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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL IA. 1916.
AMERICA FIRST
THE H%EALTHIEsT SPOT.

$N5osyou want to live long? Are you ambitious to be
gFJ free OF disease? Go TO Alaska! Alaska still re-
mains the healthiest region in which the army IS
Stationed says Surgeon General ". c. Gorgas, the man
who Gle lned up the Panama canal and now heads the
army medical corps.
Ininis last annual report he quotes the figures on health
.rates OF tho troops stationed In Alaska in 1914. THE
non:eneetive, admission and discharge rates we're all
lower IL 1914 than i'll 1913. The non-effective rate was
reduced over 90 per cent" says Gen. Gorgas.
ID the army as a whole, Gen. Gorgas shows that the lad
Smissioa rate that is to say, the rate for men admitted
6to3mediral treatment, WIS G222S men per 1000.
For ALI ska, however, the rate was only 40S.14 men per
1000.
The rate for disease was for the army as a whole
1880 men per 1000, but for Alaska it was only 3O3.7
per 1000.
The rate o. admission for external causes was for the
army az a whole 1883; while in Alaska it was only
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
COMMUNICATION ON
EIGHT HOUR DAY
Some Facts On Question
That Is of Great
Interest.

The FOLLOWING communication was
handed to The West Virginian for pub
3licatton by SOM members OF Trans
Sportation Brotherhood's Publicity Blu
ereau:
a statement has been frequently
made by the railroads that the pres
{ehty demands OF the railway train ser
vice empIoyes are not really for an
Geieht:hour day, but r intended to
secure increased wages.
This is not true, as the employees
Composing the four brotherhoods want
Sshnrtar hours. They want their work.
singSday to be as near eight hours as
&c can be made.
10 any reasonable person It will be
APPARENT that II will be useless to Sc
s6ufesan eight.hour day unless there
iH5s0fn6Jpenalty attached for overtime.
ri S1lgthe trades where the eight.hour
sd9yFobtains, there is an extra charge
for overtime; otherwise, there would
sbeInoEeight-hour day. the work would
10 on at the am rate per hour just
3aatlmg as the employer cared to work
sthefnen.
Ie has been amply demonstrated
sthat eight hours hard work is enough
for anySman and any hours he works
more than eight. simply draw on his
3fSaerYe energy and vitality, shorten
ing his life and his available working
YEARS. It has also been proven that a
m6n working eight hours is more ef-
heikns, does better work, and is in
e9erys way a better citizen than a man
Wntking longer hours.
Theirailroad train service employees,
In RGting the railroad companies for
in sight hour day, also ask for time
anAson0.half for overtime, but this ex.
traSfateis merely a penalty" upon the
railNFayst and Is considered an effective
fnethodsf for preventing overtime. "OV.
5ertiyeT is commonly called blood
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
A YELLOW RAMBLER.

n ECAUSE the Chinese have been farming some sec
tons of their country for 1000 years, the United
States department of agriculture believed that they
must have discovered many things which would prove
OF great value TO American farmers. So a plant explor
CIR" Fra.:k y. Meyer, was sent to China three years ago
with Instructions to collect vegetation adapted to
swampy, OF alakl lands, or to conditions Of drought OF
excessive heat.
haps his most valuable discoveries are those which con
Germ the growing of aquatic and vegetables, which offer
promising possibilities for the utilization OF swamps.
The Ind which flower lovers will most appreciate is
that OF yellow rambler rose.
In a time when most OF the nations o. the earth are in
dustrious'y swapping destructive devices. one way or an
other, it is a comfort to record any constructive endeavor
Of man. however slight It may be.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14

compensation, instead OF mileage
basis, by excessively long trains; or,
In other words, the railways, to recov'
er the 1908 to 1914 wage increase, gave
each Of their irregular freight crews
two trains to handle instead of one,
and this not only deprived other crews
OF a train and their days work but
kept the double train" dragging along
the railway until 1t has, in many
places, become the practice of the rail.
ways to work the employe the Is hours
and merely allow them the eight hours
rest, anywhere, and then continue on
with this freight drag as 1t is call.
ed by both officials and employees.
So the net result of this is really
a decrease in the earnings of the great
majority of employees, since they are
forced from fast miles at so much
per mile, too slow long hours at the
and often three, trains where before
they handled one. and many other du'
ties added.
There r some railways that require
the full 16 hours work, at all times.
from their employees, and 1t seems that
the only reasonable and humane solu.
ton for this practice must be the pres.
ent movement. he railways declare
that the employees are demanding a
500, 000, 900 increase, but admit that
upon many lines and In many places
there will be but little change. There
may be some uncomfortable increase,
but nothing like what the officials
claim, and in the light Of past expert
ence the employees easily can predict
from what source the railways will
quickly recoup themselves; addition
ad duties for employees is always a fer
tile field for re~trenchment. But II
the employees win what they ask, the
public will soon find them ar improy.
ed class OF workers and citizens, and
along with this, the public will also
secure an improved railway service
and prompt freight movement.
he railroads are circulating printed
statements showing names of train
service employees who are being paid
large wages, and they are doing this
to lead the public to believe that, be.
cause a few men are earning large sal.
aries, It is an example OF what the nv.
erage man is getting. Invariably the
men whose names appear upon the
lists as examples Of large salaries be-
ing paid to railway train employees are
men engaged in fast passenger runs
and are exceptional cases. They
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
HE-ZA HICK

The editor OF The West virginian
begs leave to announce that he has
a telegram from Mr.. Hick. 1t states
that he was called to New Ark last
night owing to the serious illness OF
a member of his family and that he
may not be able to get back before
Monday. He says that he has not for
saken Fairmont and that he will be
back here for another week at least
He hopes that he will be able to get
back here sometime Sunday night or
early Monday morning, If the train
does not stop too long at Point Marion,
Watch for his dope Monday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14

money" and saps the very life out OF
the employees. We trust that the pub
lie will consider the fact that 1t Is
the Overtime" and exposure that Is
wearing out" the employees and
prompts many employers to set their
employees age limit at 81 to 35. In
other vocations a man can work at
least 80 years-note the difference in
railway work. Considered In this way
the railway employees could, in exact
justice, ask for twice their present rate
Of pay. but the employees are not seek
ing the enormous increase" but de.
sire better living conditions.
The physical and mentar strain on
train service employees. compelled to
work long hours. is beyond comprehen-
sion by the average mind. Virtually
all the accident and old.line insurance
companies classify r%ailroading as ex.
ira hazardous. many OF them refus-
ing to insure railway employees on &C
count o. the great risk OF loss, and
where these employees are injured,
there is a limit set on the AMOUNT OF
the risk, and an extra charge Is made
to the insured.
In reality, the railway employe re.
ceives q less hourly rate OF compen-
sation than almost any other trade.
a hod.carrier receives $3.50 for eight
hours--or about IS cents an hour. The
highest paid train conductor receives
So cents an hour. II the hod-carrier
worked as many hours as the railway
conductor he would draw a larger sal
airy and could then be named by the
railways as the "arfstocrat OF the Ia
Dor world"
II the railways complain that "time-
and-a.half means in some instances an
increase, let them avoid the increase
by avoiding the overtime, for that Is
the desire and purpose Of the EN-.
ployes.
The railways claim there was an in.
crease Ia wages to the men. OF between
80 and 42 per cent. from 1908 to 1914.
This is partly. true, but the price Of
living and the additional work Tequir.
ed of the employees has more than on.
set 1t. Also, the said wage increase
came to the employees having regular
assignments and established hours for
service, hut the very great majority
of the employees, who work in the ir.
regular freight service aud are allow.
ed to work the day IL sufficient freight
shipments come to hand, but who lose
the days work II the business does not
come-these irregular freight ser.
vice" employees gained almost nothing.
hut were crowded back to an hourly
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
RATHER ASTONISHING.

T will probably astonish those who do not keep in touch
with The reports issued by the Treasury. that our i'm,
ports for the month of January this year were the
largest ever known for that month. February imports
also set a new high record. being $10,OO0,OOO more than
in January and higher thar during any previous Febru
airy. For the eight months of the fiscal year they also
exceeded ali previous figures; and yet the imports of
crockery anG glass fell of. More than half of these i'm.
ports wore free from duty. How much OF the Treasury
deficit might have been wiped out II It were not for the
low duties provided by the Underwood tariff. Are we
buying any imported gools cheaper-candidly is the cost
OF living lower as promised. Guess moi.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
PAR VALUE ola a LIE.

a LIE as passed upon b. a Kansas Judge. can be mea.
~ snred in money. In a certain court. a man was
fHad So for gambling and sos for lying to the judge.
The 7rce of a lie is usually hidden and therefore the
unintelligont often expect to profit by untruths.
However,. only a few of them do. Liers pay, eventual.
~, In lack OF the confidence Of all those with whom they
do business; and thus in a life time, they lose financially
many times over the sos estimate made by the Kansas
judge.
A mans credit" in his Immunity is his most valuable
asset. Hz begins to establish his credit in his youth. His
dealings with the boys in school fix a reputation which
will follow him to the ends OF the earth, and perhaps de.
termIn3 his success or failure in life.
ReckonCd so. SOS per lie carries considerable practical
significance. Perhaps the world should be grateful to the
Kansas judge for fixing a rate by which the high cost of
lying may be- determined.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
PHOTOGRAPHS AS EVIDENCE.

E-aE l.odern photograph is a victim of its own versa
ttllty. Great as arc its achievements and high as
its standing in artistic and dramatic circles. 1T has
fallen into disreplte in The temples of justice and through
SnoIreas6n save its t.ick":y. The camera. in fact, is too
clever. 1t Las oYerreacIIed itself and Its word is 40 long.
ser worth the paper it is printed on. These, in effect are
the coacluGions of Supreme Court Justice Cot Of New
York, WHO declined to accept the photograph Of a defend
ant IN a divorce suit, in which It was offered as the sole
evidence. The suit was dismissed, the justice holding
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
RUFF STUFF
NJ REQ.

Why is 1t that just as soon as we
lay copy on the city editors desk
a dynamite explosion goes on across
from the Office, which has us think
ing that it's the c. E. hitting the bot
tom OF the waste basket with 1t.
There never would be any Daddy
often.
The monkey, thinking of Patrick
Henry. preferred death to imprtson'
ment.
That boy who was lost on Main
street aud when found only said Il
am MamR's boy" must have been list.
ening to Goat Ridgeley.
When two pretty girls are born on
bunch to a party its mighty neal time
to forget the "hoodoo IS" dope.
The wise boys who invested early in
war stocks will soon he at our back
doors hunting a feed.
Showing moving pictures Of every
action that takes place when someone
uses the telephone Is all right, II the
accompanying photograph tt record
the conversations are barred.
Since they were arrested they have
brought in about 5 suitcases OF wills.
key every As hours. Even Solomon in
all his glory was not as brave as one
OF these.
The Democrats said nothing, but
saw Wood in the second.
If they don't bring back the troops
from Mexico CarranZa will give his
soldiers another shot of pulka and
THE land of the Free" will be no
more.
Everett True ought to meet those
guys who are given some ones else
dishes in a restaurant by mistake. who
eat their contents. and then refuse 10
pay because they didn't order it,.
John Hays Hammond. Jr.. who in.
vented the Siderable" torpedo, ought
" NC dUl6 10 ueflSS OuG 10 III Az
drunken men with the indicator mark.
ed home.
Quiet reigns about verdun.
With all the cannons roaring there.
abouts. it would be pretty hard to
tell when a rain Is noisy.
Not many people know the differ.
ence between buttermilk and sour
milk.
Turf luck for shanghai-when the
weather gets good he has to play
"trusty lieutenant" for the chief OF
police and stay in the Office all day.
Quit chewing the rag about the
states finances; read the books fur.
nished by FREDDIE Blue.
It'll make a big difference II Villa
hasn't been found by June 6.
Best TO wear the white faunels
around the house and front porch for
a few days until enough nerve comes
to you to venture on the Ford right.
of.way.
Swat the cockroach.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
Dope on Standard
Not For Public Yet

WASHINGTON. April 1S-Attornoy
General Gregory responding u Sena'
tor Kenyon's resolution calling for the
result Of the department of justice In
vcsttgatton IN &c the working OF the
Standard Oil dissolution. told the Gen
ate today that II would be inc m,nati'
BILE with public interests &c disclose
the information at this time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
Job Waiting

The new minister called upon the
factory superintendent today"
How'd he come out?"
Boiling. the superintendent thought
he was a man looking for a job and
told him that he would give him a JOB
in spite OF his looks. If he could tur-
nish first.class references and give a
bond."-Houston Post.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
Burnstead's WormSyfup

a safe ana surf Remedy 90 Morms.
RAILg. 10 oh1IfRen u - IN angel. OF
marcy. RI1A&A1TEE0 xAG NO
HxCE4I02 no s1KTH1Cl N18onD. one
gdStB ana DEALERS or By ma1l-e6o!A BOT,
Ast, q. A.yoo11MRa,l1Gs44 1hnaa9h
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14
ANNOUNCEMENT FEES.

The following prices for announcing in The West Viz.
dtHisn for the June primary will prevail for the different
political candidates:
&ForrU. S. Senator Il. .....S SIS Assessor .............. $40
gRsp. in Congress -. Is Prosecuting Attorney :. 10
Governor .............. Is Member County Court =. 10
40ther State Offices 49,. 20 Justice Of Peace 1900. s
Sheriff .............. 20 Constable ............. s
State Senator .......... 10 Board OF Education -. S
House Of Delegates -. 10
The fee must accompany the announcement before
Game is published.
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IF you DON'T GET YOUR PAPER CALL
WESTERN UNION"
| Subscribers on our carrier routes failing to get The
West VirgInian any evening should call WESTERN
UNION" state the fact and give name and residence.
and a messenger will deliver a paper to your door at
once. There is no charge TO the subscriber for this
service. The West Virginian plans to render to its
subscribers the best newspaper delivery service pos
Iltle, and this is part of the plan.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-14

John Hays Hammond. Jr.. who in,
vented the Siderable" torpedo, ought
to be able to devise one to fit all
drunken men with the indicator mark.
ed home.
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Everett True ought to meet those
guys who r given some ones else
their contents. and then refuse TO
pay because they didn't order it..
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-18
ARGIE TO LIVE AGAIN WITH HIM AND NOT


afterward is a coward. 1 always
thought Jack was a terrible stick to
let Mary go into the book store, al
though for the sake of the business I
wanted Mary there.
'Margie, until you were taken Ill,
you had proved yourself a most ad-
mirable wife and home maker, and l
know the greatest disappointment
and grief in all your life was the
death of Sonny.
why not come back to me and
start over again? If you must teach
children, 1 do not think we would
have much trouble, dear, in starting
a kindergarten of our own within the
next few years. Although 1 have not
said much to you about it, SOnny's
death was to me also a great blow.
Every normal man wants children.
We are too egotistical as a sex not
to want to leave something of our
selves and of our name in the world
when we leave it.
Come back, Margie, come back,
and although perhaps we shall not
begin with the brilliant flare and
flame of that wonderful time so
many years ago, yet haven't we been
long enough together, dear, to know
each others faults and virtues?
Aren't we at least sure that while we
live we shall have the companionship
that habit brings?
Honestly, Margie, I have never
seen another woman that could live
with daily, weekly, monthly, yearly.
There is no other woman, dear,
whom should want for a companion
when we are both in that quiet place
of eternal rest.
Forgive me for my faults. am
only human, and perhaps had you
married anyone else, you would have
quite as much to forgive. My arms
are out for you. Come back to them,
but don't talk of working while you
have your loving husband to work
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-18

I'm NLANA AAON OO444Og 4ASS4O NOO-A'
stead, he wrote me a letter. It is
Just the kind of letter I would ex-
pect Dick to write-calm, superior,
absolutely dominating and disap-
pointing.
AS I read it 1 felt the full force of
SchOpenhauer's idea of the perpetual
devOuring of one animal by another.
have always been, since my mar
rage to Dick, the one that is being
eaten. SchOpenhaUer has proved his
claim that there is more Unhappiness
than happiness in the wOrld-to his
own satisfaction at least.
But am going to confess that, in
our married life, would like very
much to be a little while the eater
instead of the eaten.
Is that selfish, little book. If so, I
am sorry.
Dick writes: my dear wife"
GOOD gracious, Dick never began
letter to me like that before. It
shows me irrevocably that, however
much 1 may have gotten away from
the old idea, do still in fact as well
as in Dicks mind beIong)
Gas 1 read your letter, kept say
ing to myself, Has Margie suddenly
gone mad, or did she think from what
I wrote her that I felt she was an
AIDED expense to me? Does she want
to mitigate it now that 1 am trying
so hard to get things fixed so she
and Mrs. Selwin will both be fnan-
Cially independents
Go back to teaching school?
should say not! Would you ruin my
business, girl? Don't you know that
the moment you began teaching pri-
vate school everyone would say
Dick Waverly' cannot be doing very
well, for his wife has had to go back
to work
"And even outside of what people
would say, and the financial hurt it
i Il
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
OLDEST INHABITANT
OUT FOR GOVERNOR

81 have about determined to be the
next governor of Florida said the
Oldest Inhabitant, after having care
fully studied the returns of week
! ago.
"My idea is this" he continued,
there are a lot of things the people
OF the State want done and lot
they don't want done and l will ar
range to promise to do and not to do
as the occasion and the part of the
State happen to be in may require. :"
II will promise that there shall be
d fence law and nO-fence law dur
ing my administration; that fisher
men may take all the fish they may
want to at any time and in any place,
and that they will be required to
observe strict regulation looking to-
ward the conservation of the fish sup
ply, just as the audience to which
am talking may want; | will advo
cate good roads. in good roads coun-
ties, and in the counties where good
roads are not wanted l will strenu
ously oppose any such innovations; l
will oppose drainage when / cam
paign in the northern part of the
State and be it's fiercest advocate in
the southern part of the State; l will
be the most ardent advocate of per-
sonal liberty in some counties and
strict prohibitionist in others, de-
pending, of course, on the circum-
stances; to those who want to re-
introduce race track gambling and
horse racing in Florida l will be hail
fellow well met, and to those who
object | will out-object the most in
sistent objector; l will advocate the
abolition of the courts and will stand
by them and uphold them; l will be
for the enforcement of all and every
law on the statute books, and / will
declare that no man should be inter
fered with at any time, law or no
law.
with these few planks in my plat
form, with good loud voice, de-
termined face, and an ability to de-
clare never said what said, | can
not see how it will be possible for
any regular party man to defeat me,
Do ?"-Miami Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
THANKSGIVING

With the approach of Thanksgiv-
ing, fact which profoundly impress
es itself upon the American mind, is
the plentitude of the blessings for
which this country has reason to be
thankful.
We are at peace. Every other
great nation of the world is at war.
We are supremacy prosperous. Our
sister nations are in the clutches of
depression or financial panic. We
have work in abundance-the living
wage plenty for all and on every
hand. In many other countries homes
are in ruins, fields torn by shot and
shell or sundered by trenches, and
multitudes of sick, houseless and
starving wander helplessly or lie
down and die.
We have monetary certainty and
stability. Other nations, staggering
under the weight of taxation, are in
"a financial desert, worse than Sahara,
because Sahara has limitations,
which could be marked by chain and
compass, but the debts, accrued and
continuing to be heaped up, of a war
smitten world, have no confines, and
no man can say what insupportable
magnitude they will reach .-Ocala
Banner.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

one inch to every sixteen miles. All
the maps are to be uniform in shape
and general appearance and are to
have the same conventional signs.
To meet the popular demand in
this country for State maps, the
United States Geological Survey,
which has charge of the making of
the American section of the world
map, is preparing and publishing
maps of each State on a larger scale
than the world map sections. These
State maps are twice the size or
about one inch to every eight miles
A map of the entire United States on
that scale would cover a sheet meas
uring twenty feet by thirty-one feet.
The survey already has issued such
maps for thirty-three States, the lat
est being that of Florida, which is
one of the largest of the series. In
compiling the maps every available
for material, and many data never
Of information has been ransacked
before available to the public in any
form have been procured, so that the
maps exceed in accuracy any hereto
fore published. The new Florida
map measures "A 1-2 inches by 81
inches.