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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
Who Uses Mails TO Play
Franks on Them and
A. P. Hall.

The attention of the postal and
other authorities here has been called
to an affair or rather complication Of
affairs, that is, to say the least,
unique
For the last several days, A. P.
Hall, manager of tho cadenza orches-
ira, has been receiving vast quantl-
ties of mail, not only first class but
also papers, circulars, catalogues anu
the like. In fact, SO heavy became
the inflow of mail that at times he
was unable to carry all of IT from the
postofflce and he has had to resort TO
requistion mail sack from the
clerks.
after the first day OF so the matter
became worthy OF investigation, as Mr..
Hall had made no request for the var
iuos samples" he was receiving.
Some humorist among local musicians
was finally suspected as having writ
ten for samples, catalogues, etc,
signing "a. P. Hall" to his commun-
ication. Who ever perpetrated the
so-called joke must have expended
from s. to $40 for the necessary post
age. The idea Of it's being a mus
ician was abandoned as it would take
a coal chisel to pry as much as Ave
cents. from one of them.
In the meantime complications be-
gan to arise. Travelling men repre-
senting various firms are daily call
ing on Mr.. Hall at the Cadenza, and
their Introductory remarks are of the
same import 1.-THE firm has mailed
literature. but thought 1t best to have
a representative call in person. >
When Mr.. Hall explains the Joke" to
the commercial men, naturally, they
can not see it.
The latest variation in the "joke"
took place at the Waldo this morning.
when a bali dozen travelling sales
non with blood in their respective
eyes. held meeting and contributed
to a fund which will be offered as a
reward for the apprehension of the
party or parties with the perverted
sense OF humor.
One Of the drummers came all the
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Is Believed to Have Won in
the California State
Election.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 11.-woman
suffrage which early returns indicated
had been defeated in the election on
the amendments to the constitution
is believed to have carried. The inltl-
alive, referendum and recall amend
ments also carried, as did the prop
ositlon extending the power OF the
railroad commission to all public
utilities and increasing its rate max
ing powers.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
FEDERATED CLUBS
OF WOMEN MEET
!. !. !. : : :. : !. !. :. !. j. !. !. /.
TWIN GIRLS ARE BORN. .

: Mr.. and Mrs. Aries Hag- ::
+ gerty. of WiIsonburg, are the ::
: exceedingly proud parents of ::
: twin girl babies who were :.
= brought to their home Monday ;;
:. by the stork. Mr., Haggerty ::
!. has been foreman for the Re :;
;. serve Gas Company at Wilson ;.
:. burg but his friends and fell i
: low workmen say he will not :.
: resume his duties as such un- :!
:. til next week so elated is he i
: over the happy event. :
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
ARE HOT
AFTER JOKER HERE
: = : = > = = ; : !. J. :. j. !. J.
ADVERTISING DOES PAY. :

AS sample of the advertis- =
: ing value of the Daily Telegram :.
: an experience William L. Cole :.
: had recently is cited. Last !:
: Friday evening he advertised :.
: house on Locust street for !.
: rent and directed that the ad- !.
: yertisement be run three days. :
: The next day at noon he re- :.
: quested that the same be drop !.
: ped as from the time the Tele- :
: gram appeared in the street !.
:. Friday evening until noon Sat !.
: urday seventeen persons APP :.
:" piled to him for the house in :
: response to the advertisement. :
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
HALF WAY
Across the Continent Aviator
Rodgers is On His
Flying Trip.

MARSHALL, Mo-. Oct. 1o-Avla-
tor Rodgers left the ground here at
$3.50 o'clock this morning. He plans
10 spend the night in Kansas City,
one Thousand four hundred and
eighty-three miles from the starting
point and almost half way across
the continent. He will take the
southern route to avoid the noun
tains.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
NEW PASTOR
VIII Arrive Here Saturday to Preach
Sunday Morning and Night.

The Rev. o. Dale King, new
pastor of the First Methodist Epls-
copal church, will arrive here from
Charleston Saturday and preach in
the church Sunday morning and
night. The Rev. James E. Bird will
go to Charleston and preach in the
First church there, to which he has
been assigned for the conference
year.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
PRIMARY WILL
BE HELD JUNE q
CONLEY
DENIES THE RIGHT
: = :: !. !. :. :. :. !. !. !. :. + !.
TAX COLLECTOR BUSY.

: City Tax Collector John NJ.
:. Knox is very busy these days
:: in his Office on Court street, .
:: this being the annual discount /.
Z period, during which discount .
:. of two and one-half per cent /.
:. on all taxes paid is allowed. .
:: The period began October / :
=. and will end October 81, after .
!. the expiration of which no dis .
:: count will be given. .
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
RATE CASE
From This State is Combined
with Others for a
Hearing.


WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. IL
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway
case against the state to prevent
the enforcement of the two-cent law
was again delayed when the supreme
court, which had set tho case for
argument on yesterday, reset the
case for January s, next. At the
same time several cases from other
states each involving passenger fare
laws were set for hearing at the
same time. and it is the inference
that the court intends to coYsider
them all at one time.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
MRS. RHODES
Is Appointed a Delegate by
Governor to a National
Congress.

Governor Glasscock has appointed
Mrs Arthur W. Rhodes, of Jane Lew
as delegate to represent West Vir-
ginia at the first annual session OF
the International Congress of Farn
Women, called as an auxiliary to the
Dry Farming Congress to be held at
Colorado Springs, Colo, October 1f
to q Mrs. Rhodes ia a sister of c.
A. Hornor, of clarksburg, and her
many friends congratulate her upon
tho honor of this appointment by the
governor.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
BURIAL
Of Joshua D. Dakcn Was Yield We'd
nesdny Morning.

The funeral o: Joshua D. Daken
who died at the hone :: Miss Rosie
Hewes, on Hewes street Sunday, was
held Wednesday morning at - o'clock
at the Hewes home, the Rsv. Charles
D. Mitchell, OF Christ Episcopal
church leading the services. The body
was laid BY the side of his wife In the
Odd FELLOWS cemetery.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
AUTO STOLEN.

FAIRMoNT, Oct. 1.-THE authori-
ties are looking for four young men
who leffsan auto in the Derlng garage
at FairHiew. The quartet offered TO
sell ttIr machine cheap, but when 1T
broke down they abandoned it. 1t
later developed that It had been stolen
from j. Picards. of Cleveland, o.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12

way from Battle Creek. Mich, and he
says the aid Of the postal authorities
viii be evoked. as the affair comes
under the fraudulent use Of the mails
beside the serious oftense of forgery.
If the gentlemen referred to carry
out their expressed plans some one
Is going to get something he does
not expect.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
SENTENCED TO PEN.

MoRcsANTowN. Oct. 1i.-Judge
John W. Mason has sentenced Carl
Danley and Bernard Detmirgs 10 two
years each in the pen.tent:ary for rob
berry. Dnnley was formerly an inmate
Of the tate reform school.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
MUST CLOSE SUNDAY.

FAIRMoNT. oct. 11.-city police
authorities have notified all fruit and
tobacco dealers to close their places
Of business on sundays after October
Is, The movement viii be resisted.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
In a Capital City of One
of the Provinces of
China.
MISSION MEMS FATE
Is a Matter Of Conjecture and
Foreigners Are All in
Terror.

HANKow, China oct, l1.-Revo-
lutionists are in full possession of WI
Chang. The troops became disaffected
and within few hours after the
trouble developed, the enrire city was
in an uproar. A military commander
was murdered fires were started at
many points in the city and the vice
roy was driven out.
Communication with the city has
been cut of and nothing is known
concerning the fate Of twenty-five
American missionaries there.
Five foreign gunboats are patrolling
the river and foreign volunteers are
patrollins the foreign quarter of
Hankow.
WI Chang is the capital of the
province of WI Peh and is a city Of
100000 people with electric lights,
mills and schools. The province has
a population of $4,000. 600.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12
Photo by American Press Association.

Photo by American Press Association
He aeropane IKE the automobile
Improvement made in
these powerful and comparatively
bile and the heavier than be Impossible
Inc picture above shows detail of the ahamebe
hngsh aviator now In the United States it
en Dy the nome motor This though 1t de-
eop seventy horsepower The striking that
the Cylinders arranged in
much lighter than the other ne
engine - - 800 w "a
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-12

PEKING. Oct. ia special cabi-
net meeting was held today to CON
slider the situation at WI Chang. The
yiceroy who escaped down the river
in yacht reports that he knew of
the plot and seized papers, seal
and some conspirators Monday.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

joining Kitchens. they almost Surce eacn
other for company. Should they fall out,
they would compete for the society of
janitress and girls of other floors. whence
would spring extra leaks OF coffee hqueurs.
wine and sugar. not to mention coal and
firewood.
Keep them contented, You Americans,
who give your girls a 81 embroidered
waist at Christmas. may deem a ten
dollar bill eStravagant. Yet Paris serv-
ant girls are overworked and underpaid.
The ten or twelve dollars that looks so
extravagant at New Year is just
months wages extra. Louise and Angelo
draw only So per week. and they are
lucky The average wage is 500.
Yet they put away more money in the
Postal Savings Bank than their -Ameri-
can sisters would dream of-thanks to
their hard work and knowledge of dane
ing.
Ii is the ''danse du panier,'' the danes
of the market basket. with variations on
the 'anse. or handle. up in the high
notes beyond the honest sou of the
franc" which is the Paris maid-of-ail
works customary and admitted commits
sion on all purchases from household fur
nishers.
Madame, the butcher sends his MONTH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01
"Let the Buyer Beware" English Motto

days ago. Hundreds of similar cases &C.
cur every week.
To begin with, it is necessary to explain
that in England the local taxes are as
sessed on annual rental value OF the
house, and not, as in the United States.
this annual rental value shall not. be the
rent actually paid 1t is the net return
to the owner after proper allowance for
repairs and other OutgOingS and usually
is about four-fifths of the actual gross
rental value.
In the case in point a man had bought
house in the same row as that in
which he had been living as a tenant,
and when he received his first local tax
bill he was surprised to find that his
rental value was a good many dollars
higher than that of the similar house he
had just quilted. He protested to the
local council and received a reply stating
that he would be notified of a date on
which he might appear before the assess
ment committee and state his case. In
couple of weeks ahead of his usual call
ing time and threatened that II the tax
demanded were not paid at once the sher-
if would be put in possession. few
weeks later, nothing further having been
heard from the council, the man wrote
again and this time he received a letter
stating that the council had decided to re-
higher than the owner claimed it ought to
be, and intimating that if he didn't take
that he could sue. Suing would have
been expensive, SO the owner accented the
concession and asked for a refund of the
money Overpaid on the first half years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

Dill. whereupon he was informed that
TINS was impossible, as at the time he
paid the higher assessment II was the
legal one.
1t was found on inquiry that a number
or other owners in the same district have
teen overaSsessed in the same way. but
those VINO made no protest received no
ought to. 1t was also learned that IL is
the accepted practice all over the London
DoroughS to try. on the highest possible
assessment in the hope that no protest
Will De made in the case of small owners
But the municipal governments are not
the only offenders. The great Imperial
government of the British empire also
tries to squeeze a little bit extra out OF
.he unfortunate taxpayer when it can
her OF exemptions. but ii is so involved
that only an expert can understand n.
and If the puzzled taxpayer appeals to a
collector or surveyor for help he is told
that the officials business is to get ALI the
money he can and not to helm any one to
reduce his tax bill Moreover il seems TO
be his business TO try on extra charges.
And then If one discovers that he has
paid too much by inadvertence IL is more
trouble than the money is worth. os a
rule. to get it back from the treasury
One would think that the British govern
ment would make il easy for the tag
payer to get back what belonged TO him.
but no, one must hire an expert income
tax claim agent and pay him about half
the money to get back the other half
Then after six months wait and in.
Vulnerable letters and attendances' at the
tax ONCE. you may get what the govern.
ment never had any right to have
Truly the English motto Is Let every.
body beware"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

ing like her mother. Finding a goo
place in a Russian family, she went to
the American consul to negotiate a pass
port. He refused to make an effort. be-
cause she had lived abroad two years.
Such IS the monstrous Treasury ruling
backed by some bill Of Congress utterly
Unconstitutional. Asking for a French
passpoft-we Americans must often beg
the favor!-Louise learned that she was
not American, but French. No French
consul having regularized her mother
Bordentown marriage, Louise was held to
be the daughter of a French girl moth
err But she got her passport, and.
French citizenship being valuable, she
ceased troubling the Americans, her peo-
pie.
Angelo is the subtle intelligence. OF
peasant origin near Rochefort, she seems
one OF those born Parisians from out
side Paris" who claim, with some rea-
son. to make the smart capital, which
calls to its own from far away. Angelo
persuades Louise that it is fun to help
her sweep. wash. clean and wax-when
Angeles mistress is not there to see them.
Then her mistress calls Angelo "a jewel
How does she keep the fiat so neat?
seldom see her at it." Nor does anybody
else.
All these girls are supposed to mend
and darn and wash and iron small deli
cate things of afternoons. Angelo uses
the time to make her own clothes, while
[auisB sits by her manting.n dial,zi.1SS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01
IN Her NrcHEN q

AS the two fats are in the same house,
Bathide's mistress has only to say: 'Ah.
see. Louise is washing windOws!' or
What, is Louise beating her carpets
again today" to make the impression
able French girl rush to washing paint.
or waxing floors, or cleaning gloves, or
polishing the silver and cut glass. It ts
a trick that has been tried and failed on
the more cool-headed American.
] say Louise is American. The French
state says she is French. Here is a
strange story: A girl of Besancon,
France. emigrated to America. At Bor-
dentown. n. j., she married natural
born American. Happy in the livery
business, they had little girl, Louise.
But this American man seems to have
had no relatives. When his health and
business broke down his panic-stricken
wife, selling every stick up. did a very
French thing. She hurried herself, baby
girl and invalid American husband back
to her old home in Besancon.
The sick American dragged on in the
French town three years, nursed by his
wifes French relatives. Then he died.
and his wife went out to service to pay
back the melted family savings. But they
never caught up. The sick American had
busted" thcm-against his will. poor
man! Louise, his little born
daughter, grew up and must earn liv-
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keeps the fiat as neat as new pin but
according to her ideas. She cleans one
room-perfect to the most hidden cor
ners-each day, merely busting the 9TH
ers She buys fruit without instructions
and puts up preserves-hOw blame her
when they are so cheap and good? Yet
when guest asked for more, Henriette
spoke up: mo, they're for winter She
cannot learn to say Does madame pre-
fer" or will monsieur have" but
says: do you" and will you"
When the fourth-f1Oor lady practices De-
busy arias she trillS a hooking imita-
ton from the kitchen window. One day
an electrician tried to kiss her. She
threw him down two flights.
X
Let me present Bathlde. She comes
from round La Rochelle. Once when she
was a child's nurse the two little ones
went down with malignant scarlet fever.
She caught the dread malady from wait
ing on them like a mother. But when
their father. a well-to-do widower, want
ed to marry her she refused him and ac-
copied a gift of $500 cash-toward
marriage of her own choosing. Her pres
ent employers leave thousands in cash
and jewels in her keeping. Bathilde, Lou
Use, Angelo & Co. rob only in sous.
Louise, her particular enemy. is an
American. They fell out over a mySteri-
Gus recipe to make a sweet tomato pickle.
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inquirers. (Some one is always inquirinE
about one in ParisR ..-- -
The jantr6ss loves dance music, because
the more the girls make, the more gifts
she will get from them to buy her fav>y
Everything tempts the girls to be dis
contented with the sou in the franc.
and go in for downright Waiting with
the market basket.
They begin by bargaining" II potatoes
are 10 cents per pound, and the girl can
get them from some hurried market
woman for = cents. why should mistress
profit by her bargaining intelligence and
industry? She marks down 10 cents. and
puts by the , cents profit. From this
to inability to discover five-ceat artichokes
is but a question of time.
Some girls stay a long while at bar
gaining" Their employers never enjoy
the quality they pay for. They pay for
today's butter-and get yesterdays. They
pay for Camembert cheese. and do not
like it. How could they? II is the imi-
taticn. Say to Angelo: MY child, l
saw big, rosy apples round the corner al
Are they not beautiful, monsieur? L
saw them. Shall l buy some?" Such
little thing don't faze her. She will get
you those same rosy apples-but pick
out the wormy. bruised ones at bar
gain of IA cents per pound That
whisper on the back stairs: "New-laid
eggs, :s cents. at the reo-haireo
market womans: means that they can
dc. marked OH the Dooh a. NShSc $500
Real new-laid ones. effectively, run up
to ; cents. From this to swearing that
a three-and-one-half-c egg is newly
laid is but gentle fall.
80
They all fall. The least entcrprisang
more than double their wages. The height
of the art is to buy second quality and
mark it down a little dearer than first
quality. 1t is to buy a pound and a
half of sugar, mark down two pounds.
and borrow sugar from Henriette to make
it seem to last. Then Henriette will
buy a pound and a half of butter, mark
down two pounds, and borrow butter
from Louise to exc out-while complain
ing that monsieur eatsito much butter.
always fiattering because 1t is honest solica-
tude for the dupe's health!
If you say, -Bathilse, why cannot you
get me fine, big pears at - cents. Ike
those sold in the Paris carts?" the
height of art is for Bathi1de to reply.
with naive admiration: 'Oh. monsieur
ought to have brought some homer
1t is a piece of servant-girl insolence.
perfectly calculated. that merits discharge
on the spot. 1t never gets II. Instead.
it makes monsieur shut up for a week
Why not content them? They are so
smart. neat. bright. Woodworking.
capable and cheerful, yes, gay. Aren't
robbers always gay while robbing? Why
discharge them? 1t is better to keep the
good girl you have than risk the
catastrophe of stumbling on a better one!
STERLING HELLO.
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washing, ironing for both families In re-
turn Angelo will-some day-perhaps cut
her out a skirt
What tune do their needles dance to?
The tune Of the sou of the franc" the
dance Of the market basket When
Henriette brings down her sewing from
the floor above they whisper of Rouen
traction, Rio de Janeiro municipal inn
provement, Dion water: and when they
stop Josephine Or Bathilde on the back
stairs II is for a pointer: "New-laid
eggs, 31a cents, at the red-haired market
woman's!'
They chat of stocks and bonds. Re-
Gently, when the city OF Paris issued a
slice of the 9OO,COO,OO9 francs loan, Angelo
was up and in the line in front of the
Compton National at am for herself
and the two pals. At 7:3O Louise. having
served her breakfast and prepared
Angeles. relieved her. At Henriette,
Ostensibly out marketing, held the place
in the line till nearly .. when Angelo.
who had done the marketing of all three,
sent her back with the baskets. So, while
Louise and Henrietta took turns in her
kitchen. Angelo made the joint subscrip-
ton that gained them Sc apiece present
premium on bonds still going up.
Angelo is their counselor 4 neighbor-
ing family tried to suppress the dance