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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25

Uniyersiy Of Cincinnati Is 1 strikihS
IeSApaple of how an educational insti-
tuition may render practical assistance
and effect economics, In the conduct
|cf 8 municipal government.
All Of the supplies offered rs deal
ers and contractors to the city gov
eminent OF Cincinnati are first test
led by the University bureau. and
must come up To- certain accnrate
scientific standards before they are
accepted. Thus. a coal dealer selling
to the city OF Cincinnati must gua1-
fntee d certain number OF heat units
per pound Of fuel. and that the
amount OF ash per pound will not ex-
Eceed certain amount. Not only the
samples he submits. but the coal de-
livered, Is tested. and at frequent In
Itervals.
The amount Of money saved for the
people Of Cincinnati by this system Is
enormous. The difficulty OF any
graft in the awarding or filling OF
contracts under system OF scientific
tests is self-eyident.
During 1914, the bureau tested $50
carloads Of cement for the city, and
Irejected eleven carloads as being in
Ifertor. BY testing the quality OF fire
hose contracted for by the city, abort
| $11 900 was saved in 1914.
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Made by Reeds office Shows
Much Business Done There
During January.

1
CHARLESTON, Feb. 20 1.-The report
of Secretary of State Stuart r. Reed
tor the month Of January shows that
forty-seven charters were issued to
resident corporations; eight to nom
resident corporations; eleven in
creased their authorized capital stock,
while four decreased. The right to-
foreign corporations to do business in
West Virginia was granted to four,
while thirteen corporations surren-
dered their charters
The receipts Of the Office for tho
month were: From charters $2,000.75
from fees, books and tax on great
seal, $l,459.50, making total o.:
81, 460.25
The largest of the resident corpor.
atoms to be chartered was the Chester
Rubber Tire & Tube Company, OF
Chester, with an authorized capital of
s2,00a.000; the Fairmont & Mononga-
hela Coal Company, OF Falrmont. with
an authorized capital OF 100000;
United Pocahontas Coal Company. Of
Crumpler, $500 900; Amber Oil Gre
filming Corporation, of Parkersburg.
$400,0 900; Otter-Birch Coal & Coke
Company, of Sutton, $3.50 900; United
Schools Company, Clarksburg, $780,
900; Tanners Extract Company,
Charleston, $4,000; Kanawha Crude
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~ Kernel In the C0cOanlt.
The editor OF the Charleston Mail
Is INDUCING in lot of generalities
and blatitudes these days concerning
ut III he calls Crooked Politics" In
This state. ..sl
II seems that IL he would make
ibis case, he should be specific. There
Is ahimus In his articles. It is evil
don't too. that he is trying to justify
himself
The Telegram has seen no proof
pf Ills recently affected solicitude for
tho welfare Of the people of the
slate, while 1t does feel that the In
4iiehce of Big Interests" have been
thrown his way.
II is more than suspected that ne
Is not without spot or blemish. BE
that DIS it may, let him name his men
and the crimes they have committed.
He charges graft but he has failed to
show it. He should come clean. He
sh0ufd make good the charge, II he
knows. ;.
Until something more tangible Is
dxanced, the people OF this state
Will not question the sincerity ana ana
integrity OF Governor Hatfield and
his official family. They are known
as honorable, upright men, earnestly
endeavoring to bring about the high
Z est possible welfare Of the state.
They are not showing themselves
ifiexibte or submissive to the wiles oil
the 1ioneyed power. They are not
fenlibted in movement to shoulder
UNNECESSARY burdens on the people in
order, that big business may escape.
III Is believed that the Mail is dis;
plessed In particular that any effort
should have been made to compel q
Hight and heat company to give Its
c6nsumers reasonable rates for SER
vice. This Is the kernel in the cocoa
nut with the Mail editor.
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sayine ior An FABRICATION.

i In most schools of America thrift
( Is, a subject left to take care OF itself.
Gradhates 60 out into the world with
no definite ideas about the happiness
there is in thrift, OF the value OF home
gardens, OF household management, OF
= Nise Investment and wise allotment of
Income for the expenses Of home, busi-
mess and seR.]Montgomery Adyer-
The School OF Journalism OF the
UntH ersity Of Missouri has prepared a
series OF advertisements for the banks
sof that state in which the cause OF edit
cation and the encouragement of the
habit OF saving are admirably united.
you will open an account with
us when your son enters high school
says one of the advertisements, "a1id
s1et him Help you each week, by the
time he completes his high school
course there will be sufficient In, the
fund to take him through college,
or course, the purpose Is to have
pafents save money with the cduca-
ton Of their children as an object and
then use those savings by sending
the, young people to the Missouri In
thEttulUu.l ouL me lued 10 d. SOUu Uue
for spareIlts everywhere. What father
Z or mother could not take to heart
such an argument as the following:
200 year will give your son OF
dapKiter a university education.
sphis is about the average yearly
expeiiSe OF each OF the $500 students
y the University Of Missouri
Only $40 d month deposited in the
9dnk at compound interest for eight.
months will enable your son te
tehieYe his hearts desire for a college
cdiiration. He can earn enough In
faeations to finish out the fund"
such a purpose provides one of tho
sif0tgest possible motives for thrifty
liyIhg.
"a this connection. 1t is not out o.
elece to consider the advisability Of
Ewing lessons OF thrift place in tn,
courses OF study in both elementar,
md advanced schools. The condition
outlined by the. Montgomery news
pspef. quoted above. is all too true
and these things ought not SO to be Il
his nation is to continue to prosper
II should.
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the Exclusive Viewpoint OF public vel
fare. the press is united In ax-
preston that Il Il. d good thing fer
the state. The Huntington. Adver-
tlset, 4 Democratic newspaper. neat
iatnre In passing the bill. It says:
The county salaries bill which has
been enacted at the session OF the
legislature now drawing to close,
Is one good piece Of legislation.
The measure, as adopted, may
have defects. but It is step in the
right direction at any rate.
I The fee system for county officers
has been q disgrace to West Virginia.
It requires no extraordinary degree
Of ability to be clerk Of the county
court. nor to fill the ofiice Of sheriff,
for instance. The responsibilities Of
the ONCE arc not so tremendous. Yet
In many West Virginia counties the
sheriff receives remuneration two,
three, four, or even Ave times as
great as the governor Of West Vir-
ginia, or OF state supreme court
Judge, double that OF a senator oil
the United States or a cabinet menu
Der, greater than that OF a chief JUS
tice OF the supreme court OF the
United States, Of the vice president
| OF the United States. OF an aribassa-
dor of the United States to Paris.
London, Berlin or ST. Petersburg.
The remuneration of the county clerk
| I'm many counties has not been much
less.
The salaries that have been fixed
for the various Offices are ample in
most instances. and the. provision
that the law is not elective until the
end Of the terms Of the officials now
| in office 1isposes Of the plea that a
salary law would work an injustice
upon man who was elected to an
office with the expectation that pres
lent conditions would continue
through his term of Office.
There may not hereafter be such
a wild scramble for some Of the bic
county offices, but that, in itself, will
prove by no means an unhealthy
condition.
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Klobfessie House was worked with
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FRAsvE LETTE
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EAST LONDON.

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The poor quarter Of London is ur-
riyaled as the greatest center Of
sqnalid 3povrety to be found on the
globe. No other place can even ap-
proach Its Unparalleled meanness and
monotony. There is city Of more
than two million inhabitants-inor
people than there are In Berlin. Phil-
adelphia, Moscow or Vienna-yet
which is SO denighted that It has
neither cathedral, high school. q
newspaper office. a book store, nor a
hotel.
According to recent statistics 90
per cent OF the population OF East
London have no religion at all, and
only four persons out Of every hum
dred ever go to church. So far as
the investigators could learn. the
reason for the failure OF the. masses
to attend service was not caused BY
hostility to religion but simply In
difference to 1t. They neither knew
nor cared anything about It.
The same Investigators found that
only one person in every 500 in the
whole OF East London was indepen-
dent Of his days work. This means
that 500 people out of every 6 100 must
get UP in the morning and bestir
themselves in order to satisfy their
hunger and provide a roof for the
night. It means that all they can
get for their days exertion will pro.
vide them with no more than, this,
and that II they fail to work every
day they must either beg or steal OF
starve.
Public spirit is so lacking in this
quarter that the authorities make no
further appeal to the martial In
stancts OF the people living there.
No flags fiygover the public buildings,
no soldiers are CHARTERED there, and
there are no parades of troops
through the streets.
What is the use? You cannot fire
the blood Of people who have no in
.terest in God or country or anything.
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CIVIL. SERVICE
IN Near Future
For Many Positions in Gov
eminent Service.

Civil service examinations will BIZ
held during the next few weeks fol
many government positions, as fol
lows:
February. "a. laboratory helper;
March 2, designing engineer. mar.
keting specialist, assistant in boys
and girls club work, consultinf
mining engineer, geologist, medica
and surgeon. specialist II
mental and nervous diseases, bacter
iologist and pathologist. inosgar.it
chemist in chemical nietollorgy, my
cologist; March 10 and III, junior
chemist; March 16, Assistant in cit,
marketing Investigations: food ant
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T 81 E DAILY
N o.V = L E T T e
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THE CHARMS MUSIC HATH.
''ls tripe a vegetable or fish,"
Asked Mrs. Hebc Newed-Swish.

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''ls tripe vegetable or fish,"
Asked Mrs. Hebc Newed-Swish.
Mildred Poobah. travelling for the
Upsedaisy hosiery people, sat in her
room at the Klobfessle House and Lei
her ears drink in the ravishing sounds
that were borne to them through the
thin partition separating her from
room 10.
i've made up my mind" she nut.
tered determfnedly. Any man tina,
can play the piano like that can pu,
his shoes in my trunk for the rest Of
his life. 1 must have that man for my
husband All. he's playing Beethoyen's
"Sic En-, Kid" now.
All unknown to her the man in the
next room, while he played. was think
ing: And to thiIfk they've put tho
gorgeous creature in room II. Sc
near and yet what a distance! All mel
And softly he played Handel's melt.
ing, III Get You YETI
ITO think. with me, Is to act" ex,
claimed Mildred Poobah. And she
raped on the wall with her delicate
knuckles. 8
"Yehgs auericd Tomlnson Pittles
TREMENDOUSLY.
81 love you. cried the fair repre-
sentative Of Upsedaisy hosiery.
With two bounds Tomlinson Pittles
was out of his room and into hers
With another bound he had tier-bound
for he slipped an enga gement ring or
her finger.
It wasn't till after they wore mar
ried for better or for worse that she
learned the piano in room is Of the
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,thing-tie fact that Becker is in the
death house does not alter the state
|lnent.
Judge Swami has. just sentenced
Policemen John F. WhaIen and VIII
liam Austin to six months in the pen.
They were accused of doing what a
lot of policemen seem to delight in
here beating up defenseless men
and women and exceeding their au-
lthority. Whalen and Austin jeered
and Knocked a crippled janitress and
when her son interfered they knocked
Kim senseless.
Thy showed great brayado in court
at the trial until Judge Swami said
Ifront the bench that they had used
every effort to influence him and that
he had been accosted by their friends
everywhere. Both of the men wept
like babies after the sentence.
The feminine population was grea' .
lily stirred by the editorial announce
nient in the Times against woman
lsilffrage. Tie Times has generally
been known as conservative grand
mother" sheet. One Photographer
said: .'1f the treasured Times issues
a few more .anti-suft editorials there
won't be an anti-suff left"
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NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-The days
when vice was Haunted brazenly and
openly in New York are gone. Most
of the famous old dives that abound-
ed in every part of the city have been
wiped out. Particularly have the
dives along Park Row and the Bow
cry felt the strong arm of the law.
"The Flea Bag "Scotty'' Layelle's
and big Jack" Porgie's resorts have
been closed. They catered to the
sailor trade. Steve" Brodie's, the
Little jumbo south of Grand
street, with back rooms SO far back
that fights and murders might be
easily pulled off, are also gone.
Rosie Hertz. the queen OF the
Dive Keepers" who once secured an
injunction to keep the police from in
terfering with her resorts, has also
;Leen put out of business. On Fourt
'eonth street near Third avenue three
iof the most famous markets for w.
men in the city have been cleaned up
and made respectabl. THESIS s, Wul-
Ifer's and Sharkey's are now respect, .
BILE little shops. Opposite the Metro
politan the notorious German Vii
{lage," with its women working for
1.-THE parduncd convict Hidden, Is now
a flower store.
Broadway is wondering III there
isn't Just a little spark of sentiment
back of the new song which Evelyn
Nesbit is now singing on her tour OF
the Keith circuit here. There have
been rumors for some time that the
former Mrs. Thaw has been showing
a little less resentment toward Harry
\ Then she began singing a swinging,
popular tune: There's a little spark
of Love Still Burnihg '--then the
Rialto forecasters were certain that
there was still touch of the old love.
Evelyn, ny the way, is not much ol
an actress just now but she is. striv-
ing hard and is certainly gaining ID
popularity. She made the song a hi.
too in one week. Many thought when
she dropped the name of Thaw that II
vas the brain throb Of press agent
but she is improving SO rapidly in her
work that 1t appears as though she
| was really going to develop intoa re-
headlincr.3
Here are the words of the chorus
of the song that Broadway thinks
means a reconciliation:
There's little spark of love still
burning, and yeaining down in ny
Heart for you.
There's a longing there for your re-
turning, ] want you! I dol
So come, come TO my heart agair,
come, come, set that love afiame.
For there's little spark OF love still
burning, and yearning for you.
I
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sala,I..yl .I.aw Richt,

Newspapers take different views
pfs the new county salary law. Some
9ttqpcratic newspapers with parti-
senshfp itpperimost express dissatis-
hon, There may be Republican
ne spaper or two. with axes to grind
diffleased, too. But. when 1t comes
10 eoEsideration Of the subject from
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
Tlhc Gamblin,g Bin.

1t is reported from Charleston that
the Talbot anti-gambling bill does
not affect horse racing. II true, this
is very fortunate for the state fai.
held in this city and for other fairs
of the state. Before the bill is
signed by the governor. however,
those. most interested should ascer-
tain beyond question, whether this Is
really the case. Such an inquiry
might easily be made through Ohio
county's representatives or the sena-
tors from the First district. There
is great deal involved in such a
bill for this city and community, as
upon It might easily depend the sue
cess or failure OF the rejuvenated
state fair.-Wheeling News.
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I.ittic Weirht,

The Fairmont Times. Charleston
Gazette and Clarksburg Exponent are
the more bitter of the Democratic
press OF the state in their reports OF
the proceedings Of the leg tislature.
They are also prejudiced and bitter
in the investigation proceedings at
Wheeling. The effusions. coming as
they do, from trio of publications
that sanctiond the every act Of the
famous legislature which elected
Messrs. Chiffon and Watson to the
United States Senate. should not.
and do not; carry much weight.
Preston News.
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drug inspection. expert mechaniciar.
fireman, and in poultry \ and egg
handling. trained nurse 4St Panama.
canal service; Aprils7 Laboratory aid
in technical agriculture, electrical
gub-inspector; April IA, scientific
assistant in library science, ship
craftsman. teacher Indian service.
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one Way

After trying for year to get along
without capital punishment the peo-
pie of Washington state propose to
return to executions. There is one
way to abolish capital punishment
and that is for human beings to
cease killing each other. Grafton
Sentinel.
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There is something about Judge
Swami Of general sessions that makes
one suspect he has the courage of his
convictions. Everyone knows that
for some reason 1t is difficult to corr
Wet policeman ieNew York Of any
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!, w HAT oTHER
EDIT OR s SAY
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Mould Not.

1t would not cause any great sor-
row IL another Evelyn would get
blown up by mine or something
just as effective Wheeling News.
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DAUGHTER ROIlN,

MIR. and Mrs. S. II. Smith announce
the birth of a daughter at their home.
on Dun street at Stealey Heights
Tuesday
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The B'utssrick School
81 Dressnakin4

By special arrangement We are
able to announce that the Butter
lex School Of DressmaSing, Of
New York, will conduct a coursc
Of lessons at this store, beginning
March 9Th. You will be shown
how to make your own dresses
and make them look siiartsri1d up
to the minute s.
Course Of ak lessons, $3.50.
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An Evening Echo.
y Moderation is the silken string
summing through the pearl chain of
al The virtues. BISHOP HALL.
Evening star., 1915-07-28
TESTING OF METERS HERE
AGAIN UNDER DISCUSSION

Regulations to govern the testing of
taximeters in the District. proposed re-
Gently by the public utilities commits
sion. were considered by that body at
a public hearing today.
They provide for an annual test by
the electrical inspection bureau of tht
commission OF every meter used or In
tended to be used by a utility operating
in the District In addition 1t is stipu-
lated that upon application of any Gus
toner a service test of a meter shall be
made after deposit Of a SO cent fee.
II upon test the meter is found to
register amounts for time and distance
with an error not in excess OF 3 per
posit shall be retained by the bureau.
However, If the registration is found to
be in excess of per cent fast the fee
turned and the prescribed fee paid by
the utility using the meter.
John H. Sherman. superintendent of
weights, measures and markets, under
whose supervision tests of taximeters
were made before this work was taken
over by the utilities commission, told
the commission today that, in his opin-
operate to reduce the number Of COM
plants by customers. Tests were
made gratis by his department. he
said, and complaints then averaged
only about one month
"A. L. Cline of the Federal Taxicab
thought the proposed regulations
would be satisfactory. Final action on
the regulations may not be taken for
several days.
Evening star., 1915-07-28
AUTO|STS MAY. RUN CAR
TO OFFICE FOR LICENSE
Judge Pugh So Rules in Case OF
Jerry T. Yerkes of Maryland,
Arrested Yesterday.

Judge Pugh in the Police Court today
rendered decision which is considered
of wide spread interest to motorists not
only of nearby states but of the Dis
trict as we'll His decision was that a
motorist from any of the states ada
cent to Washington may come into the
District to obtain a license for his ma
chine. provided he proceeds direct to
the District building, where such
licenses are issued.
Yesterday afternoon Jerry T. Yerkes,
an automobile dealer Of Spencerville,
Montgomery county, Md, in company
with a man to whom he had sold Il
machine. pulled up in front Of the
District building, having come direct
from his home, for the express pur-
pose of obtaining license for his car.
AS he was about to enter the DulldlnS
he was stopped by bicycle Pollceman
and informed that he was under arrest
for not displaying District tag on
his machine He told the policeman he
was en- route to the office of the secre-
tary of the District automobile board
at the time.
The policeman, however. insisted that
he proceed with him to No. 1 precinct.
where he was required to deposit 50
collateral for his appearance in court
today.
torney, he appeared IN court today, and
when the case was called Judge Pugh
said that a motorist coming directly
into the District for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning a license for his machine had a
perfect right to do SO without being
held up. Judge Pugh. in dismissing
the case, directed that the collateral be
returned to Mr.. Yerkes. Heretofore it
has been the custom of policemen ar
resting all persons appearing over the
District line whose machines did not
have a District license displayed on the
rear of the car. Under the new ruling
motorists may go direct to the District
building without fear of being stopped
en- route.
Evening star., 1915-07-28
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
RECEIVES FAIR PRIZES
Medals Also Awarded Employees
Who Col1aborated in Getting
Up Exhibits.

Secretary Lane has been advised by
the government exhibit board that the
various offices of the Interior Depart
ment have received sixty-nine awards
for exhibits at the Panama-Pacifc ex-
position. The department received one
grand prize for a collective exhibit, and
the various subdivisions Of the depart
ment received the following prizes:
National parks, one silver medal and
one bronze medal; Alaska, two gold
medals, five silver medals, two bronze
medals and one medal of honor: gen.
eral land office. three gold medals; In
dian office. one gold medal and one
medal of honor; bureau of education,
one grand prize, seven gold medals,
twelve silver medals, one bronze edal,
three medals of honor and two hon
ora BILE mentions; geological survey, one
grand prize, three gold medals. three
silver medals, one bronze medal and
three medals of honor; reclamation
service, two grand prizes. two gold
m edals, one silver medal and one hon.
grand prize, two gold medals and five
medals Of honor.
The following persons connected with
the department have been awarded sill
yer medals for collaborating in the
ton, George N. Briggs. Alexander Sum
mers, Col ]. F. A. Strong, L. F.
Schmeckebier l. P. Berthrong, Emily
S. Cook. H. B. Peairs. E. K. Miller, A.
II. Brooks, ]. c. Hoyt. George H. Ash
ley. Edward w. Parker. S. J. Kubel
Robert B. Marshall. c. ]. Blanchard
J. H. Pellen, H. T. Cowling. H. NJ VIII
son. E. G. Cottrell. Edward Steidel. L.
H. Buschak, A. E. Wells, J. A. Holmes,
G. H. Clevenger, A. A. Krogdahl and
Lauson Stone.
Silver medals have been awarded
also to number of persons who COL
laborated in the preparation of ex-
hibits, but who are not connected with
the department.