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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16
Organization is Authorized by
Law to Send Delegations to
Conferences Abroad.


NEW YORK, Oct ia statement
from the headquarters of the League
to Enforce Peace, of which cX-Presi.
dent Taft is head announcing the in
corporation of the league under the
laws OF the state of New Jersey. has
just been given to the press. One Of
the features Of the charter. or GER
titicate Of Incorporation. is an author
ization to the leagues officers, TO send
delegates TO unofficial conferences in
foreign countries. such as were sug-
gested recently by Lord Bryce
President John Grier Hibben. Of
Hibbcn University; Harold j. Rowland,
Of Montclair. y. L.; and Mr. Taft are
named as trustees.
Some Of the purposes Of the league
as outlined in the articles Of incorpora-
ton are:
To Spread knowledge.
To spread throughout the United
States knowledge. comprehension and
understanding Of the leagues program
which was adopted in Independence
Hall, June 1918. This program pro-
vides for the formation of a league
of the great powers, who shall agree to
an enforced submission of all inter
national disputes to an international
court or council or Cancellation, with q
view 10 avoiding war in the future.
To circulate printed matter advo.
eating the adoption of the leagues
proposals.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16
JAPANESE ACTRESS
APPEARS AT GRAND

Observation-Disclosures. which viii
be at the Robinson Grand Thursday.
is fast and amusing comedy, disayow-
ing al every turn any intent to preach,
but at the same time 1t is nearly four
acts Of sound and sensible argument
against exaggerated ideas Of thirst
AS matter Of fact, II has been suE
geEcd that had Mr.. Cohan started out
10 write play against excess In drink
instead OF Furnishing an evening Of
laughter he could scarcely have hit
upon better theme Mr.. Cohau's hero.
contrary 10 an impression that has
gone abroad. is not reformed base
hall player He is high priced young
Broadway bartender. who becomes a
temperance rpyivalist entirely by ac-
cidcnt His name. Bnly Holiday
may or may moi have been suggested
by that other noted "hit-thc-trail"
propagandlgt but II becomes very
famous name as the play proceeds
Bertha Mann who Is playing the
only feminine role in Justice" this
season. ls one OF the younger
actresses who arc making names for
themselves, she is an Atlanta girl.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16

"a Night out. a five act comedy
drama with the celebrated May Robson
taking the leading role. is the feature
AZ the BiiOu today. II tells OF woman
who had always longcd for a night
out 10 see what she had heard others
talking about She finally got her wish.
Harry Myers and Rosemary Thcby APP
pear in Artistic Atmosphere one act
OF refined comedy.
Tuesday. Charlie Chaplin will be
here in The Pownshop." his latest
scream Booked especially for the
ladies' is THE Gales Of Divorce. a
Mutual star pnotoplay Of unusual OK
cclIence in five acts, which will be
shown Tuesday. Miss Gertrude McCay
takes the leading part
Oliver Morosco is TO present Il new
play called Come Again Smith" at
Los Angeles. through one of his stock
companies.
Up to and including last Saturday
nights performance. it may prove in
teresting to know. over 800. 900
patrons had witnessed the perform
ance of Charles Dillingham; The
Big Show" at the Hippodrome. Sur
prising as this statement seems. when
1t Is taken into consideration that
this wondrous stage spectacle has
Just passed its siNty-fifth presenta-
ton. the fact remains that the av-
eragc attendance at every perform
ancc given thus far has been over
$500 admissions. The exact num-
Der OF seats sold to date is $4,000.
Percy Winter has organized and is
directing 4 stock company in Kansas
City. A member Of the company Is
John r. Dwyer.
Mabel Trunnelle. one OF the great.
est emotional players among the
screen stars. will appear in leading
role In The Heart OF the IIills." a
five-reel Edison production that will
be released through the Kleinc-Edi-
son-Selig-Esanay combination on OC-
tober 30. II will mark Miss Trun-
nelle's first appearance on the screen
in several months and her many ad,
mirers will welcome her return. IN
the coming release She is co-starred
with Conway Tearle. celebrated star
OF the legitimate stage.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16
DON'T TALK WORK"
SAYS COLLEGE HEAL

Los ANGELES. Oct. lG.-"stoi
an ,ogizing. Do a lot OF hard wor.
and don't talk much about IT, Fca
God. was offered TO the students
Occidental college as a motto by Pro
ident Baer at the opening exercises.
The opening showed larger enrol
J7cnt than ever before. particular
in Tho sophmure, junior and senio
classes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-16
MUSICALE Ann SUPPER.

A musicale and chicken and waffle
supper will 30 gen al the colored
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church on
Ben street Thursday. The program
will begin 81 s Is y. III.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
The Great CiviIizer.

In many recent editorial contYfbu-
lions and magazine articles it Is con-
clusiVely proved-were new proof nee
essary-that the railroad Is the most
potent of all factors in the civilization
OF mankind. Not only in a commercial
sense, but in an ethical and religious
sense, the railway is a pioneer, for #
makes possible the intercourse of ma
lions, the broadening Of ideas, the seek
Ing Of newer and better things and the
escape from the undesirable. In the
wake of the railway come better con-
dttions Of every sort, for better trans
portation advantages beget better COM
mercial conditions. and they in turn
beget more intellectual development
and higher ethical standards. That the
railway is built primarily as q bust
ness Investment does not alter the case.
No claim was ever made that the rail-
way was an ethical enterprise, but
the fact remains, whatever the motive,
that the railway is the handmade Of
national progress. commercial, intellec-
tual and religious.-New York Mail.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
Frost Cracka

In the annual lists of earthquakes
registered at the Harvard seismograph-
lie station occasional shocks occurring
In winter are noted as due to frost
cracks. e.. the sudden opening Of
assures in the ground, resulting from
freezing. The late Professor Shaler In
one Of his lectures mentioned the oc-
currence of a sensible shock at Cam
bridge some forty years ago, which he
traced to crack in the frozen ground.
An apparent earthquake near Akron,
O., probably due to a frost crack, was
described in the American Geologist,
Vol. 1, 1888. while another, which
caused a mild panic at Attleboro,
Mass, was reported in the Attleboro
Sun of Jan. %. 1908. Professor Wood
worth says that this idea of frost
cracks is very widespread in New Eng
land as an explanation of many small
shocks coming at time when the fro
zen ground is known to have cracked
OPEN Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
PREFERRED CAVE To
LIFE IN A SOD HOUSE
Unique Home of Pioneer and
Family Brought to Light

CARRIER, Okla.-The falling Of FIVE
feet of cement porch Of a farmhouse a
half mile north of CARRIER brings to
light the unique home of pioneer Of
this section.
Under this porch was a cave The
cave was dug in 1894 At a point
along little ravine a sandstone ledge
cropped out, and there s. 81. Peters
tunneled under and excavated two
large rooms, with a sandstone ledge
about three feet thick for a roof. The
rooms extended sixty feet under the
ground, and at the deepest place there
was perhaps eight feet Of dirt on top.
To the back room a skylight 8 by 5
feet was opened.
The rooms were plastered and white
coated. and the rock roof was white
washed, making it light enough for
one to read newspapers in any part Of
the cave. 1t was very dry at that
time, and coffee kept in the cave
ground easily. S. II. Peters and his
family lived there many months be-
fore he built a home above ground.
The stovepipe ran mp the skylght.
and to persons passing along the road
the smoke coming ont of the ground
was q novel sight. Hundreds of per-
sons visited this cave home. and all
wondered why the roof didn't fall In.
as it was not supported by timbers-
When the wet years came a little
spring in the cave which furnished all
the water for the family overfiowed
the rooms at times. and in recent years
when the drain became clogged the
cave filled with water. The pioneer
later built house almost over the
cave.
S. n. Peters was but little longer
digging the cave home than was re-
Quired to build sod house Of the same
size. Sod houses were the first homes
Of most of the pioneers. The plaster
was the only expense to the cave
home. Today this section has the fin
est country homes In the state and Is
IN the wheat belt.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
Street and Motor Coats.

The ripple coat for spring is made In
both cloth and silk. Belts are placed
at the normal waist line, at slightly
higher than normal or a few inches be-
low the point. Some are short wasted
In the front and long wasted In the
back. Both styles are liked.
Many coats have high collars and
button up TO the throat. They are
made so that they can be worn open
or closed. Oblong sailor collars, draped
collars. ruche effect collars, cape col
lars and simple nOtched collars are ap-
proved. The cape collar is made de-
tachable. being fastened with clasps or
with buttons.
Sleeves are dressy. both in cut and
by means of fancy cuffs. Motor coats
are in plain colors, stripes, checks.
plaids and mixtures.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
GERMANS ACTIVE.
lnterned Sailors at Newport Build
Novel Village.
HAVE INGENIOUS DIVERSIONS.

Miniature Zeppelin Dropping Bombs on
England One of Former Sea Raiders
Amusements Party Finds Every
thing Spiek and Span.
Norfolk, Va--Many people would be
surprised to learn that in neutral Amer
lea a German Zeppelin is flying around
dropping bombs on English soil, or at
least English cliffs, and being in re-
turn bombarded by anti-air craft guns.
Time hangs heavy on the hands of
the crew of the interned cruiser Eitel
Friedrich, which is tied up at the navy
yard here. Since the sailors took to
escaping last summer the restrictions
have been rigidly enforced, and any
one sailing past the big boat before
and since would be struck by the
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
Discomforts of Coaching Days.

Posterity will know nothing Of the
misery their fCrcrathers underwent in
the travelling way. and whenever we
hear-which we often do-unreason-
able grumblings about the absence Of
uifing luXuries on railroads we are
tempted to wish the parties consigned
to good long ride in an old stage
coach. Why. the worst third class that
ever was put next the engine is inf
nitely better than the inside of the best
Of them used to be. TO say nothing Of
the speed. AS to the outsides of the
old coaches. with their roastings. their
soakings, their freeZings and their
smotheringS with dust, one cannot but
feel that the establishment of railways
was a downright prolOngatiOn Of life
Surtees QS5S).
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
SUMMER STORAGE
How to Care For Your Pet Furs
and WoolenS.
MOTH BALLS TO THE FORE.

Although We Can't See Our White
Winged Enemies Flying About, Thsir
Larvae May Even Now Be Boring
Into Our Ermine Stoles and Sables-
Now is the time to lay away all
woolens, furs and similar articles
which must be stored during the sum-
mer.
The time when the moth does most
damage is not when we see him flying
around. The mischief has been done
By the biting Of the little larva or
worm from which he came.
The first thing to do in laying clothes
away is to see that they are perfectly
clean. Everything wooden, like bath
robes, blankets and underwear, should
be brushed with a whisk broom, If it
cannot be washed first, and exposed to
the sun and air.
II the garment cannot be washed In
water and we do not care to send it to
the cleaner it should never be laid
away dirty with spots Of grease and
food, because these are just the things
that will attract the moth worm first
The little spot on the lapel Of the
overcoat, the slight dirt on the shield
Of q child's flannel suit, these are the
places that Mr.. Moth Worm goes for
first Materials which are not thor
oughly washable in water should be
"a hof in cnlfna khAr0r1~h
" aired.
Dresses trimmed with fur should
never be laid away with the fur on
them, but have the fur ripped off, clean
ed In gasoline, brushed and placed in
separate packages. In fact, all fur
must be thoroughly cleaned, brushed
and aired before being laid away.
Moth balls and camphor paper have
been used for long time and are still
used, but we have notifications of
these now in the tar paper bag and
camphor bag, which are more efficient
in many ways.
These bags come in various sizes
some very small for children's coats
and sweaters, others half length and
others even full length for evening
dresses or for overcoats.
Another cheap way Of putting
clothes away is to put them into the
paper boxes, such as come with under
wear and other articles and seal the
covers firmly with strips of gum paper.
There are many other articles which
we perhaps cannot lay away, such as
tufted furniture, cushions, etc. The
best plan is to spray them with gaso
line or benzine, using a small atomizer
or hand spray, or they can be very
carefully sponged with diluted solu-
ton Of corrosive sublimate in alcohol
made just strong enough to leave a
white stain.
Light, air. low temperature and fire.
quent inspection are the things neces-
sary for perfect storage.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
THIERICHENs (ABovE) AND
CAPTAIN THIERFELDER.

COMMANDER TH1ERIcHENs ABovE) AND
CAPTAIN THIERFELDER.
change in the appearance Of the brass
and wood work, which is now immac-
ulately polished and scraped in an eff
fort to kill time. German sailors can
do many wonderful things, but even
they are hard put to it to invent occu-
pations for hundreds Of active men.
and Commander Thierichens asked the
representative of a society in New
York last autumn to send Christmas
presents of games and puzzles and in
door sports rather than handkerchiefS
and cakes and clothing. And lately a
new diversion has been attempted.
From the clinkers Of the furnace
constructed at one end of the big din
ing saloon. They have been built in
accurate imitation of the real ones
and colored white with salt On top
Is lighthouse with air guns mounted
at the base. At the farther end Of the
room rises a miniature Zeppelin num-
bered 1920, which flies around the
room by electricity several times. 1t
hovers for a moment over the light
house, drops several miniature bombs
and makes its escape while the guns
go Off automatically and lombard the
enemy craft with missiles.
After hearing Of these performances
a correspondent and some friends Wis
ited the German encampment Land
ing at the navy yard, they passed the
huge drydocks in which ships Of ire
mendous tonnage looked like pygmies,
and soon their attention was called to
a sturdy, high bow ship, flying the
fisheries flag. Her sides looked OF
enormous strength, being rounded
away from sharp bow In an unusual
way. This was the famous Roosevelt.
Peary's arctic ship, now in govern
ment employment to protect the seal
fisheries.
One of the most interesting sights
at Norfolk is the model village built
by the German sailors.
At first sight the village resembled
an arid waste Of Stag heaps, with piles
Of condemned material scattered all
over, cinders, beaten earth and rub
bish everywhere-not a tree, not
spear Of grass, the acme Of desolation.
As they advanced they saw a pygmy
village built In close formation-curi-
Gus little houses In miniature yards,
carved and painted In fantastic ways.
This Is the village the interned sailors
are building out Of waste material
Before visiting It they went aboard
the Eitel Friedrich, which Il tied up
at the dock and on which the sailors
Of both cruisers are now living.
As they were leaving the boat Cap
tain Thierfelder Of the Kronprinz VII
hahn Joined them and escorted them
b the village. Everything was found
"a spick and span shape. and rssem-
hlances Of home scenes were many.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
TO SCHOOL ON SKIS.

Then Crawl Down to the Deer
Through Hole In the Snow.
Elensburg, Wash.-Coming to school
on snowshOes and skis. sliding over
the schoolhouse roof and climbing
down to the door through twelve feet
Of snow is the experience Of children
at the school at Meadow Greek Mrs.
Mary Boedcher, county superintend-
ent, has received a number Of letters
which tell the children's idea of the
situation.
"Our schoolhouse Is about twelve
feet high on the outside" writes one
boy, "but the snow is so deep that a
person can walk right over and not
know that there is a building there.
We have to crawl down eight steps
through a hole In the snowbank to get
into it"
I'VE live in a tent" says a twelve
year-old girl In the seventh grade.
THE roof is covered with large pieces
OF bark. All that you can see Of the
house is the very front, where you go
out 1 went halfway to school on the
skis and crawled little way so as not
to go in so Deep"
Mrs. Beach, the teacher, In her re-
port to Mrs. Boedcher, said that in
spite Of the snow school kept up every
day and that only two absentees were
noted during the severe weather.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
SHE TRAVELS FAR TO BE MRS,
Young Woman Popped by Mail, Bought
Rinq and License.

Young Woman Popped by Mail, Bought
Ring and License.
Des Moines.-After travelling over
600 miles Miss Augusta Knies Of Ian
sing, Mich, became the first leap year
bride Of this city by leading Harley
Decker Of 1899 East Twenty-sixth
street to the altar.
She managed the whole affair. She
popped the question, named the wed
ding day, paid her railroad fare, pur-
chased the marriage license and
bought the ring.
Miss Knies. who is twenty-five, was
strolling along the streets Of Detroit
with a girl friend last June. Her COM
panion greeted a young man, and
fifteen seconds later she was introduc-
ed to her future husband. 1t was
Decker, then employed in a Detroit
automobile factory.
He was called back to Des Moines
by the illness of sister in February.
Three weeks ago Miss Knies popped
the question by mail, and Decker, who
Is twenty-nine years old, accepted. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Frank W. Mutchler of the Great Park
Church of Christ.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
VARIOUS INITIALS.
Hints About Marking chiId's Garments
So They Won't Mix.

SO hey WONT MIX.
One can buy In the various stores
initials by the yard, worked In red or
blue outline stitch on narrow strips
Of linen tape, three-eighths or half
inch wide.
These letters are, used for marking
plain underclOthing, etc. They are
Of great use to the mother with a
large family, who has neither money
nor time to spare on embroidery and
who finds it necessary to have some
distinguishing mark on the clothing,
especially when there are two children
the same size.
The letters are cut off from the strip
when needed and overcast on the In
side of the garment, any place where
1t will be invisible when worn.
When this system is used even
stockings are easily paired. Sew each
child's initial at the top Of the stock
ing on the inside; then put a cross
stitch in red under the letter on each
stocking of the first pair. Use blue
cross stitch on the second, yellow on
the third. etc.
1t is an easy matter to sort even a
large pile of stockings, two Ms with
red crosses being a pair Of Mary's
stockings, two Ms with green crosses
another pair, while two Us with blue
crosses are a pair of stockings be
longing TO Jack.
If two children have the same ini-
tial use the blue letters for one and red
for the other
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
Theodore Hook and His Chest.

Thomas Moore held the post of reg
istrar in the Bermuda government, but
he only held it for a few months and
left after appointing a deputy. An
other famous man of letters. Theodore
Hook, held a somewhat similar posi-
ton in Mauritius. but left suddenly IN
der a cloud. owing to some Irregular
ties with the treasury chest. 1t is said
Of this incorrigible joker that on his
passage home he was asked by one Of
the passengers why he was leaving
Mauritius and calmly replied that it
was owing to "a little trouble with his
chest"-WeStminSte Gazette.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
MISS ELLEN GLASGOW.

desire is the cheapest sort of sham op-
timism. And apparently our writer's
a great many of them-are ready and
eager to meet this demand.
81 don't know which is the more
tragic, the fact that a desire for this
sort Of literary pabulum exists or the
fact that there are so many writers
willing to satisfy that desire, but /
do know that the widespread enthu-
siasm for this sort Of writing is the
reason for the inferiority Of our novels
TO those of England, and, further
more, l think that this evasive ideal
ism, this preference for a pretty sham
instead of the truth, is evident not
only in literature, but in every phase
of American life.
Look at our politics! We tolerate
corruption. Graft goes On undisturb-
ed, except for some sporadic attacks
of conscience Oh the part of various
communities. The ugliness Of sin is
there, but we prefer not to look at it
Instead Of facing the evil and at
i'N' hlllS IL VIC 81 dLlCl oiy
sort of false god that will distract
our attention from our shame. Just
rs in literature we want the books
which deal not with life as it is, but
with life as it might be imagined to
be lived. so in politics we want to
face not hard and unpleasant facts,
hut agreeable Illusions.
"Of course" said Miss Glasgow,
I'VE must distinguish between a real
list and a vulgarian. and l do not see
how a writer who is absolutely with
out humor can justly be called a real
isl. Consider the great realiStS-Jane
Austen, Henry Fielding, Anthony
Trollope. George Meredith. They all
had humor. What our novelists need
chiefly are more humor and a more
serious attitude toward life. If our
novCliStS are titanic enough they will
nave Il serious attitude toward life,
and if they stand far enough off they
will have humor.
81 hope" Miss Glasgow added, that
America will produce better literature
after the war. | hope that change
for the better will be evident In all
branches of literary endeavor."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
OUR LOVE OF SHAM
WHY American Novels Lack Life
likeness and Grip.
SENTIMENT VERSUS REALITY.

One of Our Artists Thinks That Our
Public Demands a False Optimism
instead of the Compelling Facts Of
Life That Give Power and Charm.
In a recent interview Ellen Glasgow,
one of our popular American novelists,
stated:
81 think that in America we demand
from our writers, as we demand from
our politicians and in general from
those who theoretically are our men
of light and leading, an evasive ideal
ism instead of straightforward fac
ing of realities. In England the de-
mand is for a direct and sincere in
depreciation of life. and that is what
the novelists of England. especially the
younger novelists, are making. But
what the American public seems 30
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29
8akina Hints.

When making angel cake be sure
10 beat the whites of the eggs stiff,
anti you can turn the dish upside
down ami the whites of the eggs Will
not move You will find your cake
almost always will come out right and
Mil hr much lighter
IN baking bread he sure when rising
FORMS Il thin crust before putting
mIn oven. and when taking ont OF oven
listen and see that il does not sing.
h""luSc II il sings" il is not done.
When h:Hiu- lemon pies do not have
Your oven too hot. rs the lemon will
'urdlr ana boil over your crust.