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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-15

Although the call for a special
session of the legislature had not
been rereived here last evening. it
was learned through an inside
source that Governor n. D. Hat
field was preparing the call at $50
o'clock last evening, and thar he
intended to Issue the call last
niqht as soon as he had finished
preparing it It is understood thae
tho call provides that the leglsla-
ture shall convene Monday morn
ing.
The Governor, in long distance
telephone conversation with a
prominent Ohio county Repuoi'-
can, whose official duties will re-
quire him to report to Charleston
to prepare the House for the ses-
sion as soon as the call IS issued
is said to have stated at o:3O last
evening that he expected to issue
the call for the special session last
night ~
The purpose of the session, the
Governor is said to have stated,
will be to amend the primary cleo
ton law and to repeal the law g W.
in1 the Governor the right to ap-
point a commission to have power
to decide election contests.
Efforts throughout the night and
up to the hour Of going to press
to communicate with the Govern
or's office were unavailing. ana or
fetal confirmation of the above &C
ton could not be secured.
Call is Doubtful.
CHARLESTON. w. Va. Nov. -.
-Governor Hatfield had not deteT
mined. late tonight. to cal the
West Virginia legislature in spe-
cial session. Nearly al! the Repuo-
lican state senators VINO were
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7 h e w e ath er

Fair Wednesday and Thursday.
Continued cold.
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The Detroit times., 1916-03-13
OMPSON MAKES
REPLY TO GITTINS

fftshf %'if~h"f %'taiNA
charging his opponent, CIar-
&nce e. Gittins, former state sena-
~ and candidate for the local pres
INITIAL nomination, with receiving
oDout $500 for lobbying against the
nnexation BILL" President Donald
|2b0mson, out for reelection. answer
~ pirculars sent out by Gittins sup
fr@tters The latter replied with a
1nfement that the money was all
4 f real expenses. The campaign IL
~ In the village over the presiden.
(. Nal once. Elmer McCaw, Fred j.
k11dwell and II. J. McDougall, out
y council Jobs. spoke also at the
~ mass meeting Saturday evening
The hish school
f1IGHLAND PARK
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13

The manufacturer who thinks of discon-
unulng his advertising because he is over
sold, may well ask what is going to happen
to the stocks of his goods which are already
IN the hands of the trade. Some dealers are
pretty likely to conclude that the manu-
facturer is no longer standing back of his
goods. and that they had better unload their
supply in the quickest manner possible Com
petltorS statesmen are not likely to be slow
IN taking the hint and If they suggest to
the outlying trade that something is wrong"
WITH the manufacturer who has suddenly
stopped advertising. can you blame them UNI
duly But worst OF all is the mental impress
sion IN the trade that the manufacturer is
Slowing down"-that he isn't leading any
more-which results in a very definite.
though intangible, loss of prestige and con-
fdence.
somewhat similar loss of confidence is
hkeiy 10 occur IN the sales force, too. No
matter how far superior the individual sales
man may consider himself he misses the adj
VertIsing when it is discontinued and begins
10 see that he had been relying upon il to
d certain extent Since the factory is over
sofa, ne thinks he can loaf little and with
the advertising gone it is little harder to
make sales, anyway. The resulting demon
alizatlon may be difficult to locate exactly
but is readily enough apparent when the
damage is to be repaired later on
The effects Of discontinuance of adver-
Using upon the trade and the sales force
are the more obvious because they are more
Immediately apparent. But they are far
from representing the most serious effects
Of such a policy. The most disastrous re-
suits are not quite so apparent, perhaps, but
they are all the more serious on that ac-
count. Loss of prestige cannot be definitely
located. perhaps cannot even be detected un-
til months, and maybe years, have elapsed
but for all that it comes pretty close to
being the worst thing that can happen to
concern.
Dealers can be visited and labored with.
for we know who and where they are sales
men can be called in and inspired with new
enthusiasm because they are under our con-
troll. But the consuming public is another
proposition. Mr.. Jones is thinking about
buying some product which he has heard
favorably spoken Of. He meets friend on
the street. What about" he asks; "is
it good buy?" His friend shrugs his shout
ders. 81 dunno, Haven't heard anything
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13
Advertising When the Factory is Ouersold
The Danger Disseminating Cutting Advertising
s C. Lambert in Printers Ink. Feb. "a. 1916.

s c. Lambert in Printers Ink. Feb. "a 1916
The great fault with manufacturers and
merchants" declared II c. Brown of the
Victor Talking Machine Company to a group
OF Camden business men on January 81 "iS
the fact that they are satisfied to plug along
at the same rate of speed without looking to
the future. If that were the policy of the
Victor Company we should worry ourselves
TO our graves"
You here today" he continued. "renen-
Der the great holiday advertising of the Vic
tor Company in the newspapers and maya
zines. But you don't know that We invested
S250,000 in Christmas advertising in news
papers alone. for product that was greatly
OversOld long before our advertising began.
] want to be frank and tell you that we would
not be satisfied if we did not have orders on
hand sufficient to run our plant for several
years without taking another order. But
we must keep this condition going and we
succeed only by the fact that we are continu-
ing to advertise and will continue to do so
as long as newspapers and magazines are
published
There you have glimpse of the policy of
one of the most conspicuously successful
merchandsers of this country. Can you
imagine the Victor Talking Machine Com
pany Selling upon the advertising appropria-
ton as the most convenient place to begin
policy Of "retrenchment? If period of
hard times should suddenly come upon us, or
we should become involved in the war, would
the Victor management he likely to say: ooh.
well; we're oversold anyway so we'll just
rest on our oars till the sky clears" Hardly.
Some concerns, however (for details see
any advertising agency, do not need so good
an excuse as a national calamity for cur
failing their advertising appropriations. They
are quite content 10 plead surplus of orders
as the reason for cutting down the advertis-
ing expense I'VE couldn't handle any
more business if We had it." is the cry, 80
where's the sense of asking for it?' Bing,
Now. theoretically it sounds all right for
an advertiser 10 cease asking for business
when ne Is unable To take care Of it, When
the factory is working overtime, and orders
are piled up months in advance il looks like
the qulntessence Of common sense TO stop
spending good money for more orders. But
IKE sundry other notions which are dignifed
with the tite-it may be common enough
but il isn't sense
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13

about it lately" That is precisely the sort
of thing which can happen in hundreds of
instances.
The net result is lack of confidence in
the product. Just that--a lack of conf
dence; not based upon anything definite or
specific, having no connection whatever with
the actual merits of the product. Probably
not one of the consumers who harbor the
notion could give single logical reason for
it. yet the impression has gotten abroad that
sueh-and-sueh a concern IL not quite what
il used to be. The consequence is that in
stead Of maintaining admitted leadership
the concern may have to drop back on a
level with its competitors. or perhaps even
be content with second place
Rather than let that happen, concerns
like the Victor Talking Machine Company
are wise enough to invest share Of their
profits in maintaining their standing in the
trade and their prestige in the public mind.
They do not need orders at the moment, but
they do need the confidence of the people.
An increase in orders may be a temporary
embarrassment but an increase of public
confidence can never be anything but an
asset.
believe the Victor company is one of the
many concerns which include in their bal
dHSc sHcSISo Tile lOuOWiUx lteIIl, TaJents.
trademarks, good will, ETC., ST." That, of
course, is only convenient and conventional
method of indicating that the assets in
cluded in the list are valuable, although the
company does not choose to estimate their
value in definite terms. have seen the Vic
tor cOmpany's trademark valued" in con-
versation at anywhere from $1000,0OO to
S10,0O0,00O. OF course it is obvious that
the trademark has no value whatever apart
from the business which it represents. and
even in connection with the business it has
value only to the extent that it is known
and recognized. It is the commercial sig
nature" of the company, and like any ndi-
vidual signature it is worthless unless it is
recognized as genuine. A concern which
deals with the public-directly or indirectly
can as little afford to permit its trademark
to be forgotten as it can afford to let doubts
be cast upon it's credit 81 would just about
as soon," says another manufacturer, take
the fire insurance off our million-dollar plant
as would take the advertising off our mil
lion-dollar trademark. am not sure which
we value the most highly"
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13
URKE APPEALS
ASSAULT CASE

1ORD, Mich, March 13.-Sen-
iced to pay q fine of SIS. costs
6unting to SEE. or serve a 60-day
SENTENCE, by Justice Samuel
leland. Monguagon township,
sWley o. Burke. fighting politician
lawyer. Saturday morning de-
~ to appeal his sentence OF as
lIt and battery. brought against
lIn ~ Attorney Ari woodruff. for
tnr1cs received at Burke's hands
xeral days ago in Justice Oliver
Nh Souci's court, Ford.
Burke was candidate for village
ssident. and Woodruff was a sup
orter of William G.. Perry, success.
n candidate Charged with non
atment OF rent for the barber
hop budding. owned by client
NJ Woodruff, politics and other old
Dpfes came to climax, and Burke
made good threat, TO get il out
l his hide" and hit the attorney
Ivy the eye. and kicked him. The
use Saturday, resulted. Burke was
hlso fined $40 by Justice San SoucI
|1>r contempt of court.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13
WORTHWHILE

tier quite q stormy meeting held
FRIDAY evening the village council
voted 20 close the schools and the
sunday schools for a period OF ten
days on account OF the prevalence OF
dtphtherta. Dr. ~ H. Henry asked
that the theaters, halls. bowling par
Tors, etc. b. closed. but Dr. r "
Turner. health officer. asked that a
decision be received from the state
board Of health AT Lansing This de-
cision was received SATURDAY. morn
ing and reafflrmcd the action OF rho
council and further stated that il
would not be necessary 10 close pub
lie places, but thar children should
not be admitted and az far as pos
Sible kept at home
owing 10 the closing % the village
schools FOR one week some OF the
teachers are spending the enforced
.acation out OF town Miss Eunice
Nartman - spending the week with
relatives n Highland Park Miss
Beulah Phillips. In Pontiac Mics
Nargarethe Weller. in her home in
Mayville. and MISS Merry Munro. in
Al the Republican caucus held
SATURDAY afternoon the foIlowtnC
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13

candidates were nominated for the
ensuing years officers SuperN' sor
William =, Ianuing. Sr.. received ~
votes. : votes scattering \ contest
was staged between the vets ana
+. Miller. The present incumbent and
dry man received 100 votes ana
Fred a. Tousey, = votes, No opposi-
ttou was enc oUntered on the uoritna-
tons or the following: Treasurer.
Marvin IA sloan. commissioner ~
highways. Leo. l.. Lawrence. oversc-r
OF highways. Harley " Johns
justice Of the peace sro succeed him
selfp, John -. Knapp. CouStabicS. FL
mer p. Perrin. George w. HilHs.
Horace : Green and Milton \.
Brown. Dean r. Griswold acted az
chairman of the meeting, Milo y
Johnson. clerk. and Nelson y no
CART Frank :. Harmon and Frank
Johnson. tellNrs. The present town
ship committee. consisting OF Dean h
GrSwold. John " Perkins and
Charles A itolph was re-eiected
At the registration OF the qualified
voters OF the village held Satur las
- names were added. and ~ names
cancelled.
Mr. and Mrs Roy T Amber have
leased their bungalow on Wcst
Cady st. TO Mr.. Hotten. sup~riuten-
dent or the local ctnce OF the Detroit
Harold. the tour-year son OF
Mr. ana Mrs Roy r. Franklin died
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13
WYANDOTTE

W N ~ :. Of the Methodist
church viii serve supper Thursday
evening in the church pariors
Walter Lam bert. Jr son 81 Or w
=. Lambert II visiting here for A few
DAYS
Dedication o. improvements 10 -
Patricks church aDd q reception to
a. new members OF tho Holy Name
society was observed sunday in that
edince. y special sermon by Rev
Jordan River Rouge being the fea-
ture Assisting were ReVs. Champion
Hally and Comfort.
Miss Gertrude Donavau. MRpie- At.
r. recovered from recent llness
Congregation members ard friends
Of the First PRESBYTERIAN church VIII
be entertained Friday evening by the
session.
Washington lodge X ~ = viii
confer 4 degree on candidates Tues
day evening IN Fythlfn castle
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13
YPSlLANTI

President william. =. Frost 81
Reres college. Ky. who made suen
favorable impression as a spsa,ksrr "
the Tappan lecture sunday evening
at the Ann Arbor PRESBYTERIAN
church
the Ida Reinhsrt property IN Miller :
addition The consideration Vas
$500
The second evening Of the Normal
college girls inter-class indoor meet
was finished Saturday The contest
was exciting and many OF the stunts
were elaborate and well done. Ihe
seniors won the silver cup with "a
lead ~ SIS points. the totat score ne-
ing $50 "a for the seniors and Et4's
the Newc0mb. swedish lesson, travel
ing rings. class club sw inSinS ana
the tug Of war. The seniors won
the Individual original dances, the
i5-yard dash and running nigh
tunip THE juniors tried hard TO over
come the lead OF i2o points gained
by the seniors in Friday night =
events. but were unable 70 close the
Hrs. Julia Y. McKinstry expects -
return IN the fan from Thorp Wash.
where she viii g. soon TO visit her
son, John y shinstr{ v,s,,.n,t,,.
went 10 Ann Aroor. Saturday eve
Ming 10 hear the lecture IN fill audi
forum on The war and its lessons,
given by william Jennings BRYAN
Thomas Normal framing school
Detroit lectured SUNDAY afternoon at
2:30 in Starkweather hall 10 con-
gFegaticn or men.
The Normal meet with the Grand
Rapids ~" mas been postponed from
March Is 10 the 25th.
Howard .Cooney Is nursing n
IT, r, Pressed steel CO were
hosts at dinner. Saturday evening.
at the Hawkins house. 10 their fore
men.
dore z. Schaible.
Walter Fuller, mail carrier in the
FIRST ward. was unable to attend 20
cause OF illness Leon Hathaway
acted as substitute.
The Ypsiianti sunday school as
sociation VIII meet Thur Sday eve
ming IN the congregational church
Mrs Alphonso Platt. aged 81
years and a highly respected citizen
OF Ypsilanti. died Saturday afternoon
AT her home or Michigan-st; she -
survived by one daughter. Miss Pearl.
who resided with her mother and
three sons. Harry. Of Philadelphia.
Pa Ario, OF Hazelton. Pa and John.
of New Haven. Conn. Funeral ar
rangements have not been made.
e. v. Brown IS Installing in the
L. :. Pressed Steel co. plant the
largest press ever installed in any
plant In this city. The press IL over
ten feet high and will exert pres
sure 81 $50 tons
Joseph r Hughes has bought the
interest OF his partner. NJ q. Taw-
kins. ~ the plumbing nrm Of HAw-
kins and Hughes
Or. Eugene Allen. son ~ Mrs. =.
T. Allen. OF this city. has resigned
as pastor OF the Anderson. Ind
! Methodist Episcopal church and &C
/ cepted the pastorste OF the Sioux
Falls South Dakota NJ. F. church.
The church ~ the leading one Of the
denomination ia the state Or. Allen
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13
THE DETROIT TIMES

Elm o the homes n
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13
IJBURBAN
NEWS
VlySHIPS
HOLD CAUCUSES

DrinewelIs township Republicans
~ Democrats will elect their candi
~ for the township Offices Tues
~ Afternoon, the former In the Star
nfass, and the latter in the Cardt
NIL In Hamtramck. the following
ntnstions were made by the Dem
<atic party:
Supervisor. Anthony Buhr: clerk,
HAN r. Echlin; treasurer, VIII
Z Nh s. Haas, Justice. August X.
ehui.x: highway commits oner,
|oorgc Pallister, highway oversecr,
}4nk Dedenbach; board OF review.
IN term, Joseph Finn: short term,
ohn Nuremberg; drain assessors,
RI51iam Hayes and Benjamin Odell;
netabIes. Walter Thieda, August
|orga. Steve Poylowitz. Frank j.
1fwick.
I3reenfield Republicans gave these
~ the nominations in Saturdays
&ucus:
rrcd w. Bristow, for several years
||8fk. won the nomination for super
3or over Edward NJ. Bendelow, at
{&sent a justice, 81 to 65, In the
GDAibiican caucus, yesterday The
Met nominees, none of whom had
00Eitiou, are: Clerk, Arthur
DYer; treasi Peter Prochraska
tit,e. full John Marshall;
N6rt term. les Harland; high.
NV commissiolcr Joseph Schwass;
~ overseer. William VIM: board
}5evjew. William c. Patterson:
MIN assessors. William Holmes and
Iljom Turner: constables, VII
Ia Bosserdet, Chas. r. Adams.
1laHt Pringle. Eric Schussler;
tJy committee. Robert f. Barber
linm. Turner. Frank Lorang.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13
bWn River Voters
Urged 70 Turn Out

2yxANDOTTE. Mich. March 1s.
hen the people Of wyandotte
~ Tuesday morning. they are
- - and the surprise Of their
~ when they see In the list OF
ScGSoful candidates In the pri-
Nv election Monday. all the men
v Wished not to see in," said a
M city ofiicial Monday morning.
4 1iecassing the election. "and IL
III Be their fault, es they take
little interest in the primary
5Ing thinking II a mere form. 1t
/ sat this election, however. that
Ctl&ical ciiques can concentrate on
fonA iidate. Objectionable to the in
|(llGent voters, and force his nom
0aoa. It IL the duty of every
III to cast his ballot at this cleo
: xlcations were Monday morn
that . light vote would be cast.
several OF the candidates ex-
dark horses" to be written
(n4 faIicts.
opse flowed freely Saturday
1lnx. and in one saloon, a can
~ was found to be In quite "A
liant state. Offering to meet all
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13
RIVER ROUGE

Miss Esther Barron IL convalescing
from the results % q recent operation.
Funeral services for the late Peter
LAURA were held Monday in our
Lady % lourdes church.
Alger Reno and Vernon Lezotte
comprised the winning team In the
Utopia club bowling tournament
sunday evening I'm sweeney Illusions
alleys. They defeated Frank Rob-
erts and Kenneth PETER by score
Of 5S5-53s.
our Lady of IOurdes Dramatic
club will meet I'm the school hall
Monday evening.
Utopia club members are requested
TO attend the special meeting Mon
DAY evening.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13
ECORSE

Edmond, two-year-old son OF Mr.
and Mrs Charles Montry. Is improv-
ing from serious Illness
Ice harvesting was completed Sat :
urday noon after one OF the most
chang cable seasons in the history OF
the industry.
Court lTi1. &. ~. OF r. meets Mon
day evening In the church hall
Republican and Democratic eau
ces@S for E,rorse township will be
held Tuesday in the bsna and village
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13

Leonard Potter Easter Vacation tour
10 Washington and nearby points.
which viii be taken next month.
starting Apr. Is. and returning Apr.
q The party numbers about l5a, in
cluiing members 81 the senior class
tour also Is being contemplated for
the summer season. under the same
management.
Mrs. IS. Q Bridgeman. % No. i75
Ia sOn-ave l. cUnValesciug from
severe illness
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13

az the family home Friday evening
- a complication % diseases. Mrs.
Franklin ~ ~ with diphtheria
The funeral ~ James Hamilton
who died THURSDAY morning was held
from the late home on Cady st. sun
dav Afternoon
sidney iitsenbeTger has disnoSsd
OF his blacksmith shop 10 Detroit
The Detroit times., 1916-03-13

was once pastor OF the local church
ana was we'll liked here
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-13
A. /. PLANS CUT in
BASEBALL PRICES
Magnates in Johnson's Cir
cult May Reduce Salaries
at Chicago Session

CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-Cuttlng down the
high price Of baseball will be the principal
problem confronting the American League
magnates at their meeting here tomorrow
according to President d. b. Johnson
There must be a curtaIment," he said
today Baseball has been conducted on
an extravagant basis and it's got to come
down"
Overhead cost OF maintenance and n
sizable cut in players salaries are the two
big items on which II is figured dollars can
be saved The new form of bomb-proof con-
tract recently formulated by members OF
the National Commission also must be rat.
fed.
Ban johnson also announced today that
he would support the decision OF the other
two members OF the National Commission.
II can in no manner approve OF the ac-
tlon of the international League taken at
it's meeting" Johnson said,
The American League head also denied he
had sponsored the idea of third major
league.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-13

FRED MITCHELL SIGNS WITH
CUBS WHEN CHANCE DEMANDS
MERE $25, 900 ANNUAL SALARY
Weeghman Drops Coast Applicant and Does Busi-
ness With Boston Man--Twenty y-fve-Cent Seats
to Be Eliminated in National League

FIE and the
virtually extinct
n New FORK yesterday.
Mitchell weeshmans snlngS man
Of Braves with
Of bounded Chicago and showed
addition what snnss asked of Mitchell In his eke
Mitchell slnsB
the miracle Mitchell rather than Stall
o a
an
and
( 0hancew when he amed the esaInry
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-13

IETHEN il comes to dssectlng or dissolv'
w Ing the Batting Eye or the Whaling
Lamp there arc other ways TO establish
greatness rather than over the familiar
route OF Il batting average.
There is for one illustration, the ratings
OF those who have gathered unto themselves
200 or more base hits In single year
The 200 Club
Batting 800 is one thing. Driving out
200 or more hits In a season Is something
else. plus.
The 2O0-hlt club has more than short
stride on the 800 array
We may have slipped cog In the
enumeration. but Of the 400 ball players
now listed on various payrolls or connected
with the present status OF play wo can
find the names OF only eight earnest ath-
letea who have got their 200 hits between
April and October.
And OF these eight only Ave have turned
the trick oftener than once.
The Honor Roll of Swat
This makes up an Honor-Roll OF Swats
that leads TO further words. Hero they
are In order, showing the number of occa-
slons each player has passed the mark:
Cobb-six tImes--oleven years.
Injoie--hve times--nineteen years.
JaCkson--three times-slN years.
Spenker--two times-nine years
Wngner-two times--nineteen years,
Zimmermnn-one tImc--seven years,
Baker--ono time-eight years,
Crawford-one time-seventeen years.
Now. when IA slasher Of the Crawford
type can pound out 200 or more hits but
one time In seventeen years or when Bat
ting Eye OF the Wagnerlan persuasion can
turn the trick but twice in nineteen years
the difficulties ahead can be well appre-
ciated. II isn't what you might call any
spongy assignment.
The Two Leaders
The two most remarkable entries In this
list are Cobb and Jackson. Cobb. from eleven
campaigns, has passed the 200-hit mark no
fewer than six times. while jackson has
slipped by this gay and giddy total three
years out of six.
Cobb has got his zoo hits as often as
Wagner Speaker Baker and Crawford put
together. and even the year where he was
forced into second place found him with
20l safe blows to his credit
Not Yet for Collins
Eddie Collins has knocked at the 200