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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-25
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From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Seizure of the marine cables by the
government evoked proper protest in
Congress, the thing hooks up badly
with rhe departure OF the dignitarieS
for the peace table, the probability
that CreeI will control the news for
American consumption, and the right
eous opposition OF the President to
secret diplomacy"
Three thousand miles IS not shout
ing distance we will depend upon
the administration, controlled cables
for our ideas of what goes on IN Yer
sailleS. And the cables seem to have
been made safe for the Democrats
Creel has shown himself an apt dis
penser OF information proper to the
party. Here is chance for HIM to
step high. wide, and handsome
Secret diplomacy IS only bauetul,
it would appear. IN like manner 70 the
goring OF oxes: it depends upon whose
OK Is gored and whose diplomacy is
secret. Senator Lewis, who spent
some nervous days recently in arous-
ing the populace to realization OF
what the kaiser would think II the
election went Republican. also ad-
vised the people that Wilson must be
sustained in his great possession Of
inside dope. In the meantime Gez-
many has gone poDu!istic. the kaiser
has quit .deploring the prospect Of
Democratic victory. ard the President
is safesuarded more than ever in his
priced monopoly OF Information.
Postmaster General Burleson opines
he has achieved a neat stroke OF buSi-
ness in taking over the cables. de
foresees a great increase OF traffic un-
der his management The fact that
the cables have been burdeaed twenty
four hours day since the war began
and have been compelled to refuse
tremendous tolls through sheer inca
pacity means nothing in his lie. On
his assumption a crowded street car
can always carry more II the govern
ment operates it. 1t all sounds so
vague.
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AN AMERICAN "oFFIcIAL PRESS 3

AN AMERICAN OFFICIAL HhESS-
Firm the New York Tines.
Sixteen employees Of the Com
mittee on public information sailed
from New York Tuesday. constitut.
ing the United States Official
Press Mission to the Peace Confer.
ence"-The World
We have heard OF an official press
:: Austria and Germany. Is there ar
cicial press in the United States? If
there Is, by what authority. founded
upon what constitutional power OF the
Government, does 1t rest? It's ultra
marine purpose is described as "to
interpret the work OF the Peace Con-
ierence by keeping up widld-wide pro
paganda to disseminate American az
compliments and American ideals"
Is an Official press, a Government
1ress, a-nory those IDEALS and accom-.
pIiShments? Will the official inter
probation of the work at the Peace
Conference take precedence. as Gov
eminent and official business. on the
cables which Mr.. Bur!eston in the myS-
terry and abyss OF his wisdom has
seized. over the unofficial inter7reta-
ttons OF mere lay correspondents who
ave no sacred Credentials Of preern
'nence from Washington? An official
United States press! From the Ew
iskeit rolls the hurley laughter OF Bis
march. communing with Dr. Busch
over the trfUmphs Of his Foreign Press
Bureau AID his long and various gull
i1Zs and bedevilmeuts fdomestic
nd foreign opinion by means Of his
reptile press"
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The country fun Of projects for air mail service
that the Is aud motors for air craft will
comparatively easy obtain An OF this inter
estiug butit is most earnestly be hoped that the
postal authorities will not become completely absorb
these and Innovations that they forget that
the old and tried forms Of taking the mail
much in need of Improvement 1t may be DOUBTED
that there was time when the mail service of
this county was as bad as 1t Is. right now.
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VIOLA ITEMS.

Mrs. NJ. Meredith Of Meadowdale
was whiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
E. A Pitcher on Sunday.
Mrs E. d Harris, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Harris and two children are
all; sick at tfsis writing
J. B. Davis and son, Arnold, OF Nor
wood, was calling on the formers
brother. F. a. Davis, at this place on
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Lillian Hyibett was visiting
her sister, Mrs. G. E. Hawkins, OF near
Winfield, q few days, recently.
Mrs. C.. Es Father oiFairmont spent
Thursday aud Friday with her daught-
eE. Mrs. Samuel Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davis are both
sick with the Au at this writing.
: On account Of the du situation the
literary society at Viola has not yet
been reorEaniedz for the winter.
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A MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

The TINES this morning eeIitOrially advocates max
j ing the bridge which is to be erected across the
MonongaheIa at this point memorial to the men
and Somen who served the great This IS idea
tt-ousht to meet with general approval and The West
V4nian most heartily concurs the recommendation of
is contemporary.
as aeonventiOnal memorial and if the right kind of
T..taken of the designing Will be many times
impressive. The bridge design it stands would produce
most beautiful structure and. he Times suggests, it
could easily be changed to make it conform to the
purpose
he suggestion at least ought be taken up and
gwen sympathetic study And IN considering the matter
hshould be BONE mind that the memorial part Of the
bridge should be made every way worthy of the city
and county There will not be much trouble raise SHAT
ever money is necessary for such a purpose.
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RUFF STUFF

Lamp in a Washington dispatch
that one Of the men considered as a
possible delegate to the peace confer
enee Il William Jennings Bryan.
whoinellize2
Turkish government is reported to
have demanded that a choice coilec-
don OF Turk generals who fed to
Teutland be returned to take punish
nent for Armenian atrocities md
other things.
Want to start something, appar-
Wen, II it is proper to punish
Tataat Pasha It is the correct caper
to do things to the Won guys who cut
loose In Belgium and northern
-
SO. here's three cheers for Turkey.
we believe that guilt is personal
ourselves.
olds.Hin the Hun Is reported TO
have tSIeGraphed the government 1T
Berlin that the German army IS IN
no position to renew hosti itIess ana
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AN EXPLANATION DEMANDED.
From the Baltimore Sun.

Whatever their motives. the Repub-
Gcans are making real point. and a
point that must be answered. in their
criticism OF the extension Of Govern
ment control to the cables. Mr.. Burle-
sons explanation is no explanation q E
all. So far from satisfying the min
It creates fresh doubt. II there We
imperative reasons for taking over I.
cable lines, those reasons were muc
t-onger four or FIVE months ago the
'aev are today At present it is ID
cult to see any good reason at all 70
lis action Coming just at this time
t gives rise to damaging suspicious.
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According to Copenhagen reports new republ
which stretches along the seacoast Of Germany fros
Holland t. Denmark has been formed II this sort o.
thing does not stop Germany the map Of the country
will look nearly like ray quilt as did before
Bismarck began to weld the little kingdoms. principal
Iues and duchfes into an eznpI e.
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less will take steps to restrict the of submarines
future actual naval operations. The whole sub
get savage,. in warfare no doubt will occupy lot
the time of the delegates but il they practical
minded they ought they will realize that the
only way which 70 prevent such things the future
is to- make impossible for mad nations to prepare
themselves to make the world The best way
to prevent maniac from shooting you is take away
his Sun.
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The Navy department has issued report on the
sinking Of the steamer Lucia. the boat which equip
ped with bouyeucy and believed be unsuitable
It appears that after torpedo had hit the Lucia
sQuareiy that four in the engine Killed
she kept afoat 81 hours That record ought to be
enectual bar against all Jokes about the sinking of
unsuitable ship but at the same ships equipped
with tight bulkheads that be closed from the
bridge have made records just as good.
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True Values

d the Republicans arc exploiting
use suspicious with great effect.
The Administration owes 1t to the
.untry TO give an explanation that
Ill explain, and that will remove the
.ubIs that have been created. The
continued and unnecessary exercise OF
anything that smacils OF autocrattc
yower is greatly to be deprecated.
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believe m the United States of America govern,
t of the people. By the people, for the people rhos
t Popas are dcrrpcd from the consent Of The goperned
democracy in a republic. sovereign Nation of naanD
sovereign States; perfect Union. and u1separdbte
ss6.5sd upon those pTn5e2es OF tFeedo" equag: Jus
der Ercs and fortunes lhcrefore believe it my duty
MP country love It: to support its Constitution; 10
oBey Ifs aws; 10 respect its flag; and TO defend against
I'll cIrcr1ieS
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Albert Dick, who died after brief Hl2ess yester-
day morning, lived semi-retired life during recent
years but among the older residents the city few
men we're mere, widely known. During the active
period of hts life he connected with both of the
F'armont newspapers and vas printer Of much skill
and ability. His death Will remove familiar figure
from the city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-25

There is an almost universal desire
that we should return in all things, as
soon as possible to a normal status.
But still greater is the objection to ex-
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that even operations against the
French alone would be impossible.
wonder how it stands with,regard
to the Reds Of Teutland?
-. -. =. :.
Beginning to Iook as II any lighting
in the near future would be Of that
They now say that Wilhelm Hohen-
zolIern was the champion food hoard
er Of his country. ~
Maybe he was. but it issa safe. bet
that he did not enjoy his meals very
well in spite OF the fact that they con-
sisted OF the fat Of the land.
mo more loaAng for copEGessmen.
after present week. "-Headlint
You bet, the guys who have been
running things their own. way for SO
long win have an awful time arFang-;
ing to step down and out.
=
And what gang, OF, lame ducks
Woodrow viii have to take fare Of
after March {next.
But maybe heu just eopeladA that
~ bets are o1. and ZEN SStake,
care Of thenasolEes- -
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/. -A-tFeeuperatfYe diet In influenza,
Horliek's Matted MIX, very digesti-
BILE.
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@. n. corbin, Of Catawba, spent
Saturday and sunday in Fcirmont-
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Prestdn County suckwAeat. Home
StyIs tor breakfast cath morning.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-25

And what gang OF. lame ducks
Woodrow viii have to take fare Of
after March &next.
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But maybe he,u just ,eoHEltdG that
al bets are Of. and lust let FEN Stzke
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So ~ Z 1ss a5zsy :
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mo more loaAng for corEressn1en
after present week. "-HeadlinG.
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CENERM- MARcES. announcement that the total
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1st,s hoBo. s. $. !.
The sun., 1918-11-29
NAVY PREPARES TO
RELEASE RESERVES
Some Officers May Get Per-
n1onent Commissions.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S.-Steps look =
ing TO the demobiliza ton of officers OF
the Naval Reserve Force were taken
to-day by the Bureau OF Navigation.
which sent to all comma ndants and
force commanders instructions gov
erning action on application from Of
ticers for return to inactive service.
All officers who can be spared from
their present duties will be returned
to civil life as quickly as the eXigen-
cies OF the service permit, but atten-
ton was called to the fact that legls-
lation is being considered which will
allow officers who hold temporary APP
poIntments in the regular navy or
commissioned or warrant rank in the
Naval Reserve Force on active duty to
become permanent officers, line or
staff, in the regular navy.
The bureau also said II was very do
sirable that officers serving on ships
for purposes of trimming or graduate
of officers material schools on shore
awaiting training afloat should finish
their coUr7es. Except for urgent rea-
sons their Inleasc from active duty viii
not be favorahly considered until their
training period 10 completed.
The sun., 1918-11-29
LUDENDORFFSPURNEDI
PEACE LAST SPRING
"Let Us Conquer" Was His
Reply to Mild Terms.

CorEHHAGEN, Nov, 2S.-The, Hague
correspondent OF the Vienna Ncue
FFeis Pressc says that unofficial rep
resentat!vcs Of France and Great
Britain last spring declared that their
Governments were prepared to initiate
peace negotiations. The correspondent
gives the following terms as those
which were acceptable to the Allies in
return for cessation OF hostilities
Evacuation of Belgium, Germany to
pay two-thirds Of the damage done in
tho kingdom; the question OF Alsacc-
Lorraine TO be referred to a referen-
dunn southern Tyrol TO be Ceded to
Italy; Trlest to be made an interna-
tional port; Serbia, Montenegro and
Rumania to be evacuated and Ger
many's colonies to be returned.
Baron Burian, then Austro- Hun
garian Foreign Minister, says the cor
respondent. was prepared to issue an
invitation for peace negotiations, but
Gen. l.udendorff, tho German Chief
Quartermaster General, interviewed,
saying: Let us conquer" A day
later, the correspondent adds, Luden-
dorf started an offensive.
The sun., 1918-11-29

dents viewpoint. should this be
opposed TO the British and French
view.
kother complications looming up for
the President include increasing de-
mands that labor and even religious
denominations be specifically recog-
nized among the peace delegates. Word
has come that Italy In TO appoint MEM
bers Of the Italian Chamber as dele
gates. and members OF Parliament In
Great Britain are known to be in
cluded in the British delegation. 1t Is
now said that Mr.. Barnes. represent
ing British labor. will be one OF the
British commissioners. The question
is now asked here why Samuel Com
pers Is not named a delegate so that
American labor may be represented.
The name OF ElIhu Root is mem
toned in London as one OF the Ameri-
can delegates. but the understanding
here is that Henry White continues to
be the leading Republican candidate.
Nothing specific. however, is forth
coming. even the number OF American
delegates to be chosen not being
known. 1t was said to-day that the
President himself would not sit as n
delegate. and that the actual peace
conference which is to follow the pre-
liminary sessions will not begin until
January and then will last several
months.
Secretary Daniels. IL is now under
stood. will be among the American Of
ficials who will visit Europe later on.
but his visit will have no direct con-
nection with the peace deliberations.
The sun., 1918-11-29
MAURITANIA BRINGS
1899 OF AIR SERVICE
Big Cunardcr Due to Reach
New York From Liverpool
Early Next Week.
SOME WOUNDED ABOARD
Total of 10,995 Officers and
Men Now at Sea on Four
Vessels.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.--Gen. March,
chief of stan. announced to-day that
the Cunard liner Mauritania, which
sailed from Liverpool for New Yo-k
last Monday at Z p NJ, has aboard 1876
officers and 1884 men OF the American
army, including lie sick and wounded.
The Mauretania is due in New York
early next week.
Counting those on the Mauretania.
1926 officers and men. most OF them
attached to air service units which
have been training in England. are
now en- route home. Three steam
ships-the Lapland. .Minnekahda and
Orca-carrylng 3s7 officers and 6.614
men. left Liverpool last week, and are
due in New York early in the coming
week.
This represents about half the total
of the American troops In England
when the armistice was signed. The
remainder will embark within the next
ten days, and all the men from Eng
land should he home before the middle
OF December.
The units on the Mauretania as an
nounced by Gen. March include the
Fifth Construction Company TALL SER
vice), three officers and 222 men: a
radio detachment of one officer and
forty-five men, and the following aero
The sun., 1918-11-29
ONLY 3 DELEGATES
TO PEACE COUNCIL
Lansing, White and House
lntimoted as Choice.
b. the associated Pres.

WASHINGTON. Nov 2S.-The impress
zion is growing among those who have
talked with President Wilson about
the peace conference that the Ameri-
can delegation will be limited to three
members. and speculation over the per-
sonnet has about narrowed down to
these names:
Robert Lansing. Secretary of State.
Henry White, Ambassador to France
and 20 italy under the Mckinley Ad-
ministration.
Col. Z. NJ. House.
1t was said tonight White House
callers had been given TO understand
that these men would be the Ameri-
can ENJOYS.
In addition to the accredited dele
gates there will be a large party, in
Guiding, besides the military. naval,
diplomatic and economic experts, other
specialists in the multitudinous ques-
tons to be dealt with. Among them
will be men of high rank. prepared to
participate in discussions that will
take place outside OF the formal con-
ference and in position below only the
accredited delegates, who. 1t is as
sumed, VIII take ambassadorial rank.
The sun., 1918-11-29

White, representing the War Trade
Board, and Alexander J. Hamphil1 OF
New York. treasurer of the Commits
sion for Relief in Belgium
Mr.. Richard and Mr.. Gray were APP
pointed joint managers of the Com
mission for Relief in Belgium. Mr..
Richard will act as chairman Of the
executive committee during Mr..
Hoover's absence.
The advisory committee named by
President Wilson to cooperate in this
country with the commission win con-
tinue to coordinate and assist in every
way in furthering its interests. The
members are:
Alexander J. Hemphill. chairman;
Julius H. Barnes. S. Reading Bertron.
e. q. Broenniman. c. A. Coffin, II.
Fulton Cutting, ElLert H. Gary. L.
Honnold, j. L. Lucey, Col. Henry L.
stimson. Oscar s. Straus. Frank Trum-
bull. Frank A. Vanderlip and John
Beaver White.
The sun., 1918-11-29
THREE MONTHS WORK
MAY PRECEDE TREATY
Committees Will Study Phases
of. Each Problem.

PARIS, Nov. eS-At a meeting pre-
liminary to the sitting of the delegates
TO the peace conference. it is an
nounced, committees will be appointed
to study different phases OF the prob
lens which will be involved and pre-
sent reports TO the conferees, whose
deliberations will be by this means Of
q more definite character. The con-
ference. it is believed. will last for
three months, and II is not expected
that treaty will be signed before
April.
David Lloyd George. British Pre-
mier. will arrive in Paris at the same
time as President Wilson.
LONDON, Nov. 2S.-DiscussIng the
arrangements for the peace conference,
the Daily Express says the suggestion
that the conference would be at work
fully three months before the terms
were ready for signature was strongly
discountenanced yesterday in British
Ministerial circles. Europe, II was
urged, could-n not stand three months of
suspense during which measures for
rehabilitation and reconstruction
necessarily would be held up.
The conference, says the newspaper,
will hurry forward to a settlement of
the main outlines Of the peace treaty,
which will be signed as soon as pos
sible. and arrangements will be made
for some sort Of an international police
to enforce it. International commits
sions, it adds, will then continue to
work out the details dealing with ques-
tons of worldwide importance which
go beyond the terms as between the
Central and the associated Powers.
The sun., 1918-11-29
NJ ADOO WILL VISIT
WILSON SATURDAY
Secretary's Successor Likely to
BE Named After Final Of
fetal Conference.
Special Despatch 10 THE suS.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo will return to
Washington Saturday for a long and
final conference with the President be-
fore the Chief Executive leaves for
Europe. 1t will be the last meeting OF
the two in their official Relationship,
as McAdoo expects to step out as Sec
rotary OF the Treasury within a few
days and as Director General OF Rail
roads not later than December 81.
Important problems affecting the
finances OF the railroads and the men
that will direct them will be discussed.
IT is expected that the new Secretary
Of the Treasury will be named after
the meeting
1t is clear that the men named to
head he Treasury Department and
out all policies initiated by the retiring
Secretary and Director-General. Pres
ident Wilson wishes no change, and
men are being sought who are in thor
ough sympathy not only with McAdoo,
but with his policies and appoint
ments.
The tax programme will probably
be one of the principal questions con-
sidered at Saturdays conference.
Threatened disagreement over the tax
bill that would hold It up indefinitely
may alter seriously the Treasury pro-
gramme.
II the Democrats insist on the split
bill of $4,000 900 900 this year and
$4,000. 900 900 next and the Republicans
carry out their threat to prevent the
fixing Of next years bill by the DEM
ocrats II is possible that no bill will
he passed and that the Treasury will
have to depend upon the existing tax
schedule, which will raise little more
than $4,000, 900, 600
AS result OF this situation 1t is ex-
pected the President and Secretary Nc
Adoo will unite on another forceful
appeal to Congress for speedy action
on the tax I'LL.