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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-02

The last time / was at Colon there
lay at the docks twelve large ocean
liners, ranging in size from 5000 to
l12 .OGO tons. Five were flying the
British flag, two German. two French
and one tramp Italtan, ana
two the United States flag. The last
two were ships OF the Panama Rail-
road Company. which it is planned
TO sell to private parties as soon as
the work on the canal Is completed.
The distribution of flags was not
pleasing to one from the States, al
though for a foreign port their was
an unusual representation of stars
and Stripes" But to one cogntzant
of the facts it was especially interest
ing, for ON that particular occasion
three Of the five BRITISH ships. trim,
seawoT9ay vessels, painted snowy
White and q pee AA..y adapted to trop.
ical trade. we're owned by Americans
Why they flew the British ensign IS
perhaps worth telling.
Undoubtedly the greatest COM
mercial ins1itut on in all the west
Indies is the United Fruit Compan
For the prosecution of its business
of raising and carrying to market the
s,lcculeIt banana-''the poor man 8
frl,ft }, 90 called-it has invested
something in the neighborhood OF
s19O. 100000 It has plantations
comm issary and sanitary systems
IKE those in operation on the Canal
zone narrow gauge railways, light
houses, range lights and a magn1ncent
1eet OF moro than 100 ships, nearly
ali built at Glasgow and flying me
british flag. 1t IS about the snaps
and flags they fiy that want 70
speak here.
The ships. as say, are owned hy
American capital Under the direc-
ton of American officials they bring
to the United States annually some
OK 600 900 punches OF bananas. ne
sides about 16,O00,0000 to Great
tRritain and the continent. 1t car
RES. furtberm ore, about 100000 tons
of general freight, and its ships are
the best known Of sights on CaFfo-
bean highway , +he
.comnany why they did not nave
E4heiT ships built in American SNIP.
IA ,.ds or at least take advantage ~
lthe recent shipping law and naYe
those vessels they already mad Uu'ts
: .t!Sobody IS more anxious to a.
t4haf than We are said he. MOS s
t4hans ninety per cent of our STOCK ! h
LsId Nv Americans and We are az
io,,e1 cit.zens of the United states
proud Of what We are doing IN I'M. I'M
Veg indies to extend America =.
trade and anauence. Every one ls,, -
7 our agencies rs a true Annerlc3 10, 4ses
most with citizens OF the onlsss
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-02

States iii command. we have dug,
! aouoyed and lighted channels along
the Carrfhbean ccaet. established
{ plantataprs, built railways, organ
lzed hospitals and commissary scr
vices. and the stars and stripe
hoass over It all except our SHIPS
We feel the exception keenly.
But what are. we going to 90
about 1t !? The saving "a initial cost
{ by building the SHIPS In foreign
Yards is not the chief obstacle 20
their American registry. The form
Z of our navigation laws which makes
it cost almost fifteen per cent per
ann'um more o run an American
ship than an English one, is more
serious, but ! sm not sure that M. .we
could not manage to comply WilN
that regulation. But for us the
really Impossible barrier which pre-
vents cur transferring orr ships 20
United states registry Is that CLAUSE
i'm the laws which provides that IN
time of war the United States gov
ernment shall have right to seize
any or all of them for military ser
wee.
Il am not unaware that the SHIPS
IT foreign countries arc liable ~.
such seizure BY Their parent govern
nieats, nor do deny that satpoWn-
e?s owe duty OF service TO the ma
ton whose gag ficats over their yes
cells But the American owner 81
seago ing ships Is in a peeullarly hard
position England, Germany aps
sven France have so large mer-
chant marine that the military ne
cessities of any os them could be
met by -apportioning the acquisitions
Tor ships among so great number
CT lines that the regular business OF
no one OF them need be seriously DIS
conmoded England Is not Likely
soon TO have another war which will
tax her merchant marine as heayIiy
as did the war in the Transvaal, but
The regular business OF her shipping
lines was. at no time Interrupted
sfWe are in a very different posi-
ton. There are practically no Amer
lean steamships in foreign traae.
True, Americans are heavy stock
holders in transatlantic Lines, nota-
Div the international Mercantile Ma
zine. but their ships, like ours, are
under the British flag. III our reg.
,:stry were changed, and a war should
corle, our fleet, the largest one ~"
excepting the coastwise lines, under
the American flag, would almost IN
l1cdiateiy be seized upon. The GOV
elnmentis needs would be tmpera-
tive it's demands ineXoraele. tne
war happended to be IN the tropics
where most OF our war clouds arse,
,he advantages OF fleet built, ike
ours, especially for tropical service e.
would be apparent. Our fleet wotfId
De merged in the transport service,
nut the products of our thousands o.
square miles OF plantations in the
west indies are Immediately perish
able. Bananas must be picked %nsh
green. and reach the consumer WIKI
in three weeks OF the picking. An
interruption to our transport tion
I service would mean the annihilaton
81 our $50, 100000 investment N
I the tropics.
Nobody dfsltkes the. idea OF the
British flag flying over cur ships
more than We do, but you must az
u mn 'A he Stars and Stripes is not
| lightly to be adopted.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-02

:. Argentina for many years has been
importing the best breeding cattle
and sheep from Great Britain. and to-
day has some OF the finest types in the
world.
TraIee, England, farmer has a
COW which refuses to drink water
supplied in the ordinary way. When
she is thirsty she leaves the field. goes
to a lane where there is a water tap.
turns this on and takes drink. The
story is supported by photographs
aad the COW is credited with turning
the tap OFF after drinking.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-02
-APPIIcATIoN ZOE TRANSFER.

Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named person has fled his APP
plication for transfer of license to sell
at retail spirituous liquors, ales, beers,
and drinks of like nature in the City
Of clarksburg. for the residue of year
beginning July i 1918:
ROCK BELL. transfer of license of
Thomas G. Prosser. Susie e. Davis
Building. No. sos North Fourth ST..
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-02
c,larlkgburg west virginia.

UTaTKsUUTE1 -----,-7 - Z y = -
And notice is also hereby Elven tilslye
the foregoing application Tor transfer
aforesaid Will be heard by Council Of
the City OF Clarksburg, Sitting g g
license court, on the 2nd day OF Jan
uary, 1914.
Given under my hand this y tn gay
OF November. 1913.
q. C. FIESIsY
Clerk Of the City os Clark sDtlTg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-02
p1REcToRs TO MEET.

The board of trade directors will
hold a meeting at 1880 O'Clock this
evening in the boards rooms in the
Ii3nfon National Bank building.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-02

BY W4lliem ]. Abbot. author Of
Panama and the Canal in Picture
and Prose.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-02
.HIAGs I'M TIE GhBIBBElII

Why the Fleet OF the United Fruit
Company. an american Concern 2 I.
Files tho british Bonner.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-02

CopyWrigh 1918 syndicate Pun
fishing Company, New York. All
rights reserved.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18

There is an east and north and south
line limiting Tonopahs deposits mark
their andb bounds?
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18
NEVADA CON. WILL
PAY A DIVIDEND
TWENTIETH DISTRIBUTION OF
THE COMPANY SINCE Or
GANlZATIoN.

Nevada Consolidated directors have
declared dividend of 371a cents a
share, payable December 81 to stock
holders of record December 16. This
dividend will be the twentieth to be
paid by the company and the third
for the year 1914. The dividend for
the third quarter of this year was
passed in September
By this dividend the sum of $749,-
1868 will be distributed to stock
holders, which will make the total
distribution for 1914 amount to 49,
249, 1914. When the dividend just
declared has been paid to the stock
holders the total amount of profits
that will have been divided will be
$14,977.250S4
Production from the pits at Copper
Flat is now at the rate of 100000
tons a month and about $50 men are
employed. This is less than half the
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18

More of us get what we deserve
than what we want.-Shreveport
Times.
Italy's neutrality at last appears to
be of a kind that is loaded.-Augusta
Chronicle
If you gain no wisdom from your.
mistakes you might as well not make
them. Galveston News.
Satan pays good wages. But he can
afford to. knowing that he will get
his money back Dallas News.
For the past week or two, tn
heaviest sufferers from the war on
the high seas seem to consist of Swe-
denis merchant Misunderstanding
Dispatch.
Chicago phone girls have organ
lied to fight Washers" Those of us
who have tried to argue with cen
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18

Austria
stamps people
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18
SECURE NICE CONTRACT.

Friedhoff & Hoefe, the Yerington
contractors and builders, have landed
the contract to construct the Nevada
building at the San Diego Panama
Pacific Exposition. The building will
cost $4,000 and will be model of
the architects and builders art The
job is a rush one, as the structure
must be completed within sixty days
from December 9Th Three shifts OF
laborers and artisans will be put on
the job and work will be carried on
night and day.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18
WHAT THE MINING PROMOTER OFFERS.

VHERE many throughout the country
i mining
profitable through which profits reasonably be expected
modest Their number compared the
banks low bonds inflated
railroad
the those everh times mining
gamble
the followed the Nevada period feverih excite
ended
realizes the certain his
period idle
dull his advantage namely claim
reasonable
which sell stock He has
meaurgy wonderful
certain dividends He
lower timber cheaper and electric lines
the public mining proposition all
eliminated possessing
possibility profits of several hundred
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18
slx.Rlr SILVER IN VIEW.

of
o
appreciation
o parity gold o
the upwards $S0O0OOO hardly
millions
While securities this time paying
a
credits will
millions coinage
yellow Silver
are growing
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18
INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS

tral" fail to perceive the need
Cleveland Leader
II is easier to drive prosperity
away by gloomy talk that it is to
bring it back by publishing rosy facts.
Any loafer can make crowd gloomy.
Birmingham Ledger.
A friend who found former Presi-
dent Taft almost obscured in the
throng at the Toledo station remark
ed: We'll Judge, l voted for you
for president" IAN right" was the
reply, I'm never tell on you. Col
umbus Dispatch.
General Carranza must have very
suspicious nature He lis by no means
convinced of the loyalty of his own
chief generals. And this, after all
the proofs that Mexican generals have
given of their willingness to stand
hitched, sometimes for as much as
two months Kansas City Star.
capacity Of the plant at MeGill and ii
IS believed the present rate of pro-
duction will be continued indefinitely.
Rumors that the company is to shut
down continue TO be circulated, but
they are denied by officials of the
company, who say they do not be.
lieve there is any probability of any
such happening The copper market
is better than it has been for some
time and the metal is quoted above
/ - cents. If the administration is
successful in it's efforts to have cop
per removed from the contraband
/ list by Great Britain, the demand viii
increase and the price will rise still.
higher. -EXpositor.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18

Unfortunately supply Dem
of a plum pudding oldfashioned recipe
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18

old crouch who hates newspapers
his him in discussio
carefully reads headlines and text
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18

billion will be able rake and
this The old stands his
to h the hill to the poorhouse
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18
AN ARCHAIC LAW.

A shell
"A technically sometimes like doubleedged
vision the take provisions from the family storehouse
mining litigation future,
rights sometimes At all
avodabe subjects dispute Another
what his predecessor
that the limbs the might corpuent and the
defenders dip be rendered dppy desoae
the result of considering
merely aporizngs reading and rereadng
heers being the
purchase
dispatches declare credit is
and find if it
will be able
old stands his tiptoes
to he peer the hill to the poorhouse
be handed by the Demo
will inadequate for the construction
Of plum pudding according the odfashioned recipe
SAYS him discussion
coast the German baeshps said
to dropped should incentive the Nevada
promoter who hash eenl back by recent finds
end well north line and south
line limiting Tonopas but who has the temery mark
bounds?
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18

departing the German bleshps said
should incentive to the Nevada
promoter who has back by recent finds
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-18

credit
Clip this
panhander and find out it true
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-04-30
BAILEY GETS
$1,223 VERDICT
WINNER IN CIRCUIT COURT-EL-
LlOTT-BIDWELL CASE Is
BRIEF,

b. f.. Bailey was awarded a Judg-
ment for $1,223.4O against DR.. j. E.
Clark in circuit court yesterday
The jury agreed upon a verdict last
evening and sealed it for the conven-
ing of court today.
The suit was one brought by Mr..
Bailey to recover $1,S10 from DR..
Clark, on ground that he had given
horses, harness and money of this
value for real estate in Pennington
delivered. A counter-claim from DR..
Clark was allowed and the balance
awarded to the plaintiff.
The suit OF J.. j. Elliott against
Frank A. Bidwell, which vas appeal
ed from municipal court, occupied
the forenoon. This case involved a
judgment of $73.77 given Mr.. Elliott
for painting and papering the Bid
we'll flats. Lauritz Miller who was
sitting on the bench for Judge w. NJ.
Herbert, awarded the first judgment.
The defense in the case was that
the tenants of the flat, and not Mr..
Bidwell, had contracted for the work.
Judge Frank b. Smith directed a
verdict for the plaintiff, which was
awarded in the amount asked for.
A jury was %impaneled in the after
noon in the case of the state aaginst
Charles Wyatt, the first of the GRIM
inal actions to be tried. Wyatt is
charged with making an assault upon
William IL. Graham with a loaded
revolver. Wyatt and Joe Walling, who
charged with a statutory offence,
both offered pleas of not guilty before
Judge Smith this morning.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-04-30
CREATE SCENE
AT OIL OFFICE
FIVE ARRESTED FOR MAKING
DEMONSTRATION BEFORE
QUARTERS OF YOUNG
ROCKEFELLER In
NEW YORK.

New York City.-Upton Sinclair, a
we'll known author, his wife and three
other women were arrested today at
ter a demonstration at the offices of
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., in the
Standard Oil building. They had come
TO make a protest in connection with
the Colorado strike. The prisoners,
were taken to the old Slip police sta
ton. where Mrs. Sinclair was releas-
ed. The other women. who were plac-
ed IN cells pending their arraignment
in court, said they were Mrs. Eliza
beth Freeman. an English suffraget,
who had been in Jail with Mrs. En-
incline ~Pankhurst, Mrs. Margaret
Remington Charter, and Mrs. DOME
Leitner.
II wasn't doing a thing but walk
ing up and down in the. street with a
piece of crepe on my arm" said Sim.
clair.
"Mourncrs" selected at a Socialist
front of the Standard Oil Company
building today, and walked up and
down with a band of crepe on their
arms as a protest against the sacri-
flee of lives in the Colorado strike,
while John d.. Rockefeller, Jr., re-
NAMED in seclusion in his private Of
fices on the 14th floor. The women
were in white polo coats bearing
american flags, also a large white
flax with a broad black border. The
latter is said to indicate that 1.-The
heart of the United States is against
the working man" Efforts to see
Rockefeller personally failed. The
police made some arrests.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-04-30
|. G. C. MEMBER
TO THIS STATE
ONE OF COMMERCE. COMMISSION
ERS TO HEAR VARIOUS COM
,,PLAlNTS ON RATES AT
Is (SI0UXgFALLS.

Pierre. s.. D.-The state railway
commission has. been notified that a
representative of the Interstate Com
merce commission will hold a hear
ing at Sioux Falls, May - and 10, at
which the matters for consideration
will be- TIL sreasonableness of propos-
ed increases on live stock from west
of the Missouri river to eastern mar
kets; IN malt from Sioux Falls to
lower Missouri river points, on hogs
from. Sioux Falls to southern points.
on fruits from Florida points to Sioux
Falls, on dairy products from Mitch
ell to Chicago, on potatoes from Brit
ton to Kansas points. There will
also be a hearing on the complaint
by the state railway commission at
lacking various class and commodity
rates from points on the Milwaukee
road west of Aberdeen to jobbing
points.
The commission has ordered a re-
ductioI in rates on fuel and sawdust
from Black Hills points to all points
east of the Missouri river averaging
approximately IS per cent, the rate
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-04-30
white, 67; 3 corn. 65 q &c; 8 yellow
G6; 4 yellow. 50 IL; 4 corn, IS q

white, 67; 3 corn, So q sc; 3 yellow
G6; 4 yellow. So L.; 4 corn, is q
1-2.
Cats-1-2 lower. 1900 VS.. H.
900; 8 white 3S q SO; A white, 37W
38 IL; standard, 80 l-2.
Minneapolis Cash Close.
Minneapolis, M~inn.-Wheat-No.
/ hard, 80 Is a 3-8; 1 N. 81 3-S m
so 3-8; IN 50 3-S a 81 3-S; 3 N SO
l3-S q SO 3-S; Montana . hard SO
rs q so rs; l durum, 81 1-2; 2
durum, SIS IL q Sc; 3 yellow corn.
1853 q 1-2; 4 corn, so IL a 81; 3
white oats, So la " 1-2; 8 oats, 80
a 81; barley,g4 3 @ Sc; rye, Sc 1-2
q So; flax, 1.51r@ 1854.
ptl+i Chicago Cash Grain.
Chicago, nl.---Cash close: Wheat
- red. 81 Gu 50; 3 red SO "a "a
L.; 2 hard. 92 1-2 q "a; 3 hard,
81 1-2 a. 90 1-2;1 MS 95 3-4 a 80
Ia; 2 Ms 50 3-4fW as; 3 Ms 90 a
"a LA $50. l-2 q 95 1-2; 3 S
90 a. 95 IL; 1--we SO ID a "a
Id; 2 VIC 90 ga @ SO 1-2; 8 VIC 81
I3-4 a 80 1-2; i durum 80 a. 80;
2 durum So q 50; 3 durum 81 a
SIS.
Corn-2 corn, 65 ga; 2 white, 67
Sd; 2 yellow, 66 "a; 3 corn, ca 1-2
% IS; 5 white, &C q L.; 3 yellow,
So "a % &C.
Oats-3 white, 81 IA a "a A
white, sc 1-2 q 81 1-2; standard.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-04-30
SECRETARY o
COLLEGE Y. M. C. A,
ORGANIZATION WANTS PAID OF
FICTAL-MAKING CAM
PAIGN.

That the Y. NJ. C. A. of Dakota
Wesleyan should have a salaried sec
rotary next year, an experienced Off
cier who will devote his entire time
TO the association interests of the
university, was the dcision reached
yesterday at a conference of the de-
partment chairmen and the commit
tee members of the college organiza-
ton.
Following this decision the sun of
$500 was pledged toward the salary
of such an official by the 80 men pre-
sent. Today a vigorous campaign is
being conducted among the student
body and the business men of the city
to raise the balance of money neces-
sary to insure the presence CT the
secretary and to meet the demands
of the Y. M. C. A. work as mapped
out for the coming year.
The total amount needed is $500.
Five hundred dollars already has
been pledged by the university adj
ministration and by the members of
the faculty. Alumni and Mitchell
business men are asked to pledge
$500. The remaining $500 is expect
ed from the balance of the student
body.
Inc conference yesterday at the
Association room in MainCHnll wassa
momentous one, John w. Childs,
association. secrethry for, the states
of NorAh Dakota, South Dakota, Min
nesota and Wisconsin. was present.
For over an hour he addressed the
men upon, the subjct, Conservation
of Energy in. relation to the needs
of college men.Lunch was served and
AN impressive Injecting followed.
Short speeches by SecretarT H. Chuds,
Ellis Walrets, Ray Tyler, Fred Hitch
Ted Caldwell, Milo Pierce and Carl
Harvey set the proposition before
the assembly. Within a few minutes
$500 had been pledged to its support
by the 80 men present. This averaged
$12.52 per capita s%urpasses, accord
ing to Secretary Childs, that of any
Other college or university in the
United States, in relation to support
for Y. NJ. c. A. work.
AT the chapel service this morning,
the proposition was placed before the
assembled students. 1t was greeted
with enthusiasm. following brief adj
dresses by Secretary Childs, Prof. II.
l. Jones, Dr. w. G.. Seaman, Harold
Schimks. Ellis Walters, Ray Tyler
and Ted Caldwell.
The officers of the Wesleyan asso-
citation are President, Ray Tyler;
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-04-30

7ODAYS MARKETS

Sat. ............. 1880 a 8.37H
Gossip of Tuesdays Market.
Sioux City, Ia.-Tuesday's fat cat
tie market ruled steady at the adj
vance of a dime noted on Monday.
On this basis there was an active de-
mand for the usual fairly good sized
run of killers for the second day OF
the week. Well fattened handy
weight stock continues to have the
call over the less finished grades of
killers. The best beeves this week
sold at 800, two loads averaging L.
s461 pounds commanding this price.
Beeves are quotable at $500 q 800
fat and killing cows and heifers $500
% 7.75; tanners and thin cows $3.50
@ 5.75; veal calves 7.OO@1O.0 90,
and bulls and stays $5.25@7.5O.
There was q good tone to the stock
Ter and feeder trade at the strength
noted on Monday and prices are gem
orally 10 a. zoe higher for the two
days. Good rains which have stimuli
ated country buying and a stronger
tone to the fat cattle market have
been the boosting factors in this
branch. Quotations. Feeders $6.75
% 7.75, calves and yearlings $6.75
@ $50 and feeding cows and stock
sheifers $5.25 q 7.25.
The tone to Tuesdays hog market
was decidedly bcarish under the low
er advices received from outside
points and the market showed q de.
cline Of 15c from the trading basis
OF Monday.
II was again a steady market in
fat sheep and lambs with tho run
here very light and below needs Of
the trade.