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though very considerable branches OF
German industry would have to suner
in the process. We could also oner our
allies a firmly fixed share In the joint
home market by way OF cartels or by
other means. / have. however, been In
formed by able and far seeing friends
In the Austrian Industrial and banking
world that these two ways are I'M
possible for Austrian interests because
coal and Iron are more costly to pro-
duce In Austria Hungary than In the
German Empire and also for obvious
and immutable geographical reasons.
The one thing which Germanys highly
developed industry cannot stand Is that
we. by granting one sided preferences to
our closest friends, should quarrel with
the whole world. What therefore re-
mains as possible is simple enough
the necessary protection for those who
need protection. and for the rest mutual
good will and sincere friendship"
A note Of warning. however, IL sounded
by the Vienna correspondent OF the
Fran ktwtcr Zeitung. While praislng
Herr Naumann's efforts he adds:
"Naumann can be entirely satisfied
with the momentary and immediate
effect of his book. The question of Its
permanent political effect and Of the
realization Of his main ideas would he
more diff,cut to answer. An authorita-
tive politician has said that Naumann's
exposition is 40 convincing that. " his
views are not realized to-day. they will
certainly be realized In ten. thirty or
fifty years The judgment is significant.
No political thinker can fail to see the
obvious advantage Of the cohesion Of the
Central European Powers. and. indeed.
its necessity. But II is precisely the
practical politicians who rightly APP
,,ragiugp n Of glMHRiahnpgs
prejudice and psychological resistance,
who shrink most decidedly from the
Immediate realization.
THE practical accomplishment OF suci
ideas needs men of genius who possess
the courage Of responsibility and who
will stake the whole strength OF theii
personallty--as against those above
them as well as those below thcm--for
what they recognize To he necessary
Does central Europe possess these mer
of genius And is there the good vii
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which Is necessary to rise superior. in
the greatness of the moment to the
small and petty considerations of rou-
tine, of personal advantage and Of a
smooth career? We should not like to
answer the question with an uncon-
ditional affirmative
Anybody who has followed Nau-
mann's exposition carefully has learned
from 1t that central Europe must arise
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Immediately after the war. or even while
the war Is still going on, because other
wise Germany rs well as Austria-Hun-
gary would have lost the war against
the great world Powers, England and
Russia, whatever the military end OF the
war might he. But the Vienna semi
official considers that one must not an
ticipate the shaping of the future. and
that the idea of cohesion is a very tender
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Restoring a Great Railroad System


1t showed the principal trains
of the system arrived as fol-
lows -
! The Limited, due from Ell
Paso. Tex. who carries through
passengers from Mexico and
California, and the fast Hot
Springs Special were both ON
TIME EVERY DAY OF THE
MONTH IN WHICH THE
INVESTIGATION w A S
MADE.
The Texas Mail and Express.
from San Antonio, which also
carries sleeper through from
California; the California-St.
Louis Express from Pueblo.
and the Hoxie-St. Louis Local
Passenger train were each late
only one day of the thirty-one.
The Colorado-St. Louis Spe-
cial from Pueblo carrying
through sleepers from Denver
and California points; and the
Kansas City-St. Louis Local
were each late three days dur
ing the month.
The Texas-St. Louis Special,
with through passengers from
the City of Mexico. was late
four days. and the St. Louis
Mail and Express from Kansas
City was late six days.
The records showed further
that these instances Of lateness
meant being overdue only few
minutes.
AS another instance of the
policy of catering to the pa
irons of the line.it may be stated
that an order. which the vet.
Grams of the service regarded as
revolutionary. was issued. l,
was directed that even local pas
senger trains were to have the
right of way over special trains
of officials of the roads.
Division superintendents who
did not take this order literally
soon found themselves repri.
manded. even though the delay
to the passenger trains meant
only few minutes and their
inaction saved the officials OF
the lines half an hour or more.
Early in the new administra
tion $4,000 tons of IS pound
steel rail were received. A new
line reaching from Memphis
Tenn. to Mariana. Ark, wa.
begun and it was all laid with
the heavy steel rails.
In addition the freight anc
passenger equipment wa'
largely enhanced. In single To-
so of the steel construction typ.
of passenger cars we're received
In this lot were II chair cars.
regular day coaches. divided
passenger coaches, IS baggage
cars and "a mail cars.
Not very long before the re
ceipt of that shipment many
new passenger coaches. includ
ing chair cars. regular coaches
mail and baggage cars and din
ing cars had been put into ser
, vice. 1t has frequently beer
! stated that the diners on tn,
Missouri Pacific and allied line,
are the handsomest and bes
J equipped in this country.
Fifty Mikado type freigh
engines had been received. Thi
: class of engine has a tracto
power about Co. in excess o
that of the heaviest class for
: merly used on these lines.
: Large new locomotives, capa
f.. BILE of developing high speed
, were ordered for many of tn
t passenger trains.
One of the most interestin,
of the new orders under the re
|: gime of President Bush was TO
: 2.4oo freight cars. OF these 100
I were gondola type cars, eac'
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!
coal
All the rolling stock of the al
lied systems was overhauled
early in the new administration.
The fences were repaired and
stations and iron work on
bridges painted.
1t was decided to replace the
wooden bridges with steel
structures as early as possible
and survey was made in the
first months of the new regime.
1t was decided also to build
large steel drawbridges over the
Black River at Paroquet. Ark. {;
over the White River at Au-
gusta. Ark. over the Little Red
River at Judsonia, Ark; over
the Blue River at Irving. Kan.
and over the St. Francis River,
on the New line between Mem
phis and Mariana.
Between 100000 and S4oo. 900
was decided upon for bridge
work over the Kaw River and
Kansas City.
Large repair shops were es-
tablished at Falls City, Neb., in
cluding blacksmith and boiler
shops. power plants. round
/ houses. model coal chutes, new
yards and storehouses for the
supply department.
4 New terminals were estab-
/ lished at Lexa and Eudora,
Ark, and a large sum was ex-
pended on reducing the grade
between Atchison and Falls
City. Many new depots were
begun, the most pretentious be-
ing at Alexandria. La; Cairo,
H.; Carthage. Mo. ; Butler. Mo-.
and Little Rock. Ark, The new
terminal at Little Rock. includ-
ing the passenger yards, cost
S8oo.ooo.
Not only did the management
concern itself with the re-
Mobilization Of its own lines. 1t
began an examination into the
agreements with connecting
lines. The result was that it
soon perfected an arran ngement
for through dining car ser
vice between St. Louis and New
Orleans, as we'll as between St
Louis and Los Angeles by way
Of Ell Paso.
1t was not long before the
system under the vigorous new
management began to attract
widespread attention among the
travelling public ana to win
new patronage, But the task OF
rehabilitating the system thor.
oughly. financially as we'll as
physically, was more than one
man could undertake.
When finally the system was
put into the hands of a receiver
as the result of friendly pc.
tition. President Bush author
lied the following statement -
The receivership of the Mis-
souri, Pacihc-lron Mountain
lines, considering the financial
condition of both companies,
was the only alternative left to
preserve the property and the
various interests for the benefit
of the creditors. the stoc khold-
ers and the public
The condition which necessi-
tates this receivership was be-
yond my control. The indebt-
edness OF the property, in a
large measure, was created be
fore my connection with the
companies,
while the physical condition
of the properties has been mate
rally bettered within the last
four years. il has been impossi-
BILE to create a financial condi.
. tion indispensable to their pres
ervation without receivership"
The directors of the two com
Danies then authorized the fol
lowing statement
when the plan of readjust.
ment dated July l, 1918, was an.
nounced, It was hoped securities
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of the Missouri Pacific-Iron
Mountain Railroads is now no
longer a remote possibility: it
is we'll on the way towards be-
coming an accomplished fact.
When announcement was
made last year of the petition to
place this great railroad system
in the hands of a receiver. the
public received the news with
misgivings. But that very petit
ton was the precursor of the
new day. Just as surgeon has
TO cut deeply to accomplish his
cure. so the men charged with
the responsibility of rehabili-
tating this faced the task with
a determination to get at the
root of the trouble.
For several years before that
announcement. the physical re-
Mobilization of the lines had
been under way. And it was a
gigantic task.
In a report emanating from
the executive Offices of the rail-
road there is one statement,
made quite ingenuously. which
tells the story of the effort in
volved. This statement reads,
The right of way over the en-
tire 1900 miles has been cleared
of all weeds and vegetation of
all sorts" 1t goes on further to
say that the entire road has been
reballasted and hundreds of
miles of heavy new rails have
been laid. But it is the refer
ence to the weeds that fires the
imagination.
The new rails were laid in
new sections. but many miles
were laid over the already
operated lines, replacing lighter
equipment,
The story Of President Ben.
jamin Bush and the conditions
he found and altered is the
story of a titanic struggle.
Soon after his election he de.
termined to view every mile OF
the systems under his control
He took with him other officials
of the roads, feeling that it was
their duty to familiarize them
selves with the conditions. The
tours they made were not hasty
Wherever they found condi'
tions that needed careful in.
vestigation, the progress of the
trip was halted and inquiries
were made of the men who hac
been on the ground. 1t was af
terwards estimated that the Off
cials journeyed $4,000 miles;
distance equal to a tour of tn,
earth at the equatof.
The work of rehabilitation
did not wait upon the results oi
the finished tour. Presiden'
Bush and his party went as ar
advance guard. Closely behino
him were those whose duty i
was to reconstruct and to repair
1t was one of the proud boast.
of the new administration tha'
there was not single defectiv.
tie in use anywhere on the line:
three months after they had as
sumed their duties.
The first sweeping order wa.
one of such utter simplicity tha
it recalled military dispatches
1t stated briefly that. thereafter
all trains must be on time. Blu
it was an order that affected
every detail of the roads oper
ating methods. Very soon its eff
fectiveness became apparent
And the Missouri Pacific-Iroi
Mountain system began to sc
records for the railroads O
neighboring States.
Only three months after tn
order had been issued an in
vestigation was conducted q
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The Story Of the Missouri Pacific

would be deposited in sufficient
amounts to insure the success
OF the plan and thereby make i,
possible to secure ADEQUATE
financial assistance to meet the
interest payments of Sept. I.
1915.
The reports of the deposi.
taries. however, show that III.
deposits are wholly insufficient,
The Missouri Pacific Is
without sufficient funds to NEE.
its September interest paw.
ments. aggregating almos,
Sa.oooSoo. The Iron Mountain
Compahy is already in defaul,
in respect of interest due July I.
and in the payment of other T..
legations and is without means
to remedy such defaults.
Neither company is in 20.
sition to obtain the funds re.
quired to meet its financial re.
quirements of the near future
Accordingly. and in order 70
preserve the assets of the two
companies, and in the interes,
OF their creditors and stock.
holders. the Missouri Pacific
and Iron Mountain Companies
have consented to the appoint.
ment of receiver and are
pleased that the court has az.
pointed Mr.. Bush"
Following this court action
and the designation of Pres.
dent Bush as sole receiver ar.
nouncement was made that III.
plans for financial readjus,rnen,
would be pushed vigorously. Ar
immediate extension of the tim.
for depositing securities was
granted.
Finally, in December Of las.
year the adjustment manages
announced that the readius,,
ment plan had become opera.
tive.
II was announced that certain
members of the Gould family
would not agree TO the readju Just.
ment programme and this
elected from the readlusunen.
committee a statement that suoh
opposition would in no way in.
terfere.
The statement follows -
The reorganization mana
gers announce that conSiderab..
maJorities of the two bond is
sues on which the plan OF reor'
ganization primarily rests. viz,
the convertible and retundin;
five per cent. bonds, and r..
four per cent. gold loan bonds
have been deposited under the
plan. There have also been de-
posted approximately s3r'
100000 of stock, being about 4
per cent. of the total amount
outstanding,
Further large amounts have
been pledged for deposit. and
with several European depoS''
taries still to be heard from i
is certain that a majority OF 'H'
stock has Joined the plan "
the consolidated first mortgage
six per cent. bonds, the COZ
lateral trust five per cent bones
due 1917. the collateral mort
gage five per cent. bonds d"'
1870. and various Other ISSUES
included in the plan, consldeld'
bic percentages have been oe'
posted, and no doub, IS enter
tained now that the consuTm''
ton of the adjustment IS AZ
sured, its fairness and adva"'
tages to the property, a we y a.
the entirety of its securities,
will command the adherence o., D,
the bulk Of the holders o' d.
issues"
With such confidence On Tx
part of the readjustn1cn' i'd"'
gers. both in the will o. the Sc
curity holders and IN W'
operation and physical rehao'M,
tation of the railroads under u.
present management, II wou.'
appear that the New Year Su'
surs we'll for the Missouri f'
cihc-Iron Mountain system
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little plant which must ne projected from
any rude touch.
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only the necessity of warning the ,,d,,
Gates OF the ideas Of alliance ae,r.,
any wounding OF existing seu~Itiycncss %
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obviously very broad. The Vienna semi
official expresses no opinion about the
necessity, recognized and championed by
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New York

NEW YORK. Dec 16.-Because the
market just now is purely psychologi.
cal, the heavy Snowstorm OF yesterday
aided materially in breaking prices
Selling was done chiefly by traders
who were in the street and depressed
Icy the weather as we'll as BY the news.
Buying was o. the best sort and repre-.
Seuted a change OF attitude OH the
Fart Of the big operators who covered
their short contracts and wer: lcng Tor
q turn.
Prices at the worst of the session
represented the heaviest daily loss
since the decline began. The volume
of trading was the largest Of the pres.
cnt peace market The opening was
heavy, but the market almost imme.
ciately rallied. Then came au attack
Oh Steel, which broke it through ITO.
Having touched about tine price report.
ed on the visit OF the C-Soats. the
lock rallied sharply. turned heavy
again III the afternoon, rallied again
aud at the close was once moro being
sold rather freely. Steel is typical OF
the whole market 1t swung up and
Gown without apparent reason.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

STATE OII UyITS,r N-IpCJN-I.
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non .Hnes noiIcy,. IonLl"'luIu 10 sum
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rnios r. II" h,II '. .I- county, al
of .oid cou, ~, ~ '', g.. wi "a, +" :" "tl'Ce
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chanrery cvb",n,oI ,, ni,"MI. q n''I ~
cnnrt hy patr;nIs no IH'''''' "ei ID S"la
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conri ai 'o,,r, - ,.' "'"'H. CIeih Oh sand
thn rive, doT ~ "T Nn,'o, - '"'u County
IN ,.enr ~ ~, ~ '"IS.n'pcr' t"lo' anu
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,rha ro.,, w .. DLACh; CLERK.
,ba h,oi. ~ ~, e] So 4.c enuorseu Oh
- r'1 Ia, 100 ~ ste hoLesolns summons
rhn w.; INV "SmI rs 'o'!o"!ng, FOWL :
NM fouMd i IL, u.s." ,,T tI;, AShTs Da'ie% Is
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Marion Co ohI... west We virginia.
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ga" r"'f ~: DuieN DE granted di
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snia 's pa.leS, Uli Tue ground that the
sSAu Asuee ouuey uas Wiltully desc. .
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pIalItH WITHOUT any reasonable Cause
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Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH. Dec, 16-AIter the
stock market had been subjected to
another drastic drive yesterday morn.
ing producing a further reaction OF
considerable proportions and causing
many OF the issues 10 shrink In their
market value from one to Is points,
the most strenuous efforts to rally
the market at last bore successful
fruit. Within the last hour recover.
les were so rapid and so pronounced
that at the close there we're actual
gains recorded by some OF the stocks
above the opening figure.
The REVEALING opinion that the Al.
lies would assume a position Of dc.
fante towards the 0vertures OF the
Central Powers was said 70 have been
the stimulunt that rehabilitated the
, stability OF the market. However.
there are others who do not believe
that the readjustment period has yet
run is course. and by these interests
an unsettled. feverish, uncertain mar
ket is looked for during the next lew
days,
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WEST VIRGINIA BAR
soon TO CONVENE
Judge Atkinson Will Read
Paper on Jurisprudence
of the Virginias.
lny AssncInted rresgn

CHARL ESTON. ". Va, Dec. 10
The program for the THIRTY. second an.
maui convention OF the West Virginia
Bar association which will be held in
Blueteld on December IS and - has
just been made public by Charles Nc.
CAMS, secretary OF the association.
This will be the first time tina; the
organization has ever met in the ex-
IRENE southern part OF the state and
a large attendance IS predicted.
The convention will open on Thurs.
day morning with the address OF the
president, Judge George w. Atkinson.
former governor OF West Virginia. His
subject will be The Origin and
Gowth OF the Jurisprudence OF the
Vifginias' Discussion OF this subject
will follow, succeeded by the report
OF the committees on admissions, OF
which Judge Harold A. Ritz CT Blue.
field is chairman. The election OF new
members, the appointment OF the com.
mittee on nomination as we'll as OH
auditing. the reports of the secretary.
treasurer and the committee on appel.
late procedure Of which Judge J. W.
Vandervort, Of parkcrsDurg. is chair
Ah"I' VIII laNC w tLlt !'IIdIINcl VI
tho first session.
The re0rt OF the executive council.
by Chairman Wiley. and tina, OF the
committee OH nominations. will he
heard before the election is held OF
officers, executive council and dole
gates to the American Bar association
during the afternoon. The report OF
the committee on judicial admiuistra.
ton and legal reform Of which y. NJ.
Amber, Of Parkersburg, Is chairman,
will follow.
The principal address at the even.
ing session will be made by Charles
a. Boston. Of New York, on the sub.
iect THE Lawyers Opportunity" On
Friday morning Judge ]. NJ. Woods OF
Martlnsburg, will read a paper on Re.
latiOn OF the Executive to Logisla.
ton" The remainder of the morning
viii be devoted to the reading Of re
ports BY the chairman of various com.
m!ttecs. Principal interest is cent or.
ed III the report Of the committee on
legislation OF which W. Gordon Mat.
hews il chairman, in which measures
which the association desires to be
submitted to the next legislature, will
he presented A general discussion
on the topic Legislative Control OF
Labor Disputes" will follow. The con.
vention will close with banquet at
night,
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MEETINGS
NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF
CREDITORS

NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF
CREDITORS
United States ~ America. Northern
District OF West Virginia. SIS. In the
United States District Court in ami
for Said District:
IN the matter Of Reitman L. Dickler,
bankrupt. no. 552 in bankruptcy. To
the Creditors OF Reirman x Dickler. o.
FaiYmont, in the County Of Marion and
District aforesaid, Bankrupt.
Notice Is hereby given that on the
Ind day o! December y. u. 1916. the
said Re:tman e. Dicklcr. was duly adj
Indicated bankrupt; and that tho first
meeting Of his creditors will be held
at the law office OF B. l.. Butcher.
Room 2lD Masonic Temple, in Fair.
mont. Warrior county. West Virginia.
on the 10Th day Of December \. D.
1916. at ten o'clock in the forenoon. at
which time the said creditors may at.
tend. prove their claims. appoint a
trustee. examine the bankrupt, order
sales and transact such other business
AS may properly come before said
meeting
Dated the 9TH day Of December. 1916
BERNARD l.. BUTCHER.
Referee in Bankruptcy
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Court Neus
Deeds Filed

z. Tenant ct ux. to W. D. Smith
ct. tils real estate in town OF Metz;
$500.
". y. Lawler ct ux. to Charles W.
Hall, re0! estate in l.emley addition
70 Falrmont: $500.
o. J. Fleming ct uX to !. E. An.
derson, real estate in Edgway; 81 and
further consideration
Fa!rmont Building and Investment
company 10 angelo Marea. rea! estate
III Highland Terrace addition 10 Fair.
mont; 81 050.
Ella and L. W. Miller to Greater
Fairm0nt Investment company, real
estate In Union district. $4,000.
Alice V, Radford ct, vir. tn Greater
Fairmont Investment company. real
estate in Union district; S6,440.1o.
Articles Of Incorporation
Norway Coal company Of Cleveland.
Ohio by Sterling Newell. Ernest An.
sell, Ellis Il. Diemn, G. C.. Owens md
J. Il. Petit. Copy fled with county
clerk.
Certificate OF Incorporation In the
State OF West Virginia for Norway
Coal company, Of Cleveland. Ohio. filed
with county clerk.
Marriage Licenses
Sam Koyich, % and Mary Maker
"a, Monongah.
Russell Fetty. widower, -. Fair.