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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
LIST OF WEIGHTS
FOR HOUSEWIVES

named, and promises relief through
the county or city sealer of the state
department if the proper weights are
not given.
Among the articles listed and
their weights by bushel, peck and
quart, respective, are the following:
Apples so pounds, 10 10 pounds and
! pound and . ounces apples (dried)
"a pounds, G pounds, 10 ounces;
beans (dried and shelled) 60 pounds.
Is pounds, pound and IA ounces,
buckwheat So pounds, 10 pounds, /
pond and 10 ounces; carrots 80
pounds, IL 1-2 pounds, l pound and
8 ounces; corn meal 48 pounds, 10
pounds, ounces; cranberries, 80
pounds, Q pounds, pound and .
ounces; cucumbers so pounds, IL 1-2
pounds, ! pound and . ounces: cur
rants, 40 pounds. 10 pounds, / Ia
pounds; gooseberries 40 pounds,
pound and A ounces: onions, SIS
pounds, 13 ga pounds, / pound and
u IL ounces; peaches As pounds,
IL pounds, pound and s ounces.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
SPLITTING IS BEGUN
BY the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road System So Far as Its
Property Goes.

BALTIMORE. Sept. 9-As a
means of protecting public health,
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad sys-
TEN has inaugurated an anti-spitting
campaign through which 1t will make
personal appeal to those who pa
troni2e its trains and passenger sta
tions TO refrain from expectorating
in public places.
On designated day each month
this railroad will distribute through
the coaches of its trains small card
on which the attention Of the public
Is directed to the danger of spread
Ing disease. Public health and other
authorities in the states through
which the railroad operates have lent
their approval to the campaign,
which will give effective cooperation
to those who are striving to safe
guard public health.
Trainmen will distribute the cards
on the Fifteenth day of each month.
Instructions to the train employees
and station forces concerning distri-
button point out that the plan adopt
ed offers an inoifensive and forceful
means Of directing the attention to
the danger of splitting In public and
makes it possible for the railroad to
lend its assistance in a compliance
with law and promoting sanitation.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
Nill Be Formed under the ri.
reCtion of George D. Porter,
Assigned for Purpose.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. George
9. Porter. former mayoralty candi-
Tate in Philadelphia, and now score
gary of the Hughes Alliance in the
state of Pennsylvania, has been Sc
lected by the national committee to
organize the Hughes Alliance in the
state OF West Virginia. Secretary
Porter left Philadelphia Saturday
evening for PIttsburg where he will
confer Sunday with western Penn
sylvania leaders concerning the
Hughes campaign in Pennsylvania.
From there he will proceed to West
Virginia to confer with the leading
Progressive and Republican politicians
preparatory to conference to be held
early in the week at which a state or
ganizatton will be effected and per-
manent state headquarters established
Tor the November campaign.
Because of the rapid progress made
In organizing throughout the state of
PENNSYLVANIA and the splendid results
already accomplished in bringing about
a reunion of Progressiyes. Democrats,
Republicans and Independents in be-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
HEROINE SAVES .
SAFE FROM A
BOLD ROBBER
Stenographer's Cries Brighten
Negro Away after He Had
Bound Her. \

SAVANNAH. Ga, Sept. "A strugS
glo by Miss Rita Snyder, sixteen years.
old. n photographer In tho office OF
II. II. LaB'ar, prevented the riding Of
the office safe and frustrated a daring
attempt at daylight robbery. The girl
grappled with the negro burglar, who
smotherod hcr mouth with her office
apron and bound her to u chair. IA
The first intimntlon Of trouble that
tho young woman, who was alone In
the Office, had was when she was att
tackled suddenly from behind. She
recognized In her assailant negro
who had appeared at the office some
tlme previously and inquired for
MIR. Sims" Before she had time to
cry out the negro had smothered her
mouth with tho apron and was graps
ping her throat u.s.
Having bIIndfolded her eyes With
the apron, tho negro bound her hands
and tied her TO chair. She quickly
discovered. however, that the gag over
her mouth was not sufficiently tight
TO prevent her giving an alarm and,
hearing tho negro working at the
combination of the safe, Miss Snyder.
alNiuubH Uduly lIl6nA0uuut bCEGhlututaa
The negro Immediately attacked her:
again, but he was himself now badly
frightened and realized that assist-
ance would be quickly forthComing.s
He made a hurried exit, With the
negro out OF the way, Miss Snyder
succeeded In removing the blindfold-
ing apron from her head and eyes.
Immediately she ran to the street.
where her hands were united and the
alarm given to the police. 1t hap
pened that there were only a few doll
lars in the safe at the time. ordl-
narily the safe carried from 5000 to
5000 in cnsh and negotiable paper,
fact that might have been known to
the negro.
Miss Snyder is the main support
of fatherless family. She left school
TO enter IN office and help support her
mother and sister. She is now work
ing her way through n bookkeeping
course at business college, whore
she has tho reputation OF being dili-
gent and apt pupil.
The police have been unable to OBJ
tain any clue as to the identity of
the negro
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READS OF HIS DEATH FOR
SECOND TIME; STILL ALIVE

YOUNGSTOWN, o.-sept. 9.-Peter
Bauer, piano salesman here, has sur
vived the second announcement Of his
death. The latest was recently made
in Pottsville, Pa, and the earlier one
about five years ago in Cleveland. In
both instances the announcements
were the result OF mistaken identities.
Bauer has just received a clipping
from the Pottsville Banner, sent him
by his brother, telling how he was
supposed to have been drowned at
Huron, o. Bauer's insistence that he
is very much alive means that the
authorities must start all over try
ing to identify the body recently
washed ashore at the Lake F0rie port.
Five years ago man who dropped
dead on Cleveland street was at
first identified as Bauer. At that time
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
NORM9NS
Had Legs Pulled So Often by
Wives That Sons Have a
Short Gamb.

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 9.-Sixteen
applicants for enlistment, whose right
legs were longer than their port side
members, were rejected at the local
recruiting station of the United States
marine corps, during the month Of
August, according to Sergeant Frank
r. Busch, the non-commlssloned officer
In charge.
81 take no stock in the theory that
it is an hereditary affection with a
Salt Lake locale, said Marine Ser
geant Busch today, but 1t is a pecu-
liar fact that very many males of this
city have starboard legs longer than
their left ones. One explanation is
that the male forbears of this young
er generations had their legs pulled
so often and hard by their plural
wives during the spring bonnet sea-
son that the offspring has been mark
cd with a lista-port."
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
NEED MONKEYS
FOR TESTS IN
INFANT PLAGUE
Scientists Forced to Turn to
South America for Sup
ply of Simfans.

NEW YORK. Sept. 9.-Chattoring
monkeys from the jungles of Africa,
India, South America and the Philip
pines are being sought by medical ex-
pcrts in the United States for research
work in infantile paralysis. The most
desirable type for these scientists is
the Rhesus monkey, belonging to the
Macaque family, native OF India. and
said by certain naturalists to be the
distant cousin of paleolithic man. But
few of these monkeys or any others
from India and Africa are faring over
seas these days because of the en-
grOssment of transatlantic shipping
by ammunition and other war sup
plies.
Scientists are turning to South
America and the Philippines for their
monkey supply. The South American
simians are of the ringtail variety
and are not particularly desirable.
They maye hope to earn peanuts in
Il museum and make interesting pets
but that is all. Some capable monkeys
come from the Philippine islands, but
they are rare.
Rockefeller Institute Has 500.
The jungle of the Rockefeller insti-
tute in New York city, giving its SER
vices to the study OF the ills OF man
kind. is 500 monkeys strong. Migrants,
pets reared in luxury. professional
monkeys that have ridden bareback in
the circus, clown monkeys and hard
listed, grasping jockos that have worn
MES and passing the hat have found
asylum in the Rockefeller cages.
Those who have been privileged to
see the animals in the jungle and
while receiving treatment in the hos
pitfalls declare they are the strangest
patients in the world.
Monkeys Long Used.
The pathological departments Of
various hospitals have long used the
monkey for experimental purposes be-
cause of its nearness in physical
makeup when compared with the hui
man race. The animals are inoculated
with germs from diseased persons and
then treated with serum in an effort
to effect cure. BY this means some
exceedingly important discoveries
have been made by medical experts
in the United States.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
nericnn oversea enterprIso. and tir0

American oversee enterprise, and the
report says:
Tho recovery Of portion OF tho
American gold reserve which supports
an unprecedented structure Of domeaz
tic and foreign credit is essential to-
the restoration of European prosper-
itv a'cr the war and this would logic
mi to be one effect Of the oco-
liances now being devised and
being laid for moro intensive
on which will bring back tlne.
Ii ich by tho curtailmcnt oE
production and competitlon4
la IN American merchandise o..
greater access to European markets
and larger share OF neutral markets.
A violent reversal of the flow Of gold
would rudoly disturb tho structure OF
domestic hank credits reared upon It.
Tho primary safeguard must he
stimulation of exports Of the merchants
disc required in peace TO take the
place Of the abnormal demand for.
munitions and abnormal export of
other articles. A diminution OF our
present inflated export trade Is inev-
table, but the danger is that Euro-
poan cooperation and trade profer-
cnco may DO carried so far as arti4
ticially to restrain American foreign
trade and carry II below our normal
equity In world commerce"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
P()EI(12E
Seek Beauty Who Tended
Wounds of Man She In
iured and Then Paid Him.

ONTARIO. Cal, Sept. "a myster-
ious beauty i'll big green roadster,
who ran down a Mexican cyclist on
the Foothill boulevard, and, after
dressing the mans wounds with strips
of cloth torn from her lingerie,
pressed a IS bill in the mans hand,
and departed, is sought by the Ontario
police.
Omega Ramerlz, 80 years old, told
the police Of the affair, but refused
to give the number Of the car. He
said that while riding to Ontario on
his bicycle he turned toward the road
side. lie heard n woman's scream be-
hind him, and then was knocked into
unconsciousness by her automobile.
When he recovered, he found himself
looking into the face of a beautiful
auburn-haired girl, about 20 years old,
who was bathing his head
Rnmeriz found the cuts on his face
had been bandaged by the girl, who
had torn her clothing into strips to
make the bandages.
Opening her purse, the girl took out
a IS bill and pressed it into his hand
She then got into the automobile and
sped away.
he was living at Garfield, O., and II
was some time before he convinced
the public that he was alive.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
ARMY CHAPLAIN A
MAN AMONG MEN

lot, he plans practically all the cntcr-
tainments which they have. But these
things cost money, and in this respect
Chaplain Atkinson, as well as other
chaplains, is handicapped The rogu-
lar army allowed its chaplains $50 for
entertainment last year That won't
30 far. II costs money TO get picture
machines and films and other things
which go to entertain and keep the
boys In camp
Recently Chaplain Atkinson received
a letter from an apparently devom
woman IN Michigan who asked II she
could do anything 10 help the boys lIe
answered telling her IT she wished TO
help she could supply the members Of
one company with New Testament
each. The expense would have been
small, but instead Of doing this she
sent an unintercsting book to the chap
lain, containing blank spaces, with tho
request that he pass ii through the
companies and ask the boys to read It
and sign their names in the blank
spaces
In the Thirty-second Michigan regi-
mont. Father DUNCAN, OF Lapecr,
Mich, has the same conditions to con-
tend with. Being a Catholic, with a
regiment that is largely Protestant
he shows rare Judgment in his talks
to the men. never allowing anything
of sectarian nature to creep into his
public addresses. He holds separate
mass for the Catholics, and by his "halt
fellow" manner has made friend of
most of the enlisted men and officers in
his regiment.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
Next Wednesday Morning to
Carry Out an Annual Pro-
gram of Two Days.

The tenth annual meeting of the
West Virginia Forest, Game and Fish
Protective Association will be held
at Bluefeld September IS and IA.
The following program will be OBJ
served:
Wednesday, September IS
Afternoon Session, 2 O'Clock.
The Rev. d. s. Hammond, Grafton.
Address of welcome. Judge
Joseph NJ. Saunders, Blueheld.
Response to address Of welcome.
.......... +. NJ. Glenn, Parsons.
appointment of committees.
Reading of minutes of last annual
meeting.
Financial report OF secretary-treas-
urer.
Presidents annual address.
Night Session, s O'Clock.
Address, Forest Fire Prevention
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT w. Besley,
State Forester, Baltimore, Md.
Address. forestry Game and Fish
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GAME ASSOCIATION TO
MEET AT BLUEFIELD
Past, Present and Future

Past, Present and Future"
......J. A. Viquesney, Forest.
Game and Fish Warden, Belington
-. Prof. G. II. Murray, Bluefeld,
Moving pictures.
Thursday, September IL.
Afternoon Session, . O'Clock.
Address, Sentiment in the South
ern Counties" Walter r. Cook,
Chief Deputy Warden. Rockview
Address ................
z..... f. C. Colcord. Saint Adams
Report of committee on membership
Report of committee on resolutions
Report of committee on legislation.
General discussion. ...
Night Session, 8 O'Clock.
Address, The Development of
Forest Fire Protection. ......
.,..L G. Peters, Chief of State
Cooperation, Washington. n. G.
Address, 'unnoticed Possibilities"
...,..........A. ID. Williams,
Estate Road Engineer, Morgantown.
General discussion.
Report of committee on nominations
and elections.
Moving pictures.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
is Issued by State Government
and win Be Distributed
at Fairs.

Take me home, hang me up. and
do not hesitate to call on the city or
county sealer if your goods are short
in weight" is the greeting printed MS
n head to 4 new table of weights
just printed by the state department
of weights and measures for distri-
button, through county fairs and 9TH
er public meetings. to the housekeep-
ers Of West Virginia.
The list as prepared by Commits
sioner j. n. Nightingale, includes the
names of forty-elght articles of food.
fuel and grains for seed, and gives
The exact weight the purchaser is en-
titled to receive for bushel. peck
or q quart Of each article.
The commissioner urges all house
holders TO insist in getting the num-
Der of pounds indicated on the chart
when purchasing any of the articles
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
LIGHTNING SPACES MULE.

sELBYvTLIJB, Ind, Sept. a. Struck
by lightning, mule which Asa PiIch-
ard was embarrassing had both IFS
ears burned off, while Pilchard was
knocked unconscious. Tho flash also
set fire to the barn, struck a COW and
killed 1t and then travelled down q
wire fence and killed three hogs. Dur
ing the fire another mule and COW were.
burned TO death. When the storm was
over all Pilchard had left was one
burnt-eared mule. His barn and ey-
erything in 1t had been destroyed.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10

too. because there was no way of toll
Ing my helpers on the Goat what was
wrong. II was strictly up to me TO
get out of that tight place.
"'or time tried saving thr air
hose back and forth, hoping 10 dis
lodge il IN some way. That didn't do
me a bit Of good. The mud was soft
and the hose wasn't pinchrd SO light
! didn't get some air, hut the pressure
was too heavy on 1t Ia let me get IL
free.
II used to he pretty good nt lifting
Weights as Il young follow and It soon
struck me that I'D have 10 lit that
grating, whether twas easy or not.
IL rested little. saving up strength
for the lift | took just as good u
hold as the short length of hose would
give me and hcavcd, The crate came
up little, hcayCd harder till |
had one end breast high. lust an inch
or two more and II would be past the
lifting point and | could shoulder 1t
over.
II never lifted so hard before or
since. Tho cNertOn made the blood
hammer in my head and started reg
ular fireworks display In front OF my
eyes, like drowning man sous when
he suftocates.
I'm lift 1t or bust blood vessel.
says |. and, by heaven. IL lifted / top
pied the grating over gayo my signal
cord yank and was hauled to the
top.
"l'd certainly have felt pretty cheap
il I'D died down there in hardly
enough water to cover me"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
MAN AND FISH
Are Occupants of an AmhlI-
lance in a Trip to the
Hospital.

R1DGWAY, Pa, Sept. 9.-Patrieisi
neering and trout measuring "a ga
inches, the largest ever seen here, ncs
cupisd an ambulance on their way to
is the story behring's friends tell
Patrick, while diving In Laurel Mil
pool, collided with the trout. The fish,
stunned by the blow. Immediately rose
to the surface and was captured ~
other swimmers. Pat, sorely hurt.
was pulled from the water. An am.
bulance was summoned and tho
strange companions in distress were
taken to the hospital.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
FOREIGNERS IN
MEXICO VERY
MUCH WORRIED
Carranza'S Government Plans
to NaturaIize All ProduC-
ton of Petroleum.

TAAlPICO, Mexico, Sept. Sire
spoctiye of the public assurances that
were given from time TO time by high
officials OF the dcfacto government of
Mexico that no undue burdens of tax
alton or otherwise would he placed
upon foreign investments in this coun-
try and that the bringing of outside
capital to the republic would continue
TO be welcomed and encouraged. the
attitude and acts OF the mon in au-
thority. including. first of all. General
Venustiano Carrauza, are directly on
posite the prolestations OF friendli-
ness that have been made toward the
American, British and other alien de-
velopers OF the country's resources.
Ever since Carranza obtained con-
troll OF the oil producing region of
Mexico the foreign oil interests here
have been hoping against hone that
he would not Cypress thcm TO n de-
gree OF driving them out OF the coun-
try.
For several months he and the
other dictators of the de facto gov
eminent have been gradually putting
the screws" TO the American and Brit
ish oil investments in the Tampico ter
ritory. One decree after another was
issued, all bearing down more or less
upon these large interests. The point
was reached some time ago that no
owner or lessee of oil land in Mexico
could bore well without the express
consent of the government. The pre-
liminaries involved the filing with the
government representative in the field
a survey of the land and various other
annoying and more or less EXPENSIVE
details.
Now comes the official announce
ment from the City of Mexico that It
is really planned by Carranza TO ma
tionnlize the oil industry of Mexico AT
the earliest possible moment. 1t had
been reported for several months that
he had this revolutionary and social
lstic plan in view, but the oil oper-
ators refused to believe that the dc
facto government would 20 that far,
Copies of an official decree"' which
has Just been published by the Car
rama government have becn received
here. 1t announces that no more oil
concessions will he granted. Tho de-
cree concludes with the following sig
nificant statement:
"rhe production of petroleum is to
be exclusively national matter. The
industry shall hereafter he directed
by the Mexican authorities for the
benefit of the Mexican people"
What procedure the de facto gov
eminent will adopt to carry out its
declared purpose of Matchmaking the
oil Industry remains TO be seen. II is
believed here that it will not attempt
to interfere with existing invest
ments further than to oppress them
with taxation and other means to the
point Of confscation.
1t is from the oil industry, even in
its present limited condition, that the
de facto governme is obtaining the
bulk of its revenue. II by any means
Carranza could obtain control Of the
producing wells. pipe lines, relneries
and other sources OF wealth belonging
to the industry, he would have a bo-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
Sensing Xnlncs.

A business man. accustomed to buy
Ing a certain line of supplies, develops
a very keen sense Of values-and he
can identify a real buying opportuni-
ty as far away as he can see 1t. The
housewife, accustomed to u serious
study OF her buying problems. is able
to sense" real buying opportunity
Just as unfailingly. That is why the
store advertisements in the Telegram
have real interest for her.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
NOTICE

All persons pasturing stock on Ma
than COTS Elkhill farm, are hereby
notified to call on the underaig ned,
at the farm house, on or before sep}
tember 10, 1916, and adjust all mat
tiers in connection with pasture rent,
WILLIAM cox.
Superintendent Elkhill Farm
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
AUTOS EOR SALE

Big Bargains in slightly Used An
tomobiles Light and heavy cars.
Auto Exchange, Angle Inn Bldg,
Main and Pike streets.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-10
AUTOS For SALE

Will sacrifice all Autos l have in
stock, this week. Auto Exchange.
Angle Inn BLDG Main and Pike
streets.
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Policy Of the Allies.

THE self-sufficlency of the allied
group is the logical goal of this agree
ment precisely as British imperial
self-sufflciency was the goal OF the
Chamberlain policy. Leaving aside the
problems Of whether the United King
dom will consent to a tax on food,
the question is whether such a policy
adopted by all the allied group would
deprive the United States OF any Of
its present outlet for foodstuffs or
raw materials. The united colonial
and Russian production of foodstufls
and raw materials was not equal to
the ante-bellum necessities of the
allies. Would a preference stimulate
production to the point of self-suffi-
cheney? If the allies were obliged
still to depend upon their own raw
materials admitted to the consuming
allied countries at a lower tariff rate
than those of neutral or enemy origin,
would not the price find common
level?"
Attention is called to the aliies,s
policy by direct subsidy to foreign
trade and its possible effect unon
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he was living at Garfield. O., and II
was some time before he convinced
the public that he was alive.