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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

kNAYf HERE shall the little girls
III Wi Of America get their dolls
- for Christmas? Doll Land is
4 DNfn the war zone.s. Santa
Claus with his pack Of playthings all
ready for distribution, Is sihtefned.
IL Is q dismal situation from the
children,s point Of view. Millions
sof dolls, made in. Germany" and
bought and paid for by American Inn
sporters, are now in Amsterdam and
other Dutch seaport cities. awaiting
Transportation.
Wooden dolls Of a new and inde-
structible" kind are beginning to be
made I'm this country, especially in
Philadelphia. where they are turned
out IA large quantities: But the sup
ply Of them is wholly inadequate to
meet the demand. French dolls, Of
course. are not covered by the EN-.
barge, but the doll output OF France
has never been more than a hun
dredth part OF. that derived from
Germany. Il 4 'as'' =. &
7. 2 = III -. 4 g
Girls Who Learn to Make Dollss 4
Furthermore. the beautiful dolls
oh which. French exporters most
pride Sthemselves get their abisdues
heads from Germany. The bisque
sissa kind Of clay that has never been
found anywhere else in the world.
SO far as known, we have none OF It
In the United States, and for this
reason We cannot even attempt to
scompete with the German output in
:that line.
Doll Land is---or was-in the.
Estoried region Of the Black Forest,
ID the Mountains sof Thuringia. lis
capital is Q town called sonneberg,
which. individually speaking lis Who'll.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26
Crippled French Soldier

CURED 10 learn the rtdiments Of the
ART. including the sewing Of dolls
dresses, and what ought to be their
piay:tfme is devoted chiefly to help.
ing their elders In the actual work.
This. unhappily, Is unavoidable
under conditions where d family Of
SIX persons engaged in doIl.maling
must toll for IL hours q day in order
70 gain q bare livelihood. the amount
earned being a total of only. IS or 81
weekly. But II such be the situa-
don In ordinary times, what must II
be- now, when the little incnme ID
cut on by war? For the doll-makers
1t must mean literal starvation.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26

since time immemorialS as the abode
OF strange hobgcblins and other
beings supernatural u; ~
The only little girls In the world
who do not care for dolls are those
who dwell IN Doll Land. TO them,
dolls are the most hateful things in
the world. because they have to
make them. From the time they are
6 years old they are obliged to do
their part in the manufacture of!
sham babies. At school they are re-
y, Who Has Been Making
oys Ali His Life.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26
Corey fy.sfonea seiNse srls - Is - 1890
Making Wooden Christmas Dolls at Philadelphia Factory

" given over to the manufacture OF
sham babies and toys. Around about
1t are many scattered villages, the
inhabitants Of (which are similarly
employed. The same business for
generations has occupied the atten.
ton of the inmates Of every humble
matched farm-co cottage in the foothills
Of the neighboring Mountains dense.
~ wooded ranges that, ss recounted
Il In the stories Of the Brothers
u Grimm bava heat, cnIahraf a5
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-26
The Popular French Pierrot bon.
BY Rene Bachs.

fV1Tl HERE shall the little girls.
EWJ Of America get their dolls
- for Christmas? DOH Land Is
X 1N{4, ff1e. .;,,s,r unne =. Santa
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

Washington's own contribution to
the work at Tuskegee was first the
plan, then the finding of money to sus-
tain it. He had the address and the
kind of persistency which win money
from the rich for beneficent purposes
He was perhaps the most successful
solicitor of funds the country has ever
known. For more than twenty years
he has ranged up and down the coun-
try setting forth his purposes at Tus-
kegee, exploiting the effects of his
work, and through these appeals win
ming financial support The great es-
tabiishment at Tuskegee, now literally
endowed. is monument to his indus
try, his powers of exposition, and of
his absolute devotion to a great cause
Ten years ago or more Mr. Andrew
Carnegie made direct provision of
fund of 100000 for Washington's per-
sonal benefit. At the time it was pre-
dicted that being thus removed from
the possibilities of individual necessity
Washingtons energies in behalf of
Tuskegee would suffer decline But
not so. Up to the day of his death he
gave to the institute the same un-
wearying devotion that he had given
it in his own days of poverty.
1t is not too much to say of Booker
Washington that the example of his
Tuskegee school affected profoundly
the educational fashion of the country.
Twenty years ago distinguished man
wrote to a famous college president
asking if he knew where white boy
might get precisely the training afford
ed to colored youth at Tuskegee. The
inquiry startled the educational world
in the sense that it exhibited the prac-
tical deficiencies of our system. The
effect of it was to stimulate the indus
trial and vocational idea throughout
the country.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

has received help and support that was
little dreamed of. The two races have
been brought together on the ground OF
common needs of humanity. We have
given white people chance which
they have long desired-a chance to
help the Negro without compromise or
embarrassment. They have met us
more than half way.
Il am most anxious that we shall
continue to be sane and wise in what
we do and say, and not be swept off
our feet by those who feel that the
great problems of humanity can be
solved by abusing those with whom
we do not agree"
Reports from delegates, including
many women, showed clearly that hun
dreds of rural communities are waking
up to the possibility of making genuine
progress by having people work to-
gether for common econoLlic and So
cial interests, regardless of religious
or fraternal affiliations. Ideas gathered
at preceding meetings have been car
red to distant rural districts. and have
been the means of emancipating thou
sands from the bonds of poor health,
inferior schools and unattractive
homes and churches.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

denominations in the amount of money
given. This church gave for the year
S412,305 The Congregational church
Through the American Missionary So
ciety) leads in the matter of perma-
groes.
report says las typical church
organizations doing extensive work
among Negroes, the following are
given; The Congregational church
has 65 schools. 1907 students, and a
permanent endowment of over $4,000
600. The Methodist Episcopal church
had % schools, with 6,5SS students.
and it has about 81 100000 invested in
school plants. The American Baptist
home mission board has "a schools,
1851 students. and about s1.250.000
invested in school plants. The Pres
byterian board of missions for freed
men has 1876 schools (112 of them
given as elementary, 16,427 students,
and not quite S1,000,OOO invested in
school plants"
Another report concerning denomi-
national education for Negroes closes
by saying: THE secretaries of the
various church boards at their semi
annual meeting in Washington. D. c.,
February 2, laid definite plans for the
future in the following particulars:
AS far as possible there would be in
the future no duplication between pri-
vate and public schools; the various
Negro schools would be standardized; 4;
a inc of n
concert in preventing schools under
different denominational control from
occupying the same territory"
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

]. M. Candy, president of the State
Normal school at Petersburg, who is
the executive secretary of the Negro
Organization society, reported that in
one year over 5000 people had been
addressed on subjects relating to
community improvements; 502 school
terms had been heightened; 604 school
leagues had been reached; $340 had
been given to five schools, and that
these small gifts had inspirited the
people to raise thousands upon thou
sands of dollars for their own schools.
T. c. Erwin of Petersburg, the So
ciety's field agent. reported that BAT
organizations and 643 individuals had
become members of the Negro Organi-
zation society. Professor Erwin has
been at work in 3S Virginia counties.
He has carried a message OF new hope
through organization to thousands of
men and women. He has reached
school improvement leagues in 10
counties and has aroused the people
to the necessity of practicing self
help and working out constructive
plan.
Several hundred delegates attended
the annual meeting and heard ad-
dresses by Mayor Cabaniss and Prof.
James e. Shields of Petersburg; Rev.
DR.. L. l.. Downing, Roanoke; Prof.
S. C. Atkins, Winstcn-Salem, N. c.;
w. T. B. william, Hampton institute;
]. H. Binford, Jackson Davis, Ennion
G. Williams, R. c. Stearnes and Miss
Agnes d. Randolph of Richmond;
Principal E. A. Long of Christians
burg, DR.. W. E. Atkins and Mrs. jamie
Porter Barret of Hampton, and many
other white and colored speakers, who
are experts in community improve
ment.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

Whenever all the colored people of a
community unite earnestly in asking
and working sanely and wisely for a
needed improvement, whether it is a
better schoolhouse, manual training
or cooking equipment, better teachers.
better sanitation, or anything else
worth while, they usually get it. Scores
of delegates at the recent third an
nual meeting of the Negro Organiza-
tion society. which was held in Peters
burg, Va, testified to this truth.
Mai. R. r. Motion, commandant at
Hampton institute and president of the
society, said, in part:
The movement among colored peo-
pie for better schools, better homes,
better health, better farms, seems to
have made an irresistible appeal to all
the people of the state. Religious.
benevolent, secret, and educational or
ganizations of every character have
joined in this movement. Leading
white people, including the officials of
the Virginia boards of health. educa-
tion and of charities and correction,
have been most cordial in their sup
port.
The statewide campaign for clean
premises, clean homes and clean lives
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

Because of late ruling of the coun-
ty court at Tulsa, Okla, in which the
owner of an oil lease is forced to turn
over to the lessee the royalty oil in
stead of its equivalent, Sarah Rector,
one of the very rich, if not the richest
Negro girl in Oklahoma and probably
in all the world, now is receiving in
royalties $1,000 more a month than
formerly.
According to this ruling her guar
dian, ]. T. Porter, is permitted to sell
this royalty oil in the open market
at the highest price available. and has
entered into a contract with an oil
company to buy it at ten cents
premium a barrel, the market price
being so cents, the price at which she
was compelled to sell before this de-
cision was rendered.
This girl, who was born in poverty
and ignorance, suddenly became very
wealthy when about ten years of age.
Like all other Negro children of freed
man parents living in the Creek ma
ton, she inherited the right to choose
or have chosen for her 100 acres of
Creek land.
Her land was leased to oil pros
pectors, and when developed became
exceedingly valuable.
1t is said The least now produces
100000 barrels a month, one-eighth of
which is her royalty This amount,
at 90 cents barrel, brings her SIS 900
month.
AS several Independent reineries
are in the market to buy oil at a
premium it is probable many other
guardians will take advantage of
Judge Campbell's ruling,
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

Sediment carried to sea by the Anna
zon river can be detected 100 miles
from the coast.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

Extensive work has been begun to
prove definitely whether petroleum
can be found in South America.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

Last year the new wealth produced
on American farms was officially
placed at about ten billion dollars
This year it will be nearer eleven bill
lion dollars than ten billion dollars.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

After three years of work gov
ernment committee has recommended
a uniform system of weights and
measures for all India.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

Honey and wax to the value of more
than six million dollars are produced
annually in the United States.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

The worlds principal Jade mine is
in Burma, where the privilege of min
ing the stone has been in possession
of one Indian tribe for many genera
tions.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

Eighty per cent of Cubas shoes
come from the United States.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

Europe has about three and one
half times the telegraph traffic, nearly
twice the first-class mail traffic, but
only two-tifths the telephone traffic
of the United States.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-25

1t is estimated that the churches in
the United States spent on Negro edu-
cation during 1928 100000. The
Methodist Episcopal church leads the
Evening star., 1915-01-21
HOLDS GERMANY ABLE
TO MEET WARS BURDEN
President Of Reichsbank Discusses
Financial Conditions in
the Empire.

BERLIN, January q, by wireless
rudolph Havenstein. president of the
Reichsbank. and one of the foremost
financial authorities Of Germany. as
serts that the country will be able to
meet any burden which may be i'm
posed by the war upon its financial
and economic resources. The Overseas
News Agency quotes Herr Havenstein
as saying. when an honorary degree
was conferred upon him by the Uni
versity of Bonn:
Il not only hope, but I know that we
shall be able to fight through this i'm
mense struggle. In the domain of finan-
cial and economic affairs we are equal
to every demand, however long the war
may last"
The Overseas Agency also says that
lodges of the Jewish order B'Nai
BBrith have given to the German army
a complete new hospital train.
German production of pig iron in De-
cember is given as S54 600 tons, as COM
pared with $1,000 tons in August, the
first month Of the war.
Evening star., 1915-01-21
GIFT-MAKING DESCRIBED
BY AMBASSADOR SHARP
q. S. Envoy at Paris Tells of Dis
tribution Of Presents From
the Jason.

Ambassador Sharp at Paris has sent
a telegraphic report to the Secretary
of State in regard to the distribution
in that city last Sunday of Christmas
gifts sent to Europe by the school chill
dren of the United States on the U. s. S.
Jason. The ceremony took place in the
grand salon Of the municipal building,
the Hotel de Vile, and gifts were dis
tributed, the ambassador said, to more
than 5000 children of French and Bel
gian parents. the fathers of many Of
whom had fallen in the war
Many of the mothers were present
"a number Of the packages were ac-
companied by written messages convey
ing the good wishes Of the children who
sent them. the messages being expressed
in a most feeling manner.
Every effort was made by the Paris
officials" said the ambassador. ito make
the occasion one that should fittingly
attest the deep feeling of gratitude of
the French people to the givers. For this
purpose the rooms Of the beautiful build
ing were thrown open to the public and
a sentimental compliment was expressed
to America in the selection Of Frank
Inns birthday as the date for the cere-
mony. Nine. Poincare graciously lent
her presence to the occasion and dis
tributed many Of the presents to the
unfortunate children. In addition to the
toys, a large number of boxes of choco-
late were given by charitable French
people"
Evening star., 1915-01-21
WIFE FIGHTS FOR ALIM0NY.
Lawrence J. Potter Must Show Cause
Why He Should Not Paw.

Justice Mccoy has issued a rule on
Lawrence J. Potter, a clerk in the De-
partment of Commerce and Labo., to
show cause January 90 why he should
not pay his wife, Eleanor v. Potter,
alimony of $40 per month. The rule is
based on a petition of the wife, who
charges desertion.
Through Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert
and r. H. Yeatman. the wife says she
was married at Rockville. March /,
1910. and lived with her husband until
last April, when her husband left her,
she alleged, and has not since return
ed. They have one child.
Mrs. Potter tells the court that after
the alleged desertion her husband paid
her $40 each month until last Decem-
ber. when he sent her two letters, she
declares, in which he notified her that
after January l. 1915. he would pay
her only SIS per month, and that she
would have to work for the other SIS.
The wife asserts that it is impossible
for her to support herself and the
baby on the decreased allowance, and
asks the court to require the husband
to continue the payments Of $40 per
month.
Evening star., 1915-01-21
SAYS RUSSIANS REGARD
THE WAR AS CALAMITY
Munich Post Publishes ALLEGED Let.
ter From Relative of EN-
peror Nicholas.

BERLIN. January II, by wireless to
Sayvflie, L. LA letter said to have
been written by a Russian princess. q
relative Of Emperor Nicholas, and pub
lished in the Munich Post was given
out in Berlin by the Overseas News
Agency. The letter states that in Rus.
sian court circles II is estimated that
the war losses Of the Russians up to
the end OF November amounted to 50O,.
900 men killed and 1900. 600 wounded or
incapacitated by sickness.
Many Russian aristocrats, tus letter
says. regard the war as a calamity
Tor Russia" and certain relatives OF
the emperor. II Is further stated. "are
endeavorin2 to break the influence OF
the Russian conmander-in-c chief, Grand
Duke Nicholas
According 10 the writer OF this letter
war against Germany WAS decided upor
when President Poincare and Premier
Fivtani of France visited Petroxrat
last July. ten days before the war he.
gan. This decision was reached. IL was
said. after Count Benckendorff. Rus.
sian ambassador to Great Britain. and
A. p. Iswolsky. Russian ambassador te
France. had sent to the emperor IA.
vorable reports concerning the En-.
ropean political situation.
Evening star., 1915-01-21
1S45, and graduated from the United
States Naval Academy in 1867. becom-
ing an ensign in 1868 and a captain in

1845, and graduated from the United
States Naval Academy in 1867. becom-
ing an ensign in 1868 and captain in
1902. For ten years he was engaged in
coast survey service, commanding the
coast survey steamer Blake, during
which time he made a very complete
investigation Of the phenomena of the
gulf stream.
He anchored the Blake in that ocean
current and kept it there for a period
OF three years, observing the current
by means of an instrument of his own
invention at various depths below the
surface. He established a position of
teras and in the Straits Of Florida, and
determined many Of the laws by which
it's flow is governed. He commanded
the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius off San
tiago during the Spanish american
war. In 1905 he was chief of staff of
the north Atlantic fleet and chief of
the bureau of navigation, Navy De-
partment. in 190S-1909.
The members of the board of man
ayers present at the meeting yesterday
afternoon included Alexander Graham
Bell, John Joy Edison. Secretary Frank
lin K. Lane, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Nal
Gen. A. w. Greedy, Brig. Gen. John NJ.
Wilson, Henry White, Charles J. Bell,
Henry F. Blount, Frederick V. Coville,
DR.. j. Howard Gore. Rudolph Kaufman,
DR.. 7. L. Macdonald, DIR. c. Hart Mer-
riam. DR.. S. N. D. North. George r.
Putnam. George Shiras, Sd, George
Otis Smith, Grant Squires of New
York. o. H. Tittmann and o. P. Austin,
secretary Of the society.
Evening star., 1915-01-21

BERLIN, via Amsterdam and Lon
don, January Fl. 1902 a.m.-"The iso-
lation of the British Islands Is con-
auered SUCCESSFULLY" says the Morgen
Post in it's comment on the air raid
made by the Germans on the English
coast.
"Of what use to Great Britain" it
adds, "are the surrounding seas and
war vessels II our airships cross the
water. dropping bombs"
The Tages Zeitung expresses salts
faction at the first air attack, and
hopes it will be followed by others.
while the Tageblatt says 1t Is now
clear that the North sea is no him
drance to German airships.
The following official statement was
issued here last night:
From January 10 to 20 German air
ships bombarded the fortified place of
English east coast. The attack was
successful. Considerable damage was
done.
The airships were shelled. but re-
gained their home port. undamased.
Kaiser Congratulates Zeppelin.
LONDON, January 21.-An Amster-
dam dispatch to the Daily Express
says:
Reports from Germany declare the
news Of tho air raid on England has
been received there with great enthu-
siasm. Emperor William has sent a
message to Count Yep
pelin."
The German airships-for they are
thus described by the German official
report-which paid four-hour visit to
the coast towns of Norfolk Tuesday
night dropped twenty or more bombs.
The raiders missiles killed four per-
sons, injured ten or more others and
did considerable damage to property.
Evening star., 1915-01-21
ENGLAND'S ISOLATION GONE
IS GERMAN VIEW OF RAID
Think Supremacy in Air More Than Offsets
Enemy's Mastery Of
the Sea.

The report that flfth person, q sol
dier. had been killed, proved incorrect.
Yarmouth and Kings Lynn. the iarg
est towns visited. suffered the heaviest
damage. Eight bombs we're droppsd ,s,n IN
an old man and an old woman. in3ur-
ing three others and smashing every
window within a radius OF several hum
dred yards.
In Kings Lynn a woman and boy
were killed by bombs which demol-
ished a row Of cottages.
One Zeppelin in Fleet.
What composed the raiding feet is
still a matter Of discussion. Maj. Ast-
ley. who commands the national re-
serve at Kings LYNN. says that as the
result of information received by him
he will report officially that one of the
latest Zeppelin dirigibles took part.
Some persons declare they saw huge
airships. but others assert only aero
planes and seaplanes participated.
ion. from the size Of the bombs dropped
weighing from 60 to 100 pounds
each-that airships OF the small nom
rigid Parseval type were employed,
fers to "airships." it is presumed these
were the craft used. They can be built
more quickly than Zeppelins, but are
slower and carry less ammunition.
Raid Cause Of Rejoicing.
GENEVA. via Paris. January 21.-An-
other Zeppelin, after three days of
trials, left Friedrichshafen Wednesday
afternoon in a northwesterly direction
to reinforce the air feet near Ghent.
1t is reported here that there ia great
rejoicing at Friedrichshafen over the
Yarmouth aerial raid. The plan was
known of in advance in certain quar-
ters In Switzerland. it is declared, and
warnings had even been sent to the
British authorities, who are reported to
nave stated that they attached little
Evening star., 1915-01-21
PEACE DAY AT PANAMA FAIR.
Mrs. Sewell Announces July 4 as
Date of Demonstration.

SAN FANCISCO, January 21.--Inde-
pendence day will be peace day at the
Panama Pacific international exposition.
This announcement was made here
yesterday by Mrs. May Wright Sewell.
honorary president Of the international
conference Of women. the organization
under whose auspices an international
peace conference will convene at the
exposition grounds for a four days ses-
sion.
Make this the last war;" is the slogan
adopted by Mrs Sewelrs advisory board.
and to that end delegates from all parts
of the world will assembly July 4.
Evening star., 1915-01-21
TO TAX ABSENT BELGIANS.
Must Return by March l to Escape
Tenfo1d Penalty.

LONDON, January 21.-Brussels dis
patches to Reuters Telegram Company,
by way of Amsterdam. say some Of the
Belgian municipalities have proposed to
impose a special tax on well-to-do Bel
gians who refuse to return to their
country.
The German authorities. thinking ia
the tax effective for all Of Belgium. A
fugitive who fails to return to Bel
GUM by March 1 will be obliged to
pay a tenfold personal tax. The poor
are exempt. The revenues will be di-
vided equally between the Germans and
the Belgian municipalities.