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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-14
Declares That the Bust
ness Situation is
Critical
WEST WANTS CHANGE
Practical Questions 0ver
shadows League Of
Nations Out There
.[Rv Aasociatad Praaal

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Republl-
can National headquarters today
made public a telegram from Rap.
resentative Fordney, OF MlchlSah
chairman OF the congressional
Ways and Means COMMITTEES, urge
ing that the tArif issue be made
the primary one OF the campaign.
The situation Is critical lr'1nd
can not be obscured or stdetracked
By the League OF Nations or RnYs
other ISSUE" Mr.. Fordney Baid.
New York, Oct. IA. - GoYofnee
Allen, OF Kansas conferred With
leaders at Republican headquhts
ters today and said he had found
in the west united determination
to get rid of Wilson aud the Wis
son system Of goVernment,s ss y
Governor Allen said "This dstef.
mination for a change In adntinies
tration overshadowed any League
OF Nations feeling or interest IN
domestic issues" = Il
However, he added, II. Is 4 com.
mon thing for an orator spea ltinH
terrupted by some farm on no
WOufG IJawl ont, how about ~
box car situation? whereupoh, 81
governor said the audience would,
applaud and the orator would h0Haj
TO get away from Poland and
Lithuania and get his feet on tbs
high ground Of fast" n
Governor Allen predicted q RE-
publican victory as great, IL not
greater, than that which swampedi
Judge Parker a number OF years
ago"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-14
Trolley Car Strikes
Doctors Automobile

A Locust avenue trolley aef
going south on Jackson street
struck and badly wrecked an auto
mobile driven by DR.. II. S. Kela;
ter, this afternoon at 1885 O'Clock
The whole front OF the automobile
was badly mashed and DR.. KeisteI
and G. c. Straight Of View street
who was in the car at the time
had narrow escape from iniufy,
but both fortunately were NOT
hurt
According to witnesses Or,
Keister was coming down the
street near the Standard Garage
when he moved his machine be.
tween two trolley cars. ThaYsday.
the physician signalled to the
motorman of the car that struck
him that he was passing sacr0sa
the track. In soma mandHfs6r
other he started his trolleYsaI
which had been at a dead stop and
crashed into the auto head OH
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WILL GET FACTS
ON THIS MATTER
Much Diversity of Opin.
ion About The Auto
Accident

A. P. Brady, 311 CASTOR avenue,
appeared IN police court this morn.
ing to ascertain, If possible, the
circumstances under which hts lit
tie daughter, Virginia, age 8, was
knocked down by a Ford truck on
Fairmont avenue Wednesday aft
ernoon at one O'Clock, while on her
way to school. Through some mis-
understanding James Rosenberger.
the driver or the truck was not
summoned so the case was contin.
ued until tomorrow morning at .
o'clock.
The accident occurred between
Fourth and Fifth streets and there
seems to be such q wide diversity
Of opinion us to just how 1t hap
pened that Mayor ConRway has
ordered a number OF witnesses 10
appear In addition to the driver.
The little girl suffered number
OF severe bruises but 1t Is expect.
ed that she will be able to attend
school again within few days.
No arrests were made by the 20.
lice yesterday, and no court was
held this morning.
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Was Elected Yesterday
And 1t Is Understood
Will Accept
WHERE IS THE BIB. GAME
Some Discussion About
Financial Affairs In
The Organization

Mrs. Charles Richie was select
ed at the board meeting yesterday
afternoon Of the Associated Chari'
ties held in tine City building, as
successor TO Miss Margaret Nc
Kinney who has resigned to take
IN her work as member OF the
State Board OF Children's Guar
diaus. Miss Mckinney was secre'
tRry OF the Associated Charities.
Mrs. James 0. Watson aud MISS
Mckinney were selected as com
.nittee TO put the matter to Mrs.
Ritchie. 10 explain the work thor
oughly 10 her, and to urge that she
accept the position. Mrs. Rttchie
is reported as being willing to con
slider the position.
4 fair representation OF the
board met yesterday with mayor
Conaway, President Roster, Bert
first time after a short illness, j.
M, Hartley. Mrs. Maggie Regar,
Mrs, M. Earl Morgan, Mrs. James
o, Watson, Sam Il. Nuzum, Mrs.
james A. Meredith and Miss Mar
Earet Mckinney present.
The meeting included sincere
discussion OF the matter In hand,
one or two honest expressions Oh
opinion as to'why Associated Char.
Itp board members conttpue as
.sliGhg hg=yRiS ton Lssqs 81 ri
"Better get your gearly cam.
paign for funds Hwhichs3 comes IN
january, started aNsElittle earlier
this year" suggestedSS Sam r, NV;
zum dryly. Billy Sunday IS coql;
ing to town on January second and
we're going to have a great big.
wild west circus with no money
left in this town after Billy gets
through making folks shell out!
Mayor Conway said he didn't I
feel people ought to look at 1t that
way and somebody else said maybe
Billy'd soften folks hearts 80
they'd give generously to charity;
Regar, said she'd heard Billy said
he always gave away what he took
mn in collections and maybe he'd
give the money this year for the
Associated Charities.
President Joseph Roster told
how for two years 1t hadn't been
necessary for anyone to personally
solicit for the Charities. I'VE Just
turned It over to The West Vtr'
gIniau," he said, land they made
a feature Of 1t for few days and
the money came rolling in. There
is no organization IN the city which
does SO much in proportion 70 its
resources as the Associated Chart
ties. We are fortunate in having
the room, heat and secretary given
TO us by the city and with the con-
tributions from the public yearly
we surely do much good for hu'
manity."
There were only two names
mentioned for the position OF sec
retary 10 replace Miss Mckinney
Miss Flossie Fleming and Mrs.
Charles Ritchie. Miss Fleming de-
cliued to consider the position. Mr..
Bert Leopold said there naturally
wouldn't be many applicants as
the position paid but $50. He said
the secretary and every member
Continued on Page s
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Every Republican Who Loves His Country Should
Vote the Straight Republican Ticket This
Year, Declares Geo. w. Atkinson
VIEWS OF WHITE, GLASSG0CK, AND HATFIELD
They All Urge the Importance of Solid Party Support
for Judge Morgan, the Party's Nomi-
nee for Governor

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Oct. IA.
-Four living ex-Governors Of West
Virginia, Atkinson, White, Glass
cock and Hatfield. under whose ad..
minlstTation, together with that OF
the late w. NJ. C. Dawson, west
Virginia became rated as one OF
the most progressive states OF the
union, have made an appeal
through Chairman NJ. D. White, OIL
the Republican State Committee,
for the election OF the entire Re-
publican ticket, national and state,
In the coming election.
Letters have been received from
the four former Governors by
Chairman White. reciting their in
terest in Republican success ano
paying splendid tribute TO the pres
idential and gubernatortal nomt-
nees OF the Republican party IN
West Virginia and express their
faith in Senator Warren G. Hard
ing and Judge Ephraim F. Morgan,
the standard bearers in this cam
paign. -,
son, who wrested control Of the
state from the Democrats in 1896
is lust as vigorous In his support
OF the Republican party as ne was
a quarter OF q century ago. The
Erizzled old veteran OF many cam
,paigus, wrote the chairman as fol-
lowss
"This is a year when every Re-
who loves his country qnd
ijSe4.- tsI ASlaspte ErGts 'tpII
e1tangiIng Alliances wlt8t the Ras-
torn and devastated, snarltng and
quarreling, embittered and bank
rupt nations Of the old world,
should vote the straight Re2ublt-
cnp ticket. And these Democrats
who believe that Washington and
jefferson were right should mol
hesitate to align themselves with
the party that has guaranteed to
protect and preserve our sover-
eighty as a nation. While my health
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has not been as good as In form.
er campaigns ! am lmpelled to vol.
unteer for service because It Is q
duty that l owe my country and
state at q time fraught with por'
tentous peril In the Republic.
II have talked to many Republi-
cans during the past few weeks.
Many OF them are men with whom
/ worked nearly fifty years ago to
make West Virginia a Republican
state. Their heads have silvered
and their race Is almost run but
their abiding fnith In the principles
OF the Republican party and their
conscientious devotion to the sue.
veteran Republican like myself feel
that complete Republican victory
in November is assured.
"As one whose faith and trust
in tho Republican party has never
dimmed In the passing years feel
that | can speak plainly TO the Re-
publican voters and caution them
10 deafen their ears to the allur.
ing efforts OF the Democrats TO land
them after false GODS and to have
them forget the failures OF the
Democratic party while it has been
in power.
Our State ticket, headed by
Judge E. F. Morgan, is strong
one. In our PRIMARY last May l
supported Col. Fred Paul GrosBcup.
He was local m1n ana I.did mot
hesitate TO accord him my sttpR1rt.
-4-qE 4. .SslaIse alRaF sSusffized taaE
Judge Morganl Who was decisiY ely
and honestly nominated In the prf-
mary, is one OF the strong, cour-
ageous men of our state who will
make n great Governor or whom
every citizen wifi feel proud. It
Is a delight for me to have an op-
portunity to vote for a man OF Nor
gan's calibre.
Those who have sought to re-
fleet upon Judge Morgan's honesty,
Continued on Page Three)
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Drunken Negro
Flourished Pisto.

When James Burriss. c6totsi, /,
was given a ride to the poieasB q Z
tion this afternoon in a 81 ,0Op-
pressed into service by Patrolmen
Ford and Bartholow, he mas too
far gone in ''likker" to realize tia I
in all probability the. ride Wa d
last bit OF luxury he will en- lar for
p eriod OF six months. James WIS
arrested for being drunk and dpnrl
ishing revolver near the Miller
school. After facing Mayor Coma
way tomorrow morning on the
charge OF being drunk, the next
step will be to turn him over 70 the
county officers to explain the gun
toting incident. James was ia the
company Of several other negroes,
but no other. arrests were made,
Burriss is an employe OF the 3. g
o. railroad.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-14
WOman's Club
Want Women TO
Hear Miss An1es

All the women OF the county
are, invited to attend tomorrow
afternoons meeting of the Wo-
mans club to hear the address
OF Miss Marie Ames, a very tai
ented and we'll vsrsed New York
woman. who will talk on Good
Citizenship.
The meeting will be held in
the Woman's club quarters in
tho. Masonic Temple and it will
begin at o'clock. In order
that women from out OF the
city may be able to take ear
" cars out, all club business
will be postponed until after the
address by Miss Ames.
The musical program tomor-
row will be very interesting and
will consist OF the following:
Love Dream No. 2. by List.
Tarentelle, by Mollett-Miss
Marjorie Fleming.
Ca) "If Could Call the
Years Back" by North.
OBJ "HaymRking," by Need
ham-Mrs. A. H. Benedict.
Mrs. Florence Clayton Dun
ham, accompaniVt.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-14
Rubber Hose Is
Under The Ban

All rubber hose Eoi Fire Chief
Watkins announces that he al
ready has begun his inspection OF
homes and business places and all
persons Eho are still using rubber
nose instead OF lead pipes in the
connection OF their gas stoves
heating or otherwise, will be fined
heavily II after being warned they
do not have the rubber hose re
There Is nothing more dangerous,
says the chief, than inadequate gas
connections and these will not be
tolerated in this county. Better
get the plumber busy at once be
fore you are visited.
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Notice To Tax Payers
Of Marion. County

All the tax books will be com
pIeted and ready for collection
et County taxes this week.
There win be q discount given
I;;on slI taxes paid in full of 21s
pcs cgat Come IN and pay them
and ske advantage of the dis
count as 1t will only last
throughsthe remainder of octo-
bsr md November. The Sher-
m ofEice will be open for the
s6liection of taxes each Satur-
aEy night from Z to 0 o'clock
during the discount period.
A. NJ. GLOVER,
Sheriff OF Marion County.
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MORGAN WENT BIG
IN EAST PANHANDLE
Predicted He Will Garry
Some of the Demo-
cratic Counties
Especial Dispatch to The West
NirRinlanl

Especial Dispatch to The west
Virginlan.l
MARTIESBUR0 w. Va, Oct.
14.-Judge E. +, Morgan, Re-
publican nominee for governor,
completed q triumphant tour of the
COUNTIES of the state east of the
AlEeghenIea with aspeech 1T Paw
II "a & no ID ttodays Hes z as been
In each county on this side Of the
and spoke to record
breaking crowds. His meetings In
Grant and Hampshire counties
were tho largest republican meet
Ings ever held In those counties,
while the standing room only sign
was out in Mineral, Morgan and
Berkeley.
That some Of the counties here.
tofore iE the Democratic column
in the eastern end of the state are
likely to swing 10 the republican
column this year ls freely predict
ed and Morgan's vote, not count
ing the additions because OF wO.
men voting. will be far in excess
of the normal republican vote.
Judge Morgan went to Preston
county this afternoon,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-14
Rotary Officers
Report 70 Club

The feature Of this weeks meet.
ing Of the Rotary club, held todsy
at the Y. n. c. A, were theEeppFts
OF the president, ]. d. pVakso1.
ia, and the secretary, Robef o.
Miller, who last week attend I d
conference Of Rotary club ofacars
OF the Sixth district. The t1estlrg
was held at the Waldo, at Clark
discussed.
The meeting today was sa bdsi:
ness session but II was NOT % BgFts
GUS that the members could Il0t
find time and inclinatio 10 btiy
Josh L. r. Shiyely who g
emit for the first time since b e as
cent marriage.
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Shriners' Special
To Stop In City

Quite few SINNERS will attend
the ceremonial session to be held
at Morgantown on Friday by Osiris
Temple OF Wheeling. The train
will leave Wheeling at 7:l5 a. m.
The train from Fairmont to Nor
gantown will be run as a special
and mobiles from Fairmont and 9TH
er points are invited to board this
train and purchase their tickets at
Fairmont. This special train will
arrive in Fairmont from Wheeling
at about 10:3O o'clock.
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ouTET pELL INFANT DIES.

Normal Farrell, eight months
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wes-
ley Farrell, died at the home OF
her1 parents at Quiet Dell this
morning. Interment will be made
In the Mt. Zion cemetery on Friday
morning. Carpenter and Ford are
the undertakers in charge,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-14
John w, Davis To
Join N. Law Firm

NEW YORK, Oct. Ii.-John w.
Davis, ambassador to Great Brit
ain. who now is In this city, WILL
return to his home October 2S.
Upon the expiration Of his term Of
office MIR. Davis viii return TO
her of the law firm of Stetson,
Jennings and Russell Of this city.
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B. & 0. Expects 1000
Empties Friday

one thousand empties are ex'
pected to be on the Mouongah
division Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad on Friday according to
local officials late this afternoon.
A fifty per cent commercial run
10 expected on Friday along the
MononRahela railway.
Ten brakemen are needed by the
Baltimore and ohio railroad at
once, according to Ernest Bartlett.
B. and o. trainmaster at Fairmont.
The monthly safety meeting OF
the Fairmont terminal OF the B.
and o. railroad was held this
morning at the office of Ernest
Bartlett, trainmaSter at Falrmont
Nj. Bartlett presided.
Van cdn'f voh u1leSx uou Te
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-14
TARIFF IS The BIG ISSUE, DECLARES FORDNE'
Republican
Mass Meetings
Speakers.

October "a
East Side, 8 p. m.
Mrs. Geo. DeBolt
Big Run Sen. Pollock
Mrs. G. w. Klnsey
October IS
Hoodsvtlle. p. m.
Atty Genl Swoope
Mrs. Leeper and Miss Fleming
BarnstowR school, 1880
j. NJ. Jacobs
Mrs. Geo. DeBolt
Gloyers Gap II. Z. Engle
Mrs. ]. Clark Miller
October 16
Atty Gen1 swoope
Mrs. Lehman and
Miss Merrifield
October 1a
Metz Ira L. Smith
Mrs. J. A. Meredith
October 10
Lake School Senator Pollock
Mrs. Elias Amos
Rivesville Baird Mitchell
Mrs. Geo. DeBOlt
Duncan School J. NJ, Jacobs
Miss MerrificId
October 20
Curtisville W. ]. Wiegel
Mrs. G. w. Kinsey
October Fl
.Toetown Church Trevey Nutter
Mrs. ]. C.. Miller
October %
Catawba w. ]. Wiegel
Mrs. Horan
October 20
Lehman School NJ L. Brown
Mrs. A. l.. Lehman
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You can't pots unless you arc
regntsTed. Be sure that you are
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Fair tonight; lneFsaoiAs
cloudineSs Frladys
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21

(This is the tenth Of series of .tavelve
articles on transportation problems bu
presidents and chairmen. E. N. Bro1o7l.
chairman Of the board Of the Pere
Marquette Roilacay Company and the st.
Lon1s d San Francisco Rail1oay Company,
'olH dascuss an the eleventh article to-
morrow rdil legislation in its various
Dhdses.-Financial Editor.)
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21

eral government is applied so as still
further to restrict the diminished vol
ume of investment capital available to
comparative industry. In a futile effort
to force the few to bear most IF the bur-
dens of taxation, the income tax rates
have been so arranged that the larger
investors are penalized when they in
vest in the securities Of transportation
or other productive enterprises and re-
warded when they purchase the tax
free issues of state and municipal gov
ernments An investment of $40 900 900
in municipal bonds averaging S per
cent will produce an untaxable income
Of s1,000,000 The same amount in
vested in railway bonds carrying s per
cent would produce an income of ST.
100000, of which $1,1G1,19 or 6S.s2
per cent, would be taken as the Fed
eral income tax, leaving only $498,S1O
after the tax, equal to municipal bonds,
the.interest paid would have to amount
to $3,456, ,259.26, or about 1928 per
cent on the principal and three and
one-half times the rate on the munich
pals. To such an investment market
American railways must now appeal for
not less than $750,000000 a year; per-
haps more at the outset
OF course no new railway ENTERPRISE
can be financed under these conditiony.
The Congressional 6 per cent (avcr-
age return) just equals the current
rate on high grade real estate mort
cages involving no risk; it can be an
proximated by state and municipal
bonds of unquestionable security. or
improved upon by the purchase of
bonds OF foreign governments or sea-
soned securities of domestic industries
that are fundamentally sound. After
the experience of the last Twenty-Five
years no one should be expected to buv
railway securities unless they carrv at
least chance of higher returns than
the certain returns of real estate mort
cages. Hence all new railway develop-
ment must be upon' the credit of COM
panles now existing. 1t may be as
sumed that these companies now have
invested not less than $4,000, 900 900
and that to keep pace with national
demands and development thew must
add not less than $500 900, 900 to their
investment during each of the next
ten years.
Borrowing at High Rates
They are now borrowing at rather
more than per cent, and the Supreme
Court has held that to allow less than
that return in a similar public service
industry is to confscate the property
(Llncoln Gas and Electric Light Com
rany vs.. City of Lincoln, 25O u. S.. 255.
267, 26S). The Public Service Com
mission of New York, I'd District, has
also held per cent to be the mini
mum constitutional return Decision
II Case No. 7549, Petition of the
Schenectady Railway Company, not vet
reported).
But. until March l, 1922, an act of
Congress. if effective, limits the rail
ways as whole to an average return
OF per cent; some must necessarily
be below this average. If new capital
can be procured only by paying 8
per cent and all capital (new and ODD
can earn only 6 per cent, every invest
ment of new capital secured will dimin-
lsh the return on old capital. This is
shown by the following:
New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
BeiieUes Capital Economy
important Rail,uay Policy
w. H. Williams, Chairman of Wabash Board. Dis.
casses Carriers Needs and High Rates for Loans
10 renew Equipment; Maturing Obligations

65.56 per cent of marked CAPACITY
would provide a greater increase in
capacity than the purchase of 100000
new cars and would save much more
capital than 100000 cars would cost,
for 1t would avoid the increased track
age, terminal facilities and motive
power that such an increase in equip
ment would necessitate.
Efficiency Diminished
Distribution of equipment regardless
OF ownership, beginning under the
Railway War Board and extended under
Federal control, strongly tended to
diminish efficiency. Using the hctero-
geneous collection of freight equipment
that was substituted for that which its
officers had considered adapted to it's
requirements and which it has not vet
been able to recover, the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad for the last three years has
been obliged to run one-ffth more
trains than would have sufficed for the
same traffic movement if it could have
used the normal number of its own
cars. This loss is not offset by the
utilization of the larger equipment at
other places for two reasons: First,
the equipment thus diverted has been
removed from; the region where con-
gestion is most serious in it's general
SihSSS VPOit liic ouSlllcSo Ol tilc COuIlIy
and, second, the efficiency of equip
ment consists largely in its special
adaptation to the requirements of its
owners. Efficiency, therefore, dem Slds
the prompt return of equipment to it's
owners. If this can be accomplished
and reasonable progress in loading and
handling effected, it is not likely that
any considerable additions to equip
ment would be necessary within the
next five years. Happily, this situation
has been disclosed to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, as shown by
its recent and we'll considered order
substantially raising the minimum car
load for grain shipments.
Conservation of capital in other di
rections is also imperative. When, in
best railway securities dropped to we'll
below 4 per cent, there was notable
stimulation Of costly and relatively un-
productive improvements. Passenger
stations, immense in capacity and mar
wells of structural and engineering
achievement, represent added capital
mounting to hundreds of millions an
nually. There should be no indulgences
in this direction with interest rates at
the present level. If there be none the
necessary annual demand for new rail-
way capital may be reduced to less than
S50O,OOO,OOO.
Maturing Obligations
To the above must be added the
amount necessary to refund maturing