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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-12

Letters the Editor O Inc
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
DYNAMITE
Is Now Used by JerSeyites 10
Exterminate Their Mos
quitOS.

Dynamiting stagnant water holes is
the new remedy discovered by citizens
of West Haddonfeld. N. j. for the
wiping out of mosquito breeding
places.
For years past a number of pools
l2ing between the railroad and Haddon
avenue have furnished bountiful crop
of the big Jersey "skeeters," These
stagnant lagoons could not be drained
into the city sewerage system because
they lay lower than the sewers, and
even il drained would fill again with
the first rain.
Some one suggested dynamiting the
holes and an expert was sent for. He
drilled holes twenty feet deep in the
center Of each pool then dropped a
heavy charge of dynamite into them
and fred 1t. The result was the de-
struction of veins of clay or rock in
such n manner that the surface water
soon disappeared into the earth.
The holes are now dry spots and the
supply Of mosquitoes has considerably
diminished in the neighborhOod'
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
CANADIANS
Are Becoming Immensely Pop
uIar in London on Account
of Their Part in War.

LONDON. Aug. 5.-Residents of the
metropolis are coming to think more
and more Of the Canadians. Their
popularity is immense, all classes be-
ing ready to cheer them on any occa-
sion, their pleasant position being due
to their proves in the trenches and
in the raiding lines at the front.
The most recent opportunity of the
Londoner to pay homage to those Of
the Dominion has just occurred in the
parade of 800 selected bandsmen OF
the Canadian expeditionary force, The
musicians. who were the soloists pick
ed from $4,000 bandsmen with the
force, gave a promenade concert at the
Royal opera house in the aid Of Wom-
ems Tribute Week.
Then, divided into three complete
bands, they paraded the strand, Pcca-
dilly, Pail Mall and into Trafalgar
Square, receiving enthusiastic cheers
from all sides.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
NEW union
In Germany is Known as The
General German Railroad
Waymen'S Union.

THE HAGUE, Aug. 5.-The General
German Railwaymens Union, an or
ganizatlon embracing all ranks and
classes Of employees on state and priv
ate railways, came into existence re-
Gently.
The new organization owes its birth
to the fact that the hundred thousand
railwaymen who have Joined the colors
since the beginning Of the war have
been replaced by employees from other
unions, such as engineers, metal work
ers, transport workers, etc. Having
been released from their old allie
giances, the latter joined together
formally not only with the object Of
maintaining their status as union men,
but for the purpose Of constituting an
important reinforcement of the rail-
waymens union.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
ONE ARMED AND
ONE-LEGGED MEN
ARE COMMON NOW
In France and Demand for Ar
tifiCiaI Limbs is Greater
than the Supply.

PARIS, Aug. 5.-One-armed and
one-legged men are now so common
as to raise a question as to why they
are so numerous.
DR.. Auguste Broca, while admitting
that the changed condition sof war
fare and the scale of tho operations
must necessarily multiply the number
of amputated limbs, claims that con-
siderable part of the increase in the
proportion of survivors who lack a
member is due to the progress OF sur
gerry since the war OF 1870; in that
conflict nearly all the amputated men
died of purulent infection; in this
war, thanks to progress in medical
science, they are nearly all saved, he
SAYS. In consequence, the demands
upon manufacturers OF artificial limbs
are out of artificial substitutes for
members or parts of members have
also made great progress. Before the
war a really efficient artificial member
was an object Of luxury; under the
3tress of circumstances, manufacturers
have to a great extent oblterated the
distinction between the rich mans and
the poor mans apparatus. Not that
there has been any modification IN
prices; none of the efficient models are
cheap. American systems are much in
'avor, but are not universally applica-
tie because they do not adapt them
selves to the transitory period in
which an amputated member mus:
adapt itself somewhat to tie appar-
utuS,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
PUGILIsT KILLED IN
FULFILLING A BOAST
Thought Muscles Would Re-
pei Knife, Friends
lab Fatal.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-John Ander-
son, 20, a pugilist, of so Palmetto
street, Brooklyn, Dragged to Thomas
Walsh, %, a powerfully built truck
driver, at the latter's home, 2l5 Cen
trial avenue, Brooklyn, that the mus
Giles in his chest, nc1k and arms were
so strong that a man could jab them
with knife and he couldn't feel it.
Walsh said he accepted Anderson's
invitation to "try it," and the knife
blade entered his chest over the heart,
causing a wound from which the pu-
gilist died at the German hospital.
Walsh is under arrest on a charge Of
homicide.
Anderson and Walsh had been init
mate friends for three or four years.
The pugilist went to the truck drivers
home to spend the afternoon and both
drank beer.
When Anderson started to boast Of
the resistance Of his muscles he said,
according to Walsh:
I'm so strong you could cut my
four finger off and l wouldn't notice
It,"
Then came the request for Walsh to
try the experiment of stabbing him
in the chest Anderson dropped to
the floor at the first jab, to Walsh's
utter astonshment Anderson lived
six hours.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
RACE WITH swallow
Makes an Officer Of Flying
Corps Doubt Whether They
Went 200 Miles An Hour.

LONDON. August 5.-A thrilling
race between an officer Of the flying
corps in an aeroplane and a swallow
caused him to doubt whether their
reputed fight of 200 miles an hour was
correct
a was up in the air last week one
day when observed a swallow flying
high in front of me" he said. II re-
solved to test its speed. ! went out
full after it, and the swallow also
put on full speed The bird divcd,
so did |. 1t went up, and I followed
We were at it hammer and tongs fer
quarter of an hour, diving, rising and
racing and | gained on it foot by foo:.
Finally one of the wires on my ma
chine struck the bird and it went
down. was sorry and felt selfish thus
to take the birds life for sport"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
SERVICE AND
NOT WEALTH
IS TRUE IDEA
OF the New Style Of Learning
Graduates Of Chinese COL
Iege Are Told.

PICKING, Aug. 5.-Thirty-one young
men we're graduated this year from
the Using Hua College, an institution
maintained with the Boxer indemnity
money refunded to China by the United
States, and they will leave for America
in a few weeks to enter various col
leges and universities in that coun-
try.
Paul s. Reinsch, the American min
lister, Tsao Ju-lin, the acting minister
for foreign affairs, and c, c. Wang, OF
The board OF communications, who was
educated in America, addressed the
young graduates.
Mr.. Reinsch drew distinction be
tween the old style Of learning and
the new style.N He said the day is
passed when a real scholar seeks dis
tincton and wealth for himself The
man who has true learning now real
ICES his responsibility to serve others,
and turn his knowledge TO practical
use for the betterment OF his own
country and all mankind. Mr. Rensch
said his is an age when action and
real service to the general public are
expected from educated men He con
graduated the graduates on finishing
their preparatory course, and extended
them a hearty welcome to the educa-
tional institutions Of America.
c. G. Wang told the young graduates
that Chinas great need today is men
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
Grandma Says Heiress
Enticed Married Men
SWearS That Some Were Plan.
ming to Get Divorce So
As to Wed Girl.

HARTFORD, Conn, Aug 5.-MisS
Marion Pomoroy Smith, heiress to $780,
900 was an upsetting factor in the FAM
lily life of said Hyannis, on Cape Cod,
Mass, according to testimony given in
the probate court by her grandmother,
Mrs. Ruenna Pomeroy. Miss Smith
capitvated the married men OF Hyan-
mis- and some were planning divorce to
marry her, the grandmother testified.
The suit was to have Charles Paine,
of BarnstablC, Mass, appointed con-
servator of Miss Smiths property,
Several letters written by the girl
were admitted as evidence. One told
of her friendship with certain Jim
Flanagan. In another she wrote: at
is Maurice Phinney I really love. l
really must have him. He has baby
blue eyes and a wonderful temper"
Phinney is a magazine writer. He Is
married and has two children.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
NURSE SAYSSHE
WAS TILTED BY
FILM PRODUCER
Girl Tells Of Alleged Love Max
ing by Superintendent Of
ESSany Concern.

t,r,Irtyr.c, m .,,o pobart l.
s,nor merbariraI SUPERINTENDENT Of
the Essanay Motion Picture Company
and resident of Waukegan, is stag
Ing 80 Long Lefty" scenario with
himself as as the hero and leading
man, and Miss I.ettia Burnett, nurse
and rejected bride, as the heroine and
grecn-eyed ingenue combined.
For Miss Burnett. in spirit Of
revenge for what she terms tickle
inconsistency" has made public let
ters which Spoor is alleged to have
written her, pledging his love.
In one received by Miss Burnett to-
dav, Spoor tells the young woman why
he could not marry her on July 26,
as they had planned. Report was that
they had wed. but Spoor nailed this
story. His business demands all his
attention now. he declares and love
is side tracked for the time being
With the publication of the mssiyes
Spoons relatives say that cupid is
forever squeezed out OF the wealthy
film mans life
Charmed by Nurse.
Enisode is said 10 have taken Mace
when cnoor visiting Waukegan hos
Mai was charmed With the appear-
anco ~ the attractive nurse This
,yas in necpmbcr 1914 She was then
OK. 10 mas An
r,,isada o ,r,s stocad DURING the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
MODERN FOOT.SAD
TO BE AN ATROCITY
OrientaIs Have No CornS or
Rheumatism Says Mary
Eiver Maynard.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-When the city
pavement and the close leather boot
came into our lives, says the Mail, the
normal foot made its exit The modern
foot is an atrocity Ask anyone OF
the million or so chiropodists who are
driving four thousand dollar limou-
sines bought with our corns and cal
louses.
For, whether you are addicted to
ivory kid with Louise Qun2e heels or
eight-pound brass eyeletted foot forth
fcations, your feet are being suffocat-
ed, and they are retaliating by send
ing poison all through your system.
But there's a rcmedy-listen:
Learned in Far East.
MY knowledge of foot ills and foot
treatment came from my studies Of the
Buddhits and Hindus, who never have
bad feet or rheumatism"
The sweet-iaced little woman who
said this is not foot doctor, but a
writer of poetry and books for chill
dren Mary Ever Maynard Feet, she
admits are among her hobbies-and
goodness knows there is no lack OF
material for study nowadays.
no use dwelling on the evils every
body knows even though they ignore
them-tight, short misshapen and i'll
fitting shoes with the attending re-
scults Of dislocated joints, cramped
toes, callOused soles, corns and bum
ions,' she continued
"Ill tell YOU instead what think
few people in this country know al
though it is taught to the poorest and
most ignorant Hindus and Buddhists,
namely, that the pores of the feet give
Of absolute poison. which if not elimi-
mated, corrups and enetrs the entire
body
Impregnated with Poison.
at is then absorbed by the stock.
ings. which should never, never, never
be worn twice without washing Other
wise the feet are impregnated again
with the poison.
Moreover, the feet themselves
should never be put TO bed without
their bath-heir securing, rather. Rub
and scrub and scrape the soles Of the
feet FleX the toes and joints; pull
and rub and wigglc them, to prevent
any equity or rheumatic sediment form
ing.
IN rubbing or drying the feet al
ways rub upward or toward the heart
never downwar or away from the
heart, because any poison which can
not be carried off through the feet
must be carried off by the circulation
Of the blood, and rubbing upward aids
this"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06

two other saloons and inquired for
Charlie, but he had not been there. He
went home, taking the quickest route,
and got there a little after II o'clock.
When he drove up in front of his
garage someone in the shadow Of a
tree fred at him.
Seven Shots Fired.
81 dropped down behind The hood Of
the machine and drew this gun" he
said, pulling a revolver from his hip
pocket. fired four shots at the flash
es in the tree and the man there fired
three shots, possibly more, at me !
don't remember sure"
lie explained that there were only
four loaded shells in his revolver He
thought he heard footsteps running
in the boulevard. He ran into the
house, intending to get another revol-
yer.
AS he entered and went upstairs he
heard gurgle in his wife's room. lie
ran In and found her lying on the
floor by the bed.
AS entered she thrcW heT manu-
across her head" he said He grasped
her hand and called her name,
At this point in the testimony Nc
Daniel took his handkerchief and
wiped his eyes. He said he called the
police and called doctor, then turned
and rot a basin Of water in the kitchen
and went upstairs and bathed his
wlfe's face and was doing that when
the police came. He was with his
wife in the ambulance which took her
to the hospital where she died
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
SUPPOSE NOTE
FROM HUSBAND
WINS DIVORCE
Mrs. Glen Mccormick Submits
Letter Telling Of SUPPOSE
titiOuS LiaiSOn.

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Nlrs Dorothy
Mccormick. of 5lS5 Kimbark avenue,
was granted divorce from Glen Nc
COrmick by Judge Oscar Heard in the
cirCuit court on statutory charges,
They were married in Kentucky in
1914 and she left him two months af-
tcrward, at his home in Detroit, when
he failed to support her she testified
and she found he was living with
another woman.
Gives Letter as Evidence.
a letter which she alleged he had
written her in February 1915, was Of
fcred in evidence II was as follows
Mrs. D. Mccormick Now, Dorothy
| want you to tell me just what you
think and would do if thing like this
should be read Suppose-remember
just supposc-that there was girl
here who was in a delicate condition
and expected to be sick in May
ALSO suppose the child belongs to
me. Also suppose the girl is IS years
old in April, rather good looking, with
out parents and no one to help her
as the biggest part Of her friends
turned her down when they found out
she was in trouble
Suppose she didn't know was mar
ried. and trusted me, thinking | would
marry her Suppose told her ! was
married an dthc circumstances, that
also told her would see her through
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
BIGGEST SHIP
IN THE WORLD
BEING BUILT
Is a Part Of a Tremendous
Mercantile Fleet Germany
Will Have at Early Day.

THE HAGUE, Aug. 5.-That Ger
many is building a tremendous mer-
camille feet, including the largest ship
in the world, was declared by Herr
BALM, general manager Of the Ham
burg-American line, in an interview
with the Hamburg correspondent OF
the Frankfurter Zeitung.
The ship referred to is the Bismarck,
of $4,000 tons, being constructed for
the Hamburg-American line. There Is
also the turbine ship Tirpitz, Of 5000
tons, under way, and the list also in
cludes three others of $4,000 tons. At
the Vulcan Yards, Bremen, nine ships
are building, four of them having a
carrying capacity of $4,000 tons, these
being the worlds greatest freight
steamers.
In addition, Herr Balm continued
three big liners are under way at the
Flenburg yard. Two more steamers
of 10, 900 tons and three larger passen-
ger freight steamers are being con-
structed. Two cargo ships Of 1000
tons each are being constructed es-
pecially for the Panama canal trale
at the Tecklenburg yards at Geeste-
muende. The North German Lloyd
is building at Dantzif two fast liners
two fast liners Of $4,000 tons, the Co
Iumbus and the Hindenburg. These
are to he speedy designed to cut down
the time between the continent and
New York. The same company is build
ing twelve other ships Of $1,000 tons.
the Mmnchcn and the Zeppelin, Of 49,
600 tons each. The Bremen-Africa
line is constructing six steamers, the
Hansa line eight and the Cosmos line
ten, ranging from 5000 to 10000 tons.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
ACCOMMODATING
Is This Trout As 1t Leaps into
Boat for Fisher
man.

FULLERTON. Calf. Aug, 5.-R, s.
Gregory, former mayor of Fullerton,
who has returned from fishing trip
to Big Bear Lake. is recountng tale
of how four and half pound trout
leaned from the water Of the lake into
the boat from which he was fishing
Gregory hooked the trout and played
out line for sixty feet, AS suddenly
as the fish had struck the line slack
ened.
1--WE lost him." Gregory lamented.
An instant later there was splash by
the boat, the fish flashed through the
air. cleared the side of the boat and
landed in the bottom at the lsherman's
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
WILD WEST RACE FATAL
Cowboy is Fatally Injured When
He Drops between
Two Horses.

OMAHA. Neb., Aug. Slim Kennedy,
a member of the Irwin Brothers show
was fatally injured while riding in
the Roman race at the Frontier Days
contests at the Douglas county fair
grounds.
The rider, in making turn, while
balancing himself with a foot on each
horse, was precipitated to the track
and trampled upon. He suffered injur-
les to his spine. At the time Of the
accident it was not believed that Ken
nedy had been seriously injured. He
displayed the usual gameness Of the
cowboy and insisted that he was all
right"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
BARE LEGS LURE SHARKS.

sARACoSTA, Fla. Aug. 5.-ThIs
years fad of stockingless girl bathers
at Atlantic soashore resorts is respon-
sible for the prevalence Of sharks, in
the opinion Of Harvard Elliott, who de-
clares he knows all about the monsters
of the deep, at is a scientific fact"
he said "that a shark will not attack
a person wearing clothes"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
TOWN IS
SAVED BY
GUARD
Douglas, Ariz., Gets New Lease
of Business Life With Ar
rival Of Troops.


DOUGLAS, Ari2. Aug, 7.-iioW
5000 Jersey national guardsmen
pulled a bankrupt town out Of the hole
and established prosperity is story
worth telling And how the newly
prosperous merchants showed their
gratitude by demanding eXorhitant
prices is a chapter Of the tale that
needs to be told as well.
According to prominent merchants
here almost every business house was
ready to shut up Shop when the tirSI
Of the Jerseymcn began TO arrive bust
ness was al standstIIi. me war
scare had caused cessation OF work
in the leading industries with the eX-
ception of the copper smelters Men
counted their losses instead OF their
gains. A large part of the Mexican
population had fed across the border
with the first fare up in the inlerna-
tional situation, and those who had
money drew tight the strings Of their
purses. Hotels were doing no bust
ness and the railroads noticed a slack
ing off in the imports and exports to
and from the city.
C0iicrS Begin to Swell.
It was TO find this state OF affairs
that the man from New Jersey detrain-
ed near the little Mexican village or
Pirteville and made camp. WIN their
coming the depleted Golfers began
to swell, and as the men got more
leaves Of absence from camp things be-
gan TO get back to normal Every in
coming troop train brought with It
more money for the discouraged shop
keepers and prosperiay TO down
hearted business section.
There are few of the outfits that
came into the camp that haven't their
quota of wealthy men in the rank and
file, but a real boom was promised
with the arrival Of the Essex troop OF
Newark. The cavalrymen, the greatest
number Of whom are sons Of wealthy
and Influential men in the business and
social life Of Newark and the sur
rounding towns. went al the thing
very modesty, but nevertheless very
satisfactorily for the inkeepers and
business men. The advent of the New
Jersey troops practically doubled the
towns population. and Judging from
the broad grns and new found 1ollity
on the part otthe business men, it gave
the town a new lease on life,
But now that they have come and
are spending freely, they are distressed
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06
T. HOLDS REUNION At 1Ol.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Aug. 5.-Jesse
Hartley celebrated his lOith birthday
anniversary with a family reunion at
tended by more than 200 descendants.
Five generations were represented,
Hartley took an active part in all the
festivities.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06

MURDER MAY
60 UN5OLVED
No Theories Even to Work Oil
Regarding Death Of
Prosecutors Wife.

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-. Aug, 5.-While
the police will not admitIt, present in
dicqtions are that ST, Joseph's latest
crime mystery will so unsolyed. The
inquest into the murder Of Mrs. Oscar
Mcdaniel, wife Of the prosecuting at
,orley of Buchanan county, who was
found beaten to death in her home, as
told in last weeks issue Of the Satur-
day Blade, only deepened the mystery.
TIE police do not even have theories
to work on.
William II. HetheringtoR, chief of de-
tcctiyes. and a member Of the police
department of St Joseph for fourteen
Years. testified at the inquest that he
had worked on the murder for over
week and was as far at sea as the
moment he began.
How many men have you arrested
and examined in connection with TINS
crime?" IIetherington was asked
Fifteen"
Did you get any information from
any of them?'
what, in your opinion, was the mo-
tive for this murder?'
81 have no theory" he answered.
Attorneys for Mr.. Mcdaniel cross
examining HIM, brought out tat in
his opinion Mcdaniel was vigorous
rosccutor having sent $50 Grim nails
t. the pcniten'ary in the LAST eighteen
months
Denies Trouble In Home.
The state attorney generals Office
was represented at the inquest. In re-
p,y to questions Mcdaniel said that
there had never been any discord be.
tween him and his wife Neighoors
ties, led that az far as they knew the
home life of the McDaniels was hap
Mcdaniel said that he had arrived
home about II o'clock at night fis
two children, and years, were in
their room asleep His wife was in
bed. NJ not asleep. lie spoke % her
but lid not recall what he sai' lie
undressed and then the telephone rang
Ii was about 11;l5 O'Clock. He repeat
ed the conversation as follows:
is this you, Oscar
yes"
'1ais is Dovic Hart. Your Lro'her,
1s7 lie is herr GtAR ni and Eating
a G'qm bance and lrs act:cr come and
get him"
"AIl right. DOVE, I'll be right down"
He said he told his wife Charlie was
on another tear and he would have TO
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06

English buyers regard American
cheese as too full of holes. Canada,
in the last nine months Of 1915,
however, sent more than $4,000
600 worth Of cheese to England.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-06

Canada has appointed commits
sion which is to visit the United King
dom, France and Belgium for the
purpose Of reporting on trade oppor-
tunitles.