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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-08
AGREEMENT REACHED on
PROPOSED LIQUOR TAXES

LONDON, May 7.-Chancellor Lloyd
George and representatives of the
liquor trade. have reached an agree
ment on the proposed taxes on beer
and spirits.
The statement is made that the Chan
celior has agreed to drop all the new
By him.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-08
Ten Killed In Explosion.

ROME. May z (via Paris).-Ten per-
sons were killed last night In an ex-
plosion which blew up a powder fac
tory at Fontana Liri. The explosion
9rused panic in the village. rigid
,estigation Is being made.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-08
MOMENTS MEETING.

The Chesterfield Juniors, U. D. c., will
hold their regular monthly meeting this
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the home
OF Mrs. W. f. Drew, 2903 Floyd Ave-
nue.. A full attendance is requested.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-08
CENTURION ToRPEDoED
ny GERMAN SInN&TrSI,

LONDON, May THE British
steamer Centurion was torpedocd by "A
German submarine off the Irish coast
yesterday. Her crew were saved
The Centurion was attacked abou,
the same time that the British steamer
Candidate, owned by the same COM
pany. was torpedoed off Waterford,
Ireland. The Centurion was bound for
South Africa and the Candidate for
Jamaica.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-08

OFFICIAL ADvICES SAY
CRISIS Is AVERTED
WASHINGTON. May 7.-Oficial nd
vices received here late to-day said
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-08
PROGRESSIVE JURYMEN
ENLIGHTENED BY COURT


W. j. Zuill, one Of the three Progress
sive members of the jury. arose and
asked TO be told just exactly who was
doing the paying and who was getting
the money. The justice enlightened
him.
The admission Of expert testimony
showing that the Lyon Company had
collected twice from the State for the
printing of bills ncttled MIR WINS
severely.
When he was informed, after pro-
test. that unless It was connected with
Barnes's political influence, 1t would
be ruled out. he said:
With all due respect TO the court, !
will say that you can rule in evidence.
but you cannot rule II out. You can't
wipe out testimony by a ruling. 1t is
beyond your mental or moral control
TO remove II from the minds of the
jury"
Il disagree with YOU" returned the
court quietly. When a ruling is made,
think the jury will follow instruc-
tons"
Most OF the day was spent in en-
deavor!nG to show that the Lyon Com
pany. after taking work at low prices
completed il at high prices. employing
outside influence to get the additional
money. 1t was the failure TO show
that Barnes had any knowledge of
these transactions. although owning a
fourth OF the company's stock, that
resulted In the final warning to the
Roosevelt side.
A final effort was made to set some
information useful to Roosevelt from
Charles NJ Winchester general man
ager OF the Lyon Company
Winchester had all the checks paid
to the Journal Company for commits
sions save two. These. he said, had
been lost. Further efforts TO probe
him proved wholly fruitless.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-08

Monday morning. The defense will
close then, and Mr.. WINS, for Barnes.
Will move to strike out all the tcsti-
mony relative to printing, and to direct
the jury to bring a verdict for his
client.
AS evidence that the justice did not
have in mind the exclusion of the whole
printing record. he admitted extracts
from the Lyon Company records show
Ing that Barnes's Albany journal Com
pany had been paid s37.32s.64 in com
missions for bringing business to the
Lyon Company
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-08

of the United States.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
DIET FOR THE BRAlM.WORKER
Should Be That Nourshing to the Whole Body, With Special Refer
 ence to Nervous System.

4 great deal has been said about the value of certain articles as brain food, and one of the pet theories of popular physiology has been that fish and other substances composed large ly of phosphorus are the most appro- priate diet for brain-workers. But modern science is emphasizing that the best food for the brain is that which nourishes the whole body, with special reference to the nervous sys- tenn.
 Brain power is largely an express sion through the nerves of bodily vi- tality In discussing this point in a recent treatise. Dr. George NJ. Beard says that the diet of brain-workers should be of large variety, delicately served, abundantly nutritious, of which fresh meat should be a prominent con stituent
 In vacations, or wherever it is de- sired to rest the brain, fish may. to A certain extent, take the place of meat. lie says We should select those arti- cies that are most agreeable to our individual tastes and so far as pos- sible we should take our meal amid pleasant social surroundings.
 in great crises that call for unusual exertion We should rest the stomach. that for the time the brain may work the harder, but the deficiency of nu- triton ought always to be supplied in the first interval of repose.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
POSSIBLE TO BE TOO GOOD
Writer in #om5n's Magazine Gives Some Wise Advice to Others
 cf Her Sex.

Women mourn and rail at mans un- iaithfulness but it is only fair to re- member, when such shortcomings are brought up against man as set over against woman, that lilith was just as truly a woman as Was Eve. In our accusations and rccriminations We too often forget that mans faithfulness to good woman is usually encouraged by the wiIes of q bad one. and that more often than not a woman stands at each end of the path that stretches from heaven tO hell.
 We forget, too, by what dear and lovable things q man may be held to the fair and honest ways of life. An eager comradeship with him in the things for which he cares good hu- nor in sunshine as well as in storm an easy-gong conscience as to the smaller duties of life, and an abiding love for frills and laces. these are the gentle virtues that will serve to keep sweet and eager the dreariest mascu- line heart
 Good women have a world of sin and sorrow for which to answer, and a recent chance remark of famous writer has more truth in it than we always care to believe When good women are too good" she said, to be restful dainty and sweet, they are be- ing as faithless to their marriage vows as are the tired husbands who no longer pay them homage Southern Woman's Magazine
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
ALCOHOL AND THE MAN.

Why should the sale and manufac- ture of alcoholic liquor be prohibited in our own country and in all the countries of the world? The answer, says Dr. Carolyn Geisel, in her lecture on Alcohol and the Man Himself" is found In the brain and body of man.
 She shows a chart containing the pho tographs of two brain cells-one from the brain of a normal man who had worked all his life for the good of humanity and bequeathed his body after death to the dissecting table; the other from the brain of an alco- holic, a victim of the liquor traffic, who had gone to Paris and died in dis grace, and whose body was taken to the clinique, where the bodies of criminals, paupers and defectives are used for dissection. The picture of the two brain cells shows the normal with its multitude of fine fibers, all elastic for the life vibrations like a beautiful plume of feathers, and the abnormal, a mere skeleton of what it once was, distorted stunted and thick ened, all the finest filaments gone and what Is left too stiff to feel except dimly any call of the living spirit.
 Why doesn't man stop drinking when he knows it is injuring him? This is answered by chart contain ing picture of one of the nerve cen ters of the brain. It, too, is feathery in general form and all it's fronds are in curving or bending lines, as if way ing or moving, except one. That is short little straight line coming direct from the nerve center in lateral di- rection. It Is the inhibitory nerve the one that says mo" All the Oth- CTS are nerves of action, of impulse; this alone is the curb, the check, the brake. Alcohol attacks this nerve, softens, weakens and destroys it. In the brain of an alcoholic it is absolute ly gone; how can the man say "no?" The will power which he had in his normal state is poisoned and wound ed, and it hardens until it dies. He is utterly dependent on outside control for safety
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
THE BATTLE IS THE LoRD's."

This war has given the greatest blow to the drink traffic the world has ever known. While empires are tottering, statesmen and people are beginning to realize the dangers of al cohol and all nations are recommend ing total abstinence to their soldiers says Miss Agnes F. Slack of England, honorary secretary of the Worlds w c. T. U As one magazine writer we'll puts it: That some of the cruel consequences of war should be unex- pectedly offset by great social and economic reform is one of the ironies of circumstances"
 The stars in their courses are fight ing for the destruction of the liquor traffic.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
PUT AWAY THE GINMILLS,

This is the way the "Line-O,Type or Two column of the Chicago Trib- une sizes up the situations
 If one is charitably disposed--as most of us are-he had better keep away from the poor parts of the city, and mediate at long range on the misery of the submerged fraction Nothing more quickly dries the springs of sympathy than the sight of a string of ginmills doing a thriving business. Here swarm the heads of families to fling away their wages, and we are asked to commiserate and support their wretched progeny"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
The American Calf.

Deer hunters are forbidden to kill lawns in most American states. There are laws to protect the baby seal Game fish under a certain size have their lives insured by official regula. ton. How does it happen, then. that the American butcher goes on slaugh- terinS the American calf, slashing at the throat of the nations meat and dairy supply, without audible protest from any quarter? The heifer calfs place in our system of table economy is not matter of guesswork or the ory. The calf that is eaten as veal never develops into beef, nor can it continue the race of it's valuable kind. It IS a contention of experts that a very definite reason for our dwindling beef supply is the unrestricted slaugh. ter of very young heifers.-PhiIadel phia Telegraph
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07

ine belief has been growing, That physically f, of necessity means meu- t'iy f. that physical power is the meassre of mans efficiency The one glory Of o.r college fife lies in it's sHat.". anl 'aeetaa Of muscle. The 9.. #e.l (. perfection now in cyi- de.sa is a1 iae] Of lhvsical perfcc- @.-. 'ert..s. no sacrifice is too great, lo .a ta9 0err.a Images of per. tcs. e4.lT development are kept be fore he yone Ae Apollo With hoo. enav aal muscle: but the fase f ua Christ 's growing ever more and more lu before their eyes, and is more aad more apoIogetically presented, if pre eated at all.-At- lantic
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
y()lIr Hea|th
Don't Endlanger II
 With Cal0meI

It is generally agreed 1sne 9y s@ perts in this country and and Ea5ept zjolspt that calomel has a very yr,'!u yivicn. oc. effect on the system Tn IillS srss. se counts for the familiar disagree, 1esc able feeling accompanying yI!tyis a uSSI feI. and the weakened condlVloii ~ lowing it. ,,os.
 Liv-Ver-Lax is a harmless ,";Id sSS etable compound, that IS s,,. a oaIo. ", but effective substitute cass, for eais but but not the effect, of calGlatil+. lsf # It's splendid value has pr?usn } ;u some into such wide use that .;,.alv ,l re. states it has almost entlreiS placed calomel. ,,oo and
 Just try Liv-ver-Lax e1 once acsir. ah you'll never use caiomel l,"aSring "S insist on the genuine, lo DeatlIIs af [. the likeness and signatul,.e. , l,.e.uOteed O K. Grigsby, which is guaram'Irye~. aU re. to give satisfaction or m2llsff m2glnlsfferly funded. For sale by ii'
 Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
TAXPAYERS BEGINNING TO SEE.

The liquor traffic costs more each year than our whole civil service, our army, navy and congress; the river. harbor and pension bills; all we pay for local government; all national, state and county debts; and all the schools in the country. In fact, this government pays more for liquor than for every kind of government.-Lillia M. Mitchell, president Kansas w. c. T. U.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
MOST VALUABLE ASSET,

The most Valuable asset of any state and nation is it's people The wisest financering is that which will save the people from drunkenness, poverty and crime and all the natural products of the liquor traffic, A state or nation can make no mistake even from a monetary standpoint in dissociating it. self from such business.-Lillian NJ. N. Stevens.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
TROUBLES EXAGGERATED

The liquor journals would have us believe that West Virginia's first months experience with the new tenn perance law has been a sad and dis heartening one" because, they say, the state is full of blind tigers" and liquor hides" We'll, so is Illinois and Ohio and New York and all the other wet" states
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
BEGINNING OF DRuNKARD.

Every drunkard was once a moder- ate thinker
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
Our Ideal of Perfection.

The modern world has a new and elaborate dogma of the body, but con viction (if it eXisD in regard to the soul is tentative and wary. For many past years the faith has been te
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07
SALOONS sUPPLANTED.

On one street in Wheeling, W. Va, for seven squares where formerly were located 23 saloons there are now found shoe stores, drug stores, meat shops and business enterprises of va riOus other kinds.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07

Let me have your subseIap"est sstur. the Ladies Home Journal -. i centle day Evening Post and Country n;.a o Tour, nal and Post are S1.5O eaeh "r " year. Country Gentleman is Sl'oV p' Jack Johnson, Jr.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-07

UNIONS UNKNOWN.
 Ehere is no ulion-made whisky.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-10

First came the chemical engine,
snoring sparks and smoke. swaying
on one wheel around corners and go-
ing like the deuce.
Then came the hook-and-ladder,
with Fireman Flannery on the rear
step still getting into his boots.
Then the water tower!
Then the fire chief, rafting past
like the wind.
Then the insurance patrol, with a
fire bell Of its own and all.
II.
MY goodness said the chief, III
looks 70 be one maas of flames al
ready"
Jumping from his carriage, h,
pushed through the crowd. Then BIZ
blushed furiously.
A tall man. was standing in groul
of firemen, swearing horribly.
"Ah, there y,arc, Chief he shout.
ed. Il thought yon promised me thi.
wouldn't happen again. Inn gettir
sick an tired Of havin' an alarm
turned in on me every time l take Of
my hat to lady!''
I'll was Sandros Murphy, the reddest
headed man in Texasl
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-10
BRIDGEPORT

fsfs
BRIDGEPORT. Feb. 1o.-The fu-
neral of Mrs. Mary Binegar, aged 70,
who died Sunday evening Of pneu.
monia. was held at Simpson Tuesday
afternoon and interment followed in
a cemetery there.
The deceased woman was a mem.
Der Of. the Methodist Episcopal
church and a good woman. She is
survived by two sons and three
daughters. The SONS are Clarence
and Fred, Of Bridgeport. and the
daughters are Mrs. Charles Bartlett,
OF Wheeling, and Mrs Lloyd Bart
lett and Miss Belle Binegar. Of
Bridgeport.
Mrs. J. ]. Layman is a surgical
patient In a Baltimore hospital.
W. n. sharps. OF Grasseiii and
BENJAMIN Stout, OF Lost Creek, were
recent business visitors. Z
Miss Lena Ruttencutter, Of ciarks-
burg, was a recent guest Of Mrs. q.
II. Taylor and Mrs. Earl Osgerby.
/ Miss Dale Stout, OF Buckhannon
was q recent guest Of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartor Stout.
a G. n. Holden was d recent guest
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-10
Eyerybodyss COLLEGE.

EyerybOdy's College.
There Is discussion OF the agitation
In Boston to add newspaper reading
as a part of the public school course!
In this connection the Louisville
Courier Journal has the following:
Newspaper reading undpubfedIy
is educative. AS a factor for public
establishment 1t Is second only to tho
schools. The newspaper, of course, Is
not perfect, and there are many dir
fcrent kinds Of newspapers. some Of
them hardly to be recommended for
reading in school or elsewhere. But
most papers strive for accurac..
None Of them is perfect, but many OF
them are. making progress. II is
doubtless possible to make use OF
them to advantage in the school work
but, whether they are put in the cur
riculum or not, the wideawake school
children will read them and will
profit thereby
In some Of the rooms OF the Blue
field schools this has been at times
a practice. and a good one. The chill
dren can gain more valuable informa-
ton in a hall hour devoted to this
purpose than they can in two hours
devoted to the three Rs. 1t keeps
them MP TO the moment. No other
textbook can, do that. Geography,
History. and other studies only tell
THAT has been, but the newspapers
tell what is going on now.-Bluefeld
Telegraph.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-10
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THE RAG FAIR.

Nearly every visitor to Rome fro
ouents the piazza where the rag fair
is held. In no other market In tho
world can be seen such an endless
variety Of wares. To write u list Of
Ella the things one may discover In
these lanes Of dirty booths would be
almost equal to copying the diction-
airy.
When 1t is remembered that Rome
was once glutted with precious loot
from all lands, II is not surprising
that yalnables OF great historic and
intrinsic value ure constantly being
unearthed and brought to the market
from the rubbish In Its ruins.
An impoverished scholar who had
been trading in the market place
found his purchase OF two ounces OF
butter wrapped in an autograph IT
Christopher Columbus.
One Of the largest diamonds, owned
by the Gear of Russia was sold here
as q piece OF glass. Neither the
peasant who found 1t In the Cam
pagna, nor the greasy old peddier
who sold 1t In the market, had any
idea OF It's value, and 1t sold for a
b
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-10

few coppers.
A miller from Kansas picked up a
queer looking pebble which he no.
ticed lying under the wheels OF a fish
cart. His companion was an author
ity in old mosaics and knew where
the fragment came from. 1t fitted
exactly tiny break in one of the
walls Of the Church OF s. Maria Mag.
eiore. which Is claimed to have BEEN
a part Of an old palace dating from
the time Of Septimus Seyerus. :
Day after day tile experts make the
rounds looking through the odds ami
ends. Although they may be, unre
warded for awhile, II is said tina,
every one Of them eventually makes
his find. 3
The writer once haunted the rag
fair every day for six weeks, thinkips
that II he could pick up drinking
sup that had been owned by Tiberius
or a salt-celfar that had been used b,
Caesar. It would lend atmosphere tc
the mantlepiece back home, but the
only luck he had was to catch the
niumps and have his pocket picked.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-10

skepnbi lean Landslide which nearly
yiRen out an Oyerwhe Ginning Demo
cratic majority In Congress. II sem
tence could have been passed then
instead Of having to be deferred 0l
account Of our governmental appoint
mepts, Wilson would now be in the
class Of former presidents.
The date OF sentence Will be March
=, 1917, when Republican will be
ipangurated president. a feeling that
tins Is certain grows stronger every
day, and some rabid Democrats go 90
far as to say that that man will be
former President William Il. Taft,
which idea the Telegram does not en-
terrain. II matters not, however, so
much who the man is, so long as prin-
ciplee recognized as best for the well
fare OF the country prevail.
With the exception OF the declara-
ton that the Wilson administration
is on trial the Telegram agrees with
the following utterances Of the Con-
nelisyille, Pa. Courier, although II
may be that further Shortcomings
and those OF the present may. be re-
earded such as TO make the sentence
- Say 1nVie PtUuVuuStu WHEN ~ 10
formally imposed:
"Do the Republican papers forget
she troubles Of the Taft administra-
tion?' demands the Connellsyille
News. Democratic administration or
gan.
No: they don't forget; but they are
making noble effort to do so; and
that is one Of the things which Is
Worrying the Democratic organiza-
lion.
Moreover, the Taft administration
is not on trial Just now. 1t has passed
into history, and the judgments for
and against it have been duly res
corded. Its troubles are over.
The Wilson administration, the dis
cussion Of whose stewardship pro-
vcked the peeyish outburst OF our
Democratic contemporary, is in charge
OF the government. 1t IS on trial be-
fore the people. It is fair subject
for discussion.
We may add that the troubles Of
the Taft administration were trifes
compared with the woes of the Wilson
administration, and the end is not yet.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-10
Z Supportinr Ryidence.

Following up the declaration of the
Democratic leader of the House Of
Representatives that his party was
facing q deficit OF over So, 100000 at
the end OF the fiscal year, and who
stated that unless the appropriations
were modified the necessity for an
other special tax or bond issue
would ensue, Nh. Underwood's state
ments are more than supported by the
showing Of the revenues made for
January. Just closed. While the first
month OF the year is generally shy on
collections OF national revenues, the
record of January. Just passed, exhib-
its an extraordinary large shortage
0l receipts In comparison with the dis
bursements OF the treasury.
Including the collections from the
income tax and the special revenue
tax, the receipts still show the deficit
Tor the month to be ss,G00,00O. When
these two measures were nut in ac-
tive operation we were assured by the
administration they were ample to
meet all charges on the treasury. But
Democratic estimate is like Demo-
cratic performance, not to be depends
6 ed on, says the Wheeling 1ntelligen-
w. 1SOth VI -tuS1C HeW FeNeuuH
measures are proving themselves to
be sadly deficient
To give look in on the uneconom-
ic Democratic policies 1t may be stated
that the expectations OF the emer-
gency or internal revenue tax was
over 81 !000, 900 per month. The jan
nary collections were about $4,000
600. This ratio may not keep up, but
u cannot be expected that future
months will come anyways near the
estimated amount. Crediting the eff
/ feet the war may have upon this con-
dition, rthe real trouble started when
the Underwood bill went into effect
aggrayated by the reckless extraya-
sance in the appropriations of Con-
gtess, It would be Interesting to nave
The president apply his psychological
theory to this situation. The party
leaders are surely in a state of nindp
oyer what confronts them, hut not in
the sense the president once attribu-
tod to the people of the country.