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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-15
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-15

Henrietta crossman, the well known
lctress of the legitimate stage. lends
Ter dramatic ability to the screen
ersian of L. V. Jefferson's celebrated
novel, THE Supreme Test" which is
showing today at the orpheum. This
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-15

The BOBBY. Bahama bird, is SO
spiritless that when attacked by other
birds It does not fight. but gives up
the fish 1t has caught without resist
ancs.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-15

NOTICE or sruCN,iOLDERs MEETING.
There will he meeting OF the stock
holders Of the Canadian oil 4 Gas Com
pany, held At the principal Office Of said
Company, In Room M. 80, Coz building
in the city OF ClnrkShurG, West Virginia,
ON the 20th day az December, ipih NJ ten
o'clock, A. NJ, for the purpose OF voting
upon and adopting resolutions providing
for tho dissolution OF the said corporation,
md for Snrrrndcring Its charter, and dis
continuing business; aud 10 transact other
business generally.
Given under our hands this tho 10th day
of December, 1915.
s. W. BOWMAN. Vice President.
ID. W. CORK, Secretary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-15
of the Circus"

of the Circus
Bessie Barriscale, beloved of pho
toplaygoers all over the world, and
Bruce McItae, the distinguished
Broadway leading man and matinee
idol, are soon TO be presented by
Thomas II. Ince, as co-stars in an alb
sorbing drama from the prolific pen
of c. Gardner Sullivan entitled "The
Green Swamp"
Frances Starr is to appear in a
comedy as yet unnamed. by T. wig
ney Percyval and Horace Hodges, the
authors OF Grumpy" The first pro-
dnctIon will be made the last OF next
months at the Belasco theater in
Washington.
"Ruggles of Red Gap" a drama
tization of Harry Leon Wilson's story,
was produced in Philadelphia last
week. Ralph Herr, Louise Closer
Hale, Jobyna Rowland, George Has
sci and Frederick Burton had the
principal roles.
Maurice Of the Maurice and Walton
dancing team is going to his home, In
Belgium, TO see his father, who is
dangerously Ill. He is to appear dur
ing the holidays in Fully That" in
which Elizabeth Marbury is to fea-
ture him and Miss Walton.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-15

Stockings first came into uso in the
eleventh century. before which Il was
customary 10 swath tho feet in BAN
dages,
Athrcc-inch steel cable made for
use in Cuban mine withstood pull
ing test ~ r. unds, which IL
said TO be the record. .illkxH
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-15
SOME FOOTBALL TEAM.

Gilbert Dobie, the University OF
Washington football coach, whose
eight-year gridiron reign at the Seat
tie institution was not marred by a
single defeat, would be an acceptable
head to the coaching stats OF several
eastern and middle western colleges.
The International games this autumn
have done much to increase the i'm
preston among football followers
that gridiron powers is not confined
to tho campus of the Atlantic coast
and the middle West.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-15
WAR FEATURE is
SHOWN AT BnOU

now private, Winslow, is summoned TO
headquarters, and when he learns that
his son made the victory possible
the stirring drama ENDS with their
reconciliation.
Producer William Robert Daily has
worked out a number OF startling and
unusual effects in the three-reel Dia-
mond s Special The False Alarm
which are certain to merit the ap-
proval Of motion picture fans and ex-
hibitors as well. when this excellent
drama is released.
Blanche Ring, with her enticing
smile, now being presented at the Rob-
inson Grand in Oliver Moroscos Photo
play Company filmization Of Tho
Yankee Girl" has the distinction Of
playing to one OF the largest audiences
ever assembled in the Grand. THE
Yankee Girl" is said to be one Of those
charming photoplays, the kind that the
Paramount program is noted for. with
plenty of healthy laughs and maginh-
cent surroundings. Miss Ring is sup
ported by such notable artists as For
rest Stanley, Herbert Standing, Bonita
Darling and Howard Davis.
Tomorrow film version OF Dam
aged Goods" will be presented with
the original cast, including Richard
Bennett: This attraction recently
played Wheeling and Parkersburg to
large crowds and the motion picture
version Of Damaged Goods" is said
to be even more remarkable than the
speaking stage play.
o.
Balboa will be the name OF two of
he largest moving picture theaters
IN the Pacific coast. They are to be
quilt in Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco. Work will begin on each house
in the near future. Both will make
a special feature of Balboa films,
wherefore the theaters will be known
by that name.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-15

Grass or hay placed in pipe for
a few days will cause 1t to smoke as
sweetly as when 1t was new.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
SOME QUERIES FOR THE MAYOR
Was There Politics in Rofrano's APP
pointment. or Pure Merit?

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: When John Purroy Mitchell was on
dcavorine to convince the electorate Of New
York that he was par excellence the man TO
succeed the late lamentcd Mayor Gaynor, and
FOR some time after his election, The Tribune.
i'm common with other papers, in its news
columns informed its readers that Mayor
Nitchers appointments would be made on
the basis Of merit alone and that politics
would cut no figure whatever in appoint
ments TO his official family. No retraction
Of that statement has been made by you so
fer as ! know. To-day the Mayors official
mouthpioce THE World" in telling OF the
activities Of Michael A. Rofrano, indicted as
murder buyer yesterday, regales the
public with this choice bit Of information:
when Rofrano came out openly against
Foley he combined with Clement J. priscoll
che time Deputy Police Commissioner, and
organized the Home Rule Club, which sup
ported Mitchell for Mayor against Mccall
Rofranos reward came in his appointment
as Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner"
The same authority informs us that
Michael Gamari, in connection with whose
NulNti hOiTtUo mas uttU Itu4NbNhf nov "
job in the Tenement House Department and
later became an inspector for the Workmen's
Compensation Commission"
May inquire, sir, what section Of the city
charter gave Mayor Mitchell the right to re-
ward his political workers and "heelers"
with city Offices at the expense Of the tax
payer? For Tammany to do such thing
would be an unspeakable, objectionable
crime.
VIII The Tribune kindly inform us II Ro-
franc and Ga;mar were compelled to fill out
Brueres printed application blanks respect
ing their past and present, and Whist per
centage were they credited with by Bruere
and the Mayors other patronage brokers?
Did Mayor Mitchell include such men as Ro-
Franc and another ofliceholder whose name
was repeatedly mentioned in connection with
the Becker case shortly before the disgraccd
lieutenant went to the electric chair in his
promise 10 the taxpayers that appointments
would be made upon the basis OF merit
llone"? What special qualification did Ro-
franc possess that entitled him to a $4,000 a
year job in the Street Cleaning Department?
VIII the Mayor tell The Tribune who were
Rofrano's political or other sponsors, and
how many of Rofrano's lieutenants and heel
ers are now feeding at the city crib?
JOSEPH W. GAVAN.
New York, Sept. Is, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19

what crash for those doomed dual dynasties
Of Hapsburg and Hohenzolern
Napoleon in his day was spoken OF as
monster What name is strong enough TO
express the character of a human being who
for nearly quarter century, while outwardly
protesting peace to the world, was in secret
planning the most diabolical means that hu-
man ingenuity could devise for the destruc-
ton of the lives of his fellow men? No word
in any language is sufficiently strong. Then,
again, it is almost sacrilegious to compare
that great soldier and statesman with the
egotistical and cruel Emperor Wilhelm OF
Germany. Standing at Napoleon's tomb, with
hat in hand, the pilgrim of to-day has feel
ing of respectful awe. In his greatness his
sins against humanity are forgotten. Wilhelm
will never carry beyond the grave any such
feelings from his enemies. This inhuman eX-
ponent of "Kultur" will live long in the black
est pages of history, lesson to the world
that the heritage of Bismarck, the curse Of
Blood and Iron" will no longer be tolerated
by "Flesh and Blood"
The wise rulers of the future will have
learned the lesson, and learned it only too
well from the happenings of to-day.
c. II. HAWDON.
New York, Sept. -, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
The Glittering Axe.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: see that a Boston gentleman has
recommended some wonderful changes in the
City Clerks Office. Among others, my posi-
ton, designated as Document Clerk" is to
be eliminated.
In 1898 | was a victim in Brooklyn of a
similar proceeding was reinstated by
Judge Cullen, who remarked that "if posi-
ton could be abolished while the work would
be carried on under another name, coach
and-six could be driven through any statute"
The veteran law is still in existence. II is
unlawful 10 railroad veterans, something our
imported high-priced regulators do not seem
70 know, any more than they DO of the char
ter or the duties they erticise. However,
after more than thirty-one years service, !
am Eweary and have applied for a pension
under the Grady law. ". l.. y. O'GRADY.
Capt late S8th y. Y. (Meagher's Irish Bri-
gade); Clerk City Clerks Office detailed
to Board of Aldermen as Document
Clerk; the senior (examned) clerk in
the State of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
THE PISTOLS THE THING
s Importance in Stagecraft
Deemed Over-Emphasized.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Let US imagine a cultured Japanese
on visit to the United States for the first
time. lie arrives at San Francisco, spends
few days at the Golden Gate, pausing at
Chicago or his way to New York. We VIII
suppose our genial visitor to be fond Of the
theatre and anxious TO see all the latest
productions There are three plays In San
Francisco, eight or ten in Chicago and any
number in New York OF course small
proportion Of these will be typical musical
comedies, with which we have nothing 20 do
here.
Now what is the foremost impression our
friend will carry away With him from the
theatres presenting so-cGlled serious plays'
Simply that gunpsy is a popular indoor
sport among Americans and that no play
is well written that does not photograph
ically reproduce this phase Of our domesue
life. Farce, farce-comedy, high COMEDY
melodrama, comedy drama or just plan
"play"-all are plentifully upholstered WIN
pistols. 1t Is seldom their use IS conhnes
to one character. We no longer impose our
will upon others by sheer force OF rish'
character. We pull out gun and POKE
into the other mans face lie caphu'A"s
and We are the victor. But only Tor nv,
ment For we shall carelessy put the pis'0'
on the table, turn our back, and wnen We
rcface our victim it will be 20 !ooS down
the barrel of the very gun with whlen w
threatened him a moment before
1t is to be seriously doubted whether 'n'
average American citizen knows how 70 SAL
fully handle a pistol. 1t is 70 be serou'y
questioned whether the average American
citizen has any patience with this iree p'T
of firearms. Detectives, police walchlnsn'
and citizens of the underworld d0uo'ess
carry them as a necessary tool of their uSu..
Our playmakers would have US believe w4s
bank presidents, respectable manuiSe'u,
and many other peaceful, law abiding, useiu.
citizens go daily armed and on the sllgh''s'
provocation use their weapon to thies'sii
or coerce. 1t Is TO be seriously ques'V"s
whether detectives police, watchmeh -.
citizens of the underworld use their hrsA''Is
with anything like the freedom our PEP
pretend.s The present writer objects 70
surfeit Of gun performance IN our pays a.,
cause it is far removed from tru'h'
playmakers know this. ..,
There is a broader aspect OF the MAJ.
which demands at least passing th0us
These situations in contemporary
wherein the pistol performs such pr0", ns.'..
service always lack intelligent emotion. =,
ical force-brute violence Is subsu'uFFu
intellectual crisis. Our heroes and heiVm,
are shown to be mere puppets
brains who cannot impose their wlHs'
cause they have none TO impose. stage
tectives are brave and clever ony -
they are generously equipped win go
Stage citizens of the stage underw0na IA
fearless only when hourishing weapon" "A.
short, our plays continue TO suosu'u's
lent shock for intelligent emotion. ,,re
New York, Sept. II, 1915. 81. fhibh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
The Decline of the Goat.

Time was when the symbolic and repre-
sentative animal of New York. City Gas
the she wolf Of Rome, the owl of Athens or
the Goldfish Of Boston, was the harmless,
necessary goat. If the city flag had been
adopted back in the 70's of the nineteenth
century, or even in the sos or COS, its
blue and white and golden folds would
have been appropriately decorated with u
picture of the goat rampant. AT that
epoch this invaluable domestic animal
nourished in every part of the city; but
the section particularly devoted to its cult
was that which is now sacred to the
millionaire-th pleasant, but then some
what undulating, region to the immediate
eastward of Central Park
In these purlieus we were wont to see
constantly every known species of the ami
nal. There flourished the Poggenburg or
mich goat, the predatory or pugilstic
billy" maintained by such locally cele-
brated families as the Harrigans and the
Flahertys for purposes of domestic de
fence or foreign offence, the stationary or
stall fed goat, the rotary goat (Hircus CIR
cunrotatorius) and other well remem-
bered and highly priced species. The
wealth Of that day, as well as its pride
and Joy, seemed to be centred in its goats.
But the heyday Of the metropolitan goat,
il is needless to say, has passed. Owing
to the spread Of apartment houses and the
competition Of the poodledog, Manhattan
has rapidly fallen from the position Of the
goat paradise of the world to that of a
practically goatless region. 1t is true that
an occasional specimen is still found in the
possession Of some Italian family'on an
undeveloped half block of Washington
Heights, OF even roaming more or less at
large in the wilds Of lnwood or the Dyck-
man section In the neighboring borough
Of Brooklyn The Astounding rubber plant
affords succulent pasturage for consider
able herds of goats. But the glory Of
the Manhattan goat has gone. The treas
ured animal is here pitifully sporadic.
Never again can he assume for US the
representative character that ne once pos
sesscd.
This is greatly to be deplored, for the
decline and falling off of the goat really
leaves us without suitable animal for our
cscutcheon. The plethoric and over
groomed lapdog, our most conspicuous do
nestle animal Of the present day, is en-
tirey unaGGpted to heraldic purposes. We
might with some fitness take the bull
and bear Of Wall Street, but these Great
ures are profoundly distrusted by many
thousands Of our inhabitants. No doubt
the lamb might be regarded by some as
an appropriate emblem, but his meekness
woyld hold us up to scorn in the press Of
tho. country in general. The loss Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
Another Grave international Crisis.

Now that our neighbor "The World
has submitted to the public Photographic
proof that the Austrian Ambassador has
threatened world" photographer, we
hope the incident will not be permitted to
end there In justice to its employees
The World" can hardly do less than no.
tify DR.. Dumba that it will hold him to
strict accountability" for any violence
done to its photographer. Then, lest DR..
Dumba's feelings be hurt, Mr.. Lincoln, the
managing editor, might inform the good
doctor that this is just Mr.. Cobb's way Of
talking and doesn't mean anything except
desire TO please its readers. Strict OBJ
servance of diplomatic procedure will also
require that Mr.. Cobb publicly announce
that ne is "too proud to fight"
But if Dr.. Dumba should then find him
self 'in state Of necessity" and actually
assault "The World" photographer, The
Tribune believes that THE World" cannot
DO less than inform the Austrian Ambas-
sador that it will "omit no word or act TO
perform its sacred duty" TO protect its
photographer.
If DR.. Dumba's violence becomes a
habit, then the time viii come when "The
World" will have to advise the Austrian
Ambassador that further assault will be
regarded as deliberately unfriendly."
Finally, if DR.. Dumba still persists,
THE World" should break off relations
with the Austrian Ambassador and recall
it's photographer. "The World" may see
some other way, but The Tribune frankly
.confesses that it cannot.
Long acquaintance with our neighbor
assures US that it will not fail in its duty
to protect its employees, even if it takes a
whole dictionary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
Not Restrained by Elocution.
0 the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Some people seem to have been
greatly puzzled" by the destruction of the
Arabic and the Hesperian without warning
after the assurances given us from German
sources, but the reason is perfectly simple
and all-convncing.
The United States is the only nation which
Germany has to fear as neutral. No other
is in a position to oppose her designs with
out sharing the fate Of Belgium Norway
sees her merchant vessels destroyed without
warning and her protests are futile. Holland
found that airships had been flying over her
territory, while poor Denmark was forced TO
witness the climax of atrocity, a disabled
British warship torpedoed In her neutral
harbor and the sailors killed as they were
struggling to escape.
But the United States is not weak (neither
in the estimation Of Europe nor her own.
If she chooses TO enforce her DEGREES, all the
world knows she has the power TO do In
February we warned Germany that il Ameri-
can lives were sacrificed in the war zone con-
trary to the rulings Of international law we
should hold her responsible. In MAY Ger
man commander deliberately torpedoed an
unarmed passenger vessel, killing l,l00 nom
combatants, over 100 of whom were Ameri-
can men, women and children Those deaths
are still uEatoned for, unapologized for and
have been openly rejoiced over in Germany.
As Colonel Roosevelt said. with too much
truth. the only way in which we have en-
deayored to enforce our warning has been by
elocution. In Heavens name, do we expect
that murGerers Of mothers and infants will
be checked in their career by melodious la
ments over the deaths of their victims? The
object Of submarine warfare is to kill and
destroy SO long as the modern Huns are
able to kill and destroy with impunity, be
sure that one atrocity will follow another "as
he Night the day" JUNlUS.
Washington, Conn. Sept. l6, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
British Protection

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: few days ago II. Ridder in his
paper asked, where Is the English Note ?"
l hold neither retainer nor brief from the
United States government, but will give my
ideas OF any note to England.
believe the paper on which a note such
as Rdder desires written Is not even in
mash yet and will never be made. Do the
people realize that a note to England means
a note to Great Britain and Ireland France,
Russia, Italy, Japan, Serbia, Portugal and
San Marine? England is the spokesman Of
that combination and the British navy is only
unfolding their will. What do the L. S. a.
owe to the British navy? Our trade, our
peace, safety now and security in the
near future. Should that protection be with
drawn chaos and panic would ,ensue here, for
our great resources would have no surplus
market and would be curse instead of
blessing. Should England decide to stop for
ten days sending its ships here to take away
our produce it would have an effect that
would give Ridder and his kind a drastic
object lesson.
What holds us to the above mentioned
countries? Treates-which if made by them
scraps of paper would be more disastrous
than the famous German article of August,
1914 What could we do If, to be brought
to our senses, the following happened after
the treaties had been relegated to the scrap
heap7
Russia take back Alaska and all she con-
veyed to us.
Japan land troops in Lower California, &C
companied by a part of her feet.
Canada retain the $4,000 troops now under
arms and place them ready at Vancouver,
Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec the
latter two places being at one end Of the
Hudson River Valley and of the Connecticut
River Valley.
England and France send 10000 to 100000
troops to Canada to augment the Canadian
troops (they could transport that number
in less than thirty days., all to move stimuli
taneously and with one intent.
One thing l know. There are citizens
whose Amercsnsm dates back to July 4,
l776, who would welcome the Allies comb-
nation in preference to domination by Ger
many. u. {. THOMAS.
Brooklyn, Sept IL, 1915.