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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26

dams, 1000 strong. pushed up the
Sandusky to this town at the head
of navigation. There they anchored
their boats and fell upon the Fremon-
tiers who offered resistance to the
extent OF the whole male population.
numbering total of 100 men.
And old Betsy! Old Betsy was one
Of those short cannon of her time.
She was concealed In the brush at
one end of the stockade which was
the defense OF the town. Her pres
ence was unknown until the attack
int forces massed themselves against
this stockade. Then she belched
forth her volly of iron which ripped
lengthways down the ranks Of the
enemy and accomplished wonderful
results. Betsy and the one hundred
men defeated and drove of the att
tackers.
August is consequently cele-
brated It is the Fremont, Lexington
and yorktown in one. Old Betsy
is the local liberty bell Colonel
George Crogan, who led the forces,
gains on this anniversary all the tri-
blItes that are elsewhere, on national
holidays. paid to Washington and
Franklin and Jefferson. Those other.
hero worshippers follow their idols
because they know not OF Crogan.
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Firures Do Not Compare Well.

The administration is determined
that no more statistics will be issued
/ from the department under Its con
/ troll that tell a story hostile 70 the
/ fulfillment of Democratic promises and
( pledges. The recent publication OF the
+ government inquiry into retail food
/ prices was a glazing expose OF the
I fact that, although the tariff had been
! lowered, and to a point where
! American manufacturers did not re
ceiye protection, yet food prices were
7 higher than they were before the tarif
! was dickered with by the Democrats.
4 The labor situation in the country
I shows that fewer men are employed,
!; arc working fewer hours and at less
wages than before the Democraelc
party came into power, two years ago.
These are unpleasant facts for the
4 country to know-espectally as the
| Democratic promise of 1912 was that
az that party were put in control OF
the nation. the tariff law would be so
revised as to keep labor employer
and bring down the cost of living.
The result is that the administration
has decreed that no further investtga-
tons of that kind shall be carried on
and the results made known. 1t cloaks
its purpose under the more plausible
explanation that hereafter such IN
uuIries on the part of government de-
pertments are to be conducted along
different lines and by different meth
DDS.
The results Of such change will be
that the statistics gathered by govern
ment Investigators will be such as
cannot be compared with the condi.
tions OF previous years. This will
make it almost impossible to draw the
deadly parallel between Republican
times and Democratic times. and this
is the object of the administration in
making these changes.
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T II e lily
N o v T. L E T T E
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THE WAY TO HIS HEART.
They went their ways,
Different, each one.
She called him dear"
He called her hun"

Naturally, all the ladies had try
at Lieutenant Fitzriyers. the star
guest at Lady O'Doodle's lawn party
For, had not the dauntless Heutenan.
captured hill 7,777 and sunk eleven
hostile battleships, all single handed
(Answer: That's what the papers
@oh. Lieutenant" gushed the Bar
ones SWISH. IT think your fea'
(not your feet OF course, tee hee1
were, I mean was. cutter than any
thing Napoleon ever did IN ali his ca
s.Beastly boreg" grumbled Lieuten
ant Fitzriyers.
ooh, Lieutenant, effervesced Gracr
Fizzets, you're the bravest, mos
wonderful, courageous man the cous
"Bally bore" mumbled the Lieu
ooh. Lieutenant" fixed Lad,
Montblanc, 'I think the country
ought to erect a monument to 70
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26
Party is incompetent.

That the Democratic party is in
competent is the statement made by
Senator John Sharp Williams. OF
Mississippi, in an address to the Uni
ted States Senate.
"The same, dear, old foolish Demo
cratic party is going through the samA
game that it can be generally trusted
to his Democratic colleagues. you
cannot govern the country. You are
incompetent"
Some measure Of that incompetency
has been referred to hitherto in stories
pointing out specific errors in the tar
if bill due to inexcusable laundering.
Mistakes in other laws have been dis
cussed in more recent articles. A
brief resume of these mistakes is CIV
en- herewith. to be followed later by
instances OF other faulty Democratic
No. 8. The provision enacted by the
Democratic Congress to build up the
American merchant marine utterly
failed to achieve it's purpose, and con-
ferred the proposed benefit instead
upon competing vessels of other coun-
tries. giving to foreigners the profits
from high freight rates according to
the decision of the court of customs
appeals in the five per cent rebate
case.
No. 9. The Democratic Congress
Numbered in enacting the law to pro-
vide greater safety and comfort at sea
for passengers and seanen by naming
two conflicting dates for the time it
should take effect.
No. 10. The war tax law was in
accurately drawn; was not based upon
correct estimates and failed to provide
the money needed; necessitated ex-
pensive litigation; and adequate prep
aration for its enforcement was not
made, causing great delay. annoyance
and confusion.
No IL. The executive branch of the
Democratic administration is at war
with the legislative branch, and has
asked the supreme court to declare
imperative the law allowing a five per
cent reduction in the tariff on goods
imported in American bottoms.
No. IL. The most vital error leg
islative body can make was incorpor-
ated In the war tax" law. Congress
having given two conflicting dates as
to the time Schedule B should begin
to operate.
No. 49, Congress invited litigation
over Schedule b of the 'twar tax" law
by failing to clearly express the mean
ing of the provision to tax Cosmetics .
and the matter is now in the courts.
No. IA. Thousands of dollars col
lected from trust companies under the
"war tax" law may have to be refund
ed because Congress failed to make
clear whether or not they are subject
to the taxa question that has been
taken to the courts for determination.
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FREMONT.

In Fremont, O., the Fourth of July
celebration comes on August 2. This
latter date is the anniversary which
moves the. Fremonter to the demon
stration of frenzy of patriotic zeal.
For something happened on an
August 2. which, from the standpoint
Of Fremont, overshadows all other
events. (.
Fremont is located on height. al
most bluff, overlooking the sinuous
Sanduslky river. which here finds it's
head of navigation. It is an ancient
town, from the Ohio standpoint. for
it has stood here for more than a
hundred years. The men who founded
1t came from Pennsylvania and
brought with them peculiar type
of architecture that Is to be seen only
with her horns cut OF.
The houses they built were Of red
brick, as were those they left in
Pennsylvania. But it is the roof that
is peculiar. 1t is o roof without
caves. The edge Of it is on q line
with the edge of tho outer wall. It
gives a peculiar impression to the
observer, who is unfamiliar with
these houses of the Pennsylvania
Dutch-an impression such as one
would experience upon meeting a
formerly bearded friend who had
shaved, or Bossy of the barnyard
with her horns cut og.
The occasion of the demonstration
of August Q, the controlling in
fluence in the town, is a sort OF
Thermopylae that was fought by the
early settlers during the war of 1912.
It was then that British and In
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26

tire state of West Virginia IS now
free from quarantine for foot7and-
mouth disease. the order taking et-
fleet today. The states OF Kansas aud aud
lConnectscut are freed iby the same
order. which also releases five coun-
ties in New York. four In Pennsylva-
MIA and one in Illinois. Changes in
the quarantine in Kentucky, Mary
yards at Louisville, Baltimore and
Richmond the only .quaranttned
areas In these states The yards are
limited to handling live stock for drn-
mediate slaughter. With these
changes there is now very little ter
rftory remalningq loot
and-mouth disease in the Unised
ISeakas. With the exception Of q few
stock yards. the quarantine Is now
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26
military Tnpreparedness.

The gravity OF the International sit
uation has served to turn public atten-
ton toward the unpreparedness of the
United States for war. Secretary
Garrison has prepared a plan for
Increasing the standing army, now
consisting OF 81 ,7os officers and men,
to $4,000 officers and men. and the
militia organizations, now consisting
OF 127, 900 officers and men, to 270,0
The president has finally given his
consent to this program and the de-
tails are being worked out by the gen
eral staff, while the Democratic press
is making much of the prospect that
this recommendation will be made to
Congress.
Unfortunately. however, a recon-
mendation to Congress, even when it
enjoys the belated approval OF the
president, is far from the accomplish
ment OF legislation. 1t will be re-
called that Mr.. Garrison's very ability
entagonlzed and alienated the mem
bers of his party in the last Congress
and that the military committees OF
every recommendation and passed con-
siderable legislation which he disap-
proved. It will also be recalled that
st was the influence OF tie president
himself which defeated the passage OF
Representative Gardeners resolution
creating a commission empowered to
Investigate the military condition OF
the nation ara which, 1t was hoped,
would point the way to remedying
many abuses and defects, some of
which had been of long standing.
So sternly did President Wilson set
his face against this all important pre-
Nminary step and against what he
chose to regard as the danger of mill
tarism, and 50 little support did Mr.
Wilson give his secretary Of war, that
1t will be difficult for the executive to
persuade his followers in Congress
that he Is in earnest in any support
he may now give to Mr.. Garrison q
recomm atoms.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26
Modorn warfare.

Every American expert On military
affairs realizes that those who. recall
ing tho war OF the Revolution and the
Civil war. believe entire dependence
can be placed on citizen soldiery''
called to arms and trained after the
outbreak OF hosttlitios, fail wholly to
take into consideration tho complex
ties OF modern warfare as compnred
with that or the periods referred to.
i Tho artillery OF tho present day "a
as much moro complex than that Of
the Civil war as tho modern battle
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26
An Evening Echo.

That which we are we shall teach,
not voluntarily. but inyoluntarily.
Thoughts come into our minds by ave.
nues which we never left open anu
thouehts 90 out of our minds through
avenues which we never voluntarily
opened. EMERSON.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26

cations. a survey of their rights and
functions, the distinguishing Tea
lures Of the various bodies. Lists OF
all chambers of commerce in France,
regulations governing them. an &C
count Of their participation In leg1sla-
tfon and judicial work, and a de-
scription Of all the commercial In
stitutions OF the government.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26

eWomen make better attorneys
then men in divorce cases" says Miss
Gretchen Gallinger Of Los Angeles,
who at twenty-five has been admitted
to the California bar. mo man can
draw from woman all her troubles
nor be taken fully into her conf
dence."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26

confined to three counties in New
York, two IN Pennsylvania. four In
Illinois ana part Of one in New
jersey.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26
Widths 71x72 Inches.

at every corner in London, or at least
every other corner!"
"Bloody bore!,' growled the Lieu
tenant.
ooh, Lieutenant" twitted little
Alicia Decides, your Vandyke bearc
is the most becoming ever saw in
"oh. / say, haw." replied Lieuten-
ant FitzrfYers. -'Mayn't i take you in
to dinner; and say-haw-what's
your telephone number 2"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26
ON SALE Up M
Fine undermuslins, Skirts and
Gowns, $3.50

A special sale Of Women's dainty Undermusns
Every garment new, best materials and workman
ship. Gowns Of Nainsook, slip-over or open front
STYLES, lace or embroidery trimmed. Skirts made on
new vide 1noleds, deep founces Of embroidery or
new wide models, deep founces- OF embroidery OF
Wednesday afternoon 81 80.
See Window Display.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26
The Watts amberd Company !;
July Daily Special Sales Now n
Fine Ernbroideries
Galoons, Bandngs and Edges

Regular Prices to 59c Yard
The most remarkable Embroidery values we have
ever offered clearance of fine Swiss Gallons,
Bandings, Edges and Insertions. Scores of beauti
full designs in Floral Byelet and japanese effects
This sale includes Embroideres formerly sold up TO
SOC yard.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26
Room size 8 feet inches by 10 feet inches.

Excellent quality Smiths Administer and
Smiths saxony Administer Rugs
special assortment taken from our regular stock
and are now on display in our show window. Tell
your friends about this extraordinary sale of strict
" high grade lot Of Administer Rugs.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-26

That the Democratic party is in
competent is the statement made b.
Senator John Sharp Williams. o
Mississippi, in an address to the Uni
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-17
WASHINGTONNOT
BIT SURPRISED
At SUGAR PROBE
Coming Of Commission to Ha-
Waii Is in Line With Move to
Retain or Replace Duty
CONGRESS EXPECTED
TO ACT lN DECEMBER
Retention OF Duty, it Decided
Upon, Win Be Solely for Reve-
nue., and Not for Protection
Ry e. s. ALnERT.

Especial Star-Bulletfn Correspondencel
WASHINGTON, August 4.-The an
nouncement that 3 force of four spe.
cial agents will thoroughly investigate
the sugar industry Of Hawaii did not
create the slightest degree of surprise
among those here who have followed
events since the enactment OF the Un.
Uerwood Simmons tariff law.
The impression has been steadily
growing for many months that the sit
uation would be carefully canyassed
from every angle In order that de.
cisionf might be reached concerning
the possible restoration of sugar to
its former protective duties. II has
been equally wen understood that II
such action were taken 1t would be
based altogether on the necessity for
raising revenue. and not on the theo-
ry of affording protection to the in
dustry
A report on sugar conditions must
be submitted TO Congress before May
l.. 1916, when that article automatical-
~ goes on the free list. II found ne
cessary to enact remedial legislation
and prevent sugar from being entire
lyi placed on the free list It is desired
to have it undertaken by the Congress
which assemblies December s. The
idea would be to have the briefest
possible interval elapse before the res
toration Of sugar 10 the dntiable fist,
with corresponding aid IN the mat
ter OF raising revenue.
The plan to make three months
study of conditions in Hawaii may be
somewhat modified and shorter pc
Rod allowed for that purpose. The
inquiry must be extended to the sugar
industry In Eubtr kid Porto Rico. It
IS proposed to perform this portion Of
the task after the colnmission returns
from. Hawaii. Chief Special Agent
Frank j. Sheridan Is ii charge Of the
party now at the Hawaiian Islands.
Under the law creating the cost OF
production division of the commerce
bureau which contemplated investiga-
framing tariff Legislation, only dutiablc
articles can be Investigated. and the
sugar inquiry mnat; therefore. bescon.
cluded before May 1 Of next year.
The division has completed and will
publish shortly reports on women's
muslin underwear, cotton hosiery and
knit goods, and reports are being pre-
pared on mems shirts, collars and
cuffs and mems iready-to,wear gar
ments. Preliminary work is in pro
gress on mems hats and cotton gloves.
These inquiries will furnish a full re-
port on the dry goods schedule Of the
tariff.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-17
engineers And
MACHINE GlNCO.
Johnson Plan
These, in Addition to Cavalry,
Will Bring National Guard
Up to High Standard
BUSINESS MEN OFFER
TO FINANCE SCHEME
No Thirteenth Company Will Be
Formed, But Men Can Enlist
and Be Detailed at Choice

A machine gun company will soon
be added 10 the 1st Infantry, National
Guard of Hawaii, II tentative plans
Of Col Samuel Johnson, the adjutant
general, work out according to pres
ent prospects. The local guard Is
fortunate in that 1t has most Of the
material and equipment on hand for
the formation Of this special unit, and
that the men can be enrolled and
equipped Immediately.
Another plan of the new adiutant
general for increase of the guard,
which promises to, be productive of
results in the near future, Is pio-
neer company of engineers. which the
war department Ii very anxious to
have added to the organized militia
of the territory.
Before leaving for Hawaii last Sat
urday Col Johnson interested num-
Der of prominent business men In the
proposed machine gun organization.
and secured the promise of their
hearty support and cooperation, even
to the extent of financing the new or
ganization at their own expense II
federal funds were not Immediately
available.
Charles r. Forbes, superintendent
of public works. has taken over the
and already has received many appli-
cations from thoee who are anxious
to enroll.
According to war department rul-
ing, the machine gun outfit cannot be
recruited as a separate unit, to form
a thirteenth company Of the regiment,
but must be composed of men detail
ed from the companies Of the rogi-
ment. However these men can be en-
listed and assigned to companies OF
the 1st Infantry with the distinct un-
derstandink that they be assigned to
the provisional machine gun company.
The company. by regulation, Is com
manded by the regimentai commits
sary.
The officers of the provisional ma
chine gun company must be detailed
from the regimental and battalion
stats Of the regiment, and must have
an enlisted personnel of so.
Mr. Forbes leaves this afternoon Tor
Kauai, but expects to return within
q few days, when he will take up ac-
tive work of signing men. Core
spondence with the Division of Militia
affairs has already provided for the
equipment of one extra company of in
fantry out of unallotted funds. and o!
one troop Of cavalry. 1t is expected
that further special appropriations
will be made in the near future.
Mr.. Forbes has taken. up the nation
al guard work with enthusiasm, and
estimates that he will have the mini
mum strength required for militia
engineer company inside of two weeks.
The company, according to the tables
of organization, will have captain.
first lieutenant, second lieutenant and
65 enlisted men.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-17

John d. Spreckels' handsome yacht,
the, Venetia. slipped smoothly into the
hafbor this morning from Hilo and
ahchOred In the stream. A merry party
of Honolulu people friends and ac-
quaintances Of the California capital
list, and society folk--went cut to
board the Venetia and then began a
busy round of entertainment which
win give Mr.. Spfeckels and his party
scant leisure time during their brief
stay here.
II has been rumored that the son
of Claus Spreckels. the sugar king
whose history is indissolubly tied up
with that Of Hawaiian industry, would
have an, eye open for business while
he is here, particularly the steamship
business, inasmuch as he is head Of
the Oceanic Steamship Company and
head OF various sugar and sugar re-
fining companies. However. his.
friends and business associates deny
that he Is here on any business what
ever. They say the trip is for pleasure,
only But even at that it is probable
that he win to some extent look into
p1cAMccc COuOtttOuS do nC 6oCo dlonB
and may have some announcement to
make as to the future of the Oceanic
company as Il concerns Hawaii.
Officer and general director Of near
IL 20 large corporations. whose in
terests embrace everything from ho-,
tells to railroads and steamship lines,
Mr. Spreckels found himself tired by
his many and varied labors and has
taken this extended trip as measure
towards a complete mental and physi.
cal relaxation. He will be in Homo
lulu for short stay only. The yacht
will leave soon for the island Of Kauai.
Richard Ivers OF Brewer & Com
pany, who left this city for trip to
the mainland early in June, returned
with Mr.. Spreckels in his yacht Mr..
Ivers, trip was also one of pleasure
only. He spent all Of his time on the
Pacific coast, partly in the Canadian
Rockies, where he enjoyed the hunting
and magnificent scenery of this region
and partly on tour along the Sierra
Nevada mountains through California.
He stayed only a short time IN
San Francisco to see the wonders OF
the Panama Pacific exposition as ne
desired to spend most of his vacation
in the country.
in conversation this morning Mr..
Ivers indicated his belief that free
sugar win 60 into effect on May OF
next year. as provided in the Wilson
Underwood tariff bill. and that Hawaii
must expect the deleterious effects OF
free trade on its dominant industry.
Ranging 226 feet from bowsprit to
stern, and every foot designed for
grace. with no suggestion
of the clumsy freight carrier, the
beautiful steam yacht Venetia perfect
ly fills her reputation as one of the
grandest boats on the Pacific. Built
to combine the two difficult ideals of
speed and comfort, the venetia runs
in easy lines from the uptiited
schooner bow to the serviceable |
lContinued on page three)
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-17
HOPE TO RAISE
IA TO SURFACE
BY SEPTEMBER |
Heavy Swell and Stiff Breeze
Prevent Mooring of Addi-
tionaI BuoyS Today

Owing to heavy swell and stiff
breeze, Naval Constructor j. A. Furer
and his men were not able to finish
anchoring the two remaining mooring
buoys over the F4 today. Operations
we're concerned mainly with complet-
ing rigging up the dredge Reclama-
tion, which will be attached to the
buoys tomorrow morning IL the sea
Is then calm enough.
While neither Mr.. Furer nor Lieut..
K. B. Crittenden would make any def
mite statement as to when the sub
marine will be actually raised to the
surface. September is given as IN
approximate date. So many unexpect-
ed things may happen between now
and then, or unfavorable weather may
occur again to delay the work, that it
is impossible to estimate accurately
the date.
That the submarines condition,
even when raised, will be such that
not any evidences of the cause of the
disaster can be obtained from it Is
the belief of the Army and Navy Jour
nal. In an article concerning the F-4
the publication says: "Very little
hope is entertained by the naval au-
thorities that the recovered submar-
inc will contain any evidences which
will enable an accurate determination
of the causes of the disaster"