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Wednesday, April 25, 1917. >
DELAY GERMANY'S GAIN j
Congress is wasting precious time 1
in discussing the selective draft meas- ,
ure. Those who are delaying the en- 1
actment or the hill are not only post
poning the inevitable but exposing the
country to actual danger. It will not;
do to believe that we are going to have ,
a mere dress parade out of our en- J
" trance into this war. There is going
- to be fighting for some time to come j
which will call for the participation of
* our troops. America must prepare at ^
* once for a long war. This was thej
" first advice given by Mr. Balfour and:
? the members of his party on their ar- j
1 rival in this country. The United;
States faces supreme sacrifices. It.
r may be years before victory comes,
* especially if Russia fail3 the Entente
Allies. In that event it will probably
? be necessary to call on America for
i 5,000,000 men for the Western front.
t Why do men in Congress hesitate in
m the face of such obvious perils to hag
'? gle and obtrude' their specious plea3
T for a system of enlistment that has
been discredited by dear-bought expe
- rience? - ,
Just what does Speaker Clark mean;
?when he declares that he wants toj
"see the youth and flower of the coun-;
? try volunteer its. services and not be ;
dragged into th?- army: not to fasten,
the disgrace of a draft on a man wheni
he wants to enlist voluntarily." Con-;
scripttor. does not prevent volunteer- 1
ing. Mr. Clark is playing to the gal-j
, leries. He. is dabbliug in sentiment |
- when war is practical, one of the stern
est of realities. It is true, as one dis- .
* tinguished observer of the antics of j
' ^ some of these obstructionists points'
out, that if conscription is defeated in j
7 Congress Germany will have won a ;
signal victory: in fact, the greatest ,
victory of the war. Failure of conscrip-;
tion in the "United States, from a stra-j
getic viewpoint, would - bo of more (
value to Germany at the present time j
than a Hindenburg drive against Pari?. ,
Failure of the conscription bill woijld i
delay \ls two years in putting an effeo-.
*?* tive army in the field. Such a failure j
" might mean victory for Germany. i
JUDGE JOHN W. MASON |
In service to State and Nation Judge
* John W. Mason gave tbe fullest meas-;
* ure and the best years of his life, and I
now he lies at hi? home in Fairmont at .
the end of his journey pulseless, after j
attaining to a few more years than die i
allotted span of three score and tea. !
? A's the young soldier, the educator, the
- lawyer,' the jurist he brought to these
* spheres of endeavor a sincere de-j
votion and the highest Ideals. The;
State is better off for his having lived ^
in it through the example of his striv- ;
ing and the standards he observed in
t his nrivate and public conduct, which ;
w were irreproachable and unimpeach- (
able. His long tenure on the circuit',
court bench was rounded out as a Su-.j
preme Court Judge, and he brought to .
these duties the tempered mercy of his
~ fine conception of justice.
? John W. Mason was a manly man, in 1
commanding stature as well as com-j
. " roan dins: virtues. Hock firm for the
!- right against wrong as he was given!
the vision, he was gentle and sympa-;
thetlc with those in distress. His j
wholesome heartiness, the simplicity ?
of his heart won for him the confi-l
dence and love of all who came within
the influence of his delightful human
companionship and a personality that r
melted the most reserved of mankind. ;
The Republican party owes him.
much for his faithful adherence to its :
tenets during the lean years and its ^
early struggles in this State. His was ;
a loyalty without a shadow of turning. ;
He was a strong figure in the days of j
his political activity, and when he
withdrew from the turmoils and exac-j
' tions of party service he came away j
with clean hands and a clear con-j
science. In his death West \lrginiaj
loses one of her most, distinguished;
sons and Christian manhood one ofi
* its noblest exemplars. ,
THE GERMAN AMBITION
No more can Germany flutter the al
leged" expedient which she claims
forced her into war and that the pres
ent struggle is to avert a destruction
her enemies threaten. She went in:o
the conflict covetous for territory nnd
? with the ambition to smash all rivalry.
. On her part it is simply a war of ag
gression against the freedom and lib
erty of other peoples.' All this hs?s
- "come out in the washins" ? the free
discussions in the Prussian ' Chamber
Of Deputies. Not long ago a member
? of this body gave vent to the following;
? illuminating expression: "With th^j
. Chancellor of the Empire, we ask foi l
' real guarantees protecting us in future!
against fresh surprise attacks. Wei
4
must aol be satisfied, as regards guar
antees. with paper treaties, which, aa
we have already ma<>r the experience,
disappear In England's waste paper
basket o t public law. We cannot admit
the return to the statu quo ante hel
ium. Belgium can 110 longer be al
lowed to be considered as the ad
vanced citadel of the Entente, and par
ticularly of England. That is why we
will not allow another to lay hands on
Belgium."
This Is a very frank confession, and
that it contradicts flatly Germany's
early professions of her disinterested
intentions as to territorial aggrandize
ment is not surprising as her govern
mental word is no longer to be relied
on. And the supreme impudence in
the reference to "paper treaties"
which "disappear in England's waste
paper basket of public law." And we
get a still better idea of the German
Imperial mind and thought when we |
read this, coming from another mem-]
ber of the Chamber of Deputies, with j
regard to France and Russia:
"Hlndenburg has shown the high Im- j
portance of the coal basin of Br ley and I
Longwy; that is why we cannot restore]
this territory. Even the Socialists nre,
of the opinion that certain frontier lim
its must be changed. The statesman j
who should return from the war without;
Rriey. Longwy. Belgium, Courland and ?
Lithuania would be considered by his-j
tory as having dug the tomb of German j
power and grade ur."
There never was a war won by volun
teers ? that is untrained troops. I'ni
versal training provides against defeat.
SANE USE OF CHILDREN
"To organize the children of Amerr- j
ca to serve in war time in the produc
tion of foodstuffs under supervision of
educational directors and at the same i
time safeguard the children against;
overwork and general neglect." the |
National Child Labor Committee has j
sent a letter and leaflet outlining a j
workable plan to every State, county, j
and city school superintendent, the 1
Secretaries of Agriculture and Labor, j
the Commissioner of Education, the ?
Chief of the Children's Bureau, mem- 1
bers of the Council for National De-|
fense, and others Interested. The plan !
calls for the co-operation of teachers,
scout masters, and playground direo- 1
tors.
The plan divides children into two]
classes, those 14 years old and over,
who may be hired out or sent in groups
to work in farm districts, and those j
under 14, who would be a burden to
the farmers but may be used ln,thelvj
home towns under supervision. For ,
employing the younger children, towns j
are advised to form a "Summer AgrI- j
cultural Faculty" composed of teach
ers. scout masters, and others, get the \
use of vacant lots and raise a smail
sum to have them ploughed, and se
cure a special resolution from the local !
school board providing that children
enrolled for this supervised agricultur
al work and performing it regularly
may be credited with it in lieu of reg-|
ular school attendance from June 1 to j
October 1. "But allow no general ex-!
emption," says the leaflet, "that will
turn children out of school without
providing both occupation and super
vision." The children thus enrolled
are then to be set to work to raise
foodstuffs appropriate to the soil ana j
location under direction of the "Sum- j
mer Agricultural Faculty" who will
"appreciate the limits of a child's
strength and will not allow him to be
overworked."
For older children, it is suggested
that since "to send any children xo
farms without knowing the actual need
for them, or without regulation, would
be wasteful and a hindrance to the
farmers who do not want a horde of in
experienced laborers on their hands,
each state should create a committee
of school officials to confer with th3
State Agricultural department and
farmers' organizations, meet whatever
need there is of child labor and draft
regulations for it. The suggested reg
ulations are that children 14 and over,
only, be permitted to work for farm
ers other than their own parents,
since, as the National Child Labor
Committee states, the farmers them
selves repeatedly say that children
younger than the 14 or 15-year-olds are
no use to them: that such children be
excused from school for farm work be
tween June 1 and October 1; that no
children so excused be permitted to
work more than S hours a day or G
clays a week; that children shall be so]
excused only on the issuance of a spe- j
cial permit, by the State committee of)
school officials or persons authorized
by them, state that the child has been 1
examined by a physician and found
physically fit for work, and is to be
employed on a farm known to be a
suitable place.
England ought to change her mone-|
tary units from pounds, shillings and
p^nce to dollars, cents and mills.
LOOKS LIKE A POSSUM TRICK'
The Intelligencer is inclined to look
on that story from Germany by way
of Rome, about the Kaiser being urged j
to abdicate, by his own family, to!
avert the collapse of the German Em
pire, as pure fiction, or else it was in
spired to deceive. The same may be
said of the strike and riot reports
coming out of Germany. They are
written in too free handed a style,
and bear the suspicion that the gov
ernment is playing possum with the
outside world. It should be borne in
mind that since the beginning of the
war no news of any kind has leaked ]
out of Germany that Germany did not
want to leak out.
It seems to be a ruse to lull the Al
lies to a repose of self-confidence.
Wily prize fighters resort to the same!
sort of a trick, by feigning exhaus
tion at a critical point, and ihen, when
their opponent is moved to the ela- ]
4.
'It's Only ?
Catarrh"
How often people delude themselves
with the idea that catarrh isn't serious 1
They regard it as a local disease, annoy
ing but not dangerous. As pointed out in
our free book, "Health and How to Have
It," catarrh spreads. It weakens the re
sistance to severe diseases, and it pre
pares an inviting field for them. After it
Decomes systemic, in itself it is likely to
bring on asthma, indigestion, constipa
tion, and impure blood, until the sufferer endures great distress. ?
That's all unnecessary, too, because in thousands of cases it has been
found that
Peruna Gave Relief
Mr. M. Vau Btiren. an engineer on the G. R. & I. railway, at Grand Rapids,
found catarrh moat distressing. Ho ?ay?: "I have time and again been com
pelled to take to my bed for days. The first bottle of Parana gave relief, and
while I always keep It In the house for emergencies, I consider myself entirely
free from catarrh of the stomach, the trouble from which I suffered for so long
before taking this remedy."
Many others have enjoyed the same relief from
this remedy. But the time to take it ia before
the disease gets so bad. A box of Parana Tablets
in your vest pocket will enable you to ward off
colds and to overcome catarrh. A bottle of the
liquid Peruna In your home Is a real application
?f the "safety first" idea.
Manalln Tablets are the ideal liver tonic and
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tion of carelessness, send in a smash
ing blow at some vital part. How do
we know but what Germany Is work
ing the same dodge? This view is
strengthened by Count Rentvenlow's
comment on the reports that the So
cialist propaganda for turning the au
tocratic government into a democracy
is likely to be successful. Rentven
low dismisses this speculation as ab
surd, and that it ie merely meant "for
consumption in the United States. It
would be the part of wisdom there
fore, to take all these tales we are
being fed with, not only cum granOj
salis, but with a whole barrel of salt, j
i
The trouble with the autocratic G?*r-|
man mind is that it is incapable of con-!
ceivlng an unselfish attitude.
Let "Washington provide for our J
armies, but in the name of war let tho
i generals do the commanding.
Secretary Balfour Is (surprised nt the
happiness of of the American people.
The tears are yet to come.
I And above all Russia, must be saved j
I from lapsing after the spurt she lias
made a_s a democracy.
Germans are said to be firing glass
bullets at the Russians. They probably
I come from Lens. 1
"When the melancholy meatless daysj
come they will be the .saddest of thei
year.
r The selective draft means that those!
who are needed at homo will be left j
there.
j
We shall have to come to It, so Con- 1
I gross might as well stop talking about it.|
As you sow so shall you reAp. If yam |
don't sow you'll come out only so so. j
Sing It now with a new meaning,)
"Come'ilnto the Garden. Maud."
"The' man with tho hoc" is the man
with a glow.
A grudging sacrifice is a grouchy
patriotism.
It isn't a reproach to be seedy these
days.
. epilogue
Into a land
Storm-wrought, a place of quakes.
, All thunder-scarred.
Helpless, degraded, desolate,
Peace, the "White Angel, comcs.
Her eyes are as a mother's. Iter good
hands
Are comforting, and helping; and her
voice
Falls on the heart, as, after winter,,
spring I
J Falls on tho world, and there is no morel
pain. !
And, in her influence, hope returns, and
life.
And tho passion of endeavor: so that,
soon.
The idle ports are insolent with keels:
The smithies roar, and the mills thrum j
With energy and achievement; weald j
and wold
Fxult; the cottage-garden teems
| With innocent hues and odors; boy and J
girl ,
Mate prosp'rously; there are sweet j
women to kiss;
There are good women to breed. In a
golden fog.
A large, full-stomached faith in kindli
ness
| All over the world, the nation, in a
I dream
Of money and love and' sport hangs at
the paps.
I Of well-being, and so
Goes fattening, mellowing, dozing. rot-|
I ting down
Into a rich deliqulum or decay.
Then, if the Gods he good.
Then, if the Gods be other than mis-l
chevious.
Down from their footstools, down
With a million - throated shouting. )
swoops and storms
War, th* Red Angel, the Awalt'n^r. j
The Shaker of Souls and Thronos; and I
at her heel
j Trail grief, and ruin, and shame!
| The woman weeps h<*r man, tho mother j
J her son
The tenderling its father. Tn wild hours.)
A people, haggard with defeat.
J Asks If there be a God: yet sots its!
teeth.
! Faces calamity, and Rons into the fire '
| Another than It was. And In wild hours!
j A people, roaring ripf
With victory, ris?\s. m<-naccs. stands r<~- 1
newed.
Sheds Its old peddling aims.
Approves Its, virtue, puts behind itso'f
The comfortable dronm. and goes
| Armoured, and militant,
, New-pi telied. n"W-si>tilod. n?*w visioned. '
up the steeps
To -those grout altitudes, whereat thej
weak
Lire not. F? ii t only the strong
Have leave to strive, and suffer, and'
achieve.
?WILLIAM Fit MOST I1FXLFY. ;
Ilarry C. Hunter Shows open today, j
[Bridge Park; twice daily. apr25tf j
| The ball is the oldest toy. ,
WASHINGTON-. D. C.. April 24.? All
letters postmarked Washington now
boast a cancellation stamp hearing the
inscription "Twenty-seventh reunion
1:nited Confederate Veterans. "Washing
ton. D. C.. June -1th to 8th. 1D17."
The matter has been commented on
here largely because It has raised the
Question of why this advertising was
rot done by Washington popst-offico of
ficials for the G. A. It. re-union two.
years ago. Inquiry at headquarters,
however, revealed the fact that the
Grand Army had none of this advertis
ing, but; it was due, not to discrimina
tion against the veterans who wore the
blue, but, to the fa c hat it wasn' asked
for. The privilege is frequently grant
ed where patriotic or local celebrations
are concerned.
It is understood, also, that the gov
ernment is considering using this ad
vice in its war propaganda anil will
prchably begin as soon as the details of
the scheme can be worked out, so that
West Virginia postmasters may very
soon liav? the pleasure of slumping
each separate piece of mail which pass
es through their offices with n message
bringing home to its recelpient the fact
that the country is at war and is in
need of his or her loyal allegiance and
support. It may also bring joy to the
heart of many a fighting postmaster to
amply stamp the -pacifist literature
which is flooding the mails.
Mr*. W. G. Brown, widow of the late
Bepr<ssentatl\c Brown of Kingwood.
who has spent the past two weeks in
"Washington with her small daughter,
left yesterday for a few days stay in
Xe\y York. Mrs. Brown was here to at
t'-tvl the congress of the G. A. it. and
matin one. of the most telling nominat
ing speeches of the congress. She was
the hostess at a charming supper given
at the Willard on the last night of the
session, in honor of Mrs. Parks Fisher,
of Morgantown. the retiring state re
*>-nt; and Mrs. William Brannon, newly
elected to that office. The guests in
eluded members of the West Virginia
delegat ion.
Mrs. Atkinson, wife of Judge Oerirge
W. Atkinson, recently retired from the
< 'ourt of Claims, is here to spend a few
weeks of the spring season. Mrs. Atk
inson is a member of the P. A. U. or
ganization, and will remain to attend
the convention of the Daughters of 1812
which is in session here this wtfek. and
of which she is also a m?mber.
B. Walker Peterson, leading banker of
Wheeling, is in Washington. Mr. Pet
erson was prominent as the author of a
resolution passed by a large and repre
sentative meeting of Wheeling business
men recently, favoring the administra
tion's "selective conscription" military
bill now pending in Congress. He inter
viewed the members of the "West Vir
ginia delegation in Congress, and found
them divided in sentiment on supporting
the bill.
Mrs. Holmes Moss- of Parkersburg. is
visiting friends in the city.
A commission as postmaster at Cu
cumber; W. Ya.. has been issued to
ileorge A. Ko-jer. An addition al allow
ance of Sl.L'fM per annum has been .al
lowed the postmaster at Madison for
clerk hire. A postoffiee to he known as
? 'oalbloom has been established in,Moone
county with J. D. Powell in charge.
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Ml INDUSTRY DOMliTED "
8f S.O., DECLARES COilSSlBW
WASHINGTON. April IN? Domina
tion of the gasoline industry by Stand
ard Oil interests, tlx1 Federal Trade
Commission reported to the Senate to
day lias been largely responsible for
high gasoline prices of lite last two
years.
The report, written after am exiiaus
live inve*i iualion into the entire pe
troleum industry, declares interlo-k
ing stock ownership prevents any real
competition among the various Stand
ard Oil companies and the commission
recommends legislation to permit re
opening of the Oil Trust case to obtain
modification of the Supreme Court's
dissolution decree.
No conclusive evidence was found,
it is stated, that collusion exists amoug
the Standard companies in violation of
t he decree, but the commission's find
ings have been transmitted to the at
torney general.
Prices are declared to have been
raised arbitrarily, although natural
causes contributed. Pronounced price
inequalities were found in different
parts of the country.
The principal findings of the com
mission are;
That in most marketing territories
tin* Standard companies are domi
nant.
That the Standard companies have
maintained a distribution of territory
in marketing gasoline, and that no suu
stantlal competition in the chief petro
leum products exists among the Stand
ard companies.
That the absence of competition )'.??
due to a community of stock owner
ship.
That the facts disclose advances in
prices of gasoline and differences in
/
! price, corresponding to Standard mar- 1
keting territories, which could not be |
explained except under the conditions i
charged. . .
I That the combination of pipe lines
iiwith other branches of the industry
I has tended to establish and perpetu- 1
late monopoly.
That there is no conclusive evidence
: of collusion among the Standard com
! panics in violation of the dissolution
1 decree.
! The commission recommended thes<?
i measures as necessary 10 remedy con
ditions: ?
I A law providing for the reopening
| of anti-trust cases on the application of
I the attorney general by a bill of re
view for the purpose of obtaining such
j modifications of decrees as are requti
led by new conditions.
I Legislation to abolish in certain
cases common stock ownership in cor
porations formerly members of com
binations dissolved under the Sherman
j law.
I Effective limitation of common own
ership of stock in potentially competi
tive corporations by withdrawing the
I power of voting and cotjtrol.
Legislation, which while recognizing i
Icotnmon ownership would fix' upon!
such common owners the responsibil
ity for the acts of each of the several
subsidiary companies which prevent
[competition.
Segration of ownership of pipe lines
from the other branches of the petro
Ileum Industry.
Congressional enactment to fii
[standards for gasoline.
[ Federal collection and publication ol
accurate statistics and information
concerning the industry.
Conditions in the gasoline industry
as uncovered by the investigation aro
declared to be:
? Gasoline marketing ia divided into
eleven territorial divisions at least
:nine of which are said to be under
! Standard Oil domination.
Stockholders oLthe Standard com
panies to a greafaegree are the samo
individuals or interests, with more
| than half of the stock of the various
I companies in. their hands.
i Leading officers of the Standard
[companies hold considerable stock in
I two or more companies.
j Standard Oil refineries produced
.more than sixty percent of the gaso
line output in 1915, sold about 66 per
icent of the total marketed and held
jmore than 70 percent of gasoline
?stocks.
"Correspondence of the different
[prices in 1915 with Standard market
ing territories," says the report, "it
| self points to arbitrary price-fixing.
But the arbitrary character of the in- <
[equalities in price is conclusively dem- ^
;onstrated by the facts that as between,,
[most of the territories there were r.o
[such differences in demand and sup
i plv xxx and the margin between cost
and price was widely different in the
different territories." ?
Wholesale gasoline price rose be
tween 75 and 85 percent in 1915, says
the report. Retail prices kept close be
hind them. The part increased demand
and scarcity of the product played in
the increase is shown in figures giving
the increase in demand 38 percent in
1915 and the production seven percent
below the year before. The Standard
books show large earnings, says the
report, as also was evidenced by th"?
enhanced stock market value of Stand- *
ard securities.
CAPITAL NEWS
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CHARLESTON", "VV.. Va.. April 24.?
Begining Monday, May 7, the' board of
public works will be In session at the (
eapltol for three days. The meeting is
for the purpose of hearing: all persons
who wish to speak concerning assess
ments for taxation against the steam
and street railroads, bridges, car lines,
oil and gas lines, wa^er, electric and
power plants, telejrraph and telephone*
linos, express companies and other oper
ations coming under the taxing jurisdic
tion of the board.
The board will hear representatives of
express and steam railroad companies
on the llrst day. The street railroad,
toll bridge, water, electric power and
car line companies, will be heard the
second day and on the last day the oil
and gas and telephone and telegraph
companies will be heard.
J. S. Lakin. president of the stato
board of control, issued a statement. to
day assuring assistance of the state in
obtaining seeds for spring planting. He
announces in the statement:
"The state council of defense having
received reports that It is difficult or
impossible to secure all necessary seed
locally in some parts of the state, has
requested the state board of control to
canvass the situation and secure such
seeds as are not now available."
Commissioner Lee Oat of the work?
men's compensation department an
nounced today the election of the follow
ing new subscribers: ?
Clell Smith, general contracting. Hunt
ington; C. H. Sutherland, lumber, Cllf
tonville: Goodsell Utility company, elec
tric light plant, Durbin; Hall Coal com
pany, Morgantowti; C. E. Trumbly, elcc
tric light plant. Terra Alta.
The commissioner allowed to Zeb Can
nada, of Otsego, a lump sum of J45S. 8t>,
for an fnjury sustained by being caught
between coal cars last May.
With an authorized capital of 110.00ft,
the .Houghton Cement Block company,
of Charleston, was Issued a charier to
day by the secretary of state. The pur
pose of the concern Is to manufacture
building materials and construct houses
to rent and sell. Tho Incorporators are
M. J, Houghton, C. E, .Green, Floyd
Houghton, Lrnnit Given and W. A. Jtobb,
all of Charleston. >
T.ewla-Hubhard and Company, of
rharleston, was authorised to Inorea&o
its authorized oaplfaT from I8M.000 to 1
S750.000, and to Issue 1,500 additional
shareB of preferred stock of par value
of $100 each, to the 3,000 shares at arm
out under old authority,
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