The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-02-22
And among the Country:
other Ailments is Its Tax
Ridden Feature.

RIDDEN FeatlrS.
LONDON. Feb. 1.-THE appoint
ment OF +. w Parker. as chief ad-
wiser Of the British Olympic team. was
the first active step toward the selec-
ton Of the athletes who will compete
at Stockholm ne& summer. Parker
declares that tn time for the choice
and preparation OF the team is much
too short and that some strenuous
work must be done by the aspiring
athletes during the coming six months.
The Olympic trials will be held at
Stamford Bridge May IS. and It is ex-
pected by that date most Of the entries
will be in something near their best
form. One expert in discussing the
best methods OF accomplishing this
made the following statements The
clever trainer IS the man who not only
gets his charges fit by certain date.
but is capable OF keeping them fit.
The Americans have done this, and
this is whore they provedtheir clev-
erness. But what one man can do,
can be done by others provided they
use their brains. This is one OF the
things our trainers should keep in
mind"
Peter cromelin, Lfberian minister
to the Court OF ST. Janps, has re-
turned from the inauguration OF
President Daniel Howard with glow
ing reports of the favorable condl-
tiohs under which the new executive
of the republic is beginning his term.
The minister declares that trade Is
thriving, and that the only handicap
TO 1t is the nearly empty condition Of
the state treasury. All interests in
Monroyia are looking forward with
keen anticipation to the arrival OF
Reed page Clark, the American re-
Gently appointed treasurer general,
for 1t is generally believed that with
the strict administration of the pres
ent custom laws, ample funds will be
available both for the ordinary ex-
penses of the government, and for the
permanent Improvements promised by
President Howard.
Accompanied by his wife, Lady
Emily Walker. daughter OF the Mar
quis of Hartford. his five children,
footman. maid and three Pensioners,
the Rev. r. L. Walker, rector of Frant
will leave here early in July to seek
their fortunes on Vancouver Island
The Walker family has praeticed
farming by raising on a limited scale
both chickens and pigs with varying
success, the pigs of the parson dying,
while Mrs. Walkers chickens thrived.
To an interviewer the parson gave
his reasons for leaving England, Hei
said: There are two reasons: the
first Is Lloyd George. We are being !
taxed out of existence. and see no
future in this country. wish we had
left long ago. The second reason Is
our children; see no prospects for
them here. I have four boys, and /
want to see them make good in the
world-a difficult thing in this tax rid +,
den country"
About half the village wishes to ac-
the adventures, hut they can
only afford to take three besides their
own family, II the party prospers ar
engagements may be made to send for
others so that the entire village may
he ultimately transplarted in Canada.
The latest London freak Of fashion
is sailcluth as fabric for costumes. !
A West End dressmaker declared that
sails are already being made up into
frocks for Riviera wear. and that the
fabric bids fair to be the rage of the
summer season of 1912. Duck and
Of course. have largely been
worn in the past" she said, but the
cloth now in use is unreflned. being
exactly the texture and color Of shihp
sails. 1t is most suitable for outdoor
wear does not spot easily and has ex-
actly the right amount of cllnging
to make graceful gar
ment."
Since the suppression of the opium
traffic in China, the vice of taking CO.
caine and morphine hes sprung up, ac-
cording to DR.. WI Lien-teh. one of the