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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07
FREIGHT R.ATES. I

THFRE will BIO increase lin the shppng rates on
coal from West4V Virginia until May at least The
Inter State Commerce Commission has Suspended
the proposed increase in the differentiation rates for
shipment coal from this state to lake points and the
west Until May 10; and between and that time the
Commission will hold sessions to give both the shippers
and the operators chance heard Ten of the car
riers proposed raise the rates the shipment OF
West Virginia coal Is cents ton to which the pro-
ducers made serious objection the ground that the
rates high and that operators in this
state would be put at great disadvantage should the
propose. go through. TX 10
The operators in the West Virginia fields count the
ton OF the Interstate Commerce Commission in suspend
ing rates until May the initial vctorylfor
the operators in the fight against the increase The
new rates would have gone into effect on January 20
had no: the commission decided otherwise. The oper:
aors in the briefs fled last week sought suspension
the until complete investigation into the
fairness the proposition might be made; and they
gain the point.
The coal rate proposition is serious one, and one in
which every business in the state is deeply inter-
ested mo doubt that to increase the rates
coal shipment would mean serious handicap to the
business of West Virginia. and would indirectly eff
feet every line Of enterprise inasmuch the coal in
dustry is the leading trade factor of West Virginia.
The suspension Of the rates has placed the burden Of
proof in the the railroads seeking to increase the
The coal operators have fear Of the final out
come and complete investigation of the situation
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY q, 1915. g
FyA ~, GOOD HEALTH.

HEeport Of health department of this city gives
estdence that this is splendid place to live and
Hgeslongsfors the death rate is indeed quite low
Tte nate the astsyear less than lib per LOCO
persones Estimating the population of Fatrmonta at the
yefys ccnseryatiY figure of 1900.
Tesstatistics show that Fairmont has lower death
faS than Denver Angeles and other cities known
~ ana vide as health resorts. pyg
Pittsburgh hasa death Of III 1000 persons;
Baltimore ls5; and Cincinnati 1863 per 1000 nhabt-
tants.
#here issa pleasing feature of the health report,
nahey that the tuberculosis fatalities did not head the
mt deaths from disease in Farnont in
1e1Naile only 10 persons fell victims to it during
1s16 ThesRorktof the Anti-Tuberculosis society s in
a1Essneasure responsible for the good showing made
agalnsts the disease. 81
luch hassbee said about this city as typhoid Fever
center the stranger coming into the city is con-
aonted with the gossip that every person who comes
% Farmont gets typhoid later Such gossip
only 10 deaths resulted from this
Id1sesIE duetnggthe past IL months. .1.ssgr.
klnsali Eairmont is quite healthfu little commun-
fty. Ard may all measures having to do with keeping
the cs record good have the hearty cooperation of
every citizen. Thereare many little community
health which when observed by all do much for the
general good heath ofethe public.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07
evolution IN
/. LONDON HOTELS
Ideas Borrowed from Amer
lea Are Changing the
/ +j.,t! Customs. t.
fRv AasocIated Pressl

LONDON, Jan. '7.-Hotel life Of
London. is undergoing an important
change which is proving disastrous to
old fashioned houses. This is an
evolution in the management Of the
middle class hotels. The last decade
saw the introduction of fashionable
restaurants as the most conspicuous
and. profitable feature of the high
priced hotels. In the old days dining
in public was a continental custom;
British people Of the upper classes
sought privacy and retirement. When
men were dining out they sought
their clubs, or small restaurants, and
ladies did not dine at hotels or res
taurants often except when travelling.
The big restaurants with music and
evening dress were the resort only
of the ultra gay set.
The new hotel life which is fast
coming vogue means the large and
brilliantly lighted hotels, with music
and crowds, for the middle classes. In
some details these hotels are pat
termed on American lines, but in
some respects they go beyond Amert-
can customs. Extras" were the
handicap to hotel patrons Of the older
days. What are now termed I'm.
elusive" rates were hardly known.
Charges for rooms were reasonable,
but when to those charges were adj
ded separate items for baths, lights,
.and. attendance, stopping at a middle
class hotel became more expensive
than in American cities. Two dollars
or two dollars and half, per day
were the standard rates for the room
alone, without the tariff OF extras.
The ultra modern landlords have
discovered that the public wants to
know the round sum that q days en-
tertainment will cost, Consequently
the Inclusive rate. This charge in
the popular houses now covers bed
room. bath, and breakfast, as well as
the lights and fires. Some OF tho lar
gest houses provide this scale OF en-:
tertainment for a dollar and half
to two dollars. All, of those houses
are developments of the past three or
four years. They make a particular
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07
FARMERS' WEEK.

FARMERS week at West Virginia University is rap
IL tdlY drawing to close and it is possible now to
saywthou the slightest fear of contradiction that
@ has been Conspicuous success in every way To
Tin with drew larger number of people than did any
milar undertaking in West Virginia. but more import
ant anyAmatter 81 numbers is the fact that
the interest displayed in all subjects
dercoasid lon was never before approached
I've farms but for the whole people. It means that
West Virginia farmers at last waking up and it is
never becomes trte that there be no
real prosperity in country where the agricultural in
aefests neglected or pursued without intelligence
Dr$Bradford Knapp of the United States Bureau Of
Agriculture who Is familiar with every phase of rural
this country but in all the other parts
q of the lectures Morgan
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07
no PIER IIIGHTS

T7HD steamer Kanawha went down in the Ohio river
on Wednesday evening and the captain of the boat
says that there were no lights burning on the pier
which his steamer into during squa The captain
says that usually lights flashed from the
the wall but that there lights the night Of
the disaster that before any person realized what
was happening the Kanawha had struck the iron pier
and had started to sink.
II it required regulation to have lights burning
the piers the dams, then investigation is in
order to find the why there lights
Wednesday. There may be some legitimate why
there lights, but If it simply OF neglt
gence the part of employe then that person
made most serious error.
Safety first applies all along the lines - ,st4yx-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

town tl.a sto ideai form q Tor rural com
unities mas better chanee Of i West VIZ
ina than IA other state IN the union This 81 tie
deliberately expressed opinion o. an acknoWiedgsdS en-
pert and should Inspiration TO eSery earnest
every local farmers state
west rgtnia may be long way from ideal condt
lions at present but everything points to the fact that
In time IT win be possible not only bring the state
abreast OF those other commemorative that have for
years devoted much money and rural advance
ment but pass them. Therelts not the slightest
danger Of failure or waste Of effort the proper
amount OF enthusiasm Is put into the work And the
prize that is held out indeed worthy the struggles of
strong and and women, not to mention the
bright boys and girls who already have worked wonders
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

appeal to English people from the
country and provincial cities, and the
people ofEthe middle class with small
incomes but OF good station in life
are the ones who respond.
Provincipals and army officers stay.
ing in London crowd, these places,
and more hotels of the same type are
certain to appear. Meantime the big.
dreary old fashioned houses are near.
ly empty. Some are closing. One OF
the most famous in England has rent
ed about half It's floor space to the
government for offices. Others prob
ably will pass into the hands Of the
new companies.
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WASHINGTON NEWS -
GOSSIP . s7zs5zs ss5 :. . .155s:

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. L.
arising to q question OF the highest
personal privilege Your Name
written There q II 1t isn't, and you
ate planning a garden on that vacant
SPACE between the. coal house and the
gafage, this subject is going to inter
ct you, and the hint herewith whis-
peted into your alert ear will prove
4 profitable tip.
Dncle Sam wants to help you In
your Intensive farming plans, and
your senator and representative in
Congress want to help you back to
khe SOIL It's this way. These genial
md generous public servants OF yours,
these sal6.eRacing and self-sacrifcing
public servants of yours are now max
Ing up their lists Of names and ad-
dresses OF those constituents who are
70 receive acknowledgement gar
den seeds for spring planting. Uncle
Sam furnishes the seeds, and the
ranking privileges, but the members
81 congress supply the names and
Addresses OF those who are to receive
them.
The lists are now being made up.
Hence the foregoing question: is
Tonf nam0SWritten there?" II 1t isn't,
hnd yoii are ambitious for 1t to be
writ upon page of those who love
their Mnkher Eearth, send it In to
ycut particular senator or rep
-iesent9tiYe.
Each and all{of them are so anx.
ious forget full and complete list of
constituents who frolic with the hoe
"a their backyard in the vernal
snringttme, that each and all OF them
h2Ye requested 5the writing of this
itnpaid advertisement for the good Of
The back.to.the.soil movement and
hateyer good the free distributor OF
Nard6n seeds TO the honest and
hornyshanded sovereign proletariat
nay generate IN other ways.
Late stems OF routine news of inter
est especially TO First district con-
tkftnents Of MISUNDERSTANDING Nicely, are
found record ed on the office press
pad, asi foIloWR:a.
The following pension claims have
been called up at the Bureau and are
being investigator upon direct re.
quesf: Mrs! Frances Pierce, OF Fair
1foft; John Reid OF Cameron; 10
3eph a. Hill, OF Fairmont; Noah w.
Beck, III, OF WHseling; and Isaac
1pyee, % Fairntont
The application for parole filed by
Rn6aeio Aiellos Sof Clarksburg, who
& now serving q term. in the Federal
prison e Philadelphia, he having
6ssn found guilty OF aS white slavery
ohaFg6, nng been ratected by tho
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07
WATERING THE DESERT.

~ HE English putting down 1900 miles of water
pipe in the desert east of suez part of their plan
to defend the canal. But no is astonished.
The has changed the habit of our minds. We now
accept commonplace the most extraordinary ideas
which though of in thousands years of
peace.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07
RUFF STUFF
sY RED.

Now that the Merry Burlesquers
have left the city we re1otce-that
they were here.
We hope that when the new tele:
phone system is put in that we will
not have to ask for such numbers as
711o-R-23. s.5
Asking for nearby town. to. be
switched of on to long distance to be
shot right back to Rural operator"
is also one of the pleasantries of ev-
cry day work. s@, ~
Connellsville girl horsewhips man.
She must have been reading the 'life
of Harry Thaw and Is after revenge
on the thtrstiers sex.23S - 4 Ss24 e
ksss sa T. uasg 81 9 7fE En.s
Did. Solomon smoke cigarettes?
They, make our youngsters wise so we
figure that the. ancient Judge nibbled
them. - 80 :
Election in Worthington drew
enough votes to elect a mayor. Al
most dozen being cast. -
Not many traction companies blow
the earth onto it's tracks but then
ours is different from the rest.
Fairmont's death rate is very low.
It's hard to die around here and leave
our bridges behind.
someone has started to write the
silly things women do. The worlds
supply of fountain pens is limited.
Why don't these soft drink shops
give free lunch at noon each day.
There has been no police court in
Fairmont for week or more. Ye
old burg's behaving.
German spies in Uniontown! Must
be after Josiah v:
steubenville wet by 271. That's
just 2462 wet votes cast. They Will
have to charter trains for that bunch
every Saturday night;
What has become OF. the basket bah
player who used to suck lemon Pc
tween halves?
why is it that my dog never wants
a fight but let some other dog bother
him"-etc., etc.
Married men are lucky-in leap
year.
British lost $4,000 at Loos-that's
Loos.ing them
The ferry at Point Marion is not
running and passengers cannot get
across to the Monongahela railroad
therefore we thirst.
Friends Of a colored prisoner en-.
tered the Brownsville, Pa, jail and
freed him. He must have held the dice.
The state authorities, of Georgia
have found 440 drums Of booze con.
signed to dead negro: Worth, dying
for. ...sss (
At IL o'clock last night the town
woke up. The show at the Grand vas !!
out. =.
Assubmarine should sink that train
that gets In here at s o'clock from
Grafton each night:
Near time for some offEthose poll;
ticians down in the southern part OF
the state to come UP here Sand let US
advise them. 49,, go u s.
Huerta is now the siels man 6t
America: $3.50 s!sg
iwest, Virginia; deer IS Is pest Yes;
dear It is.
Gary says he is making more !, ;l steel y
rural mail carrier upon the recon.
mendation OF Major Neelg, has sant
q letter declining the tmena
stating that he had gecureds a2 better
position! \;
10.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Some months ago Congressman
Nicely was requested by Wheeling
relatives OF Hedyegy Janos to locate
that Individual who, 1t appears, was
somewhere in the trenches in Eu.
rope-or supposed to be. The sup
Janos was in the trenches, but he
isn't now. He is a prisoner in Rus
sia at this time, and is well and doubt
less as happy as prisoner Of war
can be. That information, after the
elapse Of several months, has been
ascertained by the State Department
and transmitted to Major Nicely who,
in turn, passed It on to the anxious
relatives in the First sity of the State.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

increased pensions for the following
persons:
David w. Anderson, OF Dana; Will
lam e. Pritt, Of Mammoth; John A.
Thomas, of Charleston;. Jennie Lay
ton, Of Dana; Elizabeth Slack, Of Coal
Fork; and Theresa Reed, Of Charles
ton.
Another bill was to correct the mil
itary record of George Miller, of In
stitute; and another, g war claims
bill, offered for the relief of the heirs
of Jane c. Surber, OF Greenbrier coun-
ty, and calls for an appropriation OF
$515.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Mrs. Louis A. Bennett, of Weston.
is in the city and is stopping at the
New Willard. Mrs. Bennett came TO
attend the series of meetings being
held by the Woman's National Dem
ocratic League. She is the only one
from the state to make the trip es-
pecially for this convention, but other
West Virginia women, who are reslo.
ing here are in sympathy with the
League, are attending the sessions.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Board of Parole. That body notified
Major Nicely, who. had interested him
self in the case, that they considered
the offense an aggravated one and
declined to recommend people.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

The public library at New Cumber.
land has been designated an official
gazette depository and will hence
forth receive all the publications is
sued by the Patent Office.
Mr.. Nicely has endorsed the applica-
ton Of E. w. Petit, OF Clarksburg, for
the. position OF assistant national bank
examiner.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Friends of Mrs. John w. Davis, the
gifted wife Of the Solicitor General
of the United States, will be sorry to
hear that she has suffered an attack
Of the grip and has been forced to
cancel all her social engagements un.
til she has fully regained her health.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

P. ]. Murdoch, Ia young man OF
Buckhannon, is In Washington visit
ing friends for few days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Judge G. w. Atkinson, Solicitor
General John w. Davis and Tracy L.
Jeffords have returned from Clarks-
burg where they attended the w. Va.
Bar Association.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Major William wallace has been
ordered by the War Department to
go to Huntington and inspect the
newly organized machine gun COM
pany, End. Inf. W. Va. N. G., at that
MACE e1'a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Congressman Adam B. Littlepage
today certified to the Secretary Of
War the names OF two young West
Virginians to be appointed as eligibles
to take the examination for entrance
to West Point. Theysare Albert Sid
ney Johnston, Jr., OF Union, Monroe
county, son OF the widely known and
quoted editor OF, the Monroe Watch
man. and Fitzhugh Donnelly, OF. Char
lesion. ~. ~ 49,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

A commission as postmaster al
Burnside, w. Va, has been issued by
the Post Office Department to Robert
L. Keeling. = ss.s
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

LABOR AGAINST CONSUMPTION
LONDON, Jan. 6.-The temper Of
the Labor Congress was tested today
by an amendment to official resolu-
ttan to the effect that the congress
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Bills, introduced in the House today
by Congressman Littlepage, call for
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Fellows, you'll soon have to prom
Use to love, honor and obey. IL
than. ever before, and still he kicks on
the outlook. Must be tough to be rich.
Won Mackensen starts through !Sa-
loniki. That is about the only one left
outside of Won Hindenberg that has
not lost his reputation in this war.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Aaron B. zahn OF the bureau OF in.
sular affairs OF the War Department
is dead from typhoid fever at his
home In this ety.. He leaves {. wife
and two small children, Mrs Zahn
was a Shepherdstow girl, before her
marriage, and a member OF one of
the leading families of that section
Of the state. BY reason Of. her ma:
uvity, Mr.. Zahn was a member of the
West Virginia Society. here. and both
were well known to the large state
colony In Washington. ~ 49,, .t.
Mr.. Zahn was from Nebraska, and
had been employed Iii, the insular- blu:
reau since 1902. He was, Sconsfdered
one of the best cable code experts In
the United States and invented the
cable code now in use between the
War Department. and its insular pos
sessions.
Funeral services and interment will
be held on Thursday. ~
Congressman Nicely has recon-
the new railroad In Alask Gran
schwart, Of Fairmont, and has asked
the Postmaster General to- reinstate
Noah B. England, of Grafton In the
railway mall service: He has filed
the application for q widow pension
In behalf OF Mrs. Mary 3! Slime, OF
New MartinsvilIe,l and has(called up
at the pension bureau the claim OF
Richard Glover, of Hundred, as the
dependent father OF a soldier who
died from disabi lities incurred. in the
service, Henry p. Wasmuth, OF Ben;
word. who was recently appointed .
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

The application Tor parole fled by.
Raffaeio Aiellos of Clarksburg, who
e now serving q term in the Federal
prison sc PhiIadAlphia, he having
basn found guilt OF ii white slavery
cheFeos hhg been raieeted by tho
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

The state authorities, Of Georgia
have found 440 drums of booze con.
signed to dead negro Worth dying
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

y Friends Of colored prisoner en-.
tered the Brownsville, Pa. jail and
freed him. He must have held the dice.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

The ferry at Point Marion is not
running and passengers cannot get
across to the Monongahela railroad
therefore we thirst.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

At IL o'clock last night the town
woke up. The show at the Grand was
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Assubmarine should sink that train
that, gets In here at s o'clock from
Grafton each night.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Near time for some oftthose poll;
ticians down in the southern part OF
the state to come up here Sands let US
advise them. III 80 J. /. Il.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Asking for nearby town.. to be
switched of on to long distance to be
shot right back to Rural operator"
is also one of the pleasantries of ev-i
cry day work. n, "a +" y
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07

Now that the Merry Burlesquers
have left the city we reioice-that
they were here.
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steubenville wet by 271. That's
I Just 2462 wet votes cast. They Will
have to charter trains for that buncl
every Saturday night.
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German spies in Uniontown! Mus
be after Josiah v:
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There has been no police court in
Fairmont for week or more. fe
old burg's behaving.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-09-08

After a careful investigation We are
able 10 state tina, Judge VIM. A. Grim
shaw will receive more than fifty pet
cent Of the total vote cast in the west.
etn pant Of Shelan county, II he re-
ceives the same proportional vote in
the balance Of the county he will fe.
eeive the nomination al the primary
election mex, Tuesday and eliminate
all opposition This paper iavors his
election because he has been tried and
bound 10 be one hundred per cent pure
in the three most essential oaai6es
tons honesty, fairness and ability, On
the testimony Of a Seattle attorney We
have concluded TIA, there IS no sub
s,antisl sroond Tor the one objection
which hss been urged against him hv
some members Of the Wenatehee bar,
lack 81 courtesy and accommodation 70
attorneys.