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The Washington times., 1922-02-06
Liberty Bonds.

MOVING, PACKING AND sT0RAGI
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MISS M'NALLY ON TOUR
FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

To push the nationwide cam
paign for Reconsideration of the
Federal Civil Service, affecting nun
dreds OF thousands OF Government
employees all over the country, Mics
Gertrude McNally, third vice pres
ident OF the National Fedora ton Of
Federal Employees, is on her way
today to "a number of Western cities.
Miss McNally will consult with
and assist the Federal Employees
Unions in cities to be visited. urg-
ing them to support the sterling
Lehlbach Reconsideration bill, pend
ing in the Senate, and for amend
ments to the civil service retirement
act for superannuated employees.
Federal workers to be visited by
Miss McNally are employees of the
field service such as the meat in
speCtion force of the Bureau Of An
imal Industry; the Veterans Bureau,
Internal Revenue, Public Health,
Quartermasters Department, ARISEN.
ais, Department Of Justice. immi-
grafton service, Bureau of Mines,
and others.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06

Fifteenth and II streets northwest,
was announced yesterday through
the office of the Allen T.. Walker In
vestment Company. At the same
time it was indicated that the co
operative plan had been abandoned
so far as the Southern building is
concerned. The company took title
to the building from Allen E. Walker
and William l.. Browning, who pur'
chased it some time ago from the
Southern Realty Corporation.
The officers OF the new company
are: Allen +. Walker, presidcn
Leroy Gaddis, jr., vice president. and
William l.. Browning, secretary,
treasurer. The directors are William
L. Browning, Leroy Gaddis, jr., $ Il.
Golden, Hugh l.. Hanna, w. Edgai
Leedy, William ii. Sholes, JOHN
Lewis Smith, Allen T.. Walker and
John X. Waller.
The Allan E. Walker allied inter.
ests now occupy in addition TO their
large office on the first floor a
large part of the second floor. a
total of more than 5000 square feet
Of space.
Based on the rental income, the
Southern building is valued at about
100000. according to members Of
the company.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
CHURCH GIVES
MINISTER VOTE
Of CONFIDENCE
500 of Florida Avenue Flock
Approve Passionate of the
Rev. w. A. Taylor.

Rumors that should be the Rev.
William A. Taylor, pastor Of the
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
(colored) attempt to preside at the
services last night he would be GUST
ed by recalcitrant members, failed
to materialize.
Taylor appeared at the church
and called upon all dissenters to
stand up and voice their objections
to his passionate. Out of approx
matcly 500 men and women, only two
arose and expressed their opinion
that Taylor should resign.
Resolutions We're read by members
of the board of deacons and the wo-
mems auxiliary of the church, urg-
ing upon Taylor not to resign. Fac
tors in the church recently charged
Taylor with gross Encouragement.
These same factions recently filed
proceedings in the District courts,
demanding that the pulpit should be
declared vacant. A rule to show
why the pulpit should not be de-
clared vacant was issued by Justice
Bailey, it being answerable on We'd
ncsday
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
DRY RAIDERS TO KEEP
UNDER COVER IN FUTURE

Federal prohibition agents will
work under cover" in differen,
States, their identity concealed, 1,
was announced today by Federal Pro
hibition Commissioner Haynes.
Chasing the demon rum and VIC
lators Of the Volstead law, Haynes
believes, can be made more effective
by quiet operations.
Haynes directed that no official ar
nouncement be made hereafter of new
Federal agents appointed. Appointees
will take up their duties in various
States unknown to any except higher
officials.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06

The bonds are dated November /,
1921, are not redeemable during
the first ten years and mature No
vember I, 1871. The yield is 40
per cent to the redeemable date,
and s per cent thereafter to re-
demption or maturity. At any time
after the first ten years the bonds
are redeemable at par and inter
est.
Interest on the new issue is pay
able May and Nocember / at any
Federal land bank or Federal re.
serve bank, while the principal is
payable at the bank of issue. The
bonds are issued in coupon and
registered form interchangeable in
nominations of $4,000, $1,000.
$1,000, $500, 500 and $40.
Figures made public in connec-
ton with the new flotation show
that in the three and one-half years
Of active operation the Federal land
banks have grown until at the end
Of 1921 their capital was s2S, 7O7 ITO,
reserve 1850 900, undivided profits
$2,499, JOB, and the total assets
3473.799, 410. AL of the twelve
banks are now on a dividend pay
ing basis and every bank shows a
surplus earned from it's profits.
In connection with the offering
today Secretary Mellon has issued
the following statement:
These bonds will be for sale by
the Federal land banks, farm loan
associations, the Federal farm Loan
Reserve Board and bond distribu-
tors as heretofore. This is the
largest offering of farm loan bonds
ever made, but in view Of the gen
orally favorable trend of the in
vestment market and the continued
strong showing Of the Federal land
banks II Is believed that 1t will be
readily absorbed and as the funds
will go direct to the farmers Of the
country it should do much to i'm
prove the agricultural situation"
viii Address Bank Class.
Charles E. Howe, treasurer Of the
American Security and Trust Com
pany, will lecture to the elementary
class Of the Washington Chapter
American Institute Of Banking, to-
morrow night on Safe Deposit De
partment Of a Bank"
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
WASH VA. RAILWAY
REDUCES FREIGHT RATES

A 40 per cent reduction in freight
rates between Washington, Alex,
andria and Mt. Vernon. and all in
termediate stations has been an
nounced by the Washington, Vir'
ginia Railway Company. The re
duction, which has already gone into
effect, also includes the freight serv.
Ice between Alexandria and Fairfax
and all stations on the Falls Church
division.
The value Of the new freight serv
Ice inaugurated by the Washington
Virginia Railway Company was
demonstrated during the severe
snow storm of last week, when large
shipments Of freight arrived In
Washington from points in Virginia
and were delivered the same day.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
New Issue of Federal
Land Bank BOndsTOday
$75,0O0000 Issue of Per Cent Bonds Offered
to Public Expected to Prove Popular.
By HARRY GUSACK.

Washington bankers and brokers today reported a
liberal response the part of local investors to the
$750000O0 issue of Federal Land Bank per cent bonds
offered today by countrywide group composed of the
twelve Federal Land Banks investment houses nstitu
tons and dealers headed by Alex Brown Sons, of
Baltimore; Harris, Forbes and Company Lee Higgnson
and Company, the National City Company, and the
Guaranty Company of New York The bonds are offered
at a price of 1925 and interest.
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Wood to Address Club.

Junius B. Wood. correspondent
for the Chicago News, will be the
speaker at a meeting Of the Men 3
Club, Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church, Columbia road near
Fourteenth street northwest, at 8
o'clock tonight
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AD4sggYHs HAH# Ss BUSINESS AND FIN NOE
Local Stocks.

SALES.
Washington Gas SIS. $1,0o0490,
$1,000Q90; S1,0000S0.
e. Potomac Electric cons, SIS, $1,000
Q91. S1.000@91, $1.000G91, $4,000
81.
Lanston Monotype. 10974. SOFA
1904.
After call:
Washington Railway and Elec'
trio pfd. 20Q65%.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10Q140h
Capital Traction, 10Q94h.
Money; Call loans. s per cent and
6 per cent.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
New Southern Building Owners.

Organization OF the Southern
Building Company. Inc, which has
taken over the Southern building at
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developed she was calling to her
babies. Soon one little fluffy bird
appeared at the edge Of the nest.
After posing nervously on the
edge Of the nest for few seconds
he accepted the challenge Of the
mother wren and boldly flew down
to the porch. Soon two other little
fellows appeared and followed IN
like fashion to the porch.
Here the three Of them wobb1ed
about unsteadily after the fashion
OF young birds making their first
attempt to, fly.
Mother wren dew to a tree near
by and chirped forth a challenge
for the children to follow. Father
wren did likewise; but the babies
were unwilling to follow.
The parent bros came back to
the babies, seemed to whispe in
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FlAIRNIEV
Pennington Here Tuesday

&# fdTTf1HfSICn 81 mere TUESDAY
The Pennington High School,
baseball team will cross bats with
the local high school team on local
grounds tomorrow afternoon at
8 O'Clock. These two teams met
earlier in the season and Farming
ton was defeated by a scoreof IS 20
been showing some real baseball
and should give Fairview good
game. Underwood will likely pitch,
for the locals. The rest Of the line
up will be the same as when Mon
ongah was met here last week.
All Day Services
Rededicatory services were held
at the local ST. PauFs Baptist
Church yesterday at II a. M, p
m. and 1880 p. m. The purpose of
the rededication was to secure,
funds to pay an indebtedness re-
.sulting from repairing the church
during the winter in which several
Sunday school class rooms were
added, new furniture installed and
the building painted inside and out
The services netted a neat sum,
believed sufficient to entirely cover,
all Indebtedness.
Personals
Mrs. Ledia Coffindaffer of Fair-l
mont was visiting friends in Fair
view Saturday.
Several local fans accompanied
the track team to Fairmont Satur-E
day, among whom were O.. c.. Ter.
nant, Joe Murphy, Wesley Wyer.. !
Paul Schroeder and Willie Fox.
Carl Gedell Of Grant Town was
a Fairview visitor yesterday.
4 Miss Caroline Sumpter. science
teacher of the local high school
spent the week end with relatives,
in Fairmopt.
Cantata Tonight
The boys and girls 'glee clubs OF
the local high school will give . !
cantata in the high school auditor
ium tonight, beginning at O'Clock. |
In addition to the musical part Of
the program, the class in express
sion will give several readings.
Pleased With Track
Local people were pleased with
the showing made by the Fairview
High School in the sectional track
meet at Fairmo4t last Saturday. !,
This is the first time that the To-
cal school has supported a track
team, and the team was entered
more for a beginning in this sport
than for breaking records or win
ming events. ABE" Wilson with
his ever present smile drew first
place in three events, second place
In the high jump and third in the
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|rioIe sperfecfio and
She does great cred IS
tense 18th interest tt1rong hout:.
adds much to the interest story
fof llinginterest story OF ma:
jestie beauty. erysgood Ffilm
Eabsorbfng1yS Interesting. remark
able story beautiful il the ext
IRENE splendid program in
tense1y$ interesting plot Of the
story IS very good exceptionally
good quaint and charming story
=. story is pleasing 81: splendid
study OF animal life . in erestinss
plot. story that would in arrest
all ages and &c1asse s ~. good added
features. song story with great
heart appeal. much OF interest
good added features. and
SO on ad infinitum.
And not one single solitary word
OF criticism throughout Isn't it
queer that everything should be
constantly lovely? 1 have not found
it SO in my theater-going.
myself have been in a position
where I have handled theater critt-
cisms and / assure you, Mr.. Editor,
that If you will drop a postcard to
the various movie-houSe managers
about town, they will furnish you
with similar material each week
free OF charge and you will not
have to bother the good ladies
about it.
Personally, I think the Woman's
Club is being leased by the show
men Else why all this "good' in
the criticism column?
1t is not good thing for The
West Virginian or for Fatrmort
that this should go on. am nett!
5er theater manager nor mem
her of the Chamber OF Commerce.
but I have some idea Of what free
advertising is like Methinks there
is a law against it. J. g.
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SUITS FLED IN COURT Z;


III The suits have BEEN
filed IN the law aud chancery pro-
cess books of the Marion County
+ Circuit Court in the office OF Law Law
renee Gather, clerk OF the court w
$ Charles Sparano VS.. Otha Moran
I. detinue for the recovery OF Hud-s
son automobile; damages $1,000
srcturnable at the June rules: Wal
ter r. Haggerty, attorney for the
plaintiff.
4. The American Commercial Co.
vs.. T.. ID. Conway: and Harry H
Green, trading as partners under
the firm name of Conway and
Green: detinue. damages 81, 600: q
returnable at June rules; N. M
Nicely, attorney for the plainti ff-@
Lewis gLough, committee of Mag
Eie E. Lough, an insane person, vs.
Maggie E. Lough. an insane per,
son. chancery petition; Rollo J
ConIev, attorney for the plaintiff.
John Henry Trims vs. Lily
Trims, chancery; returnable at
June rules; Charles E. Miller, at
torney for the plaintiff. e
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Play Of Unique Character
to Be Given in M e. Church

Quaint costumes which date
bac kto the early seventies will
lend charm to play OF unique
character. depicting familiar
church scenes, which will be pres
ented at s o'clock tomorrow night
in the First Methodist Episcopal
church by the members OF the
Queen Esther Circle OF the church.
Old time songs as well as present
day airs will be attractive features
and a most interesting scene will
be the one portrayed by several
small lads who will tmpersonata
some Of the well known men OF the
church. IN addition to these scenes
there will be instrumental and
vocal selections and readings.
The lighting effects and stage
decorations will lend to the effec
tiveness OF the program and the
broad smiles and hearty laughs
which it will bring forth will make
it one OF the best performances
ever given in the city
The proceeds will be used to help
maintain the Engle Settlement
House IN Washington street.
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REcoNsTRUcT1oN TRUE TO LIFE.

Investigation of prehistoric is
sl ingsasgreater amount Of popular attention than
ssversSbefore,# due, doubt, to recent books
pub lished which written in such
SionSt hat the average human can read and under
stand what the author is talking about.
Mrss#Bryan has also added fresh interest to the
subjectAfor@Ethose4 Of inquiring mind by his
Scontention@S that monkey the remote
sancsstor9of6 man kind. An argument without OPP
entirely for the hardest believer
REVOLUTION never claimed thought that such
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-15

AII thesa II hole
detaIlsbrought
The
sphotographs Ape Mar own
England the neanderthal Man
#of$ GibrahersareE becoming familiar to MANFRED
4ers. These photographs Of the skull OF
prehistoric man, and Thu reservations built upon
these bone fragments have been widely featured
and the question strongly arise as to how true
to actual life these reservations may really be-
The actual blance5 of the reservations to
X the time possessor of these identical bones,
has been Ten1ar kably supported BY modern il
Sustration restoration which occurred last week
IN Ne#-York Grant Williams, expert in identin-
cation, physognomy, in craniametry and Kindred
sciences which have do with the construction OF
the faces OF the dead from the skull bones, made
such a remarkable reconstruction from few
teeth, and bones, and wisp OF hair, found wrap
ped up in an old newspaper, that the wax restora-
ton was Immediately recognized by two sisters Of
missing girl and by the superintendent, and two
attendants of home for feeble minded, in which
the girl had placed. Not until after the ident
fcation the reconstructed face did MT. Williams
see a photograph of the girl a photograph which
the sisters possessed, and which they produced to
back up their recognition of his most wonderful
reconstruction
II such resem blance exists in the restoration
modelled over a few bones and teeth of modern
skull it is pretty safe to allow that the art
working over few prehistoric bones gets results
ca ually true life If Mrs. Philtdown Man should
open Mr.. Osborne's book Men Of the Old Stone
AZ e, she would probably remark, What a wonder
fui likeness OF Piltdown!'' when she came to the
reconstructed physiognomy OF her one time hus-
band
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sBertonS BraIe y's Poem
- .b1ltIg - y 7
THEYGAAIBIEK5

THE GAaIBLER
The boys who play tn e ponies.
The lads who buck the wheel.
The men who rig the market s58;
5aiE In railroads. mines or steel
May seem like reckless gamblers
And yet their ways are tame
Compared to all the chances OF
The Farmers daring game.
He CANDLES with the sunshine,
He bets upon the rain,
He shoves his stack across the
board
With all to lose or gain:
Against hail, frost and tempest
He coolly lays his odds
While While from the daylight to the
He plows and tills the clods.
He bets his time and labor,
His everlasting toll
Against the locust and the worm
That make his crops their
spoil; D,
Each year he risks his fortune,
His strength and thought as
we'll.
Upon a shifting market
Which no man may foretell!
Through all his life he plunges!
A gambler unafraid,
His bets with nature and with
man
Upon the board are laid:
Upon the very wheel of fate
His wages bold are hurled \
The greatest gambler of them all
Who feeds a hungry world!
Copyright, 1929
u Women who pay income taxes in
New York number nearly 100000.
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.LElTE RS TO
THE EDITOR
MOVIE CENSORSHIP.

FA1RMONT, May -(Edito7,
The West Virginian.)-I have long
been silent observer of many
freaks, fancies and foilies perpe
trated and perpetuated by The
West Virginian but the type OF
criticism in your department which
purports to be "Woman's Club Cen
sorship" has become such that it
5arouses by ire and. fear, is about
to bring forth from me certain un-
complimentary statements concern
ing the author or authors thereof.
IN the first place, the editorial
matter in a newspaper should be
backed by that newspaper. The
West Virginian does not assume
any responsibility for the opinions
expressed" IS not sufficient Ctti-
zens of Fairmont who are unfortu-
nate enough to read your moving
picture censorship column are often
begui1ed into going to theaters Just
because the Woman's Club. what
ever that may be, thinks the pic
lures are good.
And. hold, 1t IS a curious thing
that the aforesaid Woman's Club
Now it has been my experience
with theater-going that about one
out 8of every dozen pictures Is
worth the time and trouble one ex-
pends in attending the show. The
rest are just plain. trash. But lis
ten to these quotations from the
censorship column, covering every
show in Fairmont during the past
week:
.'Should see this picture Inter
ectin o inten SEW Interesting Mot
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IS m rruIs1 th sit,,a;:s HsS should have
had first place ii The high jump
hut he5strainsof5t the thee events
mi as sstoos much N ors even an sfronS5
mnscIed athlete He, however,w was
high point man IN h the meet and and
should Ammons been present
Fairview would have carried away
the first meet in which they had
ever entered Gump took first
place in the shot put and Mason
first in the broad jump.
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t'gI'g Aba lI '#Ia. faIa .l5' ...'' tfa.,u
soB-STUFF.

~ rTORNEY GENERAL DAUGHTERY is not 50
~ easily stampeded men who have
cupied his important position Recently group
OF women organized parade Of children to petit
ton the president to grant general amnesty to
all so-cal1ed political prisoners''-men who had
been convicted of impeding the prosecution Of the
One OF the children carried a banner which
had been prepared for her bearing the legend My
daddy never saw me- All this intended to
win patty and distract attention from the plain
fact the prisoners have been found guilty, by
the unanimous verdict of juries, of violating the
law.
President Harding very properly referred the
petitioners to the Department Of Justice, where
they were told that each application for pardon
will be acted upon separately and on is own merits
solely, and that there will be general pardon
granted. This is good sound sense. Whatever
may be the merits OF one case, it should have no
effect, favorable unfavorable, upon any other
case whether daddy has ever seen his daugh-
ter has nothing whatever to do with the matter.
II he has not his daughter through fault Of
his, that is a for granting him
clemency. II the United States had not gone into
the war and, having gone in, had not helped win
the war an invading army Of Huns might have
made this sorry he had daughter at all. The
time for a to think about his children is when
the thought should act as deterrent II he will
not think of them then, he ought not take refu ge
behind them when he is called to account for his
defiance OF the government which affords protec-
ton only him for his family and friends.
President Harding and Attorney General Daugh-
erty merit the highest praise for refusing to be
misled into wholesale clemency for of the most
Instances where Communication of sentence
might be proper, but the facts of the individual
case and not maudIn sentiment should determine
the action taken
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sIHREE LITTI4E BRIDES

IN M theirs Day one hears
nnsulchsaboutSmot love. \
YesterdaySSSwe saw a concrete
aexampIeso mother love and care
MS "A s.
For days at our house we had
been waltz and watching for
fhreaslittI eswrens, recently hatch
adsoutsin3 anest in a basket on the
back porch to make their getaway
into
noon yesterday we noticed
The therswrens frisk1ng about on
esedgssofs the porch chirping and
5twitte peculiar tone. 1t
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-JFI ]


We can tell the Supreme Court
what Y ouiga board Is Ii Is play:
thing for q nut. ss3 Va EIS.
The stymte has been Officially
restored IN golf The nineteen: d
hole is still out Of luck. }23
& Chile and Peru will meet today
to conduct peace parleys- Better
invite both armies in and let EN- EN-
Norwich Rides IN Palace Car
headline. That made It a horse
car.
". D. Straight got his name In
the paper this morning. We had
practically forgotten that he was
.sealer OF weights and measures in
this county.
Woe to the bobbed hair flapper.
The actinic rays of the sun are
liable to destroy the protoplasm Of
her nerves, says an army surgeon.
4 That sounds serious, but whatinel
does an army surgeon know about
the actinic rays of the sun, Or
F1appers.
What say you all, ye fair Zap
pers Of Fairmont-
Girls in London are having their
little toes cut off so they can wear
No. I shoes. Quite foolish otally
On this basis a lotta guys should
have their heads cut off, so they
could wear smaller hats.
. May 15-let the straw hat come.
forth from the cleaners looking fit
to kill.
The gasoline reserve has reached
a new maximum-and the price is
going up.
Hold 'em, crude oil, hold 'em.
Mae Murray is here this week in
Peacock Alley" They say she
wears well what little she wears at
all.
The picture shocked Paris, but
we amt one bit afraid.
Like the comedians said in a mu-
steal comedy the reason it took
the chorus girls SO long to dress
was that they had to get their
clothes on Just right.
Canada claims Wransel Island.
It would make a good meeting
place for Congress
Harding is back from New Jer-
sey, having evaded the army Of
mosquitoes.
Speaking Of perfect gentlemen,
the Baltimore Sun says, We know
a man in Frostburg whose home
would be happier if his wife hadn't
married such a Cross husband"
But why pick on Frostburg7
\ Life is full OF disappotntments.
and the movie people seem utter
" incapable Of making picture
as naughty as the title.
VIII Appoint Bill Checker-head-
line. Is he Bill Checker or Just a
bill checker.
Ask the firemen at central sta
49,