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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-03
An Evening Echo.
Treasury in DANCER.

Because OF the determination of this
admin ;stration not TO issue BONDS until
actually compelled TO, the AFFAIRS OF
the United States treasury are beng
conducted on basis fraught with
danger. The daily treasury state
rnents show balance on hand OF
little over So. eco, 900. whereas there
is actually no balance whatever in the
treasury, but instead, deficit OF
nearly SOS 100000. 1t cannot be said
that the secretary of the treasury is
making actually false statements, but
he has so changed the methods or
preparing the daily statements as
practically 10 mislead the uninitiated.
According TO the custom long pur-
sued. the daily statement showed as
the general fund, that is, the net bal-
ance available TO meet any necessary
expenditure only what was actually
in the treasury in bills or gold. ieaS1ns
out fractional currency and deposits
not. in the treasury but in national
bank depositaries. AS the general
fund has diminished. this system has
been changed and there is now in
cIuded as in the treasury, and in the
general fund, not only all the dimes.
nickles. pennies and other subsidiary
coin. but also all the funds deposited
in national banks and even the bal
ance kept in the Philippines.
The purpose of making this change
of system was. of course, TO obscure
the fact that the balance OF s43! GOO. 900,
which was in the treasury the last
week in April. 1918. has been changed
in two years into deficit of SOS 600
900.
This is the concrete result of ,ar-
if bill designed to reduce prices, but
which has failed utterly to reduce the
cost of living and which has been
successful only in reducing tlae reve-
nues of the government and legitimate
industries The treasury officials keep
repeating their expectation of vast IN
creases of the treasury balance as a
result OF the income. corporation and
war revenue taxes. but business has
not been such as 10 warrant their eX-
pectationS and the necessity of seianG
bonds to restore safe working bat
ance in the treasury constantly con
fronts the administration.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-03
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By a1ksSa
KETcHKNA.

As your vessel noses along the
coast toward this Alaskan town, you
get a vivid impression of the bigness,
the primitive magneficence, when
are AIaska's. Literally living out OF
the sea are forested mountains,
reaching in dark. spruce-clad ridges
backward and upward TO serrated
crests and snow-capped peaks.
Brawling, tumbling screams come
down the slopes and pour into the
sea. 1t is evening. AS the sun
goes lower. brilliant, ever-changing
light plays over the water. At hrst
it is green-gray. and then the slam
ing beams. tinge it violet. and as the
sun goes lower. it depens and CLOVIS
until it is red as molten fire, like the
sky Finally sea and sky fade, ana
shadow swallows the waiting noun
tains.
Ketchikan is wooden town built
on a fat a few feet above sea level
Wooden walks follow its muddy
streets under the trees saved from
the forest that once covered the spot.
Tall wooden totem poles, srotesquely
carven. very old. relics OF the say
ages that lived here once. line the
streets. 4 large part of the shops are
little curio stores where the indian
note is repeated in endless variety
of handiwork
It is not cold at ketchikan- The
japanese current swings all around
il. and the atmosphere is warm and
misty. the kind to grow things. Be
hind the town the forest rises dense
as a heIge a sodden tangle of brush
and berry bushes and Hchens covers
every open Moss grows even upon
the totem poles. and the walls OF
buildings 1t creeps in wherever it
finds chance. like an advance guard
of the forest seeking TO win the town
back to the wild
A creek, rushing down from the
mountains. cuts right through the
town. You can stand on wooden
bridge and look down into the clear
water and see thousands of salmon
on their way TO the upper waters
where they spawn. Now and then
one essays TO run a rapid or falls
shooting upward with incredible pow
err. Higher up little boy with
pole cut from a bush is fishing EY-
cry few minutes he pulls out a great
wriggliug trout.
Southern Alaska is land of
abundance and beauty. but they are
the abundance and beauty of the
wilderness. This bit of a town. with
the forest crwding down to its very
streets, is but dent in the edge of
unconquered Alaska-the last Amer
lean frontier.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-03
NEMESIS TEMPLE
Will HOLD SESSION

which is printed the photos of various
of1iciaIs. The first one is that of for
mer Governor A. B. Write, potentate
There are seven such leaves represen-
tative of the scimeter. crescent and
star. The leaves are entitled the
Potentate. Program. Divan. commit
tees Novices, recorder. Original
The entire announcement was de-
signed by Recorder James A. Bryan.
and is very artistically arranged and
will be greatly priced by all who will
be fortunate enough to possess one
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-03
TIE DAILY
NOV E L E T T e
An UNFAIR EXCHANGE.
sPresto-and the deed was done,
.Presto'-there's another one.
Translated from the Insane)

presto ana the dSSd -
sPresto'-there's another one.
TRANSLATED from the lnsane)
Excepting for a steady downpour,
il was a lovely day.
Yockum Bandys sat on his front
steps holding an umbrella over MS
head.
A tail man with inverted spats ap-
preached him.
81 am the man who advertised that
l can duplicate any dog in the world
said the newcomer.
Good" said Yockum Bandss.
There is Persian grape juice span
iel in my back yard that would be
twice as valuable If it We're twice as
many-in other words. if | had an
other one just like it"
every easily DONE" said Jorum
Bits (for such was the newcomers
nance
And. bidding Yockum Bandys remain
on the front steps for fifteen minutes,
he disappeared. only to reappear at
The end of the allotted time with per
feet Persian grape juice spaniel.
GREAT" said Yockum Bandys. and,
writing .Jorum Bits an enormous
check. he cashed it there and then
II wasn't until he closed his UNI
breila and took the Persian grape
i,,ice spaniel through the house to the
back yard that he discovered Jorum
Bitts had climbed the fence and come
hack and sold him his own dog.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-03
Daniels Excuses Daniels.

The secretary of the navy has taken
advantage of letter addressed TO him
by President Garfield. of Williams Col
feze. to make public letter in which
he attempts to relieve himself OF the
criticism for the unprepared condition
of the navy Mr.. Daniels boasts that
I'VE new ships have been authorized
during the last two years, but he says
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-03
DOCS POISONED.

Fourteen dogs have died from
poisoning at Adamston in. the last
week. Some of the CANNES were
valued highly by their owners. sun
day a detective was at work, and II
was stated that arrests would likely
follow soon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-03

virginia University VS.. Wesleyan Coz
lege. Union Park.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
June Is, IS and 17-Annual conyen-
ton West Virginia State Pharmaceu-
tical Association.
week beginning MONDAY, June IL
Tri-state convention, Loyal Order OF
Moose. Norwood Par
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-03
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THE SEARCHLIGHT
Latest iSevS from tbs Fields OF /.
Science. Education and 3n-
vGEsjon.
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ELECTRICITY IN THIS COUNTRY.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-03
Special For Thursday
sRLE OF
Brass Beds
$3.50 BRASS BED -. $3.50
so5 oo BRASS BED 80. 1880
$3.50 BRASS BEDS 49, 2l.5o
$4,000 BRASS BED =. 22.3o

These beautiful Brass Beds
are of the best. construction and
finished with guaranteed Lacquer
which prevents them from tar
nishing. Handsome designs As
these beds are now on diplay IN
our show window, we ask that
YOU see them and note their beau
ty. finish and style, also note the
savings offered in this one-day
sale
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-03

General de Maud'huy, who was re-
Gently wounded in the fighting IN
Flanders, has the distinction of never
having lost a trench since he took
charge OF the right wing of General
Foch's army. Though scarcely known
in France, his ability is winning for
him the recognition he Justly de-
The Washington times., 1915-07-22
Capital Is Threatened
With Deluge of "Nuts''
Woud-Be Inventors Expected to Lay Siege to Navy
Board With Schemes to Aid the Country-Park
Squirrels Happy Over Prospect.

toned at the various posts and yards
throughout the country.
The President Of the Pennsylvania
Aero Club SAYS:
inventors schemes to revolutionize war
fare on land and sea. The majority of
these schemes are wild and impossible.
The nuts would be among the first
group Of inventors. real and spurious.
to arrive in Washington with the CON
would f1ll the lodging houses. overflow
into the street. and might end by
pitching camp on the Capitol lawn. A
real inventor would not be able to get
near the commission.
Squirrels Elated at News.
ITO avoid such a condition the Gov
ernment should issue an oath Of conf
dence and protection against disclosure
to all prospective inventors and ar
range that preliminary inspection Of his
device shall take place at an army or
navy post near his home town.
'1f the device appears practical. let
the inventor submit II to the board
otherwise. let the examining officer dis
courage the man from coming to Wash.
ington and wasting his time and money
such hltration, or wedding out pro-
cess. should be put into effect through
out the country before the rush upon
Washington begins"
Probably MIR. Steinmetz Is right. All
Washingtonians assume as a matter OF
course that Job hunters will infest the
town with every change of Administra-
ton and they do--but an invasion uf
nuts is something new.
Without disparagement Of the value
OF genuine inventions and inventors, and
with naught but sympathy for the de.
luded one. 1t may be said that the
Washington public and the squirrels In
the park heard with concern and inter-
est today OF the prospective nut pa
rade" on Pennsylvania avenue.
The Washington times., 1915-07-22
300 GO ON OUTING
OF FLORISTS CLUB
Elaborate Display Of Fireworks
Closes Evening At Great
Falls.

An elaborate display Of fireworks
brought to f,tting climax the annual
outing of the Florists Club Of WASH
inrton. at Great Falls last night.
More than 300 persons attended the
cutting. The merrymakers were taken
10 Great Falls in special cars. A rag
2nne band played on the way to the
Sesort and coming back. A baseball
hame between the 'storemen" captainel
by Charles Scarborough. and the
''greenhousemen," headed by Elmer
Padgett. was the feature Of the after
noon. The 'storemen' won by a score
of 10 to s. A buffet luncheon was
served and there was dancing.
The afternoon was devoted to athletic
events. The following won prizes:
Potato race-Girls. twelve years old
and under. Elizabeth Dove and Mary
Higbee: tots. Helen Barry. e. Marche
and NJ. Dauphin; boys. twelve years and
under, Edgar Burnham. Granville GUIDE
and Teddy Schmid: open to ALL Albert
Ford and E. Smith; women. Miss d. b.
Barry and Miss J Richards; boys. seven
years and under. Ralph Minder
Flag race-Girls. twelve years and un-
der. Rose Minder, Mary Higbee and
Mary Clark.
l0o-yard dash for men-F. q. Weaver
and Arthur Shaffer
5O-yard dash for women-Miss Victoria
Wilbun Miss A. Barry and Miss Marie
Coll.
O0-yard dash for boys-Herbert More
land and George Hostetter.
Three-legged race for boys-Albert
Ford and Harry kimmel.
Three-legged race for men-Albert
Schnell and F. G.. Weaver.
10O-yard race for members only-Harry
Ley and George c. Shaffer.
Putting ball in basket. for single
women-Miss Marie Coli. Miss D. B.
Barry, and Miss Phillips: married wom-
en-. Mrs. George c. Shaffer and Mrs. D.
]. Grilbortzer; single and married
women. Miss Bernice Rigby. prize dia-
mond sunburst.
Quoits-Singles, r. L. McLennan,
George H. Shaffer. and William Clark
doubles, j. j. Barry and r. L. Nc
Lehman.
The committee in charge consisted of
o. A. c. Oehmler, chairman: George w.
Marche. George H. Cooke. Edward S.
Schmid. Jake Richards Clarence l..
Linz, David Grillbortzer. Theodore
Diedrich. William F. GUIDE. Harry
Lewis. William Ernest. Lloyd Jenkins,
Otto Bauer. G. Milton. and Fred H.
Kramer.
The Washington times., 1915-07-22
CHANGES Announced
IN PRINTING OFFICE
Appointments, Transfers, Pro-
motions, and Separations
= Materially Change Staff.

Appointments, separations. transfers.
etc, in the Government Printing Office
effective today are as follows:
Appointments-Mis Harriet Eagen.
charwoman.
Separations - Dennison P. Rowell
compositor. resigned: Frank A. Will
Jams. emergency boiler maker. resigned;
John F. Stewell. stockkeeper. resigned
James P. Junghans. messenger boy.
Transfers. etc-James E. Austin. COM
positor. 30 cents per hour, hand section.
to maker-up. 60 cents per hour, hand
section: Charles O'Connell, reviser. IS
cents per hour. Library Printing section.
to deskman. 70 cents per hour; Harry
W. schwarz. skilled laborer. c5 cents
per hour, office Of foreman Of binding.
to messenger 25 cents per hour. office or
foreman of printing: Edgar P. Wheat
ley. messenger boy, office foreman Of
printing. to messenger boy. linotype
section: John s. Webb. skilled laborer,
press division. to skilled laborer found
ry section: Thomas J. corwin, Oscar w.
Larman, and John D. Metz. jr.. COM
positors. montoype section to linotype
section: Sidney J. Marshall and Charles
H. Lisner. compositors, Job section to
linotype section: Henry S. Ady and
Howard c. Slater. skilled laborers,
pamphlet binding section to linotype
section: Levi Brown. Pinckney c. Hill
ton and Charles B. Huse. monotype
keyboard operators. go cents per hour,
monotype section. to compositors, 80
cents per hour, monotype section; Jesse
M: Patterson, helper, IS cents per hour.
Job section. to helper, 35 cents per hour,
plate vault section: Carson H. Hoff,
skilled laborer. hand section to linotype
section: Miss Helen Y. Boose ruling and
sewing section. to state. War and Navy
printing branch section; Samuel R. Will
liams. unskilled laborer, buildings divis-
ion. to press division.
The Washington times., 1915-07-22
Merchants Feel Deep
Loss of John Hansen

death Of John Hansen. president Of tho
Jewelry firm Of Schmedtie Bros, havo
been placed on record by the Retail
Merchants Association. The committee
who drafted the resolution consists OF
NJ. A. Leese. Washington Topham.
George w. Spier, Richard l.. Lamb and
Max Rich. The resolution reads:
although charged with the cares and
responsibilities Of a successful business.
Mr.. Hansen's unfailing zeal has been
an important factor in developing the
capacity for usefulness of the Retail
Merchants Association.
TO the members of his family and
to his business associates we extend our
sincere sympathy In their loss
The Washington times., 1915-07-22
Will Dedicate Book
To American Soldiers

George W. Drew, son Of former Fire
Marshal Drew. Of this city. an honorary
member of Georgetown Garrison. Army
and Navy Union. will dedicate a book
to the American soldiers, Of especial
interest to the Union and Confederate
and Spanish War Veterans. to be dis
tributed during the meeting here In
September Of the National Encampment
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic.
The Washington times., 1915-07-22

There is danger Of an invasion Of the
National Capital by "nuts'-would-be
inventors who have impossible schemes
for getting rich and famous.
Secretary Daniels naval advisory
board, composed Of real scientists and
inventors, promises to be the cause OF
the invasion. Washington patent at
torneys admitted today It IL entirely
possible that the city will be overrun
with nuts" with alleged wonderful In
ventions to offer the board.
A man who invents something that
turns out we'll Is genius: the fellow
who dreams and invents the things
that never get by Is nut" mats
the difference.
That the naval advisory board will
encounter both species while 1t seeks
inventions which might aid the United
States in time Of warfare IL regarded
as certain. The prospects are. however.
that the visionaries. the nuts" will
outnumber by far the genuine invent
ors who come here for fame. money or
the consciousness Of rendering a pub
lie service.
Sees Deluge of "Nuts."
Joseph A. steinmetz. president Of the
Pennsylvania Aero Club. first voiced
apprehension that the naval board
would encourage the pilgrimage to
Washington Of men with hopeless
schemes.
J.H. Brickenstein. of this city, presi-
dent Of the Patent Law Association.
says Mr.. Steinmetz is right about it
and Washington probably Will be over
run with Impractical ones whose DIS
coveries and inventions will not stand
scrutiny
Many men with imprectic: sch sehewes Ne
to Evsry as patent s
encounters well-meaning but misguided q
fellows who believe they have solved
some problem like perpetual motion;
Probably 50 per cent Of the supposed
inventions brought to patent attorneys
here are either impractical: or the
patent would be comparatively worth
less If granted. These men are dis
couraged by reputable attorneys from
wasting their time and money.
"The naval advisory board. Of course.
is good thing. but It is bound to en-
courage journey to Washington OF a
certain percentage OF visionaries or
nuts as they are called by some some
Of these men probably would spend Their
last cent to get here and present the
advisory board with some plan which
might prove utterly worthless on the
most cursory examination. Mr.. STEM
metz Is right. about 1t"
For Sitting Out Process.
A suggestion advanced by Mr.. Stein
metz is that there should be a sitting
out process for inventions to be sub
mitted to the navy's board Of scientific
experts.
II there Is no such process. he rea-
sons, a pestiferous aggregation Of fel-
lows with the inventors bug will
descend upon this fair city. The hotels
and boarding houses will be filled with
! mysterious individuals carrying blue
prints. models. and pamphlets entitled
"How to Invent" Rather than have
these unfortunate dreamers spend time
and money. as we'll as the patience OF
the naval board. Mr.. Steinmetz thinks
their ideas should be submitted in ad-
vance to army or navy experts sta.
The Washington times., 1915-07-22
Poison in Shells.

MOSCOW. July "a commission ap-
pointed to investigate charges OF In
humane methods on the part Of the
Germans made a report that they had
employed shells with cast iron tips
which were filled with prussic acid.
The Washington times., 1915-07-22

$1,000 Niagara Falls and Return
sl2,00, Baltimore and Ohio from Wash
ington 7:45 a. m, July 90. Tickets
valid returning within fifteen days
Modern coaches and parlor cars Route
via Philadelphia. Liberal stopovers re-
turning. Similar excursions Aug. and
20, Sept and II. Oct. / and 15.-Advt
The Washington times., 1915-07-22
For Sitting Out Process.

$3.50 To Philadelphia, $2.25 Chester
$500 Wilmington and return. Baltimore
and Ohio Sunday. July 25 from Union
Station at 7:06 a. m Returning same
day.-Advt.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-08-27

John Kendrick Banks, author of "A
Household on the Styx." and Coffee
and Repartee," who is spending the
summer at his camp in Maine, said IN
an interview last week: People
should own and read books just as
they should seek friendships, and try
TO understand their friends. A book
that one has come to know, and 10
love, is one OF the truest OF friends
In my library in Maine are not many
books, but none the less Lincoln walks
there with me; Emerson is my friend;
Balzac and Dumas are permanent
dwellers at my side; l frolic with o.
Henry. and ! play boyish tricks With
Aldrich and Penrod ! fence with Mon
taigne. and the great spirits OF The
Spectator"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-08-27
NO DOUBT THAT RESINOC
DOES STOP ITCHING

1t is a fact that the moment resinol
ointment touches itching skins. the
itching stops and healing begins. With
the aid Of resinol soap. it almost al
ways clears away all trace Of eczema.
summer rashes, pimples, or similar tor
menting. unsightly eruption quickly.
leaving the skin clear and healthy.
And the best of it is you need never
hesitate to S resinol soap and resi-
mol ointment. Resinol is a doctors
prescription which for twenty years
has been used by careful physicians
for many kinds Of skin affections.
They know that its soothing, healing
action is brought about by medication
so bland and gentle as to be suited to
the most delicate or irritated skin.
Resinol ointment and resinol soap are
sold by all druggists.-Adv.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-08-27
COLDS SIREN LURE FOR MEN
Hardship and Death Dared by Thou
sands That They May Gain
Riches Quickly.

It was in 1898 that the rush Of gold
seekers to the Klondike reached Its
flood. The ninety-eighters probably
never will know the fame Of the forty
miners. but they have a place in the
long history of the gold hunters. the
men Of all nations, ancient, medieval
and modern. The book has a hundred
chapters telling of failure and of death
to every one lightened with the story
Of success.
H. M. Cadell recently visited the
Klondike and there made a study OF
present conditions. He describes them
and adds an interesting account OF the
early day rush to the Northwest terri
tory. The Smithsonian institution has
put Mr.. Cadets report into print. 1t
ID an interesting document. Some OF
the happenings in the Klondike were
duplicates of like happenings in Cali
fornia and Australia during the first
years Of the surface washing in those
fields. These Implications show that
human nature is ~unchanging.
Men went to the Klondike daring
hardship and death that they might
get rich quick. Some of the gold
seekers we're quickly successful. A
large percentage of the successful
ones almost literally threw their mon
ey away. Easy come, easy go. This
sort of thing has marked gold min
ing in all ages. The Klondike is not
what 1t was, but human nature stay
the same. The discovery of gold a
the North pole would start a north
ern migration that would take no &C
count Of the insuperable obstacles o
distance and cold. The lure is IRE
sistible.-Chicago Post.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-08-27

Hello, Mabel"
"Oh. hello. George!"
How are you, Mabel?"
Just fine! How're you, George?"
Same. Say. Mabel. let's go through
the park this afternoon. What say?",
well ah-ah ahem-I--I-ah-Tm
kind Dwell. I'm kind Of tired.
George"
Then you won't go?"
I'm SO sorry, but, George. you un-
derstand just how 1t is. don't you.
George. dear?"
Eyes. guess 80. suppose III have
to ride with meo else. then"
Rider"
YES; my new eight-cylinder road
ster came this morning"
"Oh, George! Did it really?- Isn't
that just splendid? Say-ah-George,
I guess I'm not as tired as l thought
! was"
We'll. l wouldn't take any chances
II l were you, Mabel. 1t doesn't pay,
I'll take someone else"
But really, dear, I'm not tired a
bit. Honestly"
ITS sweet Of you to say that, but
don't want to take advantage of your
kindness. Good-by, Mabel"
Mabel slammed the receiver vicious
ly on the hook. Darn it," she NUT
tered. why didn't he say so In the
first place?"-Michigan Gargoyle.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-08-27
The Bonnie Conductor Lassie.

Edinburgh, Scotland, has two dozen
women street car conductors who are
a thorough success in the new line OF
work. Other tramways are already
recruiting girls and training them to
be conductors. 1t is said that girls
working in the English cartridge fac
tories are so fired with patriotism
that some of them work thirty hours
in a stretch without any rest. Miss
Elizabeth Lister has been appointed a
stationmaster in South Wales, the first
woman to act in that capacity. In
the north of England and in Scotland
and Wales the men workers are being
supplanted in the fields by women
who can be seen following the har'
row or digging and hoeing.