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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-24
Plan for PossibIe Perl.

Hudson Maxim In his "DeEenee1ess
America assemblies some interesting
figures OF our present military and
naval unreadiness OF dreadnoughts
we have fifteen to- Gefmany's. twenty
eight and England.s forty-six- The
footing Is: Germany, 100000; AUS
49, 600; United States.
SO, O16 In q scale of relative uumer-
.ical strength of field artillery in
which Germany Is rated 5000, we are
rated 634 Austria's rating is 1855,
and EngIand's Is 1000. The author
lied number of soldiers for the United
States regular army is 100000. OF
the actual number as given above,
54p82 are mobile, and of these but
32,340 are mobile in. the continental
United States.
This is NO time for hysterical con-
lecture or craven fears, says the
Philadelphia Ledger, but it is the time
to set the affairs Of our military and
naval households in order. Our plans
should have reference to the possible
peril as well as to the desirabfIity OF
being all things to all men in the
kindly offices OF eventual mediation.
It is very we'll for US to say what We
will do or we won't do, but we cannot
predict when and where mad dog
will bite. What is the use or palaver
as a weapon of defense against a man
or a nation that runs amuck? Bis
marck objected to rhetoric as a bar
of judgment: it Is greater evil when
1t inhfbits outright action in defense
of the right against the wrong. It
would be more to the point il we spent
less time in writing pretty letters to
Germany and more time overhauling
our defenses and putting enough men
in the army and aboard the ships.
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euasgwork financing thaf has char-
acterfzef the AGcAdoO regime In Wash
fngton. A postoMee dadeH OF about
Isix millions helps to SweH the total
shortage. That, however - only the
nominal shortage In this department.
as It appears, according to the extra
ordinary methods of postal account
ing. Were the postodice department
debited with every item OF national
expense that Is properly ciaargeable
to It, this nominal deficit would be
doubled or trebled. The operation OF
the Panama canal, likewise, has
proved an expensive matter during
Il the last twelve months, taking nearly
thirty millions from the national M
come. and this apart altogether from
the huge sums needed to pay interest
ON the construction bonds. Finally,
the last session OF Congress set q rec
ord for peace expenditures with appro-
priations which acme almost to the
ithree-quarter billion mark.
l! It is convenient and plausible to
put the blame for all our political and
economic mishaps on the European
catastrophe, but our federal deficit
lis one thing that it does not satisfac-
torily explain. Hapflazard figuring
and the lack of national budget are
chiefly responsible for It
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lish settlement and an old Portuguese
town which is far less comfortab1e'
Int q great deal more picturesque.
The English settlement consists IN
number OF very informal BUNGALOWS
and villas, scattered about wtthout
system s or plan. There are roads py
wnicn you can reach any OF them put
nothing worthy the name OF streeI.
Yet IN Mombasa is one OF the mo t,sl
remarkable trolley systems IN tne
world. The tracks are narrow ana
the ears seat only one or two passen-
gers. The motive power is coupIe
of negroes who run behind the car
and push. Yet you may order trot-
lev at the public gardens and go inter-
aily anywhere in the city. Branen
lines lead to the very doors OF the
honses. Ladies make their afternoon
rounds OF calls without walking
hundred feet. The late returning
reveller is trundIed home and SIDE
tracked at his doorstep By trolley the
Romeo hastens to meet his juliet, ana
|1ris car is switched and shunted on
under her very window. The trolley
system of Mombasa is not noted Tor
speed or regularity Of operation put
Ither is none other in the world that
so completely accommodates itself 10
the need and desire OF the passenger.
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RAW LIE T r e
ny NIksah.
MOMBAsA.

Mombasa is an island and town
in British East Africa. The island is
almost hidden in an ob1ong bay, which
it nearly fills. 1t is a tropical island,
crowned with jungle set on brown
cliffs festooned in brilliant creepers.
The blue waters OF the bay clasp 1t
In a narrow band, and forest OF
palms comes down to meet the water.
The f1arbor> is at the little settle
ment of Kilindini. This harbor Is
nothing more than a placid river
reaching far into the jungle. So still
lie its waters that every leaf and ten
drill and flower OF the forest Is imaged
in its depths. The quiet, and the
tropical perfection of the spot work
a strange spell upon the traveller. He
fancies that he has voyaged into a
fairy land. A satyr peering from q
tl1icket, or milk-white deer bound
ing through glade. would seem but
a part of the picture.
At the landing place his dream Is
rudely shattered A crew of chatter
ing, flaIf-naked negroes comes clam
oring' for his baggage. The custom
house is a crude structure of sheet
iron full of dust and stones and
sweating humanity. and hotter. 1t is
safe to say. than any other port this
side of Hades.
The town of Mombasa consists OF
two parts-a comparatively new Eng
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GnessMork Financing.

was our national deficit during the
past financial year 100000, or
$41 100000; or $57!O00:000?
That is question which even the
treasury officials themselves do not
see mable to answer readily If one
may Judge from their much-jumbled
recent figures concerning the state of
FEDERAL finances. One thing, however,
is quite clear. There is large deficit
and the war is not wholly or even
largely to blame for it. The inevitable
reduction in customs \ revenues was
foreseen eleven months ago, and Con-
gress was duly asked to make good
the deficiency by authorizing list OF
emergency war taxes. This 1t did.
and, the taxes so imposed have brought
in a good deal more than was expect
ed of them. This year. moreover, the
federal income tax yielded handsome
", running away above the previous
years figures. Why. then, are. we so
far from having made both ends
meet?, asks the Boston Herald.
Several things account for the large
balance on the wrong side of the ma
tional ledger. Miscalculations in the
amount Of incomes to be derived from
the excuses on liquors and tobacco
account for some of it. This source
of revenue was overestimated to tins
extent of twenty millions or more. a
discrepancy for which there seems to
be no reasonable excuse. and which
affords but another example of the
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THE sEARCHLIGHT
Latest mews from the Fields Of
acdenc0. EducHtion ana IN
! = = 4+% . : IS = So -
RAISING DRUG PLANTS.

The shutting on OF the drug supply
from Europe has aroused interest
here in the cultivation of plants for
medicinal use. Some of these can be
raised with little trouble. and num-
Der of them are already grown for
floral or ornamental purposes. Others
are found in their wild state and may
be made to yield a fair profit with a
reasonable amount OF care.
Calamus or sweet flag is native
wild plant used as drug. It may be
started from the old roots which are
apt to be found along the banks OF
streams or the edge of swamps. Tons
Of the dried roots OF this plant are
imported every year. Yet single
acre in this country can be made TO
yield at least 1900 pounds with an
average value of four or five cents a
pound.
Thousands of pounds of coriander
seed are also imported each year. The
returns from the government expert-
ment farms indicate that this seed can
be grown in America at an average
yield of 1000 pounds to the acre and
q. market price of six and one-half
cents.
old fashioned herbs such as pep
permint. catnip. horehound, lobelfa
and honeset grow wild, but can be Inn
proved by slight cultivation. and are
sure of q certain demand while the
cultivation of lavender. especially in
the southwestern states is fast be-
coming of commercial Importance.
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C.asl, is Iney.tatbEe.

Notwithstanding Mr.. Bryan's Span
ish courtesy in reference to the presi-
dent, none of the advisers of Mr..
Wilson harbor the delusion that he
resigned ''in fit of passionate adj
miratfon for the president. as the
New York Evening Post ironically
puts it. Some Of the statements OF
the Madison Square Garden speech
cannot be logically Interpreted as
friendly to the president, says the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat. Not another
Individual in the United States who
has previously upheld the president
in his conduct Of foreign relations
has shown any enthusiasm over Mr..
Bryan's paradoxical theory that the
way to uphold the presidents hands
is by criticising his policy. All the
applause has come from the con-
sistent opponents OF the presidents
war. Practical friends Of the pres1-
dent realize that there is to be war
to the death. Unsophisticated per-
SONS may wonder whether Mr.. By
ans frequent expression of personal
admiration for the president has not
estopped him from opposing his re-
nomination. But they forget the
principles Of Mr. Bryan in ringing
the changes on principle. HIS
cruel treachery to Champ Clark at
Baltimore was disguised as a matter
OF principle" although there arc
many circumstances supporting the
suspicion that 1t had been long de-
signed, but not with Mr.. Wilson as
the ultimate beneficiary. J.
Mr.. Bryan has his principle
ready for use against Mr.. Wilson. 1t
is the one-term pledge of the plat
form. He made q record. handy Tor
future use, in 1912. He alone of all
the writers and speakers stressed the
one-term pledge. although many
criticised Mr.. Roosevelt's third term
aspirations. During his first term In
Congress Mr.. Bryan tried to get the
constitution amended so as to make
president ineligible to succeed HIM
self. In each of his three races ne
pledged himself to the single term
principle. He worded the Baltimore
plank so as specifically to pledge the
candidate to the principle. He dwelt
on the personal pledge of the candf-
date In numerous speeches. duly re-
ported in the Commoner. and argued
In a1eading editorial the week pc
fore election as to the peculiar IN
volatility of the pledge, since unfor-
seen economical conditions could not
arise to alter it as they might other
pledges. With such record ne
must oppose the presidents renomi-
nation, even If he sheds crocodile
tears at the start. But students OF
Mr.. Bryan's career expect him 60
wipe away all tears in little while,
and attack his former chief with all
the fierceness Of which his intense
nature is capable.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-24
OIL and GAS

No new wells were drilled into the
sand af Evans City yesterday me
schmidt on Company's well on the
Kern lot, $50 feet northwest OF the
south penn Oil Company's No on
the 81. r. White farm was drilling In
the sand and made several hows.
This well is on god line with pro-
ducers. The old wells continue TO
decline and 1t is estimated that the
production Of the pool is about 1,oou
A The e tools are still In ene hole at
the Schmidt, Sauer and Company
good well on the Pittsburg Realty
Company's lot and it fs not produc-
Ing anything. Water has broken
into the well and the men Will pun
the casing ana try to recover the
tools. Yesterday they tried Tor sew
eral hours to jar the tools loose, pde
could not bulge them. The mis-
fortune has put this well out OF the
running and it is doubtful II 1t can
come back with as much production
aa when the tools were stuck. AS II
e in proximity to other wells the
pressure must necessarily be reduced
az Il gain begins to do business.
The south Penn Oil Company mas
drilled ITS No. ON the B. +, White
farm through and fifteen feet below
the third sand ana is drilling IN
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Even Democrats Want to know.


Democrats who have had an abiding
faith in the wheeling Register: which
has been telling them all during the
present Democratic national admins
tration that 1--WE have had no hard
times are asking today: What does
it mean?"
The cause Of the question is the
headline, front page streamer. IN
Fridays Register reading Thousands
OF Ohio Miners on Verge OF Starva-
ton" and then the following leading
news article follows:
COLUMBUS. o., July 22.-Destitu-
ton among the thousands of miners
In the Hooking district, as we'll as
other sections caused Governor Willis
to-day to issue general appeal to cit
fzens of the state to help in rendering
Immediate relief. In many instances
entire families are said to be actually
starving. Mothers with infants are
said to be living on nothing but lin
tied portion of -four. Special tnves-
tigators reported to the governor that
Few families have anything other than
flour aud onions to eat.
.The adjutant general has been or
dered by the governor to use the state
militia in forwarding provisions and
distributing systematically among the
suffering. It is said immediate relief
must be given at once, or children
will die of starvation. There are no
labor troubles in the Hooking dis
trict, the mines being idle because OF
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-24
He DAILY
NO v E LIE T T e
THE FIRING MARK.
tTranslated from the italian.

Translated from the ltallan.J
Recruiting officer Spag ETH impeF-
iously entered the laboratory OF Pas
ouale PasqualIf. the inventor.
'tF'ollow mel" he commanded. You
have the honor to be set down in my
lists as a decoy or firing mark. Your
duties will be simply to show yourself
to the enemy's sharpshooters and oc-
cupy their fire while the regular SOL
diers make a surprise attack.
PasquaIli. never a brave man, loos-
ened his collar wild, and cried, "But,
no. no, don't have to fight. can
serve my country much better in an
other way. have invented a death
dealing machine the like of which has
never seen the like of which,"
The recruiting officer frightened.
Was he to have the honor of discover
ing an inventive genius for his coun-
try?
said Pasqualli. ct is powerful can
non that shoots thousands of yards Of
macaroni, which So entangles the
enemy that it is then simple matter
to rush up and slay them. :"
'.Follow met" reepated the recruit
ing officer fnhexibly.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-24

The receipts of the national treas
ury for the last fiscal year were some
ninety millions less than the expen-
ditures. in spite OF the fact that a
Democratic Congress created two ad.
ditionaI taxes to make up the loss OF
revenue from its reduction OF duty on
eoreien Imports. About one-half the
deficit is due to loss of revenue and
the remainder to extravagant appro-
priations. The high cost of Demo
cratic administrations ID one OF the
things this country has to remedy now
and then, and next year is not SO far
away.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-24
imports Of Meats and Dairy Products:

Imports of Meats and Dairy Products.
A report from the department OF
commerce. shows that new record
has been made for the importation
81 meats and dairy products by the
Omitted states, the total for the last
Ten months reaching s3s, 900, 600. Two
thirds of this was for meats, mostly
brought from Argentina. The figures
will be of especial interest to the
farmers OF the west, on whom the
country has always depended for Its
supplies OF meat, butter and cheese.
The situation is not at all serious, FOR
the figures on imports must be placed
alongside the exports of food products
for the same period, which aggregate
$724, 00O, 900.
On this showing, 1t is quite evident
the United States still has enough to
feed its own people, and that no like
lihood of famine exists. 1t is worthy
OF note, though, that the possibility
OF competition for our farmers in their
home market is developing under the
stimulus of Democratic free trade
ideas. and at rate that is not at all
comforting to those who have consid-
cred the American farmer as free
from any danger OF foreign encroach-
ment. The total is more than three
times what 1t was two years ago.
In the meantime. the farmers of the
West are being stimulated to produce
not only more. but better food prod
ucts. They are entitled to the home
market. and to all possible encourage
ment in their efforts to hold it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-24

People all over the country are ask
tne. Will President Wilson be a can
fiidate to succeed himself? Will he
let the country know, pretty sooIi.
What are his Intentions? Will William
Il. Bryan be q presidential candidate.
and will he make prohibition another
Nparamount" issue? Why is Post
master General Burleson so soiicitous
to get inside Information as to the
political status of the country and IN
whose interest is he SO tnqu1s1tlve:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-24

In the early days of the tariff soon
after the war began Democrats laid
the loss In trade solely to the great
war? Nov that we have billion dol
lar trade balance watch carefully ana
see if you can see where any Demo
crat says the war had anything to do
with it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-24
An Evening Echo.

Faith is the heroism and enterprise
Of intellect. 1t is not a passivity' OUT
q faculty. 1t is power, the ma1eriai
The great workmen of history have
been men who believed like giants
CHARLES PARKHURST.
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The ON Mnrkef.

Pennsylvania. 1.35; Mercer
black ST; New Castle OF: Corning
90; Cabeu 81; North Lima 50; South
Lima SO; Princeton "a; Wooster
$1.05; Indiana SO; Somerset so:
Ragland So !; Illinois "a: Kansas 40:
Oklahoma 40; Corsicana. light IS:
Corsicana, heavy 45; Electra AS:
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slate. It is flowing hve oarrei az
hour. No. on the same farm IS
flowing ten barrels an hour, and IS
the largest producer in the pool.
Nos e. y and 8 on the B. F. White
farm viii be due to get the sand
next week.
Leasing and Paying Bonus.
Leasing is still active to the south
east and northwest Of the develop
ment. To the northwest Pittsburg
parties. Congressman John NJ. NORM.
J. p Harris, Richard NJ. Kolp ana
John Sauer have leased the Henry
Freshcorn twenty-8our acres. adjoin-
ing the fair grounds, for which they
paid a bonus of $4,000. The leasing
Of this farm recalls the automobtle
tragedy that occurred the previous
day at Crider crossing when an au-
tonobtle was struck by Harmony
Fraction car and three men, ]. F. Alli-
son. J. n. Mccormick and w. NJ.
Dick lost their lives. The three had
been negotiating for the lease and All
the details as to bonus had been
agreed on. They started for home
ana were to return later and Close
the deal.
A calamity threatens the borough.
There is danger OF fire breaking out
at any time and If It does the busy.
busting little oil town will be wiped
Off the map. Every precautton Is
being taken but the hazardous nature
of the business makes the situation
critical. There is little danger from
the small wells, but those that come
in large producers like the one on the
Pfttsburg Realty Company's lot, ana
get beyond control are the menace.
Gas Companies Active.
In the vicinity OF the big gasser on
the George Spfege1 lot, near East Nc
Reesport, in Versailles township, the
gas companies are loosing no time In
starting new work. Within radius
Of one-ha1f mile from the gusher
there are six companies starting or
getting ready to start one or more
wells. There are twelve rigs build
ing and half as many more locations
made. The Philadelphia Company,
the Carnegie Natural Gas Company
and the Peoples Natural Gas Com
pany are the most active. With SO
many wells completed on SO small an
area the pressure will be speedily
reduced.
The southeastern Ohio fields are
furnishing nothing better than light
producers. In the deep sand territory
in the Bremen district, Rush Creek
township. Fairfield county. the Car
ter on Company has completed ana
shot It's No. on tlEs w. G. Nc
Clandish farm, and will not have
peter than a ten-barrel pumper In
the Clinton sand. In the snallo0
sand territory in Bearfeld town
ship, Church and Hatfield are due IN
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the sand at No. 4 on the John Bea-

trice farm.
/ In Sutton township, Meigs county,
Van Fleet and Company have COM
pleted second test on the Elizabeth
Mills farm and have a buster. In
the Payne district. Washington coun-
ty, e. P. McCutcheon and Company
have fve-barrel pumper in the Max
on sand.
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business depression"
! Even Democrats want to know why
tine Register insists that times are
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Widths 71x72 Inches.

Healdton 80; Henrietta As; caddo.
80 degrees so; Caddo. 35 degrees so;
Caddo, 80 degrees 40: Caddo. crude
IS; Canada SIPS.
Producers and Ref1ners' Company
quotes $1.35 for crude of the Penn
sylyania grade.
japanese oysters are transplanted
from their native waters to the dixie
surrounded oyster beds OF the Pa
cific coast and flourish there.
Mohammedanism is the recognized
religion of the Turkish race. and the
sultan, as caliph As the supreme head.
Over 1000 mosques are provided for
worship.
New South Wales has only one
twentieth the population OF Britain.
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Eslate. 1t is flowing five barrel an
hour. No. on the same farm IS
flowing ten barrels an hour, and Is
the largest producer in the pool.
Nos 81 and on the B. F. White
farm win be due to get the sana
next week.
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The Watts-L amberd Company
July Daily Special Sales Now In
SPECIAL FOR TUESDAY. JULY 10Th
ON SALE 8 9. M
Fine Enbroiderie. O. VarII
Gallons, Rankings and Edges - 1Mu

Regular Prices to SEC Yard.
The hasot remarkable Embroidery values we have
ever offered. clearance of fine Swiss Gallons,
landings, Edges and Insertions. Scores of beauti-
full designs in Floral Eyelet and Japanese effects.
This sale includes Ebroideres formerly sold up to
59c yard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-26
Lime Treatment
in tuberculosis

In the May %, 1912, issue of the
journal of the American Medical As
sOciatiOn appeared this statement
concerning calcium Uime) medication
i'm the treatment of pulmonary tuber-
culOsis (cOnsumptiOn);
"Undef the Systematic, continued
and persistent regime of calcium as
similatiOn. Van GiesOn hns seen n
number of his patients improve, un-
sOItdatiOn In the lung, which then re-
solving would appear to contribute 10
the walling OF and closing of the
LESSONS. Hand In hand with this
course of events. the sputum clears
up of tubercie baciIIi, which finally
disappear, and the patients are dis
charged with healed pulmonary tu-
berculOsis."
Ethical medical journals seldom
speak so positively about a remedial
agent, yet this testimony comedies
with that from many consumptives
who have secured like results through
the use of Eckman's Alternative.
Since calcium is a constituent of
this remedy for pulmonary tubercu-
losis and allied throat and bronchial
affections, its healing power may in
some measure be attributed to the
manner in which this element is so
combined with other ingredients as
to be easily assimilated by the aver
age person and it does not irritate the
stomach.
Eckman's Alternative contains no
opiates, narcotics or Informing
druggist is out of It, ask him to order,
Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia.
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