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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-19
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1916.
An Evening Echo.
Conceit may puff man up, but
never prop him up Rusktn.

A Dallas, Texas, man has invented
a carburetor that enables automo-
biles 10 run on crude oil, but he has
nothing on the New jersey gentle
man who has successfully run his
political machine on gas for over
three years, though it must be ad'
mitted the machine has skidded,
jumped platforms, crippled millions
of working men and smashed indus
tries all over the land.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-19

Everybody might have been known
that the man who took all the tricks
in the insurance inquiry by having
the evidence and knowing exactly
what it meant would never launch a
charge unless he could back it up
The letter from T. Dana Durand
telling how he was forced out Of
the census bureau 10 make plac.
for deserving Democrat complete
ly demolishes Secretary Redheld';
denial, says the New York EyeninE
Sun.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-19

1t appearing to the court that the total
valuation of all taxable property in this
county, according to the last assessment
thereof is $Sj.6I3,7l9; being real estate
to the value Of $4l ,4TS. l20; personal prop
crty to the value of $lO,02S,gS0; and rail-
road and other property assessed by the
Board Of Public Works to the value OF
S24, 2G73l0; ms certified TO this court by
the assessor and it appearing from the
foregoing estimates that 1t is necessary to
raise by levy, after deducting all credits,
SlO2, SOSIG for county purposes therefore
it is determined that a levy on each One
Hundred Dollars valuation of twelve cents
ll2c) for county purposes will be necessary
to produce the estimated amounts as afore-
said for the ensuing fiscal year.
State of West Nirg!"la,
County of Harrison, tO'wit:
!. j. James Crews, clerk of the county
court of said county and state do hereby
certify that the foregoing Is n true copy
from the records of an order made and
entered by said county court on the Sth
day Of August, 1916.
Given under my hand this 9th day of
j. JAMES CREWS,
Clerk County Court.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-19
Republican County Ticket

llGpHHlISN''
Sheriff
LLOYD D. GRIFFIN, of CArkSbuFS
Judge Criminal Court
CHARLES A, SUTTON of hridE'por"
Prosecuting Attorney
WILL Il. MORRIS, of CiaFksbuFG'
County Commissioner
DORSEY W. CORK of Mt Care
Assessor
IRA L. swIGER. OF Clarksburg
Surveyor
CUTHBERT A. OSBORN, OF Clarks6uFE
House of Delegates
RossI NJ. FISHER, Of WiisonouFS
S, r, HARRISON. JR, of ClarNsou:S'
JOHN MOORE, Of Bridgeport.
GEORGE w. STURM, of West Milford
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The court proceeded to make up an esti-
mate of the amount necessary to be levied
for the current fiscal year, to open and
Keep in repair the district roads in Harrl-
son county, and doth determine and esti-
mate the several amounts to be levied us
follows:
Clark District,
/. The amount due and the amount that
will become due and Colectlble from every
source, except from the levy OF taxes TO
he made for the current fiscal year.
balance due from sheriff ...,.,..$ 5!9,3S
Redcmptitns etc. ........,".,. ii5G5
Capitation road tax .....,..",., 0ibOO
Total ............S 1,S30.18
,. The debts and demands owed by the
district as a whole.
Outstanding orders ......,",.::S l!2.D8
Current accounts due and unpaid 5000
To open and repair roads .,."..: lO,+I646
Commissions generations and o
dclinQuencics .......''''"'''' 1'loi'"f
Total .................'"'.'% 1&'lOo'0s
Clay District.
1. The amount due and the amount that
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-19

/. The amount due and the amount that
will become due and collectible from every
source, except from the levy Of taxes TO
he made for the current fiscal year.
balance due from sheriff ........$ - -
Redemption etc. ..,...,..,...... lS0O
Capitation road tax ,............. G21O
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-19

State of West Virginia,
County Of Harrison, to.wit:
At regular session Of the County CouH
of Harrison County, held on the Sth day o,
August, 1915. Present: Lee Maxwell, Pres
ident, John J. Sturm and Isaac L. DavissOn
Commissioners.
In accordance with section Q chapter 40
acts of the Legislature Of 1913, the Court
proceeded to lay the following levy. Il
be known as the Special District Road
Levy, for the purpose OF making permanent
imprOvements Of the highways in the var1
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County Of Harrison, to.wit:
!, James ]. Crews, Clerk Of the COUNTY
Court of said county and state do hereby
certify that the foregoing conforms to al
order made and entered by said COUNTY
court sn the Sth day Of August. 1916.
j. JAMES CREWS,
TInrk Comfy HOurb
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06
SANCTITY OF THE MAILS.
Are the Allies Planning TO Put Re,
sponsibility on Germany:

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir. In
the discussion OF the inviolability of
the mails at'sea YOU say tina the state
ment OF the Allies regarding the treat
ment OF the mails does not resort TO
the technical IL perfectly effective an
swer'' mad possible by the failure OF
several OF the belligerents 10 ratify the
Hague Postal Convention.
II could not. Of course. have escaped
vou notice that the document submitted
In response to our Governments protest
against the detention and search of neu-
trail mails by the Allies makes the fol-
lowing allusion to the tcchricality:
The allied Governments are Of the opin.
ion that later on the Imperial German
Government. Will" announcing Its intention
no longer to practise these seizures. has
declared that these seizures were and would
be perfectly justified in Its eyes. Accord
ing 10 the Imperial German Government,
Convention Number II ~ tho Hague treaty.
1907. not having been ratified by ali tho
belligercnt Powers. would he without ap-
plication.
Does not the reply OF the Allies get
this very effective technical point be-
fore our state Department IN clever
fashion by throwing the onus OF resron-
sibility for making 1t on the Imperial
German Government? QUERY.
~ YORK. April 8.
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Even Th ough It Benent Commerce.

Against the appropriation for a
suitable channel In the East River.
needed to make approach to the navy
yard safe for battleshlps. II was un-
successfully urged In the House Of
Representatives that the project was
unnecessary as n preparedness meas
ure. and was wanted for commercial
purposes"
The fact Is that a deeper and wider
channel Is declared by the naval au-
thorities to he essential for the proper
handling Of ships entering and leav.
ing the yard. and their authority
deserves respect; but II the channel
incidentally serves commerce. dOmes-
tic and foreign. and thus promotes
the prosperity Of the nation, is that a
cause for Congressional repining?
II may be that among the Repre-.
sentatives there are some who con.
ceive Federal expenditures on rivers
and harbors to he justinable only
when the money goes to the Improve.
ment" Of waterways that never have
borne and will bear n suficien,
amount Of shipping to make them
factors in the development Of the
nation. There are moments when the
existence OF n minority holding such
opinions seems possible. But the &C.
ton Of the House in approving the
appropriation proves that they are
moi n factor Of serious Importance
and indicates that a plan under which
commerce may benefit will not he
without votes when 1t Is brought ur
for consideration.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06
Battle Dob'e Defeat,

Battle Boz was beaten In the pri.
maries on Tuesday In the State whose
tax rate his rather mechanical radi.
calism has made monumental. He
was able to win only q handful Of the
delegates to the Republican national
convention In his appeal for personal
support. Hitherto his candidates
have been defeated. but this Is the
flrst time a reputation so emphatic
has been administered to him.
Senator LA FolLErTE's successes
have been achieved through the ap.
p,ication Of familiar political meth
dds. He has been a practical or
ganixer. . competent engineer Of q
machine. \ potent extractor Of cam
paign funds. HIS violence has not
been spontaneous. but carefully pre-
pared. and the interests Of RosEH1
MARroN LA Toilette have not been
neglected by the mind beneath the
truculent pompadour. He has been
an expensive master for his State.
a fact that the property owners have
long had cause to recognize (: and the
enmities Of q generation spent In
politics are not few.
Mr.. IA FoLLETTE's term in the Sen.
ate expires next year. VIII he he
able. through compromise or other.
wise. to succeed himself!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06
IRISH SURNAMES.
The Revival Of the co. or "Ua' PreAl
Is Now BEING Advocated.

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: A
movement has been started In Ireland
and among Interested 1rishmen else
where having for It's object the revival
Of the CO. or ia" prefix 10 Irish
names Familiarity with this ancestral
pranomen has blinded people 20 i,s re-
m rkable character as an heirloom
from the remote past. Just a. the
MAJ prefxed to Irish and Scotch
names means son corresponding TO
the Welsh Map" or "Ap'). 20 the 90"
or more properly ia" means grand.
son." both Mac and 90 now mean
ing descendant"
For some inscrutabie reason no Irish
surname was ever formed in 20" after
tho twelfth century. ali the later sur.
names being formed In "Mac." In the
''Annab OF the Four Masters the name
Ia Cleirigh tO'Clery or Clark occurs
twice In the year Sl6. and apparently
Ia the earliest example OF a hereditary
Irish family name. Most OF the best
IRISH took their rise after the
battle OF Clontarf, 1914 A. D.. being
formed from the names Of the princes
and generals who fought in that battle.
After the twelfth century the custom OF
forming with the prefix 60
dropped. and all surnaines after that
century were formed with the Mac"
Both the Mac and 20" are heredi.
;ary distinctions that yield to no mod
ern forms In nomenclature. They are
proud heiriooms from a race Of Gauls
and Gaels who held Europe before Rome
a and from the language in which
Vercingetorix spoke to Cesar. No Gael
who knew the history Of his race would
tolerate the sighting Of these ma&nif-
cent fragments OF the past for a mo.
ment. A. c, FLEMING.
New York, April 8.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06
AMERICA MUST PREPARE.
Conditions Now Existing In Europe
Leave Her No Alternative.

To THE EDITOR OF The SrN-Sr: We
all put locks on our doors ind keep SIX
shooters In our houses to defend our
selves against the man who Is 40 un-
principled as to attempt to enter our
homes and steal our money. We are
prepared. perhaps fully as well as he
IL. but for a different purpose. He wants
to violate our rights. we want him 10
respect them. The existence Of the un-
principled thief in him causes him TO ne
armed. and that same ack Of principle
In him necessitates our being armed also
to prevent him, II possible. from despoil-
ing US. Even this does not deter him
from making the attempt at times.
When the thief does commit such a
depreciation the government authorities
are appealed to with tho demand that
they arrest and punish him. and peace
comes only to that community where
the thief In run dow
Out OF the present great conflict In
Europe ii Ii to be hoped that there will
be raised up higher national standards.
n that a tribunal will be created which
will have the power to maintain peace
by compelling any ruler or any group
Of political leaders In m nation who
even suggest the disregard Of the rights
Of another nation to desist forthwith
under penalty Of being punished r. they
do not desist. Just as a thief would be
punished. Neither high position In mat
,ers of state nor subtlety OF propaganda
can cover up the thief spirit that ex-
lists abroad to-day. America can see II
through three thousand miles OF dis.
lance and she realises that she must
put locks on her doors and arm herself
until such . time as these nations adopt
higher standards and create a supreme
moral tribunal that will subdue and con-
troll the chief spirit, whenever and wher-
ever Il may arise. w. 8. A.
HAslEroN, Pa. April 4.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06

ALDEN SMITH seated In the chair Of
WARRINGTON and LINCOLN, the vision
Of HENlr froRD a. twenty-ninth Presi-
dent Of the United States Is like the
nightmare Of an acute indigestion.
Stiil. in the eyes Of $4,000 Michigan
Republicans Mr.. Fosp was good Pres
idenual timber and to be preferred,
despite his lack Of experience and ig.
norance Of questions Of government.
to the senior Senator who represented
the State at Washington.
To attempt to analyze the Ford
vote would he futile. but It may he
pointed out that lie owed most Of his
support to sclf.advertisement as the
promoter Of a pence crusade that had
attracted everybody's attention, how.
ever much the methods Mr.. FORp
employed rldiculed. A we'll ad-
vertised candidate generally run we'll
In a primary without regard to his
merit and deserts. and therein Is one
great objection to the system. A Re.
publican State convention In Mich.
gan would not offer HENRY FOND to
the nation as its candidate for Presi.
dent. but Mt a primary almost any.
thing may happen, eve the choice Of
an unwilling candidate who had tried
to get his name of the nominating
papers, and a choice BY a fraction OF
the electorate. which suggests an.
other quotation from the Detroit
Ncscs: THE Republicans Of the State
Of Michigan IN too busily engaged
In reaping tie harvest Of prosperity
to think much about politics. and
when they do II Is to wonder whether
HUGHEs or ROOSEVELT will he the bet
ter choice for their party"
What q humbug the primary ordi'
narily Is. and what q grotesque me
dunn II a be a. an expression OF
the intelligence Of the e%lectoratel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06
SOPHIA SMITH OF HATFIELD.
One Of Her Foster Daughters InSOkes.
Only 10 ScOrn. Her shade.

To rHE EprroR OF THE SrN--Sir: There
was n familiar ring in the truly Aneri-
can she YOU flung at President Burton
Of Smith College. II recalled the sonor-
Gus rtntings OF generations OF orators
abou, our great and glorious institu-
tons In these roubled days. when
even the SNUG minds of our countrymen
ave being stirred to question what they
dare to call h "superstitions" OF III
democracy. We applaud your summary
disposal Of an upstart who ventures the
long forbidden heresy of listening 10
criticism from beyond the sea.
tod forbid that We Americans should
ever learn anything. God forbid that
We should unstop our ears or lit our
heads out OF the sand. Let US invoke
the shade OF Dame Sophia, not for her
pioneer ideas. but for her good old
New ENGLAND pigheadedness. and let Us
hold fast to whatever has brought us
Az n nation to the blessed state OF
solidarity, efficiency and preparedness
from which we continue to look down
upon all other nations.
SMITH, 1910.
EAST ORANGE. \, J.. April E.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06
Nature and Human Nature At the
Flower SHOW.

"Thc winds of March blow I'D the
flowers Of spring" so n translator Of
the "Diyan' Of Persian HAZE has
Englished one of his fragrant lines.
This week and next. when friends Of
the flowers will visit the show Of
Horticultural beauty AT the Grand Cen
trail Palace. spring skies promise to
smile npon the devotccs of beauty in
nature, but whatever tho weather
man does. the showroom will he rich
with color and fragrance, and bril-
liant with the latest demonstrations
Of mans achievement in controlling
form and growth and regulating the
processes Of fermentation.
There are fashions In flowers to
suit the fashions In hairdressing and
clothes. and the smaller blossoms are
now In favor. Bur ii Is not this
phase Of the exhibition that will make
II q success. For one visitor drawn
by idle curiosity or frivolous interest
there will he hundreds who 60 be-
cause they are friends of the flowers.
They will appreciate the blooms on
their merits. and take into their ca
pacious affections, or possibly reject,
such new varieties as the General
JOffre rose. the Preparedness carna'
ton, the Kaiser orchid and the Gen.
eral Petain orchid not for their names
hut for the shape and delicate tlnting
of their petals.
Thousands Of varieties Of Towering
plants will he shown; the commoner
blooms and the rare exOtics will alike
win admiration, and the display. from,
the modest violet and shy lily Of the
valley TO the most marvcllOusly
painted orchid. will form a contribu-
! ton as definite as It Is desirable IA
the growth and direction Of our love
Of the beautiful in nature, And the
fact that the proceeds will he used
In part for the relief of distress Ia
Europe will not lessen the pleasure
Of the visitors. The man or woman
who loves nature Is not likely to bt
deficient In the quality Of Kindness tC
fc!lew men and women,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06
Henry FOrd's Run In the Presiden.
tial Primary.

Whatever the final count in the
Republican Presidential primary in
Michigan may show, the fact cannot
be blinked that about half Of the Re
publicans who went to the polls on
Monday preferred Mr.. HENRY FORD
TO Senator WILLIAM ALDEN, SMITH rs
n candidate for the highest Office in
the gift Of the people. Yet. as the
Detroit Ncws says. Mr.. Ford did not
want TO be designated rs Michigan's
"favOrite sOn"-in fact, he tried To
have his name removed from the bal
lot-and Senator SAITH was mad
with desire" to clutch the honor.
The one, a successful manufactures
and patron Of the picked up expedi,
ton that went to Europe ito get the
boys out of the trenches by Christ.
mas" has never been a politician,
and the other has never been anything
else. The Hon. WILLIAM ALDEN
SMITH has been elected to the House
| of Representatives sever times (unan-
imOusly to the Sixtieth COngress)
and the State Legislature has re-
warded his public activities with two
terms in the Senate. 1t must have
been n painful awakening TO Mr.,
SMITH when he learned that, shrewd
politician and veteran o~ficcholder as
he was. n money making philanthro'
pist and amiable peace prOpagandist
whom many people laughed at and
who was without experience in public
affairs. had run him to u head In the
Presidential primary and perhaps
beaten him.
While It may BE- dihicult to Imagine
mediocre and commonplace WILLIAM
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06

and the policy Of segregation were
found wanting are beginning to be
apparent. The duty Of the nation Is
to exercise patience toward the In
dams. save them from exploitation,
and see to II that the descendants of
the present representatives Of the race
are not cheated out Of their rightful
heritage. To accomplish that duty Mr..
CHoArE's counsel should be needed,
and none of the defences that have
been erected about them should be
removed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06

Senator Albert h. FALL Of New
Mexico no doubt understands the peo-
pie below the International line. He
has crossed it repeatedly to look after
his farming and mining interests and
he has lived for months at a time in
Mexico. He may therefore be re-
garded as an authority upon the Mex.
lean temperament. Mr.. FALL thus
expresses himself upon Carranzista
cooperation with the Americans in the
tracking and taking Of VILLA:
o course the fate Of the campaign
depends altogether on American troops
No assistance worth speaking Of need
be looked for from Carransa commands.
They are merely playing hide and seek
with VILLA. They have neve hunted
him. They never will. They four lush
at war. They ride out Of some town
bold as lions. looking as n they would
make quick work Of VILLA. Then they
camp. They loaf aroun the country q
III I'LL W uCduQuat
All Of which PANCHo VILLA. who
knows his c%Ountrymen better than
Senator FALL does. Is ware Of. Even
when the Diaz Government posted
him as an outlaw he had sympathiz.
ers and friends among the chihuahua
poems. At the present time-and II
is a point that must not be over
looked-the outlawing authority Is
the American Government, which Is
not very popular in Mexico. VILLA
is probably sure Of 81 sympathy and aid
from every second Mexican he meets,
Moreover. TO the people Of Chihuahus
he Is the leader Of a faction and not
n bandit. and they regard him a. q
first class fighting man. me-, too
whose enmity is to no dreaded. A.
for the Carranza soldiers. many OF
them once served under VILLA; and
all Of them, human nature being tho
same everywhere, would rather SOC
him elude capture than he run down
| and killed. as ne deserves to he.
Again. the Carranzistas. like al
Mexicans. are gun shy in places suited
10 a~mhuscades. and they know tina
VILLA is an adept in arranging sur
prises for his enemies, To fall into
his hands as an ally Of the American
invaders would he To meet n violen'
ana ugly end. So between racia
sympathy and personal fear they have
no desire and no stomach for hunting
VILLA. Senator FALL Is quite right
General PERsHING will have to do thu
job practically alone.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06
The Concern Of the United states,

In Chancellor Won BErHMANN.HoLL-
wro's address to the Reichstag there
are two matters that concern the
United States: his assurance that
Germany contemplates no aggressive
act in the New World now or In the
future. and the notice the Chancellor
gives that Germany will not allow
the arms of defence" to be wrested
from her hands. I'VE use them he
says, "and we must use them"
The United States has never denied
that Germany had the right TO employ
her submarines to capture and sink
enemy merchantmen and neutral mer-
chantmen carrying c%ontraband. pro-
vided sufficient warning were given
10 permit crew and passengers to
leave In the ships boats and save
themselves. But in view Of what has
happened-it is not necessary to go
over the long. dreadful record again
and of what is happening now from
day to day. 1t seems fantastic. n hOr-
rible euphemisn. to speak of subma-
rines as 1.-The arms Of defence" The
United States still expects that Ger
many will make amends for past
wrongs and Outrages. ~indefensible. IL
not wanton. and still hopes that Ger
many will conduct her submarine war
fare In future In conformity to the
principles Of international law and
with n decent regard for humanity.
As to the ChancellOr's assurance
that 'after the end of this war" Ger
many will refrain from adventures
In the Western Hemisphere. II need
only he said that the United States
has lost faith in the professions Of
the European chancelleries and the
pledges made in treaties solemnly ne
gotiated. And the United States In.
tends 10 prepare the army and navy
for the defence Of its territory and
for the enforcement of the national
policies, including that doctrine which
declares that the American continents
ARE ~hencefOrth not to be considered
rs subjects for future colonization
by any European Power"