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knows there is nothing more uh-
necessary to the peace and quiet Of
q b. h. ms state OF mind!
Not only that but 1t, would ruin
Adam Lanes parachute business
and the goodness knows that would
be q titanic catastrophe.
whoinel would want to take a
trip in a parachute and run the
chance Of some bird dropping a cud
OF brothers or mail sack tobacco,
weighing about 5ton; on the
Chute" and knocking nt Into a
cooked hat. y +
Mr.. Miller is right, but he's wrong
The people In the hollow had orter
be protected under the constitution
and under the bridge and under any
thing else We can't think Of; but
there amt no dam use passing no
ordinance to make the splitting pub
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
ganllstions and clubs and meetings

ganizatlcns and clubs and meetings
are pure nonsense merely neSus
ihs Which eoliectiSo sronps rput
sonsthing over on me Eenes d
taasses 81 iinsusps eting hum tiSthi.
Eess. What does Gs6rse do any
Oh, he Just potters around when
he feels inclined and when he
doesn't he does nothing Some times
ne sits and ruminate and some.
times he Just sits, Occasionally he
bysnEs home a potted plant 10 his
mother-no. because Ne wants to
20 It but because his mot her likes
en-. Az such times that mother
is9yesy grateful and She always
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
some special giorliled kind Of pep,
or Whatever is lt anyway

Poor ceerse.
know u man Now d man BY.
AT eounts shbitld possess q itlckter,
sdispos lon tlian q y otnan be cause
the world was first made for man,
and no ma tier what sort OF q dub
he Is there isy always q big chance
for him TO make sonnet thing espes
oialiy nice out 81 himself, This
man ID fairly chserful most the
time but ne hasnt 9 bit ofspep. He
fever gets up IN the easls morning
tbthoe In the garden. He says It's
absurd to do SO the garden Will
take care OF itself. He lives with
his aged mot Their. He owns q few
chickens and he thinks Il perfect:
~ proper 10 feed those chickens by
candle lIght-o oh, once q day per.
haps, 1.-THE thinks Oft. The neigh:
bors are Awakened very often after
midnight when George comes home
from town. He stumbles down the
walk which has needed repairs for
this long time. He pokes that cam
die into the chicken house and
scares those chickens halt to death;
He says. sHi, there folks, what's
The commotlon all ahout2s and he
scatters tho grain every which way.
soh, George, did you feed the
chickens today?r complains this
mother at dinner. W.
Sure thing says George, right
early this morning I did"
Happysgolucky, tinsystematic,
unco.ordinated George. He never
gets anywhere on time. He isn't
exactly lazy but he Just hasn't any.
pep. He says whats the USE to
everything you ask him, He doesn't
care for books Of time to
read, he says. If you ask him what
he does like, he laughs and says he
hasn't found out yet. Pictures are
only famous because they're adyer.
tised, he believes. Flowers are all
right enough he agrees bNt whats
anyone want TO bother with EN-
fort" Lectures are fearful bores!
George has never married. Don't
want to be bothered with a wife,
he admits. Haven't YOU ever met
! a girl you loved SO much you
couldn't resist marrying herr" q
friend once asked him.
y Loves only a product Of the I'M
agination." says George.
J Now most men like to dabble in
politics or mix with the many ,tn.
!dertakings which a man town en-.
| gineers. Not so George. He says
tpolitics Is a waste OF time-all
rook,edness anyway. He says or.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Percy Martins Famous Shows,
nov playing at Traction park for
one week. May %; until Saturday
lay IS. Refined outdoor amuse,
ments for ladies', gentlemen and
ealtdreu. Como one and come all,
lets have one golden jubilee and
Welcome the opening Of sprinN
time. Lets never grow old, bring
me kiddtes and We. viii, all Join
hands p youth. and once more be
q Jolly bare foot boy.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
And then let Fem spit their dnrnd,
! AVOID tpAMnER

4. Teach baby never, to touch knives,
forks or spoons unless he IS eat.
ing. Thus he will be learning an
Imp rtant part OF the conduct Of
the ell.pred child and win not be
In, danger Of carrying them around
with him and being injured by fall-
ing on them. s,5g 5,,ss,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

tries 10 have an cspeclklly EoS.,
rr- With the pretty plant as
terpiece Bit George seldom N.
tic6s anything pattichlaflg nS
sau ike your issl
flS6tha III tiatiy MI / an M
ssys ssstgs !yyst !isslss s GO =
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RUFF! STUFF

n seems 10 us that q man who
geta whacked over the head with a
ball bat during the sixth inning
should get some sort OF special
rain check. but the heluv it Is that
rain checks are not good after four
and q ha1t innings have been play
ed. ~ 81
EMPIRES might use the ball bat
systen tossettle the birds who watch
the third strike go over the pan
Snd then put up howl.
And Il Is recommended as a
mighty good cure for insomnia.
Il the City dads will only listen
to tile phiianthropically inspired
words Of Charles Miller in the mat
ter Of improvements in Coal Run
local nature or nature locally bids
fair to become even more wonderful
than usual. .'ir
Even before the Ravtne Amuse-
ment company had come into being
We had Il In our hearts to say
something about splitting over the
dashboard on the s.. s. bridge, but
we never could muster the city dads
and Tie sanitary officer on the
bridge VII = The spit squadron was
splitting Il pittiest as It were.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

In his address before the Academy Of Political
Science in New York yesterday which was mainly
reafflFmation of his pledges To- run the govern.
ment efficiently and economically. President Hard
ing referred to the report Of the Efficiency commits
sion which was appointed during the Taft admin
tstration which report he said was printed but never
made public. Why not make It public now2 There
has always been asuspicion in the public mind that
the work of this commission was too well donesto
with their spos, and the present is good time to
let the public find'outijus what is recommended.
We are getting back to normalcy pretty rapidly
1t has been some time since any one thought Il
worth while to lieNabout the size OF hail stones.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

seems to me, never unhappy-and
she is always and ever planning
something new to do, when her
Small tasks as she calls them
are done. Now what has she got
other people don't have! Is It
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

lie stop splitting owed the bridge
because
&c
It's been our experience that the
troublesome public Just as soon as
new ordinance IS passed devote
practically an their time n hreaL.
ing that particular law. It's the
people who make the cltyllavs who
4 they aidu't make no laws there
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
Says Phosphates Make
Beautiful Women and
Strong, Healthy, vi
gorou. Robust R
Men.

Physicians all over the world are
prescribing phosphates 70 build
3 up run down enemle conditions
and those who have treated their
patients with Arao Phosphate are
changing thin, aneinie women
with toneiess Tissues, flabby.
flesh, into the most beautiful
rosy checked and plump rounn.
formed women imaginable.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Cumberland, Nd. is going to experiment with a
woman head forlthe police and fire department Of
the city government 1t may work out very well.
butt safe to say that for whilsit will put .the
system" by which petty Law. evaders manage to
nullify city statutes on It's beam ends. In some
towns the system amounts to grave scandal
which seems to mock the efforts Of the American
people to manage their municipalities efficiently,
and in other towns it amounts TO nothing more
than tavortism in license fees and tips on what the
police are doing. but it workss24 hours a dag
everywhere and no change Of administration has
ever been able to cause ie more than momentary
check. But a woman police department head is a
new think under the sun. Affalrsn Cumberland win
beswatched with interest for while.
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cation and new theories about space and time we
apt feel that this pretty rapid age, but an
excellent corrective Of such an error cad always be
found in review Of the progress, Nor lack Of pro-
gress, of the movement toward church union. About
this time Of the year the press wires aregloaded
down with statements the effect synods pres
byteries, general assemblies and similar bodies are
heartily flavor Of union, but; somehow the move
ment never gets anywhere
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

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.sa {. as leslls Meala rase oeen prevented
81 ~, y sol,ests ana
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And X Is recommended as /
mighty good cure for insomnia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
SETH TANNER

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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Empires might use the ball bat
system tnlsettle the birds who watch
the third strike go over the pan
Snd then put up q howl.
The New York herald., 1921-09-11

of pay. which considers no depreciation
from the original outlay for the vessel,
the cost OF which for those of the first line
is now s42.000,000. In the past fighting
ships of the first line have been kept in
place as such for from twenty to thirty
years, but even then their usefulness is
not destroyed. The cruiser Olympia. for
instance, which was Admiral Dewey's flag
ship during the battle OF Manila Bay, is
now the flagship Of the train OF the Allan
tic fleet, the train being composed OF such
auxiliary craft as the Shawmut. mother
ship OF the air forces; the hospital ship
Mercy, the torpedo boat destroyer supply
ship Black Hawk and others.
Such a modern warship as the dread.
rought Maryland carries a crew of 1900,
with an officers roster of 100. II Ia esti.
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4-inch guns cost $4,000 apiece and the cost
Of each projectile Is SIS.
Every battleship, and every other type
of naval craft, for that matter. is equipped
with saluting guns to carry out the pretty
niceties OF custom. These guns cost 81 900
apiece and the price of the ammunition is
around 20 cents charge
1t is regarded by naval authorities as
unfair tc figure the cost Of maintaining
battleship in with the cost of firing a gun.
since in the interest of economy as few
rounds as possible are shot. Target prac-
tice is indulged in just often enough to
keep the crews in shape. Much time is
spent in sighting the guns and manipulate
ing them, without actual firing.
The cost of maintaining a modern battle.
ship is around s75o.ooo year. exclusive
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amount of cruising that is required for the
feet.
or course, the heavy costs are for the very
largest Of the battleships. The bills for
vessels like the destroyers are not so great
The destroyers do much more cruising
than the battleships. but their crews are
only in the neighborhood of Ito. and they
have only five officers aboard. occasionally
six. The payroll for destroyer runs In
the neighborhood OF $4,000 a month. with
everything else in proportion. The dc
stroyers have five 5-inch guns. They are
built for speed and propovtionately In
weight, are little more expensive to build
than battieships. The modern destroyers
there are 3i7 in commission In the
American fieets-displace up TO 1900 tons
and cost around s2.500.o00.
The New York herald., 1921-09-11

In view of the wide discussion of late ur
the relative value of airplanes and battle
ships. figures on the cost OF aircraft are
interesting. Even the most ardent air
craft enthusiasts caution. however. against
the consideration of the figures as an argu-
ment either for or against airplanes or
battleships, both being essential in any
adequate programme of preparedness.
Twin motor planes. such as the Martin
bombers Of the army and navy and the
Fol type of seaplane or flying boat used
by the navy and for surveillance work by
the army when the land planes are flying
over water, cost around $1.50 a minute to
operate. This figure considers oil. gaso-
lene and depreciation, but not the pay for
the fiiers and mechanics. A pilot in the
navy receives, with flying pay around $500
month, while mechanics, according to
their grade, receive from S75 a month to
5000 month. On an average the twin
motor plane carries a crew of five. two Of
whom, but rarely more than three, are
commissioned officers
Single scatter airplanes. such as the SEA
and Thomas Morse types Of the army and
the vought type of the navy. cost about
50 cents a minute to operate while in the
air, this, too. including oil, gasoene and
depreciation. They are flown by one com
mssioned officer
Twin motor arpianes cost from $4,000
to S2S,000 apiece while the single scatter.
which at the same time is single motor
airplane, costs around $4,000 when oh.
tained in quantity production. The Lib.
erty motor. which Is the standard for both
the army and the navy, presents the largest
cost. 1t can be used for 100 hours without
being overhauled. Its actual life, after
being repaired, is around 600 hours, but
this Of course varies.
Kite balloons cost about $4,000 apiece.
These are OF the kind used by the navy
for observation purposes. sent up by a
battleship with line attached to assist
in the observation Of gunHre. They are
filled with helium or hydrogen gas at low
cost
The cost OF rigid airships. such as the
ZR.1, is much greater The ZR-i, being
built near Philadelphia for the United
States Navy. will cost s2.O0O,OO0. while
the hangar at Lakehurst. n. T., con.
structed to house the ill.fated ZR.2 and
the zR-1, cost another s2,000,O0O. There
are no accurate details as to what the ex-
pcnse Of maintenance will be. hut II Is
known that II will be great. AS one item
alone a crew OF 500 men will have TO be
retained TO get the airship in and out or
the hangar.
Congress provided s1s.oOO,OOO for naval
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mated that the payroll of such ship
amounts in month to 100000
Each Of the members of the crew receives
on an average $50 a month-the range
being from S25 to 500, which would bring
the figure to $4,000. The officers pay
makes up the balance.
An allowance of go cents day is made
for each man for rations. so that the total
cost of the food for the crew for week
amounts to $4,000. The officers pay their
own mess bills. buying their food in guam
titles and prorating the cost.
The greatest expense involved in main.
tanning battleship. or any other naval
vessel, for that matter is for fuel, includ-.
ing oil and coal. The naval appropriation
bill for the current fiscal year carries an
item of s17,5O0,OOO for fuel. water and the
like. Much depends of course. on the
The New York herald., 1921-09-11

THE man in the street knows
that our navy costs several
= hundred million dollars a
year-and he stops right there.
He knows next to nothing about
where the money goes, or what
for. It is the purpose of the ac-
companying article to tell him.
The new battleships which are
coming into commission are won
derful things. Take the Mary
land, for example. Her cost Is
put at $42, 200, 900. Each of
her eight 16-inch guns cost
$256, 900. When she fires
broadside it means $4,000. A
years maintenance of the ship
requires $75O,OOO, exclusive Of
pay. She carries 1900 men.
The bill for food will be about
$500, 900 a year. You read of
torpedoes. Each costs $15,OOO
1t is the most expensive piece
of ordnance. Bombs appear to
have become standardized, so to
speak; one dollar to the pound,
so that in cost they run as high as
So, 200 each, as two ton bombs
are now being developed. An
aviator in the navy receives $500
a month, ''flying pay" which,
perhaps, the man in the street
may not think excessive, all
things considered. Altogether the
article makes clear where the
money goes. ss
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WHERE MONEY GOES TO MAKE OUR NAVY
ltemzed Bill for Ships and Guns Revelation to Laymar
Superdeadnough Of Maryland Class S20OOOOO Each Fire
Inch Guns Costing S4800O and Using $4,000 Proeces
Each SalvoTopedoes $l50OO Bombs $4,000 and Air
planes $4,000 Incidental Expenses of Service

maintenance. The battle projectiles-they
are larger and more costly than the type
used in target practice-weigh 2,100
est of the airplane bombs already adopted
as standard ammunition
While the battle projectiles cost $1,400
apiece, the type used in target practice
cost but $500 apiece. These are sufficient
to train the gun crews and register just
as accurately and travel just as far as
those designed for action.
The newer types or battleships, laid
down, but not completed, are to be even
larger and much more expensive to oper
ate than those of the type of the Maryland.
striking example of this is the battle
ship Iowa-the new Iowa-which is now
building at Newport News, Va, to be fin
ished in two or three years. In tonnage 1t
will exceed the size of the Maryland by
one-fourth.
Old Iowa and the New One
In Striking Comparison
The new battleship Iowa and the old,
which was one of the finest of the first
line fighting ships at the time of the Span
ish-American war, show, when compared,
the remarkable strides in the development
of war vessels in the last quarter century.
1t is spectacular in every way, in the size
of the crew, the tonnage, the bore of the
gines, as well as the fuel.
Whereas the old battleship Iowa meas
ured $50 feet from stem to stern the new
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battleship Iowa will measure almost twice
as much, total of 6S4 feet. The old battle
ship Iowa measured 1872 feet across the
beam. and the new battleship Iowa will
measure los feet. The draft of the old bat
tleship Iowa is 27.4 feet, while that of the
new battleship will be 33 feet.
The speed of the onetime pride of the
navy was IL knots. while that of the new
will be %. Instead of the triple expansion
engines developing 1000 horsepower, as in
the old, the new fighting ship, burning oil,
not coal, will have an electric drive devel.
oping $4,000 horsepower.
The total displacement of the old battle
ship Iowa is H. 346 tons, while that of tie
new will be 43,2O0 tons.
The old Iowa had, when she went out of
commission, complement of AZ officers,
commissioned and warrant, and 643 en-
listed men, while the complement Of the
new battleship will be sc officers, commits
stoned and warrant. and a crew OF 1,400
men,
The old battleship Iowa had four 12-inch
guns and eight S-inch guns. whereas the
armament OF the new battleship will be
twelve 16-inch guns, sixteen 6-inch guns,
four 3-inch guns. four 6-pounder saluting
guns and two 21-inch torpedo tubes. 1t will
cost virtually three times as much to op-
crate the new batteship as IL did the old
one.
The old battleship Iowa. incidentally
was target for navy bombers in the tests
in June held off the Virginia Capes to de-
termine the accuracy of dropping explod-
ing missiles from the sky on ship under
way and capable of manmuvring
The battleship. which stood out in sharp
contrast with the much more powerful
first line vessels Of the fleet, such as the
Pennsylvania, the Florida, the North Da-
kota and the Delaware. was operated with
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out anybody aboard She was under her
own steam, but the 6attleship Ohio, mile
astern, steered her course for her at four
knots by radio while the bombers, from
attitudes in excess of 1900 feet, rained
bombs on her deck. Sooner or later, also
operating with radio control, she is to be
the target of fleet gunfire.
An even greater contrast in costs within
the memory of men living is shown by the
$2,440,000 bid to build the Chicago, Boston,
Atlanta and Dolphin in the SOS. This IA
nous White Squadron, called by ex-Secre-
tary John d. Long "the nucleus of the new
navy" reused nationwide comment be-
cause of its cost The total would just
about keep one of the most modern super
dreadnoughts in commission for year, ex
elusive of it's first cost of $4200O,000 and
upward
The next highest size of heavy guns of
the navy are 14-inch and they cost $4,000
apiece to build. They also are good for
100 rounds without being refined. The pro-
jectiles for the 14-inch gun cost for bat
tie 5000 apiece while those for target
practice cost $500. 1t is general rule
that the projectiles used for target prac-
tice cost about one-third as much as those
for battle. when a maximum destructive
power is essential
1t is possible forr the navy to buy in
quantities the standard 5-inch guns used
for the secondary batteries at $4,000 apiece.
The cost of the projectiles fired from these
guns is $50 apiece for battle type. The
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,vNsw New York Herald Bureau.
w HEN the United States dread
wv nought Maryland, which carries
the heaviest armament of any
fighting ship in the world, fires broadside
in battle it will cost, in round figures, a
total of $4,000.
Each of the projectiles fired in action
from 16-inch gun costs s1,40O. To this
must be added fair sum, estimated at
$3.50, for depreciation, bringing the total
actual cost for each shot to $2,25O. This
figure is without regard to the pay of the
men composing the gun crew, the cost of
their maintenance in food and clothes, the
upkeep of range finding and other appa-
ratus and so on through long list of
items that would run up into staggering
sum, difficult to estimate. naturally, with
any degree of accuracy.
Maryland Carries 8 I6-Inch
Guns of as CaIibre
The Maryland, which is just now being
put into commission for the first line of
the Atlantic fleet, having been delivered
only fAw weeks ago from the ship
builders, carries, with other armament,
eight 16-inch guns of As calbre. It is
the only battleship in the world to have
16-inch guns in It's turrets, the nearest
approach to them being the 15-inch guns
Of the British. With s2,25O set down as
the fair cost on one 16-inch shot. broad
side Of eight would send the total cost
for this firing to $4,000.
This Is a sample of the great cost of
modern warfare. The price OF prepared
ness Is less expensive, but it is, in way,
the payment of an insurance premium
against the day when the United States
may be called upon to go to war again and
when it must be ready to make every min
ute count.
The 16-inch guns Of the Maryland each
cost s256,O0O to build and they are good for
the firing of about one hundred shots
apiece. Then they will have to be refined,
at an outlay of approximately one-third
Of the original cost. The refining may be
done three or four times, according to the
character Of the firing that has been done
In addition,to the 16-inch guns the Mary
lands armament consists Of fourteen s.
inch guns of 81 calibre, four 3-inch anti
aircraft guns. four 6-pound saluting guns
and two 21-inch submerged torpedo tubes.
While there are other fighting ships in the
American fleet that are just as large, 33,59O
tons. and measuring 600 feet in length and
97.3 across the beam, none of them is
equipped with such armament.
IL Is because no such guns ever have
been carried on fighting ships before that
so much interest attaches among naval
authorities now to the cost of firing and
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O iag f Erener miles,,
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Continued on Foliol0sn0 Pacc.
The New York herald., 1921-09-11
By DONALD MCREcOR.

Special Correspondence to THE New YORK
HERALD.