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The Washington herald., 1922-12-26
Delta Sigma Phi Chapters
Will Give Dance Tonight

The local chapters of the Delta
Sigma Phi fraternity will hold their
most elaborate dance of the season
tonight at the Hotel Willard. A
number of out-of-town, guests will
be present. A twelve-piece orches-
ira has been engaged by Joseph
McGarraghy. chairman in charge.
assisted by William McEVoy.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-26
Morphine Bandits Nearly
Beat Druggist to Death

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 25.-
Herman Fritz. local druggist. was
near death today as a result Of an
attack on him by morphine bandits
in his place of business.
He wa sclubbed with the butt OF
a revolver and a stove poker. The
thugs got $l06 in loot. Fritz had
no morphine.
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TODAY

CONTINUED from First Pagel
Indiana. That city of three
States is distinct probability,
and it is not at all certain where
its center will be, perhaps Chi
cagO, perhaps Milwaukee.
The center of New York, be-
fore long. will be we'll out on
Long Island and Brooklyn will
be the big city, Manhattan, the
smaller old city. The island of
the Seine was once all of Paris,
and the Loucre, across the river
was the place where the King
hunted wolves.
THE city of 5O.0OO,0OO will
L come. Then, thanks to fly
ing machines, all cities will dis
appear, there will be manufac-
turing centerS toward which
workers will fly from hill and
mountain tops. as gulls fly out
to their fishing grounds on the
ocean.
DROFESSOR TERMAN, who
L teaches psychology at STAN
ford University, says of being
remarkable that if you have a
genius among your ancestors
your chances are 500 times
what they would be otherwise.
Galton said it differently, long
ago. 1t is absolutely certain
that genius and ordinary su-
periority of mind are inherited.
1t is certain also that what we
call genius now will be dull
ness $4,000 years from now.
The business of the human
race is to build the average by
wise marriage and universal
education. Genius will take
care of itself.
IN DEALING with the Ar
i buckle case Will H. Hays
was in a hard position. Rein
stating Arbuckle is not gen.
orally popular, and he knew it
would not be. Public opinion
in this case is formed by those
that have not heard the evil
dence. The jury that tried and
acquitted Arbuckle, made up
of eight men and four women,
all church members, not only
acquitted him but signed this
statement: "Acquittal is not
enough for Roscoe Arbuckle.
We feel that a great injustice
has been done him, for there
was rot the slightest proof ad-
duced to connect him in any
way with the commission of
any crime"
HAYS knew that reinstating
IL Arbuckle would not be a
good thing for Hays, or for
the motion picture industry.
But like the judge that dis
charged Arbuckle. Hays was
obliged to accept the facts and
acquit him also.
The entire matter is unim-
portant. No one need see Ar
buckle against his will. The
main thing is the moving pic
ture, greatest educational force
since the invention of the
printing press.
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enough to get them. and in the
general increase of official machin-
cry and official waste beyond any
thing seen in the worlds history
MORAL ISst'E INVOLVED.
This is all aside from the moral
question of transferring the
property of man who earns it
to a man who did not earn it but
wanted 1t.
Second, couple of billions
more removed each year from the
working capital of the country
and dispersed by unproductive
hands in Washington. would not
only slow down the increase of
funds needed by a growing popu-
lation. would not only check the
accumulation of new capital for
new enterprises, but would also
restrict the money and credit
available at banks for both retail
business men and farmers.
SOURCE OF MONEY.
The question of farm credits
does not begin and end with the
farmer getting his fair share of
the loans. Far from It. The
capital has got to be accumulated
at banks before the loans can be
made. Even the farm bloc, by
law. cannot create the stauff out
of which the loans are made.
If the spare capital is not at
banks for the increasing needs
of farmers and manufacturers, no
law about the distribution Of the
loans will do any good. Two
billions or more a year taken
away by the Government in new
taxes would mean just two bill
lions a year that neither business
nor agriculture would be able to
borrow.
WOULD BRING CRASH.
Third. a heavy tax on COM
pany surpluses is about the sur
est way Of undermining the foun-
dation of this country's indus
The Washington herald., 1922-12-26

Plans for organization I'm every
state In the Union OF the Non-par-
tsan Farmer-LAbor-Pr Progressive po-
htical alliance, given impetus At the
recent Cleveland conference for
The Washington herald., 1922-12-26
THIRTY-HOUR TRIP PLANNED.


With this fund it is proposed TO
establish a regular thirty-hour trans
continental air mail service, which
will tend toward making the service
self-sustaining. Under the pro-
jected schedule the flights from
New York to Chicago would be made
by daylight: from Chicago to Chey-
enne by night. and from Cheyenne
to San Francisco the second day.
Thus. the appropriations subcom-
mittee was told. two important re-
suits would he achieved. First.
night flying would be developed as
a practicable undertaking. opening
up a new field in aviation, with
possibilities for commerce and de-
fense. Second. there would be actu-
ally established an intermediate
service between the telegraph and
ord nary mail. for which the depart
ment feels it could develop business
that would make a substantial con-
tributiOn to the cost of operation.
At present nobody will pay any
additional fee for air mail trans
Dortation. The service is not suf-
ficientlv faster than the regular mail
to make il attractive to business
But if business interests in New
York or San Francisco know they
can get letter across the conti-
nent with a rea asOnable degree of
certainty in thirty hours it is fig
ured ii would be worth so cents
special postage.
idwea of happiness.
FIELDS NEEDED.
To develop a 3O-hour schedule,
experts of the service testified, it
is necessary to lay out between
Chicago and Cheyenne two or more
regular fields and number of
emergency fields. These must be
manned and lighted. Further, it is
proposed to install a string of pow
erful electric lights in a straight
line from Chicago to Cheyenne,
with globes half mile apart. A
night flyer then leaving either end
could see his guiding lights as far
ahead as his vision would carry.
1t was stated that the necessary
fields could be obtained free from
municipalities anxious to cooperate
in the project, leaving the only
cost to arise from putting up the
wires and maintaining the lights
and the additional landing fields.
Once having demonstrated, as the
department feels absolutely conf
dent it can, the practicability Of
night flying between Chicago and
Cheyenne. the plan contemplates ex-
tending the night service between
Chicago and New York and suhse-
quently extension of air mail routes
to other parts of the country. Be-
tween Chicago and Cheyenne is
declared to be the logical place for
trying out the scheme, because
of the flat country and cheap land
available.
OPPOSITION EXPENDED.
The subcommittee, following the
precedent of past years. turned
down the departments plea for
further development and. il is un-
derstood. plans not to recommend
any appropriation for the air mail
service. This would mean aban-
donment of the service, if allowed
to go through.
But, as in the two years past
when the Appropriations Commit
tee was overidden, fight will be
made on the floor of the House and
in the Senate to save the service,
and this time to provide for its
logical expansion and development
as outlined.
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Postoffice Department Asks
for Sufficient Funds or
the Termination of Service
WOULD PUSH NIGHT FLYING
Appropriation Of S1,500,000
Sought for Development of
Transcontinental Schedule
By WINDER r. HARRIS.
Universal Service.

Upon a decision to be fought out
in Congress when the Postoffice
appropriation bill is taken up next
week will depend the fate of the
air mail service.
The Postoffice Department, it
was disclosed yesterday, has put it
squarely up to the House Appro-
priations subcommittee drafting
the bill to grant sufficient funds
to achieve the benefits the air
mail service sees ahead for the ma
tion or cut it out altogether.
PROGRESS LIMITED.
Under the limitations imposed by
the scanty funds allowed since the
service was inaugurated, three
years ago, officials of the depart
ment pointed out, the carrying of
mail by airplane has been purely
experimental. Its only contribution
to the science of aviation has been
the recording of air currents and
other atmospheric conditions and
the laying out of an air route
across the country from New York
to San Francisco.
About all that could hope to lie
accomplished in this direction has
been done. ii was declared. Night
flying, however. still is a field prac-
tically unexplored except for stunt
flying. And therein lies the basis
OF the impending crisis on which
the fate of the service hangs.
Officials of the air mail branch.
with the backing of the Postmaster
General and the Administration. t
is stated. urged that an appropr n
ton Of $500. 900 in addition to the
amount allowed for the current
year be granted for the fiscal year
beginning next July | for practical
development of regular night fly
The Washington herald., 1922-12-26
General Electric Co.
To Pay Large Bonus

NEW YORK. Dec. 25.-Supple.
mentary compensation equaling per
cent of his earnings for the six
months ending December 81 will he
paid on or about February to
each employe OF the General EIec-
trio Company receiving coIupensa-
ton OF $4,000 or less a year who
has completed five years or more
continuous service and is still in
che compeny's employ. according to
today by Gerard
Swope, president OF the company.
Prices realized on Swift a Company
sales OF carcass beef IN Washington, % C
for week ending Saturday. December n
on shipments sold out ranged from so
aged i2.ts cents per pound "-Advt
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cspyrishs. 1893. by Star Company

salaries, in appropriations to any
groups that could lobby hard
enough to get them. and in the
general increase of official machin-
cry and official waste beyond any
thing seen in the worlds history.
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WOULD BRING CRASH.
MORAL ISst'E INVOLVED.

Third. a heavy tax on COM
pany surpluses is about the sur
est way of undermining the foun-
dation of this country's indus.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-06
.REGISTI'IRiAIIONIOF
NQMElP.|RQNDED.
About 1000 Voters to Be
{ Added to Poll in I
4 Fairmont

Fair voters OF the city who have
been asking questions for, several
days regarding the. oalloting. at
the coming city election for the
proposed new filtration plant for
the city can rest assured that they
will be entitled to vote. There
has not been a city election since
woman suffrage went into effect.
and none of the women voters OF
the city are registered.
The board of directors, how
ever, has ordered that. a special
registration be made at once Of all
the women voters Of the city, who
are eligible and entitled to vote.
1t Is estimated that this registra-
tion wilradd at least A 1000 voters
to the poll Of the men voters Of
the. city.
Male voters who are not regis
tered or who have changed from
enc precinct to another since the
last general city election will also
be given an opportunity to resist-
er or get a transfer, whichever is
desired. The board Of directors
will register the male voters and
the city clerk has'been authorized
Ito give a voter transfer from
one voting precinct to another.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-06
Miners Urged to
Join Union Ranks

ALMINA, March 6.-Between
100 and 1876 miners attended the
mass meeting held near Almina
on Sunday morning under the aus
pieces Of the United Mine Workers
of America.a The meeting took
place on the top Of the mountain
near Almina on the premises of
tho McGuffreys. and the miners
consisted Of those chiefly who are
now working on the reduced wage
scale at the North Fairmont and
Sturm mines along the Mononga-
hela Railway.
The first speaker was A. D.
Lavender, Charleston, district or
ganizer, who advised the miners
TO get back into the ranks Of the
union and store away their beans
for April 1 and thereafter II a
suspension of work materializes.
He anticipated no difficulty in
getting the miners he addressed
back into the union. Lavender is
OF the opinion that all Of the men
will again reunite with the United
Mine Workers.
r. NJ Williams, former district
organizer, who is temporarily off
the force for a month, then ad-
dressed the meeting. He urged
the minere to so back into the
union ranks because It was the
best means to protect themselves
and their interests. He advised
the miners that the law be re-
spected.
Lavender left for Fairmont TO-
day and will 60 fromSithere. to
Charleston. z
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-06
PASS ORDINANCE
FOR BOND ISSUE
Law Providing for Special
Election Approved
Unanimously

City ordinance No. 61. author
izing the calling Of special cleo
ton to vote on issuance of
$150,000 worth of bonds for the
building of a filtration plant for
the city, was passed by the city
board OF commissioners at their
regular weekly meeting today.
The ordinance was passed by a
unanimous vote, Mayor Conway,
Directors Arnett, Davis and Nor
.Tis all yottng in fafor sot he or
The meeting was presided over
BY Mayor Conaways and City At
torncy Albert Kern and City Clerk
Luke Arnett occupied their Gus
tomary places.
Mayor Conaway announced that
he had received notice from
James Stewart, state commission
er OF agriculture, that new vet
erInary would be appointed for
the inspection Of milk herds in
this section.
Director Morris said that Mr..
McCIntic. of the firm OF Fuller
and McClintic, sanitary engineers
of New York City, and E. S. Tis.
dale, sanitary engineer Of the
state department Of health, would
be in the city this week to so over
the proposed new filtration plant.
Citizens OF Chicago street pre-
sented q petition to the directors
III which they asked that the city
pave Chicago street from the In
tersection OF Quincy to the inter-
section Of Abbott, which would
connect the pavement on Chicago
with that on Quincy. The petit
tlon was filed and the city auth
critics requested 10 ascertain the
proper steps necessary to proceed
with the work.
Director Morris and City Attor.
ney Kern returned home from
Charleston late Saturday night
where they had been in consulta.
tIon with John G. Bond, state au.
ditor, and Houston G. Young, sec
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-06
Sentenced for 80 Days
IN Jail and Fined $500

George Moore and Howard Sandy
entered "a pleaf o guilty to a charge
OF having moonshine whiskey, in
their possession in their home at
Warrington when arranged for
trial In MagistrateiJ. NJ. Barracks
court here this afternoon. Moors
was sentenced to serve 80 days in
the county jail and pay a fine OF
5000 Sandy wasi sentenced TO
serve 30 days in Jail and pay a fine
Of 500. The mentwere brought to
this city and locked up In the
county jail late this afternoon.
jane Raber and Frank Quinter.
who were arrested with Moore and
Sandy by Sheriff j, D. Charlton
and members Of his force yester-
day afternoon, were dismissed as
the two men who confessed tooR
all the blame for having the stuff
in their possession.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-06
.REDU.GERATESON
0.I|LE.RiI|ON|..,T.E|:'IAS ! !. /
New Freight Rat es About
10! Cents L over Than
Old Schedule

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Re-
duction in the freight rates on
petroleum and petroleum products
from the 'Burkburnett; and Ranger
fields in Texas to points in Miss.
issippi valley and mid-contlnont
areas was ordered today by the In
terstate commerce.
The commission, in its decision
refused 10 grant, the claims OF the
oil producers for identical rates out
OF the two fields and left the gem
eral rata, structure showing Ranger
rates slightly above the Burkburn-
EFT rates. =.
To Kansas City, as illustrative OF
the reductions. the commission or
dered the charge for refined oil
from burkburnett fixed at 2S. 5
cents per hundred pounds against
a previous charge OF .39. IS cents.
while from Ranger the charge was
made 1915 cents instead of ~
cents. To st. Louis the Burkburn.
ett rate was fixed at 1876 cents
against previous charges Of "a. IS
cents while the Ranger rates were
left unchanged at 37.5 cents.
Crude oil; the commission said,
should be billed at cents per 100
pounds under the. new rates on re-
fined, and the. decision which was
rendered on testimony taken IN
1919 should be further modified by
the addition to the amount stated
OF what ever sums the rate the ex-
Fperts found necessary TO incorpor-
ate in the. new schedules from tho
general rate increases granted to
the railroads in 1920. Further, the
commission adjusted rates from the
two oil fields to refining polnts in
Eoklahoma and Kansas, declaring
that crude. oil from. Burkburnett
should carry a rate OF IT'S cents
per hundred pounds to Oklahoma
reflneries and 20. 5 cents to Kansas
refineries. The figure for Ranger
was set at .21. .5 cents to'oklahomh
and t24.5 cents to. Kansas.
Shreveport refinery, rates wers
also involved ia the decision, the
commission ordering that the rate
on refined oil from that city to
Kansas City shouldtbe 30. 5 cents
per hundred pounds, with crude oil
charges att cents less,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-06
wAEELINe MAN Dies.

WHEELING, W. Va, March 6.
William Ellingham, So, one Of
Wheeling's pioneer business men
anG a prominent figure In banking
and mercantile circles, died this
morning, following a 10 days III
ness. For many years he con.
Quoted a wholesale grocery In this
city, was president OF two banks
and headed the brokerage firm Of
,Ellihgham and company. He was
a veteran Of the .Ciyil war and
past grand master Of the .Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows
grand lodge 'otsWest Virginia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-06
TO DEPEND upon
NON-UN|ONM|NES
Bracket Points Out That
Strike Will Not Tie
Up Output

Talk of a strike Of the miners
in the operations Of Northern West
Virginia at this time is presump-
tuous," said George S. Brackett,
secretary Of the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators associa-
tion.
at is prcsupposing that the
minersi organization. and leaders
are rash enough to jsopaFtlize thor
ORGANIZATIONS future In ais strike
iiEhat so5lt 4 ttiIIy lhGfnl tl1s Eti6li
but could not ,ireSent,. sufficient
coal being minedt't6 meet the de-
mands Of the consumers.
"The miners know as well as we
do that moro coal is mined by, the
non union men in the fields east
Of the Great Lakes than is mined
by union miners The figures, an.
nounced by tho interstate COM
nlerce commission. based on actual
productive performance in each dis
trict in the country, according 10
reports to the Federal fuel admin
istration and the geological survey,
show that 267,441.000 tons of coal
are mined annually by non.uuion
miners. and 249,324000 tons by
union miners, in the operations in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland,
West Virginia, Kentucky, Tenn
essee, Alabama, Indiana. and Him
ois, on a basis of the peak produc-
ton in 1918.
"The supply OF coal will continue
whether union mon strike or not.
Such strike would only give the
ron union miners overtime work tc
supply the demand. 1t would also
give the operators who hire non,
union men entire control Of the
market, or at least such handi-
cap that 1t would be impossible for
employers OF union men TO market
their coal on such a scale as to
give their employees the average
work.
Frankly, I believe the miners in
Northern West Virginia want to
work and want to better their con-
ditions. Very well then, let us have
an end Of all this idle talk oi
strife; and cooperate. Tho opera.
tors must market their coal and sc
percent OF 1t is sold on contracts
that arc signed April /. The rest
must compete In tho open market
with coal Of like quality from other
fields. To compete there must be
a reasonable wage scale and set.
! led conditions, so that the buyers
in every one OF our markets will
know that we can successfully
consumate every contract we make
without the possibility OF labor
troubles to handicap u.s."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-06
Officers Elected by
Investment Company

Officers Of the Greater Fatrmont
Investment company for tine COM
ing year were elected at the meet;
ing OF the board OF directors held
in the Chamber OF Commerce rooms
this morning. The officers elected
were: @. w. Watson, chairman OF
the board; Clarence D. Robinson,
president; H. L. Heintzelman, vice
president; F. D. Fenhagen, vice
president: A. Z. Watson, vice pres.
ident; R. T, Cunningham, treas,
urer; w. ]. Wlegel, secretary; F.
D. Fenhagen, manager.
Members OF the working commit
tee were also elected as Follows:
C. w. Watson, G. D. Robinson, II.
L. HelntEelman, w. ]. wiegel, n,
T. Cunningham, o, s.. McKinney,
9, 3. Smith c.s. Riggs and George
r. Watson. ~ 81
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-06
Burch Called to
Stand as Surprise

LOS ANGELES, March 6.-Ar-
thur c. Burch, Jointly indicted with
Mrs. Madalynne Conner obenchain
on the charge of numbering j. Bel!
ton Kennedy, was called to the
witness stand as surprise witness
by the district attorney IN the trial
here today of Mrs. obenchain. He
refused TO answer questions until
granted counsel.
Deputy District Attorney Asa
Reyes asked:
"Did not Mrs. obenchain meet
you at the station when you ar.
rived in Los Angeles on July q
last?"
Burch, who was visIbly affected
by the surprise 'ot having beet
called to the stand and sworn In
as a witness without warning, re
piled:
81 am not advised, by my counsel
and I cannot answer" :
Paul Scheneck, attorney for
Buch, was summoned to advise the
Witness.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-06
aPIG
. .DEFENDED.BI
SENATOR new
No Obligation 90 use
Force in Pacific
Il. Treaty
ANN rn nrntiln,lT,tt
adds TO SECURITY
Charges Of AAllianee'
Ridiculed by
AL Senator !.

WASHINGTON, March ,Fhers
Is no alliance" In the tourppwer
Pacific treaty nor any Obligation 10
use force, Senator New OF indiana
republican member Of the torelrlt
relations committee, declared o..
day in opening in the senateld discus.
sion Of the treatios on behalf of tho
administration.
Replying to criticism of the treat
les, Senator New, a close pefsonl,
friend Of President Harding, d..
clared that the Horsepower treaties
gave safe guards for peace 10 tlte
United States and did not impair
American sovereignty. IN cot1ph1i-
son Of the treaties with the leaeah
Of nations plan, II was INSERTED tho
treaties were cooperative; whi,s
the league, 1t was said was dtasti1
and compulsory, and required sub,
mission Of all questions u 4 colin'
ell.
Instead Of threatening, inltrinis
or impairing our liberties. free III.
structions. Independence aud soy
ereignty this treaty (the fotirpowcr
measure) adds to the security OF
all OF them" said Senator New EIa
emphasized that the rejection Of
the four power treaty would con.
tlnue in force the Angl Japanese
alliance with It's menace 20 Amer
ica.
Regarding the treaty provision
for conference and determination OF
procedure In case of aggfession,
Senator New said that tie Root
Takahira agreement contained 4
similar clause.
I'VE have had for q tlecad an oh
lligation with Japan cpached IN
l.prac tIcally identical iangnage and
lsyet mo one heretofore bas suggest.
Yea that this constituted ANYTHING
resembling an alliancey no said.
Certainly during the 10 years Of
its existence, 1t has led us Into NO
trouble, no embodiment, no opera
tions under a military alliance
On the question OF The tise ot
force under the treaties, Senator
New continued: Fl;
There Is no provision for fores
by one against the others orSlty Che
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