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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
rHE McH WATER MARX.

YESTERDAYS issue Of The West Virgnian carried
more advertising than any regular issue Of Faimont
newspaper ever carried before and the rate charged for ii
j, higher than any other newspaper in Marion county
Putting it in figures yesterdays issue Of The West VIZ
gnian carried 90 columns and eight inches total of 1893
inches as against The West Virgnians previous high rec
ord Of $50 inches carried April 49, 1919. This passes
by4l7 inches the high record of 4S1 inches for the reg
uiar issue of The Famont Times of October IS, 1915
Practically all Of this advertising set up in the COM
posing room Of The West Vrgnian by the usual compos,
ing room force on the day on which it was printed and
very large part of the copy was written by the service
department maintained by the newspaper.
Almost full page Of advertising was omitted from the
issue because the copy came in too late to be handled
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

Fifty thousand men are idle in West Virginia today as
result of the strike order And most of them do not
know what the strike is about They went out in re-
spouse to the order 1t has taken long time to build
up that kind of class consciousness in this country but
1t will not take nearly as long to destroy it. The gov
eminent under which we live is democratic republic,
and it is impossible under such system for one man
or one interest to be more important than another
When they think this over deeply enough perhaps the
radicals who are trying to promote class consciousness
will confess that it is time to quit.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
RUFF STUFF

wen the strike is on.
But Il any one is HAPPY over that
TACT there were no signs of 1t down
street this morning.
Folks who arrange strikes should
arrange 20 have Appropriate weather
Il they want the uprising to succeed.
DON'T know exactly what the best
strike weather is, but the kind we are
having today is the worst.
Even the girls who worked weeks
prepafing costumes did not have the
nerve tobEsYe tlast night.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
TRUTHS AND
TRANESTES.
By a Bard
81 bAru.

sTenshunl
Captain o'Beffne, Of the Salvation
Army, dropped into the office this
moning with a roll Of War crys nm
derhis arm. After making change for
our dime and collecting nickle which
he had trusted Pop with last week, he
started Laughing. He cnuckled and
grunted., He gasped for breath. he
shook in uncontrolled ordinations
He leaned weakly against the wall ana
roared. He clasped his sides and sank
Imply into a chair.
II take 1t you are amused about
something" I-said.
%Well-I-eckon," he gasped. Read
this will your He then handed me a
copy Of yesterdays Fairmont Times
and pointed to this production OF a
raying reporter:
The public has at last chance
to see these sylphus from the Pa
eific shore, whose beauty has or
namented screen comedies the
void over. They will come by the
special grace of Sennett, after
much persuasion, to give special
eclat to the showing of the play
on which he has lavished all his
genius in fiye-reel broadside OF
satire at the German military cas-
tie and will be seen and heard in
beautifully staged number and
series OF illuminated poses-of
couse in that radient seashore
raiment that is one cause of their
unique celebrity.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

When the American Federation of Labor talks about
the patriotism the miners displayed during the war it
touches tender spot in this section of the country.
There was no more effective service than that given
the men who worked in the mines of West Virginia.
But it does cheaper the offerings placed upon the altar
Of patriotism to attempt to commercialize them
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

General Pershing told committee of congress yes
terday that regular army of 100000 raised entirely
by voluntary enlistment would be enough for this coun
try Pershings figures are the lowest yet announced
and they indicate that this professional soldier does not
expect the United tsates to become involved war dur
ing his lifetime
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
October Circulation

The actual paid-for circulation Of
The West Virginian for the month OF
October, 1919 is given in the tabulation be-
low
All copies to advertisers, correspond
entS. employes. etc. are eliminated.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
Parade Rest!

Here's a joke we heard in a show
the other day and could't get the
point. Do you see any sense in it?
She-"o, l think you are so good
looking"
He-"No. That's not so. There
have been no complaints"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

Pittsburgh newspapers are putting big heads on the
coal strike news although they scolded the papers of
the rest of the country for putting big heads the
steel strike accounts. From newspaper standpoint
Pittsburgh is one of this countrys hicl towns.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

Hoards of food stuts are being uncovered every day.
and is fair inference that the government is going
to keep right after the vioators of the food fuel and
clothing sale acts Dealers who believe the price ten
dency is still ascending will do well to remember this
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
Present Arms!

Present Arms!
The Girl In The Office says she was
at Blackburn's masked dance last
evening and enneth schwarm told her
she was cast in Hellenic mold and
she slipped him right there in PUBLIC
and told him wha she thought OF him
saying such thing.
Ground Arms!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
kept Her AWAKE
The Terrible Pains in Back and
Sidss Cardui Gave Relic

Marksviu( La.-Mrs. Alice lhsOn,
Of thisplacI writes: "For on year !
suffered with n awful miseg i by back
and sid IS. MI left sitl was ring me
iii the tme. misery w OmsfhinR
awful.
Icould a do anything hot ven sleep
It night kept he 4 axe most Of the
night took dill nt m dicineS, buI
nothing d me any ndaf relieved me
until r caEni
Twas lOls do any p my wofA
for one 6ar and got worse the time.
was confned my bed off . Id on. got
80 bad win b back that 3 lien ! stepped
down | was moi - straighteu up
again /. leelaed | would try cardui
BY tsue ! had Ken the entire bottle
I was feeling pretty good and could
Straighten up and my pairs were nearly
III goae.
Ishall always praise carduI. ! con.
Iiaued taking Il uuiil / was strong and.
well." IfYou suffer from paius due to
female complaints, Cardui may be just
what you need. Thousahds Of women
Who onee suffered in tliisway praise
cardui for titsirf present good health.
Give Ratial' Nsslsa,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
WELL MATCHED

"a fashionable hair dresser and a
good advertising gent ought to make
q good match"
"Why SOL"
Because she wears puhs and he
.pufEs, wares. Baltimore American.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

These figures represent only the circulation which
Audit Bureau Of Circulation rating The actual total
distribution for the month 1874 and the average
daily distribution was $500.
Practically all of TINS circulation went into Fair
mont and Marion County homes. the natural field for
the Farmont merchant
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

An old Indian tradition asserts that
all bull moose OF eastern and northern
Maine journey to the west shore OF
Moosehead Lake at the end Of the
year for the purpose Of casting their
antlers.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

THE HEIGHT OF CANDoR.
Advertisement of the Chance To
Lose Oil Company"-in The West Vir-
ginian-"This proposition is half wild
cat and half house cat"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
REFLECTIONS
BY ALFRED MYERS


Seth Hart, the inventor of the re-
versible propeller, is convinced that
his invention will make possible the
transcontinental flights\in "a hours.
We may soon be able to-spend our
week ends in San Francisco.
Hugh Horn, cashier of the Citizens
National Bank at Bicknell, Indiana, is
sued for divorce after 25 years of
married life. A divorce instead of
silver wedding.
In the great majority of divorce
cases the word cruelty" is harped
upon. Cruelty being a so much more
pleasant term than notoriety.
During the last two months the
price of live stock dropped 10 per
cent; wholesale dressed meat, 16 per
cent. The price to retailers 2 per
cent and the price to the consumer 3
per cent, which is hardly drop in
the bucket.
The next move of the prohibition
lists will be to smoke out tobacco. And
the rollers of cigarettes will be roll
ing up their sleeves.
Mrs. C. C. Smith who had been tbs
guest of her aunt Mrs. j. R, Nell
on GLADDEN. street has returned to,
her home at Warren, Pa.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

And a hard hearted mayor says
they cannot frolic tonight.
From the looks of things at this
hour they may not want to.
But it is dollars to doughnuts they
get the good out of those costumes.
And they are apt to put one over
on the mayor in doing 1t.
New York dispatches say they are
taking out injunctions against saloon
keepers who sell booze,
This is not very exciting as a news
item, but 1t points a moral.
Which is that II you want anything
done well you have to getl Uncle Sam
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
King Albert has Iett ouE frlendIy

Because Of a few things like strikes
and politics we did not have much
time fors,Albert, but he is the real
thing in the king line and he will be
welcome any time he wants to drop
In again.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
Dreary and draggled
Sinks the setting sun.
AS one sprinkle's finished
And a new rain begun,

All Hands On DeekI
DIPPY DITTIES.
The rain came pouring down the gut-
ter.
A worthy man is Trevey Nutter.
"A jolly bunch were the Halloween
friskers.
cts give three cheers for Walter
Barnes whiskers.
The boy stood on the sobbing deck
And warts we're on the squash's neck.
A girl stood on the court house lawn
While fifty million men looked on.
Return to Quarters!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER /. 1919.
THE AMERIcANS GREED.

HE <InLtNST" -
believe in The United States Of Amer
lea as government of the people. BY
the people. for The people. phOse Just
80 popers are derived from the consent of
Sss.tS The governed: democracy IN repub-
H. sovereign Nation of many sovereign
States; perfect Union, one and inseP-
Established upon those principles of freedom equal
IS fastiee, and humanity for Uhich American patriots
deresd then lpcs and fortunes. therefore believe Il Is
ny dtv 10 MP country to love II; to support is COnstu
oh b obey It's Laps; 10 respect lis flag; and TO defend IL
sgaiDst all enemies.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

Ground Arms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03
made, it is indicated, to bring about

made, it is indicated, to bring about
a statewide strike on the strength Of
the federation's declaration, in which
case resistance, will be met on the
part of those who hold to a strict in
depreciation Of organization laws and
regulations.
An interesting circumstance develops
in connection with this Pennsylvania
federation movement. j. H. Maurer
the president Of the state body, when
appointed by the governor Of the state
as a member of a commissioning
being a representative in the legisla.
ture-to study the old-age pension
system abroad, was prevented from
sailing by federal officials. It was UNI
derstood at the time that Maurer was
suspected as using the appointment as
cover for spreading radicalism in
England. Maurer was denounced by
Gompers for his efforts to check the
work of the american Alliance for
Labor and Democracy" designed to
stimulate the workers of the country
to war service.
These facts are now recalled in con.
nection with the action yesterday at
Pittsburgh as an evidence that the
present labor turmoil is in some meas
ure due to the efforts of radicals and
"internationalists" to gain control of
labor organizations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03
Tomorrow ct the Polls.

The state campaigns which closed
Saturday night attracted very little,
if any, outside attention. National
matters overshadowed them in the
country at large. The peace treaty in
the Senate, the coming debate in both
Senate and House on tho railroad
question, and the general unrest cast
local matters into the shade.
Nevertheless, those campaigns were
theoretically conducted. Meetings
were numerous. Attendance was good
The local issues brought out the pick
of the local speakers. The campaign
committees were well supplied with
funds for campaign purposes. A poll
ing of good size is predicted.
Boston is expected to turn the scale
in Massachusetts. While normally
democratic, she varies in party on
thusiasm. Some years the party's can
didates please her, and she gives them
a rousing lift at the polls. Other
years she appears apathetic and then
the democracy suffers. How she il
feeling this year is for tomorrow Il
show. Both parties are claiming The
state.
Baltimore is expected to turn the
scale in Maryland. Both state and
city are normally democratic. A party
row, however, gave the city to the
republicans last spring, and repub
lean hopes now are based on the cal
culation that the wounds inflicted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03
Way to Justice Open.

Suggestion of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers that another in
dustrial conference be called for the
purpose of attempting to bring about
peace between labor and capital
amounts, when it is analysed, merely
to an Endorsement Of a proposal now
before President Wilson, and out of
which definite action is expected to
result within the next day or two.
The cabinet has laid before the Presi-
dent q list Of names from which he
is to select a commission of fifteen,
which will be charged with the duty
of formulating a program of indus
trial adjustments, without regard to
the special interests Of any class or
section.
The demand Of the engineers that
in the new conference there should
be no group pledged in advance to
oppose collective bargaining can be
regarded only as a strategic move by
organized labor. The inferential
charge is involved that the recent con-
ference was packed" so far as the
employer group was concerned, with
men who opposed collective bargain
ing as principle. Any line of rea-
soning which would sustain this charge
would equally sustain charge that
the labor group was packed" with
men committed to the cause of labor
unionism as paramount to sthe general
welfare. If any good 10 to be &C.
complished for the future it is neces-
sary that both sides should forget, or
at least ignore, the animosities Of the
recent conference. The pot has moth.
ing to gain by calling the kettle
black.
So far as the proposal Of the loco.
motive engineers looks to direct &C.
ton in the coal and. other threatened
strikes, there 10 no need to await
the assembling Of another conference
to obtain results. President Wilson
formally offered to appoint arbitra-
tors to negotiate between the miners
and mine operators, and it is an
nounced today at the White House
that the offer still is open. It is to
be assumed that the President is equal
ly ready to arbitrate other controver-
sizes at any time the opposing parties
are ready to subordinate selfish inter-
est to the common good. With this re-
course open to them the party to any
strike which refuses to submit to AZ
bitration must stand convicted Of seek
ing something other than justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03

then are still green, and still troubling
the rank and file of the city democ-
racy. The contest is very pretty as it
stands.
Louisville is expected to turn the
scale in Kentucky. Both state and
city are normally democratic. Last
year, in a congressional race, the re-
publicans carried the city, and elected
their candidate for the House. This
year the republicans have a strong
candidate for governor, and he made
q brilliant canvass.
The result, whatever it may be, will
have no particular bearing on presi-
Dental calculations. None of the
three states has a candidate for either
of next years presidential nomina.
tions. Senator Walsh has been men
toned for the vice presidential nomi-
nation on the democratic ticket, but
has no boom. Kentucky is a next
door neighbor to Senator Harding, and
to Senator Pomerene and Gov. Cox,
but as yet there is no Harding boom,
or Pomerene boom, or Cox boom in
the Bluegrass state. In Maryland as
yet nothing has occurred warranting
a guess as to her probable attitude
toward the awarding of next years
nomination prizes.
Nevertheless, the election figures
from those states will possess much
interest Wednesday morning. Politi-
cal mathematicians will examine them
under strong glasses for anything they
may contain bearing on national ques-
tions now uppermost, or in the process
Of shaping. Nineteen hundred and
twenty is so close at hand, and so
much thought is centering on what it
is to bring, no alert party man is
overlooking any matter that has even
remote relation to it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03
Pennsylvania Labor Radicalism.

An effort to precipitate a general
sympathetic strike in Pennsylvania
may result in a serious split Of labor
organizations there. At a meeting Of
the state Federation Of Labor, held at
Pittsburgh, a resolution was adopted
by vote Of 504 to directing the
executive council Of the federation to
call statewide strike. This resolu-
tion, however, may not be effective,
a. it is declared by some labor leaders
that the federation has no power to
call a general strike of affiliated
unions and that it can act in only an
advisory capacity. The state declarations
have the same relation to the indi-
vidual labor unions and their national
bodies as the American Federation of
Labor. These organizations are COM
posed Of delegate representatives rep
resenting the various trades.
The American Federation of Labor
never calls a strike. 1t may suggest
or approve or disapprove Of strike pro.
cedure on the part of any Of its anil
lated component organization mem.
bers. Its influence is potent, but it is
not directive. In the Pennsylvania
situation the state federation's reso-
luton, therefore, merely stands ~ q
bit Of advice which the national or
state organizations Of the various
trades may or may mot heed.
In all likelihood this resolution will
60 for naught for the present, as il
is quite improbable that the compo.
mont bodies will accept the resolution
as a direction. In the present con.
fused state Of affairs, however, there
may be strong differences Of opinion
IN the subject and efforts may be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03
Prosperity and Public Unrest.

This headline appeared over news
column in yesterdays Star: "Pros
perity Reigns Over United States
Despite Industrial Unrest"
The greater, then, should be the cen
sure passed upon the men who dl
reeted the movement that eliminated
in the coal strike.
With everything booming in spite
of all troubles, and the crop reports
most encouraging, how much greater
would have been the booming and the
prosperity if these troubles had not
been! And how shortsighted or i'll
disposed were the men who could not
or would not see the situation and the
duty of everybody toward it!
The war bequeathed us an enormous
debt and heavy taxes, but it left US
uninjured as respects producing ca
pacity. The country had not been
invaded. Not a foot of ground had
come under hostile control. Not a
mine, not a mandatory, Of any kind
had suffered destruction. At the close
of hostilities we were ready to change
from top speed in turning out wal
material to top speed in turning out
peace material.
And there was every incentive to do
so. All Europe was in acute distress,
and looking to US for help. Markets
for American goods were inviting.
Foreign trade was the cry. The op-
portunities were greater than had ever
before been presented to US. There
was a sort of command to get a move
on and keep it on.
Soon, however, unrest and bicker-
ings appeared. Striking began. Now
in one line of production and now in
another, wage earners left their work.
Production slackened. Ill-feeling is
sued from idleness. And now we have
hundreds Of thousands of men upon
whose labors the health and comfort
Of the whole country depend taking
their leisure against every influence
to rouse them to a sense of duty.
But the gravity Of the situation is
Of itself q sort of assurance. Every
body il alive to the danger. Men in
Office, charged with the execution Of
the Law and the preservation of order,
and men out of office, Of large means,
Of small means, and Of no means, but
all of them solicitous for the public
welfare. are standing together in sup
port Of the country and its institu-
tions.
Surely the result cannot be in doubt.
The interests Of the great body Of the
people will be protected, and can be
protected without doing injustice to
any one. The real interests Of even
the strikers themselves are bound up
with the interests of others, and can
suffer NO harm, but must share in the
benefits derivable from a triumph of
order over disorder, industry over
idleness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03

A 7.cent car fare is calculated to give
still more scope for people who drop
small change and then hold up the pro-
cession while they pick it up. No eff
cheney expert has calculated the value
of time annually lost through these
little episodes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03
Exchanging.


1 CHANGED one day to meet a man who
never changed his mind.
He held to one idea which he never
left behind.
He called his friends together and he
blandly said to them,
"Consistency's jewel; and in me you
see gen."
I saw another man who wore a coat
all patched and frayed;
Both funerals and weddings he at
tended thus arrayed.
He readily explained q course that
puzzled me a lot:
u like the coat; and anyhow, it's all
the coat I've got"
I praised his great economy 50 touch.
ed by sentiment.
He chung to that old trusty coat, nc
matter where he went.
And yet to both Of them say, "You
should have something new;
One coat or one idea cannot last q
whole life through"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03

1t should incidentally be made clear
to Mexico that she must not expect to
make up deficits incurred by certain
devious transactions by turning loose
more brigands to take up collections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03

Workless conditions at the mines
on Saturday were due partly to strike
and partly to holiday. This week will
show what the results of Sundays
second thought will be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03

The graceful and dignified retire
ment Of the prohibition party has not
simplifed politics in any perceptible
degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03

The domestic sugar bowl cannot fail
TO indulge in some curiosity as to
where the candy counter gets its steady
supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03

An increased rate for telephone
service may as we'll be regarded as a
permanent topic for discussion, no
matter what the rate may be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03

Trotsky holds the title minister of
war;" This does not imply that he
leaves the handling of finance entire
~ to Lenin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-03

Whatever the results Of the cleo
tions may be, both parties can be re-
lied on to point out sisniAcances in q
vein Of enthusiastic optimism.