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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-04
BIG TRANSPORT
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JUST AFz.R 10
Many Officials econ Ban.
led the PresIdent Form
Washington
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.PIER CLOSELY GIARlEl
Mr.. Wilson Went Iieee
From Tram
Ship.
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BY Associated Pres


NEW YORK. Dec. God roy
Wilson, President Of the It'd
States. sailed today for Eure ~
participate as one OF i've Fepr e. -
tives Of the United states to he eace
conference 70 be held N date me
transport George. Nashi1 ton q eI-
der way at 1915 q M
NEW YORK, Dec ie rsl
time in thenations history esi-
dent stepped on board u s IL y
which was to take him lEore
when today WOODROW Wilson = 'lel
up the gang plank OF italsrqrt
George Washington,
Hoboken pier awaifiug the exeel We g
arrival from Washington
a picturesque mlttia feeep ion
was accorded the PRES eresary
OF War Baker, Seeretag Ian sing,
Secretary TumultE and q eE 20
were passengers on the s1ee 2.
Admiral Albert Gleages e2 8 t1s
cruiser and transport son q sns
Atlantic feet met the SIT and
shook hGndswi him r. en- france
Of the gang way. The den s-'
goodbye eaersf 1rl e,-
companied by Admiral erTes went
aboard the transp or er' he was
Introduced to Captain eGe1| er. rho
commander of the foE1ner Aorll GER
man Lloyd steamship. -l pa
ker planned to leave -o
Washington before = 1llter
Secretary Gumult lned GA
board for a final con VII II TIE
President and It had 5ee1 aIra! 1eet
for a. tug boat to nm OF a-
Quarantine and bring back L. .4e
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-04
President WILSON SAILS FOR THE PEACE gONFERENI
Wilson Goes to
Fight Militarism

NEW YORK. Dec. Prior to Pres
ident wilson's departure today for Eu-
rope 20 attend the Peace conference,
it became known that he goes deter
mined against militarism in any form.
The crushing OF Prussian milftarism
was par. Of his plan for the future
peace of the whole world, the Presf-
George Washington before It sailed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-04

The first snow OF the year began
falling before daylight this morning,
AS soon as folks got their eyes open
so that they could really believe It
the usual ordinations Of surprise and
delight were uttered The children Of
course. uttered screams Of joy and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-04
SNOW or WINTER
WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE

some OF them got as far as the cellar
dor on a search for sleds, before
brought back again to earth and
clothes. an the way to school, they
jumped and danced and attempted to
catch the good sized fakes which set
Continued on page eighty
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-04
War Industries
Board Quits Jan

WASHINGTON. Dec. .4.-Presfdent
Wilson has accepted the designation OF
Bernard NJ. Barucla. as chairman OF
the War Industries board effective
January 1st and has aGeed that the
war Industries board cease 10 exist as
a government agency oa that date.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-04

EARTHQUAKE THIS MORNING.
WASHINGTON, Dec IA heavy
earthquake was IN progress at $3.50
O'Clock this morning the Georgetown
University archaeological Observatory
announced.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-04
Leipsic Council is
After Hindenburg
By Associated Press. )

COPENHAGEN, Dec. the SdI-l
diers' and Workers council at Leipdc
has decided that German general
headquarters shan be dissolved and
Field Marshal Won Hndenburg arrest
ed, according to the LoIuI Anzeiger.
OF Berlin.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-04

WHTEWAsE FOR AIR OFFICERS
WASHINGTON. Dec. @Lfeut.
Col J. G. Vincent and George ".
MixteT. army Officers named by
Charles E. E4ughes IN hic report on
the aircraft Investigation as having
been guilty OF transacting business
with private concerns in which
they were financially interested,
have been pardoned by President
Wilson.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-04

The above figures for November
include ssh cars OF coke and .7O9
cars loaded by team track opera
tons. There was total OF 22:622
cars OF coal loaded by tipple mines
during November. an average of 943
cars per day. exclusive OF Thanks
giving Day. OF T2.5 per cent of the
rating OF the region based on the
new rating figures. During Nov
ember a total of 9454 cars. OF rail-
road fuel were loaded. 1853 OF
which were B. & o. fuel.
Reports show a total of 1860
cars Of lake, coal loaded in. this
section for the season.
Placement.
Placement OF coal cars made by
the Baltimore and omio Railroad
Company today is par excellence.
Nothing like it has been observed.
here of the kind for probably a
solid year. There were 1867 cars
placed at the mines at Z o'clock.
this morning. This is more than
SOC cars in excess OF the so-called
full rum.
There are cars to burn in the
Fairmont region today with total
of 2.511 chalked up. The cars are
lined up as follows today open,
(Coatinued IN Page Eignt)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-04

F1IE esla.F;; TlgsS.1 III.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06

Of cars there will always be an inclination
on the part Of the miners to knock off
work. In urging government control this
paper says:
"Therc is just one way by which the mines
can be kept running, and that is for the gov
ernmcnt 20 operate them. If the govern
rent can operate the railways of the coun-
try, it is certain it can operate the mines
Government operation of the mines will be
an accomplished fact within very short
period of time"
Again, government control is seen by
"Thc Seattle Republican" as the only
means of averting future calamities in the
fuel situation. This paper writes:
Under government control it is expected
that better system Of distribution will
prevail and that if more coal can be mined
it can be transported to it's destination with
less delay. 1t is proposed to supply every
section from the mines that nearest.
Formerly the shipper had the right to route
his traffic as he saw fit This occasioned
unnecessary long hauls which will be cut
out by the Director Of Railroads, making
for increased efficiency in the prompt han
ding and distribution Of fuel by the most
direct methods possible.
with increased facilities for dist ribution
an increase in the coal output is looked for,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06

port. The whole marvellous empire of the
motor has produced no greater miracle
than the achievement of the gasolene- pro-
PEELED vehicle, which has made possible the
feeding and purveying of the enormous
hghtlng hosts Indeed, supply and trans
port are so closely related that one cannot
exist without the other They are the real
afiinities of the service"
And further:
Under the terrific pressure of army needs
the unitarian side of the motor, from cycle
to fivc-ton truck, has been rcorganized and
given rebirth of efficiency. Three years Of
way have advanced the industry more than
ten years of peaceful investigation. The re-
suits are of almost incalculable benefit to the
entire business. They furnish one of the
many stimulating examples of regeneration
wrought out of monster destruction"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06

cold recorded in the city's history is made
tcnfold more trying by a coal famine which
everybody predicted, but which nobody had
sufficient grasp of the situation to avert.
1.-The causes of coal shortage in
such weather means terrible sufering-are
several. Consider only one of them:
notwithstanding the urgent reconmcn
datons OF the fuel adm nistration and de-
spite the patriotic action OF The officers of
tho miners organization in calling on tho
United Mine Workers OF America to take
only two holidays, Christmas and New
Years. in view of the country's pressing
need for an extra coal. output of ut least
5O000,00O tons, we learn that the miners
generally ignored the request and that not
only was work done in the mines on
Christmas Day, but for several days follow
ing only a fraction Of the usual amount of
coal was available for shipment. The same
conditions are expected to prevail on New
Years Day and for two or three days there
after.
"Thc miners know the demand FOR the
product Of their labor is enormous. They
are assured of as many hours employment
as they want at high wages. They mean to
take as many holidays as they choose
Government control of the mines is the
only solution of the problem, according
to "The Nashville Tennesseean," which
finds that as long as there is a shortage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06

Remington Arms Company, engaged in
the manufacture of rifles for the United
States armies, had been running only
part time for more than u month An
official of that company declared that the
shortage Of fuel had resulted in the dis
continuing Of the night shift, which on his
own admission makes at least one-thrd
of the daily rife output. The Union Metal
lie Cartridge Company is in similar
boat, because it gets its power from the
Remington company's plant. Other great
industries, such as the Locomobile Com
pany Of America, appear to DO in an
equally serious plight
In New England the situation is no
less acute. 1t is, perhaps, more so, be-
cause Of its distance from the source Of
supply. To alleviate the critical stage
there the Navy Department and the Ship
ping Board united their efforts for assist
ance, with the result that nine ships have
been transferred to coal service direct
to Boston and several thousands of tons
Of steam coal at the Charleston NAVY
Yard have been released by Secretary
Daniels for the immediate relief of tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06

New England metropolis. In hurried
trip to Washington James J. Storrow.
Fuel Administrator for New England, was
Immediately ushered into an interview with
Secretary Of War Baker. In that inter
view Mr.. Story told the Secretary of War
some astonishing facts.
"Unless immediate and effective action
IS taken by the government within few
days to increase the movement Of coal to
New England" he said, "many hundreds
of millions in war equipment which the
government is expecting the New England
factories to produce will not be pro-
duced."
The seizure Of the railroads by the gov
eminent and the subsequent installation
of Mr.. McAdoo as Director General have
served to smash the priority tanglc. One
OF the first acts Of Director General Nc
Adoo was to order immediate relief of
the coal shortage in New York City, New
England and other sections. He asked
Mayor Hylan for all the available CITY
employees to unload coal at the New Jer.
sey tidewater terminals. He suspended
for the present, all government priority
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06

~ to prepare to defend the rights of the
nation which for months had been endan-
gercd and denied by the high handed and in
human acts Of the German government
Adherence to strict neutrality
through long months of delicate situations
delayed the beginning of activity for military
PREPARATION What this delay meant to the
government has been clearly brought out bv
the cross examination of General Crozier
Chief OF Ordnance, before the Congressiona
committee We wish that every thinking cit
izen could read in full the verbatim report of
this investigation, which lies before US as
we write. 1t affords a most illuminating in
sight into the mental attitude of the man who
has been chiefly responsible for the equip
ment of the forces Of the United States with
arms and munitions. 1t is perhaps too strong
a comparison to make, but General Crozier's
statements before the Congressional investi-
eating committee remind us not a little of
that bureau chief who, at the time of the
Spanish-American War, complained that his
bureau was in perfect running order until
the war came along and upset it ALL"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06

motor trucks made possible a successful de-
fence, 1000 of them moving in an endless
thlrty-mlle procession, coming and going,
The subsequent steady pressure on the West
ern front was made feasible only through the
service of motor vehicles, and finally the
crushing of the Hindenbure line before Cam
bral brought home to US the giant power of
the tanks. These grotesque war Instruments
arc development of the armored car. using
caterpillar tread, which is an American in
vention."
The writer also goes into the question
of gasolene, declaring:
"Gasolene, too, is military asset, on a
par with the motor vehicle itself American
science has been concentrated on the produc-
. . OF more and more high grade gasolene
from each gallon of crude oil.
In the last year we have furnished the AL
lies with 100000 900 gallons. In the United
States we have $50 refneries, with total
capacity at present greater than the demand.
ripe line and other transportation facilities
are ample. In France we are erecting vast
tanks for the use of our own army.
"The daily production Of gasolene in the
United States has been estimated at 6,849 900
gallons, while the daily war needs at present
are less than 100000 gallons. The National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce estimates
that the needless use Of automobiles con-
sumes only 10 per cent of the total. 1t figures
that the utility of passenger cars requires
20 per cent Commercial cars consume 10
per cent. The Chamber says that the total
American war needs for year are $50, 900 900
gallons, and that we might, through various
economies and without cutting off the pas
senger automobile, save in year SCI. 900 900
gallons"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06

w 1OMEN are to be employed as
wv rush hour" street conductors in
st. Louis by the United Railways
Company, according to an editorial by
President McCulloch in the companys bull
letin.
DR.. Margaret Carraway has been elect
ed president of the Board of Health Of
harrison County, Miss, one of the h-,e
women in the South to receive such dis
tinction.
Many girls at Wellesley College are tax
ing a war course in wireless telegraphy.
The California State Industrial Wei
1are Commission has ordered that no ex-
perienced woman or minor employed IN
that state in laundry or city cleaning
establishment shall be paid less than $10s
week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
Until the War Came Along and
Upset 1t All"
The OutIO0

~ ATURALLY, the whole country is
' eagerly watching the elaborate in
vestigations into Americas conduct Of the
war. In an article on Testing the War
Machinery of Nation" appearing in
THE Outlook for December 26, appears
this paragraph:
"Thc investigation into the activities OF
the War Department has already resulted in
the publication Of information of great valne
1t has shown with unmistakahle clarity the
complete failure Of the War Department to
make adequate provision for the great con-
hict upon which we have entered. The cx-
PLANTATION of this lack Of preparation is frank
~ set out IN the annual report OF the Secre-
tary Of War. Secretary Baker said: THE
United States entered the great conflict
as belligerent power, and began Immediate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
S Down to Wheatlessness and Meatlessness

ton Of demand will in time regulate prices
Secondly, that if, in some cases, it still
involves sacrifice the sacrifice is needed
and is after all very small compared to
the need. zone meatless day week.
says "The Arkansas Gazette" "may not
reduce the price Of meat, but it will IN.
crease the surplus with which to feed or.
allies"
In 1.-THE Kansas City Times" one comes
upon this statement:
1--WE think we are doing we'll for our caus.
when we observe wheatless day every
week-and even then we sometimes eat
graham bread with the idea that it is made Of
graham -four and not of wheat four But in
England, where they are fighting FOR orr
cause, people eating some form of wa,
bread almost exclusively. In certain cases
of disease the government grants permits
for white -four.
"England has several million men under
arms and has suffered enormous losses in
the field for the same cause We are fighting
for. Are we, as individuals, playing fair
when we insist on our white bread every dsv
in the week except Wednesday, when even
invalids in England must often be denied it.s
In spite Of results which may not be
altogether suspicious the administration
reports itself encouraged. But vastly
more, of course, remains to be done. A
great "eight-week drive" began on New
Years Day for increased consumption Of
cornmeal, to be urged by many lecturers,
magazine and newspaper articles and fur.
thered by a concentrated attack on the re.
tailers. This campaign is to be followed
by similar one for the saving of all
fats, and that in turn by another drive
for the saving of all dairy products.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
Training the Army Eagles

Everybody's
r TENRY WOODHOUsE has an ar
ticle on aviation in "Everybody's"

ENRY WOODHOUSE has an ar
ticle on aviation in "Everybody's"
for January which is given first
place in the issue. The writer begins his
thesis with this dictum of Lord Kitch-
ener's: "a we'll trained aviator is worth
an army corps" After some interesting
predatory comment, Mr.. Woodhouse says:
"No one can say now how many aviators and
machines will be needed. The only safe plan
is to train all the aviators that can be trained
and build ell the aircraft, aeroplanes. dirigi-
bles and kite balloons that can be built. Aside
from the 20 per cent OF extra fast lighting
machines needed to keep the sky clear Of
enemy aviators. and which must be continu-
ally improved, the so per cent Of aeroplanes
used can be built in large quantities without
fear Of their becoming useless. This is espe-
cially true of large bombing machines used
for night raids The only mistake that can
be made in this case is to make them too
small and not enough of them. And when the
war is brought to an end. this type Of ma
chine can be used for mail carrying and
other unitarian purposes"
This article, among other things. clears
up the matter of an aviator's tasks:
"The popular notion IS that an aviator's
work Is either scouting, lighting on dropping
bombs, and that the same aviator is- usually
simultaneously engaged in these three du
ties.
CAS- g matter u fact. the business Ct war
flying has become exceedingly complex and
specialized, and the ayiator's duties increase
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
\ Problem in Arithmetic:
II Subtraction Means Addition

Another article, in "rhc Outlook y
carries the same message:
"There is just so much food in the coun-
try. There arc just so many people to eat
this food. What these people do not eat can
be exported. What we do not export we can
eat. The sum total Of these two amounts is q
fixed quantity. Either Of the two factors
which make up this total can be increased
only at the expense of the other.
"Thc food administration states frankly
that have exported the whole of the SUR
plus of the wheat from this last years har-
vest after reserving to ourselves an amount
sufficient for our normal consumption of seed
and flour until the next harvest. and that
therefore the amount of wheat flour that the
United Stetes can contribute to mix with
the war bread of our allies during the pres
ent winter will be sSlply the amount by
which our people reduce their consumption
day By day and month by month. Every loaf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
Leading Articles in the Current Magazines

III number and Importance daily. The flying
service is made up of men trained and ma.
chimes designed for all the special purposes
which three years Of war have developed"
Here IS synopsis Of the aviator's aver
age daily life:
Five a. m, rcveille; $3.50, breakfast; 6, re-
port at headquarters for flying; $3.50 to 80,
hylng; TO- return to barracks. From II a. NJ.
to 2:So p. M, lunch and nap; 1880 to 8,
dr'll; 3:15 to p. m, lectures From 4:15 to
8, flying; S:15, return to barracks; $3.50. dim
ncr; 10 p. m, lights out''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06

orders, so as to move essential commodi-
ties. He ordered the railroad executives
of Eastern lines to cut of all competitive
trains. He ordered the Pennsylvania line
to permit other roads to use it's tracks,
tubes and station in New York City in
order to expedite the delivery of coal.
The manner in which the coal miners
responded in the face of the famine draws
the ire Of 'The New York World" which
writes:
For New York the passing of this cventful
year with grim farewell Of the bittcre st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
'ykTN THE whole country up to Deem
Der l." declares Mr.. William

Der L." declares Mr.. William
Almon Wolff, in "Collier's Week
"" discussing the need of saving wheat,
meat, sugar and fats, 'the conservation
campaign in hotels and restaurants re-
suited in The saving of shipload of wheat
and shipload of meat. In New York
City, in the week beginning November 12,
neatless and wheatless days saved 1852
IONS of meat and CO.'S tons of wheat One
Tuesday, saved $4,000 pounds of meat -
At first sight these figures look i'm
pressive, but in comparison with the totals
Of consumption, and in view of the enor-
nous deficit of exportable supplies avail
able to meet the needs of France, Italy
and England for wheat, meat. sugar and
fats, they are pointed out as being the
merest drop in the bucket. In fact, re-
ports indicate that the observance of meat
,ess and wheatless days has been of little
effect so far. The better class hotels and
restaurants, investigation establishes,
nave observed the rules fairly we'll. In the
opinion of one of New York's leading res
-aurateurs, about 70 per cent of the
iarger, rather high-priced establishments
are serving no prohibited meat on Tuesday
md using little or no wheat on Wednesday,
and very generally serving no pork on Sat-
urday. But there remain very large
number of smaller restaurants that, ac-
.ording to reports, ignore the rule, includ-
ing practically every saloon where the for
ner "free lunch" is now charged for The
total consumption of food in these unpre-
tentious places is said greatly to exceed
hat of the high-priced establishments.
Throughout the lower levels, in New York
at least, there is no evidence of any food
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
venng, Losing Ones~Sense of Eumor, but Pulling Ihrou}

A COAL famine, rendered the more
~ serious by wave of below zero
weather breaking all records for
years, has brought untold suffering to
thousands Of persons all over the section
81 the country affected, and particularly
in the larger cities, where the poor have
been in many cases utterly unable to get
relief
New York City, with its crowded tene-
ment districts. its East Side and its con-
gested railroad terminals, has not been
The only sufferer All Of New England,
Boston, Providence, Springfield, Portland
and scores Of other cities, has tasted the
lregs. Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo, St.
Louis and other great centres Of the Mid
Philadelphia, not remote from the very
aeart of the great coal fields, has been
largely paralyzed, while the fuel shortage
IN Bridgeport, Conn, the cradle Of the
American munitions industry, has been
still more acute.
The coal operators blame the railroads
and the railroads blame the coal opera
tors. The people at large shudder and
shiver and lose their sense Of humor
Aside from the purely human element
Chat is, the suffering occasioned the
poor), perhaps the most serious aspect
IF the coal shortage finds its place in
Bridgeport. In Bridgeport there are prob
ably more munition plants in one solid
mass than in any other section Of the
country. These plants are working on
government contracts, most of them time
contracts. The obvious result of fuel
famine there is that the government will
lot get its contracts OH time if the fac.
.ories are unable to get enough coal tc
Keep their machinery going. The astound-
ing information was revealed in The New
York Tribune the other day that the great