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conductors and other trainmen are not
in favor Of strike, it is evident that
the officers Of the brotherhoods OF
train employees are not neglecting any
precautions to insure the result they
want from the strike vote they are
taking. After having so worded the
strike ballot as TO give the employees
no opportunity to vote on the Ques-
ton of arbitration, and as almost to
preclude a negative vote regarding a
strike. the executives Of the organi-
cations have issued instructions for
the purpose of preventing any of their
members from indicating that they are
satisfied with their jobs by refraining
from voting The circular letter OF in
structons for the taking of the strike
vote. issued TO the general chairmrn.
local chairmen. lodges and divisions Of
the four brotherhoods, and signed by
their chief executives, includes the fol.
lowing interesting provisions:
1t will be the duty Of all general
and local chairmcn TO use their host
; efforts In securing full and complete
vote. 1t should be understood that all
,, Nom hers holding seniority rights or
actually employed In service affected
ny this movement will be required 10
vote.
In taking the vote the local chair
men will insist that tn. person voting
read tho ballot before signing same. but
under no circumstances viii he be per-
lnitted to take 1t away With him. After
signing the ballot. have him detach II.
place in envelope. seal same and deliver
it to the person authorized 10 take the
vote. who shall WIZ" tho name OF tn"
person voting on the outside Of I'll?
envelope. No influence should be uS"1
to induce him to sign one way or tst
0thor
"Momhcrs will undoubtedly DO APP
rroachcd by officials and others for the
purpose OF gaining information. All
mem ers are cautioned against giving
out information or discussing the ques-
|. lions involved"
In spite Of the instruction against
using influence it is not strange that
strike votes taken under such condi-
tons usually demonstrate such re-
markable unanimitv. The ballots on
which the employees arc asked to sign
promise to throw M their jobs. in
the presence OF a Committee Chairman
and without discussing the questions
involved, renders it impossible 10 OBJ.
tain the expression Of the true views
and wishes OF the members Of the
brotherhoods.
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EDUCATION OF THE BODY

More and more attention is being
paid to the education Of The body as
well as the brain in he schools Of the
Scountry. II is, a wise recognition OF
feature in the training Of the school
youth Of the land. that has long been
neglected. OF course the sporting end
of school life. such as base bail and
football has been conserved for long
time past, and it is a poor school in
deed in these days that cannot afford
an athletic instructor. But il is only
a negligible proportion OF the school
enrolment that Participates in this
training. What We refer to is Tho ply
steal training OF tkr entire school body.
New York. a STATE thai is conceded
to be in the lead in educational pro-
gress. is preparing 10 enforce law
passed BY the last legislature. which
establishes physical education in all
the schools OF tie State. private as
well as public.
The provisions Of lie law are inter
esting and suggestive 10 other States.
II provides that all hoys and girls
above the age o. eight years. in all
elementary and. secondary schools Of
! the State, must receive physical train,
sing. An average OF at least twenty
minutes daily during the school year
lis required. This. however. may be
&arranged on a schedule 10 meet local
Requirements. so long as the aggregate
sstime is employed.
: It will be incumbent on every city
sto employ one or more full time ply
ssical instructors and perhaps part time
Instructors as we'll. Each village har-
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A FEARFUL MALADY

That is a fearful malady which Is
affficting New York City, infanttle par
alysis: pitiful in the excessive mortal
;ty The disease there largely CEN
ters in Brooklyn, and It is spreading
alarmingly. The pity of helplessneSs
in dealing with the disease IS MADE
manifest. Manhattan and the Bronx
are affected. as we'll as Brooklyn. The
Epidemic has assumed such proper
tons that the Rockefeller institute Is
10 inaugurate field campaign against
il. sending nurses and experts into
the affected areas.
The public health service in Wash
inyton has been giving close attention
to this malady ever since 1907. when
the disease was prevalent in New
York City. 1t then apparently spread
from that center. and there we're
smaller outbreaks in the New Eng
land States, while in 1905 and 1909
, the disease appeared quite extensively
: in Minnesota. Nebraska. Kansas and
! Missouri In 1913 and 1914 there were
: outbreaks in Arkansas. and Vermont.
; In it's studies the public health serv'
ice has found that epidemics OF this
disease are most frequent and exten,
sive in northern ATTITUDES in the sum
! mer and fall months More than hall
of the epidemic cases reported in the
United States have occurred in the
northern, part of the country. east oil
the Dakotas. The mortality has var
led from per cent in the New YORK
epidemic OF 1907. 70 as high as -
per cent in the Kansas epidemic OF
1909. Unhappily in the present out
break in New York City the death rate
has continued about 20 per cent, OF
! four times as high as in the epidemic
OF 1907.
! All medical authorities are agreed
that there is no preventive Of the di
sease. and there. is no cure. y
peculiar development Of the rec
ord of the scourage is that il
seems to pick the strong and
we'll children in preference to the
weak. All the experts agree in recon-
mending isolation of the patient, with
isolation SO far as possible Of those
who have been in contact with the
! patient. certainly to the extent OF ex
! Guiding members Of the patients fam
lily from school for at least two weeks.
They also insist upon thorough meth
: DDS Of disinfection in treating patients
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1TE111aEHcEh
OUR WHITE COAL
Being Wasted Because of the Disagreement
of Congress o the Water Power Bills
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT FERRIS of Oklahoma
Chairman Of the House Committee on Public Lands

Representative Ferris is serving
his fifth term in Congress as a
member Of the House committee
on public lands, To whose chair
manship he was promoted by
length OF service, genuine ability
and devotion to the public inter
rsts. His analysis Of the House
and Senate water power bills, now
pending in Congress, is made from
expert knowledge.
Two water power bills are now
pending in Congress, the Shields
bill IS. 333D. dealing with the
water power on navlgahle
streams. comprising 95.2 per cent.
of the aggregate, and the Ferris
bill III. r. 40S). dealing with the
water power on the public do
main, aggregating 74.2 per cent.
Of the water power Of the United
States The former has passed
the Senate. been reported by the
House committee on interstate
and foreign commerce.. and IS
now pending on The calendar
awaiting consideration by he
House: the latter has passed the
House, been reported by the Sen
ate committee on public lands,
and is now on the calendar await.
ing action by the Senate.
Roughly speaking. the Ferris
bill meets the approval Of The
students of conservation and Wa
Ter power development Of the
United States. but Is objected 10
By some OF the water power de-
vrlopcrs. who insist that it does
not accord 10 the water power in
iereSts sufficient consideration,
and too greatly conserves and
protects the interests OF the pub
lie. The Shields bill is strongly
advocated by the water power in
tereSts and the water power de-
veloperS. but is opposed by most.
if not all, Of the students of con-
servation throughout the country.
The water power interests insist
that. the liberality shown them in
the Shields bill is necessary 10
bring about early development.
The students Of conservation in
sist that it is a bill created by
and for the benefit Of the water
power interests, and that the in
teresls Of the public are not prop
erlv conserved.
The House Of Representatives
during the last Congress and dur
ing the present Congress passed
the Ferris bill: practically by m
animous consent. Roth. Demo
Gratis and Republicans believed it
10 be a bill in the interest Of the
public, a bill that would encourage
development and bring about
conservation OF the enormous
power wasted in allowing our
surplus waters to flow unused to
the sea. The Senate last Congress
allowed the bill to die for want Of
consideration no action has been
taken on it during the present
Congress although it passed the
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TIE SILENT TREATMENT

~ The name OF John j. CornweA
I. stands at the head Of the editorial col
sumns Of the Hampshire Review as
editor, and it is fair 10 presume that
in that capacity he wrote the leading
editorial In this weeks issue OF the
Review, headed. The Democratic State
Oreanization," which refers 70 the
election OF c. C. Lewis, Chairman. and
|. Lon H. Kelly, Secretary Of the new
State Committee. There. OF course,
can be no objection the Democratic
Arubernatorial candidate expressing
eminent satisfaction with these selec-
lions, as he is the one to be pleased,
But is it not singular that there should
be such profound. nay painful silence
ION the part Of the editor OF the he
<Siew about another and more import
ant action taken By the State Com
mittee, the elimination OF Col. john /.
McGraw from political life. and the
recrudescence 70 the Hon. Clarence
Wv. Watson as National Committeeman
in his place. There is no mention or
= this great political tragedy in the edI'
torial referred 70. II is pitttul IN
5adeed that a man who had so much 10
do with killing off Col McGraw. re-
fuses to give him even decent inter
sment.
Y Mr.. Cornwell has been very Glib. and
islikewise demagosic. in referring 10 the
8 .'iniQuitous boss rule" IN the Repuolt'
= can party in State and Nation. but he
lis; discreatly silent about the part he
: played in establishing the political
s oligarcy Of the Gold Dust Twins
s through the corruption Of thn Demo
i cratic electorate. II was John J. Corn
s well who aided in defeating Cot. Nc
Z Graw's aspirations 10 the United
& States Senate. and very active in pro-
noting Mr.. WatSon's election. 1t IS
Il now asserted that re was instrumental
6 in further hum;lia ting Col. McGraw in
lsdeprtving him OF the National Com
1 mirteemanship. We shall hear more
.sof this restoration of ile dual bosses
!: during the campaign Col. NcGraw
) has :. host of friends in the Democratic
s ranks who are agstieved. and nave
reason to BE-. and they will undoubt
eddy he heard from.
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ing a superintendent will have 10 nave
one full time instructor. Union free
school districts outside OF villages OF
300 or more may find part time m
struction satisfactory. The State Will
nav half the cost, but there is no pro-
vision for State assistance TO private
schools. This is "a pioneer enactment
which will pay big dividends in stur-
der and healthier manhood and wom-
anhood, Such serious attention 10 the
physical we'll being Of the children
is a direct assistance TO the develop
menr Of such qualities as are essen
tial in meeting the highest Obligations
Of citizenship.
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House and went over TO the Sen
ate January S. l9lG.
The two branches Of Congress
are in sharp disagreement about
what a correct water power policy
should be. The House feels very
earnest in its desire 10 serve the
hundred million people in the full
conservation OF this great resource
and not allow the water power in
IercstS an opportunity to prac-
tiCn rXtortion upon the people.
The Senate is OF the opinion that
certain sacrifices Of the peoples
interest can be made in order 10
get early development Of water
power.
Engineers tell us that there Is
$4,000, 900 potential horse power
in the United States in existence
and that only COCO 900 horse pow
or has been developed. Thus. five
siXthS OF the nations possibili
ties for cheap light and cheap
power that can be moulded into
A multitude Of uses. is absolutely
going to waste. This presents a
pressing problem. while the two
branches OF Congress seem to be
in hopeless disagreement.
President Wilson, Secretary
Lane and Secretary Baker have
faithfully and diligently tried to
harmonic the views Of the two
branches of congress and 10 bring
OH OF the disagreement some.
thing that will be acceptable to
the American people without sac
rificins anything TO the water
power interests of the country.
They are still trying 10 accomp-
lish this. although success is not
yet within their grasp.
Let us hope that the disagree
mcnts may he harmonizcd. and
conservation Of this great nation
al resource may be brought about
before the termination Of this
present session OF congress.
If The principles Of the Ferris
bill as applicable 10 water power
on the public domain are adopted
by congress. a further argument
Is presented for the amendment
of the Shields bill by the adoption
OF the same principles. so that the
nation shall have Il single policy
in the development Of water pow
or. ConservationiSts generally
hold that the authority Of the Ma
tional government is the same
whether exercised in the devel-
Opmcnt Of water power on nav!'
gable streams or. on public lands.
Any difference in policy would
lead 10 discrimination by the
the development Of the one at the
water power interests in favor Of
expense OF the other. Once a clear
and consistent policy is adopted
and the water power interests
know Just exactly what TO expect,
we may hope for tremendous dc.
yelopmcnt and extensive use OF
the white coal" Of our streams
for transportation. manufacture
ing purposes and domestic use as
well.
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They are now larger than the cat, but
she continues 10 beStow upon them inc
same loving care with which she reared
them and they cling to her with ap-
parent love and devotion. Mr.. Ingram
saws that nothing could induce him TO
part with his three house pcts.-Mont-
gomcry News.
Arthur Black. farmer and very
truthful man, who resides on Missouri
Sun. near Mineral Wells, a few miles
from Parkersburg. says the sentinel:
was in the city on Saturday and statca
that & few days ago while he was at
work near his home he encountered
large snake lying on the. ground. when
appearcd Is be abnormally large about
the middle Of the body. He did not at
tempt TO kill the snake. but going 10
the house. got his dog and took 1t TO.
where the snake was lying. AS soon
ms the dog saw the reptile no attacked
it. rcnding It's body apart, and from TIE
body o. the snake young raopI,.
slightly dazed. emerged. Nj. BLACK ass
says that he took the, rabbit TO the
house and it soon revived. ana II Is
now hopping around quite risky ana
is growing apace.
The estimated population OF west
virginia in June. 1916. according 10 INC
report received to-day at the Capitol
from the United States census bureau.
was 1.359.47t. gain OF 1888, over
The census report of 19l0.-Charleston
Mail
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LITTLE THINGS.

Md Voice came down on tho Heaven
wind:
II will Try The" as never before thou
was, tried.
Nor triumph nor clear defeat thou shall;
find
OF the cohorts that press thee on every
side:
| will send thcc the Little Things. whose
Is 20 bring a lofty soul TO shame
They sathercd---the. cohorts OF Little
Things.
AZ first at the shower OF their tcathcry
darts
| laughed: with my hands | Tended their
StiugS--
laughed in my ignorant heart of hearts.
Should whom great sorrow had not UNI
done
The spite of such pitifnl myrmidons
ShUn"
Ru; III" tips Of their arrows were suh;!y
dipped
With a poison as true as tho h"mlock
bowl:
Into ms veins whitening CNwardicc
And plague Of Slumb"r o'crErew my
soul.
Now tho Little Things have compasscd
ST.
Nor triumph nor clear defeat know.
philadelphia Ledger,
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Here's the presidential race We have
been waiting for. and its roorbacks
will displace liresome stories Of the
war. We are tired OF death and blood,
and we turn with great relief. to the
yarns Of Mr.. Mudd, who would be the
nations chief; Sleuths are busy lay
ing bare all tle things he ever did:
whittier, daily. grows the hair under
meath that statesman's lid. For he
thought his foolish acts we're forgot.
ten,. long ago: but the s}euths dig up
the facts, make Of them a public show.
Icopyright. 1915. by G
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HOW STRIKE VOTE rs TAKEN

The Railway Age Gazette Of the cur
reut issue contains some interesting
statements regarding the strike vote
now being taken blythe railway en-
ployes OF the country. 1t points out
that although scattered reports from
various parts Of the country indicate
that many of the. engineers, firemen,
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DEAN HURLBUT RESIGNS

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, July 6.-The
resignation of Byron S. Hurlbut, as
Dean OF Harvard College was m:
nounced today. He said that Ill health
compelled him to give up the posi-
ton but that he would retain the. pro-
fessorship of English in the college.
He has been dean II years.
Henry A. Yeomans, assistant Dean,
will succeed him.
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UNCLE WALT: Ripping Rhymes.
P o L IT &c S

Correspondents on his. trail, strive 10
show. in language tense. that he. serv-
ed a term in Jail. having swipcd a
widows fence AffidavitS. by the ton,
written down by trenchant pens. will
declare he got his mon, with Ian
tern, stealing hens. Anecdotes OF
Europe's strife will seem fiat. absurd
ly tame when we take statesman's
Let the slogan gayly sound. let the
hewgag hover near; thereIl be lots
Of fun around. in this presidential
year.
,orge Matthew Adams.1
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Flying the American flag on the Ma
tional Palace Mexico City. on HthH
Fourth of July" was another and Sig
uifcant &C, Of Cancellation.
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That bathing beach that advcrIiscs
sharks Is not 90 dumb as some think.
Fear often attracts where real pleasures
pail.
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much. to he a. peace war. Sh" 'lAs
just issued now So Nhh .hnn war" loan.
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was Hshing. When asked what he was
fishing for he said cat" knorn and
ils friend. looking behind rock. saw
II larg" string of fine black bass. and
asked IN" man " he did not know II Was
against the law to catch that species
~ hSh He answered thar hC did hut
Ihc bass wouldn't Stay away. tut came
around and stole his bait. and he was
!Ii.i keeping them until he was through
= Shinr. when h" would turn them loose.
- \ llrrSl,n .NlN C.rl is, 7.
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The government is puzzled Ia know
what to do with the militia "slackers.
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The nex, crisis" will he feeding the
starving MeNicanS.
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policy resemble ;hc h"u'hcaL act Of
stealing second with the bases full.
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Tire Is spoiled tyre IN England, SnEs
:, contemporaries. That's nothing. ."thHm-
10y" Is spelled CholmnndcltE.
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Those "staryinc" Pennsylvania sol
diers couldn't hive heen SO hungry from
tho way they "chewed the rag" nj Kan
sas City.
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II is time TO call halt On the propa
canda OF hate towards Mexico.
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Fork" still retains first place in the
Congress Sional League.
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\ western paper speaks Of 4 man who
purchaS ed 4 COW and IL now supplying
customers with butter and eggs.
Great COW. that.
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silver. is getting along better since
Bryan has let ii alone
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American units were used in the
French charges as shock absorbcrs.'
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Anyway. Carranza il entitled 70 the
credit of giving patriotism boost
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And go rancho Villa will bc permitted
to remain dead or alive
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The First chief has discarded his
"srittcr" and is using Il very effective
drop hall.
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With tho soldiers on the Texas border
II Is "Sanitation frs"
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The weather is pleasant enough :,
stay a home.
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secretary Daniels obstinatcly refuses
10 dctrain.
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pr. !. g.. l"Jim'D Caste. of stats
Mills who is - years ri age. rode
horseback 10 Ripley. Monday. ate din
nor with his son, nr. y. u. Caste. and
returned hom". a distance" "f - miles,
over the worst roads in the county, in
r,mc tn milk four COWS and feed his
chickens before dark.--Eiplcy Noun
Lancer.
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Victor Knorp came down from
Charleston. Friday night. to visit his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Walter knopp.
Hc tolls n good fish story. which runs
thusly: Victor and friend were pros
pcctinc on Coal river week before last.
when they ran across an old fellow who
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old. Maybe the people down there pre-
fer action To counsel.
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Freight traffic on tho Fleetwood 4
rukcnS division of The Baltimore n
rhio railroad has been very heavy for
some limo past &" great. indeed. that IL
E.tN laACd the managers If the rnnd 10
~" utmost To handle III" same. The
principal freight carried is lumber.
which appears tn IL in great demand
nc country over. hn account nf heavy
ira Fl" numl' rous freight wrecks have
occurred. Passenger lrafii" is also
hrnVy. the incoming and cut going trains
nj This rlac" hcinE unusually crowded.
Webster Echo.