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result would be au entire doing away with over
tapping duplication, and lack OF purpose. and
would BE IN economy Of adninistratI on that would
save q yearly sum Of one million dollars. now
spent uselessty, aecotdtn TO Tie secretalys
II hasialways been claimed, and With every rea-
son that government administration is the most az.
itrayagant and the least business like Of any i'd.
mtnistration Of large affairs IN the country. Under
the administration OF President Harding. who has
the best business mind the United States ever had
at its head, there has developed decided trend
toward the governments getting dollars worth
for each dollar expended.
The proposition Of Secretary Hoover Is certain
to meet with the support Of the President, and
the practical arguments that Mr.. Hoover makes 10
back up his proposals merits the consideration Of
Congress.
II bureaus aud departments, unnecessary to
successful administration Of government arairs.
exist at present It is surely time to dispense WITH
them. A lot Of political jobs may go to pot II
Hoovers plan is followed out, but It will only fol-
low that lot Of people will have to 60 to work
at something else where they are really needed.
1t takes over three billion dollars to run the gov.
eminent now OF this amount two billion are tr.
Eeducible, being war debts and soldiers pensions
and aid for dioabled soldiers. The remaining bill.
lion dollars which has to do with the running Of
the government departments can still have some
corners clipped, IL Secretary Hooyers opinion Is
worth anything. One million dollars is a lot Of
money and the sum should certainly be saved Il
possible.
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COKE AS SUBSTITUTE.

FAIRMoNT, Dec. 1S.-tEditor
The West Virginian.l-The article
In your Thursdays issue would
make the impression upon your
readers that coke, as a fuel, Is only
desirable where something else
cannot be obtained.
For your information l might say
that our brokers throughout the
country report that where coke has
been used as t; substitute for an.
thracite that It is giving moro sat.
lsfactory results than the latter 70.
the reason that anthracite, rs pre-.
pared In recent years. contains so
much foreign matter that users are
very glad to find n good substi.
ttite.
Coke, as prepared by us, Is SO
absolutely free from impurities
that 1t is being most favorably re.
ceivel by former users OF hard coal.
Our domestic sizes for the past
three years have been sold where
anthracite had been formerly used
and the fact that the samo people
have been using 1t one year after
another indicates that they have no
desire TO return to the use OF an.
thracite.
CHAs. V. cRITcHFGELD,
Domestic Coke Corporation.
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MONDAY EVENING, DEcBMBnR is, 1879.
THOSE MEN IN WALTER REED HOSPITAL.

HOSE Christmas boxes going out from the
American Legion Headquarters to West Vir-
gnaiboys in the Walter Reed Hospital have an ap:
peal that will touch every heart in gaiTmont
There is hardly person in the city who will not
wish TO put a little gift Of some kind in these
boxes and hundreds OF contributions will doubtless
be heaped up at the American Legion Headquarters
this evening.
There arc twenty-five West virgnian boys in
The hospital at Washington. Poor suffering, sol
diess who did their bit in the late war With har-
rowing results for themselves and their families
Some OF them In time will be well again, but some
of them will never leave the institution. These
men should surely haye wonderful testimony
that the citizens Of their state have not forgotten
them. Thetnames Of the West Virginia men now
" the Walter Reed Hospital we're published in The
West Yirglnan last Friday together with their
ward numbers which locate them in that vast hos
pitai Why not a personal letter or a postal card
% some Of these boys? They must be hungry for
some contact with the life outside the institution
what Joy 1t would be 10 them 10 get some per-
sonaii word as well as present on Christmas morn
ingi
This isSone Of the busiest times OF the year and
every individual is taxed with preparation for the
great occasion of Christmas dag. but these men.
IN Walter Reed Hospital must not be forgotten.
They, no doubt, have families and personal friends
who VIII rcmember them at this time, but the pub.
lte3rtust remember that some Of these gave up all
Of joy OF life forever for the welfare Of human
tty aud sometimes the silence and act OF recogni-
ton from the public at large must weigh heavily.
The Walter Reed Hospital boxes must be Won
derfdl and generous boxes, indeed, but let's get
semeSpersoAalty behind these gifts which will tell
ol that appreciation and remembrance that comes
direct from one individual to another Give the
adsa postal shower that will tickle them 10 death
No reminders Of their own shadow, but good
wishes for their happiness and convincing express
sion Of interest and remembrance. 1t will take a
little time, but 1t will be worth WHILE and--it is
coming to them!
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Resume of Nesus.
IMMo1ning Press

Marshal Pilsudski former Pro.
visional President OF Poland, Is
appointed Chief Of Staff. Of Polish
Army.
Gamma walska sails for Uu!tod
States January 8 and Harold +
Mccormick says It will give
Americans a chance to see what a
fine wife he has.
King George declines to recctra
unemployed delegation that gucp
to Buckingham Palace.
Last Of eighteen army post
occupied by British are transfer.
cd to Irish Nationalist.
Gsmet Pasha compliments Swiss
girls at Lausanne Oriental dance
on their fascinating dress.
Prince George, 20. youngest COZ
of British King. will be operated
on at once for appendicitis.
Experts from New York Metro.
opiltan Museum of Art are to
photograph treasures in tomb d!
old Egyptian king.
General Halter angrily 'eaves
Polish Art Gallery atlss charge Of
being involved In killing Of Pres
dent Narutowtcz.
Turks demand complete intes-
rity Of territory where they are In
substantial majority, 1smet Pasea
declares.
London Times warn rs readers
not to expect too inurn from re-
ports Of United States loan t.
Germany.
United States Senator Walsh
Of Massachusetts,, in New York
address. describes what he says
are pitiful conditions among farm
ers in certain sections Of the west,
Square mile on lower East Side
of New York, where 100000 per-
sons live, shows one Of the lowest
infant mortality rates In world
Health Commissioner Copeland
asserts.
Retail and wholesale food
prices both increase more than .
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HOOVER WOULD Save A ,nLLroN.

as natural for Secretary Hoover to insist on
economical organization and no lost motion, as
itts3tor the sun to rise in the east II Hoover had
not had that disregard for the intrcacles Of red
tape, and that impatience of overlapping in or
sanitation he could never have tunctioned as he
did during the war
" Y only IN lne with the nature Of the man
that he should therefore propose to do away with
pnnglesome administration and supplant 1t with a
compact organization which viii accomplish more
business with greater speed and will save the gov
eSnmept cool million dollars year.
Secretary Hoover In his report to Congress re-
cemmends complete reorganization of the gov
eminent agencies dealing with commerce, mining
manufacturing, shipping, fisheries and transporta-
ron! These administrations which now function
under seven different departments could combine,
according TO Mr.. Hoover under three groups with
an assistant secretary at the head of each. The
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-18
Martial law IN
WARSAWSTARTED
Sense Of Security Felt BY PeO-
pie Despite Assassina-
ton Of President.

WARSAW, Dec. 1s.-tBy Ths
Associated Press-Martial law be.
came effective In Warsaw today by
proclamation Of the Polish cabinet,
Captain Niewadomski, the crazed
artist who assastinated President
Narutowicz last Saturday, has been
held for trial by court martial. At
his preliminary examination yes.
terday the man aeclared he had
acted on his own initiative In shoot.
ing the president and that he ha !
no accomplices.
The declaration of marital law
has added to the sense OF security
felt by the people who, with Gen.
cral Joseph PilSudski, established
chief Of staff of the army, and
General Sikroslsi as premier, await
the action of Parliament on Wed.
nesday or tho-election Of a new
president.
Many other persons are also IN
custod ypendInE a complete inves.
tigation OF the assassination
Among those detained Is Colonel
Modelshl, once Adjutant 10 Gener.
al Haller.
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hE MAID
ON THE COURTHOUSE

Hello, doctor! Haven't seen
YOU for sometime" said the Maid
on the Courthouse yesterday az.
tetnppn TO Dr.. w. J. Boydston,
dean OF the dental dirges, as he
came up the Broadway Of Fair
mont yesterday. How are Won
anyway?,.
sJust fine" declared Boydston.
Reen out for an airing or con.
stitutional or something's" asked
the Maid
" was over TO the open forum
NEE ting at the Y. N G. A." re-
pltea the doctor.
Whst was going OFT" asked
tlie Maid.
The question of whether or not
a man could be honest and sue.
coed it business was being dis
cutseds
elthiukfa man can be success.
fui and honest said the Maid
'provfdifig-', =
''Rroyiding what?"
Providing de doesn't let any.
body iindSit OUT
"F'inteat that no is success.
"Nosiad out that he is, hon.
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CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE

BOSTON, Dec. 1S.-Radlo mes.
cages received today said the
Greek steamer Melpo. bound for
this port, from birmingham, was In
need OF assistance, with her steer.
ing gear disabled. The message
came from the steamer George
Washington, which was in com.
munication with the ship. Her
position was given as about 1901
miles east Of st. Johns, N. F.
Later the George Washington re.
ported that the Melpo was broad.
casting messages in the Greek
tongue which no one on the Wash.
ington could decirher.
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FALSE PRIDE.

He difficult case for the charitable association
is the case that suffers in silence and eudures
without complaint until all resistance against hard
luck is exhausted. There is something about &C.
cepttng charity that goes against tho grain intol.
erably in many instances. There are cases where
pride will almost starve, before 1t will submit.
Pride IN instances of this kind may so TOO far cspc.
ctally where little, children arc involved, or old
people suffer as consequence.
Tho charitable institution is set in our midst
solely for the purpose OF assisting those who arc
in need. While the wilmer. the worthless, and
the "do.less" make UP the majority of appeals for
aid, set there, are those who are temporarily in
straits through no fault OF their own and fighting
against odds that are hopeless. Persons in such
circumstances should have no hestancyS in asking
assistance. The sum in the treasury Of charitable
associations is a rainy day fund TO aid such as these
1t may be there are dollars in that fund that have
been contributed in better days by the individual
who comes to draw upon 1t now.
There Is nothing to hinder man whom fate
has temporarily at disadvantage from rcpaying
money advanced from charity fund when things
get better for him financially. 1t is better to ask
openly, honestly and outright for assistance, than
TO permit pryation to SO wear down resistance that
children may be Ill and acutely suffer as a conss.
quence.
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DO you really htint 1t is that

DO you really htink Il Is that
bad" sighed Doctor Boydston.
mo really ! don't" declared
the Maid. I'm fact, l am inclined
to think that NO man Is really
successful unless he Is honest. a
dishonest man may gain material
success and wealth through shady
tactics, but the accumulation OF
wealth in that fashion does not
constitute success as see Il,
There can be no real success In
my estimation, unless there Ii tho
knowledge that the achievements
made have come through homes
means aud fair competition, There
are NO successful crooks--there
are fortunate and lucky crooks,
Sooner or later the fellow who
works on the theory that dishon.
esty Is the best policy Is found
out, and too late he learns that
honesty Is the only right policy /
think the majority of the people
In the world are honest. or want
to be. ] like to think that my
ne!Shbor ts honest. think It,
helps me to try to be honest by
thinking the other fellow Is.
The great trouble is that the
impression has got abroad from
some source that the dishonest
fellow Is the real success, where
as he Is the biggest failure 10 tho
world, no matter what gains lie
may make Ia financial standing or
social standing. We must have
confidence and respect for each
other. II we allow an atmosphere
to be created that breathes Of. q
spirit which says everyone Is
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RUFF STUFF

How about getting grandpa a
new set OF teeth for Christmas?
Don't do your Christmas mailing
as late as your Christmas shopping.
Saturday is the last delivery until
Tuesday.
Don't forget to make out your
list Of new Years resolutions.
Yon want to do this so you will
be able TO break over on time.
Takes Time to Learn Bowling
headline. To say nothing OF pa.
thence and a good strong vocabu.
larry.
An Ohio postmaster has resigned
voluntarily. That's good enough
for the book.
Banks will supply gold coin for
Christmas gifts. II you can supply
the long green In exchange.
A poor italian committed suicide
because he couldn't learn English
In New York. Somebody should
have told him that they don't speak
English in New York.
Minnesota has sent a poet TO
Congress. He may prove a versa.
tile member.
Possibly his constituents might
like to get a set OF poems each
spring instead Of garden seed.
II the gas gets low, why not heat
your home with fireless cooker?
Officer, call a taxi.
The pastor Of a certain church
mot In this city, must have been
amused when he read the follow.
Ing in the church bulletin: "our
pastor Will speak Monday evening
and we have arranged for good
sneakers for the balance OF the
It Is a good bit easier to start a
war than to decide tho winner at.
er It is over.
A Romance of soap-hcatillne.
We take It there lie a good bit Of
soft soaping In every romance.
Murder is increasing at greater
rate than the population In Amer.
lea, experts say, There's nothing
IKE VIZ being cong6nial on blue Mon.
How do they keep the thesters
warm enough for the chorus rIrlg
="
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Berton Braley's Poem

To the Traffic Cop
Dear Officer: understand
P<rS much you aid the motor
traffic,
| honor your uplirted hand
And all your signals, clear and
graphic.
ny no means do 1 hold you cheap;
Without you traffic's always tan
gled.
I value much the way you keep
Pedestrians from getting mangled
But when read your signals
wrong.
AS one will do on some occasion,
You needn't make your voice so
strong;
| can respond to mild persuasion.
II am reckless, you may shout.
No doubt that carries more con.
Yiction:
but why SO hCarsely bawl me out
for every minor dereliction?
: don't intend to break the law,
And II l do-you can arrest me.
But otherwise, why break your
jaw
Abusing me? II you will test mo
With : language moderate, though
stern,
You'll find It really quite effective
Yes, honestly. you needn't burn
My ears with purple-toned invec-
[ try to do what you direct
II recognize your legal rlghtness.
And In return mayn,t l expect
Perhaps a little more politeness?
I'm not. a crook, OF wicked crimes
am by, no means a contriver;
Treat me with courtesy, at times.
am yours truly,
Any Driver.
Copyright, 1929
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per cent during November. accord
ing 70 government figures.
Yhirty touf degrees below set,s
II Medicine Hat MaaItoba md
1 above IN Miami, Florida 10
fleet temperature fangeroysr SUI.
day.
Henry Sutherland, brother ot
Justice Sutherland OF unltea
States Supreme Court, died In Los
Angeles.
Twenty seven persons reported
missing after tug hit rocks in
Lake Superior.
New England Textile Union
take action looking TO restoration
OF wage scale in effect before %
IL per cent cut Of December.
1870,
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TOLL
OF LIVESFEARED
ON GREAT LAKES
EpOchaI Battle Being Waged
to Get Last Cargoes Of
Year Into Port.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-(By the As.
ISOLATED PresS.)-Rattl!ng foot BY
foot through towering seas and
freezing spray, the men who 20
down 70 sea in ships are fighting
an epochal battle across the wastes
of Lake Superior to keep navlgu.
ton open far beyond It's usual time
and bring down the lakes the last
cargo Of the year.
Already the fight has claimed its
toll Of lives. and before the last
ship has been accounted for-or
been given up for lost-that toll
may be greater.
Nearly a dozen died few days
ago when Canadian steamer was
dashed to pieces within a stones
throw Of safety at the mouth OF
the Portage Lake ship canal.
Saturday night twenty.seyen more
were added TO the probable death
roll when survivors OF the tug Re.
lance, wrecked last Wednesday on
Lizard Island, reached sauit Ste
Marie after almost incredible hard.
ships,
Navigation on the upper lakes
usually closes December IL. This
year It was decided TO keep the
waterways open unit! December
Is, bcc1use tho coal and rail Strlkes
had cut down the coal shipped to
the Northwest and delayed the
eastern movement Of grain.
AS result nine big ireIghters
loaded with grain = $4,000, 900
worth OF ships and cargo-are
fighting their way down Lake Su.
pesior toward that grave yard of
gallant vessels, White Fish Bay,
trying to win through to Buffalo for
winter storage.
In Mud Lake, part OF the st.
Mnry's River, another big fleet Is
ice.bound. waiting for the arrival OF
the nine which left Fort William,
Ont, three days ago before trying
with the assistance OF ice.hreakine
tugs, to win past detour to the open
waters Of Lake Huron.
At Eagle Harbor, Grand Marais,
White Fish Point, detour, Alpeuh,
Mackinac Island and MinIstlque,
naval radio operators are keeping
a ttreless vigil, guiding the freight.
ers through the night with radio
compass signals, and waiting for
the calls for help which may come.
The story OF the fate Of the tug
Reliance, owned by the Superior
Paper Co. OF Sault Ste Marie, was
told yesterday when seven sur.
yivors reached the soo.,
Five days ago the tug, with a
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From now on space on a street car is going to be
at premium. This does not refer to advertising
space, but simply means space for the individuals
feet. The traction company. according to its state
en is doing It's best for the public but even this
best Is not adequate to the demand. Every car
available was in use Saturday and even then the
public was demanding more cars 1t ia more than
likely that hundreds of would-be shoppers never
reached the city. especially those who live on the
junction routes.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
COST OF HOMES


.FAIRMoNT, Dec. 1S.-tEditor,
The West Virginian. 1.-The writer
noticed In q recent issue OF your
paper, an editorial Homes or
automobiles" Your statement Cor
rather mIstateihent) that even the
tiniest, cheapest Of homes costs
over a thousand dollars n room,
and that the man who builds a
home must stand prepared to pay
an average Of fifteen hundred dol.
lars q ROOM.
The writer OF said editorial Is
either misinformed or mistaken,
for the cost OF building an average
residence in Fairmont Is only half
OF less than the amount stated.
We therefore feel that same should
not 60 uncorreeted, for the reason
that, such Q mistatement win do
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crew Of fourteen and twcnty.tw
passengers was dashed 70 pleeeS'
on tie rocks OF Lonely Lizard
Island. twelye miles from the MaIn.
land Tho captain and twenty. |.
seven men took one boat, and Nj, Z
Ind Mrs. John HartSns cooks and
seven others, took the other.
The captains boat has not been
accounted for. but the other; attor
drifting several hours IN tho
storm, was blown ashore on the
Ontario mainland, eighty.tlyo miles
north Of Sault Ste Marie,
Mrs. Harten was sd exhausted
the party was forced 10 rest thssty.
six hours At IN Indian hut before
starting the twenty.milS ttemp IA,
land 70 the railroad. When tlSe
railroad was reached Nj. and MrSS
Harten were suffering 80 muSilS,Si
trom tho cold that they were left
at station for medical treatment
while the other seven survivors
went on to Sault Ste Marie,
They hold out little hope for the
captain and his companions.
Overturned Boats hound
sAuLT STE MARIE, Mseb.
Dec. 1S-The tug Gray, bearShinS
for the twenty-seven perrons
missing since the tug Reliance. !
which crashed on the rocks an
Lizard Island last Wtdnesday
reached the scene OF tha wr6ejtI
this morning and found two eys
turned and battered llfe.b6ats ibu,
no sign Of the missing pert6ns
Word OF the Gray's arritall
received by wireless from he 1
which added only that the temp
ture was 10 below zero. ME
Seven survivors OF the sw
we're recovering here today ii
exposure after being driven IA
small life.boat to tho Canadian
mainland.
Enter Lake Huron
BAY CITY, Mich, Dec. is Tbs,
fleet Of nine steampshIp gram
laden, bound for Lake ElaSports.
which left Fort William Friday
night. passed through ST. Mars
River Sunday and early today n.
tered Lake Huron on the I)lSt
down. The ships and theft tars les
are worth $2s,000, 900.
Search Continued.
CLEVELAND. o., Dec. is-Th2v
wrecklng tug Fayorite left white
Fish Bay, Lake Superior, early to.
day for Lizard Island To. continue
the search for twenty.seyen persons
missing from the tug Reliance since
last Wednesday, according ID wire.
less adyices received here TODD by6
II. E. Giiilpin, president OF tho
Great Lakes Towing Co., owners Of
the Favorlte. The tug was forced
to seek, shelter IN White Fish Bay
late yesterday.
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cheating the game It's 4 cinch
bet that the new players are mot
going to play the game straight
The younger generation should
not be allowed to gain the impress
sion that q successful man beats
the gun IN LIES race. No truly
great man became truly great by
taking advantage Of his fellow.
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Thousands Of shoppers hastily terminated their
buying at least one hour early Saturday night be-
cause Of tho rain. The streets, which were crowd
cd at o'clock were empted very shortly upon the
arrival OF healthy downpour Many persons
were caught without umbrellas, and packages
which water would damage we're carried under
overcoats, or shetord as we'll as possible in some
other manner
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without suffocating the Audience
during the winter months? oh. /
gee, the girls don't mind the cold.
Experts say that the whale will
be eStesminated in the next dec.
ade. That will mean shark bone
corsets, we presume.
The poor fish will be the last line
for today.
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Drift Is running on the river-the nrst to be
seen in many months. From now on with the ma
tural inflow from the rain and snow Of the winter
months there should be plenty OF water in the
channel that has been 50 staguant Recent rains
have been general. filling all the tributaries OF
the Monongahela, and since Saturday evening the
river has risen rapidly.
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more towards continuing tile
house shortage than the writer
would care to guess, and would al
90 BIO q detrimcnt to our city.
A CONTRACTOR.