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Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18
Carat.

The word carat is derived from an
Arabic word meaning weight of four
grains. In Greek it signifies little
horn, the fruit of the carob or locust
tree. The carat is small weight
Originally in the form Of seed) used
for diamonds and precious stones, and
a measure for determining the fine
ness of gold. The exact weight of the
carat in practice varies slightly in diff
ferent places. In 1877 a syndicate of
London, Paris and Amsterdam jew
elers fixed the weight at 205 mil
ligrams (3.163 troy grains). The
South African carat is said to equal
3174 grains. The fineness of gold is
measured by ratio with "a carats
as standard; thus two parts Of alloy
make it 22-carat gold, and SO on.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18
Fooled Them All.

The discussion about the fitness of
horse meat to eat calls to mind the
story of young man in Paris, good
many years ago, who made wager
With some friends that at dinner he
would serve one course would be
horse meat and that none Of them
could tell which it was. After the din
ner he asked them to name the horse
meat course, and found that they did
not agree. One named one course, one
another, and 50 on, but they all agreed
that it was mighty good dinner.
Gentlemen he said, with his thumbs
stuck in the armholes OF his waistcoat,
1t was all horse"
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18

J. R. Wright and o. F. Smith, at
Manila, have spent more than year
in investigating the amount of radium
in the air and in the soil under differ
ing conditions. The effect of weather
conditions on the rate of exhalation
to the radioactivity of soil gas at diff
ferent depths were also investigated
Rainfall and wind movement seem to
be the principal meteorological con-
trolls, the amount of emanation in the
air being greatest when these factors
are at a premium, and vice versa. A
decided diurnal variation is found to
exist, the emanation content being
considerably greater by night than by
day. The rate at which radium ema-
nation is exhaled from the surface Of
the ground shows a decided decrease
after periods of heavy rain.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18
To Which Class do You Belong ?

Nearly every town has two classes of
citizens-the boosters and the killers.
All the world loves the former, but
even the devil shuns the latter. Be a
booster
The booster is like ray Of sunshine
on a cloudy day. He brightens every
thing and everybody around him. His
generosity, his cheerfulness, his energy,
and his good deeds breed hope in the
bosom of despair His words and his
acts aid others and enoble himself. But
the killer only kills-just kills, kills,
kills.
If there are any killers in this town,
let's convert them so we can all be
boosters. The booster is of value to
every legitimate thing with which he
comes in contact, while the killer is not
even of value to himself. Everybody
boost
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18
GETTING A
START
By
Nathaniel c. Fowler, Jr.
DON'T ANTAGoNIZE.

Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa,
per Syndicate.)
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18
TREES HEAL THEIR WOUNDS
Provision of Nature That Assures
Preservation of the Forests for the
Benefit of Mankind.

When bullet or any foreign body
penetrates tree not sufficiently to kill
it, the wound cicatrizes almost in ex-
2ctly the same way as wound on the
human body heals. If it did not, de-
5tructive microbes would enter and
;ause decay of the tissues.
"Trees," writes Henri Coupin in La
Nature, "are very we'll equipped for
healing their wounds, and. more for
-unate than we, an antiseptic dress
1g is almost automatically applied.
IS soon as the lesion has taken place
he vegetable reacts to the wounded
pot; it's breathing at this point is
1uickened and at the same time pro
Elm matters are rushed to the scene.
MANY plants are provided with Sc
creting canals filled with more or less
gummy substances which are instantly
poured out over the wounded surface
and protect it. This is true especially
of the conifers-pines, frs, etc--of
which the resin makes a swift and i'm
permeable antiseptic dressing"
In trees that have little or no resin
the wounded part turns brown. This
IS due to the appearance Of juice that
seems to be a mixture of gums and
tannin. And the cells of the tree start
into activity, proliferating and filling
up the cavity with new cells. If the
wound be large these take the form Of
vegetable cicatrical tissue, which
makes a plug and remains as a scar:
In the event that the wound be con-
fined to one of the limbs Of the tree II
not infrequently happens that the limb
becomes dead and drops off, the
wound healing and leaving the treo
in no wise the worse for the loss of the
absent member.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18

The Astronomical society Of France
hasagain taken up the discussion which
has been before it on several previous
occasions, and that is the statement
that thunder was never heard at sea.
The statement was originally attribut-
ed to Baron Won Humboldt, and it has
been frequently questioned, but those
who insist that they have heard thun-
der at sea have also stated that the
peals were not so loud as on land. A
larger number Of seamen have been
found to agree with the scientist, all
though it is suggested that the other
noises prevailing on shipboard during
a storm may be the reason why the
thunder often passed unnoticed.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18

Belligerent countries will send con.
sumptiVe prisoners to Switzerland,
where they will be cared for in the
Alps, the mountain air being relied
on to restore health to many. This
is a gratifying sign Of civilized war.
fare.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18

A magazine writer is trying to tell
why the poor man is unhappy. And
when he gets through he might ex-
plain also why so many rich men seem
to have their troubles.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10
For sale by

j. II. SUPLEH & son. ClnFkAburg.
]. w. TETHECK 4 Bro Enterprise.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10

He claimed the support OF former
Sheriff. w. A. Klnchlee, banker, and
one OF the most powerful Republican
leaders OF the county. Mr.. Klnchlee,
however. Is n staunch supporter of
Judge Robinson, and gave AZ his rea-
son the fact that he believed the
judge Ia the strongest available cam
didate.
1.-THE Republican party Is too big
and ltH opportunities too great 10 haz-
ard on any except the strongest can
didates," he cOnlidcd TO n friend dis
GUSHING the EuhernHL0rlal situation.
Lilly also declared he had the sup
port Of Judge Walter +. McDougal. OF
the WoOd-Wlrt circuit, another pow
Crful factor In the politics Of that dis
trict, who Is an nyowcd Robinson
man. n" claimed TO have enlisted
the support Of Sheriff William De-
wore. OF Wood county. in spite Of the
fact that Dev0rc is nvOwcdly pro-Rob-
ins0n. Similar reports are reaching
Charleston from every section OF the
! state and 1t IL believed that when
the people realize what nh over
Whelming proportion of Lilly's cam
paign Is pure wind he will be com
PEELED to retire from the race.
a notable feature of the campaign
is that while Lilly is going over the
state making all sorts Of i'm possible
promises and circulating copies of his
platform, which Ia nothing but an at
tack on the Republican party. Robin
son Ia making a clean campaign.
promising nothing except honest and
conscientious administration lf he Is
elected. and trusting to his immHCu-
late official record as Il guarantee that
those promises will be kept. The ire
mcnd0uS impetus his campaign has
taken on since he has begun his tour
indicates that the people have the ut
most confidence in him. II is con-
ccded that II the election were held
today. the Judge would he elected by
handsome majority, and, politicians
says. the further the campaign runs
the stronger he will get. They base
this assertion on the fact that the
more time the people are given TO
compare the relative merits of tho
two men the more strongly will they
incline toward Robinson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10
NensNofes
OfBrisfol
Community Happenings of In.
teTest Are Reported by TEL
egram Correspondent.

BRISTOL, March 10-N[iss Pearl
Dennison, of rural route No. 1, is
spending several days this week at
the home of her grandmother, Mrs.
Harriet Harbert. on Big Rock Camp
creek.
Hiram d. Lynch, of Indian run,
was guest at the home of HIS
daughter. Mrs. Homer Tate, of Cher
ry Camp run, few days ago.
Born. TO Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Bailey,
of Industrial, Sunday, March 5, a
girl baby. Mother and child are
doing fine.
James w. Marsh. of Grass run, was
n visitor TO Clarksburg the first OF
the week.
Jonathan Williams, of Grass run,
was guest ut dinner at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram D. Lynch, OF
India run, few days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Jone, of ru-
raj route No. /, were guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Wesley
Williams. of Marshville. the first OF
the week.
Homer a. Williams, of Grass run,
was a visitor to clarksburg the first
OF the week
Daniel G. Davis. of Salem Fork
creek, Is suffering intense pain at this
time from severe attack of rheu-
matism in his hips and knees. He
Is Mt times unable to walk step. so
severe Is the pain.
Miss Vadis Bailey, or rural route
No 1. Is visiting friends and relatives
ut Salem, and having some dental
work done while there.
Hiram D. Lynch. of Indian run,
was a guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lihu shnhan, of Salem Fork
creek, few days ago.
Mrs. Anna Spindle. of Cherry
Camp run, was guest Of her sister,
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and thereby punctured the general
proudeBt claim, which has bee.
tumbling over tho steep and rocky
trail ever since.
Reports of exploded Lilly claims
being received here every day. sub
Etantlate the predictions OF conscrv,
atIve Republicans made Saturday
that the generals campaign was or
the wane and would soon collapse
completely.
In addition 10 claiming KanaWha
and Mcdowell. along with almost ov-
cry county south Of the Kanawha riv-
or, which has since proved absurd,
Lilly has been laying claim to the
support or many influential Ropubli-
cans in various sections OF the state.
who have since come out and de-
Clnrcd themselves for Robinson.
Three cases In Wood county are typI-
cal of the wild and ,groundless aHgor-
tons Lilly has been making.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10

Provisions for the creation OF a
civilian reserve along lines suggested
by Congressman Madden Of Chicago
have been inserted in the house army
BILL These paragraphs provide for
the creation Of reserve consisting
Of persons who have had special
training or experience in the various
arts or industries upon which the
signal, ordnance, and quartermaster
corps Of the army would lave to de-
pend in time Of war.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10
Bollvia's chief exports are tin and
rubber.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
2 Empire NullUnul Bank Of ClarkshurE
Corporation,
VS. IN CHA NEERY

Corporation,
VS.. IN CEIANCERY.
lBanc w. SemAnH, James s. HuBtend, The
Merchants National Bank OF West Viz
insS Bank anu Trust Co.. corporation,
Inc Farmers Bank Of ClarkSburs, a cor
poratlon, Harvey w. Aarmerr trustee,
and Lille 81. Griffin. committee.
In pursuance OF Il decree entered In the
Circuit Court Of Harrison County, West
Virginia, In the above styled cause on the
luIII dly OF February, 1916. the same wnH
referred to the undersigned commissioner
to take, state ana report the following:
!. AL the real ebLute owned by said
james nj. Hustead. upon which the attach.
meht issued In this cause was levied and
on which plnlntin, by reason thereof. hnth
IL lien. where situate. It's description and
the quantity thereof;
2. All Of the liens upon said real estate,
by whom held, their several aud respective
amounts and the priorities as against said
property;
9. Whether said real estate will In I've.
ypnrs rent for d sufficient sum TO pay Oft
md discharge the liens so Ascerta1ned,
nnh the costs OF this suit;
4. Such other and further matters az
nny person in interest may require. tina
same being PERTINENT or such matters MS
pertinent whether or not specifically re.
The above named parties and all others
interested will take notice that the under.
signed commissioners will
| ON THE 2sTH DAY OF MARCH. 1916.
proceed to execute said order Of references
ut his ofilce1 a23.s2A Con building, CIaFkG.
burg. West Virginia.
! Given under my hand this gard day Of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10

Mrs. Birdie Davis. of Salem Fork
creek. few days ago.
The revival meetings now in prog
ress at the local Baptist church are
doing very good work. The Rev.
James Kirby pastor, Is delivering
some excellent sermons. There have
been two conversions.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10
Sheriff Of Wood County Elk.
pIodes Another Absurd
Claim Made by Lilly.

CHARLESTON. March 10.-Evl.
dences OF the rapid decline OF Attor-
ney General A. A. Lilly's candidacy
for the Republican nomination for
governor are pouring daily into the
city Of Charleston. The Lilly boom
hit the toboggnn Saturday
when the Knnawha and Mcdowell
county Republican executive commit
tees endorsed Judge Ira Il. Robinson
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10

Get Elco Cream in opal Iur mt any
reliable drug store. Price 23c.
Tub it ON your face, Ups and hnndS
before retiring. 1t quickly disappears
and really henls all chaps AMI r"UgIl-
ness OF the skin.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10
! Thereof. of Iames n. Hustaad

afT nnrHn@%c. " 1a 5esrs m ~ ths T,rcnft
Court Of Harrison County. West Virginia,
made in the cause therein pending, to sub
ttct the rahl estate OF the said James II
Hustsad to the satisfaction Of the liens
all claims held by you and each of you
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10

against the said James II. Hustead, which
1t. for adjudication to me- at my Office in
the City OF ClaFksburg, Harrison C0tinty,
West Virginia. on or before the 18th day
of March, 1915.
LAFAYETTE C. Grille,
Commissioned.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10
'O'''' -'4G LAFAYETTE c. Grille.
sPERRY 4 sPERRY. Solicitors.

NOTICE TO LIEN HOLDERS.
To all persons holding liens by judgment
or otherwise. on the real estate, or anJ
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-10
nawavys Stack Eoed

made hight In our MILL where tVeEg process Is care
mixing energy andheaI producing nutrients. we keep
JUT I'll poisonous weed seeds. SCREENING mould ana
lfI, DeWEYk Stock Feed IL by far the BEST hiHfE
ssd sold audit kreps horses In primo eondDn, heads
p, tails over the daSh-loWsrS coat oil milk hsss'
mutton and wool.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-15

babies.
The facts shocked Tacoma into
action. With one great cry, par
ents made a demand that the
diaries clean up. Arrests were
made.
Dairymen felt the wave Of pub
lie emotion. Those who had per-
sistently refused to obey orders
Of the milk inspection depart
ment before found 1t was to the
interest of their pocketbooks to
clean up. Wholesale slaughter Of
diseased cows began. Inspector
Button instituted a monthly re-
port system by which he public
ly' announced the comparative
purity of milk in the various
diaries.
Dairymen Cooperate.
Tuberculin, a newly discovered
serum for determining whether
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-15
MILK CLEANUP SAVES
LIVES OF 50 TACOMA
BABIES In One YEAR

cows are suffering from tubercu-
losis, was used on every herd
sending milk to Tacoma. During
the past year S,067 cows have
been given the test. DR.. Button
has personally administered the
tuberculin in more than half the
cases.
Instead of resisting official In
spection dairymen began coop
Grating with DR.. Button and de-
veloped a keen desire to bring
their milk UP to the highest mark
of purity.
Best In the L. 8.
A federal milk inspector tested
samples of Tacoma's milk last
fall and was so surprised at the
high scores of bacterial count
that he would not believe his own
figures. He slipped quietly back
into Tacoma six weeks later and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-15

NEW YORK--Russian govern
ment gives approval to largest list
of ammunition contracts placed
here by any warning nation since
the war began.
BERLIN--Germany rejects Sir
Edward Grey's proposal that the
Baralong case be investigated by
a court of American naval off
icerH.
ROME-Diplomatic corps has
fled from Montenegrin capital,
Cettinje, and has reached scutari.
Albania.
LONDON Reports from Hol-
land today are that the collapse
of the Zuyder Zee dikss caused
far greater damage than had
been supposed.
UNIVERSITY OF WAsIIING-
TON--Affirmative varsity dsbat-
Ing team wilma here from Resd
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Arrest
Women

Under orders to "clean out" all
disorderly women in Tacoma, a
squad OF detectives assigned to
enforce the prohibition law last
night rounded up four women
and sent them to jail.
Three of them, Celia Smith,
Annie Goldstein and vergis st.
Clair, were taken from a house In
Court A, after one of the women,
it is claimed, had solicited Q de-
tective.
The fourth, Helen White, was
arrested in a house on Market
street. ..s..s
Detectives today gave orders to
all cafes where dancing is per-
mitted, that the dancing must
cease tonight and every other
Saturday night promptly at mid
night.
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BY i. A. Peters

At least so babies are
alive and vigorously growing
today because The Times
waged unrelenting war a
year ago for a pure milk sup
ply.
Statistics gathered from
records Of the city health de-
partment today showed that
with the rapid Improvement
OF milk I'm Tacoma during
1915 there was an amazing
decrease In the number Of
deaths among infants.
There were 81 per cent less
deaths among babies of six
months or younger, in 1915 than
during the IL months of the pre-
ceding year.
During the first six months OF
1914 health records show that 81
babies under six months of age
died many of them because of i'm
proper nourishment. There were
S3 deaths In the latter half of
the year.
Great Improvement Made.
The deaths of these 1874 infants
occurred before Tacoma's CAM
paign against tubercular milk
-x.-s begun. Up to that time the
public and the dairymen had not
been educated to the perils of bo-
vine tuberculosis.
Probably not one mother out
of 20 in Tacoma realized the tre-
mendous risk she was taking
when she fed her baby the ordi-
nary class of milk supplied by
dairymen at that time.
R. A. Button, city milk inspec-
tor, had done his best to obtain a
more prue milk supply but his eff
forts had been given no sympathy
DR. support.
In 1915 because of a stirring
educational campaign conducted
by The Times and heartily sup
ported by Inspector Button, the
city's milk supply was trans
formed. From one of the most
dangerous in the country, it be-
. came in few weeks the purest.
118 Instead of 1914.
From Jan. l to June 80 last
year there were only 81 deaths
of babies. Between July 1 and
Dec. 81, the death records show,
81 infants died.
There were 113 infantile
deaths as compared to 184 of the
previous year. In September,
1914, the hottest month and
therefore the most dangerous to
babies being fed impure milk,
there were II deaths. Last year
five babies died in the same
month.
Government statistics show
that bovine tuberculosis is fatal
In so per cent of its cases.
More than half the mothers of
the present day are feeding their
babies on cows milk.
When The Times began its
fight for a purer milk supply, It
showed that hundreds of cows in
the Tacoma district, many Of
Thorn In the herds of large and
prominent diaries, were in the
death grip of the dread disease.
Yet their milk was coming to
the city daily In bottles and cans.
Hundreds Of mothers, unaware of
the danger, were giving It to their
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-15

TO NARROWS

The tug Elf landed the Victor
IL at the Narrows boat house
shortly after 1 o'clock, where 1t
will be beached as soon as the
tide goes out. Members of the
crew were unable to say whether
there we're any bodies aboard or
not.
The Elf fastened line aboard
the Victor shortly after 1t sank
and towed 1t around the point to
still water.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-15

college on preparedness question.
and negative team loses on same
question at Portland.
NEW YORK-U. s. submarine
B-6 today blown up and sunk at
Brooklyn navy yard.
LONDON-A futile attempt to
assassinate Premier Radoslavoff
of Bulgaria was made recently,
according to dispatch today from
Amsterdam.
vIENNA---Capture of $500
Russians in recent offensive on
the Galician and Bessarabian
fronts claimed in official dispatch
issued from war office.
VIENNA--Baron Burian, Aus
trian foreign minister, today re-
quested American Ambassador
Penfield to transmit to the Brit
ish government a protest against
the arrest of Teutonic consuls At
Salonika.
LONDON--Owing to serious
fall in her exchange, says the
Posts Borne correspond
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-15

purchased bottles of milk from
delivery men of every dairy In
the city. He made another bac-
terial test and the result was the
same as before.
The inspector pronounced Ia
coma's milk the purest in the
country.
Today's figures from the
health department showing a de-
crease of 81 deaths among babies
in one year, proves his statement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-15
PETER SANDBERG
AMONG INJURED

Physicians attending Peter
Sandberg report his condition
very serious. He swallowed con
siderable water and was badly cut
up. Sandberg began breaking
windows In the cabin when the
vessel capsized to let the people
out. He broke seven windows
with his fist.
Sandberg said that at least two
persons were drown that he