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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-02


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greatest Viola ots 6t the e6httsgct liz
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times been found antofE the yiolst-
ofs Of tae law lltirifi the year,
1883 COM ract borers we've Ieietst=
ed. an increase of ~ per cent. over
the fe5e ions for 1870 IN All =
172 contract 1aboFsts ere dep1rted
during the year. cnlRr efforts
we're directed toward the suppressicn
Of the white slave trattic. this conn
try coo per- ting with MANY Eur opean
govefnments u c1nceft proper mess
iures to attain q purpose.
The great work az the Division Of
Informatton in the thu ton of
AIKEN imm1gTants through the coun-
try Is considered ct lengta. Score
tary, Straus Tesartls flle work Of this
division as of the highest import
ance. as Il tends to reqEeve the con-
gestlon of aliens IN urban centers Of
population. Attention also is deyot-
ed to The Division Of Naturali atlou,
which saows that 2,244 courts have.
been engaged IN the last year in con-
SerrinE naturalization upon aliens.
During the year 136.T25 declarations
OF Intention ana 43,S7S petitions for
altzatton were hled. Through
the Depart ment OF Justice 1908 tas-
es for the cancellation of illegally
granted certificates were Instituted
and In 49, of the leases the certln-
Gates were Withdrawn. Suggesttons
are made of important amendmen Is
to the legislation reading to the nat
urallzatton of aliens.
Some space IS devoted to con-
sIdera.Sfon of the operations Of the
Bureau OF Corporations. but. on ac=I
count OF the character OF the work
OF that bureau, little definite infor-
nation is disclosed The Secretaryi
saysythat the bureau now has on
hand investigations of the tobacco.
Steel and lumber Industries, inland
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ter Company. and further investiga
tIon of IRE petroleum industry and
cotton exchanges. He is OF opinion
that advance toward corporate re-
form must come through some gem
eral system OF publicity
.'It is becoming more and more
Obvious that the work OF the govern-
ment in regulating corporations
should not be dtrec:ed at the mere
existence Of combination itself. AS
such, but should deal rather With
the way in which the ombination
powers are used. SO as to prevent as
far as possible the misuse of these
great industrial forces. Only such
comblnatfo as use their powers for
evil, should be brought under the
condemnation OF the law.
Secretary Straus strongly recon-
mends the adoption OF a defnibei
system of positive supervision and
regulation of corporations through
an administrative Office, urging that
such a system is constructive, not de-
structive. Through this office i'll
would be possible to publish import-
ant facts as to corporate operations,
safe guarding the unnecessarily publi-
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-02

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shoes forlnen are James A.
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feet we have them In Tam t,all
Button and B1ncher. the same -
Metal and Patent Leather Size
1-2 to II. Widths a 70
our size: we have them
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-02

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10

The School Improvement association, it's regular meeting having been postponed, will be held at the High school building Tuesday. May F. at 3 o'clock. large attendance is urged as this will be the last meeting of this scholastic year.
 Rev. B. B. Glasgow will change pull pits Sunday with Rev k. L. Holmes of Wylam. MT, Glasgow will preach the commencement sermon to the pupils of the Wylam schools.
 MT. Floyd Kelley is very sick at his home on Avenue H.
 The residence of George Smith caught fire today at noon from a de- fective flue. The roof was partly burned. The damage was small
 Mrs. M. NJ. Hartick left tonight on d visit to her parents, MT. and Mrs. w.. II. Brook, Pittsburg, Pa. She will be absent about two months.
 Stonewall chapter Daughters of the Confederacy, served ice cream and caKe on the corner of Nineteenth street and Avenue D. Quite neat sum was real ized.
 Rev. F. c. Doyle, rector of St. An hony's church, will leave Monday for Decatur, Ala, to assist Very Rev H. E. O'Grady, who Is holding a mission at that point.
 J. R. Acuf, who was injured in a runaway about 10 days ago. is able to be around with the use of crutches.
 Miss Annie McVay one of Birming : hams charming young ladies, is visit. ing Miss Bessie Morrison, Ensley High - lands.
 MT. A. l.. Arnold, the city clerk of Ensley, has presented to the public library complete set of the Universal Encyclopedia. This is the second set of books presented by MT Arnold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10

playhouse, all the scenery, effects and costumes having been brought for that purpose.
 The Weber show this year is of dlf- ferent nature from the productions given heretofore. Dream City has d story which, if not altogether logical, Is at least comprehensive. According to the critics, both Edgar Smith and Victor Herbert have excelled their previous ef- forts in the matter of witty book and lyreis and tuneful music of high order. In "Dream City the first scene is laid in a suburban town. where Wilhelm Dtngle- bender has a large but unproduetive farm. An enterprising real estate agent tries to induce Dinglebender to sell his farm for building lots and draws glowing picture of the city which is 10 arise in place of the fever-infested village. Dwell- ing upon the prospects of enormous reveA nues, which the agent assures him are bound to follow the sale of his property, the farmer falls asleep.
 The second set shows the development of Dinglebender dream The village has become large and prosperous city, with skyscrapers and magnificent buildings on every hand. Dinglebender owns con- trolling interest in everything and is fab- ulously wealthy. In fact, everybody in Dream City has money in abundance. One amazing incident after another follows in quick succession and the finale is fit- ting surprise.
 Little Chip and Mary Marble are hap oily cast and are surrounded with an excellent company. The famous Weber beauty chorus of young and graceful girls accompanies the organization. The piece is beautifully mounted, the second act be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
S22O Fro. .Taa Day.

Today was Tag Day in Ensley for the benefit of the free public library and was a big success. The handsome sum Of $220 was realized, which will be applied to the library fund for the purchase of new books The young ladies in charge worked faithfully all day and few if any, to whom they appealed refused them. Miss Bessie Morrison, the chairman Of the committee. and Miss Louise Thompson, the librarian. and all the other ladies who worked so faithfully and well are 10 be congratulated on the splendid sue cess obtained They desire to thank MT. George Sexton. MT. J. M Perkins. Mir. J. W. Davenport. Ar W. Keller and MT. w. R. Stewart and all others who so kindly assisted in the work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Walker Issues Statement.

On account of the statements made regard to the management of the pub lie schools, Prof Thomas R. Walker this morning gave out the following:
 ''White supervisors in the Ensley schools are not required to give instruction in the colored school building. Instruction in music and drawing is given to the colored teachers by the white supervisors in the building in which my office is To- cated and the work is under my direc- tion. The supervisors visit the coored school once a week to inspect the work. The plan of supervising the music and drawing in our colored schools was sub mitted by me to the school board and was by them approved without a dissent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Novel May Festival.

The committee in charge of the May fes- tival, which was to have been given this week by the Presbyterian Brotherhood, which was postponed owing to anfavor- able weather conditions announce that the festival will commence May H and will continue three days. The lot on Nineteenth street and Avenue H is being fenced in and other arransements com pleted This promises to be one of the most unique entertainments ever given in Ensley. as all the details of an old English Maypole dance will be given. There will be Il booths erected on the grounds and many novel and unusual features introduced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
.ENSLEY DELIGHTED
 BY ANNOUNCEMENT
Resumption of Steel Plant Was
 Generally Expected
TAG DAY A BIG SUCCESS
Young Ladies Realize $22o For Car negie Library-Personai and Gen eral News of Interest In
 the Steel City.

Ensley. May 9-(speeial)-Th state ment given out by President Crawford of the Tennessee company that the steel mill will resume operations on June b is received with much satisfaction by the people of Ensley. While it was general iy supposed that the suspension was temporary, an element of doubt prevailed and fears were expressed that there would be a lengthy shut down. As it is the mill will not be down much longer than is customary each year for necessary repairs. With the statement as to the resumption of the mill and the assurance of continued operation, every pessimistic doubt is removed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Only Girl In 90 Miles.

From the Los Angeles Times.
 Miss May Ferrington. now attending the Girls Collegiate school in Los Angeles, lives part of each year on her father s great ranch near Crater, in Mono county, on the border of the Yosemite park, and she is the only girl within radius of .N miles.
 Hither every summer Uncle Sam sends q squadron of cavalry to guard the par k, and the khaki-clad scouts have voted this slim little maid the queen of the whole wide countryside. She has yellow hat cords buttons, and trophies galore. She has a splendid chain of tiny gold mug gets for beads, and the men of the squad ron presented to her uniform of their companies blue. with yellow cavalry stripes on the jaunty skirt.
 Her gentle sway over her soldier sub- jects included inspection at stated inter- vals. when the young commandant by brevet rode her prancing steed up and down the lines of mounted soldiers.
 Ads Illustrated with good cuts ars s~,5o x,tr n arc-Tbo 1r-o <.--
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10

Ads illustrated with good cuts are trade winners-The Gawk makes good cuts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10

ing voice The school board is entirely responsible for the plan
 White teachers and colored teachers have never met in the same assembly room since became superintendent of the Ensley schools.
 THOMAS R. WALKER,
 Superintendent City Schools"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Personal and General.

Dr. and Mrs. E T. Fields will leave about the first of the month on q three months visit to Europe. They will spend about month in London. after which they will visit Paris, Berlin and other European capitals. pr. Fields will study at several of the leading hospitals.
 Miss Caroline Sehoil, who was oper- ated on for appendicitis at the Davis in- firmary is progressing nicely. The oper- ation was successful and unless complca- tions arise Miss Seholl will soon recover.
 Mrs. M H. Mcdowell left this after noon for Tittleton Ala, to visit her sis ter, Mrs. s. J. Enocks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Disagreement on Consolidation.

Since the publication of the terms of agreement arrived at by the joint com mittees of Enslcy and Wylam in re- gard to the consolidation of the two cities, some opposition seems to have developed Several aldermen, who were opposed to the consolidation in the first place, have expressed dissatisfaction at the terms of agreement and seem to think they give Wylam the advantage. How ever the matter will come before the next meeting of the council, and the ar ticles of agreement drawn up by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
"Dream City"

Joe Weber's beautiful production, Dream City, in which the popular fav- orites. Little Chip and Mary Marble. are starred this season, will be seen at the Bijou all this week.
 The production will be given in it's en- tirety just as at Weber's New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Oneninn East Lake.

There will be d band concert this after noon and tonight at East Lake. At 4:30 o'clock Ed R. Hutchison will make a balloon ascension encssed in a bomb. which explodes in midar. hurling the aeronaut out. It is one of the most sen- sational aerial acts in the world and should draw immense crowds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Considerate.

From the Washington Evening Star.
 Do you want to see your wife per mitted to vote?"
 Meekton. "Henrietta gets so much en- joyment out of featuring about it that it would be pity to stop it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Who Gets Them? ?

From the May Boh emian.
 Teach er-Who gets the wicked little boys that stay away from Sunday sch ool?
 No answer.
 Teacher-Come, you can tell us, Casey.
 casey-De White sox gifts some, an de Cubs re rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10

ing unusually brilliant Friday. night will be benefit night for the Arab patrol of Zamora temple. Shriners. The house will be handsomely decorated and the oe- casion will be notable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10

city attorneys of the two cities will be voted upon.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16
WOMAN'S PROHIBITION CLUB

In recent number Of The NATIONAL
PRoHIB1TIoNIsT there was published the call
for the national convention of the Woman)s
Prohibition Club of America, to be held in
Columbus in connection with the national
Prohibition convention. It seems to us that
it would not be improper for the party lead
ers to give very marked encouragement and
assistance to this branch Of our work. We
speak of it in this way because we do not un-
derstand it to be an Independent organiza-
ton, like, for example, the W. G. T. o., but
as clearly branch of the Prohibition party
work as the National Issue Club. To use a
more pertinent illustration still, we might
compare it to the Intercollegiate Prohibition
Association, which has always been recog-
nized as a party organization.
We should be sorry to see the Woman's
Prohibition Club attempt to form an indie
pendent organization or to build up great
movement" It is of the Prohibition party,
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16
A KNOWING FELLOW

A gentleman who signs himself "a. H.
BERGER" and at times appends Treasurer Travel
ing Mems League" has rare good fortune in
finding publication for his letters to the editor"
in the daily papers of Chicago Without
ception, so far as these productions have come
to notice, Mr. BERGERS and only theme
of discussion is the failure of Prohibition Like
most other writers upon the same subject, Mr..
BERGER, in view of the paucity of facts draws
BERGER usually takes his mendacities second
hand from the posters of the booze" propaganda
posted in the saloons. STILL it would be
just to accuse Mr. BERGER of lack of an imagin-
alton of his own. 1t bursts forth at length. 1t
dazzles with its glitter
In the Inter Ocean a few days ago Mr..
BERGER breaks away from the posters and
lures an assertion that even the boldest of the
trafic's knights mendacious have not heretofore
dared to make Hear him:
81 do not know whether ABRAHAM LINCOLN
drank not, but do know that he delivered
speech of which the following is abstract:
Prohibition will work great injury to the cause
of temperance ETC., etc. (the remainder of the
passage is the old Atlanta fake that first appeared
in 1877.
doubtless knows some other important things.
When did ABRAHAM LINCOLN make that speech,
and where? In what book paper or magazine
it recorded? Where, prior to its fraudulent
use on liquor poster in the Atlanta campaign,
did the passage ever appear in type?
Mr.. BERGER is the first to venture the
assertion of kno7Vledge in connection with this
matter and these questions may very properly be
considered "up to" him.
Will he try to them?
Nay verify.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16
April 10, 1908.

saloon question. Mr.. KoELLING understands
it. He knows that the something like ten
thousand men who voted the ticket of the
Prohibition party in the city Of Chicago rep
xesent the one force that the liquor power
understands to be irrevocably and unrecon-
cilably opposed to it and they alone.
Of course, there are many very excellent
citizens in Chicago who will disagree with
that Interpretation of the vote, and to sup
port their disputation they will point you
to the fact that they pay money for law en-
forcement societies, that they make and listen
to speeches at law enforcement meetings, that
they belong to leagues for this and for that,
more or less in opposition to the liquor traf-
fc. All Of which testimony is exceedingly
interesting, but wholly irrelevant in the case
at issue.
There are only certain days in all the year
when the citizen has the chance to formally
and legally speak his opinion and express
his will concerning the liquor traffic. Those
days are the days of election, and at the
election of Tuesday of last week only about
ten thousand of the citizens of Chicago cared
enough about the saloons lawful and I'M
lawful infamies to mention it in the express
sion Of their will as the sovereign rulers of
the city. Even those citizens who voted for
some Republican or Democratic candidate,
believing him to be less committed to the
liquor interests than his Republican or Dem
ocratic opponent, voted at best an equivocal
ticket, which not only gave no indication of
the views Of the voter, but also helped to put
in power, if the good man. was sue
cessful, an office-holder who now represents
a divided constituency and who, as always
in such cases, is under chattel mortgage to
the lowest element Of his constituency.
Yet Mr. KoELLING fails to see the full sig
niifcance Of those ten thousand votes. They
represent tremendous growth in the public
sentiment of the city of Chicago upon the
saloon question. In spite of opposition, in
spite of the dust-throwing Of the politicians,
in spite of the time-serving of the daily pa
pers, in spite of the ignis fatuus signalling of
the so-called temperance men who tell the
citizen that he can stay in his old party and
settle the saloon question, the vote Of the
Prohibition party in Chicago has grown from
something like 500, ten years ago, to its
present respectable proportions of four per-
cent Of the total vote of the city.
We extend to Mr.. KoELLING cordial in
vitation to EFwatch us grow
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16
THE NATIONAL PRoH1B1TIoNIsT

in the Prohibition party and for the Prohibi-
ton party. The less the machinery and for
mality it has the better, but it has a very def
mite work which it can accomplish for the
advancement of the Prohibition party, and in
that work it ought to have the assistance of
individual workers and of the party commit
tees.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16

A little PERIODICAL published in Illinois town
and commonly known as Prohibition paper, an
nounces with much vehemence that the Prohbi-
ton party is no longer a necessity. In view of
the fact that, in the number in which the
announcement appears it fills nearly two square
feet of its space with matter stolen from The
National ProhibitioniSt, without line of credit
or acknowledgement it is safe to assume that
the editor holds another view about the meces-
Sity of Prohibition party papers.
Says the Mirror, that erratic and sometimes
risque journal that halls from ST. Louis: God
put alcohol in the grape, the grain the fruit and
the vegetable" Did he? Well, if He did, He
also put rot in the apple and decomposition in
the beef; but that does not make it proper to
sell rotten fruit tainted meat. He also put
the cut in the steel and that does not make
murder virtue.
Says the liquor advocate, "Where would you
get the money to run Chicago, if Prohibition were
adopted and the 81 100000 gin mill revenue lost?
Says the Prohibitionst, Don't worry; would
make fairly good start by stopping that $4,000,
900 water graft that the gin mill government
gives u.s."
No one can question the misery caused by
drink but thus far every effort made to stamp
it out by law resulted in making a state
of affairs.-The Peoria Star.
Of which wonderful fact Birmingham, Atlanta,
Macon, etc, etc, with idle police courts and al
most empty ails are splendid demonstrations!
Illinois, like Georgia and Alabama and part
Of Kentucky, will be dry theoretically. Prac-
tcally speaking it will be by no means impossible
to buy drink in the "dry" section.-The Louis
UiAe Conyier-Journal
However, Colonel twill be we'll to bring your
own bottle along when next you tour Illinois.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16
CHICAGO'S GREAT ADVANCE
The Aldermanic Vote in the Windy City
Nearly Reaches the 10000 Mark-The
Percentage of the Total Vote
More than Doubled

ChCagOs Prohibitionists congratulat1ng
themselves upon the fact that for a number of
years past the strength of the party has steadily
increased with each succeeding election.
In the election last week they broke all previous
records and lacked but 1873 votes of reaching
total that cannot be recorded without using FIVE
figures. The total Prohibition party vote for
aldermanic candidates in the thirty-hve wards of
Chicago was 9S17, against 5,S6o for the same
offices last year The vote for w. A. Brubaker
for mayor in 1907 5000
But gratifying as this increase is, upon the
face, closer examination merely serves to increase
the satisfaction with which the Prohibitonist may
contemplate the returns. Mr.. Brubakers vote in
1907 barely Is percent of the total vote cast
in that election, while the aggregate aldermanlc
vote for Prohibition candidates last week was
almost 80 percent of the total VOTE or more than
double the percentage of year ago.
In most instances the results may be regarded
as distinctvely Prohibition party gain In two
wards-the Eighteenth and Twenty seventh-the
Prohibition candidates for aldermen we're
dorsed by the Chicago Daily Ne70s Aside from
this the Prohibition candidates earned every vote
by diligent campaigning against the field. Doubt
fact that most of the Republican and Democratic
candidates signed the personal liberty" pledge of
the United Societies, and thus alienated many
good citizens but the increase was nearly uniform
throughout the city and is not an abnormal growth
in any sense.
The spectacular features of the campaign were
furnished almost wholly by the Twenty-seventh
ward where Prof. E. l.. K1etzing poled 2,503
votes and carried six precincts by strong plurali
ties In the Thirty second ward William c.
Gibon polled seventy three votes more than the
Democratic candidate, but this due to strong
run by Alderman Badenoch, who ran as In
dependent and received the bulk of Democratic
support In three wards no Prohibition nomina-
tons were made These wards last year polled
total of 1874 votes. Had the party had candi-
dates in those wards this year and poled vote
equal to that of year ago, the party vote in the
city would have lacked but nineteen votes of the
10000 mark The vote by wards is as follows:
1908. 1907
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16

*No candidate.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-27
A Trick With Numbers.

Choose any four consecutive mum
bers. as 80. 81. 50 and 50. Multiply
them together. and the product may be
divided by "a. This will be found to
hold true for any four consecutive
Numbers we may choose unless one
of fine numbers is "a or a multiple OF
"a such as As. 70. 96, etc. In the same
wav any five consecutive numbers null
tiniied together may be divided by
100 unless one of the numbers is III
or a multiple of 12O.-St Louis Repup
lie