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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-22
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. %,
The anthracite peace seeking
committee entered another day
with no signs of break in the
deadlock between representatiy es
OF the mine workers, and those OF
the operators The fifth session
OF the conference was scheduled to
begin at p. M
Both sides were again said to
have agreed TO the restoration or
the old wage rates until next
April L, but SO farsit has apparently
been impossible to agree upon y
program for fixing wages after tina
date,
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TO BAN
CRI n |'||::.D D ] /: &.
BY GENE COIN

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. rs -
The insanity DEFENSE and tIieS
"unwritten law" those much useSe
twin avenues Of escape in murder
cases. must go. sS9;sz55l
Such Is the flat declaration OF
Curtis D. Wilbur, Justice OF the
California Supreem Court, in an
interview following recommenda-s
lions to this effect before the
American Bar Association. JUS
t1ce Wilbur speaks out OF an Xxx
perience of 1000 trials of "inss1S
ity cases and years of resesrcEs
The code OF moyst states holds
idiots, lunatics and insane per-
sons not capable of committing.
ccime." he says. No matter how
many people are 4 killed BY suGts
persons. or how many houses ali y
burned it is held no crime a t al1l
>has been committed. sss sSss
The damage done by an. insane
man is just as real and great as IL
he were sane: but the killing OF ~
human being is no soffsnse. 1T
would seem. because there has
been no mind capable Of under
standing the wrongfu1ness. Hay-s
ing determined that defendant
is insane the criminal law dis fsszs
es him. 3 55!sissEss
To put it directly: at present.
the defense of insanity is trap
/. for the insane and me9ns OF;
escape for the sane. So wtdely Shas2
the idea of the "unwri.tan law
taken hold that we ,constans-x
r1y respectable citizens assert that
they would expect public pla1:ditss
Of their friends and simmedietsa c
fS.v -
under certain cs::S umstancsss, 5.
"My prop. asa. then is thi \. tha
insanity be no longer trei.s1 a So
a defense In 4 criminal charges
and that cr:aehcs en- that ssuk ;2e
beIexcluded from the jury ttryz&:
a criminal cas- = Sat after con-
Siction the datendant, upon sus-
Ge.t;eS of$$insan.t: be cxamineiis
.,ySs board of sali,tnists; that. they
4 oternin inc whether he Should abes
sent to state hospital, private
hospital or prison.. tEat the state
retain jurisdiction over the de-
PENDANT even after an apparently
complete cure for as long as the
maximum sentence obtains.
insanity Defence Humbug
AS itS now stands the defense
of insanity is humbugs prtense
q 49, s.--St.t a s'kN1 ldliCA4 10 !. q
der all to ::i.iNC. thy accepted lty
jealous lovers, discarded mistress.
es sindignant fathers and outraged
husbands. # ,s# y SS 4
The average. jurors acquits the
defendant who does exactly; ~
that juror would have done unds
the same circumstances-and thtS
upon the absurd ground of insans
1ty. On the other hand the very
#barbarity and shocking cruel sy. =, IS
the. really insane man cause: y . s1n
very Juror to returnsa yerdi cSs 81
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-22

&. 8. on Monday. The bulk Of this
coke was loaded west. there beinSs
Is cars shipped in that direction
against II cars to the east
Daily Railroad Fuel
Railroad fuel loading took Jump
also yesterday off the MononEah,
Division. B. & o. One hundreH'
and twenty-four cars &of coal were i
loaded for that purpose. Foreiga
railroads continue to get the bully:
of the railroad fuel. They receiS5
ed IS cars against go cars taken
by the B. & o. yesterday. ~; 80
Off the Charleston Division, BE;
o. 81 cars Of coal were loaded rs
railroad fuel Foreign carriers sse@:
cured all of this tonnage except
three cars which went to the b.
& o. 81 81
a. Personal Mention
G. H: Jenkins, vice PRESIDENT OF
the Hutchinson Coal Co. hasS-r
turned from a business trip sttss
Washington. D. c. si IL 81
A. J. .Salzer. coa1 tradesman has
returned from trip to Pittsburgh
Frank K. Day, general manager
Of fhe Pocabontas-New River Dfvis
sion, Consolidation Coal Co., who
was here last week, returned to-
Coalwood. w. Va, Friday night.
George S. Brackett. secretary8of1
the Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators 5;Associat ton, who speEt
the weekend at Mountain Lake
Park. Md, was back at his desk
yesterday. ~
III Does MOT Apply II ere VI II
Reports to the effect that it b
was necessary to ship coal 10 thess
lakes out of this field on a. so per-
cent basis every day which applies
to other West Virginia fields, par
-icular1y the non-union regfoE<s
does not apply here as previousf3.s
published. AS yet no fuel commit
tee has been appointed I'M this res$
g!on, although 1t is understood thatt
names have been submitted mo
special ruling on lakes shipm ents
has been made here. as yet.
Logan Needs Cars
Coal production I'M the Logan.
field is only about 600 cars Il day.
on the average during thespast sfewg
weeks. according to reports receiy.
ed here. A serious car shortage
is on. and production is PROBABLY
cut to 3Tperg cent of normal. zDafIy@
half OF the coal loaded must go To 3
the lakes. 81
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MINES HIT BY CAR
SHORTAGE TODAY
IN LOCAL REGION
tconttnu.d from page one,

down by the authorities at Wash
ingtcn find that they are with out
cars. 1t is said that some of the
mines that did not receive cars to-
day on the Monongah Division had
no coal shipments on urgent priori-
ties.
Cars May Be Short.
Coal operators rear that the car
supply may be very short by the
end of the week. The B. & o. re-
Gently took decided brace in it's
coal movement. over the noun tains,
swamped with, several days of
neavy coal loading it is difficult to
predict the outcome.
Locomotives are perhaps not in
the pink of condition on the B. & O.
and it will probably take several
mouths to repair them. to say moth
ing OF the repairs to- coal carrying
equipment.
The showing made recently by
the B. e O.. is favorable consider
ing what the road is up against
Coal Loading Jumps
Coal loading in Northern West
I Virginia on Monday jumped up to
lao cars. Practically. all of the
divisions showed gains over the
previous day. There are a mum Der
OF non-union mines yet at work in
the field, but they are getting scar
Ger every twenty-four hours On
Saturday LOIS cars of coal We're
loaded.
Best b. & o. Movement
The B. & o. Railroad concentrat-
ed on the eastern coal movement
over the mountains, east OF Grafton
on Monday with the result that ten
trains drew 39S loads of freight,
all of which were coal loads except
four. There was no freight move
lnent west. This is the best move
ment made by the B. & o. over the
mountains since the strike began
At midnight there were $50 loads
OF unmoved east bound freight
cars of which $50 loads were coal.
Daily Statistics
Active mines empties ordered to-
day and coal loaded on Monday in
Northern West Virginia were as
follows:
Active Today's Loaded
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Active Today's Loaded
Mines Empties Monday
Railroad
Total 1863 1880 a
In Sub District Three

In Sub District Three
A number OF additional coal COM
panies have signed up with sub
district 5, district IT, United Mine
Workers of America, at Grafton,
it was learned today These includ-
ed STAFFORD Gas Coal Co., Brydon,
w. Va, and others.
1t was stated today by w. M.
Rowan that arrangements were be
ing made to sign some large com
panies in the near future. Mr. Ro-
wan is vice president OF sub district
No 5 with headquarters at Grafton.
This far there are a number o.
interests along the Morgantown &
Kingwood Railway and in the E.
kins section that have not signed
up with the United Mine Workers
of America. S.,,fs
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it IS approved BY the state tax
commissioners -
Tie curtailmcnt of funds will
mean, according to= Mr.. Tustin.
that the pupils OF the Fairyiew and
Rivesville schools will be placed
on a half. daySbasis part Of the
children going to schoo l IN the
morning and the rest in the after
noon g This will greatly handicao
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60.
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9: CENSORSHIP: 8:

crissei.m and sornnenta 80 q. A.
,,srtsons nj the local theaters sppc,r-
srr =, thtn column are Furnished ~
tie morie eensorshio eosnznittss q the
Woman'e Clpas Of Fairuaont- TN Hee+
yirxinixn does net Asauns any
lIponsibtHsy for tha e0tn3cna ep'-sN='-
The Editor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-22

At Cook Hosp,tal-Mrs. G. B.
sRosfer Of Virginia avenue under
went ANA jor operation at Cook
SHospital t day. Walter Fumonza
FREDERICKSBURG was admitted to
hospital, and Mrs. Charles
ssRlftstinSis a medical patient there.
4 mickey Loss of N1ononsah was
&operated ont for the removal of his
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

REAL IESTAIE TRANSFERS
The following real estate trans.
fers have been recorded at the OIL
flee of County Clerk Lee N. Sat
terfie1d:
Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal and
Coke Corporation to the Consoli-
dation Coal Co., two certain parcels
of land in Paw Paw District. Con-
sheraton S222.
Wood Lawn Cemetery Co. to
Clarence H. Bloom and Eva Lena
Bloom, a parcel of land in the
Wood Lawn Cemetery in Fairmont.
Consideration $500.
C.. Elizabeth Davis ct al to
George B. Coburn. parcel of
land on the West Fork iver. Con.
sheraton $1,000.
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Cur ont the picture on al four
IdeS. Then carefully fold dotted
lfn6sS1 itS entire length. Then
+ dotted line 2, and 80 on. Fold each
sssection underneath aceur ately.
when completed turn over and
you'll find o. surprising esut. Save
stheSp1ctw,ss-
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LATE WANT ADS.
STwO8FURNISHED ROOMS WITH
SINK IN KITCHEN. E. Park
avenue. Phone 1851. 5236-A

ssFoR SALE:-s5 acre farm locat-
;sdin4Trumbel1 County, Ohio. on
IL miles from Cen
8 months school. For fur.
ssthsr particulars address F. o. Box
127sE,airmont,2W W. Va. 5235-A
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2tonsils. asswas. alsosM arfon; Henfzy
of this city. a. Ii -

Dental Hysienists-Three Fair
mont young women are qualified
dental hygienists, having been mott
fled by the state board that they
had successfully passed the state
examination. They are the Misses
Iva Mckinney, Cece1e Sarsfield and
Emma Kerr. The young women re-
Gently went to Wheeling where they
took the examination and were
notified today that they had pass
lists in the state Of West Virginia.
Miss Mckinney is employed in the
office of DIR. Fred Hess, Miss Sars-
field in the office of Dr. C. H. Neill
and Miss Kerr in the office of Dr..
w. J. Boydston.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-22

ssFineSEarge Peaeh-What is be-
saiexed to be the largest peach ever.
ssKtovn IN this city was one picked
TOD ay from a tree in the yard of
the home OF r. NJ. McClaskey in
Market street The peach was
gseieyen and a half inches in cir
and weighed almost a
spound. 1t was an Alberta and was
8nne half OF the crop of peaches on
tree for this year. The other
pea III was not quite as large. The
sfrast Killed all the other peaches
sonE the tree.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-22

Son Born-Kn eight-pound son
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Brannon yesterday at their home
on Diamond street. He has been
named Albert Lee.
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CANDY STORE TO
BE. OPENED HERE

tCortsn,,ed from oarr an.,
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Returns to Cincinnati-Mrs.
Nellie Freeman has returned to
her home in Cincinnati. Ohio,
after a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. J.. Mitchell Mills.
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7759Tg Is H
SHIPMENTS
To LAKES START

tcontsnued from p.se one,
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WORK ON SCHOOL
HOUSES. STOPPED
SUDDENLY TODAY

1continued nom oasr en.,
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Miss Davis nl-HuSn Davis of
is spending several
4 days n the city He was called
shere by the serious illness of Miss
TAdaHne Davis, an aunt. who re-
sid at Sl9 Cleveland avenue
sNiisssDayis is 81 years old.
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AGREEMENT FOR
OLD WAGE SCALE
REACHED TODAY

tcontinued from page one,
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BRAIN TESTERS.

Behead tree and leave the
ssroof5 of&aSvault.
aBehead son high" and leave the
.stoPnlost story.
Behead thrown violently" and
sIeave an organ of the body.
Behead a proposition and leave
Behead your own property and
Behead to delete and leave to
destroy.
Benead reproach and leave
ssasrelatiye!
to annoy and leave COM
fort
.ss@Behead an occurrence and leave
The deleted initials, taken in
order, give the name OF an
general. whose name
snrection with this country's debt
when United States
troops left for the war in Eu-
8 5F9Ps
yesterdays solution: Her ORR
:ssEinal stock was seven. To dis
& Cover over 1T it is sufficient to note
that she gave her last customer
sshalfs her remaining stock. plus
aEhaff an egg. AS this left her with
none, the half egg must have been
equal to the half of her then
s5Etocl1 which must, therefore, have
q been one egg only She gave her
second customer half her then
ssssstoclcsplus half an egg, and as this
sssIefts her with one egg only, it is
obvious that the half In questio on
RRssimlnst have been one and one-halt
ssgE She had, therefore, prior to
Sthis second transaction, three
8eggs Ieft. At the first sale she
sgaye4 half her original stock plus
ashalf an egg, and as this left her
with three eggs, 1t follows that
her original stock must have been
seYen.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-22

Kiwanis Meet Tornorrow-The
Fairmont Iliwanis Club will hold
its regular weekly luncheon and
meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A. Build
ing tomorrow. The state conven-
ton of the organization is being
held at Wheeling today and to-
morrow. The local club elected
delegates, but none of them was
able to attend the meeting.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-22

Masonic Meetjng-This evening
at O'Clock a special meeting OF
Farmont lodge 9, Masonic Fra
ternity. will be held in the Masonic
Temple for the purpose OF confer.
ring degree work.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-22

Guests at Camp-Mr and Mrs.
W. H McNeely and daughter. Miss
katherine of Pittsburgh, and Mrs.
Ellen Hunt OF Burton are guests
of Mrs. C. G. Wrick and Mrs. John
Wrick at their summer camp on
the Valley River
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-04-07
and Registration Bill

the measure requires each resident
alien to register annually at some time
between August and November ex.
penses of registration to be paid from
an annual fee Of S..
Moneys collected are to be set rslde
as citizenship obstruction fund.-
under control of the secretary of labor
for proportionate allocatlop of public
schools, to pay salaries of public school
teachers in citizenship classes organ
lied for the purpose of teaching 10y
atty, citizenship responsibilities, and
the English language.
The bill would eliminate all appear.
ance of witnesses at naturalization
hearings, thereby saving annually the
useless and unnecessary cash outlay
OF S7,250,000 by applicants and the eco
nomic costs of more than S5,750,O00
which now is imposed annually on
more than 10000 citizens, employers,
and employees.
The measure provides Independent
naturalization OF married women and
retention of American citizenship by
resident American women who marry
foreigners.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-04-07
GOVERNORS BECOME SCOUTS

Last fall on the Steps of the capitol
at Albany, Governor Miller became
)Hlclally an honorary tenderfoOt scout
and subscribed to the scout oath and
Jaw. During anniversary week Il
large number Of gubernatorial heads
followed his example and are now
regular scouts. Tie list of scout
governors includes Cox Of Massachu-
sets, Mcliae Of Arkansas, Blaine of
Wisconsin, Parker Of Louisiana,
stephens of California, Campbell of
Arizona. together with entire state
legslature). McCray of Indiana, Neff
u Texas, Mckelyie Of Nebraska,
SanSouci of Rhode Island Kendall
IF Iowa. Kilby Of Alabama, Hardee Of
Florida Mabey Of Utah, Morgan of
Vest Virginia, Dixon of Montana,
Davis Of Idaho, Olcott of Oregon,
Nllen Of Kansas. Groe,beck Of Michi.
an, Taylor Of Tennessee. NoStos Of
North Dakota, Morrison of North
Carolina, PreuS of Minnesota, and
citing Governor Cooley Of Colorado.
Among other adults taking the scout
,ath were many mayors, several Secre.
aries Of state and In Trenton, y. j.
100 kiwanianS
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-04-07
Peace Hath Victories as Well as War

rine who participated in the work
of rescue.
According to General Leieune this
policy Is based on a theory which
has seldom bean considered In con.
nectlon with the military service,
namely, that the marine corps exists
not only to serve the nation in war,
but 10 constitute Il reserve OF edl-
Gated trained, technical men ready
to come to the aid of the country in
any manner in which their services
may be needed in emergencies Of
peace
An apt illustration Of the manner
in which the corps new policy has
put all marines ION their toes" 10
serve the nation whenever needed. IL
furnished in the happenings Of the
collapse Of the Knckerbocker thea.
ter. The roof of the Inflated build
ing fell shortly after s o'clock on the
evening of January %. Within
quarter Of an hour more than POO
with trucks containing jacks,
acetylene torches and other devices
We're bucking their way through the
heavy snow 10 the scene of the acct
dent two miles away Their work on
arrival is too well known all over the
country to need retellng
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-04-07
PICTURES OF THE WORLD WAR
Fifty Photographers on Job, but Views
Of Hardest Fighting Do Not
Tell the Story.

During the Civil war photography
was new art. Only one man was on
the job-Brady. II Brady happened
to be around when battle was fought
the battle would be photographed
otherwise not. But photography dur
ing the recent war was no such hit
and.miss proposition. How the World
war was caught on negatives Is told
In an article In a recent number of the
American Legion Weekly.
The very first ship that went over
carrying General Pershing also carried
a movie man. And from that time not
single important engagement went
"unsnapped." When our army was at
the height OF Its operation II had 80
photographers. And for every photog-
rapher in the field we had three men
In the laboratory ready TO push our
negatives through.
Although the photographs extant af-
ford remarkable history, one of the
disappointment has been that even
the best Of the battle pictures do not
show the real danger because most OF
the hard fighting was done at dawn
before the light was good enough.
During the whole war there was never
a motion picture made Of hand.to-hand
fighting by the American troops. The
Italian army posed some pictures, but
this was never allowed by American
generals.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-04-07
FOUR TROOPS FOR STATE

Superintendent Derrick Of the State
School for Boys at JameShurg, y. j.,
recently visited the national council
headquarters in order to register four
new troops of boy scouts (l2S boys),
which have been organized in the
school. Mr. Derrick is strong In his
faith that scouting win reyolutlonize
the lives OF these hayward boys, and
declares IL has already worked won
ders In the institution. The scouts go
on hikes, pom honor, and so far no nd
vantage has been taken Of the priyi.
lege. This past holiday season was
the first for many years, according to
Superintendent Derrick. In which no
attempt has been made by boys TO es.
cape from the institution. He lays
this fact largely to scouting.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-04-07
Millions at Camp Grant Junked by Act

Unusual features In an act recent
oly passed by congress are attract
ing attention in army circles. Through
a more or less obscure provision, oSS
acres of land included In Camp Grant,
Rockford, ILL.,, are returned to their
owners.
Statements have been made that al
though the land in question could have
been purchased through condemnation
for from $4,000 to 100000, the orig
Inal owners have now come into pos
session of peculiarly valuable proper
files upon which the government has
Installed pumping stations, power
plants and other utilities, said to be
worth s2000,O00. In addition. owners
are in position TO sue the govern
ment TO remove the utilities II this Is
desired. In fact, one of the owners
has already begun an action involving
100000, 1t is alleged.
OF the tracts at Camp Grant to be
turned back to their owners, John A.
Johnson owns 232.e7 acres; Sara J.
Baldwin, 1924, and Charles A. Sam
nelson, 1900. A few days after the
house passed the bill last year Secre-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-04-07
SCOUTS AT coAsTlNe PLACES

Always on tie lookout for oppor-
tunltles to be Of service, scouts In
many cities have acted as volunteer
guards at coastng places. In Brad
ford, Pa, code system was used
white flag meaning FALL clear" and
a red flag COASTERS coming" In
Easton, Pa. where similar service was
performed well-meaning bystander
offered TO relieve one of the scout
patrolmen and give him chance
for a coast or two himself. The by
stander reported later as follows.
He looked quite through US as much
as to say Not on your life. I'm re
sponsible for this job under orders
Of the mayor We saw his point and
admired II and him."
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-04-07
Farm Bloc Has Just Begun to Fight"

WASHINGTON.-"The farm bloc
mas just begun to fight That is
lne message of Senator Capper of
Kansas, new leader of the agricultural
o'oc In the United States senate, who
inherited leadership when Senator
kenyon resigned to go on the federal
bench.
The legislation in which the bloc
mas been most active to date" Capper
explains in discussing his plans for the
ruture OF this bipartisan agricultural
group, has been A the main emer-
gency measures. 1--WE are now facing,
however, the task of getting into law
matters that must form great, con-
structive, national agricultural policy.
of first Importance to agriculture
are lower freight rates. We cannot
get back anywhere near to normal
until these rates are lowered. Although
IL Is doubtful that there Is a great deal
that congress can do In this line, the
matter of rates being in the hands
or the Interstate commerce commits
sion, there are two or three things
which would help. Among these are:
First: Repeal the guarantee clause of
the Esch-Cummings act. Second: Re
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-04-07

lie, Mayor Oles seems TO possess the
fundamental American ideals that
make for good government.
He is making a rather thorough job
Of the business of cleaning up lOungs-
town. IF | have to I'm going to call
on the American Legion TO turn out
and back up the police force" he said.
"We'll get this cleansing job done, and
done right"
Oles places great deal of conf
dence in the ex-solders. He employs
them in the departments Of the city
government and says that their work is
satisfactory. "The boys seem to have
lost that restless feeling and are, If
anything, more anxious TO perform
their full duty than men who never
served" he asserts.