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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-17
Waste In AmerIca.

we are an undly extravagant
people; and the lesson of the hour is
economy, to add as little as possible
to the heavy burden OF credit which
the country is now called upon to
bear. Let us save every dollar we
can against the day of Investment
opportunity Just ahead of us. This is
best for the individual and for the
country as. a whole, as we will have
no financial help from Europe for
years to come-and great develop
ment work VIII need every. dollar that
can be saved.-Ray Stannard Baker.
Now is particularly good time Tor
us Americans to consider earnestly
the necessity that is laid upon us to
conserve our resources of all kinds.
One Of the, Belgian delegates who
called on President Wilson recently
was greatly astonished at what he
tsaw In this country OF the reckless
use of our opportunities. He said:
"on our. ride to Chicago we saw
hundreds OF miles Of fertile lands
lying fallow. We saw orchards and
fields with ungathered products rot
ting on the ground. We saw miles OF
young trees being destroyed by fires
started by engine sparks and left to
burn unnoticed Everywhere the
farms and residences we're divided by
wooden fences that contained. enough
lumber to build the homes OF an en-
Ipire.
The waste OF America is not con-
fined to materials. Never can Euro
lpean believe the magnitude Of wasted
labor in America unless he visits the
cities. Hundreds of thousands of men,
whose energy might be applied to pro-
duction. remain in enforced idleness.
I'm the country, wasted lands; in
the cities. wasted men. On the trees
and plants, ungathered food; I'M the
lcenters Of population, hungry people.
Those are the economic elements OF
! American life Why do not the states
men here address themselves to bring
ing about an adjustment that will
cure these evils?
III any country in Europe had such
bounteous natural wealth, such limit
sless land area At for cultivation, and
such unused labor energy, II would
he quickly transformed into prosper.
iity beyond dreams. Why in Belgium,
even our dogs work. Every city lot
is cultivated and most Of our. garden
truck is raised on less ground than
Americans waste In unused back
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-17

The tailest wooden fagpole is tina
erected on the grounds of the Pan
anna Exposition in San Francisco. /
is four feet in diameter at the base
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-17

Nero was watching the poor flying
natives pouring from burning Rome,
tumb1ing over one another in their
haste, crowding, pushing, leaping,
hopping!
''Haw-haw-haw!p laughed the IA
nous tyrart. II never seen people
move quite like that in my life.
That's a scream. Haw-hawi" (See
Anthony Spraggles's ''Nero's Sense
of Humor.")
For another half an hour, while
the fiaring flames hung fiickeringly.
he continued watching the pell-mell
evacuation OF the city.
Fetch me my fiddlew he called
suddenly. This thing amt complete
without music" tSee Andrew Nit
ties Grammar Among the Ro-
mans.")
His fiddle was fetched, and, as the
frightened hordes sprang. bounded
and 'vaulted in their haste to escape,
he improyised an air to suit the oc-
casion.
Look at 'em!" he cried. "Haw-
haw. Look at 'em! They're hopping
in time to the music!"
And thus the fox trot was born.
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extensive Resumed.

Uucusitc heSumeQs
The Federal league seems to have
resumed the offensive in the baseball
war with its 14-centimeter salaries.-
Grafton Sentinel
Expected.
The kaiser may be expected to sue
cumb on the battlefield two or three
more times before he dies OF pneu-
Notwithstanding Dispatch News.
Should Think So.
Clarksburg Telegram, let President
Wilson keep silent about Mexico. 1t
is a good sign. We certainly think he
would want to be.-Parkersburg State
Journal. 5sts
Hardly.
Z Advocates of government ownership
for telegraph and telephone lines use
the argument that the postal depart
ment Is on a paying basis " may
be true that after 1856 years OF con-
stitutional government and continu-
GUS experiment, the postal business
has been placed upon a paying basis.
But we invested nothing in the postal
business to begin with. Shall we,
then. invest half billion dollars in
telegraph and telephone lines, and
wait patiently for another 1876 years
to bring these utilities UP to self
sustaining standard? ~ Huntington
Hera Id iSna fchf - =.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-17
THuRsDAy. DECEMBER Il. 1914.
An Eyenine Rcl,o.

The best rules to form a young man
are, to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what has been
passed in company, to distrust ones
own opinions and value others that
deserve t.-SIR w. TEMPLE.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-17
COMING EVENTS
IN CLARKsBURG
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Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
December II. Is and 19-"Lena
Rivers" presented by the Barrett
Players. Palace theater.
Friday, December 1s.-Wrestling
match, William Demetral VS.. Doc.
Fillmore, evening, Robinson Grand
theater.
Saturday. December 1s--.The
Quaker GIRL" evening, Robinson
Grand theater.
Friday, December 25.-"A Fool
There VAS evening. Robinson Grand
theater.
Saturday, December 2s-sigma
Gamma matinee dance, Masonic tenn
pie.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-17

siok Two Years r.ira indigestion.
Two years ago was greatly benefited
through using two or three bottles Of Cham
5erlain's Tablets, writes MRS.. A. Keller,
Elida, Ohio. @Before taking them I was
sick for two years with indigestion.n Sold BY
ell Observation-Disclosures.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-17

We are showing dozens and dozens Of beautiful
new Robe Blankets new designs and colorings De
signs and colorings suitable For Ladies, OF Gents
Robes These Blankets are standard size, having
plenty of material for any size robe. Each Blanket
boxed and included cords for neck and waist also
frogs for fastening Many new Indian designs and col
crings in the new shipment. Splendid weight and
The state herald., 1914-09-04

submarine. which was dream In
1865. is owned by the navy OF the
smallest power. II is true that single
submarines are not expected to ac-
complish much in real struggle. SO
the larger nayies OF the great powers
have fleets OF submarines. The aero
plane and the dirigible balloon are to
be found In the possession OF all arm.
les in Europe today. yet they. too. are
only expected to be OF real service
when they are possessed in large mum
bers.
The airships and the submarines are
the wasps OF modern warfare. Like
the little insect. while they have n
powerful sting. they are very yulner.
able. and may be easily crushed and
rendered powerless.
Aeroplane and Wireless.
In the recent smaller wars, aero.
planes have been used to limited ex.
tent, and this use has been SO much
limited that their real efficiency is ex.
pected to be finally determined by
the present war.
1t Is much the same with the wire.
less telegraph While II was used In
the Russo-Japanese war OF ten years
ago. the apparatus was still rudimen.
tary. and the installations too few,
while the range of the apparatus was
too limited to show the greatest eff.
cheney. In the intervening decade, how.
ever. great advance has been made In
wireless. 1t Is now possible and. in.
deed. In a custom every day. TO send
and receive messages from II distance
OF more than 5000 miles. This. then.
liz new and important factor In naval
operations. as was seen by the censor.
ship put over the great sending sta.
tons on this side OF the Atlantic by
the United States authorities.
Wireless has also been successfully
attached to aeroplanos.
The submarine was In existence In
1904. but II was very different sea
wasp to that which England. France
and Germany arc using today. Yet It's
real value is yet to be determined. and
Il ~ expected that this demonstration
win come during the present conflict.
Rapid Increase Of Submarines
Al the time OF the Spanish.Amorlcan
war there were only i've submarines
In all the nayies OF the world,
The latest edition OF Brnu6eys Naval
Annual for this year gives the number
OF submarines In the various nayica.
and shows what interest ls being
taken In the wasp OF the sea, Great
Britain has 20 built, aud ID building 20
more. Germany. who only began build.
The state herald., 1914-09-04
FIVE GERMAN BOATS SENT TO
BOTTOM BY BRITISH GUNS
OFF HELiGoLANp.
SIX FLEE, Then PERISH
HUNDREDS OF GERMANS KILLED
WHILE OTHERS JUMPED AND
WERE DROWNED.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London. Aug. 3l.-Eleven German
ships in all were sunk in the engage.
ment Friday off Heligoland Six OF
those which escaped toward the end
OF the battle are reported to have
gone to the bottom before they were
able to reach the German coast.
Destroyers, which arrived In London
Saturday, described the efforts made
by the British ships to rescue the
crews Of the vessels destroyed and to
pick up from the water those who
jumped from the decks OF the burning
German cruiser. After = few OF the
struggling sailors had been taken
aboard the English pinnaces, q Ger
man squadron appeared. forcing them
to beat n hasty retreat. leaving the
rest to their fate.
The British guns shot with such
terrific force and accuracy. they say
that most OF the men on the decks OF
the German vessel were killed before
the cruiser sank. Hundreds jumped
overheard and were drowned.
The British cruisers engaged In the
battle bear little outward evidence OF
the tremendous conflict.
Some OF the torpedo boats are bad
ly wrecked In their upper structure.
but no irreparablc damage was dono
to any OF the British craft. Some OF
the craft escaped without mark or
a reminder OF the great conflict.
The Evening News quoted n non
commissioned officer. who was In the
thick OF the naval battle and whose
destroyer picked up many German
wounded. as follows:
we came upon the German ships
unawares. The action was very ho,
while II lasted and We must have done
lot of damage. Many of the Ger
mans were badly wounded: twelve OF
them died on the way and were
buried .at sea"
Two hundred men were rescued
from the German cruiser Mainz before
II went TO the bottom. They consist
chiefly OF stokers and engineers.
Ninety German prisoners from the
Malnz have been landed at Lelth
Eight OF them are officers and one IL
said to be the son OF Admiral Won
Tirpitz. the German minister OF the
navy. Sixteen OF the prisoners are
suffering from wounds.
The state herald., 1914-09-04

ing a few years ago, already has "a,
10 and is building ~ more: France has
10 and is building 90 additional onces;
Russia has 25. and is building IS:
while the United States has 20, and is
building 81; Austria has IS. and has
four under construction, while Italy
owns is. and is building two. Yet the
submarine is still an unknown guam.
tity In warfare.
Submarine In War.
Many OF the early submarines are
small and probably Of little efficiency.
and France has numerous types about
which little is known by the outside
world. The German submarines are
said to be built along the Holland
lines. while the Russian submarines
are said to follow one or more OF the
French types.
The submarine. from a romantic
viewpoint. should be a great factor In
deciding naval engagement, but the
fact remains that up to the present
time II has done nothing TO prove its
value. II was believed that the moral
effect OF the submarine would be al
most Ms important as Its physical ef
feet upon an enemy's warship, but
this belief has not been justified up to
the present moment.
There were notions that there would
be terrific fights under the seas by
submarine meeting submarine and de.
stroying each other. But II has been
found that when submerged the sub
marine Is as blind as the traditional
bat Its crew cannot see any object
under water. and Ia compelled to re-
sort to the use OF the periscope. which
emorges unostentatiously above the
water. In order to see Its own course.
It IL known that the periscopo "
the eye Of the submarine. and natural,
ly attention has been paid TO the bos,
way OF destroying this vital part of
their boats
The designers OF the submarine did
not count upon II being seen. 1t was
believed that II would 20 upon its way.
dealing death without observation. al
though It's perlscopo does make
slight wake on the water. and when
submerged there are telltaie bubbles
Hut Il has been discovered that from
certain heigh, an observer may tnco
th. course OF n submerged submarine
with aa great accuracy as II II war
cunning on the surface. Tho dirIgiblc
balloon and the aoroplano now can
ferret out tho hncaking submarine, aud
thoy both are supposed to be armed to
destroy tho wnrahlp that moves like .
ilHh.
The state herald., 1914-09-04

~ had grown on II. A scientific Hys.
70 OF irrigation and drainage was laid
t. under direction OF Lord kitoh'
ser. at u cost OF $50 an acre. and It
as then handed over to the fcllahoon
! tyeacro plots for cultivation. Last
fcar the land was washed. and crop
II rice wnH grown. giving ratleiao,
tory yield, After tho rice crop the
salt distribution was measured, and
the percentage was considerably re-.
duecd, TO the great astonlshment OF
the fcllahoen cultlvntorB. permanent
result had been achieved In one year.
The state herald., 1914-09-04
konlo.eero Weakening Before Attack

London. Aug. 3l.--From all side,
comes the news that itonigsbers. III,
great Gcrmnn seaport on the Baltic. II
failing before the big guns Of the Rus
sian army. This success IN hailed NJ
the first great blow struck by the czai
In the East.
The state herald., 1914-09-04
Death Toll 500 In Naval Battle.

London, ,-Twcnty'nlnc killed anc
thirty'eight wounded was tho price In
men paid by the British for the nava
action against the Germans In Hcligo
land waters Friday,
An official statement says that oi
1900 men composing the crews Of the
five German wnrships sunk off ficligo
land only $50 were saved.
The state herald., 1914-09-04

London.-An overwhelming force q
Germans awoopcd down on Britist
force Mt 81 Quentin Sunday and. NJ
tor three hours battle In which III,
kalaer'a artillery played havoc In III,
ranks OF the defenders, the English
beat n panicty retreat.
The state herald., 1914-09-04
WASTE LAND MADE FeRTlL'
Remarkable Results Have FolloWu
Experiments Only Recently
Undertaken In Egypt

"A an Indication OF the ultimate out
pomo In the gfcat delta OF Egypt.
whore 100000 acres OF wash salt
land awaits development, toward the
ond Of 1919 about 500 noros Of absolute
~ waste land at illala were taken In
hand. The land was no heavily I'm.
preguatcd with salt that for ages moth
The state herald., 1914-09-04
Amhulane, an, Of rmpr,,..

Paris The downEor empress oi
Russia has given complete field am
hnlanoc unit for the French troops
The gift was made through NJ lHvo,
sky. the Russian ambassador hero.
The state herald., 1914-09-04

which under the ordinary system pro
vuillng In the country would have
taken thro or four years to accom-
plish Cotton II now. therefore. being
aatisfactorlly grown on u fair propor
tion OF this arca. and II IL expected
that II will bring from ;75 to 500 m
acre.
The state herald., 1914-09-04
Counting Up Fines.

Are the running expenses ~ u,
automobile very hiRhf"
Not n the motorcycle cop fails to
get your number"
The state herald., 1914-09-04

st. rotcrsbure. Six officers OF
the German light cruiser Mndgobufg
and fifty.six sailors who survived
the destruction OF the ship by the
Russian fleet. arrived here.
The state herald., 1914-09-04
Both Are Getting Their First
Real Test in This Con-
flict in Europe.
MAY FIGHT ONE ANOTHER
Each Invention Now 10 Prepared to
Pull the Others Sting. but Their
Actual Value ls Yet TO
Be Demonstrated.

Every modern war has been fought
with new weapons. and for the last
century there have been countless In.
yentions for the carrying on OF war
fare In particularly destructive man.
aer. with the phllanthropic intent that
VAR was fast becoming so horrible and
terrible thta II must soon pass away
from the face OF the earth. says the
Philadelphia PIblic Ledger
But II happened that us soon as a
particularly horrible contrlyance was
Invented and introduced into armies
aud nayles inventors Immediately
busled themselves by ofrsctting and
dIseountlng Its probable effect. Con.
scquently war not only has not passed
away, but we still have II with uA.
Thus IL is that each big war. after be.
ing heralded as the worlds last con.
nagration. Is found upon examination
TO bo false. and tho end OF war is not
yet arrived.
Trying Out Inventions.
IN the present war In Europe there
arc being tried under the conditions OF
actual hostilitics many Improvements
and Inventions that previously have
been tried only under laboratory con.
dluonH. Their real worth will only be-
alrcoyercd at the close OF the conflict.
No army or navy engaged Ia the
present conflict In Europe but what Ia
poFaoaned OF nearly all OF the modern
improvements made since 1870 The
The state herald., 1914-09-04
Now Inferior Grades Cost Double
Be Careful Now

In Goodyears we pledge you the same grade
tire as always. And that grade won for Good
years the top place in Tiredom-the largest sale
in the world.
And, for the time being, our prices are the
same as before the war. We shall try to keep
them there.
We accept no excessive orders, but dealers
will be kept supplied. And we charge them,
until further notice, only ante-bellum prices.
The state herald., 1914-09-04

i,omo.--A telegram from Niuh. re.
ceised In Gcnon, Italy. says that Ser.
via ~ preparing TO invade BOSNIA and
Herzegovina.
The state herald., 1914-09-04
Goodyear Prices
1t is Folly Today to Pay More

There exists now a new, compelling
reason for buying Goodyear tires. 1t re-
suits from War conditions.
These leading tires built of extra-fine
rubber, in the same way as always-are
selling today at June prices.
You will find today very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
Due to Quick Action
Early in August-when war began-the
worlds rubber markets seemed closed to u.s.
Rubber prices doubled almost over night.
Men could see no way TO pay for rubber
abroad, and no way to bring it in We, like
others-in that panic-were forced to higher
prices. But we have since gone back to prices
we charged before the war, and this is how
we did it:
We had men in London and Singapore when
the war broke out. The larger part of the
worlds rubber supply comes through there
We cabled them to buy up the pick of the rub
Der. They bought-before the ADVANCE ,5OO,-
900 pounds of the finest rubber there.
Nearly all this is now on the way TO us
And it means practically all of the extra-grade
rubber obtainable abroad.
Today We have our own men in Colombo,
Singapore and Para Those are the worlds
chief sources OF rubber. So we are pretty well
assured of constant supply, and our pick of
the best that's produced.
We were first on the ground We were quick
est in action As result, we shall soon have in
The state herald., 1914-09-04

Paris.-Thousands of people saw a
German biplane swoop down toward
the city. bomb was dropped. but 1t
fell outside the city walls. Then from
somewhere in the Notifications an
aeroplane gun opened up. The aviator,
evidently frightened, veered eastward
and disappeared
The state herald., 1914-09-04
Tires at
Before-War Prices

storage an almost record supply OF this extra
grade Of rubber.
And we paid about June prices.
Now Inferior Grades Cost Double
About the only crude rubber available now
for many makers is inferior In ordinary times,
the best tire makers refuse it. Much OF it had
been rejected But that "off rubber" now sells
for much more than we paid for the best
The results are these;
Tire prices in general are far in advance of
Goodyears. And many tire makers, short of
supplies, will be forced to use cond-grade
rubber.
The state herald., 1914-09-04

Pekin.-The Japanese. according to
reports received here. have occupied
two other islands within the German
sphere at kiao-Chow. They are
Talieliao and Tekung-Tao.
The state herald., 1914-09-04

Western Newspaper Union News servies
London. Sept. 1.-The correspond
ent OF the Express at The Hague wires
his paper that Emperor William has
gone to the Russian front. The re-
sistless advance of the Russian armies
has caused the kaiser to take personal
charge of his troops against the Mus
covites.
The state herald., 1914-09-04

That means that Goodyears the best
tires built are selling way below other tires
The state herald., 1914-09-04

London.-An Antwerp dispatch te
the Reuter- Telegram Company says:
1t is reported here that General Pau
oas won brilliant victory over so,
900 Germans near Peronnes. IN the
department of Somme."
The state herald., 1914-09-04

Berlin.-The twelfth list OF German
losses has been made public. 1t con
tains l.OO6 names. The total German
casualties made public total 1,l0,
dead. 1926 wounded and 1,7G1 missing
The state herald., 1914-09-04

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-04
THE HOMELESS
ONES ARE GIVEN
BEST OF CARE
Children's Home Society at
Jacksonville, Floridas
Greatest Charity, is Do
ing Most Commendable
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.


Jacksonville. Fla. August S.-Four
hundred and thirty-four children,
homeless, orphan, abandoned, desert
ed, crippled, blind, diseased, abused,
neglected and helpless have been re-
ferred to the CAildren's Home Society
OF Florida. FTor1da's Greatest Charity.
during the first seven months OF the
present year. These children have
come from every nook and corner OF
Florida and have ranged in ages from
one day old to sixteen years OF age.
About two-thirds Of these little ones
were girls, tho others boys
Death has been the chief destroyer
Of homes, while abandonment, cruelty
neglect. desertion, vice and crime have
each added to the loss OF parents, the
wrecking of lives and homea Only
twelve of tho four hundred and thirty
four are now at the Receiving Home
at Jacksonville, good family home
being found for every homeless and
all OF whom are anxiously waiting for
some good home to open up to them
and some good father and mother to
love them Perhaps in O week, two
dozen moro will be added to this num-
Der, so Supt- Marcus c. Fagg In hop
ing real soon to ind homes for this
little fock as soon as poSGiblaL An
average OF two children per day are
received and provided for by tho Home
Society the year round.
The oldest ono of the present group
waiting for good homes Is Arthur. q
new Lad Of fifteen years; then there is
Omega, an excellent girl OF thirteen
years; Lena, a smart, happy girl OF
eleven years; Edna, a full orphan
child of eleven years; Minnie, a larger
girl of fifteen years: lille, a sweet
little brunette OF eight years; Clar-
~
Genie and Willie, brother and sister,
six and eight years of age; and Ga
zelle and John H, another brother and
sister. six and eight years OF age:
these last two sets of children hop
ing to find good homes together. Mr..
plications for any of these children.
all of whom are healthy and ready to
be placed.
BY persistent effort the Home So
ciety has done its great work this
year and kept out Of debt. but more
funds must be secured at once II the
great work In to continue out OF debt
r. v. Covingtou, the treasurer OF the
society for ten years, will be delighted
to receive donations of money-no
matter how sma1l-at the headquar-
tiers for the state. 361 st. James Bldg,
Jacksonville Florida.
Mrs. e. L. Bass, the faithful matron
of the Receiving Home, located at 1914
Riverside Ave-, Jacksonville. will be
very glad to welcome donations OF
clothes, shoes, hats, games, toys, dolls
fruits, staple provisions. sheets and
pillow cases, handkerchiefs, napkins
and most anything else that the chill
dren can eat wear or enjoy.
Visitors are welcome at the Home
every afternoon from three to five
q clock.
This great work includes all
churches and beliefs except tho Nor
mon, and Ia supported by voluntary
donations only, and covers the entire
state. The interest and help OF every
citizen OF our state Ia earnestly So
licited.