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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-14
County is Already Menaced.


/ Woodrow Wilson as candidate
for president frequently asserted the
tariff would be revised in a manner
not to disturb business, if he wers
elected president and the Congress
were Democratic
Evidently the president is forgee-
ting the pledge. Business even thus
early is very materially disturbed as
even clarksburg wholesale houses 90
testify. Market conditions are very
unstable, prices are fiuctuating daily
and the wholesalers business is coz
respondingly risky. This in turn ex-
tends to the retail merchant. Large
wholesale buyers Of many staple
goods can not buy heavily but rather
must pursue the hand to mouth pol
icy in order to avert financial crashes
in their business. The retail mer-
chant also has to use extreme care
in his buying. This shows that bust.
ness has already been disturbed ana
weakened by democratic tariff
ttinkering and the prospect of the
passage OF a tariff bill bordering on
absolute free trade.
Tariff historians assert that tho
present Underwood measure which
has the approval of President Will
son and a majority OF the Democrats
of the House and Senate, provides
for the most radical tariff reductions
!, ever Suggested since the Civil war.
1t is much more of free trade Dill
than the WilsonIGorman bill that
brought panic Immediately before
and after it's passage.
Every line of industry including
the interests of the farmers for
whom so much pretended solicitude
was expressed by Democratic stump
orators and newspapers in the pres
idential campaign is affected by the
proposed tariff law. There is grave
. apprehension over the results OF n
free trade invitation for largely in
creased importations along most e7'
cry line of production Even Demo
cratic statesmen themselves fear foi
the future business or the country
J, and representatives in Congress from
nearly twenty states are threatening
to bolt the party caucus as they are
bitterly opposed to number of tins
!, presidents free trade ideas.
The situation is one of confidence
destroying propensity and it calls FOL
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-14
The Opponents Favlacy.

Fruitless effort is made by tins
Exponent to convince the people Of
Clarksburg that 1.-THE bum and tie
loafer" decide city elections. Facts
and figures show the Exponent "a
boring under a fallacy.
In presenting facts and figures
permit the Telegram to first take up
the subject of the saloons which is
burden on the mind of the Expo-
nent. Possibly there were not more
than 500 Clarks'burg residents wac
voted last fall against the prohibition
amendment. The rumber was 50
small that there was wide conmen.;
1t is noted thst ~. savers. can't
date for mayor ca he Expoamr $
ticket, received less than twice that
number of votes, while his opponen;
received nearly throe times that num-
Der. This shows that majority OF
the people Of ciarksburg who voted
for the prohibition amendment also
voted against the mugwump ticker.
AS this majority was not under the
control OF the saloons less than s.x
months previous 10 the city election,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-14
SHRINERS
To Meet at Sistersville Friday
to Rope in" Thirty
Novices.

For it's second pilgrimage and cere-
monial session to be held at Sisters
Vile the coming Friday. it is the in
tention of Nemesis Temple Of shrin-
ers, to which many Clarksburg Masons
belong, to run a special tram IRON
Parkersburg and return. The special
train will leave Parkersburg at /
o'clock Thursday afternoon and the
fare for the round trip will be 80.
The program will consist OF bust.
ness session at 2:SO o'clock Friday
afternoon, candidates reporting az
$3.50 O'Clock, parade at o'clock,
ceremonial session at 6 o'clock and
Mystic banquet at 10 o'clock.
The business session will be held
in the Masonic hall and movies will
report there at $3.50. Novices will also
report at the Paden City casino at $50
o'clock in order that they may be
we'll groomed for the hot sands of the
desert. The banquet and ceremonial
session will be held in the casino.
IL is the desire ito rope in thirty
candidates
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-14

II must aot be taken for granted
that that majority had had a changs
Of heart SO soon and 1t Is also un
fair to class that majority in the bad
citizenship class as the Exponent
undertakes to do. The plain fact is
that the mpgwump ticket did nor
measure up to the good government
ideals Of the citizens.
Second in this examination OF
facts and figures Telegram readers
know that Fleming Holden carried
his home ward, the Fifth, by very
neat majority. while Harry /.
Brooks. on the opposite ticket Tor
chief, hated and denounced as nc
was by the Exponent, scared far be
yond Holden in Fifth ward VIC
tory. If Holden's triumph there
means high citizenship in that ward.
1t must be admitted that Chief
Brooks commanded the votes OF GOOD
citizenship ard Holden'c maiorlts
also shows that So far as that ward
is concerned the Exponent makes
serious reflection without the slight
est foundation for it.
The Fourth ward has always been
regarded a respectable one by the
Exponent, yet it gave the Repubi-
can ticket an overwhelming major
ity.
The First ward, according to the
Exponent has rapidly become Ge-
moralized, as a year ago the election
was SO close that threatened con-
test was necessary between the can
dldates for council. This year the
Republican candidate defeated his
opponent by 146 votes, receiving more
than two to his one. IN that ward
a year ago 427 votes were cast for
the two candidates for council. This
year only APO votes were cast for
the two comcilmanic candidates..
This shows that there was practical !
ly no change in the number OF the
voting citizenship in the ward, yet
the landslide was so great that the
Republican candidate received ma.
DIRTY of 146. These .146 persons
were not buns and loafers last year
when almost all of them voted
against the Republican candidate and
1t is the height OF folly for the Ex-
ponent to insinuate that they are
buns and loafers now.
An analysis of the vote in the
other wards shows too that the bum
and loafer played no important part
in the election and we'll the Expo
ne1t will know it, if it but takes the
time to look into the conduct and re-
sulis of the election.
1t is deplorable that any newspn-
per 10 gain a political point resorts
TO defamation of the citizenship OF
the city in which it is published ana
whose support 1t asks.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-14
An Evening Echo.

The men whom i have seen cue.
coed host in life have always been
cheerful and hopeful men, who went
about their Business with a smile
on their faces and took changes and
chances Of their mortal life like men,
facing rough and smooth alike as it
came, and 80 found the truth of the
old proverb, that good times and
bad times, and all times, pass over. =
&C. KINGSLEY.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-14
All iii Afternoon CaH''

said a Popular. society woman, the
subject Of woHans health was under
discussion, and, 10 my Amusement
three out Or four women in the room,
who had happened to call at the same
sine. had found health in Lydia E.
PiRkham's Vegetable Compound"
Thousands OF women in America
owe their health. and happiness 10
the marvellous power OF this famous
medicine, which is made from roots
and herbs, natures remedy for wom-
ans Advertisement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-14
GLOVE CENTER
Is the Scene of a Great DEM
onstration against the I'm
derwood Bill.
,sy Assseisrrp ssrss,


GLOVERSyILLT, an. Y, April IA
Special trains from all parts OF
Fulton county brought thousands OF
persons to this city today to palsict-
pate in demonstration against the
proposed reduction in the tariT on
gloves. This city IS known as tns
glove making center Of the world
From noon until tomorrow morn.
ing no business will be transacted n
the county. Every store Is to close
and the employees OF every mill, fac,
tory and business house has been ats
signed places in mammoth parade
for this afternoon. Following the
parade. mass meetings Will be held In
the theaters at which resolutions
will be passed against the Under,
wood tariff on gloves. Each mass
meeting will be addressed by mem
Der of each Of the four political par
ties
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-14
MINISTERS EEECT
- ~
Officers Of Their Union to
Serve the Ensuing Six
Months.


The clarksburg Ministers Union
elected officers Monday as follows to
serve six months:
President-The Rev. U. W. Morri-
son, pastor of the Methodist Protest
ant church.
secretary-The Rev. W. L. Heuser,
pastor OF the St. Marks Lutheran
church.
A paper on "The Church and the
Social Awakening" was read by the
Rev. w. NJ. Long.
The members attending the meet
ing were the Revs. ,Messrs. Taylor,
Long, Smith, Heuser, Morrison, Pet
ers, Kirby, Mcclelland, Hanleiter and
Flanagan.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-14

greatest possible caution ON the pafs
of the commercial and industrial ius
terests Of the country. A panic may
be inevitable but its extent may pos
sibIe be curbed BY studious precau-N
ton on the part OF business.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-14
OIL NEWS
Of the. County Shows An
{ other Good; Well on the
49, Lucas Farm.

On Touser Leg run. sardis district,
this county, the Hope Natural Gas
Company has drilled its.test on the w.
L. Dawson farm through the thirty
foot sand and has light gasser. On
the West Fork river, Clay district, the
Philadelphia Company, has a very
good production on the Lucas Bros.
tract.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-14
New Curtains
and DraPeriies a
Bargain Sale |
Prices 4
scrlYn Curtains.

A wonderful line of new scrhn
Curtains, plain hcmstltched, inscr-
ton and edge trimmed. in all kinds
OF plain and barred scrlms. White
Ivory and Ecru, S,,,e gag
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

London, Oct 1.-THE campaign to free
British land from landlordism and get the
people back on il" was opened to-day IT
Bedford by Chancellor Of the Excheqger
David Lloyd George, who was accorded a
triumphant reception. His address had
been heralded in advance by pages Of
gossip in the newspapers and the walls
of Bedford were placarded with flaming
posters calling on the workingmen to sup
port the peoples Chancellor"
Extraordinary precautions had been
taken against the militant sufrragettes
and other possible disturbers of the meet
ing Barbados had been erected and
the local police reinforced. while the fire
brigade was in readiness to use its hose
should any attempt be made to rush the
barriers
So great was the enthusiasm among the
audience that several minutes elapsed be-
fore the cheering and singing had luled
sufficiently to enable Chancellor Lloyd
George to begin. He opened with the sem
tence:
'Landlordism is the greatest monopoly
in this land. and the people are trusting
90 Wv e'N " put lOl III llS StIDUS
right hand TO lift them from the mire.
The authority of the sovereign is not
comparable to that of the landlord. The
latter could make and maintain a viii
derness. and he has legal authority 10 do
more than even a foreign enemy could
impose on the country after a conquest
In Ireland millions have been driven away
from the land by legal process"
The Chancellor disclaimed any desire
to attack landlords as a class. but he said
that human beings Of any class could
not be trusted with such sweeping power
without abuse. oppression and injustice
arising. and IL was necessary TO deprive
landlords of the power of repeating what
had happened in Ireland. in the Highlands
of nd and elsewhere.
Mr. Lloyd George proceeded to tell Of
the CHASTITY failure" of the land system
of Great Britain, where. he said, the per-
centage of cultivated land was lower than
in any other country of Europe. He at
tributed this to the "fatuous and unbusi-
nesslike' methods OF the landlords. The
agricultural laborers of the British Isles.
he said. received lower pay and worked
longer hours than any others. 1t was. he
declared, a scandal that go per cent of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
LAND CAMPAIGN BEGINS
Lloyd George Says UnlonIst
Plan EvadeS the Issue.
ONLY SHIFTS THE BURDEN
Obligation Of Landlords to
Build and Keep in Repair
Merely Put Upon
Taxpayers.
fRr Chile 70 The Tribune J

London, oct. 1.-THE following is
typical of what David Lloyd George
Chancellor of the Exchequcr, has to
say with regard to the Unionist land
reform proposals:
The laborer is suffering from an in
adequate wage; the tenant farmer is
suffering from inadequate security; the
tenant in the towns is being oppressed
by tyrannical conditions.
What is the plan Of Lord Lans-
downe? l will tell you what ii is:
More money for the landlords. Lord
Lansdownc says: Yes, houses are bad;
the houses are deficient, it is true 1t
Is an obligation on those who own the
land to build and repair; let us trans
fer that obligation to the taxpayer.
That is his idea of reconciling private
interests with public duty"
II is significant Of the tremendous
issues involved in what is termed the
land problem that one cannot turn
ever the pages Of any newspapers here
without finding some reference TO the
general discomfort with prevailing con-
ditions. In Lancashire the farm labor
ers are engaged in a struggle for four
definite Improvements. They demand
| q wage Of four shillings a day, half a
days holiday on Saturday. overtime for
more than a twelve-hOur day and the
recognition of their union. Few will
claim that those are eXtraVagant de-
mands. But the men have had 10 re-
sort TO a desperate strike TO attain 10
even a slight measure Of success, And
, just as it is in Lancashire, so il is in
every other CCunty-vith this diff
ference, that in most counties agricul-I
tural workers obtain lower wages than
do their fellow workers in the North.
Here. then, is the task for the social
reformer. The state of the peasant
must be raised. he must receive higher
wages he must not be driven TO toll
| all the hours of the day and half Of
the night, as he is in some cases; he
must have some opportunity Of healthy
recreation, and be treated as a human
( being of great potentialities, instead Of
! being driven as beast Of burden. of
/ no more consequence than the patient
| OK he tends or drives. An opportunity
simply must be afforded him. Parlia-
ment must take steps to rehabiitatc
him on the land from which he is being
| divorced. And Mr.. Lloyd George sees
| the political opportunity and is using
| il for all il is worth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
English Society Foregather-
ing in Country Houses
After ate Summer
ing Abroad.
tBy Cable 10 The Tribune.1

London. Oct. 1.-THE season OF nunt
and county balls is beginning to ln'es-
est society, especially the younger SET
The Midlothian and Sterling county
balls have already been held this week.
and they will be followed by the ROSS
shire and Fife hunt balls.
one of the biggest of the November
events is the York County ball, LOT
which most of the chief houses IN the
neighborhood will entertain parties
The New Years programme, too ~
filing well, the Shrewsbury Hunt peii
being fixed for January s, the Dorset
County ball for January I, Lord f1tz-
williams ball. at Retford, on January
Il; the Blackmore Vale ball at Sher-
borne on January and the Unlteo
Counties Hunt on January -.
The season at Venice has been I'M
usually successful this year. The pop
ularity of the Italian canal city IS
late summer rendezvous for the Eng
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
COUNTY AND HUNT BALLS
BEGIN THEIR ANNUAL VOGUE

lish and American social world Is In
creasing every year. One OF the beau-
ties OF this season. Lady Diana Man.
ners. chaperoned by her mother, the
Duchess of Rutland, has taken the
place by storm. Lord Vernon, who mas
had Casacapello, formerly occupied by
the late Lady Layard, has been one VI
the lions of the season, entertaining
rovally with the fortune he inherited
from his American mother, who was
Miss Frances Lawrence, OF New YORK
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Moore, OF New
York, recently gave a brilliant ball ior
their daughter, Princess Elsie Torlonia,
at the Venetian home Of the Moo-es,
one of the few in the city which pos
sesses a garden. Lady Sarah Wilson
and Mrs. william B. Leeds gave the
most brilliant ball of the season at the
Britannia. The Duke and Duchess OF
Manchester went TO Venice from the
cure at Vichy. Miss Muriel Wilson
had many small parties. too. in her
apartment.
The Riviera season promises to make
an early start this year. Grand Duke
Michael Mikhaylovich, Countess Torby,
Lord and Lady Brougham, Lady
Cheylesmore and Mrs. French Wander
bilt are among those expected before
Christmas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

The farm laborers OF this country are in
that Of TIE poorhouse' The entire wages
lof the farm laborers Of England and
Wales amounted to only ;l25.00J.OO) year.
whereas the parson and the landlord he
continued. got Ns5.oO).OOO out Of the land.
Much as ! love the parson." said the
NoncOnformist Chancellor. Il would pay
the laborer first. II is no wonder that
scores of thousands are fleeing across the
seas from such a land OF mean bondage"
The Chancellor In unfolding the govern
ment's scheme for the Improvement Of
the land system, pointed out that tie
financial aid Of the state would have TO
be invoked In order 20 deal firmly. thor
OuGhly and drastically with the monop-
oily.
Mr.. Lloyd George added that the cOun-
try must choose between the power of
the land owners and the prosperity Of the
laborers II was no use tinkering All the
conditions Of the monopoly must ne re-
cast and put on a fair business footing
before considering the purchase OF the
land. which might involve All enormous
endowment OF the present owners and
burden the community with debt which
would take long time to liquidate.
The game preserves in the British Isles
must be reduced by two-thrds, said the
Chancellor and the best labor must be
drawn 10 a land by a real living wage.
shorter hours and comfortable homes.
and the labOrcr must have land enough to
provide himself and his family with gar
den produce and the prospect Of ultimate
| ly attaining a small farm Experts. he
said. must be provided TO instruct the
cultivator, facilities given him TO market
his produce cheaply, and an end put To the
system by which certain railroads give
undue preference To foreign produce.
The system of rating must he changed.
he continued. and greater facilities given
to the state to acquire land on terms fair
TO the community as well as to the OWNER.
The Chancellor Of the Exchequer coz
cluded with the promise that powerful
aid from the state, both by legislation.
I administration and finance, will be evoked
to carry out all these purposes and TO put
them INTO effective operation"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
GUARDCHURCHC CONSTANTLY
English Pensioners to Take
No Chances with Arsonettes.

London, Oct 4-The propensity Of the
surragettes TO apply the torch without
any apparent provocation has caused peo-
pie all over England to guard their prop
erty against possible attack from the
women agitators
A typical case is the parish church OF
Brentwood, Essex The building was
neither damaged nor directly threatened,
but nevertheless most adequate precau-
tons were taken TO protect it and its
treasures. For months sentries chosen
from among the parishioners have kept a
continual watch on their church. the
women taking the day watch in turns
and the men the night watch.
Even now the day watch is continued
While other precautions have been taken
to prevent night attack Each week a
list of watchers is hung in the church.
the names Of about twenty or thirty OF
the more leisuTed women members OF
the congregation appearing on II under
one or more special days. The women
take half-hour turns from o'clock in the
morning until 6 in the evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
READY FOR BIG AIR RACE
Nineteen Pilots Start To-Day
for international Cup.

Paris. Oct. 11.-Rarely has such q" -,
sembly OF seasoned and expert aelo"..
been seen as is formed by the h'"' -.
pilots who start tomorrow from =.
Tuileries Gardens In the race LOT wv
ternational Aeronautic Cup. hls" .,.
tons are TO be represented INC
petitors being: :, 2
The United Ststes-Captain H.
Honeywell and Ralph II. Epson ,,.,
France-Alfred Leblanc. Maurie'
Anne and Rene Rumpelmayer A
Great Britain--John Dunville anu
Francia. p,,
Italy-Signor Agostini and sisnof
tine. ,,,,,,r.
Belgium-L. Gerard and +. de Mr
Austria-Herr Sigmund and herr
ert. vor
Germany-Hans Kaulen. Lieutenant
PAIL and II. Berliner. .,r.
Switzerland-V. de Beauclair' ~
bruster and NJ. Palmarin. .,ls
The conditions to-day were ta'o' I,s
for close race. The wind was o'O ,,s
from the most favorable quarter, NJ
south-southwest, and II was expe.. "a.
the Weather Bureau that II woui' ..,s.
tinue from that point Most OF 'ie LA
petitors hope to reach far into n s..,u
and they are taking provisions TOT nv
days with them In view Of eventuai' os
The aeronauts have been mace INV IN,
ject OF exceptional attentions ITO" no
city authorities. who have given nv
her of entertainments in their hoho''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
THEIR $4,000 WORTHLESS
Dead Americans Relatives Try
to Cash War Money.

London. Oct. 11.-Evidence frequently
crops up that the Confederate bills that
came TO England during and after the
Civil War are far from exhausted, but 1t
is seldom that any one is asked to cash
s., 900 worth Of them.
This occurred a few days ago to an
official OF the American Embassy. Two
members Of a family. the head of which
had recently died. called to ask whether
the embassy would not give them English
money for ten $500 Confederate bills.
found among the effects Of the deceased,
and which the family thought were of the
value indicated on their face. Great was
the disappointment when the official point
ed out that the bills were of no value, ex-
cept as a curiosity.
Petty swindlers often attempt 70 pass
Confederate bills Of small denomination on
unsuspecting tradespeople. and the police
OF London have frequently to deal with
them.