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Wrote Amazing Letter 81
Justification of slurs
on Union Labor.
TALE OF A WINDOW PANE
Incident Shows What Dem.
ocratic Candidate Real
ly Thinks of Labor.
srecial plspa.ch 10 west virrin,an1a

new Y Ho!sRRi5sA o Sc w: ss y;FFsia,a Re-
publiacn National Committee today
called public attention to corresponds
ence between Edar R. Laverty. Of thias
city, and Woodrow Wilson immeiif.
ately following the baccalaureate nd.
dress of President Wilson before the
graduating class Of Princeton Univers
sity in 1909, in which Mr.. Wilson:
said: *
You know what the usual stand.
ard OF the employee is in our day. II
is to give as little as he may for his.
wages. Labor Is standardized by the
trades unions, and this Is the stand
ara to which it Is made to conform.
NO one Is suffered to do more than
tho average workman can do:- II
some trades and handicrafts, no ono;
Is suffered to do more than the least.
skillful OF his fellows can do within
the hours allotted to a days labor.
and no one may work out Of hours n
all or volunteer anything beyond the,
minimum. = -
need not point how economical.
~ disastrous such regulation OF la
Dor is. 1t Is SO Improbable to the,
employer that in some trades II VIII.
presently not be worth his while "a:
attempt anything at all. He had bet
ter stop altogether than operate at an
inevitable and invariable loss.
The labor of America Ia rapidlyI
becoming Improbable under its pres
ent regulation by those who have de-
ternllned to reduce 1t to a minimum.
our economic supremacy may be
lost because the country grows more
and more full of Improbable ser.
wants" 4.
Immediately following after the
above address at Princeton, Edgar r.
Laverty, OF New York City, sent the,
following letter to Woodrow Wilson,
New York. City. June lie, 1903. 8!
Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Presi-
dent, Princeton University.
Princeton, N. j. ~ Z
Dear Sir:-1n The New York
Times of June IA, which ptir-
ports to give extracts OF your X
baccalaureate address to the stu
dents of Princeton University. s.
you are quoted as follows:
You know what the usual n
standard of the employe Is In
our day. 1t Is to give as little %
he may for his wages.
Labor Is standardized by the
trade unions and this is the
standard to which it is made to \
conform. No one Is suffered to
do more than the average work.
man can do. In some trades and
handicrafts no one is suffered to-
do more than the least skillful Of .lT
his fellows can do within the
hours allotted to days labor. asi
and no one may work out Of
hours at all or volunteer any. i
thing beyond the minimum. 2,
Now, your reported remarks
strike me as being so extraordin.
ary-so different from what I, a.
a member Of organized labor, 9
had found to be the facts-that q:
feel impelled to ask you II the s ~
foregoing paragraph is correct I;
report of what you said.
II you are correctly quoted. 4 n
should like to have you give me ".
you rauthority for your state.
ment that in labor unions, emo
one is suffered to do more than
Continued on page nina, Va
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Wilson Greeted
In An Ohio Town
(Ry Associoted pr..,,

CHlLLTCOTHE, O., Oct, 26.Presi.
dent Wilson was greeted here today
by large crowd including several
hundred railroad shopmen. Al large
bunch Of flowers was presented 60
Mrss. Wilson. used to have lot Of finn
here when l was youngstsr,, said
Mr.. Wilson to the crowd.
A woman nj the crowd told the reSs
ident she hoped the country would No
main at peace. II hope So" replied
the President. fs Il. mo
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Yonkers Cars Start
After Months Delay

YONKERS, N. Y. Oct. &c. - With
four policemen on each car and with
citizens warned by proclamation by
Mayor Lennon to keep off the streets,
transit was resumed by the Yonkers
railway company today after an inter.
ruption OF more than a month caused
by a strike.
The trips of the first cars were not
attended by violence. Citizens refus.
ed to ride, apparently fearing trouble.
Automobiles carrying police moved in
front Of and behind each car.
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French Still Gain
On Verdun Front
lRy Associated Prcssl

PARIS. Oct. 26-The French troops
ut verdun are following up as fast as
they can the advantage gained by
their sudden forward sweep on Tues.
day and according to the latest infor.
nation have closed into within less
than 500 yards Of Vaux fort. Announce.
ment Of the capture is momentarily ex.
pended here thus completely restoring
the French lines held on February
twenty-fifth.
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Flour Prices Highest
Since The Civil War
PHILADELPHIA Is PAYING s1o.5o
PER BARREL FOR GOOD
GRADES.

(By Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26. = Flour
was quoted here today at $40 to Sl0.6O
a barrel Wholesale for choice and fan.
cy patterns. Spring patterns were
held at $S.25 TO 1915. The price of all
grades was advanced on the local mar.
ket yesterday from 25 to 60 cents a
barrel.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 26.-The best
grades Of flour were selling here to.
day at SO wholesale and S10.4O retail,
the highest price since 1864. Cheap.
er grades were only 40 and so cents
under these prices.
CONNELLSvILLE, Pa. Oct. 90
Coal was sold here today at IS a ton
to domestic consumers. The normal
price was $2.75.
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ANeorrl cHILp auRIEp.

The seven months old infant child
Of Antonio Angotti whose death 6e;'
Cured yesterday afternoon ct thu
home OF its parents on the East Side
was inferred this afternoon at three
o'clock in Holy Cross cemetery ~
Undertaken r. L. Cunningham.
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Girl Killed as She
Stepped From Cab

cLARKsBURG, Oct. IS. . Tampa
Nixon. 33 years old, daughter Of a
Bristol hotel keeper was killed yes
terday there by Baltimore and Ohio
train as Sshe alighted from a taxicab
at the station
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YOST LAW WAS VIOLATED
IN THE COURT HOUSE By
SWORN OFFICER Of THE LAW
Mere Boys Find it Easy to Get Liquor
in the Small Towns in Marion Coun-
ty. What is the Answer?

the story is told in the graphic words of ST. Matthew
Christ had scourged the changers Of the Temple
said at is written My house shall called pray
er; but we have made it a den of thieves
The people of Marion county have
ferson and Adams this city temple justice
who have been in that temple that
and the laws enforced have made told following
municaton:
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Reception TonIoht,

The members of the East Side Bible
class will hold reception tonight at
the school in honor. of the teachers of
the East Side school, The hours are
frnm 7:20 until EIGHT o'clock.
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Vote to brcak up the partnership De-
tpccn bootlcgging and tie lam. Vote
'-- 'he Republican county icket.
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The Weather

West virginia-Fair tonight; Friday
fair and warmer.
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LOCAL WEATHER READINGS
e. 2. Hall. Qhseryer

Temperature at a. m. today 40.
Yesterdays weather clear; tempera.
ture, maximum Is; minimum SO; pre-
Eitation .02. n
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Put some nep blood in the county
government and stop the faporitism.
elect Republican eanaiiaei.s
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CONTINUED on page nine.)
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CONTINUED on page nina.)
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came with their wares. Stolen goods
were moro easily located In that way.
and two or three times the police had
found among his cluttered collection
of old silver and brass pieces missing
from the homes OF those who had been
robbed. So he aked the girl her name
and she gave 1t in falteTfng voice.
1t was Miss Pansy Mead and her adj
dress was the fifth floor back in
house that the secondhand man knew
to be poor but respectable lodging
house in little side street nearby.
Then, when Pansy had gone. he look
ed at the books for which he had pain
$3.75--a sum which the timid Pansy
had seized with avidity. The second
hand man knew that look of eager.
ness, for often the wares he bought
were sold for the price Of a meal or
! nights shelter.
The books seemed to be fairly new.
For this reason he determined to put
them in one OF the shelves in place
Of some of the less attractive volumes
that were then occupying the place Of
honor.
But when he looked closer at the
books he was more than amazed. They
were really of no value to him at all.
There were the second and fourth vol
umes Of Dumas "Vlcomte dc Bragg.
Tonne" and the first and third volumes
of Tile Count of Monte Christie"
There were, also, the second volume
of BroWntng's poems and the first of
Carlyle's French Revolution" OF
Gibbons Decline and Fall OF the Ro-
man Empire" there were the FIRST,
third and fifth volu' nd of Grote's
History Of Greece re were the
six even numbered volumes of the
twelve that make the complete, work.
Clearly the secondhand man had
been victimized: at least the volumes
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las they stood In the case were ofSno
possible value to him. HeEwaited Tor
Ia few days; thinking that perhaps the
original owner would return with the
missing volumes, but he waited In
vain. Then, one day, he climbed up
to the little bare room at the address
she had given. He found the girl sur
rounded by piles Of half-sewed white
garments Almost the only whole
piece o. furniture In the room was
the sewing machine at which she ap'
parently sat for hours at a time.
He explained to her what he sup.
posed had been her mistake and the
girl seemed not in the least surprised.
lam sorry" she said, land would
like to give you back the money you
gave me. but / am very poor. Per-
haps in few weeks shall have more
sewing to do and then will bring it
around The money raised on the
books made 1t possible for me to make
the first payment on the machine.
Then was able to get this work to do.
But they pay so poorly; until / become
expert 1t means hardly enough to pay
the rent and for my simple meals. The
"UIbL VI ~ 40 G44tAb ! w 4AOL RC60So9a hthS
missing volumes. They were given to
me this way and had to sell them"
What was Old Bolts to do? Besides.
unused he, although he was far from
we'll off he always managed to take IN
enough to pay his rent and to buy
enough to eat. More than that he hard.
ly needed. Still the sight Of those fl.
teen volumes was an eyesore.
1t was one warm day in early sum.
mer that the second chapter Of this
little episode occurred. 1t was pleas.
ant sitting out of doors and the second.
hand man was mustng. over the fumes
Of his pipe, as he sat in the old rocker
at the door Of his shop Then brisk,
well.dressed man approached with a
i say, Colonel" he began crisply,
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TEACHER LEADS IN
HEALTH CAMPAIGN
P. M. Conley Sets Fine Elk
ample in District Of Min
ing Towns.

p. M. Conley, superintendent OF Lin.
coin district schools, has compiled
most interesting circular which he has
attributed to the citizens This cir
cuIar announces cleanup cam
paign" for the district and asks the
support OF the citizens, the teachers III
the schools and the school children
themselves In carrying outEhe cleanup
program. The days announced for
clean uT days are April ana 5. The
campaign as a whole is an education
al one and can be most effectively car
ried out through the medium OF the
schools. The town council OF FARM
ingtoa has unanimously approved all
the cleanup plans and the superin-
tendents Of the Jamisoa and AnnabelIG
mines are helping in the movement
with material aid in the form OF labo"
and vehicles to help clean up the min.
ing towns.
The CumpaSgn is especially enipha'
tic in regard to the prevention Of file"
entertainments were held ut most VI
the schools IN the district Friday al
ternoor and the children and teachers
were out early in the afternoon clean.
ing up the grounds around the school
buildings.t
Following arc number of extracts
from the circular that was issued to
boost this particular campaign, but
which are applicable to nearly every
community:
Some Things That May Be Done
Do at least one thing TO make your
home more attractive.
If possible lay off garden spot.
White wash the trees around your
home.
yard.
your house.
Pick up the scraps OF paper and burn
them
Trees pruned and all old dead limbs
removed.
Some Things That Should Be Taught
How sanitary conditions OF me home
effect the entire community.
Control and care OF contagious and
infectious diseases.
How disease germs are carried.
How to treat a manure pile so that
flies will not breed in It.
How backyard may become profit
able.
How to make screens and the value
of screens.
Why cleanup days should be obserr.
ed.
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IsI;yesgot some hooks for sale IN let
you have them for aAsong. It's more
to have them out of the sway than any
ching else that i am bringing them TO
you. There are fifteen volumes. I'll
| let you have them for ten cents apiece.
I know that's cheap, but, TO tell you
the truth, they won't be of much use
to you. They are missing volumes OF
the sVicomte de Bragelonne.' he con-
tinued. II am afraid they won't be OF
any use at all"
The young man opened the suit case
and took out the handsomely bound
books. Old Bolts started and inter-
rupted the stranger:
"And there's the second volume Of
Monte Christie" he said. without
looking at the books. "And the odd
numbered volumes of Grote's History
Of Greece and"
How did you know?" asked the
younger man. amazement written all
over his face.
The old man led the way inside his
ton of books he had placed there two
months ago.
So the matchmaking was begun.
How theS secondhand man knew that
there was a little romance at issue is
hard to tell. For his life spent
among old furniture ana dilapidated
kitchen wares and dusty old books
would hardly have given him any 1ntu-
ition in affirs of that sort.
He told the young man Of the pretty
little girl who had brought the heavy
bundle to him and of his later visit
to her humble quarters.
"She said she would come around to
pay me for the books which told her
would b. Of no use to me and know
she will kcephe word. But now she
need not. will buy your batch for
twenty-five cents apiece. They are all
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THllz. .L.AILY
SHORT story
Jed Bolts, Matchmaker.
( BY ANNIE RICHMOND.
.tGonyrlght, 1916. by Mcclure Newspa

IA {Gopyrtght, 1916, by Mcclure Ne~spa'
per Syndicate.)
N The last role that you or any one
else would have thought suitable for
kold Jed Bolts, the secondhand man,
4 certainly would be that OF match
smaker. Yet little Dan Cupid is no re-.
spector OF persons, and the tact that
Il old Bolts was a crabbed.looktng indt'
yidual, bent Of shoulder. and gruf Of
Smanner, did not disqualify him in the
least as an agent Of the little god OF
love.
s4lFlsIt was a warm day in April and old
Bolts was sitting In a battered old
wooden rocking chair, just in front OF
his shop door. Bolts usually did sit
outside his shop, oven when the wealth
a er5 was less tempting, for tho simple
reason that Of late years, since his d.
Iapidated stock In trade had been &C.
formulating faster than 1t could be re-.
4 tiuced through sales, there was hardly
any room inside for the proprietor,
He5was sitting in his old rocker just
Einffront Of his shop when along came
Ell dainty figure OF girl with a very
large square package. She was young
of face and OF voice, but her shabby
dark blue suit and hor out-of.date hat
possessed little Indication Of youthful.
ness.
81 have some books to. SELL she said
to- old; Bolts. for every ono who fire.
qlented that nelghborhood knew the
figure OF the secondhand man and
needed no introduction.
Even the old man-usually so i'm
pervious to the charms Of the women
who passed his shop or came into it
did not fail to note that the girl was
unusual. Tho fact that she was shah.
by and that the dark blue suit she
SworeSwas almost as faded as his own
Il served as tie of sympathy. So used
Il was he to dealing with things that
were shabby and faded that he some.
4 howl esented folk that were spick and
span.
osit was that he bought the books
without looking at them more than
superb ially, and paid her what with
him was maximum prfce-twenty.
1--WE cents a volume. There were III.
teen books In all and as he carried
them inside and deposited them In a
pile with others he wondered how her
/ slender arms had borne them to his
shop
was Is custom OF his-and Is OF all
secondhand men. no doubt-to take
! the namea and addresses of all who
~ u "a /
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PERSONALS

ss Mrs. e. w. Howard and daughter,
Miss Mary Katharyn, went to Point
Marion, Pa, yesterday to spend few
I days with the formers mother. Mrs
Conn.
Mrs. e. c. Scott and Mrs. W. f.
! Shafferman, who had been in Pitts
burgh for several days, returned home
last night.
Margaret, the little daughter Of Mr.
II and Mrs. A. E. Marshall. is recovering
from al illness from ptomaine pois'
oning.
Dr.A. c. Beetham and son, John. OF
sBellaire, o., are guests at the home
LOT Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Gilkeson,
ION Fairmont avenue.
Maurice N. Kline. OF Pittsburgh, h
the guest for the weekend Of his broth
Ter; S. G. Kline and family, on CASTOR
avenue.
Miss Jane Montgom cry returned yes
terday from New York where she had
spent a week buying for the ]. NJ.
\ Hartley & Sons Co. store
Miss Mary Moulds Hurst, who has
been the guest Of her mother, Mrs.
wv. j. Weigel, for the last two weeks
leaves tomorrow for Pittsburgh. to re-
/ sumo her studies at the Winchester
school.
Mrs. w. E. Leonard. OF Grafton, has
been the guest of relatives in the
city for several days.
Mrs. Dorsey Hamilton, Of Grafton,
sts3Fthe! guest Of her sisters. Mrs. Alva
All and Miss Adelaide Pinnell, on
M; M 'sAT1d avenue Mr.: Hamilton will
~ Town this evening to spend
- 80 .trftf -
''uttlesworth. OF the W. v.
V ng the weekend at his
a street.
II; lard. of the ". V. U.
s 1town for the week.
e and Mrs. Carrie
Gturned IRON brief
own with the formers
Ia. r. A. Lough. Mrs.
..,ll!ed them home for a
NH " q business visit.
:terdny.
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see Miss Mead and I were engaged,
and it was all my fault that We were
separated. I went my way and she
went hers. have been lucky end she
has had no end Of misfortune. We had
given the books to each other for pres
ents, 1t was little within Of ours to
give alternate volumes SO that when
We had little home or our own they
would be complete. And she had to
sell her books to pay for that sewing
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Harold Jones, secretary Of tho Min
ute Mems class OF the Williams Mem
sorial NJ. e. church, South. Sunday
school, entertained the members Of
the class last evening at his home on
.A1bert court. The class which Is com
posed. Of boys between the ages Of II
and is, Is taught by Mrs. r. T. Webb.
Paul Smith is the president and Roy
ssYosts the secretary. The membership
3of the class is as follows. Paul Smith,
Richard Stevens, Harold Jones, Roy
Yost, Chennie Williamson, Thompson
Miller, Rex Arnett, Arthur Hoover,
Robert Sloan, Gerald Hamilton, Den
Szils Amos. William Price.
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machine and ] decide ed to sell mine just
because couldn't bear the4stght o.
them any more. They remembers M
OF the fool I had been and made 8nG
more angry with my luck because8l
could not find her. But you hayal been
the matchmaker and you are;goingSt e
be the guest OF honor at thekweddina
supper. What a strange world this "
when grutf old chap like you splayt
Cupid's first mate" g
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III GOOD condition"

Not If | know it--you won't buy
them" said the young man. IN pay
you seventy-five cents for each OF your
volumes II you say so. Where did you
say the girl was staytng?
In minute more. the young man
was of. and It was notttll two or three
hours later that he returned.
Il thought would explain how It
happened" he said on his return. you
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IlOCA SOCIAL EV US
To Entertain Friends

Miss Caroline Fleming Smith, the
young daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. G. E.
Smith. Will entertain a number Of her
little friends on Monday afternoon at
her home on Quincy street. The event
viii be Miss Caroline's fifth birthday
anniversary and a large number OF her
little friends have been asked to cele-
brate the event with her.
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Nonaaenartan Passes

CHARLESTON. ". Va. April s.
Samuel A. N1oley. 30, born in Rock
ingham county, n. c., died here after
working several hours in his garden
yesterday He taught school for so
years. Two children, nine grandchil-
dren and Is greatgrandchildren sur
vIve.
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55Lxa.u,,, eoeIety e Ente Z:

The Normal iLyceum society will en-
fertainf the members OF the Mozart Lit
erary society tonight IN the nuditor-
inm Of the Normal school building.
The entertain will be given In re-:
turn to q similar function which the
Mozart society rendered to the mem
5bersgof the Lyceum society earlier in
the season. An elaborate program has
S6een prepared, the nature Of which
will#not be divulged until after the
guests arrive tonight.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rollins, who have
recently established their home at
Ninth street and Locust avenue. were
given q shower last evening by num-
Der OF their friends. The event was OF
Z a miscellaneous nature and Mr.. and
MRS. Rollins were recipients Of mum.
Der Of pretty gifts.
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Special Sale
a SLIGHTLY USED pIAMo.

a SLIGHTLY USED PIANO.
i high grade Upright Plano, case
slightly hair lined, looks like new;
former price $3.50. Saturday S225.00
fine Kohler & Campbell, been used
but few Notwithstanding $4,000.
fine Piano Case Organ Saturday
$500.
l fine Estey organ-Saturday $4,000.
These are genuine bargains. Our
room is crowded and we must make
room for new goods arriving. Come
in and take your choice. Easy pay.
ments-no interest.
Victrolas $500 to $4,000.
C. A. House Music Store.
FRANK M. SHARP, Mgr.
Jacobs Bldg, Open, Evenings.
Bell Phone sS1.
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Four-cyIiSder Models
and Prices
Touring Car, 7-pass. IS s75
Roadster, 3-passenger.. $50
Landau .........".... 115o
six.cylinder Models
and Prices
Touring Car, 7-pass. ,$1os5
Roadster, 3-passenger.. 1860
Landau 1900. 1880
Coupe, 4-passenger..... 1900
Sedan, 7-passenger. -. 1875
Limousine, 7-passenger. $500.
Half.Ton Commercial Cars
and Prices
Panel Delivery Car. IS s75
Express Body ........ $50
Station and Baggage
Wagon ...........' 37S
one.Ton Commercial Trucko
and Prices
Open Express,
complete >. .......$12oo
Stake Body, complete, 1850
Bus, 16-pasenger, full
equipment ........ 400
F, @. B. Detroit