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Tuesday, February 6, 1917.
THE SCREWS APPLIED
The action of the Supreme Court
9f the United States in granting per
mission to the State of Virginia
to Institute mandamus proceedings
- again,.,! West Virginia to enforce the
payment of the judgment against thisl
.State, of $14,000,000 is hardly a sur-1
prising outcome of the case. This
State by service of the court is or-j
dared to sho-w cause why the writ
? should not issue by March 6. While ;
the .return date is fixed after the
present regular session of the legisla
ture will hare expired and a new Gov-i
ernor will have been inaugurated, It |
seems that will not excuse the legis-'
lature from making some provision for!
meeting the present turn in the situ-;
ation. ^ ? j
' There is still a faint hope held out'
that the mandamus proceedings may;
be aTerted, but that, in any event, will '
only be postponing the evil day. It j
begins to look as if West Virginia'
will have to pay this enormous injus-j
tioe Inflicted upon her, and that the |
manner of settling the judgment is|
up to the legislature. The choice isi
of laying a levy sufficient to meet thej
judgment, or a bond issue.
AH UNNECESSARY EXPENSE |
There see ma to be some persistent |
Influences at work behind the meas-J
are to inflict a Board of Censors for
the moving picture business in thi3
State. Renewed activity on the part;
of the advocates of the bill is reported
from Charleston. The Intelligencer
' ha* expressed itself on this question '
before, and can only repeat that no
necessity exists for saddling this extra1
expense on the State by the creation!
of additional pffices. Not only that,:
but it would add an additional burden'
on the moving picture houses in the
shape of a tax which would tend to1
^jmt-khis popular form of amusement:
on a prohibitive basis for those of i
limited means, who most largely pat- 1
ronlze this character of entertainment. '
As it is the public is amply protect-,
ed froja any corrupting films through i
& censorship of the main producing!
companies of the country, and through j
the National Board of Review. Mo-j
tion picture exhibitors in the large j
^cities would not be hampered as much
through thiq proposed censorship as
would those of the 8maller towns and
?villages. In the case of the latter the
m erring picture is the only form of,
public entertainment they have. The
establishment of a State Board of Cen
sors would take that little recreation
and diversion away from them The
Intelligencer does not believe the leg
islature would be a party to that de
privation.
WHO IS TO BLAME?
That something has become wrong
with our navy in the past four years
- has been patent to laymen as well as
some naval officials. Whether or not
It is due to the "able seaman" at the
^ head of the Navy Department is not
so much to the point as the realiza
tion that something is radically per
verse about our navigating officers.
This deficiency has cost us dearly in
.the past four months both in dollars
and ships. Lest we be accused of
political prejudice, or jealousy of the
accomplishments of Secretary Daniels,
we reproduce the words of a Demo
' cratlc Congressman, a Southerner
from Georgia, and an aggressive de
fender of the administration, spoken
? 'on. the floor of the House of Represent
atives the other day. It was Repre
sentative Howard who, in showing
?how the people's money was being
criminally wasted, said:
**In the last ninety days ? or putting it
at the extreme, in the last 120 days? let
tfs see what the people have lost in doi
' lara and cents. Let me give you just a
little Information about what wo are do
in* and how we are doing it. From
? Haiti to the coast of New Jersey and
along the Atlantic coast we have piled
up on the shore In the neighborhood of
535 000.000 of naval vessels, lying up on
coral reefs and shores that have been
charted sine? we havi been tff&tlnsc
ships from the l-'nlted States, and they
are wrecked there because of the ineffi
cient navigation of our naval vessels by
men who do not seem to know or care
?-what they are doing.
"There is the Memphis at Haiti: there
Is th? Milwaukee on the coast of Cali
fornia; there is the H-3. a new submar
ine; there is the Sampson, a destroyer
that had only been accepted by this* gov
ernment forty days, run headlong into a
ship in clear weather and damaged
3260,000, according to the reports in the
papers; there- is the Sumner, a magnifi
cent transport lying up on the coast of
>? New Jersey, being beaten to pieces by
v' the waves of the ocean; and there is the
Cuyama, practically a conplete wreck."
* perhaps the money loss is not so
6. important just now as the physical
;I disappearance of the ships. We can,
at a pinch, replace th<* money in a jiffy,
but not the ships, the units in our first
ltae of defense, whiqji we cannot afford
. to lose at this critical period. Here
are faets marshaled in incontrovert
Ible array, and surely the respons
ibility for. these disasters rests eome
where. It would be much more prof
itable for the Congressional plumbers
to be attending to this leak than to be
futilely chasing after the Up to Wall
street.
Tt is about time to drop the peace
note leak and attend to some other
plumbing the country has on hand.
i KEEPING FIT
! The Plattsburg Association of
Wheeling opens the way for those un
der conviction of their obligations to
. their country to tit themselves for in
I telligent service when the call comes.
! The Association affords an excellent
? opportunity for young men to acquaint
themselves with the duties of a sol
dier, but imposes no obligation upon
them but what is voluntarily render
ed. The members of this Association
have taken the army- instruction
course at the government training
camp at Plattsburg, and they all tes
tify to the benefits of such a training,
even if it should not be put to prac
j tlcal test in the army. If the time
should come, however, when soldiers
are needed the one who is prepared
for that service will have great ad
'vantages over the untrained recruit.
I The physical benefits to be derived
from the training are considerations
that should attract young nirn to a
connection with this Association. Be
sides the course affords a mental
stimulus that will obviously he bene
ficial. It seems that the cost inci
dental to this training has deterred
some worthy young men from joining
the Association, but that obstaclo has
been removed by the announcement
that for all such uniforms will be furn
ished free and their annual dues paid.
This is the sort of patriotism that wins,
and the local Plattsburg Association
cannot be too highly commended for
its liberal action. There m;tv be no
call for volunteers. It is to be hoped
there will be none. But keeping fit for
war means something else; it means
keeping fit for living. And that is
what this training will do for a man.
This Is a sympathetic time to look
upon moving pictures of arctic bleak
ness.
INEFFICIENT redfield
It was the self-sufficient Secretary
of the Department of Commerce who
first discovered the gross inefficiency
and extravagance of the manufactur
ers of this country, an offset he put
out against them when they vigor
ousy fought the harmful /ree trade
provisions of the Underwood tariff
bilL Since then he has lost no oppor
tunity of pounding them. A close
student of trade statistics, however,
comee back at him on his own
grounds with regard to inefficiency,
and suggests that he repair the de
fects of his own department before he
qualifies as a judge of the shortcom
ings of others. In doing this the critic
cites the fact of the appearance on
January 20th in this country of the
British trade .summary covering the
year 1916, twenty days after the close.
This, of course, arouses no surprise,
because it is the usual thing. But
| how about our tardy Department of
j Commerce? Under Redfield's admin
istration, the annual statistics on
commerce and navigation do not tui^c
their appearance until one year after
the close if the fiscal year preceding.
None of our monthly summaries makea
an appearance earlier than two
months after the close of the month
| in question, and even then they are
I subject to considerable revision. In
his role of chief defender of the Wil
son-Underwood tariff law, Mr. Red
field has been accorded favoritism in
Congressional appropriations to a d'e
g^ee never experienced by any other
'member of the President's cabinet
' The personnel of the bureau of for
? eign and domestic commerce, ? which
! compiles trade statistics, has been re
| peatedly enlarged. And yet this
1 bureau is over a month and a half be
hind the British bureau in publishing
monthly trade statistics, and con
sumes nearly a year more in compiling
annual statistics, for which the Amer
lean public impatiently waits.
The Hay bill is about as useless as
a pitchfork is for eating soup.
SUGGESTS A BOYCOTT
The West Virginia Bar, the official
organ of the legal profession, is some
what disgruntled over the "make up
of the present day newspaper, and ii
suggests a boycott to bring them tc
i time. -Something must have been the
| matter with the editor's breakfast
' when he penned the following lras
cible edict:
? "We are -for a boycott upon the news
paper that prints part of Its news ar
ticles on the first page and continues
them on another.
One of our State papers recently had
every article but one of the Urst page
continued on another.
It would take an hour to read that
paper. , ,
It. would take the good temper or ati
anget not to say damn before you were
done. ? ,
Was there ever anthlng Invented more
; inappropriate and Intolerable than s
I newspaper as a news-carrier
' To \a busy man it is a fraud; to a mar
' who wants a convenient news vehicle
; is a nuisance, and to every body who has
to depend on it for news it is a positive
infliction. .
It is time we had something better
and more appropriate, and the only wa;.
to get it is to boycott the present bur
lesque.
Of course this is a highly exagger
ated statement of the actual facts
, There is no trouble in following th<
I continuity of news from the first pagt
j to another, when it is always plainlj
! indicated on what page the continuatior
{ may be found. The dispersion of th<
[news of the day. is required by thf
j physical limitation? ' of the jierwspape:
| page. It la impossible to carry ali o]
VATXOHAXi ESITOBZAXi SERVICE Or 7HX W^EEEISTG nfTTELIIOEJICEK.
HELP WANTED? 100 COLUMBUSES
Our Surplus Capital Demands Their Discoveries of Investment
Opportunities Throughout the World.
BY WILFRED H. SCHOFF
I Secretary of the Commercial Museum; Consul for l'eni, Bolivia and
Costa Kica: Author of "American Commerce and Investment in
| South America."
Americans can make no better in
vestment of their gold reserve than by
' securing for themselves control of the
production In foreign countries of
basic raw* material:-* sufficient to sup
ply our vast Industries.
No nation is altogether sufficient to
itself and the advantage of rich re
sources may be forfeited through in
ability to add to them the elements
necessary for the production of the
finished article. Spain, rich in iron
ore, might have built up a dominant
steel industry within her own borders.
China, with <rast undeveloped beds,
both of coal and iron and with abun
dant cheap labor, might have built up
a steel industry second to none: but
China lacked the reserves of capital
and the ability to organize men into a
productive force.
These instances should suffice to
bring home to us the lesson we must
learn. The United Slates has immense
deposits of iron, coal and limestone,
and abundant capital. Hut the mod
ern steel industry is so varied in its
demands that it requires other ores in
combination for the production of the
qualities of steel and its alloys now
used In all the arts and industries.
Those ores are not found in sufficient
quantities within, our own borders.
They are scattered over the world ?
in South America, in the Far East and
in Europe. The amazing fluctuations
in the metal market, during the cur
rent war have shown how essential to
the success of any nation is its abiltlv
to produce the best steel and how
high a price any nation is willing to
pay for the advantage. That we have
not yet made our advantage secure
was evidenced by our navy depart
ment's preference for English instead
of American projectiles because of
Their greater penetrating power.
Few enterprises are of greater im
portance to the future of the American
people than investigation and develop
ment of the mineral resources of the
countries south of us. In the produc-,
lion of silver and copper we have done
much; but the development of the tin
deposits of Bolivia, one of I he marvels
of the past century, has been done
largely by other capital: the iron and
manganese of Brazil are being ex
ploited by English and Gorman capi
tal: the tungsten, eanadium, molybde
num, antimony and bismuth, in which
;tiie Andes are enormously rich, have
hadthe attention of more European
prospectors than American. In none
of these important elements of steel
production are we self sufficing. It
? must be constantly borne in mind that
j steel is the basis of all industry..
I Among other natural products es
sential to our future development is
rubber, the uses of which are so
hugely increasing year by year. Rub
ber in its natural condition grows
wild In the forests of tropical Amer
ica. Its collection is dependent upon
a supply of labor naturally inefficient
and in recent years numerically in
adequate for the world's demands.
The rubber of the New World has
therefore been forced 10 meet i lu
strous competition of plantation rub
ber from tropical Asia, where there is
ample labor, patient and painstaking
and willing 10 accept a very low wage.
But it is hot to our interest that the
eastern plantations shall be allowed
to displace the product of Central and
South America. So important an ele
ment in international exchange of
values cannot be willing sacrificed,
nor has the best eastern product yet
equalled the natural Brazilian rubber
in quality. American experience In
tropical plantation enterprises has
been somewhat unfortune ? due rather
to reprehensible financing: than to any
lack of merit inhering in the "enter
prise sthemselves. If Americans can
duplicate in Brazil something of the
honesty and persistence of the 'Dutch
in Java, a rich return is assured.
Cattle production Is another interest
that will be of growing importance to
this country. The enclosure* of the
cattle ranges in our western states,
the steady encroachment of settle
ments on lands over which the herds
formerly roamed, and the higher rate
of increase in our consuming popula
tion over the domestic supply of live
stock, are already evident in our in
creased cost of living and in the
occasional importation of Argentine
beef and mutton. There exist in trop
ical America wide areas of grass
lands: well adapted to cattle produc
tion, for which much 'of our capital
can be utilized. Shall we depend upon
the more or less haphazard native
enterprises in Mexico, Colombia and
Venezuela for our supply; or shall we
take the steps necessary to organize
the possibilities to our greater and
permanent advantage? The leathe
market alone reflects the acuteness
of the live stock problem.
Tropical fruits, hardwoods, fibres of
many varieties, indispensable for our
cordage and textile industries, and
possibly tropical wood growths avail
able for the manufacture of paper pulp
and similar materials ? all these offer
security for our industries that is im
peratively demanded and prospects of
profit which are more than enticing.
The field covers not only substances
now of commercial value, but research
for the discovery of new wealth that
may be derived from the abundant
productivity of the American tropics.
Our great "reserves of capital qualify
us to equip today hundreds of modern
Columbuses. of whose discoveries we
stand in more urgent need than did
that enterprising Queen Isabella of
Spain, who pawned her jewels to
double her world.
I
I Its eggs in one basket, as desirable as
i that might be. To prim all of one
news matter on the first page some
.days would exclude any other matter
'from that position in the paper. It
i would result in [throwing equally im
portant subjects into eclipse. The
( first page of the modern newspaper is
I an index of its contents, as much so
!as the index of a law book. And the
[one is just as susceptible of being
j designated as a "barlesque" as the
; other.
It is to be regretted that The Bar :s
? so troubled in spirit over the exercise
j of a little ingenuity in following the
I news channels of the daily prints. The
Intelligencer will endeavor not to of
fend it any more that the actual re
f quirements of newspaper making de
' mand. but we cannot resist the sug
, gestion that there are psssibly as
many "burlesques" of legal promotion
'as there are of journalistic "inflic
tion."
< :
i (\>nsiTiptii?n is a harsh name for it,
whit* universal training is much more
inviting.
J LITERACY TEST UPHELD
I
?J The Intelligencer intimated the
i other day when the House passed the
- immigration bill over the President's
'. veto the literacy test was a question
? 'upon which great minds differed, and
? that through its operation alone would
i be found its efficacy or inefllcacy in
? the improvement of the immigrant
> class admitied to residence in the
?; country. Yesterday the Senate fol
flowed the course pursued by the
??House in negativing the executive
.''veto by the preponderating majority
? of 69 to 19.
I The literacy Lest for immigrants
i has been held to be Inimical to the
[principles upon which this govern,
j ment has beeu founded by three Pres
idents, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson
[ The contest for writing this lest into
? the immigration laws has been spread
'?over twenty years, but until tho pres
:|ent Congress the necessa^ two-thirds
ii vote was lackinu to enforce the will of
ij Congress over the executive objection.
| Thrr* is a tiije irony in that announce
"i ment that ennfef from Charleston that
{ no bills taxing oil. coal or pas would
? I br passed this session.
I With tho experience this country had
i in resorting to drift during tho Civil
i War there should br- no hesitancy about
GO AFTER THAT
i SKIN TROUBLE
i WITH POSLAM
I
I Those i'imples may be easily banished.
I It may not be necessary longer to en
I dure that Jlasli. There may be no need
for Eczema's awful itching: to cause you
! distress ? try l'oslam.
Poslam is s;ife. It Is able to better
[your Mkin'a condition. It is read}- when
; you are.
Once sea Its work. "Tou will never
think ot using .anytlilhg eise'to hearvnur
skin. . .
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to "Emergency Laboratories. 2^
West 25th St. Xew York City.
. Urge your skin to become cleaner,
fairer, healthier, by the use of Poslam
-Soap, the tonic sjoap 'for t,he sjun.
'adopting a universal service measure
: now.
li is an embarrassing moment for
! hlaho to he irritating apan with- her
] alien land law.
| If our navy is .is good at destroying
, the enemy as It has been in crippling
i itself lately, all will be well.
i Pershing is due to recross the Mcxican
j Rubicon to-day. and Carranza and Villa
, will bo free to play the old game.
' Teddy with his four sons Is a pretty
J good contribution to the army for one
j family.
. The groundhog was not such a bluft
! as some supposed.
! Those old "dollar dinner" banquets
I would look like thirty cents these days.
I <ip patriotism quails before actual
i service.
The "Plattsburg boys" have the right
spirit.
t
| Pacifist activities just now are liable
j to spoil any peace prospects In view.
WAS IT YOU?
J Some oue started the whole day wrong ?
Was it you?
I Some one robbed the dfty of Its song ?
"Was it you?
ICarly this morning some one frowned;
j Some one sulked until others scowled.
>1 And soon harsh words were passed
1 around ?
l Was it you?
1 Somo one started the day aright ?
Was It you?
Some one made it happy and bright?
' v Was it you?
Early this morning, we are told.
Some one stalled, anil all through the day
i. This smile encouraged young and old ?
j Was it you?
?! ? Stewart I. .Long, in N. Y. Sun.
+? ; ?
Rippling Rhymes
By WALT MASON. I
? ' ? ? ?
| LITERATURE.
' Most people who have things to sell
'"now profit from H. C. of L. The far
i mer's butter, eggs and oats bring in
?the plain and fancy groats. The man
who sells us shoes and boots, the one
.'who deals In all wool suits, the butch
'er, with his wholesome meat ? all
charge the limit, and repeat. Hut writ
i era, in their squalid lairs, can't rai.se
the prices of their wares. The post
I has to purchase meat, and leather
caskets for his feet, and every hour
the prices rise on things that thread
, bare singer buys. The prunes that
icost ten cents a ton before this era
was begun, now cost him twice as
much a pound, and so it goes, the
I whole list round. But when he. sweats
1 in his adobe and grinds a grand and
deathless ode, he- cannot go around
.and say, "The price of rhyme's cone
tin today; so many poets have slain,
wnere armies rage on Europe's plain,
that there's a dearth of noble rhyme.
; and so I've raised the price a dime."
He cannot put this scheme across, for
? art Is now a total loss. The men with
henfruit. hay or cheese, may charge
such prices as they please, hut ihey
who make the muses sweat, must lake
whatever they can get.
CONFIRMATION BLOCKED
WASHINGTON', Feb. 5. ? Senator
Weeks again blorkcd a vote in the Sen
ate today on confirmation of Dr. Cnrev
T Grayson, President Wilson's naval
aide, nominated t? lie a Hear- Admiral.
YOUNG ROOSEVELT A MAJOR
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.? President
i Wilson today signed a commission np
?' pointing Theodore Jioosevi-lt. .Ir.. a ma
jor of infantry in i he officers' reserve
, corps.' Mr. Tioosevelt was a member <>|
I t he Plattsburg training enmp.
GONZALEZ COMING
I WAS ill xerox, Feb. ? Alfred". <:??!
[? zulcz. Costa Jtica's deposed l'r"sid"i>t, r
I on his .way Jo the United States aboard
I a fruit Sleam-'-f-. ?ar> >rdiug to official dis
j l atciu^.
A combined dt?hpan and .irniMjr.t;
i board for dtahes is ?;o V' | > <1 .by a recent
! Ml'.nt.
fr
These Are Acquaintance Days For
New Spring Merchandise
The first authoritative display of the authentic new Styles and Shades in
SPRING APPAREL SPRING FABRICS SPRING FURNISHINGS
visualizes the answer to "What Will Be Worn the Coming Season?" See it.
WARM QUILTED JACKETS
For Cold Winter Days
You must admit that the ingenious Japanese have solved
the problem of bodily comfort for women in these Practical,
Attractive, Inexpensive garments.
Sleeved or sleeveless Vests of Silk, padded with cot
ton down. Quilted to make a garment of little weight
but much warmth. Wear them out-of-doors under the
coat ; or indoors as a House Coat.
All-White, All-Purple, White-and-Black,
White-and-Rose are the shades.
98c - $1.48 - $2.25
Three-quarter length Quilted Coats for Auto Qr
Wear ? same general style
tr
A Bed Spread
Opportunity .
In these days of high-priced
Cotton Spreads, the chance to
save 52 cents should not be neg*.
lected.
Extra size, Soft-finish Hem
med White Crochet Bed
Spreads. $2.50 QQ
values ;.. tpA^i/O
The quantity 4s limited ? better
come to-day. ?
LIGHT COLORED
OUTING CLOTHS
You will not be able to buy this
quality next Fall at to- 1 A.
day's price lwv,
Spring Needs in
Window Shades
may be economically anticipated
by taking advantage of this spe
cial offer:
Duplex Shades, Green out
side, White inside, mounted
on guaranteed Spring Rollers.
1 A 36x72-inch size, a reg
ular 95< value, special
"Gold Medal"
MATTRESSES
Made in Wheeling ? and the
Best Mattress made in Wheeling.
Offering 50 -pound, round -edge,
double - stitched, elastic felt
"Gold Medal" Mattresses, reg
PRETTY VALENTINE
Tuesday
at
95C Shade
ularly sold at
$20.00, special
$13.50
POST CARDS
Give the Kiddies a Chance to
Grow Up Straight-Backed
The PrrMoiei' -Athletic Waist, a back-view of which is given here,
gives the Boys and Girls a chance to grow
up Flat-Backed, Deep-Chested children who
will develop into Physically - Perfect Men
and Women. .
It combines the advantages of an Under
wnist and Shoulder-Brace. The shoulder
straps cannot sag, and maintain tl,ie weight,
tf the garments where it should bo. ? -
The diagonal pieces of the back are joined
?uly at the bottom, permitting perfect free
lom for play.
Made of a -Good Quality Cambric; taped
?it Bone Buttons; siy.es to fit Children from
_ 2 to 14 years. . , .
J u ini'Mj u.v s of High Prices, it is refreshing n f
to be able to offer such a superior garment at the
price, of each AiVW
Find them in the Knit Underwear section.
SOLID GOLD -TOP HAT PINS
The Jewelry Department announces a brand new line of
late-style Solid Gold-Top Hat Pins, regular 50c the "|
pair values, at 35? the pair; each lOL
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IGEO. M. SNOOK CO,| j
LEGISLATURES PASSED RESOLU
TIONS SUPPORTING WILSON.
!wave of Commendation for the Presi
| dent Shows no Diminution.
i On Monday the legislatures of many
more states, including West Virginia,
passed resolutions supporting Presi
j dent Wilson in the near-war crisis
now confronting the country.
| ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 5.? The Mlnne
Isota house of representatives today
adopted a resolution pledging the sup
, port of the state to President Wilson
| in the present International crisis.
! LINCOLN*. Neb.. Feb. 6. ? Governor
! Neville today telegraphed President
| Wilson that Nebraska will uphold him
in any contingency that may arise.
The senate adopted a resolution endors
ing tho severance of diplomatic rela
tions with Germany.
DOYEI1, Pel.. Feb. 5. ? The Delaware
'legislature today endorsed the action
of President in severing diplomatic re
lations with Germany ami urged tho
state's representatives in congress to
support the president.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Feb. fi.? Tho
services of the 17,000 member banks of
the American Bankers' Association, to
aid In mobilizing the nation's finances
and to promote preparedness plans, were
I offered today to President Wilson by
P. W. Goebel. of Kansas City, Kan.,
incident of tho organization. Mr. Goe
I bel, , a native of Germany, said: "If we
are American citizens, we must serve
| America."
Medical Instruction.
CHICAGO. Keb. 5. ? Instruction In mil
itary medicine will be given the present
classes In sixty of the largest medical
schools in the country by army and
navy physicians, according to announce
ment today by Dr. Arthur Dean He van
before the congress on medical Instruc
' tlon, public health and medical licen
sure.
| "A schedule or military training,"
said Mr. Bevnn, "has been prepared by
the deans of sixty medical srnoors work
ing with the Council or National Do- i
fonse and Major General W. C. Gorgas, j
of the United States army, bas said i
that he will detail medical officers to
, train this year's classes."
Distillers Act. I
1 LOUISVILLE. Ky? Feb. 5. ? All dis- |
tilling plants in the state of Kentucky
were placed at the disposal of the Unit
ed States for the production of alcohol
to be used in the manufacture of mu- '
nitions, in a telegram sent late today
to the secretary of war by J. B. Wa th
en. jr., president of tho Kentucky Dis
tillers and Wholesale LIrjuor Dealers'
Association.
There are 20,1 distilleries of all classes
; in the slate, according to Mr. Wathen.
Young Man,
These Are For You
Those,
Stylish
English
Lasts
With
A Swing
That
Gives
Them
A Bit
More
Class
Than
Usual
It makes no difference to us
whether you are ready to pur
chase now or not ? you will be
getting new shoes soon, that's
sure, and we want to acquaint
you with the Locke line before
buying.
We have a reputation to Sus
tain for showing the niftiest
shoes for young men in the
city? and this new Spring line
is going to keep it sustained,
too.
Remember, it's no trouble to
show goods. We take real
p 1 e a s u r e in explaining the
good points of these shoes.
LOCKE SHOE CO
1219 Market Street.
1043 Main Street.
I Of these, fifteen, having' a dally capacity
of i!00, 000 gallons, are now engraved in
^lcohol production.
Turn Over Wlrel?ia.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5. ? The Marconi
Wireless Telegraph Company of Amer
ica will. In the event of an emergency,
'place Its entire organization at the gov
ernment's disposal, it announced In a
telegram loday to President Wilson
from Edward Nally, vice president and
general manager. Tne equipment in
> eludes big-power stations at Marlon
an<l Chatam, Mass.; New Brunswick and
Belmar, X. .1.; Bolinas and Marshall.
Oal.. and two at towns In Hawaii, and
there are about sixty coastal stations
i along the Atlantic, Gul Pacific and
? ireat bakes coasts, Including those in
Alasko. Manufactures and workshops
THE ST. JAMES
Walnut at 13th Philadelphia
Three blocks from Pennsyloania or Rending Station*, in the center of
tt::atrc and shopping districts. Distinctive service and excellent Cuisine
Thoroughly modern and fire proof. H'ire for reservations at our expense
ROOMS WITH BATH. J P. UP R. J RITO
3 50 ROOMS 300 OATHS Ma:
are included in. the proffer, together
with a trained Btaff of men who would
be subject to orders in any department
in which' the government mljht requlr*
their services.
I DO IH C0H6BESS
Mir ATS:
i Met at 11 a. m.
j Senator Stone submitted resola- '
tlon to endorse President WUm'i
severance of diplomatic relations
! with. Oermany.
j Plnance Committee b*fM cou Id
em tlon rtmiu bill and Informally
| discussed prospects for *B?rrn?r
j expenditures If forced by intern*,
tional developments.
Ftutd Immigration t)Ul orer
President Wilson's veto by rot# of
63 to 19. ..
Recessed at 5:30 p. m. to 8 p. m.
Reconvened at 8 p. m. and ad
journed at 8:13 p. dl for took of a
quorum until 11 a. m. Tuesday.
XOUSX:
Met at nooa.
Considered Mils requirla* unaau
J mom consent.
Rules committee continued "leak"
! inquiry.
interstate Commerce Committee
! agree to railroad legislation bill
w.thout compulsory arblt ratios fea
ture.
Pension bill reported.
Labor Committee favorably ra.
ported bill authorising Department
of Labor to conduct Industrial nr.
; vey of coal mining business.
Military Committee completed an.
mial appropriation bill carrying
SSGO.OOO.OOO.
Adjourned at 5:45 p. m. to 11 a.
m. Tuesday.
' ORDERS RZCAZiXJCS
i.i:< rw.N^S VI fcLE. " Tex.;' Feb: '5>~Ord
? ?rs tor the* Second Virginia fnfantrv
Ii-'irst. Oklahoma "and Fourth South Da- -
s ? 1 1 a Infantry to return to th?Mr honv
st:.0?ns, ivro recalled today, nrcorvling. :
to Fort Rrown. ? '