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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-15

+ This is a new photograph Of the
youngest daughter of Postmaster
General and Mrs. Albert Sidney
Burleson. She is not yet twenty, and
is a popular figure in the younger
HQcial get at Vaccination, -i,A.allll..ai
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-15

of the different departments Of the
school.
The Clarksburg High School
Alumni Association was organized in
December and has membership of
1926 including the Frank E, Arnett
Class Of 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
AN DEPRESSION OF PARIS

'sAn American Woman in the Outlook. The first thing that struck us on enter ing Paris was this: "Taisez-vous Menez- vous Les oreilles ennemies vous ecou- tent.'' Don't talk. Be on your guard. Spying ears are listening), posted in the trains, on the stations, in the shops, In the Metro (subway). A good ideal
 Paris is and is not the same. A year ago, they say, it was deserted. Today it is full of movement. Everything goes and goes properly--the Metro, the trans, taxis, cabs. There is less service in the hotels and restaurants, no motor busses, women as conductors and ticket punch CTS. The streets are easy to cross and almost empty at night. And everywhere there Is mourning--women all in black. q felt so conspicuous, and I was) Every one Is quiet and serious, with serious ness that one respects and admires Sol diers are everywhere-cripples, blind, wounded. The other day six got l into the Metro-all without legs! But 1 such bravery and good humor, such cour- tesy and self-controlA- After London, with
 I it's apparent lack of comprehension, you | feel that these people know what they
 are facing and are prepared to face it to
 the end How admire them! How glad I I am obe working for them!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
IN STRANGE WATERS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 New Zealand, a year or two before the war, built dreadnaught and presented it outright to Great Britain, Australia, on the other hand created snug little navy of her own and retained control of it., deeming it desirable for her own protec- tion.
 It was an Australian cruiser. the Syd- ney, that sank the famous Emden. Since then there has been no word of the Syd- ney until yesterday, when she was report ed as calling at Havana for fuel and pro- visions
 An Australian warship in a Cuban port seems incomprehensible Assuredly the sydney has no business in the Caribbean. It is reasonable to interpret the presence of the cruiser at Havana as indicating a long voyage eastward to join the fleets of the mother country. As long as the German navy is bottled Australia needs no naval protection, and Australia evil dently believes that the bottle is not to be opened.
 A contrast between New Zealand and Australia which was unfavorable to Aus tralia was drawn when the two naval schemes were announced. The New Zea- land idea was considered more loyal and admirable. Apparently both schemes are working to the same end. British supe- riority in European waters removes any danger of a hostile demonstration in the Pacific. and the cautious commonwealth of the antipodes has nothing to do with her navy except to send it around the world to the North sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
 OUR NATIVE HUMORISTS
the New York Telegram,


 John Kendrick Bangs takes no stock in the opinion that American humor is de- generating. In his new book of remins- cenees, From Pillar to Post" he even asserts that we are so surfeited with first rate humor that we can't see the wood for the trees.
 "A period that has produced a Dooley, and an Ade. and an Irwin Cobb, and a Bert Lesion Taylor" says Mr. Bangs, lis surely not poor in humorous possessions of 8 scintillating character, whether we demand that our humor shall be prod uct of pure fun or of profoundly serious thinking
 Tn the humor that is designed to inter- pret life itself l find an endless store of it i'll the works of Wallace Irwin, of Mon- tague Glass. of Miss Edna Ferber and of Mrs Alice Hogan Rice, the last two, by the way, forming a complete refutation of the preposterous notion that women are devoid of the sentiment that cheers but does not inebriate. "And as for the wits, if Oliver Herford were as lonely among wits as he is unique I should still find that we were rict beyond measure in that form of humol which is for the most part intellectual of the mind rather than of the emotions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
In the Month of May
testify to it

The coming of May not only brings to Birmingham the Confederate re- union-and some of the survivors of the Lost Cause think it will be the last great gathering of the men who wore the gray-but in the week preceding the reunion music festival of rare attractiveness will be given here, with one of the famous symphony orches- tras of New York as feature. There will be chorus numbers in the after noon by children of the public schools and short chorus numbers at night by Birmingham's best adult talent.
 The low railroad rates for the re- union applies, of course, to the entire south, and it is understood that the traffic officials will consider favor ably a request from the musical in terests to shove up the schedule few days and make the rates in Alabama apply to the festival as well as the United Confederate Veterans and those who will throng the city in their honor.
 In recent years musical culture has progressed in every city and town in the state and music lovers have formed the good habit of coming to Birmingham on the occasion of its numerous artist attractions. Hun dreds of visitors came in February for music week, and hundreds will em- brace the opportunity of coming again on the 11th of May to feast on music Eand staying over to swell the great reunion crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
THE BRAGGING HABIT
From the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.

From the Emporia (kan.) Gazette.
 It is just as well to have Kansas called down a little. Kansas is given to much bragging. As a matter of fact, this is a good state but it is not the only good state Our people are more than usually prosperous. But so are the people of other states out in the middle west, where agriculture is the domi- lnant source of wealth. Our people are rather above the average of decency, l but part of the decency is due to a lprosperous environment. Prohibition has done something; but the blood of the l folks, homogeneous American blood. mostly of New England strains. that made prohibition stick and made 1t sue cessful, has done more than prohibition 1 to make Kansas great.
 | Other states have some things bet | ter than Kansas; other states have more enlightened vision about many things
 than Kansas, just as Kansass has her superiorities and excellencies. There is Inc best state in the union. For the standards of excellence Tn various things are lower in some states on some
 things and higher on others But Kan sas is a good average state, and the
 truth is enough to be proud of With out bragging about things that are not
 only untrue but not highly important.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
The Psychological Stimulus of Praise

The Psychological Stimulus of Praise
 Birmingham's real estate men dld tfine service to the community Sunday in the efforts they exerted to make
 a good impression on six hundred visiting real estate leaders from
 northern cities. They believed they were adding to Birmingham's prestige
 abroad. And this was true.
 They aroused such enthusiasm among the visitors over what Dir mingham has done and is planning for the future that the city will get ad- vertising in the days to come that could not be purchased for thousands of dollars.
 But there is reflex effect on the Birmingham real estate men them selves. There was not a man in town who mingled with Sundays visitors who was not in happier frame of mind afterward. He had heard so many complimentary things; he had had so many new points of view o1 Birmingham's greatness shown to him: he had been told so often and with such sincerity of this clty's unioue landscape beauties that hls pride was swollen aad resolutions of new endeavor triclSled all unconscious ly up and down his spinal column.
 The Birmingham real estate man had had lean year. He had been struggling so hard against obstacles of various sorts that it had taken much of his reserve will power to keep up his courage and optimism at the proper temperature. The unsolicited and unreserved praise showered upon him by six hundred experts who know what they are talking about was like a gorgeous burst of sunshine. It made him swell out his chest and take new grip on things.
 No man is immune to the stimulat- ing effects of praise for work well done. Birmingham real estate men will testify to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
Bond Issue for School Buildings

Bond Issue for School Buildings
 Birmingham, with school system noted the country over for it's eff ciency and it's modernity, is far be- hind other cities of approximately it's size in it's school housing accommoda- tions. There is no excuse for this condition of inadequate buildings.
 Birmingham needs two additional high schools and many other school buildings. It is estimated that $2,000,- 900 would supply the want-$400 ,000 or $500,000 for the high schools and | the remainder for new construction on buildings for the elementary grades The schools are overcrowded and several of the buildings are in- sanitary.
 The public appreciates the import ance of keeping up the school sys- tenn to high state of efficiency and it is readily seen that without ample buildings continued efficiency is out of the question.
 The city commission should pro- ceed without delay to submit a S2.OOO, ,0O0 school bond proposition to the voters. It would carry by an over whelming majority. As The Age Herald said recently in discussing the school situation, some bond proposi- tions require an active canvass to arouse public interest and explain the "whys and wherefores;" but that nc campaign of education would be needed for the success of a project SC we'll understood and so popular as that of providing adequate school ia cilities. Birmingham, as large al Atlanta and considerably larger than Richmond or Nashville, is far behind them in the matter of school build ings. Some things Birmingham is no financially able to do: but it IS abun dantly able to have as good schoo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
Newspaper Pluck
memory

With characteristic energy and pluck the newspapers of Augusta have again started to work for the upbuilding of Augusta, and also them- selves, after most disastrous fire which laid large part of the city Ill ashes, destroying the imposing build- ing which housed the Chronicle, as well as the plant of the Herald. This is not the first time the Chronicle, the south's oldest newspaper, has met with crushing disaster, but it had risen each time better and stronger than before.
 The newspapers of Augusta have set the rest of the country and theil contemporaries in all parts of the land . splendid example of courage ant resourcefulness in diversity. They have met tremendous loss cheerfully and courageously. They have re sumed publication under great dis advantages, but sustained by optim ism and hopeful for the future. In { comparatively short time they vii again be in suitable quarters, operat ing their own plants and carrying ol the good work of keeping Augusta il it's rightful place as one of the south leading cities.
 It seems that no misfortune can con auer the spirit of American journal ism. The greater the blow dealt newspaper, the more quickly it re aponds to the needs of the hour an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
ART

By James Thomson. Singing is sweet, but be sure of this: Lips only sing when they cannot kiss Did he ever suspire tender lay While her presence took his breath away? Had his fingers been able to toy with her
 hair Would they then have written his verses fair? Had she let his arm steal round her waist Would the lovely portrait yet be traced? Since he could not embrace it. flushed
 and warm, He has carved in stone her perfect form Who gives the first report of the feast? He who got none and enjoyed it least Were the wine really slipping down his
 throat Would his song of the wine advance
 note? Will you puff out the music that sways
 the whirl Or dance and make love with pretty
 girl? Who shall the great battle story write?-- Not the hero down in the thick of the
 fight. Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But-they are not the life for which they
 stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
WHEN IRWIN COBB LECTURED

no question, to ast you, me boy. I'm wid you!'
 As retired into the wings he was ad dressing all those present upon the sub- ject of the Little Crane Isle in the Say and her wrongs.
 When there had been an overabundance of questions and answers, or when 1t was time to go and catch a train, would give signal-this is trade secret I am di- vulging now-and confederate in the au-
 dience, who was usually friend planted there for that purpose, or it might be an usher. would ask any of half dozen set
 questions. Having answered it, I would bow myself off and be on my way In a city on the Pacific coast-the city of Los Angeles, to be exact-a certain fiend in human form-no, I take that
 back; it would be too great a compliment to him to call him a fiend in human form
 "a certain mammal-that's it. mammal who professed to be my friend, volun- teered to fire the tag line at me. Fine and dandy" I said. When lift my left hand to my coat lapel you stand
 up and say: MT Cobb, do you expect
 to return to the front?' D q get your he said.
 But I took no chances with creature
 of feeble or halting mentality. drilled
 him until he appeared to be letter perfect
 in rehearsal.
 At suitable hour that evening, before
 a crowd of nearly 1900 kindly Californians,
 I gave him the cue And at that the low
 wretch rose in the middle of the parquet, where he sat with crew of his debased
 fellow conspirators, and in a clarion voice
 hurled at me this:
 Say, where do you go from here?'
 The name of this depraved scoundrel is Charles E. Van Loan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
THE GRAyEDIGGER's STORY

From the New York Globe.
 He is only gravedigger, with a wife and two children. A very obscure citizen, it may be true, but none the less a citizen, and entitled to a decent living if he is willing to earn it. The story he told in his simple way to the House committee considering the Nolan wage bill for government employees needs no establishment and is worth repeating in his own words:
 Out of my $40 a month I pay $s for rent, $5 for carfare, and the other $27 pays all our other expenses. We eat beans and hominy principally. We never have meat. Even beans and hominy are going up. remember when beans were cents a quart; now they are 20 cents.
 Those graves are hard to dig. We have five to dig today, and look how it is raining. Many a time have been up to my knees in water and mud, digging and digging, just for the sake of my wife and children. Eight years have been there, and when I ask for a raise they say Well, you know what you can do if you don't like it. God knows how we would have lived if my wife had not taken in some sewing"
 There was no attempt at the dramatic Just plain recital of how he and the other gravediggers in Arlington ceme tery have to struggle along to keep body and soul together He wasn't ask ing for charity as he talked to the com mittee fresh from his work in the cenc tery, his shoes smeared with the clay from newly dug grave.
 Gravedigging is very humble work It may not require much skill, but it IS honest work. and the man who en- gages in it is entitled to a living wage Forty dollars month is not a living wage. Brawn and muscle are worth more than that in the open labor mar ket. The Nolan bill proposes a mini mum wage of $3 a day for government workers. Whether or not that is too much may be open to argument There is no reason why the government should pay more than the private corporation although it generally does. But the gravediggers of Arlington are mis- treated. That simple story told by the shabby, hardworking cemetery 1aborer an employe of the worlds richest gov ernment, and government that throws away millions of dollars every year. does not honor the principles defended by the sleepers of Arlington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28

Irwin s. Cobb in the Saturday Evening Post
 MN one populous New England city I S had concluded my lecture, as usual,
 A with a short plea for national pre-
 paredness on the part of our own coun- l try, and then I invited questions. On the instant up there rose, from where he sat
 in the front row of the first balcony, an 1 elderly, excited, whiskered gentleman of
 an exclusively Hibernian aspect, and, be- 1 fore he spoke, he shook in my direction
 large, freckled fist, with what looked l like hostile intent.
 I box, leaned forward.
 l Now you'll catch it!' he said in a half
 whisper That's the official Fenan of
 this town"
 l The whiskered party opened his lips
 then and spoke in rich voice: 1 If so be it wasn't fur tn Atlantic
 ocean bechune us an him, Jawnny Bull 1 l-blank-blank him,-would be comin over
 here wid his blankety- -blanked sojers in red shutes an kllin us in our beds; an I thot's no lie, ayther!''
 1 And he blankety -blanked J. Bull some ! more.
 l Nobody hissed and good many 1 laughed I guess they all knew the l speaker by past experiences. Besides, what he said was not said with curses ] if you get what I mean. He used pro- fanity, but he was not profane. He didn't swear-it was merely his way of express ] ing a sincere conviction. "But you haven't asked me question: '' I said when the laughter had died down. | "Question!' he roared back at me. "I've
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
Thomas H. Pence

Not many men outside of high or f;cial life have occupied so distin- ou;shed position in popular esteem as Thomas H. Pence, secretary of the rational democratic committee, who died in Washington yesterday alter a long illness. He first came into pup lie view as newspaper man--re- porter and correspondent
 As the Washington correspondent of the Raleigh News and Observer, Mr. Pence gained immediate recognl- lion in wide journalistic field. Ills work revealed combination of line qualities. a keen perception of human character. an enlightened sense of humor and a very pronounced political acumen. And, best of all, he had political convictions and was ever true to his party allegiance.
 Everyone who knew Tom Pence felt an inspiration in his party enthusiasm. He was democrat because he be- lieyed in those fundamental truths of democracy He was ready at every hour to make sacrifices for the party ke loved so well. An ardent admirer of Woodrow Wilson, he contributed largely through his press publicity activities to MT. Wilson's nomination; and few of the political influences were more telling in the democratic victory at the November election in 1912 than Mr. Fences organized party propaganda.
 Party victory is usually due to a combination of circumstances. No one man can claim all the credit, but of those who bore the burden and the heat of the day in the last presidential campaign, Tom Pence stood second to none. President Wilson's tribute was as deserved as it was heartfelt.
 Few finer spirits have ever con- nected themselves with public serv- ice," said the President. He had vir- tually unexcelled ability and he de- voted that ability to the things that he thought were right with singular devotion and lf-forgetfuiness."
 Truly the south has lost one of it's most representative men and the dem- ocratic party one of it's potential spirits.
 Those of us who, like President Will son and the press gallery of Con- gress, krew MT. Pence personally are touched with a sense of unfeigned sorrow and will ever cherish his memory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28

1 The present territory of the Albania ms extends from Montenegro on the north
 to the Gulf of Arta on the south, accord
 ing to the Albanian Era, published in Chi cago. It includes the vilayets of Scutari,
 Turkish empire While no census of the Albanians has ever been taken the popu- lation is estimated at from 2,50000O to s0OOOOO There are soo,oo0 additional in
 southern Italy, sOo,OOo in Greece, about 60, : 900 in the United States, who have emi-
 grated from Albania proper, about 5000
 in Roumania and several thousand in Egypt Bulgaria and Russia. The Alban-
 ians now resident in Italy went there
 Turks. They still keep their own lan-
 guage, social customs and religion. How
 head. instead of the Greek patriarch of
 Constantnople. This is done so they can
 use their mother tongue in their religious
 ceremonies. A number of districts in
 Greece have been colonized by Albanians
 who retain their primitive habits and rude
 methods of agriculture. The islands of Aegina, Hydra, Psara and Spetzae are also occupied by them The Albanians
 cling to the feudal system and to a great
 extent lead patriarchal life. Each tribe
 has chief and council of elders to
 whom all disputes are referred. The de- cisions of the elders are final Each fam fly also has head whose authority is exercised over from 50 to 100 memebrs, all living under the same roof. The major ity of Albanans have become Moham medans, but they do not practice polyg- 1 amy, having a high regard for their women Albanians are an uneducated people but they are noted for their | bravery, sincerity, honesty, courtesy and
 hospitality. While they have made little | progress toward national life it is be- l lieved that they would reach 8 high state | of civilization if given a chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
RANGE OF THE EYE

From the New York Press.
 Contrary to the general belief that the heliograph virtually Is an instrument for signaling short distances, 1t has been used between London and Brighton, a distance of 70 miles, But this certainly was on an exceptionally clear day with an intense sunlight.
 This instrument, which, for more than half a century, has been found of benefit in army tactics, is destined to pass in the near future into oblivion as the result of the invasion of the wireless telegraph.
 The heliograph is nothing more than a mirror on which the suns rays are caught and by which they are reflected The dashes can be thrown in any desired di- rection and the telegraphic Morse code generally is used.
 Apart from signaling. the distance at which objects can be discovered by the eye depends on two things-their height and the clearness of the air. The most conspicuous object in the British Isles Is Mount Snowdon, in Wales. which on a clear day can be distinctly seen from Bray Head, county Wicklow, a distance no less than S5 miles. Snowdon can also be seen from Waterloo, Liverpool, a dis tance of 52 miles.
 In the Fens, where the ground is per fectly flat for miles, any lofty object can be seen a long way off. Boston Stump the tower of the fine old church at Bos- ton, Lincolnshire, is visible from the Leicestershire hills, quite 40 miles away. Mount Everest in the Himalayas, is the tallest mountain in the world From Darjeeling the gigantic conc of Everest is seen rising in snowy grandeur among its mighty neighbors. and any stranger would VOW that it was not more than 30 or 40 miles away. As a matter of fact the distance Is 107 miles as the crow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
THE WEEKLY AGE-HERALD

Broom the Sheffield Standard.
 The Age-Herald is proposing to make it's weekly edition the greatest weekly in the south To this end the management has secured the services of Miss Nettie M. Beall, a talented Young newspaper woman. and has made her associate edi- tor of the weekly.