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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-18
nnIirhffnI Dance.

Members of the Royal NeighboFs
lodge and a few other friends were
entertained in most charming man
ner by Misses Jennie Hazelton and
Maud webb at a dance given IN Hon
man Hall last evening. A delightful
luncheon was served by the hostesses
at a seasonable hour Music for the
occasion was furnished by the Ca
denza orchestra and was highly en-
loved by all in attendance. It was
near midnight when the guests de-
parted all voting Misses Webo anu
Hazelton ideal hostesses.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-18

lumber of any description necessary Tor
the construction of said door, and IS
pounds of creosote oil for the biociIs
The roadway of said bridge Is ap-
proximately 4S5 feet by % feet wide.
All contractors shall make their own
measurements and submit their own
plans, showing a complete aoors ready
FOR travel In every detafl, finished TO
the grade of the top OF the street car
rail-. All work must be first cfass IN
every respect. Tho right Is reserved 70
reject any or all bids.
c. c. FITTRO.
County Road BngineeF
March 10th. 1911.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-18
Married Here.

Frederick OFT, erector of bridges
so- tSa 0swego Bridge Company, OF
Nav Ne vor|lI. who built the bridges or
the traction line between this city
and weston. and Mrs Malissa Par
ker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. sa-
ger of 2,07 Milford street. and q
trained nurse who did professions
work n cleveland and YOUNGSTOWN,
O.. were married at 8 o'clock last
evening bv the Rev. II. R. Hess Oh
Stealey Weights.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-18

Bids VIII be received up to ~ o'clock
noon, March 27th. 1914. by the County
Court at their ONCE or the office of the
County Road Engineer, at Clarksburg,
West Virginia, for the erection or con-
srructfon Of q creosoted plank, block
and bfturninous cement floor on the east
Main street bridge over Elk Greek at
the east end OF. C1arksburg.
All lumber shall be long leafed SOUND
II pounds OF creosote oil for plank. ties
and spilxing pieces and all curb and other
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-18
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new dress cottons

A bazaar of dafu .iness fea-
tured by the most exclusive
style merit is our display of
new dress cOttOns.
Embroidered crePes, those
with artistic priutiaGs, also
woven stripes or p in weav-
are shown in the most beaG
cOIOrings- Prices per yard z5c,
soc to $7.oo.
Cotton voiIes, also IN the
height Of favor this season, aP-
pear in many beautifuI n-w
patterns both in imported and
fine domestic makes Price per
yard 75c, 35c and soc.
Rztiaes aud EpOuEeS-c0uSti-.
tute a notable display, there be-
ing q large variety Of plain and
fancy weGVes, checks, pIaids,
stripes and printed effectS in
light and dark cotOrings In Hght
and medium weights fer dresses,
coat suits or separate coats
Price per yard soc - $500.
SILK and Cotton RPtine-espe-
cfaIIy desirable for dEessy wear,
ulai7 coI0rs and printed effects,
plain weaVes and novelty broken
strfpes-Price per yard soc to
Crepe Ratines-beautifuI ma
terials Of popIin weight, and
crepe weave in plain coIors,
woven stripes, bars and Dresden
printed effects, very desirable
for seFviceabIe dreSseS-all COLI
Ors and black, and white, price
per yard TSc, 7Sc and 35c.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-18

originally $500 inst
Isaciac a
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-18
EIks' Smoker.

After the lodge meeting next Tues
,1av night. the Elks will have smoker
IN their auditorium. The entertain
ment committee will have charge OF +
and the committee has prepared very
clever vaudeville program. turtner
Down East will be presented The
smoker is to be an innovation and the
question OF consecutive ones VIII De
decided by the attendance.
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A Attr.nctive Dinner

A shepherdess basket iilIed VIII
mink Killarney roses formed the cen
.terpiece Of the table at very at
tract,ve dinner given by Mrs. James
Edward Law last evening ate o,c, COX
cornplimentary to Mrs. Joseph van
Meter Funderburk, of KingWooa.
Covers were laid for six guests.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-18
Enuter Wedd.nR

Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Porter trost
announce thu engagement or tnelE
sister, Miss Hazel Anne Frost, 70 ~.
pa The wedding will be solemnzeo
in Christ Episcopal church Easter
"wednesday, April 10.
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$50 Austrian
Dinner Sets To
Sell at Sz4
Kettles 81

We win Offer 600 Aluminium Berlin
Kettles and Saucepans worth $50 for
800. These kettles are our standard
bEand of Swiss aluminium and are the
new shapes. -, - -
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-18

German coal Is finding consider
able market in England. London gas
companies having just bought over
a million tons, at 1915 c. /. f..
saving of 70 cents on contracts for
English Durham coal.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-14
President Can Only Listen.

President Wilson will return TO the White House
from his sojourn in New Hampshire, which was far
too brief to afford him the rest he needs to face
trying week, which will include visit from the
delegation of Belgians who have crossed the ocean
to place before the head of the great nation which
is at peace with all the world allegations OF
atrocities committed in Belgium by the German
army
Emperor William already has made the formal
charge to the President of the use bv the French
of the deadly dumdum bullet and has accused the
Belglans, including women, of inflicting crueties
on wounded German soldiers, doctors and hospital
nurses, and President Poincare of France has
sent denial to Washington of the use by the French
of the dumdum bullet and made counter charges of
cruelties against the Germans
President Wilson doubt will receive the Bel
gIans but beyond listening to their representations
there IS nothing for him to do at the present time
lie will not even be called on to satisfy himself as
to the accuracy of the various charges and
charges and if he were he would find it diff
cult task The President only listen politely
and stick resolutely to the praiseworthv rules of
neutrality and impartiaity which he has laid down
for all Americans. When the war is over these
questions of violation of The Hague conventions
and other questions growing out of the conflict
will have TO be settled
The great significance attached to the journey of
the Begians and the charges and denials by France
and Germany is the extreme anxiety on the part of
the powers at war to establish themselves worthy
OF the good opinion of the people of the United
States. These developments were not at all neces-
sary to impress upon US that. in the tremendous
work of concluding peace, which We would gladly
hasten this Republic must perform the principal
part. 1t will call for all the craftsmanship and
diplomacy at our command Until called upon to
render that great service TO humanity there is
nothing tor tins government to do but to maintain
ITS attitude Of strict impartalty that its usefulness
may not be in the smallest degree impaired
The Washington herald., 1914-09-14
Cotton Trade with China.

Just at this time, when every effort is being made
to bolster up the price of cotton bulletin issued
by the Department of Commerce giving the result
of recent study of Japanese cotton manufacture
ing shows that the Southern growers have other
troubles to contend with than the European war.
1t seems that Japan, India and America have been
the chief suppers of coarse cottons to China aside
from that made by the 1atter's own mills
But few years ago we exported about twenty
million dollars worth of coarse cotton to China
every year. This profitable trade was so sadly
disrupted by the late revolution in that country
that many Southern factories devoted TO the ex-
elusive make of that class of goods had to shut
down.
1t will need the most strenuous kind of work on
the part of the American growers to regain this
lost trade, as Japan, with her cheap labor and long
hours, is in the field a competitor. The product
turned out, however, is not the equal of that
furnished by this country, being made of mixture
of cheap Indian Chinese and American cottons
Now is the time to make an extra effort to get back
this lost Chinese trade.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-14
Menace IN the Freight Tax.

i Il is not at all surprising that the Democratic
party is badly split over what to tax to make uT
the $IooooooOo deficit in the customs revenues for
which the war is largely responsible When the
levy is made no one in the country will be pleased
except those persons whose purses are not touched
and considerations of justice dictate that they
should be few in number
| Representative Underwood is represented as de-
termned to make the President bear the full share
of responsibility for the new taxation measure and
the country may be there will be no rivalry
among our statesmen for the honor of having the
bill bear their names 1t will win no votes for any
one having anything to do with it.
President Wilson is reported as faovring a 3
per cent tax railway freights, proposal against
which most of the antagcnism in Congress is di-
rected. If the Presidents position is correctly
stated it is not easy to reconcile it with the view
that he is supposed to entertain that the railroads
are entitled to of relief from the danger
of dwindlng revenues. While 3 per cent tax on
all freight might make the transportation rate
excessive, and its imposition might--as The Herald
pointed out the other day-be regarded as confess
sion that rates are at present none too high such
a tax for the benefit of the government would
seem to preclude the possibility of affording the
railroads relief in the form of increased freight
tariffs. Any such double advance would be TN
Justifiable and would not be given consideration.
With transportation conditions continuing as at
present something must be done before long to add
to the revenues of the roads, unless they are to be
thrown into the hands of receivers or purchased
by the government
In the construction of the new measure of tax
alton it is to be hoped the administration will not
bar the way to doing justice to the railroads later
by placing penalty on the movement of freight
The Washington herald., 1914-09-14
THE OPEN FORUM.
Would Raise Tax by Increasing the
Rate of Postage.

To the Editor: May I. through your
columns. respectfully suggest to the Con-
Cress one method for increasing revenue
that will be free from complications.
prompt in effect. easy of collection. and
that will distribute the burden more
widely perhaps than any other-namely
by an increase in the rates Of postage
The present rates upon seCOnd-class
mail are VIGOROUSLY and fagrantly in
adequate to meet the cost of conducting
the business. and this would be favor
able opportunity to advance them TO
something like a remuneratiye basis. The
people, to meet the emergency, Will not
object to Scent letter postage.
The proposed tax upon freight receipts
Of the railroad companies involves serious
complications in collection: it primarily
increases the burdens Of the carrier COM
panies which the President says ought
to be lessened: so far as it can be
passed along and distributed 1t falls upon
a class. the shippers. and largely upon
the farming interest.
1t amounts to a special tax upon cot
ton, and agricultural products that will
be felt especially in the South. where the
struggle now is to know how the farmer
is to realize the cost OF raising and pick
ing the cotton crop.
An increase in the rate Of letter post
age will be slightly felt by the poor. or
by the farmers. they are not the great
purchasers Of stamps. but the business
houses They will add their increased
expense to the prices Of goods. Then
the rates upon parcels post are ridiCu-
lousy low for short distances and small
packages When We purchase stamps we
are not paving a tax, we are paying for
a service. a direct service rendered to
us and the service we receive from the
postorice at this time is too cheap. and
all will cheerfully aCree to pay cents
for letter stamps TO help the government
in this emergency.
II the Congress will cut the outrageous
river ad haroOr bill squarely in two; in
crease the liquor ami tobacco taxes.
especially upon cigarettes, all that the
business will stand comfortably. and
raise the postage rates. they will have
sufficient revenue. directly laid. easily
collected. widely distributed. and lightly
felt by those who pay the bill.
w. W. BALDWIN
Burlington. Iowa, Sept. II. 1914
The Washington herald., 1914-09-14
Hating a Nation.

Men talk of disliking or hating" whole nations.
They have no for" French or Germans or
Russians English, 1t is foolish feeling. If
yor have bad the fortune to get acquainted with
persons of different nationalities you have found
have come on a disagreeable one. Every nation.
even your own, has such. But the chances are
that your foreign acquaintance is sincere, honest,
sympathetic and good fellow
The man on the other side of the ocean wouldn't
be so different if you only knew him The trouble
is that you don't You lump a lot of disagreeable
qualities together and label them by some national
name and then denounce the nation
You may not like certain governmental poIicies
abroad. You may properly object to illiberal or
Teactionary traits in the men in control But it
holds true today it did in the time of Edmund
Burke, that it is impossible to draw an indictment
against a whole people-Kansas City Star.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-14
FREraHT car SERVICE.
a Plan 20 securs continuos. Use
ana Avoid Harve.t shsrtaEe.

A Plan TO secure contiauour Use
and Avoid Harvest Shortage.
The subject OF ear shortage has for
years interested railway officials. but as
yet no general policy has been adopted
Every harvest season, and every season
for the shipping of great quantities of
winter fuel, find the railroads more or
less unprepared because Of scarcity Of
cars. This condition has led to many in
vestigations and numerous recommenda-
tons The Interstate Commerce Com
mission, several years ago, endeav0red
to correct the demurrage. rules. but some
railroad men felt that thereby the situ-
ation was made more difficult.
J. r. Cavanaugh, an indianapolis rail-
road man, recommends. in the Traffic
World, the pooling OF freight cars. that
Is that a freight car clearing house"
should be formed TO take over all the
freight cars In the country. Ownership
would remain the same. but management
would be centralized. The clearing asso-
ciat!cn would operate under the rules of
the American Railway Association. would
receive reports from every part OF the
country and would be enabled to act ma
tlonaily instead OF locally. The idea IL
20 equalize car interchange. There are
many thousands OF cars idle in one place
when they are needed in another. II
would be the new associations purpose to
remedy this condition.
The proposal is In line with ideas ex-
pressed by other railroad men. II is said
that for at least two-thirds Of the year
10000 freight cars stand idle on the sid
inKs. These represent an investment OF
perhaps $50, ZOO The average daily
journey of a freight car is estimated TO
be but twenty-five miles. Under the
present complicated system Of demurrage.
II is declared that, out Of every nine
days a car is in actual transportation
service only two days The other seven
days are taken up in loading. unload
ing or storage.
One Investigator, writing in the Tech
nical World Magazine last year. gave II
as his opinion that there are too many
freight Cars-that is, too much capital is
invested in this sort Of equipment con-
sidering the returns. II is evident that
the railroads lose millions of dollars an
nually. because OF the lack OF system in
car handling. Perhaps this loss has some
thing to do with the hard times which
the railroads are experiencing.-Indian-
apOls News.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-14
Picking Out a Hard Job.

man Is running for the Democratic nomination
Tor Senator in New York whom no one in politics
IN the Metropolis has ever heard of. His name i.
James 5. McDonough and he says he entered the
contest for the purpose of demonstrating the eff.
ticacy of the direct primary. He says he is show.
ing that an individual may, by filing petition be-
come candidate without political backing He
wants the people to see the power they have.
Mr.. McDonough certainly seems to have keener
appreciation than most politicians of just what a
direct primary is and is to be commended for his
spirit Washington ought TO wish him well because
he once pracced law here but his friends will bav.
to admit that as unknown in the political field
he has set himself hard task in running for Sem
ator in New York and they will hardly hope TO see
him leading the field in the primary
The Washington herald., 1914-09-14
: Doinss Of Society !


The. Secretary of War. who has been
having a short rest at his cottage at Sea-
girt, n. J.. returned to town yesterday.
Mrs. Garrison will Join the Secretary at
their Connecticut avenue home for the
season the last OF this month
Rev. DR.. Ferguson. of Boston. who has
arrived in town for the marriage of Mr..
Henry G. Ferguson and Miss Alice Lowe.
daughter of Rear Admiral Lowe. L. s.
", entertained the bride and bridegroom
elect at dinner last evening at the Pow
hatan. The company included the respec-
tive families OF the two young people.
No invitations have been issued for the
wedding, which will be marked by great
simplicity and attended only by a small
family party.
Mrs. Henry L. Roosevelt and children.
who were at Chevy Chase for the greater
part OF the summer. have selected a
house on Hjllyer place, where they will
be Joined by Major Roosevelt, now with
the American Embassy in Paris, on the
return Of the relief party sent out on
the Tennessee
DR.. w. n. Custis and Mrs. Custis have
gone to Atlantic City where they will
pass a week or ten days at the Pen
hurst. .
One OF the largest Individual contrIbu-
tions to the Red Cross through their
Washington headquarters was received
last week. when Mrs. Albert Halstead
sent her check for 81 COO. Mrs HaIstead's
contribution was particularly gratifying
as II came from Birmingham. England
where Mr.. Halstead is now United States
consul. Mr.. and Mrs. Halstead are both
ali -
to the former entering the consular serv-
ice. they occupied an attractive home in
Sheridan Circle. Before her marriage
Mrs. Halstead was Miss Aileen Wilcox
Of Springfield. Mass, and Washington.
d. c.
Mrs. Augustus c. Tyler and Miss Edna
Tyler after dividing the summer between
Atlantic City and Rydel, Pa. with the
Edward MarshalIs. have returned to
New London. Conn. to pass the winter
at the Elms. which they had leased for
the past season.
Mrs. Benjamin Pilson and the Misses
PiIson. who made a short stay in town
after passing the summer in the White
Mountains. have gone to Asheville. y.
G. for a stay of several weeks at the
Grove Park Inn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln have
decided to remain through October at
their cottage at Manchester. y. II. Mrs.
Beckwith and her children, who
are with Mrs. Beckwith's parents. will
return to the Washington home OF the
family during the present month.
Miss Selma Calvo. daughter of the re- /
tiring Minister from Costa Rica, will /
not accompany her parents on their |
returTf home, but will remain in New /
York-a pupil at the Convent Of the |
Sacred Heart. at KenwOOd. This third !
The Washington herald., 1914-09-14
Tom Patferson Bohs In

The Democrats of Colorado, in popular primary
have nominated Thomas NJ Patterson, now in his
seventy-fourth year. for governor If it had not
been for him. according to current report, Ruther-
ford B. Hayes would never have been President of
delegate from the Territory whose activities in
Washington resulted in the admission of Colorado
to the Union in 1876 just in time to take part in the
election that year. 1t expected the "Centen
NAL State would be Democratic as it had been
Territory: but its first Presidential choice was
Hayes and Wheeler" and without its three votes
even South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana wouid
not have sufficed TO turn the scale
Patterson is one of the cheapest demagops tb..
can be found in days journey. All the barbar;c
attempts of the baser elements of Colorado to
make political favor by appeals to race prejudice
particularly that against the Asiatic have had bis
endorsement-Boston Herald
The Washington herald., 1914-09-14

Fifty years ago today Hannibal Ham,
lin. Vice President of the United States,
was serving as a private soldier in a
company OF Maine volunteers.
While the Vice Presidet was not called
on to go TO the front, he was part of the
reserve military strength of the country,
His service admira bly, illustrates military
conditions in a republic in which, in
theory, all men are equal. Under the
law. Mr.. Hamlin could have pun a rep
resentative recruit into the ranks in
his stead If called upon TO go to the front.
Considering his years and station. he
might have done that with propriety. He
did not choose to do so or to evade his
militia duty. which developed upon him
in the same manner that 1t did upon his
fellow-townsmen enrolled in the same
company.
When Company of the Maine State
Coast Guards was mustered into the
United States service for sixty days on
August l. 1864. it consisted of 100 men
prominent in Bangor, one Of whom was
Hannibal Hamln.
Mr. Hamlin had been one Of the first
to enlist in the company. and he insisted
upon being enrolled in the ranks. living
with the soldiers and being assigned to
every kind of duty which fell to his
comrades.
Hamfin Ia Camp.
The captain of the company was John
5. Kicker. a thriving merchant. The first
lieutenant was Putnam Walker, partner
in a large lumber firm. The orderly
sergeant was Russell S. Morrison.
wholesale grocer. Frederick H. Apple
ton. son of the chief Justice of the Maine
Supreme Court; William II. Bradford. for
many years prominent in municipal af-
fairs at Bangor; Eben Stevens, the best
gold and silver engraver in the State,
and other well-known men were in the
rank and file of the company.
The company went into camp at Fort
McClary, Kittery Point, Ne, across the
Piscataqua River from old Fort Consti-
tuition, which then had small regular
garrison.
All commissary supplies for the Bangor
men were to be obtained from the fort
a fact which led to an incident that
would have been impossible in any coun-.
try other than the United States.
bad Rations Received.
The supplies furnished the volunteers
were found to be bad. and Sergt Morri-
son, who had charge of the commissary
of Company B. protested to
the young lieutenant at the fort whose
duty IL was to issue them.
One day Capt. Kicker ordered the SER
eeant and a squad Of men to take the
supplies back and reject them. The lieu
tenant said: 1
The Washington herald., 1914-09-14

jacketed with nickeled copper or copper
alloy. and that steel does not enter into
their manufacture. The same holds good
with the patched" or partly jacketed
bullet. and it is believed that no steel is
employed in either the case or protectiIe.
The expression steel Jacketed'' seems
10 have come into use through its fire.
quent appearance in modern war cor
respondent and novelist stories. lack
London. among other prominent writers.
showing partiality to its murderous
flavor. "ORSERVER