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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-25
MUST STAND BY
PRESIDENT IN CRISIS
J|NG0 SPIRIT MUST DIE
Ex-Pres;dent Says United States
Threatened With Invasiou of
Rights and Citizens Most
Pe Protected.

MorIistown, N. j.. Feb. Eth,
United States is threatened with {
serious invasion of it's rights as a neu.
trail by the varying nations of Eu.
rope, and in preserving its commerce
with those nations is face to face = itl
crisis. i'm the opinion OF former
President VIM. H. raft, n the solu-
ton of the crisis, should it arise, nc
jingo spirit must be allowed to pre-.
tion of the crisis, should it arise, no
jingo spirit must be allowed to pre-
vail, Mr.. Taft advised; neither pride
nor momentary passion should infiu-
ence judgment.
"And when the president shall act, !"
Mr.. Taft declared, 1--WE must stand by
him to the end.s In this determina-
tion we may be sure that all will join
no matter what their previous views,
no matter what their European ORR
gin. All will forget their differences
on self-sacrificing loyalty to ou room
mon dag and our common country"
Mr.. Tafts reference to the situation
confronting the United States was
made ut the conclusion of an address
today before the Washington associa
tion OF New Jersey. Quoting a reser-
vation n the treaty of Algeciras, pro-
claimed in 1907, and entered into by
United States and eleven Euro
pean nations, including most of those
now at war, Mr.. Taft said:
Our interest in the present war,
under ihe conditions that exist, should
be limited as set forth in this reser-
vation, TO wit-"To preserving and in
creasine the commerce of the United
States with the belligerents; to the
protection as to life, liberty and pros.
perry of our citizens residing or
travelling in their countries, and to the
aiding by our friendly offices and effots
in bringing those countries to peace"
Our efforts for peace" he contin-
ued. "have been made as complete as
possible, for president has already ten
dered his good offices by way of med
iation between the powers, and they
have not been accepted.
"In preserving the commerce of the |
United States with the belligerents, |
however, we are face to face with
crisis. We are threatened with Sc
rious invasion with our rights as a |
neutral in trading with the belliger-
ent countries. What certainly is an
innovation upon previous rules in re-
spect to neutral commerce and contra
band Of war has been initiated by the
belligerents of both sides. The plant !
ing Of mines in the open sea and the
use of submarNes to end neutral
vessels to the bottom without inquiry
as to their neutrality when found in
so-called war zone of the open sea, are
all of them variation from the rules
Of international law governing the ac.
tion of belligerents towards neutral
trade"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-25
NEITHER LEGAL
NOR REGULAR,


From the standpoint of a lawyer
and student of the Jewish and Ro-
man laws of that period, Haskell H.
Dyer, lawyer of Johnson, City, dis
cussed THE Trial of Jesus" at the
Grand Theatre yesterday afternoon.
The lecture, which is one Mr. Dyer
has given on a numebr of occasions in
upper East Tennessee, was given here
yesterday under the auspices of the
Central Y. NJ. c. A.. as one of the Sc
ries of Sunday afternoon meetings tn,
associatios is holding in the Grand
theatre during the winter months.
About four hundred men were in
the audience. The Y Nj. c. A. band
furnished program of the sacred
music, and V. Biddle sang Secretary
R. B. Wedding presided. Mr.: Dyer
spoke for over an hour, the service
being longer than usual.
His lectue showed much study and
research on his part, relative to the
Jewish and Roman laws of that period.
From Mr.. Dyers viewpoint, the
viewpoint of the lawyer, the trial of
Jesus from the time of His arrest to
the time of His execution was who'll
ly irregular and illegal, and under
the laws of the period, Mr.. Dyer
pointed out, Jesus was the victim of
mob and mob spirit, and was denied
just trial as prescribed by the Ro-
man and Jewish laws.
At thye outset he said that his view
point and his lecture were developed
in the same MANNER in which a law
yer would develop case, were he ac-
ployed at this time to defend an ac
cused Lerson under the law of any
country.
AT the outset, said the speaker, the
initial step in the trial of Jesus. His
arrest was illegal. The Jewish auth
critics, causing His arrest, had ne
right under the Jewish or Roman law
to make the arrest during the night.
but that breach of the law was oyer !
looked in the bitter hatred against
Jesus.
The second step, the 3trial,s he said; i
was conducted in an illegal manner
~
In the first place, said Mr.. Dyer, the
law of the, time provided that while
an offender could be tried an ac-
quilted within the span of a day, he
could not be tried and convicted on
The same day. On the other hand. the
trial court, he said, had no authority
70 pronounce the death sentence on
Jesus, for the Romans had taken AWAY
he power of execution from the lew
sh tribunals twenty-three years be-
'ore Christ's trial.
AT last, referred to Pontius PLATE.
Who presided over the Roman court of
'eview, Jesus was denied a square
ieal because of the weakness of the
udge in his failure 20 stand firmly for
he execution of the law. Pontiu
Plate gave way before popular clam
n and, although holding that he
'ould find no grounds upon which to
onvict Christ and none upon which j
o pronounce the death sentence, he
'ielded to popular clamor and turned S
esusu over to the mob.
Mr Dyer's lecture was instructive |
nd particularly valuable to the BIZ c
lie student {
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-25
neatness Can Not BE Cured

by local applications as they can not reach abe
diseased portion of the ear There is only one
way to cure deafness and that is by constitu-
rtsfIThi remSdifsf Deafness Is caused by an in.
famed condition of the mucous lining OF the
eustachian tube. When this tube is infiamed
YOU have rumbling tound or imperfect hear
ing and when it Is entirely closed. deafness is
the result and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored TO its normal
cnidition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
winch is nothing but an infiamed condition of
toe mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF deafness fceused by catarrhl that can
circulars. free. Z. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold BY druggists 75c
PHI he palrs FamilN for constipon
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-25

Fifty miles from Bagdad
Where the Garden of Eden lies
Along the Enphrates river
Called Adams Paradise
-Four thousand Arabs digging
On the Babylonian plain
An artificial channel
| To water the land again.
The Germans run blood red train
From Belgium to Aixla Chapelle
To bring the crazy soldiers
From that slaughter house of hell
In trenches of mud and water
Hungry cold and mad
And the verlasting thunder
Of artillery overhead
The carriages were padded
Each held dozen grey
Mud covered insane fellows
Gazing far away
Into space and screaming
Writhing foaming into town
And soldier guards with rifles
Stood by to hold them down.
Bruges had twenty ministers
From foreign courts one time
A forty-eight bell carlton
In the highest belfry chime
In Europe three-sixty-three
Feet high and thirty-one Knights
Of the order of Golden Fleece
BY King Phillip ordained to be.
Eight thousand three hundred Aus.
trians
Slain at Dukla pass
By the Russians with a bayonet
And a Russian nineteen lass
Fought nineteen battles in Poland
Tour thousand Germans lost
Fifty vessels sunk by Russian
Off the Black Sea coast.
Ten thousand sang the Marsellais
Of France upon the street
''Up sons of France the call or glory
Sang Chenal loud and sweet
The most beautiful woman of Paris
Brought the audience to their feet
Like a bugle blast for their nation
That can never know defeat
Great battles are reported i
OF the Germans and the Russians
The English and the Turks
The ustrians and the Prussians
In mountains fields or forest
On the sea and in the trench
The dead piled up by acres
By artillery of the French.
If half the stories are true
OF German butchers and lust
nwonder the destroying angel
That smote the Assyrian host
Don't sweep the German army
From earth and right the wrong
While the cry goes up to Heaven
How long Oh Lord, How long?
by H. S. Fish.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-25
EUROPEAN WAR NO. %.

Fhe great war has o'erfiowed Europe
And hurst in whelming food
On the lands of Asia and Turkey
Once Britians friends so good
Is now the ally of Germany
And the prophets jedzied
Makes Englands thousands pushing
On towards Bagdad,
The green flag of the Prophet
Is unfurled in Indian lands
England, France and Russia
Have a big job on their hands
To fight the Turk the primal cause
Among the warning nations
OF jealousy for centuries
And attrocious denominations.
The Greeks and Asioties
AT the siege of Troy were here
Slew Hector with his spear
Here lie the ruins of Babylon
All the stories of Bible life
And the gardens of Nebuchadnezzal
Built for his homesick wife.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-25

What More Is Wanted Today7
Knicker-Is Jones well educatedf
Bocker-He can read speedometer
and write a check.-New York Sun.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20
AS A WOMAN SEES 1T
By RHGTA CHtLDE DORR.

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therefore,
campaign the they succeeded well that the
This Is how they They employed municipal unusually
pa training but had district nursing and Understood problems
Miss Beatrice
front door Of tho first tenement house Beacon Walking into the room
could
The whole and
flies
Then
baby tightly
The
were moan o
This the beginning OF busy summer for tho She
emitting the homes the well she college education
The conged districts visited times became known that the
less babies and thar could be for when babies taken ILL., She
institution.
o
generation
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20

depression, has during the period of
hostilities realized another benefit;
the reduction in exports from the
belligerent countries has supplied the
opportunity for American industry to
replace European products In the
markets OF South and Central Amer
lea, the far EaBt and even in neutral
European countries, so that the prac-
teal cessation Of direct trade with
Germany. Austria Hungary, Belgium
and Turkey Is more than compensat-
cd the opening up of new markets.
Property Comes.
THE secretary of the treasury in
his report for tho year ending June
30, 1915, which has Just been pub.
lished. says What extraordinary re-
suits have been achieved in the brief
period since December, 1914? Dur
Ing the year there has been a steady
healthy, forward movement in every
line OF activity. until now prosperity
has been firmly established through
out tho country From all points OF
view therefore it appears that the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20
Ignatius Murphy.

Master Ignatius Murphy, fifteen
years old. confessed he had planned
with companion to murder Mrs.
Rose Riordan. a Chicago woman, for
SIS.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20

Now IL the customs of Norway,
Sweden and Denmark show that i'm
ports from the United States have
decreased since the war, while the
official returns OF the United States
department of commerce show on
the other hand that they have enor-
mously increased, Ii seems legitimate,
in the absence OF any other explana-
ton, to assume that the United
States figures represent the amount
Of goods shipped from the United
States to the Scandinavian countries
and that the customs figures OF the
scandinavian countries represent that
proportion OF the goods exported
from the United States which paid
duty and were entered for consump-
ton in those countries, while the con-
siderable difference represents the
amount of goods exported from the
United States which, on arrival in
the Scandinavian countries, were re-
shipped largely to Germany. The
fact that the increase in shipments
from New York to Norway. Sweden
and Denmark during the first thirteen
months of the war exactly balances
the decrease in shipments to Ger
many during the same period is ex-
tremely significant.
The figures quoted above from
the official reports OF the department
OF commerce conclusively prove that
the export trade OF the United
States has not suffered from the in
evitable restrictions on neutral COM
merce derived from the state OF war,
and that there Is no vestige of foun-
dation for the insinuation that Great
Britain has taken advantage OF war
conditions and OF the measures neces-
STATED military considerations, in or
der to increase British exports to
neutral countries at the expense of
American trade"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20

European war has proved rather
beneficial than otherwise TO American
trade and industry, while any sug-
gestion that Great Britain is az
tempting TO use the military situa-
ton for the purpose OF hampering
American trade is utterly Tefuted
by the actual facts and figures.
Among tho British products all
articles show n decrease in the total
quantity exported with the few unim-
portant exceptions OF malt, rice, lard,
cocoanut oil and palm oil.
y ANY increase In British exports
of cotton and wooden goods to these
Scandinavian countries and to the
allies of Great Britain is largely due
to the fact chat the French and Bel
gian textile Industry districts are
In German occupation while the out
put OF the German industry Itself is
considerably curtaiIed by the lack of
labor for other than war industries:
these countries have therefore in
creased their imports from the near
est available source which is the
United kingdom"
Tables are Given.
Then. tables are given showing
that exports from New York to Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark. during
the first thirteen months of the wal
Increased S84. 226,966 over the same
period a year before. while exports to
Germany decreased SS4,918,OS1. In
this connection u commerce report
OF the United States is quoted as say
ing that customs returns OF the Scan
dinavlan countries all show smaller
volume of imports from America
since the war began. The memoran-
dunn continues.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20
ADAM n. EVE
May Still Be Raising Cain
Somewhere Writes an Ohio
Eve FaCetiously.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O-Efforts
made to locate the descendants to
learn what finally became of Private
Adam N. Eve. United States marine
corps. who deserted January 13,
1911. from the command OF Captain
Anthony Gale at Philadelphia, Pa,
have SO far been unavailing.
Probably beat 1t back to the Gar
den Of Eden" facetiously wrote and
Ohio Eve.
still raising Cain somewhere, no
doubt" replied member OF the
Texas branch who also dlsclaimed
kinshlp with the original Adam.
Growing apples in Oregon. l
know him WELL" was the response
from Eve who was probably mis-
taken
And now. the government agents
directing the search. are OF the opin-
ion that certain points in the inter-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20

debts, liabilities and obligations. and after
fully discharging all such debts, liabilities
and obligations, divide the remainder
among the stockholders pro rata with their
several holdings Of stock, but no such
payments shall be made to any stakeholder
until after the publication Of the notice
hereinafter provided.
Resolved, second. that the president of
this corporation cause notice Of the adop-
ton Of the foregoing resolution to be pub
iished in some newspaper Of general cir
eulatipn, published near the principal office
or place of business Of this corporation
once week for four successive weeks;
and that he certify these resolutions to
the Secretary Of the State OF the seate OF
West Virginia, and deliver to him GER
t6eate showing the publication of said
notice as provided by law"
Given under my hand this It'll day OF
December, 1915.
.. ". JACOBS:
President OF said Corporation.
Attest:
ARTHUR PARSONS, Secretary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20
The American Mechanic
Is Offered Wonderful Opportunity in
The Christmas Money Club

The POSITION TINS country occupies as Onc OF INC
greatest manufacturing nations of the world is due
not so much to its inventive genius the readiness
with which capital seeks investment in this attrac
tive field, as to its vast army of INTELLIGENT,
redbooded clear-eyed man of money loves the noise
and smoke and the whir of wheels of the great fac
tory, with its seductive promises and assured prob
lens. Every worthy mechanic loves the lathe and
drill and automatic hammer these products of me-
chanical genius they chisel and throb and pound
always obedient to his willard which, through his
skill and intelligence convert the crude material into
the finished product of commerce. In no other
try is found the initiative and efficiency of the Amer
lean mechanic and nowhere else is as much accom-
plished in given time. The American mechanic
has larger earning, and is better educated housed
and clothed than is the mechanic of any other
try-he is selfrespectng, loyal thrifty, home-loving
"a buwark of strength and dependence for the ma
ton.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20
variety and are said by Professor Mer-
Ram to be valuable contributions to
the history of the horse.
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that Mt meeting
OF the stockholders Of the Monticello Auto.
mobile and Garage Company, corpora
ton, created and organized under the laws
Of the tSate of West Virginia. held at the
December. 1915, the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved that the Monticello Automobile
and Garage Company. corporation Great
ed and organized under the laws Of the
State of West Virginia, does hereby discon-
tinue business as a corporation and sur
render to said State It's charter and cor
porate franchises. The Board Of Directors
will proceed to convert the property, chooses
In action, and all assets fthis corporation
into cash and pay of and discharge all its
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20
REMAINS
OF Siy New Species of Prehistoric
Horses Found in California.

BERKELEY. Cal. Dec. 1s-Remains
of six new species of prehistoric
horses from the miocenc and pilo-
Gene periods have been discovered in
California by Professor j. C. Merriam,
of the department of paleontology, Of
the University of California, it was an
nounced the other day.
The specimens are Of three toed
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20
WAR


Lries from whose markets it has been
claimed that Great Britain was en-
deavoring to exclude American pro-
ducts. ON the other hand British
trade has probably suffered more
from the embnrgocs on export I'M
posed owing to tho necessities of war
by the British government than has
United States trade from the mea-
sures |. restriction of neutral trade
with the enemies OF Great Britain.
Apart from this unprecedented
volume of exports. American indus
try, which before tho outbreak OF the
war had been suffering for over a
year from general and widespread
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-20

rupted military career of Private
Adam N. Eve, United States marine
corps, must remain forever cloaked
in mystery.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-24
WHY NOT VALDEZ BAY?

The decision of the Government to take over Dutch Harbor, one of the Fox group of islands, to the west ward, as a supply base for the Coast and Geodetic Survey comes as a disappointment to us, as we were cer- tain this could be landed for Valdez. We have a better harbor, more land- locked and secure from invasion; bet ter facilities for defense; a better coast line for buildings, and an abso- lutely landlocked bay, unruffled by winter storms. for the shelter of the vessels.
 Valdez was an infinitely better po- sition all round round as supply base for this section of the country, and by one of those strange freaks of destiny we missed getting it. How ever, we have information that the
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-24
Sure to Get Results.


 The average storekeeper does not understand how to get his store news before the people. He does not know how to write the "go-out-and-get-it' He can't connect the people with what he desires to secure. All men are not like this. however. Occasionally a wiseacre shows up as witness the gentlemen who is spoken of in the following article from the Corvallis, Oregon Gazette-Times:
 Here is a man who knows how Ito write an advertisement, So many people who fall down on advertising do so because they can't write mus tard plaster drawing ad. They claim the following from Wisconsin pa per Is entitled to a 100 per cent marl in efficiency: "'Wanted-A young wife, age 2( Ito 30, for a wealthy elderly gentle man. One who can learn how to TUT an automobile. No house work
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-24
ONE VIEW OF ELIHU ROOT.

The New York Times, one of the leading Democratic papers of the country, does not share the estimate of Elihu Root that has been indus triously fostered by political enemies In an editorial the Times says:
 "It has become the deep conviction of those who have attentively and with candor and intelligence studied the career of MT. Root during these sixteen years that no man in public life has served the people with more disinterested devotion to their vel fare and none with so great ability. It became the commonplace of our politics that MT. Root was the ablest man in public life. In breadth of view, in understanding of political principles and of the consequences of public policies, in constructive ability as legislator, and in the wisdom of his counsel as an adviser he stands among the first in the history of the Republic.
 "It is only in minds warped by the miserable spirit of demagogy that MT. Root has been misunderstood and rmisinterpreted. He has looked upon his public duty not with the eye of the politician who cajoles tickle electorate with promises of an imme- diate millennium; the failacies, the |nostrums, and the shallow devices on which the lower and the lowest or der of politicians base their popular appeals have never passed the chal- lenges of his analytical mind. With a broader and surer vision he has been the advocate of policies and of measures of lasting wisdom and soundness, measures that directly and permanently pormote the welfare, the happiness and the prosperity of the people,"
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-24

The trail is broke and the Tele- phone No. 85 is working. Did you ever stop to think that every time you leave dollar with your local in- dustry that you have 8 fighting chance to get 1t back, as they live and eat in the old home town and 1t costs something at that. You may not get 1t back directly from him; he may have to give 1t to some one else who has to give it to you. Try the Val deg Iron Works. fr-tf