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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-07
An Unusual and Valuable Opportunity to
Put New Floor Coverings Into Your
Home at Low Prices

This sale of rugs could not have been meer 1t
search of new floor coverings brought face to face
prices on these things.
Seldom has there been such enthusiastic buying of rug
brought forth Seldom has there been such fine lot
That they are discontinued patterns is handicap for
quality are here for all to see.
ROomsze Rugs 9x12 feet, Body Brussels Administer
Rugs, $3.50, S3275, $3.50, and $780,
Hearthsze Rugs q by q up to So by Y inch sze Vev
Brussels, Tapestry and French Wilton Rugs &c. 95c 81
1915.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
HIGH LIVING COSTS
FORCE MANY STRIKES

Observation-Disclosures strikes for
higher wages are justified by the federal
bureau of labor statistics, department of
labor, in its discussion of the high cost
OF living. In report on this question
the department says
T, To make the difference in living costs
palmer, take the experience of Denny
ONeill. Denny worked on the railroad
in 1907 for $1.4O a day of 10 hours
denny is steady man and he kept his
work right along. He got $s.4O a week
in 1907. Dennys pay now-on the av-
erages found by the department of labor
is $9.75 a week. He works about 90
odd minutes less each day than he did In
1907 Denny paid SIS week for food. In
1916 Denny had to pay $685. week for
the same quantity of food. So Denny's
living was actually cut during these
nine years of rising wages. He loses 60
cents a week, not counting rent, which
has not changed for Denny, nor counting
Clothes which cost him more.
The average of food and of pay
qualified by reductions in hours worked
rose so that during that time wages
would pay for about even quantities of
food each year. Actually, workers en-
joyed better conditions in 1915 than in
1919, because they had more and steadier
work But war losses got into the equa-
tion in 1916 and pushed up food prices
faster than wages There were some
crop shortages. also, which contributed
their share. Besides this, however, there
is reason to fear that other elements are
conspiring to raise prices Cold storage,
rebilling, reshipping and Withholding of
commodities from market are suspected
to contribute to the present abnormal
rise in the prices of food. Whether
some persons have conspired to engross
the markets the department of labor can
not state. But the reports of the bureau
of labor statistics seem to lend some
color to such an opinion, viewed in the
light of conditions revealed by com,
parison of figures through range OF
years.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
LONGING FOR PEACE
BEHIND BERLIN STRIKE
Labor Troubles Involve Great Span.
dau Munition Plant-Crowds Are
Bitter-Kiel Socialists Express
Opposition to War Credits.

London, April 1S.---The number of
strikers in Berlin is placed in semi-of-
ficial reports, according to Copenhagen
dispatches, at $4,000 and, notwithstand-
ing official news agency denials. includes
workers in munition plants, particularly
the great plant at Spandar. The Vor-
waerts, the Socialist organ, admits that
the demonstrations are based not only on
the food situation but also on the de-
mand for immediate internal reforms
and the deep longing of the people for
peace. The paper laments the fact that
the demonstration will encourage Ger
mans opponents to continue the war and
will diminish the output of munitions.
1t argues that the strike can not be re-
garded as anti-governmental since the
Austrian and German declarations jus-
tify the hope that the policy of the Cen
tral Powers is now on path which will
soon lead to peace" The temper of the
crowd is described as very bitter
No reports of a strike movement in
labor centers outside Berlin have been
received as yet. A Kiel dispatch says
the radical anti-war party got control of
the Greater Kiel Socialist Assembly and
passed resolutions against voting war
credits. Another side light comes from
Munich where a woman teacher was put
on trial for "Pacifist intrigues" She
was acquitted on the ground that she
was demented from overstrain.
A strike has broken out among Polish
muntion workers in Warsaw where
Germany has been using Polish labor
ers to help to supply the Eastern army
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
JOINT AGREEMENTS BETTER
THAN LAW.

Adelaide, South Observation-Disclosures the
caption Labor and the Law the Daily
Herald intimates that collective bar
gaining is more effective method of
settling disputes between employer and
employe than courts of law and other
governmental institutions.
Wages boards and industrial courts
have been established for the purpose OF
amicably arranging matters" says this
paper but it is notorious fact that in
stead of decreasing they have increased
the troubles in the industrial field.
According to the deputy president of
the local arbitration court, the employ
ers are puzzled through not knowing for
certain what particular wages board de-
termination they are expected to obey,
and meanwhile if they happen to err
through ignorance they are liable to be
penalized. On the other hand the en-
ployes seek blindly for means of settling
disputes on basis of stability and are
met at every turn by almost insurmount-
able barriers, chief among which are le-
gal complications and heavy expendi-
lures.
"In the opinion of many, however, le-
gal arbitration at best is but palliative
and the only safe remedy for or preven-
ton of industrial disputes is a mutal ar
rangement in which the principle OF
collective bargaining is recognized and
expressed in trade agreement between
the employer on the one side and EN-
ploye on the other under the terms OF
which each respects the rights of the
other, and method of settlement of al
differences is provided. When mutua
distrust is replaced by confidence be-
tween employers and employees a system
of cooperative effort will be the order
of the day. The first consideration
would then be human rights, and there
would be no need for reference to ar
bitration courts or any other legal tri
bunal."
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
NEARING REMOVED.

By vote of 4 to 3, the trustees of the
Toledo university Tuesday removed
Prof. Scott Nearing, as dean of the arts
and sciences at the university, "primari-
ly because of his stand against mill
tarism" Nearing spoke in Cincinnati
during the last winter and aroused much
antagonsm by his anti-war utterances
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
GOING UP. NEXT.

The price of hair cutting will be raised
from 25 to 80 cents and shaves from
10 to- IS cents beginning May 1, the Bar
bers' union, decided definitely Tuesday
night. Cards notifying patrons of the
increase will be sent to proprietors.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05
A BELATED REFORM

Just before the Adjournment III
Congress Tho Democratic Committee
on Rivers and Harbors Of tho House
seemed to awake to the fact that II
Is not sound business policy for The
government 10 improve waterways
where the local interests rrfus" -"
co.operate. A pondrrous resolution
was drawn up in which tho opinion
was expressed that Appropriations
should not be madn for thr improve
ment of those rivers and harbors
where thr communities and luraliti">
are continuously unwilling In dis
charge their corrclntiv" duty by pro
vidInr tho facilities essential for tho
promotion OF water transportation. -
The Secretary Of War WAS commune
Gated with, and that official has prom
iscd 10 place the suggestions ri Tho
committee before m" local engineer
officers throughout II" country. who
have Immediate charge OF waterway
improvements. II is suspected that
repeated Republican analyses n
Democratic river and harbur bills in
tho past arc Target! responsible for
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05
Our Christmas Gifts

The Christmas holidays are draw
ing near. Those with friends and
relatives In the army and navy WILL
of course, send presents to the boys,
and they should be forwarded early.
But what about tho vaat number o1
people who do not ever have kin Ill
the camps and whose presents Will
not 20 to the soldier boys2 VIII they
follow the old custom of eIchangink
useless presents with relatives and
friends, giving what Is not needed
merely in conformity with custom,
useless and hurdeusome at the bestr
Up In Buckhannon there was
great mass meeting on tho seventh
day Of October under tho auspices OF
the local chapter of the BED Cross
which numbers some nine hundred
members. At that meeting the fol-
lowing resolution was unauimo usly
adopted:
RESOLVED, That It Is the
sense Of this meeting that tho
people Of west Virginia especially
and the people Of the entire coun-
try generally. should this year
devote the money usually OK
pended for Christmas presents to
the coiIntry's cause by contribut-
Ing the same 10 the Red Cross,
and frat the governor OF this
state he requested to place this
suggestion before the people OF
this state in tho form OF state
ment al proclamation, as he may
deeu wise, Hnh to do all he raa-
sonahly can m present this mat
ter TO the country At large; and
that copy of this resolution.
duly signed by the chairman and
secretary Of the Buckhannon, w.
Va, chapter nj the american Rod
Cross, be forwarded 70 the gov .
eruor for his consideration
Surely the Upshur !dea Is q noble
ono and. in conformity with thu re-
quest en,hnded in the resolution, I
appeal tn the people OF the state to
adopt IT, We should realize that thta
is DO time for useless and unnecessary
expenditures or for useless and IN
necessary gifts. This Is a time that
we must be williug 10 deny ourselves
many things. If necessary, To prop
erly support TIL. RED Cross and the
Y. NJ G. A. work for the physical
moral and spiritual welfare Of our
soldiers. most respectfully appeal
. to the prose-, tho pulpit and tho pub
lie schools to emphasize tho sug-
eestiou embraced In the resolution
quoted.
JOHN J. CoRNwEr,L.
Governor.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05
NO PROSECUTION or
Mr.. M'CRAW POSSIBLE
{Frnm the Grafton SrrtineB

In regard IT, ~" dismissal of the
three Indictments pending in Randolph
county against I~hn' I. MCt;raw. tho
following information IN addition TO
what was puhi'Sh"d n yesterdays paper
MAJ be OF interest:
What governed Judge Kittle In his
decision made yesterday was the o7in-
ions of the supreme court handed down
two weeks ago Interpreting this statute.
Ono Of the cases decided by the STU
prrmc court was where the judge had
not tried any cases BECAUSE. he hal
dispensed with Jury for the term.
This WAS held Ia count against the
state as ono Of the terms when the de-
PENDANT could have been tried. The
COURT held that tho Judge might have
called n jury for that particular pur-
nose The other case WAS Of a man
who was under l3 indictments. He
confessed To ono and served time in
The penitcntiary. and was not tried on
tho others because of his confinement
IN prison. The court held that the
terms which elapsed while the dcfen-
dant was In the penitentiary counted
against the state. and that he should
have been brought back from the peni-
Tertiary and tried.
Judge Kitilc, IN rendering HI decision
criticised the law scvcre put felt
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05

or the women 10 vote at Presidential
elections. While this referendum was
invoked in the name Of the anti-Sut.
fragists, il is quite clear that IL was
strongly abctted by the liquor inter
ests for reasons that must be obvious
10 all intelligent persons. The saloon
domination In the politics Of Ohio Is
here made manifest. II is the only
interest that fears the voice OF wo-
man In the ballot box. They argue
that the confcrment Of the vote on
them al Presidential elections is big
opening wedge for the ballot In State
affairs. The trick has been turned
to defeat the action Of the Legislature
IL the right thinking people OF Ohio
do not turn out In strength enough to
save the womanhood of Ohio from he-
ing deprived OF their just rights.
The Democratic party. which got
Into power In Ohio on 4 platform OF
protise pledges to the PEOPLE, passed
the Reynolds Act in discharge Of one
OF lis chief promises. which now ap
pears to have been one Of lis charac-
terist!c smears OF molasses 10 catch
flies. 1t now develops that In maxi
Ing good this pledge Of extending the
ii III
Democratic membership were assured
they could safely do so without their
action ever reaching contamination,
as referendum would be interposed
which would anuul the privilege
granted by the legislative act. This
treachery ls more than substantiated
by the action Of Governor Cox. Some
time ago he announced that II the
REYNOLDS Act were attacked he would
20 on the stump and defend i. but
he has not done so. So it appears that
the Democratic party. which declared
II was fulfilling one Of Its campaign
hedges when it enacted the law. has
deserted II.
This makes the hypocrisy OF the
original action and the cupidity Of the
platform pledge all the palmer. It
would be great accomplishment i;
the Ohio voters tomorrow would TO-
buke such chicanery as has been OK.
noSed
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05
AS TO CHRISTMAS SAVING

The suggestion that 81" I"tra'n
fron, the apcirn; Ii" OF hsstowing
Christmas gifts and G"vn'c Inc mou"F
that would 80 into such purchases
70 alternating The distress OF IN" many
who are suffering from IN" effects "t
This horrible war. is no doubt inspired
hy finl spirit 0; abne CATION. -Bu:
is It not liable 10 go 100 far. II II Is
n,eant that we should avoid our ac-
custouned extravaganza is hcstowinS
sitts and divert part o. nur bnunfics
70 relieve the distress o; a war worn
world, we'll and good. Bat i The
movement means that we shall wholly
cut of our usual gifts to loved ones
and cherished friends il is not. from
The Intelligeacer's viewpoint. 70 De
encouraged.
The households Of America are
now sitting IN the shadows OF ms
unspeakable conflict. Before Christ
mas dawns the blinds OF some OF them
may be drawn to shut the light from
the dark sorrow within. And 1t IS
true We are gradually drawing nearer
to the SOLDERING day Of thought and
action. But is it possible that any
ono would wish 10 cover ;he child
hood Of America with a somber blar
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05
GOOD COUNSEL.

rive shall have won the war II We
assure ourselves that we have won IT.
Marshal Won Hindenburg.1
Is there gloom where the lindenS are
shedding their leaves?
Is Berlin half inclined to despair:
Is it true that deapoudent, Germania
grieves. = Z,
And is growing less buxom and fairY
Are you. Wilhelm. yourself less tocund
than of yorc,
As I'm told that your arc? How abb
surd.
When YOU might be AS merry ana hrI:ht
rs before
II YOU only took Hindcnburs's word.
Just persuade yourself. Sir. that the WAT
in the west
Is a personal triumph for you;
That strategic Withdrawals are all fer
the best
And bring ultimate triumph in view.
Your arc keeping your enemy we'll IN
Going eastward--and sTreiy you know
Tint Ivy this your invncihIc power you
prove:
For EiindcnhurE says that it's so!
Don't you know that your mighty all
con1ucring flccl
Kirl
UnohallcnEed? That Britain Is dreadins
defeat
And to Tirnitz preparing to kheel?
You will soon have your enemies starv-
ing to death.
As their shortage OF caviare shows,
And appealing for peace with their ul;f-
mate breath:
So Hindenhurg says and-hs knows!
Look at London. The Towers 4 hole IN
tho ground:
The Abbey has ceased to exist;
And Buckingham Palace is scattered
around
! BY the might OF your mai!-encased hst.
II you're tempted to question the truth
Of this tale
And ask II your airmen ne'er miss.
Jus; listen 20 Interchangeable can pre-
Over any such weakness az this!
n the pushes in Flanders are Nil the
wrong way;
# there's "nauEht to report" from the
cast;
I'l!. things grow unpca santer. day after
day.
And your dreams are Of Elba. at least.
Shake on your depression. at linden
burG's' call
You'll still find your place in the
sun
If you SAY that these troubles are moth
ing al all
And-tcll yourself that you have won!
Westminster Gazette.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05

Ike, OF depression: 20 sIr!N" lhr JOYS
o.! he children nr mock their innocent
authorizations OF what they naturally
EXPECT and have been led 70 expect
through all the ages? Would It not
be A cruelty TO withhold from them
the natural and customary express
sions OF our love-
By all means let u save what we
can out of our Christmas gifts. but
let us also save something out OF the
se!ter OF this Notwithstanding afflic-
ton that may 20 to keep the child's
heart from even A whisper oS the hor-
rors we know OF. We do owe some
hing 10 the humanity OF the world.
but a. tho same time We have no
right in paying that debt to put q
blight on the Young lives by emitting
a proper celebration Of tine annual
festival Of love AMI affection 50 dear
10 their trusting hearts.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05

tncu; of dividends 10 stockholders ana
,rru.. tenders They must 10 assured
that The money thus diverted 10 mo
raIlronds shall be expended for the
h"ti"rIl"nt ~ the service for tho pur-
rhas" # arid:tIou!I equipment. Tor the
,un> ir,''I"u ~ ncw trackhe", for the
erection - larger ard more modern
terminal facilities
Rat Tho solution OF our railroad OH
ficaltics - not 10 be found In mere
rain Increases. There are other Gle
rnelts. We must consider III" railroAus
Of the United States ~ the component
parts of 4 natiun-wIdr system and not
as so many carriers with their diver
gen; and selfish interests. 1t Ia true
that since tho outbreak OF the war
many reforms IN railroad operation have
been inangurat"d which for years rail-
road men have declared Impossible. But
they harn made only r beginning.
Million. Of miles OF passenger trains
hive been withdrawn. Many millions
nr miles more u! passenger service must
be abolished This Will aid materially.
In the first place II Will release for
other service much more vital. tracttre
power. equipment md men now engaged
I'm the passenger field. Another thing.
IT will materially relieve tho conges'
ton IN our largo terminals where tho
situation is the mos, serious. Mure than
Il year ago | stated that tho greatest
weakness in our present railroad situa-
ton Is in our terminals. Tho war has
emphasized this weakness.
We must 50 ur6an!za' our railroads
as to avoid all unnecessary and what
rnny term conflicting shipments. For
example the coal situation throughout
is acute. Possibly the Eravrst feature
of that crisis is the lack OF cars and
transportation facilities. Yet we find
coal moving cast and west. north and
south over the same stretches ~ rail-
road We find ohio coal being shipped
into Indiana and Indiana coal into H.
ltnois. We find northern soldiers being
scnt 10 cantonmcnts IN tho far south
and conS"ripted men from the southern
states being sent q training camps In
northern states. We see enormous
troop trains passing zach other. some
headed north and others headed south.
with consequent waste nf transporta-
ton facilities. This Is Italicized waste.
We must eliminate the !"ns haul 10y
Initial carriers pract!ced for the pur-
pose OF enabling the originating carrier
TO secure n larger proportion Of the
through rate FOR the carrier service.
There is enough traffic FOR all tho roads
and It is not necessary for railroads
10 he extravaganza OF the nations trans
portatIon facilities in order 10 secure
their share OF thn business.
Many other reforms may he adopted.
These arc hui elementary. Tho people
ought not 10 feel that waste csn endure
among tho railroads and BE- constantly
enshr!neh by reiterated advances IN
freight rates.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05

Upon ;hr 'i:S"n; rcTu"S; q; tho cast
cru railroads the tnt'rSthl" nmNcr'"
Commission has ordered Tho ~ per con;
rat" advance case r""p"ncd. The de
,ision Of the commission III June last
WAS ,uurh l"sS Favorable Ia the eastern
railroads than 20 th"s" ot tn" west ana
south. Al that ;inic the commission de-
clarcd that the case might BIZ rcopcnSd
If subsequent events NOR" clearly dem
oustrated thu need for further In
crease IN freight rates.
The railroads today declar" that their
operating conditions instead OF lmpr"v-
Ing have become more AGATE In IN"
.."nths which have interviewed. They
de- not deny that their gross revenues
hnv" Increased. hut they declare that
their net revenues have materially di-
rniuIshed. Their official reports on
.aru!ngs and disbursements seem 70
suhStantiatc this contention. This s!t'
rIat!un they auribu'" :" the constantly
advancing costs of material and labor.
and 10 tho growing scarcity OF capltaI
duo In part 70 tho withdraw! ot money
from the Investment marckt a. re
suit ~ the loans flrateh by the gov
eminent. aud IL the approaching ma
,urity OF larS" amounts Of railroad OBJ
LEGATIONS WNlLN must pc cIk-iSt AIl-1 "a
rcfluuled.
II Is unfortunately true that the very
materials which the railroads complain
have most increased in cost are largely
controlled by the Same financial Inter
cs;s which dominate the railroads or
The. country. l:u; the equity OF these
proposed rate iucr"nscs IS not matter
TO he determined by popular rcfor-
fol In pQf tIa
by thr Interstate Commerce Commits
sion the railrouds can demonstrate the
necessity for Increases in either COM
modify or class rates the public will
accept the decision Of tho commission as
equitable.
The public Is led TO believe that o.
t!clals In high places at Washington
are favorable TO the contention OF the
roads. However. the public has the
right tn insist that the case he not adj
Indicated before the evidence Is sub
United and that tho railroads bo re-
paired 70 make out their case 10 the
satisfaction of tho commission. For
after all the public must pay the bill
Ia the shape OF further freight charges.
The public IS inclined TO he fair. 1t
realizes that we are engaged in the
nlEht.est war OF all time aud II Is de-
teruincd to sec the war I" victory no
runttcr what the cost. And Il realizes
too that the railroads must be prime
factor III Winning the war because OF
The essential part played BY them In
every activity OF human lire.
4. long rs the railroads measure mp
To tie demands made upon them the
public will not complain. But the pen-
Pile hav. the right TO insist. and they
do insist. that II Increases are granted
they shall nc: be dlssipated In the pay
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05

the contemplated reform in appropri.
ati0nS or that nature.
None OF these reflections is apple
able 10 the Ohio river Improvement
which Is one Hof the most deserving
OF all the works included In IN" rivers
and harhorS bill. Its worthneSS has
long been recognized. yet it has suf-
fered from annoying delays and a
proper application of business meth
DDS TO the construction of various
dams provided for. The river Is one
OF the greatest highways Of com.
mcrce in the country. and If the
were completed today It
would have worked 10 the relief Of The
greater par, Of congestion the rail
roads are now subjected to-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05
TO ENTERTAIN SAMMHS.

PARIS, Nov 1.-THE French govern
m.nt is preparing 10 CO operate with the
American authorities In entertaining
American soldiers on leave. An uuoffi-
cial committee .: French deputies has
hrcn organized 10 make plans for taking
groups OF soldiers during their leave "a
the principal regions and show places OF
France.
The committee will obta a cooperation
by the local authorities IN entertaining
the men in the places vi Nted.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-05
A PLEDGE REPUDIATED

There is onn feature of the election
TO be held in Ohio tomorrow that Is
probably not AS we'll understood al IT,
should be. This is In reference TO
the referendum on the Reynolds Act,
passed by the Democratic Legislature
last year. which conferred the right