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THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER :. 1916.
ORGANIZED CLARITY.

HERE are two powerful reasons why people who can
afford to give at all should support organized charity
work and make effort to relieve distress personally
The first that unless there organized charity-a recog
nzed and accredited agency which the needy may apply
for relief in time of necessiy-there is bound to be
much mreieved suffering. The second is that organ
lied charity able TO reduce the minimum the tendency
to mendcacy which is osteed in weak natures when
they discover that it is quite possible for person to live
without work by the simple expedent of spongng upon the
generous.
Organized charity administered with greater efficiency
in communities than in Others but even in the towns
where the results do equal those obtained in Berlin say
It much better every way than ndscrmnate personally
conducted efforts at the solution Of this great problem
which we told we always have with us.
The people of Faimon will do well to bear these facts
IN mind when they visited by the representatives Of the
Faimont Associated Charities who arc now making an
effort to enough money to carry the association
through the winter This city ono of the towns that can
lay claim to having charity organization that at once
efficient and not devoid of compassion 1t is combna-
lion that is enough and the people of Farmont should
show their appreciation by supporting literally knowing
as they do that the money will be spent in such way as
to make it do the utmost possible good wildcat the same
time the association will take from the shoulders of the
public duty that best would otherwise be ndiferenty
and perhaps unwsey discharged.
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ton Of the United States is estimated at 900 barrels and
the average price given as SIC per barrel. The figure
dropped to $500 the next year and in 1861 it fairly
bossaned to 49 cents From that price it cept up until
it reached shade So in 1864. At the beginning of
the seventy decade it $434 and 1872 the average
price 1854 Never since that year has the price been
as high it right now, for in the following year it drop
ped 10 $l63.
Wells in this section of West Virginia began to be de-
yeloped upon commercial scale in $780, at which time
crude oil quoted at less than dollar. and it not
until 1916 that it went above the dollar mark. In that
year the average price $.35 In only one previous
year since the local oil pools first tapped has the aver
age price forged above 81, That 1913 when the
average was $2.45.
There is much talk in oil circles Of So oil in the mme
dlae future. None but the experts arc competent 10 e
press opinion upon that 1t fairly CERTAIN however,
that there will be any great sag below the
price Tor the present year and legislation being de-
manded which would compel rchners to be more careful
in the classification Of their products passed even more
than s. for PENNSYLVANIA crude probably would be fact
within few hours after the laws went into effect There
wells in the Burning Springs district of this state which
still producing although they first struck pay in 1861
but is melancholy fact that production of Pennsylvania
grade petroleum is steadily declining from year year
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Monongdlid Musings

"'From among the thousands of
brilliant and heroic characters who de.
serve our gratitude and praise. we Sc.
lect for this weeks brief and feeble
notice just two: Henry Thomas Buckle
and Marshal Ney. Ninety-five years
since the former was born and one
hundred and one since the latter was
ssinated-murdered by so-called
legal authority. Buckle merits our
praise because he wrote the most in.
teresting history in existence, The
History of Civilization in England"
Some may doubt and dispute this
sweeping assertion-as they have a
perfect right to - but the evidence
upon which our statements are found.
ed, is entirely satisfactory to our
selves. Although this History is really
but an introduction of large work
which he contemplated but did not
live to finish, 1t Is unsurpassed for its
vigor, force, originality and frank.
ness. The whole work is cast In bril-
liant language and he must be dull In.
deed who is not charmed by its
thoughts, sublime that pierce the
night like stars" Here is one of his
striking observations about educated
men: I'VE often find what arc called
highly educated men, the progress of
whose knowledge has been actually re.
tarded by an education by which their
reading has deepened their prejudices
instead Of dissipating them" Buckle
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Editorial Comment
on. Current Subjects
coNsTANTINoPLE
From the Chicago Tribune.
Dna1Na L. A.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Russia Is TO have Contantinople and
the Dardenelles II the entente allies
win.
An agreement to this effect has been
made public by the Russian authori.
ties with the evident assent of the
British government since the news OF
the announcement passed the censor.
ship.
This is the sharpest counter to peace
rumors that could be delivered. II
Constantinople is in Russian hands
the bear will stand athwart Germanys
march TO the east. II Germany holds
Constantinople Russia Is debarred
more finally than ever from the long
sought agress to warm water.
So far as these two opponents are
concerned 1t would seem the war must
go on until one or the other is on his
knees. 1t is OF course possible that
France or even England may weak.
en- so as to fall out. But that seems
| not probable at this stage Of the con.
fiCt.
The circumstances OF the announce.
ment In the duma are significant of the
struggle which has been going on IN
Russian politics. It is clear that the
pro'German influences has grown OF
late and that crisis has been pass.
ed. 1t evidently had gained such head.
way as to weaken the public opinion
which has been favorable to the war
on patriotic grounds. Evidently there
was demand to know why Russia
sacrifices should continue, and the an.
swer is the golden prize of Constan.
ttnople, one of the great strategic DO.
sitions of the world, perhaps the most
important in the imperial politics OF
Europe
What the effect Of this upon the i'm.
mediate course OF Russia's will be we
! must wait for events to show. Just
now the eyes of the world are turned
on the British cabinet crisis which
indicates that the reverses and disap.
pointments suffered by the entente
since the advance on the Somme have
had drastic effect. 1t seems plain
that unless Gernany's military
strength is a facade hiding economic
ruin, the entente allies must contrivc
to exert more united and efficient
pressure than they have been able to
up to this time. Confronted by the
triumphant efficiency OF Germany, they
cannot repeat blunders like the CALI.
poll and Rumanian campaigns The
process of moral ana material eXhaus.
ion must work with them as with
Germany, and thus far they have not
shown that they ale gaining upon their
opponents. Russias vast reserve OF
power Is still their main dependence.
| The question is. Can 1t be made effcc.
tive under the handicaps which Rus.
sia's position and organization i'm.
pose?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07
PEACE COMMITTEE MEETING

CHARLESTON. W. Va Dec. T.
Announcement was made today that
the executive committee of the West
Virginia branch of the League to En-.
force Peace will hold a meeting In
Charleston Saturday, December 9. to
consider a proposal that will be made
to the West Virginia Legislature In
January. w. E. Glasscock of Nor.
gantown, former Governor; ]. B. Fin.
ley. of Parkersburg; w. Blanchard, E.
Hiatt, Of Moundsville; ]. +. Marsh. OF
Charleston and o. l. Woodley. OF
Huntington, are the committee mem.
hers.
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Speeding Drivers
Are Fined by Mayor

Two traffic law violators were be.
fore Mayor Bowen this morning and
arranged TO deposit S. each in the
city treasury. These we're Arch Elem.
ing and w. S. Thomas. Fleming was
caught speeding out Fairmont avenue
last night on the road to his home at
Edgemont. Thomas had been speed.
ing with his cutout open.
The police department has receiv.
cd number OF complaints regarding
speeding drivers who go out Fairmont
avenue and orders have been given
by the mayor to arrest any and all
who drive faster than is miles Der
hour within the city limits.
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THE PRICE or CRUDE OIL.

N 7 OWFERE was the announcement that Pennsylvania
Il " crude oil had been advanced to $275 per barrel of
more Importance than right here in Marion county
iIhe only pools which furnishing new wells of
Srong productive capacity Dents run in the Man
ninston district and on Miracle run in the Nlonongalia
county oil field with its center Fairew in this county
The price much to the people of this section and
lome substantial prosperity that not based upon war or
Hers is bound to be of the immediate results Eventually
1t will all help to make Fairmon buster city,
When the of the boost in the price of oil
was made it stated that the quotation is the high
est in the oil industry. That exactly true although
it the highest figure that has been reached since the days
when crude oil favorte medium for speculation and
the football of the big oil interests fighting each other in the
Sayase struggle to control, which eventually ended in the
triumph of Standard Oil.
Oil price statistics compiled by the United States
Geological Survey begin with 1859 when the total produc.
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course, violent criticisms. Buckle did
not expect anything else. He was
not so foolish as to idle away his life
writing history to please the mar
row. the prejudiced, the noisy. the dig.
nlfled, the men who know il all,
Even j. T. Newman once said. Buckle
was great writer. but my son should
not read a copy of his book unless it
has been eXpurgated." Up to the hour
OF going to press. Billy Sunday has not
endorsed the book and even though
he should, 1t would not materially in.
crease the estimate in which 1t is now
held. One often wonders what the
History would have been had Buckle
lived to complete 1t. On May 90, 1862,
he died at Damascus. In his last mo.
ments, thinking of his unfinished
work, he exclaimed: My book. my
book, | shall never finish my book"
Even though never completed, It is OF
far more value than millions which
contain the last contemplate and con-
taminated chapter. Without ATTEMPT
ing a comparison between Buckle
and Marshal Ney, except to say that
they were both OF heroic stamp, we
hasten to cite few of the remarkable
events OF the career of the remarka.
BILE Ney-"Bravest OF the brave" as
Napoleon described him. From Youths
golden hours till deaths dark night.
the roar of little was a common az.
fair with him. Whether by the Rhine
or at Moscow, in shaded Spanish wales
or Russia's frozen fields. at Paris or
Berlin, Friedland or Waterloo, his was
life OF violent action characterized
by unflinching bravery. When Ma
poleon was crushed, the victors were
determined that Ney must die. Ac.
cording to the historian, he listened
to the sentence Of death with the calm
ness which had distinguished him
through the whole trial. When the
person who read 1t came to his title he
interrupted him-"What need of titles
now? am Michel Ney, and soon shall
be a handful of dust" When the as.
sistance OF priest was offered he re-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07
RUFF STUFF
BY RED.

Twilight Sleep seems TO have been
the best awakener Fuirmont has had
Tor time.
Lloyd-George will undertake the
task of shaping the cabinet.
Yep, he'll try and chances are all
the Irish will be conscripted and have
10 go to war.
Which of course would decide the
result within 80 days.
Why have they started after the
bootleggers now? Must they have
something free for Christmas?
Something went awry when every.
body jumped on the baby film. The
worst thing about the picture was that
portrait Of the discoverer OF Twilight.
The President didn't say anything
In his message about the high cost OF
politicians.
And nary word was mentioned about
Billy Sunday and the cost OF paying to
get bunked.
There ought to be an awful stencil
raised when James E Wetz gets be-
lore that Federal jury.
L. N. Yost says the health of the
county is good.
Then blames 1t on himself.
The shrinking violet!
An Indiana woman did not hear of
the European war until yesterday.
She was born under lucky star
We've heard of the war, we've heard
that the Teuts are in Bucharest which
shows that they are being badly de-
feated-Oh, yes, very badly.
Ploesci fell too-no, not the jane on
roller skates, that's the name of q viii
lage in Rumania 1--WE think.
"clarksburg woman shoots ma.
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determined to write history rational.
ly, philosophically and scientifically
He held that all events had natural
causes, and that no history is of value
that does rot keep the fact in view.
He claimed that the advance of civil.
cation is characterized by continual
ly diminishing influence of physical
laws and continually increasing in
fluence Of mental laws. These and
hundreds Of other views aroused, Of
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cap off" Villa Tell.
Within a few weeks there's gunna
be no such place as Greece. That's
what a diminutive duck gets when he
wants to fight.
sary TO cut off the mornings supply
of oatmeal and cream.
We're using Bacon instead.
A wife running against husband
for mdyoralty and getting it deserves
the job.
But isn't that keeping the job in
the family?
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The announcement that J. p Mills, the man who

The announcement that J. p. Mills, the man who
wrote "Therc' Be Il Hot Time in the Old Town To-
night" is very ill in California hospital probably
brought reminiscent smile the faces OF many men
just entering middle life who can remember the days
when the Spanish armies in Cuba thought that song was
the American national air. Hot Time was the Tipperary
of the Spanish war and 1t hammered out on pianos
from coast to coast and sung the world by the
armies that established the United States as world
power Here's hoping that Mills lacks nothing in the
way of comfort and affection in his last hours
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Bucharest has fallen and the Rumanian army is in
fair way to be captured For the time being at least
Rumania is in the position Belguna and Serbia
but the Rumanans did put up the fight that either
of those nations did And yet Rumana was prepared
If years of expenditure out of all proportion the
sources OF tho country may be called preparedness.
Manifestly there is much to this preparedness
business than the spending OF money but one would
get that idea by observing the activities the various
preparedness lobbies now at work in Washington
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AMT NATURE
WONDERFUL
It All Depends

Which reminds us Mike Ryan was
bu2zing with his friend Pat Clancy
about wonderful athletic stunts.
why" says Ryan, II seen a fella
jump twinty feet backwards"
"Ah, gawan wild yc," says Clancy,
who ever heard of SIGH thing. Thin
" feet backwards! That's outrage
ous!" Why" says Ryan, ut was yer
own brother, John, that did it." "Oh,
says Clancy, well, maybe he could
do it,"
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piled, 81 need no priest to teach me
how to die; | have learned it in the
school of battle" On the 7th of De.
cembcr 1915, at nine a. m. he was shot
IN the garden OF Luxembourg. When
an attempt was made 10 blindfold him.
he tore away the bandage and indig
nantly exclaimed, Have you forgot
ten that for twenty.six years I have
lived among bullets?" Was he not the
bravest OF the brave?
S. c. MUSGRAYE.
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Britain has had many premiers, but unless all the
surface indications deceptive few assumed the re-
sponsibty rreer from political obligations than Lloyd
George. The absolute four squareness of the new
chief may mean the beginning of a new era in the
politics OF the empire. But right the only thing
of which any one except the taciturn WeIchman him
SELF may be is that there will be change In the
British determination pursue the war relentlessly
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4 GOOD BEGINNING.

livery who has the best interests Of Fairmont at
z heart will rejoice in the announcement that the night
school which will be conducted at the High school
throughout the winter started with an enrolment of thirty
and that more expected at this evenings session.
Night school work has attained notable proportions in
some West Virginia Cities but with this kind of start
there every prospect that Faimont will soon be up with
the leaders in spite Of the fact that it started laIe
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07
OUCH! LUMBAGO?
Try Mustercle. See How Quickly
It Relieves

You just rub Musterolc in hriskly
and usually the pain is gone-a delicious
soothing comfort comes to take its place
Musterolc is 4 clean, white ointment
made with oil OF mustard Use it insteao
OF mustard plaster. Will not blister.
Many doctors and nurses use Muster
ole and recommend it to their patients
They will gladly tell you what relief il
gives from sore throat, bronchitis, Group
stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, congestion
pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and
aches of the back or joints, sprains, sore
muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet,
colds of the chest lit often preySut,
rueumonia}. Always dependable.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07
BOILING PLANT RuRMEn

WESTON. w. Va, Dec. THE leo
plant and bottling works owned by
Malloy Brothers was destroyed here
Yesterday by fire believed to have orig.
mated from sparks from an adjoining
planning mill. The loss was estimat.
cd ut $4,000, with no insurance,
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MURDER SUSPECT suRRENogRs

CHARLESTON, ". Va, Dec. =
Charles Glendenin, indicted for kill.
ing an infant in the arms OF its moth.
er, Mrs. Rachel Borgess., near the line
OF Jackson and Kanawha counties,
four months ago. has surrendered to
the kanawha county authorities here.
His trial was set for December 10
Glendenin os member of prominent
kanawhn NalleY familY.
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To get mixed up with a runaway
horse you may be laid up for six weeks
or more, but to run away with horse
you may be laid up for six years or
more?
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Do YOU KNOW

There's no friend like an old friend
because where will you find a new
friend who will stand by you as long
as an old friend?
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If YOU DON'T GET YOUR PAPER CALL
.WESTERN UNION"

Subscribers our carrier routes falling TO got The
West Yrgnian any evening should call WESTERN
UNIoN,' state the fact and give and residence
and messenger will deliver paper to your door at
once. There is charge to the subscriber for this
service The West VIrgnian plans render 10 its
subscribers the best newspaper delivery service pos
sible and this is part of the plan
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Wonder If the women of Umatilla,. Oregon, where a
wife beat her husband fer the mayoralty and all the
other city offices were captured by female candidates
will hold gloat parade? Theirs is yerable triumph
of emnsm in politics. but it remains to be seen how
they will get away with it that they have it, So
far woman mayors have not scored much of a success
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07

a Milwaukee wonder has submitted
plans to the city street car system
showing them how to do away with
the strap hanging evil. He suggests
cars be made without straps.
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SHORT AND SNAPPY.

Mr.. Hughes was defeated, but he is minding his own
busness-which is more than be said of some of
the smartalec photographers of the opposition
Charleston Mail
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Our pippY Dictionary.

SOMNAMBULISH-See policeman.
ONE TON-ACcording to coal deal.
ers, l.673 pounds.
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How Pa Finds ThInus.

When pa loses q thing. the quickest
way for him to get 1t is to stand In
one place and swear until ma brings
1t to hin.-Fort Worth Star-TelegraR.
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1t was hard night for the booteggers. Wonder if
the boys in the cells the result of the raids today
thinking bitter thoughts about lngratitude?
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when desired IN any FUR rur.
chased now. II desired. Furs
purchased during this opening
will be laid aside until called
for. The completeness Of the
assortments and the splendid
values featured make this tho
oppo'tune time to purchase.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14
F US CHABRIERE S.ARLES AR
COLLECTION COMING TO AMERICA
According to recent an

According to recent an
nouncement the famous
art collection Of the late
M. Chabrieres.Arl.s Of
Paris and Lyons has been
purchased by the Duveen
Bros. and shortly will be
exhibited At their galleries
in New York. The col.
lection comprises about
$50 pieces and is valued
At approximately $780,
900. 1t 10 especially rich
in furniture and wood
carvings of the sixteenth
and early seventeenth
centuries executed in all
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the purity of design of
the French Renaissance
period. Many Of the ex-
amples are by such cele-
brated artists a. Goujon
and Ducerceau. Another
feature Of the collection
is the tables. many of
which display carving of
wonderful workmanship.
An interesting circum.
stance in connection with
the sale 10 that the negoti-
atoms were long delayed
owing to the fact that Ave
Of the seven Chabrieres-
Aries heirs were in the
trenches fighting for
France.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-30
COUNTRY Town
LIFE We'll SHOWN

THE Village Outcasta is rated one
of the most popular and best staged
contributions offered on the silent
stage in many months It is pictur-
ization of Robert Wormwood's tense
and gripping serial story that APP
peared In one of the monthly maya
zines. AS play it ran for more than
year in New York and other metro
politan theaters. Thousands who have
enjoyed its wholesomeness have at
tested to its merit.
The Village Outcast," with Miss
Ethel Grandon in stellar role, will
come to the Empire Theater today.
Miss Grandon is supported by splen-
did company of artists. 1t is play
that lends itself excellently to pictur-
ization. The frequent and compelling
incidents which lead to dramatic cli-
makes are specially suited to the
photo-drama. Miss Grandon takes the
part of the girl, quick of tongue and
big of heart. The story depicts the
life that might be found in many out
of the way towns and villages.
Bud" Duncan's appearance will be
hailed with delight in the screaming
comedy. The Missing Mummy" A
new wild animal jungle picture, The
Secret Tiger of Agra" is a late screen
success.