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Ijj|. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.?
The Senate may appoint a committee
$; to Investigate how much of truth there
Ifiggi Is tn the charge, which was officially
Kv brought to Its attention several days
MW ago by a letter and accompanying resoB|y
lutlons presented by Senator Calder,
of New York, that Charleston cltlP?
zens are buying up all the available
building property in the vicinity of
' the site for the proposed projectile
li? and armor plat plants, with the Idea
of making large profits by embarrass >!"
ing the government In securing houslng
accommodations for Its employes.
K There Is Informal talk among the
E2? Senators of doing this.
41' The alleged activities of Charleston
K: capitalists In corralling much of the
l\' land available for home-building for
' government employes, the denials of
I' that allegation made in telegrams from
II former Senator Chilton to Sonator
Swanson and Walter E. Clark, a local
editor, to Senator Sutherland, were
officially read Into the Senate proceedings
and the case Is now officially in
the Record. It Is almost certain that
I' the' Senate will want more specific
knowledge and that the way it will
proceed to get It is to appoint a comI
mlttee of Its own to investigate it.
I' " Some of tho Senators who have dlsI
cussed it informally, said that the
V statement in the Chilton telgram of
|< May 21, to the effect that "we have
I organized a million dollar company to
I , build good bouses to take care of the
* nitdittnnal Donulation," appeared sufflc
lent to justify the Senate in inquiry
lng Into the matter.
It Is iccalled that Senator Chilton
was probably more active than any
other Senator In getting favorable action
In committee on the bill putting
the government into the armor plate
manufacturing business. In fact, It
Is undrstandlng here the re-locatlon of
the plant at Charleston was In the nature
of a reward from the Administration
for the part he played In that lm'
portant legislative transaction.
Instead of wristlng first to his Senator
and his Congressman for letters
of recommendation, and filing them
,, with his written application to be taken
Into the government's training
schools for aviators, William M. Mullen,
of Parkersburg, W. Va., reversed
that operation. Ho came in person to
v * Washington, landing here early Saturday
morning. When Col. Squlrer,
[' whp is In charge of that branch of the
(& , service arrived at his office In the
War, State and Navy building, the first
card brought to him by his secretary
was the card of the young Parkershurger.
He was the first visitor of
many that day.
It Is evident that Col. Squlrer liked
!the looks of the tall, handsome young
Parkersburger and that he was Impress
ed with his Intelligence, bearing, and
the way he told of himself in response
1 to the Informal oral examination. It
is evident from the fact that when WIIW
Ham M. Mullen left the presence of
Col. Squlrer he was down on the book
to appear Monday morning for the ex,
amlhatlon which will settle whether he
( \ Is going to be one of Uncle Sam's
f u young birdmen, or is going back to
business or the military draft The
chances are very much In favor of his
going straightaway to some training
jj? t camp for flyers. Because, they don't
K' spend so much time on, and take so
rnuoh trouble with aviation applicants
who haven't a chance, as they did with '
this youngster.
Prom the War department, young
I j. Mullen wended his way to the vtI
^ces of Senator Sutherland and ConBp.
gressman Woodyard, wbero he introI
* duced himself, told what ho had done,
and asked if they would give him let n.
ters of recommendation, which are required.
They were only too glad, for
they know the boy's father, M. W.
Kft Mullen, a leading merchant and promt '
ncnt citizen of Parkersburg, and ad^H^imired
the plucky, business like way In
I'. wlilch the young man hud gone about
BMS''lthe business he in mind, which was
| getting to be a flyer for Uncle Sam.
MM Young Mullon is 24, a tall, clean8pUt>,fine-looking
young American. Ho
| was educated'Is the schools of Par
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ker8burg and Louisville, served two
years in the National Guard, and could
havo gone to Fort Benjamin Harrison
to be trained for an officer's commission
bad be but said the word.
But he passed up that opportunity to
sco if he couldn't "mako" the aviation
service. The officials he has met
In Washington say that he deserves to
make it, ail rigbt.
Congressman and Mrs. Edward Coop
or have gone to their home at Brainwell,
to which place Mr. Cooper was
called by urgent private business
which require his personal attention.
He will return within a few days. In
the meantime he is "paired" with his
colleague, Congressman Adam B. Littlopage,
who is at his home in Charleston
for a few days.
A commission as postmaster, dated
May 21, as been issued to Arthui
Jackson, of Littleton, which is a postoffice
in the presidential class; and
commissions, bearing date of May 24
to the following: John A. Blaker, Asbury;
Sturley Bonner, Gladwin; Camden
A. Jarvis, Littlo Otter; and Andrew
Sharpneck, Pisgah.
A recent visitor in Washington was
Hon. Adolph Scherr, of Charleston.
Senators and Congressmen have
been passing around among themselves
today, with evident assent, tho following
article from the Boston Transcript;
"Washington will be the scene within
a few fortnights of an explosion
the like of which the nation has not
witnessed Bince the war with Spain.
It will blow the lid off the public delusion
that ours is to be a placid participation
in the great conflict, 'a little
and a long distance war.' It will
Diasi away toe Darners wnicn lnerfectives
In high places have erected
against the efforts of the ablest business
men between the two oceans to
help the nation get ready for warbusiness
men who have arrived In
Washington only to find that the work
of the Advisory Council of Nations is
viewed with petty suspicion by members
of the Cabinet, who are afraid of
bolng overslaughed or of having their
infirmities become public property. It
will disclose a condition of defencelessness
on land and sea a lac.k of coordination
In the War and Navy departments,
a mean and Jealous political
prejudice, an attitude toward men
of affairs which is disheartening and
disrupting.
"When the explosion comes the country
will be told that all criticism of the
Cabinet Is aimed at the President bnd
amanates either from the ranks of
the opposition party or from bankers
and business men who want to reach
a rich harvest In war profits from the
government Every device known to
the demagogue will be employed to
hoodwink tho people In the effort to
protect the group of mediocrities who
for the most part make up the CablIf
ttiA ARnlnnflfra Mil hnrnmflfl n
law without too much amendment It
will enable the Administration to Jail
leaden of the preea and the public
who dare to tell the people the truth
about the government; but war Is as
time when patriotic service Is limited
neither to army or farming.
"The sooner the explosion comes
the better It will be for the country.
The fathers and mothers who aro giving
their Bons to the army and navy
have a right to know what the government
Is doing and to criticize what Is
badly done or dodged altogether. Tho
brains of America must be mobilized
and used before we can win the war,
even though more than one mediocrity
who Is today blocking progress loses
his Job."
In the public mind there Is a connection
between this strenuous effort
to abridge the constitutional rights
of froe speech and a fl ee press, a proposal
which neither Washington nor
Llhcoln would listen to, and the future
of the present CablnGt. Somehow,
the opinion will not down that
It is a protection intended more for
e Raise.
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the present Cabinet than it is for ~
serving any other purpose. Washington,
official and private, It is no violation
of wartime proprieties to state, ex- ?
pect?and expects it confidently, and ~
rather hopefully?that a tremendous
sentiment throughout the country will
force a new Cabinet?a war Cabinet of
men of such high and special qualifications
and character as to command the
confidence of the American people.
It cannot be said that the present Cabinet
does; that it did even in piping
peace times. It is pojnted out that not
a belligerent nation engaged in the
great conflict, but has experienced the
downfall of a cabinet, and many of
them have gone through Bevoral such
ministerial downfalls with most salutary
and beneficial results.
80Y1
liberty
BOND
ZZZ FOR ZSZ
BABY
Dress Up for
Memorial Day
Men are volunteering In the
war against winter suits and
wool hats. Conscription may
got you If you don't get Into one
of these nice, light Palm Beach
suits, and put on a Panama and
get In line with the reft of the
satisfied folks Who deal at Coogle's.
Remember the tie. It finishes
the dressed-up look of the man
that makes you turn around to
look as he passes by. Our tie
line Is as complete as you will
find.
OTfnriln ?ro fonnil nnw ati tha
man who pride? himself on being
up to date. At prices that
make you forget the war we can
fit your feet In footwear that
will give you service you have
always wanted, but never got
before.
And lest we forget, Buy a Liberty
Bond today, and by so doing,
be a contributor to the great
cause of Universal Peace. Inautre
at your bank for particulate.
Jas.W.Coogle
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Everything In Men'e Weal".
818 ADAM8 STREET
Alonao Bartlet, aged 53 years, a realmt
of Clarksburg, died last night In
la city at the home of Mrs. C. F. Wigngton
on Plerpont avenne where be
is taken anddenly ill on Wednesday,
r. Bartlett who was a traveling salesan,
was taken ill from congestion of
elnnga on Wednesday evening pneuonla
developing later which resulted
his death. He was employed by the
orton Salt company of Chicago and
aveled through this territory where
9 was well known. The body was
ken to Clarksburg today where Inter
ent will be made. A brother and a
in camo here from Clarksburg yesrday
ajd accompanied the body
jme.
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Display the American Flag.
Flags on staffs should be at halfast
until noon Memorial Day; afterion
let Old Glory go up high.
The Executive Committee makes ev y
citizen a committee for decorating
s premises with flags; do It now.
.^V^Norllism^^^V
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The West Virginian is on sale ev y
evening at the following places:
NION NEW a CO., Street Car Station
and B. & 0. Station.
'ATSON BUILDING NEWS STAND,
Main entrance Watson Building.
A1RM0NT NEWS CO., 124% Main
LYDE S. HOLT, Main Street.
ORAN & PRUNTY, corner Bridge
and Water streets.
H. M'CLOSKEY, corner Sixth and
Locust avenue.
. G. MARTIN, Main street
AMILTON DRUG CO- corner Tenth
and Virginia avenue.
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We Wai
The makers oi
eistent, scientific
that beats the wori<
You know ^o old ?t
toa the tortoiioi
?how the hare ekip
top.?-out all kind, of e.
?how the tortoise it
#f the road?kept on gc
?-job know that (tor;
No Experiment
Some automobile mat
?like the hare, trying
jtperate better in advertii
But the Maxwell mak
?and whan some 01
latest novelty, the Maxwe
?or simplified or im|
km,
?or in other big am
footed the one Maxwell
So that, in ths end, th
; The Maxwell W
K Maxwell stock car'
Maxwell?without atoppii
|n 44 days and nights,
---? -a a_ n>
? no h ran or ?
f faieline.
No otlior vehicle hull
to compare with that fo?
The Ecom
P, D. Armour uaad ta
fell the hop but the aquaa
Theft the kind of c
Secretary-^* the Treasury McAdoo
nlng with the west, to boost Liberty L o
Paul, with E. G. Quamme, president o
St. Paul, at left, and Louis W. Hill, rail
ACl^
ARE Nil IE! OFF
Protests Against Cutting
Them Have Been Forwarded
to Baltimore
Superintendent J. M. Scott of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company
with Jurisdiction over the Monongah
division, headquarters at Grafton,
when asked concerning the curtailment
of trains entering and leaving
Fairmont said this morning there
would not be any change in the present
number aftralns if such change would ,
.xweSMs ft
ited Four 1
f the Maxwell spent four
refinement of one mod
i for endurance, efficiency
ory about tba raca between tbe bare
ped about tbo fields?nibbled clover
ipers, trying to "show off.";
uck to hit job?stayed in the middle
ling?and won tbe race;
j and it* moral.
in Maxwell Mechanism
ken bare run around after novelties
: to add untried "improvements" which
ling than on tbe car.
an held fast to ona model,
is made a big how-de-do about big
U malt en strengthened a pin,
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iroTaa m pin w? ??? ? ? ????
1 Ilttla way* denloptd, refined, per*
model.
e Maxwell wen by the tortolie method.
orld Endurance Champion
?a duplicate in every detail of your
eg the motor, traveled 22,022 mile*
mile* an hour and 22 mil** per gallon
t by human being* ever did anything
Vamy
Champion Too
i lay that hi* paddug home* "utfllxed
1."
onomy you get la MaxwelL
Roadttt, $6501 Ttaring Car,
Car. $9151 Stdan, $9651 tor
aloe trie ?tuit*r and light*.
The National
Temporary
Fleming Building
i
la touring the United States begin*
an sales. He Is here shown at St.
f the Federal Farm Loan Bank at
road man and financier, In center.
prJnnla tha Industrial welfare of this
Bectlon.
He admits that there was some talk 1
of the new schedule going Into effect
minus the early morning accommoda- I
Are Proprietary
Medicines Fraudulent?
Undoubtedly, there may be some
that are, but on the other hand, there
are many proprietary remedies that ^
are as standard as any prescription |
that any present day physician can |
write, and in thousands of homes you
will find these old, reliable remedies
In every day use with satisfactory results.
Such a medicine 1b Lydla E.
Flnkhams Vegetable Compound, which,
for nearly 40 years, has been alleviating
the suffering of woman-kind, and j
overcoming some of the most serl- ,
ous ailments of her sex. If you are
suffering from any of the ailments of I
women, Just give this medicine a trial ,
and prove Its worth for yourself.
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Mechanical!
fears To Si
years in developing the
el?that was the metho<
.1 . .1
rt economy?tnat s tne re!
Mri. Miriam Thayer Seeley, Profei
cultural College, drove her Maxwell fo
continent and back,
?over every conceivable kind of rot
over mountaini,
?for $8.19 a month, including gas
Thousand! of Maxwell owners get I
their cars at a cost of $6 to $8 a mont
That's pretty near what the college
ducibla minimum."
He Maxwell's Great >
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There's the frama?combining graa
est flexibility.
There's the wonderful radiator, that
t any speed and all the time.
There's the world champion engin
power to spare.
There's the great wearproof clut
most efficient wo know of?oar none.
There's tha transmission?simple, I
eatfng.
And, besides, the Mrxwell is a hanc
pletely, equipped car.
The Maxwell Is the Ca
71* Maxwell at $665 f. o. b. Detrt
kaa,
All wa uk it a dianea to (how yoi
The car will prove every etatemenl
The Maxwell i* mechanically right
1 ?end we Jkhow it
$365/ Cabriolet, $665/ Town
nplotaly oqtdppod, including
All erteee f.o.b. Detroit,
Garage Co.
Location
Washington St.
nd that as soon as the Monongah" dlv?
Ion representative #ho is at present
t the conference of Baltimore and i?
ihlo officials In Baltimora^^M^a
Irafton he will see that every effort H
~ to hoon these trains on. j
a iu?wpj>v f ? T r ?
ges to say what yon knaw^all^aloi)#H
Onr grand business undoubtedly la
ance bnt to do what Ilea clearly at :'|jj
Let eveiy business housa and av?M
>ry public building put out flagb;; also
et every residence In the olty put^
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've put Benny Jenkins on my.
iiB^rw4^4MPi4p^lSMPflr4pr
"he neatest whits shoe is csnvaa or |
wckskin dressed with Chieftain ffcm |
Vhite. It stays white. ,
Brash in Blue Bos D
10 cants
a ? I
MEFTAW MFG. CO.
CHARLESTON. W. VA. fl
kFsAnl Ana PhtoCftr
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car. Patient, peri.
An automobilo
or at the Ore jon Agrl* g .;J|f
r 9,700 mile* acron the ^
*d, acroii the deiert and
aline, oil and repair*.
invfl dailtr aortricft out of |
profoisor* call "an irra*
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tait strength with irwh .
: doai it* work of coolinf .J:
a?rugged, timple, with 's
eh, running in oil?lh? *m3il
trouble-proof?*elf-lubrl? . i|
tsoma, comfort*bla, caaa* .
lit indaed 5* ararr maafW ->lt
I the Maxwell,
t we're made, ' .