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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-01
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Grain and Produce

CHICAGO, Jan. l. = Corn prices
broke sharply yesterday after scoring
an advance. Tightening of the rate
Tor call loans had a depressing effect.
The close was heavy, sc to SIC net
lower. with January, S1.83H to 81. $50
and May, $1.S1A to s1.32. The finish
IN oats ranged from 23sc decline to u c
advance. In provisions the outcome
was unchanged to CSC down.
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Miss Catherine. youngest daughter
OF Senator and Mrs. Howard Suther-
land. war unfortunate enough to have
to spend her Christmas in local
hospital. She was operated on for sp-
9endcitis and the critical stage OF her
illness has now been passed.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
Lumbermen and Timber Conservation.

leading wholesale lumber dealers OF the have
headquarters Chicago and the
ganizaton will begin function later the month Methods and
and wealth producing during the by sub
stanay when operating under the control
of the government, be used hereafter.
Among the avowed objects of this consolidation with
especial One enforcement rigid code of ethics
The other is devng means for eliminating the
business and all facng by traders
goods the of the particular business
they sign. To be honesty honesty
ckery ckery whatever the and >gneral business
code of ethics would differ in its main provisions from
Nevertheless there differences minor
significant, which make highly
should draft his moral CODE the mincowner his and the his
We mention these only symboical because
need of such a code than other calings
As the intention of the association end
be- to enormous wasage hope that this includes
Of hearty cooperation with the national Forest Service
with the American Forestry Association with the National Parks
Service and with all other agencies that timber
supply of the country check the swift stripping
wealth The mbermen under charges rapacy
and right the things, namely where
they be far developing
trade lumber than they aiding the
forese employing their hold
the south and the Pacific Se1fnercst
impossible for the association endorse We saving
sPgot and wickedy losing the bungboh timber oil
supplies
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
The h,r;.t,. Wav and the Politicians Way.

tn. ,.Idtv of Prohbtoy Amendment has
for before Court IN that con-
forms 10 the Constitution traditions OF awspectng
Counsel arguing the case states
Of party the litigation pro and con- Inc issue
not ethical and peuniary at stake out
OF law and principle Federal and State nights
about differ The COURTS decision may nave con-
that and that will include matters OF con-
but bound to arise as the
Respecting this urda way Oh
dealing with the criticism to make and only
verdict be not OF the httyfoy
or hfty-thiry variety.
ON February z6 the Democratic of the State of New
called speedy repeal of the same amendment on ground
h this to note that no con-
strucye suggestion given how this result was to be
brought about of the plank adopted Mr. Bryan
po out was To end that the personal liberty
be thoroughly aeguarded until sueh
time as repeal brought about declare the right of
State of its sovereign to eonsue the
Eighteenth amendment to be accord
with the liberal and reasonable views of our people"
Upon it he comments: the doctrine of nulhcaton
meaning; the doctrine of nulihcaton it raises an
before the country The right OF
Constitution settled in the negative
the will not be reopened merely to
with who to reenter
creating And this in the of Personal Liberty!
framed this plank wanted to illustrate perfectly
and the politicians OF dealing
could done better piece OF
work. technically considered They first assumed popular support
position it practically
in does like particular
law Defy it."
hardly word for Democratic leaders to
ocose seriously 1t calls
walked and its
Tammany and kindred elements Of the party
i. is c duty of the party at large to "lay it,
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
MEN AND BUSINESS
WAIT A MINUTE"
By RICHARD SPILLANE

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sS w o ws s %o'
The common to be almost
Hohokus
long have been waiting for that number
automatically
And times to Uttered with
II Spoken cheeriy
quito heartenng But when in fiat sptless
is of
the
strongly evidence office He
giving than his employer
that he
Fanderlip item
when he drew his scathng Indictment of
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production
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enlghtenment together. esatire.
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The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
Notes By a Washington Observer
Supreme Court Needs Press Agent = Colby
Calls Drys "Saloonatics Romance May
Bring Boyd Back.

The war has not banished ef-
frontery from the German lexicon.
Washington hears. for example,
that Capt. Boy Ed, the notorious
German naval attache who was ex-
PEELED from the United states. Is
maneuvering TO return to this
country. It 10 swell-known affair
Of. the heart. with a fair washing
tonian as its object, that IL the
handspring OF Boy-Ed's desire. The
affections OF the lady In the case
are understood to have survived the
three-year Interruption Of German
American relations.
In 1915 both the Republican and
Democratic parties used the movies
for campaign purposes without
charge to the party organizations.
Picture houses had to give each
party q "ifty-fifty" show on the
screen to keep their bipartisan
clientele satisfied. In 1890, II 10 un-
derstood. the movie magnates have
decided to keep politics OF the pic
lures entirely.
Party managers are therefore
forced to consider the necessity OF
producing their own movie propa-
ganda or cuttin git out altogetner'
They don't like the idea OF doing
away with flm persuasion, which
most folks nowadays regard far
more potent than spell-binding.
Sir Geoffrey Butler. X. B. E.
whose wife. Lady Butler. was for
merly Miss Elizabeth Levefing. OF
Philadelphia. has left the British
government service, which he en-
tered during the war. and Is now
back at Cambridge University. Eng
land. where he 10 fellow and
librarian Of Corpus Christi College,
Butler was one of the pronounced
British Mission successes in Wash
ington during the war. He is only
80 years old and was once q lee
turer at the University of Pennsyl-
vania and Drexel Institute
w. w.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
Such Is Life
\ As 1t is Seen
By o. B. JOYFUL

Augustus Bogert. Caldwell. N. J.,
claims to be the champion 81
year-old movie fan in America
(and)
william Blair. Harlan, Iowa. who
is "a years old. has never seen
movie show. although he has lived
within a few blocks of a picture
theater for years.
The breath of Sprfngtime at this
twilight hour
Comes through the gathering
glooms,
And bears the stolen sweets of
many a flower
Into my silent rooms,
William Cullen Bryant.
Matthias Becker. San Francisco,
Cal, files suit for divorce, alleging
his wife, 80 years old. is crazy
about men and had two affinities."
At the wedding breakfast of
Austin Parker and bride, st. Louis,
Mo-, they served a cake IA years
old. sIt was made by the mother
of the bride in 1906 for use when
the first daughter married.
Mrs. Georgia Chembra, st. Louis.
sues for divorce because her hus-
band gets what she calls q wash
board salary"
Miss Mary Lillian Phipps. New
York.. sues William r. Smith. mill
ionaire Sunday school teacher. for
the nondelivery of 13,0o0,0o0 kisses.
which, she says, were promised her
by Smith before he broke the en-
gagement.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
Round the Town
Jaunting With Capt ]. Walter Mitchell.

alive, and the other man was ss-
iected for the lieutenancy.
A month or six weeks later a
ruddy-faced, alert young man
stepped into the eleventh precinct
station and grasped the hand of
Capt. Anderson. 1t was Stevens
fully recovered from his Illness and
ut for any duty in the police de-
partment. He came back. ali right
but did not get the promotion. His
friends say there are to be other
appointments, and Charley Ia at
as fiddle" to fill any of them.
Hot Oyster Frltters.
"Devfled Crab Samuel" a we'll
known itinerant merchant in the
southeast section of the city in the
good old summer time" Is now en-
gagged ! n selling hot oyster fritters.
He wears an overcoat made of white
oi1cloth, and as he goes along the
streets sings this song:
Hot fritter man. hcah on time:
One fer nickel, two fer a dime
Sam keeps a small cook shop ON
the commons near the Jail. and he
says he Is going TO call Il Con
gress Cafe" because at least one
Representative buys oyster fritters
from him.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
aAIan who Came Back,

CHARLES A. STEVENS, recently
elected monarch Of Kailipolis
Grotto, Is to be rendered an zap
probation party by his brigade of
friends, I am informed. He Is a
popular member of the Masonic fra
|ternity and ranks high as an en-
tertainer. He Is a sergeant of po-
lice and an Official Of the House OF
Detention.
In Anacostia, where Mr. Stevens
lived for a long time. he Is known
as the man who came back" The
reason for this cognomen dates
back several years when Maj
RICHARD SYLVESTER was chief Of
police. At that time Stevens was
named for appointment as lieuten-
ant. There was one other man
named for the place. and II was
conceded in police circles that Ste
yens would he appointed.
But the genial Charley was IN
and a surgeon after making a dag
nosis said II was the toss Of a
penny whether he would live or die.
So, he was granted indefinite leave
of absence and went far away from
Washington in quest of health. The
surgeon gave IL as his opinion that
the sergeant would not come back
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10

Mondays inaccurate news Flash"
OF the Supreme Courts Income tax
decisjon--with the consequent crash
on the Stock Exchange-has had
more than one counterpart. What
the Supreme Court needs 10 either
a "copy-reader" of q press agent
whose duty it would be TO put its
long -winded animadversions into
language capable Of understanding
by the nonlegalistic mind. II the
dividend decision. for example. had
been preceded by a terse preamble
to the effect that "the Supreme
Court has declared the 1915 Federal
income tax on stock dividends un-
constitutional" Mondays mixup
would have been impossible. Such
an announcement, moreover. would
give the average citizen all he cares
to know about the average Supreme
Court decision.
Joseph p. Tumulty, assistant to
the President. 10 credited with the
ambition Of emulating Nicolai and
Hay and OF producing one day q
monumental biography of Woodrow
Wilson's eight years In the White
House. Tumulty IL said to have
kept up careful diaries and memo
randa with that end in view. Nc
man. of course. has been so close
to the President as his faithful pri.
vate secretary. II Tumulty decides
to publish all he knows, or ever
part of 1t, 1t is comparatively easy
to foreshadow literary Immortality
for him. New Jersey has talked OF
sending Tumuity to the United
States Senate, 50 he may choose
politics rather than literature as q
career after 1920.
cambridge Colby. President vii.
sons new Secretary OF State-to-be
if-and when-the Senate confirms
him. Is q celebrated jokesmith. ont
Of his pet names for members Of the
dry fraternity. to which Colby doe,
not belong, Is "saloonatics."
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVAL S

New York. March s.-The follow.
ing Washingtonians are registered
at New York hotels today: Mrs. NJ
B. Cole, ]. Connor. Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Mardof. Wallick; Mr. and Mrs. Z.
Coleman, Robert L. Wolf. Park Ave-
nue.; Mrs. c. ]. Eppider, c. E. Orway
Grand; c. J. Fennell. Mr.. and Mrs
NJ. A. Heller, Collingwood; M. and A
Mendelsohn, A. Millstein. Broadway
Central; A. c. Poulton, Union Square;
d. L. Sutton. Alcazar.
TRADE REPRESENTATIVES.
Lansburgh & Bro, ]. F. Shaw. z2o
Fifth avenue. Netherland; Lsner
(Palais Royal), Miss M. E. Dawson,
220 Fifth avenue.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
HELLO MARSl

According to the latest dope
from wireless and telescope
the folks aboard the isle of
Mars are flirting with us
through the stars.
Perchance the tim& will yet
appear when we may wire
back from here and ask them
how the deuce they've
been and when they think of
dropping in.
Or mayhap after years have
flown, wei meet them on the
telephone, or take
flight and stop
in Marsville over night.
Who shows but what in times to
come we'll send up food and
chewing gum, or A. Il. F.'s to
guard their shores and tight
in planetory wars.
n. A. JUFBURRow.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
Folks and Things
Around Washington
Labert St. Clair.

George Lunn, Socialist-Democrat.
nonpartisan, preacher-p politician, of
Schenectady, N. Y, who used to be
in Congress and now is mayor of
Schenectady. dropped into town to
gass around a bit about politics.
We'll. Mr.. Mayor" someone
asked. ARE you going to run for
governor of New York this year,
Never" Lunn replied firmly. "If
7 run fer anything II will be for
United States Senator. You see, 1
have that in mind because /. can be
mayor of Schenectady and a Sena-
tor at the same time. II the people
gee fit to elect me to both Offices.
But II were elected governor. 1
could not hold both jobs"
But you wouldn't hold two po-
litical jobs at the same time. would
you?" he was asked.
Certainly" Lunn replied frank
ly. Although 1t was not generally
known. l held the job of Represent
at the same time. severa, years
ago"
Washington is a grand town in
which to hand out any political stuff
In confidence. Sometime. under ia
vorable conditions. II requires an
hour or so for such a secret to get
all over town.
or a recent date. Will Hays, chair
man of the Republican National
Committee. drifted into town with a
set OF "confidentiap suggestions for
the Republicans. After he had dis
tributed the twenty-five sets of sug-
gestions very carefully. Red" Smith.
of the late New York Herald, went
down to borrow" a copy from q
Senator friend. Smith thought IL
would be so hard to get the memo
randum that his initial step was to
promise the Senator, who had not
been mentioned for the Presidency,
that his paper would support him
unqualifiedly for the place.
That's very nice smith," the SEN
ator said, "but I just gave my con-
fidentiaf copy to a newspaper man
who didn't promise me anything"
Whereupon Smith rushed back to
the press gallery only to find about
dozen copies of the confidential"
memorandum were available.
Here is good news for farmers
who do not own tractors. Someone
in the War Department, who evil
IDENTIFY was not familiar with the
fact that a curry comb for a horse
lasts forever, bought 100000
combs to take care of 10000 horses
during the, war. The result is that
there Is quite a surplus on hand to
be sold cheap.
|. Out of the Benning race track,
which lies a short distance beyond
the Capital, the curry comb ques-
tion was being discussed and some
one asked a colored stable hand
about the, life of curry comb.
Deed. dom know" he replied.
Use been usin' de one Y got fer
thirty yeahs an de paint ain't worn
of yit."
Speaking OF the Benning track.
II now Is used only as a training
course. thanks to Representative
Sims. of Tennessee One day a few
years ago. while all of the racing
crowd was absent from the House
attending the races. Sims slipped
over an anne ndment to a bill which
put the track out of business as =
race course.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
A DAILY LINE O. CHEER
By John Keddrick Bangs
PETITION.

ask Thee not. o Lord. for rain
/ ask Thee not for sunshine sweet,
But that all srieyous chance and pain
As Thou wouldst have me may
meet
That when the cloud shall shade the
sky,
) And trials come to vex my day.
III takt them with q courage high,
And smiling walk the appointed way
1 ask Thee not for paths Of grace.
But strength my task 70 carry
through.
And wit with confidence 10 face
The daily thing that's mine to do.
tcopyrisht, 1890 BY The Mcclure Newspaper
! syndieate.)
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10

A Minneapolis man asks for legal
separation because his better half.
when asked to serve his breakfast
to him in bed. threw mess of
soft>boiled eggs and hot coffee at
him. lie should have specified
what sort of delivery he wished.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
Naval Orders

Lieut.. tjunior srade) Frank d. Halbert
tcl-1 tfs) Det- Bureau Navigation Navy
Dept, wash. d. O.; to Naval Air Station.
Key West, Fla.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10

Now Cholmeley Jones actually has succeeded rdding
War Risk Bureau of all red will he kindly
around to the other government Departments
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
Events of Today

University Club. addresses. Eal-
ker d. Hines. Max Thenan aud
Charles A. Prouty. $50 p. m.
Connecticut Avenue Citizens Assoc
citation, meeting Brown School.
Connecticut avenue apd Mekiniey
street northwest. 5 p. m.
Day Nursery Association. meet
ing. New Ebbitt, 1880 a. IN.
Spanish American Athereum, ad-
dress by Abel Larrain. OF Ina
Peru. Thompson School. Twelfth and
II streets northwest, 8 p. m.
Board of Managers. Associated
Charities. meeting. s23 II street
northwest, y. m.
City Club. address by DR.. Charles
p. Neill. luncheon, .2:3o p. m.
Merchants and Manufacturers As
sociation, meeting. Ladies' speciality
store section, meeting. Raleigh Ho-
ltel, 2 p. m.
Federal Employees. meeting Com
merce Branch. 1423 New York ave-
nue., p. m
ID. C. Branch, Association for Ad-
yancement of Colored People, Twelfth
street Y. NJ c. A.. p. m
club Events
women's City Club. address, Miss
Jane Seymour Klink, of California
| 20 jackson place, s p. m.
Anthony League. address. caye-
tano de Quesada. zoo7 Columois
road. $3.50 y. m -
Girl scouts, meeting. National
Catholic Community Club. SOL n
street northwest. I p. m
! Fraternsi Eveats-
Masonic Lodge, meeting. Harmony,
No. II, F. c., s p m
Royal Arch Masons. meeting,
washington-Naval Chapter, No :.
p. N. and M. e NJ; Brightwood
Chapter, No. 8. Mark.
oder of Eastern star. meeting.
Cathedral Chapter. No IL
Knights of Pythias. meeting.
Union Lodge. No. %, class initiation.
Junior o. U. A NJ meeting, BALI
ston Council. No. 22l. Baliston' va
p. m.
Banking and Currency, 11:ao.
Mines and Mining. mineral relief
bill 1890.
ways and Means. soldier bonus
bill 1880.
Expenditures Treasury Depart
ment, Investigation Of War Risk.
$50.
Appropriations, sundry civil. 1890:
District of Columbia appropriations,
10.
Agriculture, meat packers, 10.
District of Columbia subcommit-
tee No 1, trafic bill, 10
senate.
Naval Affairs. Sims hearing, 1880
a. m.
Public Lands. hearing, 1880 a. m.
District schools, hearing. 10 a. m.
Foreign Relations executive,
| 1880 a m
Conferees on water power, execu-
tive, 1880 g. m
At the TheaterA
Belasco-''Not So Long Ago"
PoI's-"Chu Chin Chow"
shubert-Garrick-'TittIe Miss Clarity"
National-'7he New Dictstor'
CrsndalI's Nefrcpohnp-Elaine Hammerrtein
In ''Greater Than Fame"
Cn nndslI's-H B. Warner In '.Hsuntins
| Shadow"
Moore's Rialto-"Ihe Right Of Way"
Moore's Gsrden-"op With The Dance"
tLoew's CoIumbia-Shiriey Mason in "Her
Elephant Man."
cosmos-continuous vaudeville and pictures.
Cr.ndsn's Knickerbocker-Bessie Bariseale
in The Luck Of Geraldine Laird"
B. y. Keith's-vsuderiIle.
Moore's strand-"Judy OF Rogues' Harbor. ~
Loew's Palace - Ethel Clayton in "Yousr
/ Mrs. winthrop"
Gayety-"A Reeves"
Folly-'sociaI FoiIies.-