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be interested in a report OF an ex;
'perienced related by o visitor 70
the capital this week who made 4
ystunp,speaklng tour for one OF Il
parties through q tier Of West Wis
ginia counties. At one co1hty-seat
he related. he was waited upon by
the local party Committeeman and
warned not to mention anything in
his speech about the Yolstead lay
or prohibition enforcement. Not
that he had been mentioning tin i
his speeches, nor intended - IL
that particular place, but being
curious TO find out the reason Tor
the local party workers, advice to
be cautious, he inquired "why HS
was told that "two thirds'e OF the
people In this country are either
directly or indirectly Interested in
the liquor business. He had iden.
tically the same experience at
other places he was billed to
speak, but there the Illicit bust
ness OF only the immediate local.
ity was to be considered. They
aid not tell him that he might
hurt the fine and tender senslbnf
ties OF most OF the people Of the
county should he refer slighttngiys
to the moonshine manufacturing
and bootleg industry, not to men.
tion the sensitive feeling Of what;
ever home brewers that might DO
within sound Of his voice.
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WASHINGTON NEWS
~ GOSSIP 81 e41slzs saooTs SMITH

WASHINGTON, Nov. Eft
seems to be Inevitable that Cong.
ress will again undertake an inves
tigatton Of the Ku Klux Khan. It
will be the second one. The first
didn't result in very much and It
is now said that 1t was more or
less perfunctory. For week, ar.
ticles on this organization have
been featured in the capital news.
papers. The visit or Governor Par.
Of Louisiana, accompanied by
Attorney General Coco, to Wash.
ington to see the president and lag
before him their story of the
Klan's activities in that state, was
the sensational highlight Of the
matter. According to them, the or
ganization has secured pretty
fair grasp on Louisiana govern.
ment, and the self.styled Invisible
Empire bids fair to get q firme-
hold on the official reins in that
state. One OF the latest stories to
be published here alleges that at
the time, some months ago, that a
congressional committee was sit
ting investigating the secret frat
eTnity, an iniation was held under
the. dome Of the Capitol at which a
high government official was In
vested with the work. signs and
signals. 1t was also alleged In tho
same newspaper article that the
Ku Klux organizers have made
subHtantial inroads on the person.
mel Of the government depart.
ments. Several weeks ago the same
charge was published as to the
army and navy, but the high off.
cials OF those two branches, after
claiming to have investigated the
charge, issued a denial.
At the capitol among the mem.
bers Of Congress, there is lots OF
talk about the part that the organ.
ization Is credited with playing in
the recent elections. 1t is general.
ly accepted there that the Khan
was largely instrumental in elect
ing one United States senator and
It Is claimed that a sincere investi.
CATION by a committe of Congress
will disclose that there will be sev.
eral Ku Kluxers in the upper
branch IN the Sixty eighth Cong
ress, and more numerous repre3.
entation on the House side. West
Virginia politicians claim that the
Khan was active in the recent cleo.
ton IN their; State, and offer con.
vincing testimony to support tile
claim . The organization. they said,
was first observed taking a'hand
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The death of Mrs.. E. Sands removes from
the community woman representative of the
truest and finest type Of motherhood and wifehood.
In her devotion to her family her interest in her
church, and her cordial hospitality she was every
thing that could be desired in genuine woman
hood. 1t is typical of the fine courage and Chris
tan faith of this woman that she bore LIES keen
est sorrows with utmost fortitude. When death
removed her husband and tie was severed that
was stronger than life itself, she met the blow
with finest endurance. The tragic death OF her
son, man beloved by all Fairmont, still found
her in her advanced age with courage to meat
the trial, though bowed with grief. 1t is doubtful
II the lives lived today by men and women can pro-
duce the courage and strength of this older
ton represented by Mrs. Sands. Do things move
too swiftly today to build stanchly? Will the
storms Of life find the men and women Of today
anchored as stoutly as this fine spirit which has
now passed ONT Fairmont has been infinitely the
richer for having had Mrs. Sands. and hundreds Of
persons Join in the sorrow that shadows Peacack
Farm.
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DECREASE SHOWN
IN DEATH DATE

WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-Flg.
ures for practically NIL states With
in the death registration area Of
the country, as announced today
by the Census Bureau, reflect 10
decreased death rate for the total
area in 1921 as compared with the
proceeding year. OF the adjusted
rates figured on the differences In
the sex and age distribution otitlia
population in the various states.
Montana showed the lowest, ~
per 1000 population and Massae
chusetts the highest, 1870. For
cities of 100000 or more poplation.
the lowest adjusted rate, 90, was
reported from Akron, Ohio, while
a rate OF 10 for Memphis was the
highest.
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BertOn Braley's Poem

Somebody else might not see you
as I do,
Somebody else might consider
you plain.
Somebody else might be asking me,
Why do
Other s.,I Ei; !. seem to you silly and
/ couldn't say, but / love you; and
When you are noar. why. the
heart in me melts
SO that know that / really can't
Somebody else.
Somebody else might be fairer
than you are,
! am concediug that somebody
might,
Only ! , know y. that the girls whom
None e. Of t. them One-halt 50 pretty
Maybe your beauty won't bring
you renown for
Capturing victims and taking
their pelts,
Yet am fearful you might turn me
down for
Somebody else!
Somebody else might BIO hanging
around vnu-
Not IL ! kno wit, however, my
dear.
I'm 81 jealous since that day /
found you.
Somebody else better keep
pretty clear.
otherwise-well kid, I've got a
left hook like
Dempsey's, at times; can swing
some mean belts,
Somebody else. II he meets me,
will look like
Somebody else!
Copyright 1929
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RECEIVER NAMED

MERCER, Pa, Nov. 27.-R. M.
Kilkey of Greenyille has been
named receiver for the Bessemer
Coal and Supply Co., a petition If
G.. H. Rowley. The company, In.
corporatel under tho laws Of the
state Of New York. deals In coal
cement, lime, farm machiners Ind
the manufacture and sale Of ice.
Assets were given as S6L2s7 and
liabilities at $4,000. The Petition
alleged that the company has op;
Grated at a loss since its incorpor;
alton. 80 .N..r.i.,'l.-lll
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Maid.
Wen 4 you would come across
and tell where that Coaches EInef.
nus Club liquor Is stored, / could
Now, listen, II West Virginia
WINS that game ON Thursday, III
arrange to get a quart or two Of
mat stuff and you and / viii have
a little party, but remember only
TWO quarts at the outside, because
! have to save the rest for the an.
rual banquet"
well, half a drink is better
than none," said Lawrence. "The
bet Is on"
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81 see." said the Maid. "Do you
think that they will call off the
game with West virginiai
"No, that game will be played as
a matter of form, but unless w. &
]. wins that game, West Virginia
won't lose it"
"But you said the Presidents
wouldn't win anymore"
well l haven't said anything diff
ferent since, only I did say the
same thing In another way"
81 think you need thawtng,p said
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fywhere. Naturally the staysat home people
hear little icsm but those who travel, or those
Who settle permanently elsewhere have constantly
to Listen to comment that arouses them to high
pitch Of Indignation Telling rebukes have been ad-
ministered, as in the play presented at Columbia
University this year, and in the defeat Of this Ohio
judge West virginians are actively 'resentfu and
are not without means of defense as defamers are
apt to learn to their sorrow.
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WOMAN ACCUSED OF
KILLING HUSBAND!

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 27,-Mts.
John Postucha of Glassmore, near;
here was being held for the COR
oner today, charged with kilt
ing her husband. After she SUR
rendered to the police late last
night, the woman told the authori.
ties that several months ago she
left her husband. Last night, the
police said she told them, the bus
hand tried to gain entrance tosher
house, and when he tried to BREAK
down the door, she fired, through
a panel the bullet striking him In
the stomach.
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wife.
He's one of those uncertain hus-
$50.
Now he is and now he Is not.
A call has been issued for brandy
to treat flu on a United States
ship. Those who haven't the ia
when the brandy arrives will soou
get it.
A movement is on foot to bar
women from the Yale-Harvar1
games in the future. That means
war.
The movement is under the aus.
pices Of the Yale.Harvard Mems
Protective League.
They say It is too hard to try to
teach the fair ones the game and
enjoy the battle at the same time
One of the girls wanted to know
why the fellow with the ball didn't
run the other way where the field
was clear.
Another girl wanted every Har.
ward player slain and dragged off
the field.
The verdict of the league was
that a football game is no place
for a nervous woman and that
every woman Is nervous at foot
ball game.
The most unlucky thing about q
81 bill to us is the fact that we
don't have enough OF 'em.
80
More than 1000 canaries recent
" arrived in this country. Looks
like a nice winter for the cats.
The Sultan of Turkey was
chased away from home. Which
wife did It?
Tutpentine will remove paint,
but it blisters the face.
Income taxes are due ten days
before Christmas. That's fine
news for Papa.
Major Gallup belongs to the
Maine National Guard cavalry.
Thanks.
A selt.made man is often a fel.
low who selected a wife that made
him work. Officers, call a police.
man.
Thanksgiving should last a
week, SO fellow could get over it,
Going to Morgantown Thurs.
day. Neither are we-not interest,
ed in football. You know.
That win be enough for Monday
morning.
Except that
Huge" Fox says that he hasn't
slipped out Of society but that he
slipped out of his dress suit and
can't get back in It.
Maybe It's a tit for a Little
Moore now.
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NEW HOTEL PLANNED

CHARLESTON, Nov. GA
fourteen story hotel containing 40
rooms with private baths will be
erected on the site Of the old state
capitol here at a cost Of about 81.
100000. The new building has al.
ready been designed by Cass GU.
bert, noted New York architect OF
international fame. The new hotel.
Is backed by Cleveland capital, Il
IN renortad. III p Z
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LOCKOUT ORDERED.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27-The Ma
son Builders' Association todaysiss
sued a lockout order to its eish.
teen members, ordering them 10
pay OF all brick layers employed
by them at s p. m. tomorrow as q
protest against the. brick layers.
refusal to work with independent
laborers. ~. IA So
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Hello" said Lawrence.

Hello" said Lawrence.
II see by the papers W. and J.
didn't win again." said the Maid.
Didn't is right" declared Gun.
bingham.
Think they ever will win AGAIN.
mot this season."
Nor
Absolutely they won't. The boys
got all frozen up at Detroit You
see they were not accustomed to
that northern wind. and It will
take them until next spring to So
thawed out"
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Every housewife who has ruined her washings
liz city water, every home owner who has paid q
plumbers bill for perforated pipes, eyery automo-
bile driver who has bumped his car over street
surfaces broken by the city water repair squads,
every citizen interested in his familys health
should be at the mass meeting tonight. Which is
the more important a social engagement or pure
water for Fairmont?
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AE MAID
on The COURTHOUSE

Coed morning, old thing" said
the Maid ON the Courthouse to
Lawrence Cunningham as he came
snctting up the Main Drag,
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in shaping the official future, from
the West Virginia angle, IN the prt
mary campaign for the nominal.
ions.

in shaping the official future, from
the West Virginia angle, IN the prt
mary campaign for the nominal.
ions.
A popular chord has been struck
by Representative Stuart F. Reed
in the ranks of the leading educa.
tors. not only in Washington but
throughout the country, by his
suggestion that the public school
system in the capital should be a
model for the nation and as a pre-.
llminary step to that undertaking
there should be held a national
conference of the educators Of the
country. These men are being In.
terviewed by the press wherever
they are and they have responded
promptly and most fayorably to
the plan Of tho West Virginia
salon. Mr.. Reeds Interest In the
subject is principally due to the
fact that he is to be chairman of
the committe on District OF Colun.
bia affairs IN the next Congress,
and, as everywhere else, recon.
structing the public school syStan,
which was almost wholly naPlec:ed
during the war sTiod, is a live.
a very live question. This C. y is
twice the size 1t was when TIA
United States entered the war, but
its school system is still what It
was when the population was halE
what 1t now is. Meetings Of pa.
rents organizations to consider the
problem are almost nightly occur.
renee. They are pressing Congress
hard to do something anu 10 It
more speedily than that boly Is
accustomed to doing things
Whether or not the Republicans
will be able to organize tho text
House is a leading topic OF The
partymen. Counting the melnher.
ship-elect OF the Sixty eighth Con
gress by means Of the party la.
bells, the Republicans have a lead
Of seventeen in that branch. In the
pre.radical, pre.Progressive years
that would mean that the Republi'
can party would be able to organ
lie the House without hitch. But
things political are different now,
and In principles, partisanshie, and
official conduct It frequently. hap
pens are directly opposite to what
the party label congressional Of.
ficial prefers to adorn himsel! with
implies. 1t has been said by a wise
observer that II one.third OF tho
! Republican representatives elected
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Raymond Kenney of Grafton has
been in the capital for the past
week, and he has RECALLED many a
West Virginia friend here with in.
teresting stories of his experiences
in his campaign for election to
Congress from the First District.
He has multiplication OF talents,
and his ability as q recounter is
one of them. He did not win ou:
over Representative Rosenbloom,
but he does not figure himself c
loser when 1t comes to the fun he
had out of It. 1t was unfortunate,
but none the less true, that denoul-
inationalism played a part In that
contest, for which neither contest
ant was in the least to blame, un-
less 1t can be held against one
that he was born a Jew and the
other he was born into the original
church. He and his successful op.
ponent sare friends, neither has a
complaint against the other for
anything done IN the campaign,
but on the contrary, each pays the
finest kind Of tribute to the other.
One Of the yarns Mr.. Keeney
spun for hts friends here was TO
illustrate the quickness Of repar-
ed he wouldn't vote this year.
The socialist replied that he believ.
tee for which Representative
Rosenbloom is noted among his
friends. AS the story goes, Rosen'
bloom met q man whom, before he
left, he requested to vote for him.
Pressed for an explanation for
forming that intention, he rellct
| antly replied that he would not
vote for Jew and he could not
vote for a Catholic. WELL" replied
the quick.witted Rosenbloom, that
still leaves me an advantage with
you-Moses, the head Of M
church, has been dead for thous.
ands of years, but the pope still
lives and reigns in Rome"
The organization for telling the
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several weeks ago had been elect.
ed as Socialists instead Of as Re-
publtcans It would. have more
nearly and clearly depicted what
the real situation Is. II Is MP to
the Demperates, however, chiefly
whether the party In power car
elect the Speaker OF the next
House. fthey should agree TO the
proposal now being made to them,
and Join with the radical Republi.
can contingent to elect one Of that
contingent's number, then the next
Speaker will be Republican in
name only. Already two Of tho
ultra1radical wearing the epubli.
can label, have been tentatively
put forward to the Democrats for
their consideration. The Democra.
tic leaders, the more conservative
and level.headed among them, do
not appear to be going into hys-
terical raptures over the invitation.
AS a matter Of fact, that type
among the De.oocrats are rather
inclined to the opinion that It
would be a grave mistake for their
party to assume any responsibility
at all In the, organization OF the
next House. They believe that to
do SO would place a weight OF re.
sponsibillty for legislation. or fail
ure Of legislation, upon their party
which might place decided hapdl.
cap upon 1t in the presidential
campaign two years hence. It
would be needlessly and unneces.
sarily assuming responsibility, for
they argue, and they can see little,
Il anything to begained for their
party by It. Even should they be
able to elect a Democrat by max
ing such a coalition, 1t would have
to be a radical Democrat, and there
would have TO be other conditions
OF the contract met In the way Of
legislation after the organization
were brought about, which might,
and probably would, prove embar.
RAISING to their party In the next
campaign. There is, however, 4
radical element In the Democratic
party, too, and that element Is
rather much inclined to look vita
favor on tho interesting PROPOSE
tion to combine with the radical
Republicans and take over the
next House Organization from
page to speaker.
=
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The organization for telling the
truth about West Virginia should
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RUFF STUFF

Herman is back with his first
wife.
He's one of those uncertain hus-
bands.
Now he is and now he Is not.
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A call has been issued for brandy
to treat flu on a United States
ship. Those who haven't the I'D
when the brandy arrives will soou
get it.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
DEPUTIES D|SFAVOR
CHANGE IN DIVORCE
STATUTE Of CHURCH
Sentiment Is for Allowing
Present Canon to Remain
i'm Force.

Portland. Ore, Sept. 15.-Sentiment
in the house of deputies of the general
convention Of the Protestant Episcopal
church in regard to the change in the
divorce canon enacted Thursday by
the house of bishops, showed that
there is no unanimity of opinion
among the delegates for concurrence
in the action of the bishops. accord
ing to expressions Of delegates Fri
day.
Prominent members of the New
York delegation expressed opposition
to any change in the present divorce
laws Of the church which forbid q
clergyman performing a marriage
ceremony except in church where a
divorce had been granted on ground
of infidelity. The amendment which
was passed by the house of bishops
was proposed by Bishop Charles Ii.
Brent of western New York.
The divorce amendment approved
by the bishops provides in effect that
no member of the church shall marry
divorced person, exception being made
in cases where a divorce has been
granted on grounds of ~infidelity.
The house of deputies was addressed
Friday of the action of the bishops
on the divorce canon and referred
TO the committee on non
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
May Request
Nation to Reduce
Arms Expenditures

Geneva. Sept. 15.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press.)-The assembly dis
armament committee has decided to
recommend to the assembly of the
League of Nations a resolution intro
duced by NJ. de JOURNAL, of. France,
asking all countries except those whose
juridical situation has been changed
to reduce their expenditure for arma-
ments to the figures of 1913. This
would exclude the United States,
Canada and Spain.
The reductions are indicated by the
statistics of the mixed commission
which show that the following coun-
tries are spending more for military
purposes than before the war:
Great Britain, 10 per cent; India,
IA; Australia, Il; Canada, ~ New
Zealand, IS; Portugal, IA; Japan, 81;
Denmark, 33; Holland, As; Sweden, 70.
Belgium, which is spending 81 per cent
more than before the war, is excused
because she had virtually no army in
1913, but was protected by treaties OF
neutrality.
The countries which are spending
less than in 1913 are. South Africa,
% per cent; Rumania, %; Italy, 40;
Brazil, 40; France, 43; Switzerland,
80; Norway, 14.3.
NJ. de Jouvinal remarked after the
session that he had not included the
United States because everyone felt
that the stronger the United States
is, the greater the guarantee against
war.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
SENTENCED TO HANG
FOR WIFE MURDER;
APPEAL IS IN VAIN
Seattle Man Must Go to Gal
lows for Staying Wealthy
Spouse.

Seattle, Sept. 15.-James e. Ma
honey, convicted of the murder of his
aged and wealthy wife, Kate Mahoney,
in April, 1921, Friday was sentenced
in superior court to be hanged at the
state penitentiary at Walla Walla De-
cember l. Mahoney's counsel gave no
tice of an appeal to the supreme court
of the, United States.
The body of Mrs. Mahorey was
found in a trunk in the Lake Washing
ton canal here in August, 1921, after
authorities had conducted a nation
wide search for the missing woman
following her disappearance in April
of that year. Shortly after Mrs. Ma
honey disappeared. Mahoney was ar
rested on a charge of having attempted
to secure his wife's property through
a forged power of attorney.
Mahoney was convicted of first-de-
gree murder and sentenced to death.
He appealed to the state supreme
court on the ground that he had been
deprived of his constitutional rights,
but the appellate court affirmed the
| conviction and later denied a motion
for q re-hearing.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
Soviets Are Willing
to Open Economic
Relations With u. S.

Moscow, Sept. 15.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press.)--A note which is con
sidered a reply to the unofficial in
quiry of the United States as to
whether an American technical com
mission would be welcome In Russia,
states that soviet Russia SIS ready to
enter official preliminary negotiations
for the re-establishment of official re-
lations with an American delegation
appointed for this purpose"
The note, which was sent by For
eign Minister Tchitcherin TO Berlin
for delivery to American Ambassador
Houghton. suggests that the prelimi-
nary negotiations might be held in the
United States, in Russia or in some
other country to be determined later.
THE soviet government" the note
states, SIS particularly interested in
any move which might soon bring the
free esteem between Russia and
America, it being understood that such
relations would be based on equality
and in the interests of both concerned.
The soviet government heartily vel