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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-17
Union 60 Meet.

All members Of the Broad Oaks
woman's Christian Temperance
Union are requested TO be present at
a meeting TO be held this evening at
7:3O O'Clock in Ash Chapel
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-17
c1JRIsTNIls GTFTs FOR ALL

Useful gift suggestions. spend your
money for gifts that viii be appreci-
ated. The Peoples store. sos w.
pike street.-Advertise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Nought shall make us rue If England to herself do rest but trus
 king John.
Politics in the Month of March

This is a political month, especially in the republican party, for state con ventions are to be held this month in Alabama, Virginia, Oklahoma, Colo rado and North Dekota. And on March 26 district primaries are to be held in New York to elect 86 delegates to the Chicago convention. The state convention. in New York comes on April g, but it will elect but four dele gates.
 The district primaries in New York will be closely watched. Under the new primary law the republican dis trict committee can place on the pri- mary ballot ticket, and as these com mittees are almost wholly controlled by the Taft organization of the state this means that there will be Taft official ticket on the primary ballot in each district. This may mean much to Taft, but still it is impossible to forecast with any degree of certainty the vote in either city or up state dis fricts. The district primaries in New York will in fact be the first sure in- Iications of the relative strength of Taft and Roosevelt in their own party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Beet and Cane Growers

The sugar beet growers of the far west and the cane growers of Louisi- ana should not ask nearly 90,000,000 of their fellow citizens to continue to contribute for the maintenance of their local industries. The taxing of necessary of life-of an article of food in every family-is serious matter, and it is extremely selfish in localities here and there to ask the great bulk of the country to tax itself for their benefit. It is never best to tax the many for the benefit of the few. The newspapers of Louisiana and those of the sugar beet districts are crying out against free sugar, but the appeal will go unheard because free sugar will benefit more than taxed sugar ever did in this country or ever will.
 This district took it's medicine man. fully when the steel bill was presented and passed. That bill puts pig iron on the free list, thus handing over the consumption of iron on the Pacific coast to German or English producers And yet not single formal protest was presented from this district. Let Louisiana and Colorado and Utah and Kansas do likewise in relation to sugar This district accepts free pig iron because it is better for the country as a whole. Free sugar is even more i'm portant because sugar is food ar ticle. Pig iron is not. Louisiana has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
NOT FOR THE EPICURE

Those who cannot eat without a cor
 rectly folded napkin, spotless china and
 silver will de well to avoid the south
 western spreads described by F. Ecob in
 the March Outing. The author says:
 Eating at a temporary mining camp isn't altogether attractive. The array of
 blackened lard pails steaming about the hearth. and the ribs of beef, picked near ly bare, on the table, may not at first sight seem alluring. But you'll find that the frijoles (strong red Mexican beans>
 and the cold sour doughs. flaked with
 black from the pan, and the strong tea don't taste so bad. after all. Maybe you think you couldn't eat from battered tin plates, with battered black forks tha: taint the food, amid a litter of saddles, soiled mattresses, rifles and tobacco
 juice. But. then, perhaps you thought
 you couldn't eat the syrup from which you had picked out flies and ants, or wash in that lard bucket of pale gray
 mine water the cook brought you. with the little pieces of raw meat afioat near the bottom. All that's really necessary for perfect enjoyment is a good appetite and everyone has that in the southwest. Anyway, as an old prospector said
 '"There's plenty for all. folks. We don't | set out to starve. none."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
THE SOLACE OF A PIPE

From George Colman's Random Records.
 It was in the reign of James I, whose detestation of the habit and of the nox- ous weed he constantly manifested; but 1t had no effect upon the boys-they still whiffed away like little Whigs, to show their independence of his majesty. In short, the young dogs smoked day and night, like the kitchen chimney of a tavern. This, of course, was concealed, as much as you can conceal a smell, from the dominic; till one luckless even ing. when the imps were all huddled to- gether round the fire of their dormitory, involving each other in the vapors of their own creation, 10, in burst the master and stood in awful dignity before them.
 How now." quoth dominic, to the first lad, "how dare you be smoking tobacco?"
 Sir" said the boy, 'Im subject to headaches, and pipe takes off the pain"
 And you?-and you?-and you?' in- quired the pedagogue, questioning every boy in his turn. !
 One had raging tooth-another tho colic-the third, a cough-the fourth-in short, they all had something.
 "Now, sirrah," beloved the doctor to the last boy, what disorder do you smoke for?"
 Alas. all the excuses were exhausted when the interrupted urchin. putting down his pipe after a farwell whiff, and looking gravey in the dominie's face, said in a whining, hypocritical tone:
 "Sir. I smoke for corns."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Underwood,s National Popularity

Everyone can see now that Oscar Cn- derwood is a strong probability for the democratic nomination in the Baltimore convention" said Joseph D. Horseman or Philadelphia.
 "I am a republican and have never yet voted any other way. I feel sure that President Taft will be nominated in June. I am not active in politics, but l have very decided views which would lead me to prefer Taft to any other man in our party.
 T have been watching the democratic situation with great deal of interest. At one time I thought Governor Harmon had the lead for the presidential nomlna- tion. But now I believe that Underwood will, carry off the great party honors. un- less all signs fail, he will head the demo- cratic ticket. Gov. Woodrow Wilson has made a vigorous canvass and has ap- parently a very strong following. But Wilson lacks political experience, and I do not believe that he can come any where near getting two-thlrds of the votes in the democratic convention. A year ago Underwood was comparatively unknown outside of Congress Today he is not only in the spotlight, but his boom has grown so fast as to make him the observed of the observer. The south should be very proud of MT. Underwood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
England's Great Coal Strike

"The present impasse," says the
 London Statist, "arises from the dis
 cussion as to the remuneration of miners engaged in difficult places, but this matter has been practically
 adjusted, as the colliery owners are
 willing to give minimum wage for work done in difficult places and have
 agreed to the appointment of local
 ioint committees to settle difficulties of this kind. The question of mini mum wage for difficult working has, however, raised matter of much greater importance--it has caused a demand to be put forward for mini mum wage for all workers 50 per cent above the 1888 standard, and it Is here that the trouble begins. Hith- erto a rate of 37h per cent over the standard of 1888 has been the agreed minimum for piece work, while the ac- tual rate of wages for the last three years has been 50 per cent over the 1888 standard. Hence there is no in superable difficulty in the matter of arranging a new minimum for piece work, but the miners have put for ward a demand for an individual mini mum wage in each district for miners working on the face of the coal. In other words, it is suggested that whether a miner produces the quan- hty of coal which would entitle him 10 receive the minimum wage or not, t is to be paid to him, thus convert Ing him from a piece to time worker. The employers maintain that # there is no minimum rate of output for a minimum rate of wage there would be no incentive to the workmen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
UNDERWOOD WILL BE FAITHFUL

From the Mobile Item.
 There is but one thing for the men with the franchise to think of when they go to the polls in November to cast their votes for the successor to William How ard Taft as President of the United States. They must vote for the man who has been faithful and true to the whole people. At the convention in Baltimore man will be named by the democratic household, and he must be man above reproach. Hon, O. W. Underwood of Ala bama is such a. man and we hope he will be the choice of the delegates from .he states of the Union for this high and noble position
 oscar Underwood has already demon- strated his loyalty to his people. regard less of political preferment or racial con dition and, if nominated, he will stand by his colors and lead his hosts to a glorious victory. He has been tried in the crucible and found not wanting. He is a man amongst men and his position is clear. He stands so high that even his political enemies cannot point the finger of scorn at him.
 Such a man is needed at the helm of state and that he will be nominated and elected we honestly believe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05

 From the New York Tribune.
 In Broadway restaurant which is crowded after midnight with guests who had their suppers elsewhere and where the attractions have little to do with the bill of fare, a delicate hat check ques- tion arose one evening last week. man accompanied by a woman-he in conven- tional and she in elaborate evening dress stepped from the elevator and started for the stageless concert room. "Checls your hat," the boy at the hatracS shouted. The man went on, but was halted at the door by waiter who point ed to the high hat. That's all right" said the man. crushing the collapsible tile and slipping it under his coat. "rhe lady her coat" said the boy, whereupon the woman removed a feecy scarf, crumpled it in her hands. and the couple stood there with no checlkable garments visible
 But the waiter insisted and the man retorted that he frequently wore his hat under his waistcoat and would not give it up. For a moment it looked like a victory over the hat check extortionists, when the head waiter informed the pro- testing guests that there was mo empty table" and the couple retired. "Stung l againr' remarked the man as he reached | the street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Regarding the Park Concerts

Nappi's band had a rehearsal Sun day preliminary to grand Sunday concert which it hopes to give in April. Signor Nappi says that his organiza tion Is now larger and better than ever. And he says further that he hopes the ladies of the Music Study club will arrange to have daily open air concerts this summer with a band of not less than 26 or 2r men instead of 20, the number employed last season.
 My Sunday rehearsal was highly gratifying to me-" said Signor Nappi. "In fact it was the best rehearsal that have ever conducted. There were 26 players present and among the num- Der were several new men who proved to be high class artists. One of these newcomers was a French horn player and he is fine enough for any sym
 phony orchestra or concert band. If a
 sufficient amount of money Is provided
 for this years band concerts I will
 have at least two French horns and
 hearsal I tried among other things Ru- binsteins 'Kamenoi- Ostrow' and the spirited overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor, by Nicolai-one of the standard overtures-and I was sur prised as well as delighted at the en- semble work of the band. If the open air concert fund Is ample Birmingham will certainly have band this sum- mer that would do credit to any city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05

to give a square days work for fair days pay. Accordingly, they have suggested that the miner who does not produce the minimum quantity of coal for the minimum wage shall receive Is per day less than the miner who produces the minimum quantity re- quired.
 "The representatives of the miners recognize the justice of the de- mand that minimum wage shall be attended by minimum production, and have suggested that the miner whose output does not reach the mini mum quantity shall in place of receiv- ing a minimum of 90 per cent over the 1888 standard, receive only 371a per cent above that standard. But this stipulation is coupled with the suggestion that the standard rate shall be raised by little over 5 per cent. Consequently the proposal of the miners is to penalize the inefficient to the extent of only Sd per ton against the owners proposal of pen alty of Is per ton"
 The case is so complex that any shorter statement would not explain it. The remedy is now left to the government. It can take the coal mines over or parliament can arbi- trarily establish minimum wage. It is in session, and the political aspects of the strike may soon become as in- teresting as the economic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Woman Suffrage in Wisconsin

In Wisconsin the legislature is priv tleged at any time to submit resolu- ton extending the right of suffrage, and the necessary resolution extend Ing suffrage to women has been passed by the legislature and the peo- ple will vote on it in November. A great campaign of education covering this subject is progressing in the state.
 Should Wisconsin adopt the reform she will be the seventh state to do so, the other six being Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington and California. All of these states lie west of the Mississippi river, and Wisconsin would be the first woman suffrage state east of the big river should it vote in favor of it in No vember.
 A very warm contest in Wisconsin Is predicted in November. The state Is naturally inclined to reforms of one sort or another. The strong brewing interests in the state will not oppose, It is stated, the proposition. At any rate there is to be in Wisconsin a mighty woman suffrage campaign, and if that state adopts it no one will be able to name limit of its extent and scope in the long run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
\ Aear of prnsncrity

"Six months ago many business men said that the country need not look for prosperity until after the next President had been inaugurated,' said a member Of the Chamber of Commerce, but one hears only optimistic talk today.
 Presidential campaigns sometimes make business dull. but there have been not able exceptions, and I believe this year campaign will be one of them. If the crop reports, which will begin to be reck- oned with in the late spring, are favorable we may expect a prosperous summer. And if abundant harvests are gathered we Will have something like a boom in the early fall. Unless the crops are poor the raii- roads will buy more equipment this year than they have bought in any year since 1907. Then 1912 will turn out to be great banner year for the Birmingham district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
On-Sweep of Democracy

No matter who may be nominated at Baltimore the chief issue will not be changed. Every man who has been mentioned will support a revenue tar if and all the bills that have been or will be brought in by Chairman Un- derwood. The party will go to the polls in an unbroken column because it anticipates a great national victory in November and stands for a revenue tariff.
 Not so in the republican party. That party was rent and torn before The odore Roosevelt threw his hat into the ring, and now that he has entered the ring himself as an avowed candidate it is engaged in a bitter strife that is splitting it into two irreconcilable fac tions. Should Taft be nominated it will be impossible to line up in No- vember the enthusiastic followers of the man of Oyster Bay and his vag- aries, for they want the colonel or mo- body. By June they will be we'll or ganized and we'll stimulated in every state, and it is idle to say that in July they can be turned over in body to the unmagnetic Taft.
 Should Roosevelt be nominated, those who dread his eccentricities and all who insist that the time honored precedent of two terms shall not be abolished will either stay at home or go over to the enemy.
 It is impossible, in other words, to bring the republican party together. A compromise candidate in a conven- tion governed by majority is impos- sible, and the factional fight must go on to the end. Either Taft or Roose- welt will be the nominee of the party, and neither can command the solid support of the republican party. This means a democratic victory. The country wants neither of the re- publican candidates because Taft stands for protection for profits and Roosevelts attitude on the tariff is unknown. The country wants a rev. enue tariff and lower cost of living, and the bills that MT. Underwood is bringing in beyond doubt reflect pub lie sentiment in all parts of the coun- try. Free sugar and an excise tax will wonderfully promote the great popular triumph that has been gath ering force ever since the Payne-Al- drich-Smoot bill was passed. That measure was dictated by the manufac- turers, and the prices of necessaries have been going up ever since. The democrats are attacking the root of the evil, and he is poor observer in- deed who does not see sweeping on a great democratic victory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Elevator Eti0uette

''There is some agitation at present among the men of Birmingham as to whether or not they should remove their hats in elevators when ladies are pres ent," writes a gentlewoman.
 T believe l speak for most women when I say that we appreciate the respect which the custom of removing the hat shows, but we realize that often It is inconvenient and we will not be hurt if 1t is discontinued.
 But there is a most discourteous cus- tom which seems to be on the rapid in crease. and we would be obliged to The Age-Herald if 1t would start campaign against it. l refer to smoking on ele- vators.
 'lt is unpleasant enough to have smoke blown in our faces as we walk along the streets, but there we do have fresh air to take it away. But twice recently I have had to go up in an elevator with cigars and cigarettes. In one elevator there were two cigars and two cigarettes. Two of the men smoking were young and good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
WHERE BANKING ORIGINATED

From the March Wide World Magazine.
 The Palazzo San Giorgio, on the Piazza Caricamento. Genoa, has played an im- portant role in the history of this Italian city and of the world of business. It was built in 1260 by order of Guglielmo Bocca- negra, captain of the republic of Genoa, and after serving as his residence was the headquarters of the celebrated com pany and bank of St. George. Our mod ern system of banking sprang from this historic edifice, and the Societa delle Compere di San Giorgio was the first lim- ited liability company. The architect oi the palace was a monk named Oliviero. Although its architecture has undergone a number of changes. the facade stiil speaks eloquently of the thirteenth cen tury. Its arcades, with pointed arches and Its windows. formed of little columns are exceedingly charming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05

an excellent opportunity to display it's patriotism at this time. The beet sugar combine is not expected to be unselfish. 1t has been a grasping concern at all times, and no one ex- poets it to give up willingly anything.
 The country is lining up behind Leader Underwood in fine form. It wants free sugar and an excise tax. Two finer popular measures have not been presented in many days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05

looking, and under other circumstances might have thought them gentlemen. one of the smokers was boy IS or 20, whose face already indicated the cigarette habit. Tlre fourth was a middle age man. The other elevator referred to had one cigar only, smoked by young man. Of course, one can't draw definite conclusions from two experiences, but coming so close to- gether and in two different buildings and being both under the observation of one woman, it seems to me worth mentioning at least.
 Tt may be that letting down the bars on one side makes it easier to let them down on another. I don't believe man who took off his hat would smoke in the presence of ladies. As l have said, it is not the question of hats that is dis turblng us, but the question of smoke, wEich is physically unpleasant"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
REFLECTIONs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Money jinges very quietly when wise people spend it.
 Where a man usually has bad luck is relying on his good luck.
 A man gets so excited over an election he forgets to find out what he's voting about.
 You could never convince a man with a cold that the whole world didn't want to hear about it.
 It makes a woman awful suspicious of what her husband has been doing for him to remember its about time for him to answer that letter he owes her mother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
HOW A BOOK WAS SAVED

In the March Womans Home Compan- ion appears an interesting account of Edna Ferber, a young Chicago newspaper woman whose fiction stories are making such success both in magazines and in book form. Following is an extract:
 Miss F'erber was a hard working jour nalist until quite recently She was on a Milwaukee paper. and also piled her trade in Chicago, where she now lives. She came to New York to meet her literary agent and to see her publishers. She did mean to work while she was here, but found it very difficult, and was glad to get back to the quiet of Chicago. Miss Ferber's mother came with her. and you could see after talking with the latter where the daughter got many of her qualities. Mrs. Ferber is a business woman, and after her husband lost his money and his eyesight, one right after the other, she buckled to and took the burden of the family support upon her
 shoulders. Now her children are self supporting, and she does not have to
 work so hard. It is Mrs. Ferber whom
 we have to thank for Dawn OHara.' She did not write it, nor did she even inspire it, as it Is a journalistic story. but she saved 1t from the devouring flames.
 After the story was written Miss Fer | berNdid not like it. She couldn't get it 10
 suit her, so she decided to light the fire ! with it. and to that end tossed it into the waste paper basket. It was there that
 the mother discovered it, smoothed out its
 wrinkles, read it, and argued with her daughter until the latter was convinced
 that it was not so bad after all. It was
 sent to publisher, who became enthusi-
 astic over it, and the book was brought
 out last fall with great success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
SIGNS AND sIcH-LIKE.

On Hanover street-Open Sundays and Holla-days
 In the South End-Suits pressed 10 cents; ladies 50 cents.
 In Malden-Flannels washed without shrinking in the rear
 In a Store Window-Willow p1umes a speciality Made from your own feathers.
 Ad. in Pennsylvania Paper-For Rent. furnished room, privilege of bath on Main street.
 Printed Card in an Electric Power House-To touch these wires means in- stant death. Anyone failing to respect this warning will be prosecuted and fined. Boston Transcript.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
PORTUNITY

By Shakespeare, "Cymbeline.'
 With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts. and l live here,
 Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt
 not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale prim-
 rose, nor The azur'd harebell, like thy veins; no, The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slam
 der, Outsweeten'd not thy breath. Yea, and furred moss besides, when flow
 CTS are none, To underground thy corse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
NO BAD IDEA

From the Greensboro Record.
 MT. Underwood is the only candidate for President so far that refuses to neglect duty to make votes. and he ought to make them faster that way than by the other method at that