTON, Nov. 13.-The first
woman's national defence conference or
ganized and managed by women and for
m will be held at the New Willard
Hotel tomorrow under the auspices OF
the woman's section Of the Navy League.
Organized by a number Of patriotic
women in the capital on July 4 last, the
woman's section Of the Navy League has
grown until nov II numbers among Its
members more than 100000 American
women.
To-morrow's conference will serve as
an organisation meeting and q demon
stration to impress on Congress the de-
mand Of American women for u de-
lenses az will be adequate to keep the
horrors of war from American shores.
More than 1000 acceptances from
prominent women In all sections Of the
country have been received to invitations
to the conference.
on Tuesday the directors. officers and
State committees of the Navy League
will meet at the home of Col. Robert NJ.
Thompson. when an effort will be made
TO decide eNiCtly what measure OF pre-
paredness the Navy League ought to In
dorse. Congressman from many States
have accepted invitations to attend and
an effort will be made to secure as many
az possible OF the men of national prom
inence who are among Its honorary vice.
presidents.
Among the speakers at to-morrow's
meeting will be Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood,
Chaplain-General of the d. A. X. Col
John Temple Graves. presiding officer
the Rev. DR.. Randolph II. McKim, Col
Robert NJ Thompson, president Navy
League OF the United States Secretary
McAdoo. Franklin y. Roosevelt. Assist.
ant Secretary Of the Navy Mrs. William
Alexander. president Special Relief So
cietv Mrs. Reynold r. Hall. president
Society of Naval Sponsors Miss Frances
W. Baker. Mrs. william Cumming Story
Presldent-General u. A. T.. Mrs. Oliver
II. =. Belmont. president Political Equal
ity Union Mrs. Frank II. Odenheimer
Presidcnt-General Daughters OF the Con,
f~ederacy Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge. presi'
dent National Association Opposed e
Woman Suffrage Mrs. Ada II. Weiss
president Legion of Loyal Women Mis-.
Mabel Boardman OF the American Rec
Cross Central Committee Miss France.
| A. Keller OF the National A~mericanlza
ton Committee and Frederick Huide
koper.
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Mitchell. Police Commissioner Woods.
Collector Malone. Capt. Rhinelander
Waldo. Commissioner Joseph Hartigan,
Alderman II. II. Curran and other
graduates Of Plattsburg.
A special service exhibition will be
held in the Garden cafe while the
tournament programme Is presented.
This will show the distinctive fea-
lures OF every branch OF the ser
vice. The evenings programme will
last about three hours. Tn rates Of
admission will be $3.50 for box seats.
81 n $3.50 for arena seats and 81
for balcony seats. except at the matinee.
when the prices are cut In half except
for box seats.
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PALMER FOR PREPAREDNESS.
Correspondent says r. u. Knows
More About the War Than He.

Frederick Palmer. war correspondent,
who returned from Europe Friday. went
to oyster Bay and had luncheon with
Col. Roosevelt yesterday.
HE knew more about the war than
I did" said Mr.. Palmer afterward. II
haven't met any one else In this country
who is so familiar with what Is going
on as he IL. I stayed there several
hours and In no time nj all he had
learned from me everything l knew
about the war.
Much OF our talk was about national
preparedness, which he thinks is the
question OF the our. ] quite agree with
him. This question must be agitated
now. for We must make guns. build up
the navy and do many other necessary
things which take a great deal of time