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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-05

nee. -
Mr. FoStSr held ONE
time that weston and le
was In the midst OF the
The count was
at that time and twelve saloons
ished within the corporate limit
Weston. Thts with the great
of people caused by the OH
ment made work for the court
Mr. Fosters term was m o1ceeds
busy one. During that term A1kofna
Foster prosecuted many big .5L9
gained the reputation OF ma
of the best prosecutions ever
IN the county Despite
and the 1nsfstence Of many
he declined to run for re- eleette1
the end of his term.
Since 1904 Mr. Foster has
himself to the general ctsce qk 3
prof lon. f1e Is conc edsd To- e %
az ta1a most success
a thS local bar hut; IN = T.
Iekna work he has lyieSXl Eu1n '|'r
to devote e part rR lf9f -
politics During t6e tSlQ sfH
Afr rs q .1lla klSsi Az
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-05

The CIarAkbuEG TelHsram
sincerely takes great pleasure
In nreAentinRetf1es IEawiss county
edition, The ,HelegTaIn iR; the
only daily Rapubl tcenI nenApa-
per. publishes I'M the Third West
SNirganfA Congressional dfstEdctS
composed off eIaVaus countfass
andispme time asp tl4a idea wlss
0QnceaKads to- pllf1l3eh a series
OF speciaI edit IONS one for eachs
county I'M the d let. The pyrI
pose Of the etii t4ops IL tor hplpg;
closer together the businAAa
and polittcal iutaraSts of the
dsetgscA With that end I'M vtaH
the nlApa lJa heazl puts into az
tom andE'tlle 11es1is county assi-
tipn 81. thes first or the specsaI
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-05
IssFinanced Wholly by Local
Capital. The Plant Furnislles
Light, Power, Water and Ice.
to the People of Weston.
Ice Plant is Latest Addition.

II ID doubtful whether one could
md a better equipped plant any
where IN West Virginia. than the
Weston Electric Light, Power and
Water Company. In November. 1883.
the company vas Organized Win sloo..
confined itself entirely to the manu-
facture of electric light. That year
water works was installed and the
capital stock was increased. In 1905
Ia new turbine machine was added to
the plant at an approximate outlay
OF SIS 900. About this time the com
5pany invested about $4,000 in their
own gas wells. In 1905 a storage
dam was constructed and another out
Law OF several thousand dollars was
aecaasftated In 1908 new boilers
were Installed and a new office build
ing was constructed. From 1908
various other improvements We're
made and in 1913 filter plant was
added which cost $4,000 Al the
present time the company Is putting
In an ice plant, costing $4,000 AS
matter OF fact the ice plant as con-
Epleted and ice is being produced. the
buiiding is CONSTRUCTED Of concrete
and was built by the Concrete Steel
Bridge Company, of Clarksburg, W..
=. Electric Plant.
The electric plant furnishes all the
electric current consumed by the,
citizens of Weston. There are between
SIX and seven thousand lights burn
ing in. the city and all OF this curren.
comes from the plant of the Weston
Electric Light, Power and Water
ICompany's plant The gas used at
the plant is piped from Murpays
creek and into two 600 horse power
boilers. A corless engine of 200
horse power runs during the day and
a $50 horse power engine runs dur
ing the night. These two enga;.es
Tns Filter Plant.
/ The filter plant of the local COM
many is one of the best In the atc.
The Roberts. improved ttlier sJsIsm
lis the one used and by 1t about 6Nt
900 gallons OF filtered was.- Is p:o=
duced each day. OF this antsnnt about
400. 900. gallons arc wasted. From me
time that gallon of water = <pss'nped
from the West Fork river llntil e /, is
delivered. in the, reservoir for publ:c
eonsnmption, twelve hours have
elapsed.
selys interesting and to the layman
ianpears really wonderful. The water
"a bumped from the West Fork river
into a great basin: called the subsid-
ance basin. This basin has capa-
rity Of 100000 gallons. Here: the
water is treated With alum, and it iss
here that the. aEst proeessi OF hateT-
alton is applied. The alum causast
the dirt and sand In the, water to set
tile to the bottom Of the basin ana By
reliable test IL ta estimated that the,
water loses from, sixty to; seventy
ave per cent of the mud here.
The water Passes. from thlAs. gLaab
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-05

The home merchant is the indivi-
dual who stands behind his guaran-
that you may sustain from the goods
that you have bought.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-05

Don't you know that every dollar
that you send out of Westona for
merchandise, is sent to strangely
TO men who never spend dollar In,
Weston-to Smen who would not
trust you for box Of matches.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-05
ND WESTON THE
GA En- SPOT q
CEN RAL VA.
Possess Advantages That Are Uncomfortable. There IS Ne
ohef Town Of Size the STATE TR3 Has q seaa
CIVIC Pride is the Predomnate FheAah Ct fhe AVERAGE
Citizen of Weston.

In6f u46LQEY# 01 -lAAs9H16 t&>4o94tJ 4t1eSSse
from 1917. at which time It was taken
from Harrison county. Virginia
Fleshersvi1ls was the first settlement
IN the county and IN fact the only
one for years Wien the new county
was foEmed the frst step made was
stafe selection o IA site for the county
seat This was first made ct West
Field, near the present. site OF Jane
Lew. Some time later Lewis Max.
well Elias Lowther and John MCCOY
were appointed by the county court
to- mlssfoners to locate. q new
site The ground upon which the pres
ant court house and ISL stands was
purchased from Henry F1esher for
$500 and the commissioners reported
that the most suitable site for q |
county seat was the farm of Henry
Elesber, located on the banks OF the
West Fork of the MononGahela Ttyers
/ above the mouth OF Stone Coal creek.
! On the EAST side OF the river. This
new town was called Preston, In
hpnoD of Hon. James Preston. most
distinguished gentleman who had at
one time been governor OF virginia
i IN 1895 the name of the town was
changed to Weston, and January e,
1876, It became an incorporated town
under that name.
The State Hospital.
at that time and during the years
that followed condition arose IN
shis territory that resulted in the ap-I
spoin lment OF q committee tp locate
che site 1oF stasa 4osP a Y los ha s
insane Ehis aPp9lnslnsns e - .s sSsSs
Who we're unable fo pbtaiA. admission
: 10 either the h0spasal at auRseQn, q
the one at lNamshnrg. Both OF |
Tnese mst1f haa % 10y EtPsA R ~.
cnts az lhsy esanig cas- 1oE A 4.ssrt q
was 4eesded g CONSUME g: nsM AosR
"a Wesi 81 lnsa
of $25.0g ZOE lnls I1ffP9Ra AA nFa ~ ~
March 2 2:ss lSs SsoYerp2r EsnrEy a a |
Wise appqantea W 1870 $500
the site The coH1nittee cpnsiased GIL
\ Hon. Thomas s. WastAaee, pL i, sstp.5
burg DE. glelassns = p sso -
Roc King CHAM. me ge1p ap vis sls..t
Weston and several el: - otner PAGES; gulL
as Weston 0Mera the pest l nsanrs =.
ment ITO ma PnysaSfhl ssTanSS1pSeeaApie' y
was chosen as the ste
only porlak9n q Ilg Nsat5s,s IS |.
finished and ready Tor the fafepIsoh 9s, o.
patients during the civil wal wal. th !s, |
first supsrinte ndent was as 'iJr. lanes a. g |
Hill. who was appoqaHnnIeeiaa. S'c.osp ge =, |
1863.
me VosI; ~. j,
At the. present ta1qs t4hhe c3st ri 5,. W
construction ct the a2spatsat 3u1laq 9lI4 Y
ing IS Quilt OF peauallIuA any
ing sandstone. blush qua A4ty- u
length The butldtppg 1s as FL 1ssh a4s
cost OF con;stsrne @ 1nl1s aeSS6e
alone. was som more 1 -lssl
1000 The last session OF the state
llegislatnre appropr1ated neat sum
for the copstrusti OF an an lQsYts1IS
building which viii pc stared IAN IAN
a short time. AT the 1sa 9feSshhr l1l1f
there are 900 inmates e 1falas 1n ss5
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-08
NE MEXICAN SITUATION

Laredo, Tex, July Bone OF the
fiercest battles of Mexican revolution
is impending in Monterey section.
Train service on cOnstitutiOnalist
lines between NUevo Laredo and
Monterey suspended while trains
carry troops reinforcements to south
of Monterey. There Gen. TTevinO is
assembling CaTranzista army to meet
VilliStas.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-08
IouOR lie TOLL Heavy

LIQUOR LIFE TOLL HEAVY
Atlantic City, N. j., July ar-The
legalized liquor traffic is killing men
at the rate of 1000 a day, according
to Rev. A. w. Leonard, D. D., pastor
of First Methodist Episcopal church
at Seattle, Wash. Addressing dele
gates to the Anti-SaloOn League of
America convention today he added
that liquor death rate for world is
100000 a year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

ment In New York City. We quickly fill
I'D the ranks assuming we have reserve
system), get the men their outfits secure
horses, wagons and ammunition. Two or
three days might see the job through. But
suppose il Is not 900 men in New York, but
II 600 900 men distributed throughout the coun-
try--how does the problem look?
We will assume that this million are regu-
lars and not militia, and that to place them on
a war footing means the calling up of not
more than 30 per cent of reservists and horses
II they were militia the problem would be
nuItiplied at rapid rate. Within the tri-
angle. Chicago Richmond Boston Tin very
rough scnse), the difficulties OF mobilization
would be a great deal less than in the thiniy
peopled districts OF the Southern Southwestern
and Western states. Through those states no
one who has looked into the facts governing
European notifications can imagine that II
would take less than six weeks, under favor
able conditions, 10 carry out the process. To
find, examine and distribute the 10000 horses
involved would be grave problem, Infinitely
complicated by tho well-known fact that trans
portation OF horses from west TO east involves
heavy loss by disease and calls for acelimatiza-
ton at the end of the journey.
An interesting little sum is this: II il takes
an army veterinary ten minutes to examine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

They must enjoy sitting down now and then
to a good oyster sandwich"
"Hm" The youngster l had addressed
craned his neck up Desberg way.
"Hml Waiter"
Yes: the one in evening clothes with the
blond face and the low collar and no vest"
The youngster gazed at me pityingly
Hes a moving picture actor, and very able.
| can't see any resemblance to a waiter, my
self"
"Oh" says /, humbly, moving up the table
out OF reach Of his scathing glance.
LISTENING TO AN "OVERTONE."
Down at the coffee pot end of the table sat
an "Overtone" talking in an undertone, as it
were. Whether it was her real self or her
other self or her higher self I don't know, but
one thing is certain, and that Is that Pendle-
ton King said the play was quite the most
obviously clever play of the lot" compliment
rather dubious, perhaps. 1t furnishes good
small talk anyway, if you're ever in a tight
place.
"Wha, does your Overtone think of thatP
is a very humorous way to phrase it when you
mean brass tacks, and it's sure to get laugh.
| know, for heard it tried.
There was a yellow tie down the table adorn-
ing the brown eyes and hair Of very person
able young man.
who's that?" l nudged the press agent
walter Frank just butler in 'Whims,' you
know but a wonderfully good actor in the
other group OF plays"
Oh, yes; | remembered him. He was
sage in these other plays, and even back stage
was handsome enough.
Back stage at the Bandbox is more fun than
in front, by the way, and quite different from
the other back stages in the theatre world.
I was once hustled of the stage during mere
rehearsal by no other hand than the firm one
Of Miss May Irwin. who for that short and
agonizing period lost her role of jollity and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

Ernest Poolel And Lydia Lopokowa had her
young back turned squarey to him. The ways
of woman are ever marvellous.
Cant we tear Lydia away moment
lack?" demanded Manager Goodman. "You
look like the big ogre and the little fairy, any
way and We
I'm Just telling Miss Lopokowa I'm going
to write play for her." replied the ogre with
dignity
"Oh. we'll, if you're talking business" re-
treated Mr.. Goodman
q know something funny" threw out Lucy
Huffaker, press agent for the players and gem
eral chum and conhdante
"Well?" they encouraged.
Helen Wesley has a funny-lookng dress
store"
What! the fastidious Helen|
Yes; she thinks il pretty
In came Miss Wesley.
"Oh, see my IS dress" she exclaimed, throw
ing her coat open to exhibit rose frock
trimmed with strips of white cotton, simulat-
ing fur, of course.
And they eered the poor girl about her
funny dress until she drew of into corner
with kind-hearted gentleman, Pendleton
King, and would not even be comforted with
an oyster sandwich.
Oyster sandwiches are the staff of life for
the Bandboxers. it seems You're queer If you
don't like them, and conspicuous if you don't
order them. Miss Huffaker was having fried
potato and egg affair, for instance, when her
old childhood friend. the famous war CORE
spondent, happened to spy it.
Lucy he accused, with his bit OF lisp,
you're not being primitive. You're always
blufing around about being primitive, and now
here you are ordering Delmonico stuff
Lucy however. finished 1t calmly and then
left to change her theatre clothes for her
Greenwich Village toys
I'VE love you even In your rags, Lucy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

consoed Eddie Goodman when she returned
Dudley Tucker sat beaning upon the long
table. He looked up and down the rows APP
provingly. He heard the bursts OF laughter
and laughed too. These were the Washing
ton Square Players, but they were also awfully
Jolly companions, and he, one Of the origina-
tors OF their whole mutual existence felt like
proud and happy father or a proud and
happy landlord.
But Miss Lucy was no proud and happy
parent
Il feel like an irate mother whose children
won't behave" she growled. Here we have a
reporter and an artist and everything and these
people won't say single clever thing. I'd
like to spank EN- all and stand EN- in a corner"
Now, Lucy, l have split lip. Don't ex-
pect me TO say anything witty" begged Eddie
Goodman.
ooh, mercy, not you, Eddie never expect
you to. But
Down the table sat Florence Enright the
frenzed little wife in THE Honorable Lover
She had Kissed and frothed and foamed and
flung around so much in the spirited Italian
play that one could hardly believe this COM
posed. serious young woman was one and the
same. Her stage husband, Edward Ballantine,
had also been rather jumpy in the drama, but
off the stage he was positively morose-which
metamorphosis in personality clinched the
opinion that these two were good at their job
Of acting.
Friends" came voice, we have an apart
rnent to furnish and three lone sticks OF turni-
ture What'll we do?'
Let's levy contribution
For me?" Helen Wesley had come to life
again, thinking, of course, they were talking
about her poverty dress.
Next to Andrew Desberg, painter, who kept
his overcost on because Of the cold shoulder OF
a fair darnsel to his left, perhaps, sat NICE
blue-eyed waiter.
~ do approve of your democratic spirit
commended; walters get so tired just waiting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

assumed one of stern authority. But here at
the Bandbox even during play back stage is
as interesting front
During The Antck," for example, on the
last night, everybody back stage was engaged
in the entertaining business of trying to make
the people on the stage laugh. And they did,
the result being a much more amusing "An-
tick" than Percy Mackaye had written. Fur
thermore, the seriousness of what is being por-
trayed in drama does not need to interfere with
the pursuit of happiness behind the scenes
THE GOAT JOINS IN.
Not at ALL" said Philip Moeller, author of
"Heena's Husband" as he caught little Flor
ence Enright in his arms for waltz right
there and then, while the youth on the stage
was declaring his undying love for the saucy
Julie.
There is a goat in THE Antick" digni-
fed white goat who turns up his nose at a
chicken sandwich, much less tin cans, and ap
parently is the edition de luxe Of his kind.
He remains in great hauteur in the stage door
alley until the time for his magnificent en-
trance. But before the curtain went up this
night he committed the indignity of emitting
a few we'll chosen beats.
William Pennington, stage manager up high
in the lighting system somewhere, groaned.
"Oh, now. he's beginning that, is he? Not
content with hogging the entire scene when
he's on, he must needs make himself heard
before his act Professional jealousy, thy name
is goatW
The French Captain in Fire and Water
came out all dressed and ready
Except for my field glasses" he said, Il
swear, won't be able to remember the part
without them"
"Dudley's got them up at the Harvard-Yale
game" explained Mr.. Pennington; whenever
we need anything for private purposes we just
take 1t from the props here"
1t was almost time for the curtain to 60 up;
the minute call had been given.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

should the railroad men control the concen-
tration projects which they do not understand
A combination has to be effected, and II ar
ranged before the emergency arises it Will
insure the adjustment of ideas between the
military and the railroad men, which is indis-
pensable for smooth working. We know
enough of the history of railroad concentra-
tons since 1870, however secret the facts may
be held by the European staffs to construct
commission on sound lines.
An army corps the headquarters of which
should be in San Francisco, with its units dis
tributed over four or FIVE outlying states, could
mobilize perhaps one division in three weeks,
the rest of its troops in six; this army corps
could not be concentrated at New York City
as a unit in much if anything under two
months. On the other hand, an army corps
distributed in New England might be able,
with a perfect system and not too heavy a
percentage of reservists, to mobilize in eight
days, and TO concentrate on any rail point
between New York and Boston in two days
more Between New York and Buffalo, or
New York and Philadelphia. and thence tow
ard Baltimore or Harrisburg. the facilities
again are excellent But the instant you move
south or southwest from Washington toward
Florida or Texas you enter territory in which
both mobilization and concentration would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
Mobilization Problem Not Unlike
Commission
portahon Experts Necessary Rapid Action.

slow up and involve weeks instead of days.
Again turning TO Russia, we have an inter
esting case to study. Like in this country,
mobilization and concentration presented inn
mense difficulties On her western border,
right on the edge of one of her few compare
lively dense and rich provinces, was a possible
enemy, with highly developed military sys-
TEN. Germany could mobilize and concentrate
in relatively few days large army that
threatened the conquest of Poland long before
Russia could get her armies in the field. And
So what was Russia compelled to do1 Apart
from fertilization, she concentrated in peace
time an army in Poland which was kept on
semi-war footing; that was the army which was
sent out to the disaster in Mukden in the
spring of COS. And this demonstrates what Is
the only valid approach to our problems of
mobilization and concentration. Like Russia
we have a country OF great distances and wide
spread population. Like Russia we have a
rich, highly developed area: and like Russia we
have possible enemies in position to strike
rapid blows at that area. Here, however the
comparison ceases. We have not, as Russia
had. to provide for meeting an enormous ma
tional army, but only heavy raid And we
need not. as she did, place an army OF adequate
size on serni-war footing at the very point
of attack. A less measure will suffice. A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

horse; if he accepts one horse out Of two pre-
scented, and if he works ten hours day, how
many veterinaries could draft 10000 horses
into the service in one week?
Now, we have over 100000 Of horses,
OF which about one-ffth are in considerable
towns and cities. In any scheme Of territorial
distribution OF even much fewer than million
men we shall be compelled TO place one unit
in strict relation to the horse supply il we
wish to accomplish mobilization effectively
1t is clear, therefore, that rapdty OF mo-
bilizaton can be secured in the direct ratio OF
the holding OF numbers down to the smallest
safe estimate OF one requirement, and of the
distribution OF our troops not on any scheme
to satisfy political conditions, but on one to
satisfy mobilization conditions. The conccn-
traton problem runs parallel.
CONCENTRATION
Concentration is wholly a question OF rail-
roads. From St. Louis Chicago TO Philadel-
phia-New York, we have a system which. if
properly organized for war. can carry through
a fairly large movement of concentration with
rapidity. A railroad commission would have
10 be constituted. not in time OF war but right
now, consisting OF representatives OF the Gen
eral staff and OF the railroad companies. For
the military should not control the railroad
working, which they do not understand nor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

scheme OF mobilization and concentration Will
answer the purpose, but it must be one in %
which the time factor is closely reckoned in
all its details.
The smaller our numbers, the nearer our
peace time units are to their reservists, theh
horses, and to supply, ammunition and indus
trial resources the more rapidly can we face
sudden storm. This indicates clearly the
only valid distribution of our army. Leaving
on one side, for the moment, the Californian
question, our army must be clustered about
New York, with wings extending TOWARD
Philadelphia and Boston. The regimental &C.
rots, when we get them, must be in the cities
that lie along the great trunk lines. The re-
mount establishments must be adequately pre-
pared for the rush moment, and placed near
the mass of horses--the greatest is IN New
York City-yet safely back from the coast ana
at points where railroad concentration and DIS
tribution can best be carried out.
We have now laid down the principles 90
which can be solved some of the factors u .
the question with which we began. We had 70
solve problem. within fourteen days. anu
within one hundred miles Of New York In.
remainder of the question concerns taeu9"
efficiency. Assuming a successful mooii'ls'
ton and concentration of our troops within 'h'
given time and space, what would those troops
have to develop in terms of war work along
the twenty-five miles Of hostile 'front.' whe''
we have placed them' In other words. wn'' =
numbers, and what efficiency, should we ~ =
quirc3
That question I will discuss in my next
article.
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