The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-25
WASHINGTON
West Virginia News - Notes
and Gossip at the Nations
Capital.

WASHINGTON. n. c.. Dec. ci,--Th"
first village mail delivery WAS establish
| cd in the Ninth congressional district
of Pennsylvania aud yesterday Repre-
sentative William W. Gricst. of that dis
| irict, gave 10 the house Of representa-
| lives some interesting facts and figures
which tell of the rapid growth ana SUI
cess Of the system.
| The law inausurattng II went into cF-
! feet in 1912. There nr" %" uihtgS
which now enjoy the benefits OF IN"
| service. we'll distributed throughout INC
! United STATES. being IN operation II ~
| congressional districts in As states.
West Virginia has sin. as follows.
| Chester. Marlintnn. K"mc"v!lir. -
Mary's. Spencer and Terra Alta.
The reports arc so uniformly favor,
| able as tn the success Of this mcthnd
OF mail delivery that the pnst"fiire do
partment has withdrawn former opp"%i
| ton. and, III addition. urges IT'S cSiah-
| lishment in communities adjacent t"
cities having city delivery. In view
! of the great growth 81 the riiiAE" dcliH-
: cry and tho demand for IFS extension
| both in towns Of less than i0.0nO porn
lation and IN communities adjacent 10
! cities. the house puSlotiiCc COMMUTE"
| Increased tho appropriation from wv,
GOO the amount carried III the last post /
| office bill TO 81 .2JunHu THIS is regard
| cd BY the members as a conservative m
crease and a$ fully warranted.
The postorncc department announces
| the appoint rl"ut OF William Il. M'NGtt
! TO be- postmaster ut Princeton. W. Va.
and Oliver 4. Locke at Milton ". va
| Both offices arc IN iii" pr"Sld"ntf'!
! class The commissions Ia thcS" t%'
| aprnintes will b. ISSUED for Il term "t
! four years as Of date of Dccam6"r ID,
1918.
! Similar cou.psGian. n"l Of Tho
fourth class. have been issued I" la.'
renee r. Nixon. inv"rm"rt. W; Va; AZ
| &c Iluharty, Nvhe: I''tEi M"MI'Hi''
! OTTO. and Albert J. Perry. Echo.
Former Senator Nathan Fay scott
! Of West Virginia. WAS ~ ii haprE l'!n'-
| uisccnt mood Al tho last melting Of me
, Colorado State society, recalling tn" i /
! ventures which hcfcli him in III" carly
! mining days there. Som" of them wcr"
thrilling and rcplctc with hazard IN tn
persons of those whu wer" III" cni"l
: motors in them 1t WAS Il rough country
| with rough ways. with primitive laws
! madr-to-ordcr Will" tho officer waited;
and hc didn't hay" long 10 wnit. senator
Scott told his audience. tn" juS'h,
has ever hrcn executed hy ia" mo-" a.
! lihcratc and diliatury methods al courts
he said The innocent seldom sufferer
by amy miscarriage Of JuSti'c. ANA
never knew Il Single cas-" VIZ. amy
guilty man nrontcd by it's miscarriage;
| said Tho senator. LAW and order C""i'i
nnIr be established maintained. and
made supreme by such stern ara a.
| rect application and enforcement al JUS
| ,irc Tho old axiom of tho earlier .u;iH-
prudence tha, Tho law Is ""mim"il-
sense was never hrtl"r tA"mriiii'd. II
| certainly waS in Colorado III ih":" !nG"i-
oreblc. fcvcrish. exciting years Wm'H
men became milli"nhir"S III II m'En''
time. and other m"n wcr" hrykrlI h",,
rond repair upon the wheel Of fortune
Tho foundation OF Senator scot. :
! fortune was laid from "a" 'nIh's
! Colorado. lie was on" ct IN" success, 81
ones At ono time IN ihr ~ ~ W.
current report among his Trends III
/ \Erst Virginia and Washington ihni h''
| daily income from his MINING lnl' res
! was $1,000. Senator scott sim - 'h'rr'
southrrn part of M"Nic". 1t vas "
nrHru;sim gelatin when tho Mexican tr"",
| hlcs broke out. but has mo- ben W"rK"h
! much since bccaus" Of unsettled gov
eminent conditions in Una, nhlluh'
! senator Shafrnth. Of t"l"rhd"' pre-
I .idrd and delivered Il very happy ad-
! dress in presenting Senator scott 10 'h'
] Coloradoians.
| John Guy Prirrhard. "f Fairmon'. nc
! ,ivcrIro secretary nf tn" N"S; Nir'
| t-inia Manufacturers association. wns ~
| New York city ati"hdinS an ''nP'F'Ah'
conference and stopped or h%rr - -, -.
! = linz on some congressional l"EiSiHiiE'
| yoattcrs In which tn" members 81 ~
SPECIALIZATION ar" directly int"rr%i%,'',
He had a long talk With Senator Sn'h-
/ erlond At tho capitol and talks 81 LESSER
length with Senator '"nr"$" ana S''N,
! erni other members OF tn" HPt"'
branch. ,,
alert to affairs Of government ,hnl
| they arr right now. SAID secretary
rriichard "lIarAly anyth'n" c"u u,
done or proposed IN NaSh1nGf'" a,r
in tho state capitals that doc" not q,
| rcrtIv affect their Interests MAJ Ihihh';
iv and collectively. and tho M"ifAr" al
,heir employees and Tho w'lfar" If. 'h",'
dcpcnLrni upon the earnings ct IN" Ia''
Tor II is nS Il vast industrial army
| "The war was N"rl'Hhl" F"E"ii'l" i
| in unsrttlinC tho business conditions "'
| INC country. turning thorn i"pSy-|nri
| T'hev are sill unsettled hut If II is lott
| Ia tho neutral laws Of business 10 work
| unmolnxtcd in time TN" rcndJuSimrn'
viii como about Caution and c"nSrrrh
tism 50 MS to absorb the Sh"rk nnh IT.
minish tho jnlt s""n IN be- IN" d"nli
nant though Of tn" greatest h"sinc<*
heads, II would appear tn b" IN" very
| wi.est Of policies for the snaK' huSi-
ness men. the little fellow ~ Sldr. to
| no exceedingly careful IN io~iEf
Them AZ they lead and POI way
II is hardly the time for EaIi-
callsm, wild theories an1 eX'