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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-28

Ring Lardner, commenting upon
that apparently famous 20 to 3 game
the other day notes that the Burling-
ton catcher retired during the con-
test. it being announced that he was
sick. Ring thinks the chances are
"he quit because there was nothing
to DO"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-28
Chicago 7; Cincinnati o.

Chicago 7; Cincinnati o.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 27.-The
Cubs passed the Reds and slipped in
to second place today when Jimmy
Lavender held Herzogs men to
three hits and beat them to y. The
score:
Batteries-Lavender and Bresna-
han; Benton, Clarke and Gonzales.
Umpires-Klem and Emslie.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-28
New York 2; Boston 4.

BOSTON, Mass, June 27.-Mar
guard and Wiltz, to the contrary not
withstanding, the Giants dropped the
last of series to the braves this at,
ternoon. The score:
New York -
Ratteries-Marquard and Wiltz and
Meyers; Rudolph and Whaling.
Umpires-Rigler and Hart.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-28
IBy William Phillip Simms. United
Press STAFF CorreRnnndent ]

But II was Only Flash.
The crowd woke up Those in the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-28

The Muscatine Journal calls atten-
ton to the fact that even the Burling-
ton papers now call them the Sliding
Sox." III s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-28

Red Lowther, Burlington third
baseman, recently made the prediction
that the Red Sox would end the sea-
son in sixth place. And Red is as
hard a worker as there is on the team.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25

her fathers barns Tae calf had 3
birth certificate, but the girl haa
none!
IN the following extract from MISS MISS
Lathrop's article appears q state
ment Of an amazing condition OF al
fairs In the United States;
UNFORTUNATELY we have in tine
United States no adequate laws 70
cover the entire country, compelling
the registration of births. In only
eight of the states-the New Eng
land states, PennsyEvania and Men
fganAare birth records kept in sucn
a way as to meet the requirements
of the Census Bureau and even IN
those states, not all of the births are
registered.
mo Immigrant can enter this
country without the making of
record OF his or her sex, age and ma
tionality; but the nation keeps no
books to show how many children
enter the United States by birth.
Nobody knows how many babies are
born in the United States, OF where
they are born. The Importance OF
putting down baby's birth in the
pIbbliG records is a new idea In TINS
country in European lands
such records have long been kept
most painstaktngIy-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
The country Need.

TIE New York Sun not only sums
up accurately and succfnctly de-
pioraDIe situation in washington but
also, voices the sentiment OF the
pupuface, Democrats and Republic
cans alike, with but few exceptions,
in the following editorial para
graph:
There never was time OF greater
need in the Department of State OF
the United States OF America Of a
clear head, experienced in interna-
tfenal relations, knowing the hne
shades of distinction between execu-
tive acts on foreign soil authorized
I6y law and executive acts that may
Goe IIBurWations of power and conse-
ouently border on tne Improbable.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
An Amazing Negligence.

IN the May Woman's Home
Companion Miss julia G. Lathrop,
chief OF the Cnildren's Bureau In
the United States Department OF
Labor, writes an interesting article
entitled 1.-THE Safeguarding of the
Child''-ful of new facts and ideas,
she goes on to show that if the
waste of infant life is to be dim1n-
ished, doctors and nurses must get
into touch with the children and
their mothers at the earliest posi-
BILE moment after birth Nothing, Il
is said, has done so much toward
Iessening infant mortality in England
as a law now rlgidly enforced in that
country which requires the registra-
ton of all births within thirty-six
hours. Such examples as the Two
following show the need of ade-
uuate registration laws:
An. Indiana child lost a, $12,OOO
inheritance Just because it had no
birth certificate, and there was no
legal proof OF its identity,
Another heir, in order to get a
farm that was willed to her. had to
prove the date of her birth. She
anally succeeded, but only by proving
that she was born on the same day
that a hiZh-bred calf was born in
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
SNNTHEIELD


A~E&@t@@ FA-4tAtNaA~@@
SAHTFFIELD, April 25-The
RObinSOn Mills school gave . home
talent play IN the hall at that place,
and have been highly complimented.
A number of smithmeld people at
tended. among the number being
Prof Haught, principal OF the smith
held school. who assisted WITH the
music.
George Schurnuck returned home
wednesday ON ACCOUNT of the Illness
OF his mother.
Lawrence Ice, OF Fairmont. Is a
guest OF his mother at this place.
"A. l.. Lilly, OF Parkersburg, was
here several days this week in the
interest of the international Har-
Yester Company.
on "wednesday of this week w A.
Lewis invited a number of his
friends to lunch, In honor Of MI. and
Mrs Bonnell, who will depart for the
South soon. Mr.. Bonnell, who has
spent several months here for the
benefit of his health has been in the
employ OF the Robinson Improve
ment Company. Among the guests
were Mrs. George fWasnburn, Mrs. y.
G. Bramnam, Ms, Roy WaSsLfI~ IRIS
b. q. Smith and the Misses Brook
field
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
AM ORATOR
Among the Best in Europe is
Leader of the Federation
of Democrats.
tnr AaseetArEn sREss,

PARIS, April 25-Aristide Bril-
and, leader of the Federation of Dem
ocrats Of the Left, which in oppost-
ton to the present ministry of the
Radical and Socialist Radical groups
Ia seeking a majority in the parlia-
mentary elections april 26l. IS
looked upon even by his political
foes as one of the first orators in
Europe. He has eIoquence and hu-
NOR. the power to illuminate dry
facts by his manner of presentation
and the gifts OF the winning cam
paigner. His voice, sometimes melo-
deus, sometimes sharply pene-
frating,, varies amazingly from ex-
IRENE rapidity of utterance to sober
dignity. Some OF his auditors at a
meeting of 1000 in Paris the other
evening were moved to tears, not by
pathos, but by the beauty Of his
periods which affected their emo
tfons. BRAND is from southern
France, whence nearly all the great
orators OF France come.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
Where to Go
to Get 1t

Go to the advertiser who
says Come"
Come is the Invitation of
every merchant who advertises
in this newspaper.
The men who put their adj
vertisements In the newspaper
have faith in themselves and in
their products.
They are catering to your
wants. They can only succeed
by serving you.
The advertisements are clev=
erIy written. They are inter
estng to read. They are thor
oughly human.
Let the advertising in this
newspaper help you when you
need goods or service-it is a
guide that leads to the pleasant
Road Of Satisfaction.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
A Rhubarb Possibility.

With, a watering mouth, the Tel
egram passes on to its readers the
subjofned kitchen hint from the
Ohio state Journal. The Columbus
newspaper, however, seems to have
q distorted conception Of the Demo
cratic variety OF living cost. Some
where in this great country-per-
hans in the sunlSissed valleys OF
California where coolie labor solves
the problem, or in the far South,
where there is a plentiful supply OF
negro help-rhuibarb enough Tor
family of four or I'VE may be pur-
chased for q nickle, but elsewhere
the statement comes as but vain VAIN
and idle boast The rhubarb hint
herewith given has the redeeming
feature, though, of making the sue
cuient piant 60 farther Tor the same
amount of money, and the eraor as
to It's primary cost may therefore,
not be taken as productive obJec-
tion. Says the Ohio State journal:
Some people affect not to like
rhubarb. 1t is only an affection
BASED ON the fact that rhubarb is a
sort OF 1ow-brow vegeta Die. One
can buy enough of it for family OF
four or five for Eve cents, and Just
see what he gets, the very incarna-
ton of the bright, crisp lie Oh
spring. There is nothing on the
market benches that brings 20 one
so wildly the glow OF sun-up and
the breath of the soft south wind as
a bunch of rhubarb. It fairy
sparkles with the glad new yer.
Hut it is charged that il has raw
taste, and not nearly so ex-
pressfve of the poetic fancy
as cherries and strawberries.
or course not: but the true
philosophy of this world is in being
satisfied with the good rather than
being disconnected without the best.
But in the good there is always
the possibility of the better, and SO
It is with rnubarb. Take a dish OF
the sauce-listen to the old noodles
ecreech now-and while it is stewing
Stir in a mashed apple, cooked or
raw, so that 1t viii become thorough
~ embodied in the rhubsrp, and you
have a combination that is almost as
fne as strawberries and cream. Tne
raw caste disappears and the
sparkle of the apple cakes its place.
Now, do it right. without a praju-
dice, for prejudice IN the Kitchen Is
a mean little evil that poisons every
thing.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
.Hnnne Paper the Best.

When a man tells you that the big
city weekly IS worth more than your
home paper, ask him how much the
big city paper mas ever done for your
locality; if it had ever spoken 9
good word for it; if it had ever men
toned what he and you were doing
to improve the conditions; II IT ha o
ever noticed him or his friends when
sick or dyng-in short, if all his
dealings with the metropolitan
weekly nave not been entirely one
sided, in which his dollar only was
recognized by the other party, while
he and all his individual interests
we're. completely ignored.-Gassaway
Times.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
an Toeether.

Whatever may have been the feel
ing OF the American people as to the
watching and waiting policy OIL tn{
president during the months that
have gone-whatever may have been
the mood of the people when the
president uttered his unusual state
ment that there would be no war
with Mexico and that the quarrel OF
the United States was with an lndl-
yidual namRd Huerta, the time mas
come when all patriotic citizens OF
the United States win stand at the
back of the chief executive OF the
nation and render to him such as
sfstance as may be required to up
mold the honor and dignity OF their
country.-Fayette Tribune.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
Coming Events
inc arksbwg

Saturday, May 2.-"Within the
Law" Robinson Grand theater.
Saturday, May 9-Basebau game,
West virginia University vs. West
Virginia Wesleyan, Union Park.
Thursday. May 14-BasebaH game,
Cuban stars VS.. CIarksburg team Of
Paw. Va. League, Union Park.
Friday, May 15.-sPeg. o. Ny
Heart" Robinson Grand theater.
Thursday,g June 11.-BasebaH
game, Ohio Wesleyan vs.. West Yir-
ginia Wesleyan. Union PARK
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
THE DAILY
NOV TIE
THE HERO.

The militant-looking woman with
the sharp knees swung on strap d.
rectly over RuggIeson bundles seat,
while her other hand clutched her
little daughter.
Some men, Pruneila" she said
loudly to the little girl, think no
more or getting up and giving their
seat TO a lady than they do Of losing
their right mind"
RuggIeson bundle hid himself more
securely behind his newspaper and
tried not to notice that the militant-
looking woman was prodding the out
side of 1t with her knee.
How a man can sit and see weak
woman dislocating her arm on strap
and still call himself a gentleman,
,Prunella, is beyond me!' she said Still
more loudly driving one of her knees
into Ruggleson bundles right hand
as he reached TO turn over page.
Ruggleson bundle rose politely.
Madam he said, won't you nave
my seat?"
lie was going to get on two blocks
further on, anyway.
eff there's anything detest more
than any other" said Ruggleson Dun
die to his little son at supper. that
evening, cit is to see woman stand
ing In street car full of men sitting
down / gave my seat to a poor knee
II mean woman, this afternoon, ana
boys, want you to always do the
same"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
WESTON



WESTON, April 25-Another OF
the Civil war veterans Of this county
will be laid to rest Sunday
afternoon. He is Robert p. Fleshers
and he passed away Thursday morn
| ing. He was one of the preserved
men of the community, OF his age
Though 81 years of age he was
strong and apparently in good
healt tn. Only a day or two before
his death he expressed wish that
he might call back fifteen years. and
then he would go to the front against
Mexico. On "Wednesday he was
down town, going to number OF
business and other places to greet
his friends and to tell or a hear a
joke About 4 o'clock he started to
his home at ittonsYtlle but was taken
sick on the way home. When he ar
rived home, the family wanted to call
a physician, but he objected for a time
They finally sumonded DR.. w. p.
King, who came to the home and
looked after his needs. As late as
/ o'clock in the morning q daughter
gave him medicine. lie assured her
ne was better and was feeling first
rate. She retired. In the morning
the family arose to fad him cold In
death. He leaves a widow, and they
are the parents of two sons and
three daughters Two sons. stan
ford and Robert, live at Clarksburg
There is a move at Haleville for
extension of city mail delivery to
that suburb, and the populace will
hold a public meeting next week to
take some action. The place already
has fairly good board walks AMI only
the naming of streets, the mum oerihg
of houses and the erection OF the re-
uuired receptacles for mail remain
to be provided.
MIR. and Mrs. z. ]. Kane has re-
turn from a stay of a month at Mt
Clemens, Mich.
Lucille, little daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Malone, is very i'll.
Miss Fannie Harrison entertained
the young ladies whist club Thurs
day evening.
The teachers'of the public schools
tion OF the persons Of school age IN
the district, and they report it at L.
ga. This seems satisfactory as a
basis for the enthusiasts to figure on
pFobable population.
James w. Cox, of Ashland, KY,
is a guest at his old home here.
Mrs w. c. Altman has been called
to Wallace on account of the critical
illness Of a child of her sister, the
wife or postmaster hdTl ". 0aVlS
Mrs. Eta Frame was here from
Gassaway this week visiting her SIS
ter, Mrs. Pauline O'Hara, and her
brothers. John A and Thomas ~.
Barnes.
Henry Brannon is at Charleston
on business. He was accompanied to
Point pleasant by his daughter, Mrs.
Mamie whelan, who went to Hunt
ington to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Mary Norvell.
w. w. Brannon has returned from
a visit to relatives in Virginia.
Mrs. Eleanor FIannery, of Bait
more, Is a guest at the home OF her
father Henry Brannon
Morgan NJ. Peterson has returned
from Arkansas. where he spent the
winter with relatives.
Fred o. Blue state tax commits
sioner, passed through the city Fri
day on the way to Buckhannon on
business connected with his ONCE.
N. C.. Ball IS at Pittsburg on busi-
ness.
The Rev. w. L. Hiser, a Lutheran
minister OF CIarkSburg, viii preach
at the Shadybpook school house sun
day afternoon
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
a Crin1e.

During the first six months' opel
alton of the Democratic free trade
tariff law, values of property and
securities have decreased by SlO,-
900 600 600. and are liable to de-
crease another SO, 1000, 100000 dur
ing the next six months. Such law
is worse than a fai1ure-it is
me.=Philippi Republican.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
SIGNIFICANT.

The reluctant statement OF a Wit
ness to the effect that the Carnegie
funds we're responsible for the inau-
narration of the movement for the
reneal of the canal tolls platform
plank Of the Democrats may not af-
feet the vote on that measure, but i
is at least signfficant.-Blueaeld
Telegraph
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
EIGHT CELEBRATE.

Eight OF those who had celebrated
the American invasion of Mexico by
inbibing a little too freely were ar
raigned before Mayor VIII ii. Cole In
police court Saturday morning. Two
of them paid fines and the other six
we're released
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
Ther d Nd with Bulletins, Too.

One idea of journalism Is to snoot
Mr.. OShaughnessey with an inter
rogation point in the regular edition,
and then get out an extra clearing
IN the original Hunt
fngton acknowledgement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
Roosevelt Needed,

Now we have villa. and Carranza
on our hands. Next it viii be Japan:
A dilatory waiting policy is the kina
that leads to trouble. We need Just
now a president like Theodore Roose-
veH.-Park ershurg State Journal.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
A CORRECTION.

Through a typographical error In
weidenhamer's advertisement Friday,
Sweet Melody flour was advertised for
TWENTY-FIVE cents per sack. 1t should
have been sixty-dye cents.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
A Great Feat.

The next step OF the anti-saloon
campaign in Chicago viii be to make
the city dry. If accomplished It viii
be the greatest feat of evaporation
in the worlds history.
Neura
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
An Evening echo.

Exaggeration, as to Rhetoric, IS
s'lsing a vast force to lift a feather
as to morals and character, It IS
using falsehood to lift ones self out
of the confidence of his fellow men.
-EFUGO AEaN5OT.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY
WHATS
He wiz.

He VIII.
Huerta wants peace already But
perhaps this is a case of he wants
what he wants when he wants It.
but he will get what he gets when
he gets it.-Wheeling News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-08
Bridal Couple Spent
Sunday Here

Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Young, Of
Haines City, arrived in Lakeland on
Saturday night. This couple was
married on Friday morning at 9
O'Clock at Haines City and were on
their way to Barlow to spend few
days with the brides mother.
The bride was formerly Miss Imo-
CINE Hebb, one of .Bartow's charm
ing girls, and has many friends
there who will wish her much hap
piness. The groom is a thriving
! business man and deserves the con-
gratulations Of his friends on his
good fortune in winning so sterling
a mate.
They were the guests Of Mr.. and
, Mrs. Oscar NJ. Eaton, who took them
over to Barlow on Sunday evening
in their touring car.
This young couple were to have
been married on Dec. 80, but decid-
ed to surprise their friends and they
certainly succeeded in doing so,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-08
III Society:
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler

Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler
Entertain
Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Wheeler en-
tertained a number of their friends
last evening in honor of their
twelfth wedding anniversary Their
attractive home was deliberately
decorated with a profusion of roses.
poinsettias. and ferns, the color
scheme being red and green.
Mrs. Wheeler, assisted by Mrs.
C. o. Pinch, greeted the arriving
guests who were served with a de-
licious fruit punch by Miss Annie
Cargill Mayes and Miss Gladys Will
son. Tables were then arran ged for
cards and the diverting game of
900" was INDUCED in by the guests.
Miss Branner made the highest
score. and won the ladies prize, two
dainty crepe de chene handkerchiefs.
and the gentleman's prize went to
Mr.. T. l.. Waring. Mrs. Dan Mar
i snail secured the cOnsOldtlOH-lW
| tiny red bootees.
delicious luncheon was served
after the came and many mysterious
! packages made their appearance al
this time, which, when unwrapped
proved to be many dainty pieces Of
household linen, which was present
ed by the guests to Mr.. and Mrs
Wheeler in honor of this happy oc
casion. Those who enjoyed Mr. ant
Mrs Wheeler's hospitality We're Mr.
and Mrs. E. r. Shane, Mr.. and Mrs
j. G. Holcomb, Mr.. and Mrs. T. L
Wnring, Mr.. and Mrs. w. X
Folks, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Todd
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Bevier, Mr.. ant
Mrs. C. o. Pinch, Mrs. c. B
Murphy, Mrs. Dan Marshall, Mis-
Branner, Miss Annie Cargill Mayes
Miss Gladys Wilson and Mr.. Chris
Petersen.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-08
100 PERSONS ATTENDED
SUNDAY SCHOOL SUNDAY
F. II. CALLAHAN,
w. +. PUGH.
WALLACE WEAR.

The report OF the pastors at the
Ministerial Association yesterday
ing showed that there was approNi-
mately eleven hundred people in at
tendance at Sunday school at all the
churches Sunday morning.
This is a gratifying report but We
are constrained to ask where were
the other five or six thousand who
should have attended.
+. II. CALLAHAN.
Secretary Ministerial Asso.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-08

9 benefit to be given in behalf
70 poor next Friday evening at
Auditorium promises to be one
Q best given by local talent yet.
benefit II given under the aus
Of the civic health department
le Woman's Club, and twelve
red tickets are being sold by
.hildren who are enthusiastical-
mpathetic with this cause. An
J attraction to the program for
performance will be a trimmed
!. lighted Christmas tree and a
tmas carol sung by some Of the
talented vocalists in the city
patronage Of the public is solic-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-08
two-thirds majority to amend the
Executive Department.

constitution.
Executive Department.
Sec. Z. The executive power of
the Associated Charities shall be
vested in the Executive Committee
of the Ministerial Association,
which consists of the officers of
same, with any member of the Min
isterial Association at any time nec-
cessary acting as agent of the Ex-
ecutive Committee.
Sec. s. The executive committee
requests that any citizen of the city.
any member of the City Commission,
any officer of the city, and officer or
member of any other organization
of the city report all objects worthy
of aid to the executive Committee
for action.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
officer or agent of the body receiv-
ing information of an object worthy
of aid to report his findings to the
Committee.
The judicial power of this or
ganization shall be vested in the
Ministerial Association of the city,
either individual members perform
ing the function or when it is deem
ed necessary by any one member he
may ask the association as body
to act upon a complicated case OF
one he does not see fit to decide upon
alone.
| F. II. CALLAHAN,
w. f. PUGH.
WALLACE WEAR.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-08

v. and Mrs. j. B. Ley, Rev.
Mrs. y. Edgar Wilson and Rev
4. 8teinmeyer have gone to Ar
J, where they will attend the
|al conference of the Methodist
III which opens there tomor-
Last night and this mornin g
,outh-bound trains were loaded
ministers and their wives en-
to the conference, which will
handsomely entertained by the
Q Of Arcadia.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-08
AKELAND
LACONICS
hse Fire Phone 5000

]. r. Powell was called yes
to the bedside OF her father.
kden at Welborn, who is Sc
i'll. Mrs. Powell's friends
Tor him = speedy recovery.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-08
CARD OF THANKS

Charlie b. Williams, A. II. Pow
ers and daughters desire to express
their deep appreciation for the great
kindness bestowed upon them by
friends in their great sorrow.