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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-10

81 Goodiriend, noted for his plug
hat. is back from the South with the
announcement that the following adj
vertisemcnt may be seen at the Ashe-
vile baseball park:
Don't kill your wife!
Let us do your dirty work.
Mountain City Laundry"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-10
Opium is the third on the list OF
Greece's exports, following tobacco
and currants.
OIL MEN TAKE NOTICE.

1t is evident that the producing
Cow Run sand is the best paying
for the money invested. Peasants
county, W. Va. the home Of the Cow
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-10

NEW YORK, Feb. lot was
Piqua. pronounced Pickway) Ohio
which gave Anna Orr to Broadway
and Parnassus. Miss Orr earns a
very honest living singing and dane
ing in New York theatcr, but she
Is to enter upon the rugged byways
of authorship and her chief concern
is what will Piqua think. Her first
book OF poems is to be known as THE
Red Mil Of Passlon"-and there Is
the rub
The word passion Is never men
toned In Piqua except in discreet
whispers for while 1t is lively city
in many ways II gained added dis
tinction a number OF years ago BY
burning In the public square the i'm
mortal works Of Sappho and Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. happily still with us.
The only women poets of sufficient
responsibility to warrant place on
the shelves of the Buckeye town are
Mrs. Hemans. Mrs. Slgoprney and
Mrs. Browning. And even Mrs.
Browning could not have qualified
had she remained plain Elizabeth
Barrett. Opines Miss Orr.
To be frank and brutal about the
matter, Miss Orr says Piqua is "agin''
unmarried women poets, particularly
when they burst into madrigals, ron
deaus and sonnets on the subject OF
passion.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-10

He lives down in the very heart Of
the bowery, in a dingy room on the
second floor of the All Night Mission,
No. Bowery. around the corner from
Chatham Square and dreamy China
town. He is John Carroll and he has
spent fourteen years OF his sixty be-
hind prison bars.
Every evening he conducts services
at the mission. exhorting the sleepy
eyed, hungry discouraged down and
cutters to cheer up. He tries to show
them their relationship to God and
how they can be saved.
The human hulks, huddled like a
flock of black sheep, sometimes sleep
all through his sermon but he never
despairs and many have been restored
from the gutter to useful activity. Car
roll has been through the mill and
that is why they respect him. At
times he scOurs Chinatown. finds some
helpless drug victim and escorts him
personally to the Towns hospital
where men are turned away every
week free from drug addiction.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-10

Old Telescope Dick celebrated his
seventeen anniversary the other day.
For many years he has appeared night
ly in Columbus Circle near the monu-
ment with his telescope and for five
cents he will permit one to gaze at
the moon.
Very few patrons has Old Dick but
he is contCnted and always happy. He
numbers among his friends Uranus,
Neptune and Venus and he once held
down chair of astronomy in west
ern university.
Each night until dawn he stands
where the traffic is thick midst the
coppers and shoppers and cars and
after all he shows the best Broadway
stars" for the smallest price.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
CANADIANS VOLUNTEER
AT RATE OF 900 A DAY
Premier Borden Refuses to Commit
Government on Registration With
View to conscription.

OTTAWA. Ontario. April 15-National
registration, with a view to some form
OF conscrlption, was urged upon Pre-
mier Robert Borden and members of
his cabinet by delegation represent
ing forty-two recruiting leagues Of
Ontario. the maritime provinces and
the west. They told the premier that
the present voluntary system was not
getting enough men and that those who
were coming forward were those citi-
Zens whom Canada could least spare
There was too large proportion of
married men. they said, when it was
considered that every married soldier
cost the country $31 more month
than a single man.
The premier, in reply, did not COM
mt the government to any expression
of views as to the merits either of
compulsion or the voluntary system,
but reminded the delegation that there
had so far been no lack of recruits,
since men were coming forward at the
rate of 1000 a day. He admitted that
there were loopholes for economic
waste in the system of voluntary en-
llstment. but said that the govern
ment had been endeavoring to arrange
that men be drawn as far as possible
from the industries which could best
afford to spare them. He promised
earnest consideration of the delega-
tlon representations.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
BRITISH CHECK SETTLES
MEAT PACKERS CLAIMS
Important Blockade Case Ended by
Agreement Not to Trade With
Allies Enemies.

LONDON. April 15.-Upon agreement
by the Chicago packers that they will
not in the future trade with enemies
OF the allies. Lord Robert Cecil, the
blockade minister. announced yester-
day the entire litigation over the seiz-
ure of $15,0o0,o0O worth of meat car
goes, owned by Chicago packing
houses, has been settled satisfactorily
to the owners.
In handing a check to Lloyd Griscom,
representative of Schwarzschild &
Sulzberger Company, Sir Edward Grey.
the foreign secretary. expressed his
hope that the people of America will
accept the settlement of the packers
case as further evidence of Great
BritaiIr's good will toward the United
states and of the desire that the Brit
ism government maintain its spirit of
justice and fairness despite all diff
cult1es and new problems arising out
of the condition of war.
Replying to the foreign secretary Mr..
GriScom said:
Il Wish to express my warm appre-
citation of the courtesy and fairness of
the British officials and state that the
success of the settlement is largely due
to the patience and broad miudedness
of the three English negotiators, Lev
ertOn Harris, in behalf of the admir-
atty; Allen Anderson, for the board Of
trade, and Mr.. Stock, for the crown of
dce."
Evening star., 1916-04-15
SEE WAY TO PEACE
IN ASQU|TH'S SPEECH
Two Weekly Newspapers Of England
Apparently Would Com
promise War.

LONDON, April 1.-Two weekly
newspapers. the Economist and the
Nation, both Of which have shown a
the war, believe that the recent speech
of Premier Asquith smoothes a way to-
ward peace. The editor Of the Econo-
mist is Francis w. Hirst, the financial
expert, who. has taken an extremely
pessimistic view Of the wars effects on
European finances. The Economist
says:
'If all the reasonable hopes of new
territory entertained by all the bel
ligerents could be realized, few per-
sons will be bold enough to say that
the realization of these hopes would
compensate for the agony and misery.
present and to come of six months
prolongation of the war. Nor must it
be forgotten that every month that
passes increases the risk of public in
solvency on the continent, which would
assuredly plunge thousands Of firms
into bankruptcy and Indefinitely post
pone commencement of economies of
recovery.
Possibility Nearer.
THE danger Of popular revolutions
a result of the war was foreseen
by Sir Edward Gray Uoreign minister)
1t is now the duty of craftsmanship
to see whether settlement is possible
before a new masque Of anarchy super
venes. Undoubtedly Mr. Asquith's
speech has brought the possibility of
a settlement near, if the German people
and the German government are, as
neutral observers. declare, already in
the mood to return to the comfy of
nations"
The Nation, which is the organ of the
advanced liberals. has opposed talk of
revenge and the permanent division of
Europe into two alliances, says:
Europe has this week reverted to in
ternational usage known as diplomacy.
Cannon go on roaring, but statesmen
have begun to talk to each other. Herr
Evening star., 1916-04-15
Visitors Attracted.

Last week many visitors from the
Philadelphia flower show stopped off in
Washington to study the shrubbery and
plants in the oBtanic Garden. Mr.. Hess is
constantly adding to the collection by
exchange with other gardens and in
stitutions and aims to make the gar
den a compendium of all the plants
that can be induced to live in this
climate.
Workmen have been busy this week
on the fountain. Since this famous
barthold fountain was restored last
summer with it's auxiliary sprays the
drains have been too small to take care
of the flow of water. fhis has now
been remedied and starting tomorrow
the fountain will he kept running.
The peonies are coming up in a great
circle about the fountain and all of the
beds are being laid out on more en-
tenSve scale than last season.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
HARVESTER MAN DENIES
SISAL CASE CHARGES
General Manager Says No Effort
Was Made to Create Condition
Indicating Shortage.

Alexander LegGe. general mana ger
of the International Harvester Com
rany, denied in the Senate sisal in
veStigation today that the company
had purchased more sisal than it need
ed for the manufacture of binder twine
this year with view of creating an
impression of a shortage in order to
embarrass the Yucatan Planters Mar
keting Association.
He was the first representative of the
company to testify to refute charges
of the Comision Reguladora that the
Harvester Company had combined with
the Plymouth Corda ge Company to con-
troll the sisal market and oppress the
planters. H. l.. Daniels. manager of
the concerns fiber department. and
Cyrus H. Mccormick, its president, also
are to testify
Evening star., 1916-04-15
Committees Appointed.

Committees for the ensuing year were
announced as follows:
Fire and police-William Ramsay,
Ray, Jesse L. Ergood and A. W. Fos-
ter.
Streets and street eXtensions-George
Francis Williams. chairman; John C.
Proctor, L. (. Randolph, jr; W. F.
Ashford and Henry y. Langraf.
Public health-Dr. Lewis ]. Battle,
chairman: DR.. George W. Heinecke,
James Holmes, George Francis Will
liams, r. h. Stickney and &. G. Ander-
son.
Post office and post roads-Daniel
|OC. Cailaghan. chairman; Jacob Nan
der. Rev. Howard G. England, Judge
Donald Mcpherson and Lieut. George
Z. Maher.
Membership-R. B, sticknsy, chair
man; Richard W. Wheat and {. g. An
derson.
Iaxatlon1GhaTies 1har,ls w LANCASTER meas
Saul, George Francis Williams and
James Holmes.
Schools-Jesse l.. Ergood. chairman:
Rev. Howard g. England, Elmer John
son. H r. Langraf, John g. Schlosser,
Charles w Ray and Lieut.. G. B.
Maher.
Legislation-Judge Charles W. Rus
sell, chairman; Wilton J. Lambert
John A. Saul, Daniel orc. Callaghan
and William Ramsay.
Entertainment-Albe S. Galley,
chairman: w. II. Norris, Elmer John
son. John C. Schlosser and George L.
Goodacre.
The meeting concluded with an ad-
dress by Snowden Ashford, municipal
architect who gave a brief history OF
the building inspectors Office, leading
up to the time when the office of mu-
nicipal architect was created in 1905
The first building regulation code, he
| said was prepared in 1902.
| The meeting concluded with buffet
luncheon.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
Lord Derby Thinks of Industries.

LONDON. April 15.-Lord Derby, di-
rector of recruiting, presided at a
of the Association of Mu-
nicipal Corporations. Replying to a de-
mand that all single men be enlisted
before married meh are called up. he
said he did not believe anything could
be more foolish.
him trouble and would have brought
his task TO speeder end. but such a
step would have been absolutely ruin
Gus to the industries of the country
Evening star., 1916-04-15
EARLYBL0OMS ON VIEW
AT THE BOTANIC GARDEN
Magnolias Regarded as Principal
Springtime Attraction-Great
| Variety of Pretty Colors.

Springtime visitors to the National
Capital-especially groups of school
children from cities all over the
United States-are now enjoying the
early blooms at the Botanic Garden.
Many members of Congress. too. visit
this beauty spot almost daily.
So great an attraction is the Botanic
Garden now getting to be that railroad
companies advertising excursions or
arranging special tours to the capital
make particular mention of the oppor
portunity to see a museum of plant
life at this federal arboretum
Hundreds of visitors spend hours
each day at the garden. and the super
intendent. George w. Hess, keeps the
garden and conservatories open all
day Sunday for the convenience of
Evening star., 1916-04-15
INDIA'S VICEROY ESCAPES
IN SUBMARINE ATTACK

LONDON, April 1.-THE steamship on
which Baron Chelmsford. the new vice
roy and governor general. was pro-
ceeding to India, was unsuccessfully
attacked by submarine, which fired a
torpedo, but missed it's aim.
Lord Chelmsford was accompanied by
his wife and his four daughters, and
the steamship had on board an unusual
number of women and children.
A dispatch dated April said that
Baron Chelmsford had arrived at Bonn
bay and had been received by the rul-
ing chiefs and the naval, military and
civil authorities.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
FURTHER STREET RIOTING
IN IRELAND REPORTED

BERLIN, April 15.-Advices received
from Amsterdam by the Overseas News
Agency state that political rioting in
Ireland has extended and that street
fighting has occurred at several points
along the coast.
The British military authorities are
reported to have taken control at va
rious places and to have suppressed
more Irish newspapers.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
GERMANS PLACE NETS
TO TRAP SUBMARINES

COPENHAGEN, April 15.-Tbe Nor.
wesian Shipping Gazette says the Ger
man navy has stopped the interna-
uonal passa beway south of The Sound
the strait between Denmark and
Sweden) not merely by the usual mine
Instructions. but also by steel nets de-
signed to trap British submarines
seeking to enter the Baltic
Danish torpedo boats. says the Ship
ping Gazette. are watching the opera-
tions to make sure that Instructions
are not placed in Danish territorial
waters.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
HENRY D. EAST'S BODY FOUND
Man Who Shot Young Neal Believed
to Have Killed Self.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. April 10
Searchers discovered the body
Henry belmont East. who is said T.
have shot Young Neal Tuesday night
IN a vacant lot at the end of Popla
street. West End. yesterday. East was
shot in the head and in the left arm
The police believe East killed himself.
East came to Birmingham from City
Point, Va. Tuesday night. and went
to the home of Young Neal, 1924 I'd
avenue West End. and shot Neal four
times and made his escape. East had
not been seen since the shooting until
this morning, when his body was dis
covered in the field.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
ITALY BECOMING BUYER
OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS
Figures Given by Department of
Commerce Bureau Show Large
Increase in Purchases.

1taly's growing Importance as a
buyer of American products is indi-
Gated in figures assembled today in
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce. which show that country
took $166.000,000 worth of goods in the
nrst seven months of the fiscal year
1s15-1s16. Only England, France and
Canada were heavier purchasers of
American goods
Rapid Growth of Trade.
The rapidly Of growth OF trade be-
tween the United States and Italy is
indicated in figures showing exports
to that country in the first half of the
fiscal year 1915-1916 amounting to
s14S,oo0,0o0. only slightly below the
ngures for the entire fiscal year of
1914-1s15. and twice as much as the
full year preceding the outbreak of
the European war.
Greatest Single Article of Export.
The greatest single article of export
to Italy is cotton. $3O.000,O00 of which
were purchased in the United States
in the first six months Of the present
fiscal year. against $4,000. 900 for the
entire year before. Wheat shipments
jumped from $4,000, 900 for a year to
S2s,0OO,OO0 for six months Wool manu-
factures grew from $4,000 for a wear
to $1S.400,000 for six months, and boot
S8,100,Oo0. '''''
Evening star., 1916-04-15

empire. Pierre L. Bark, tho Russian
finance minister. said:
Despite war expenses amounting to
10000. 100000 rubles. and thanks to the
abolition of the alcohol monopoly. the
financial strength of the country is
growing. The savings of the nation
since the beginning of the war have
increased by 1000. .OOO. 900 rubles."
Evening star., 1916-04-15

additional shelves have had to be put in
and the plants are actually packed In
tier over tier.
BY the middle of next month the
large palms. rubber trees, etc, can be
set out along the walks of the garden
and this will leave more room in the
main conservatory where Mr.. Hess is
planning to arrange a museum in com
pact form for visitors to see collected
together all plants of certain type.
such as those which furnish medicines,
foods etc
Evening star., 1916-04-15
Greatest Single Article of Export.
Sir Charles Henry's Son Killed,

LONDON, April 15.-Lieut. Cyril
Henry son of Sir Charles Henry, was
killed in the battle of Loos. Hitherto
he had been reported wounded and
missing. His mother was Julia Lew
isohn of New York.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
Little From Last Season.

Mr. LeSse testified that the supply
OF binder twine carried over from las
season was the smallest that had ever
lasted from one season TO another
A straight commission of s1.1a5 a
bale on all loans made by the pan
American corporation of New Orleans
bankers to the reguladora commiss on,
IN addition to interest has been sub
s,ltuteu Tor the per cent commits
sion formerly agreed upon in the new
contract between the two orcaniza-
TONS just filed with the committee
This contract. it was said. will elimi-
nate any financial interest the ,corpo-
ration might have III the sale of ssal
ana VIII meet one of the objections
said to have been made to the con
tract when II was submitted to the
Department of Justice here.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
those who cannot get there during the
week.
Magnolias a Special Feature.


Just now the magnolias are a par
ticular attraction. There are many
varieties in bloom. and their fragrance
lures many visitors who otherwise
would pass by the high iron fence
without noticing the blooms within
Among the magnolias now in flower are
the pink soulaueiana. the white con,
spicua. the purplish red purpurea ana
the white star-shaped norbertlaha,
kobus and stellata. The speclosa ana
the Prunus tomentarus. plnklsh
white are in generous bloom and are
the finest trees of this type in TINS
Other early flowers are spreading
blotches of dainty coloring over the
rockery-the pink saxifrage. the vel
low forsythea White and pink Spi-
raea iaponica and the yellow gemSta
also are seen in generous beds in the
garden. sor;,o
Resides the more common sprlns
blooms such as daffodils. narcissi, hya-
cinths. jonauils. etc. many other at
tractive plants are coming into flower
for Easter. These include the splrea'
English wall flower. begonlas. garde-
Mas and forGet-ne-nots-
Evening star., 1916-04-15
BEDDING Plants and Climbers.

Sapt. Hess mas several large green
houses packed full with bedding pants
and climbers The ferns and cannas are
all ready to he set out. All OF 'hese
rlants are crowdinC the greenhouses ana
conserya tories beyond capacity, so that
Evening star., 1916-04-15
Boycott Not a Menace.

Boycott Not Menace.
The Nation says mo trace of envy of
Germany's prosperity and, no plan of
revenge for her cruelties" will be in
the words or the spirit Of the treaty
which she will be asked to sign. The
paper continues:
Nor. in spite of the wild talk and
narrow vision of our reactionaries, is
Germany's commercial future endan-
gered by boycott after the war. But
she has to commit one act of retroces-
sion and amendment. She must with
draw from every rod of foreign land
she now occupies both her armies and
the vast pretensions which sustain her
policy of absorption and dominance.
She has to acknowledge there Is such a
thing as Europe; that European affairs
are common affairs; that the liberties
of states. great and small. are common
liberties. and that European armaments
are things to be mutually discussed and
limited
Evening star., 1916-04-15
BrightWood Citizens Associa-
ton Adopts Resolution Fa-
voring Such Tribunal.
BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS
ARE GIVEN APPROVAL
Opposition Expressed to Sunday Use
Of School Buildings-Standing
Committees Announced.

The creation of a court of tax ap-
peals for the District was advocated
last night at meeting of the Bright
wood Citizens Association, when reso-
lutions were adopted urging Congress
to enact law providing for such a
court. The meeting was held in the
Brightwood Public School. and was
presided over by Louis ?. Shoemaker.
The association favored a court COM
posed of three judges who have been
bona fide residents of the District for
five years prior to their appointment,
and to hold office four years. The an
nual salary of the chief justice, it was
stipulated. should be $4,000 and the
two associate justices $4,000 each.
c. c. Lancaster, who introduced the
resolution. pointed out that with the
creation of such a court every property
owner would feel that his interests
would receive fair and impartial con-
sderation, and that any errors on the
part of the assessors could be RENE
died He said that Baltimore and other
large cities have similar courts. and
that the District should be provided
for III the same manner.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
HIGHER WAGES TO MINERS
TOTAL $500, 900 A YEAR
Bituminous Coal Operators in Cen
trail Pennsylvania in New Agree
ment With Employees.

PHILADELPHIA, April 15.-Grant-
ing increases in wages which. it is es-
timated, will total s3.5o0.0o0 year.
the check-off clause for both miners
and laborers and other concessions. the
bituminous coal operators of the CEN
trail Pennsylvania district here late
last night signed a new agreement
with the officials of district No. o.
the United Mine Workers of America
The new scale takes the place of the
agreement which expired March 81. and
under which the men have since been
working. 1t was reached after confer
ences lasting nearly a month of com
mittees Representing both sides
Fifty thousand miners are affected by
the new scale, which is said to call
for the highest wages ever paid in this
district
Evening star., 1916-04-15
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Evening star., 1916-04-15
For Period of Two Years.

The new agreement is for two years.
and provides for the following rates OF
wages. Pick mining, 15 cents a ton
gross, net ton the equivalent: machine
loading. 4443 cents a ton gross. net the
equivalent, drivers. $2.17 day: trap
pers. $1.25 day minimum: all day
laborers, per cent increase, from
1884 to S2.77 a day; all dead work and
yardage, per cent increase
The operators agreed to the check-off
clause for both miners and laborers
and for the first time conceded the
right of the miners to make special
assessments.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
Proposed Legislation Approved.

The association will urge the Com
missioners to take early action on Sen
ate bill 503S, introduced by Senator
Gallinger, and the same bill introduced
by Representative Tinkham. providing
for the acquisition of land necessary
for streets of the District. The asso-
citation urges the consideration of the
substitute for these bills which was
adopted at the last meeting and pre-
sented to the Commissioners at pub
lie hearing. The matter was presented
to the association by Daniel orc. Cal
Afghan.
The association opposed the bill now
pending in Congress for the use of the
public schools Sundays
Charles w. Ray suggested that the
Capital Traction Company be requested
to change the signs on the cars from
"Piney Branch Road to read Color
ado avenue, as the former highway
has been practically eliminated with
the extension of Colorado avenue.
The association elected Louis p. Shoe
maker chairman of the Decoration day
exercises to be held at Battle Ground
cemetery. II. S. Helms, c. G. Anderson
and Maj. a. S. Perham We're elected
active members of the association.
Evening star., 1916-04-15

Solomon Sudler. colored. was hanged
at Westminster Md. for the murder
of William F. Brown. a farmer, near
Silver Run January /.