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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
Strange Transformations Of MONEY

money. An OK was considered worth
ten sheep. Cattle are still recognized
ns the wealth unit among zulus and
Kaffirs. ware
At one time slaves we're adopted
as the unit Of value, a mans wealth
being reckoned by the number OF his
slaves. Products Of the soil have
commonly passed curren. as money
and our ancestors in Maryland and
Virginia before the revolutionary
war, and even later, used tobacco as
money. They passed laws making
tobacco money and paid the salaries
Of the government officials and COL
lected all taxes in tobacco. MI
The use of metals as money is not
Of recent origin but has gradually
superseded other mediums. AS the
varied activities OF human life dc.
yeloped It was necessary that money
for common use should be sub.
stance convenient to handle.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

were no longer thin are .hreadlike.
They had become spherical Or nearly
30; true coccis in fact AT the same
time. they, were radically different
from all known spores. DE- -
What is more, upon cultivation
they did notareturn to their original
form and when infected into animals
produced an entirely new disease.
Nine. Henry Is forced to the conclu.
sion that she has developed an entire.
ly new bacterial family, and reason.
ing from herrsxperisnee believes that
shslhas hit 'upon,themeans by which
such families have multiplied. II is
her opinion that after long exposure
to sunlight, a germ, If not destroyed.
undergoes'a radical change in form
andnature, thus becoming the root
Of an entirely new species. vi
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
How F00D-FAKES Are DETECTED

hangs for a considerable time we
may feel sure that the milk is all
right. On the other hand, if the milk
runs down the needle quickly and
does not form a lasting drop it is
probably "watered" article.
Butter should always be closely
watched. OF course, good margarine
is wholesome food and Is quite all
right, but 1t is a shame to sell this
as dairy butter and charge accord.
ingly. Here is very simple test
which is quite reliable:
Take small portion Of the article
about the size of a pea. Place this in
an iron spoon and hold over a gas.
burner. Good butter bubbles quietly
with a great deal of froth; margarine
or worked.up butter crackles with q
noise resembling that which is e&'
perienced when a green stick is held
over fire.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
Why METEoRS Vary in COLOR

and most Of them are dlss!pated be-
fore reaching the nitrogen atmos'
phere. The largest flreballs, how
ever, penetrate deeper, and may
reach the earth or explode not far
above 1t.
DR.. Wegener finds that the meteors
that penetrate deep enough pass
through three color stages, viz, yell
low-white, green and deep red. The
great majority exhibit only the first
stage, in which the color (white, vel.
low, sometimes rcddish) is that of
the incandescent meteor itself. The
green stage Wegener believes to be
due to the incandescence Of the n.y.
drogen through which the meteor is
passing, while the deep red stage is
due to the incandescence of nitrogen
in the lower atmosphere.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
Hov. Tie CREPE RINGS,
- Of. SATURN Are Measured

71HE crepe ring Of Saturn has
been observed nd,measured at
9t1s the Lowell Observatory persist.
emily wider oh, the east than on the
west side Of the planet, several
months ago, by difference Of five
hundredths. aThis7fact will4haye i'm.
portant, bearings on thss mechanics OF
the stability Of thsiring.s Any phase
effecttor defect otsillutnthation OF the
constituents Of tile ring arssnoti sui.
flcient to explain the phenomenon on
accounted the diminutise size of the
meteorites composing It. : ''''
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
Diagram Illustrating Lord
Kelvin's Theory of
Electrons.

charged particles in canal rays"
but these, instead of carrying a
charge equal to an electronic unit,
carry, in general, some multiple of
that charge. 1t is this positive charge
in the atom that has been hardest to
explain, and about which the dis.
cussion has chiefly centred.
Prof. Sir Ernest Rutherford imag.
ines an atom to be built up like a
solar system on an extremely small
scale. The positive electricity is con.
centrated into a very small nucleus,
which takes the place Of the sun,
and the negative electrons revolve
about this like planets. 1t seems
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

ALUM is used in bread by food
N takers to hide inferior or bad.
Ally damaged -four. 1t is easy
to find out whether this harmful in.
gredient is present by soaking
sample of the bread in solution OF
tincture OF logwood.
II the least trace OF alum Is pres
emit the bread turns blue; II none has
been added the color is bright pink.
Salt is often used in comparatively
large quantities to make the bread
take up as much moisture as posi-
BILE. This, OF course. adds to the
weight, without in any way increas.
ing the food value.
Milk is, of course, easily adulter-
ated with water, but 1t Is simple
matter to detect the fraud. Secure a
stoutish knittlng.needle which is very
bright and plunge this into the milk.
II a large drop forms on the end and
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
Diagram Illustrating Prof
Rutherford's Idea Of
an Atom.

comes from the passage Of alpha
particles through matter. Alpha par
ticles are the positively charged cor
muscles shot off with extremely high
velocity by radioactive substances.
They are given off with a certain
definite velocity, about a fifteenth
that Of light, and will travel through
n definite thickness Of gas, or even
through a thin piece of solid matter.
Prof. C. T. R. Wilson secured some
remarkable photographs, showing
the paths of these particles through
water vapor. 1t may be seen that as
they PASS through the vapor the
greater part of their path is straight.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
\ N interesting article by Alfred

a N interesting article by Alfred
n Wegener offers an expiana-
= ton of the marked difference
Of color observed in meteors. Up to
an altitude of about AZ miles the prin-
cipal constituent Of the earths at
mosphere is nitrogen. A second
stratum of the atmosphere, extend
ing up to about 1875 miles, consists
mainly of hydrogen. Still higher
Wegener himself has sought to prove
the existence OF a stratum consisting
Of an excessively light gas which he
calls "geocoronlum." ir5-sa
When entering the atmosphere
from outer space meteors do not be.
come luminous in the very tenuous
"geocoroniumsphere," but only when
they enter the "hydrogensphere."
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

w THAT Is matter? There have
M been offered many explana.
" nations Of what composes
matter, but the one Of greatest value
is that made by Lord Kelvin. It is
his idea that positive electricity is
uniformly distributed throughout a
sphere whose radius is the radius OF
the atom. The electrons move about
within this sphere under the attrac-
ton Of positive electricity. and the
repulsion Of the other electrons. The
attraction Of the electrons toward the
centre of the sphere varies directly
as their distance from the centre.
Just as the weight Of body within
the earth's crust is proportional to It's
distance from the centre OF the earth.
For q long time scientists consid.
cred the atom to be the ultimate unit
Of matter. Not until the demonstra-
ton OF the existence Of the electron,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

WY e need money as something
NV Of standard value to facili.
w tate the exchange Of COM
modlties in the trading that is insep'
arabic with human life. Trading In
one form or another goes on con.
stantly in the course Of maintaining
our existence. We are continually
exchanging what we have for what
we need or want, and money is a
standard by which relative values
are established. E ea
Skins of animals were long used
by savage tribes as money A mans
fortune was reckoned by the number
Of skins he owned. Wher animals
became domestlcated. the whole AMI.
NAL replaced the skin as the unit OF
value. Among domestic animals oxen
and sheep were the earliest forms OF
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
7 j SMOKELESS POWDER
Is a PRICELESS SECRET
= MoKELEss powder, which has

n MoKELEss powder, which has
become such a necessary fac
~ tor in modern warfare, is of in.
nocent appearance, and small stick
OF 1t may be held safely in the hand
while It burns with vivid yellowlsh
fame. There is no danger of 1t ex.
plodlng or decorating like gun-cotton,
and yet it is made from gun-cotton.
treated by colloiding process that
is one of our jealousy guarded mill.
tary secrets. Foreign governments
would give millions to know ex-
actly how this powder is made.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

probable that they are arranged in
rings. like the rings Of Saturn. The ex.
IRENE simplicity Of such model is a
strong point in itsfavorifit will work.
At a lecture before the Physics
Colloqulum at Princeton, Prof. Ruther.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

s s ;ss.,' !; r. s '; :.,,
a high English scientific authority, to
the fact that twilight consciousness
is much moro remarkable For there
are dim regions in the human mind
the world of the vague and underlined
where consciousness may wander
Us though in dream, while the per-
son moves about in the busy, rational
world of men. The person in this
twilight state may give no outward
sign elemental errantry or alteration.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16

ford gave an interesting summary OF
recent experiments which have given
evidence as to the structure Of the
atom.
Possibly the most striking conflr-
nation of the theory of the atom
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
.R. ]. STRICKLAND GOOD

]. STRICKLAND GOOD
ALL illustrates the enormous
- power of the human heart in
q striking way:
Take two-pound weight in the
palm Of the hand, resting the elbow
upon a table, and raise and lower 1t
from the level Of the elbow to the
shoulder. This is exactly the work
done by the heart at each beat. Do
this about 10 or so times a minute.
and see how long you can keep 1t up.
At each contraction the heart does
enough work to lift two-pound
weight one foot. The heart of a
Young and healthy person is almost
immune to WEAKNESS or strain. But
II its muscles be weakened by the
accumulation of body poisons or by
anemia, It is very easily strained.
The heart has been known to break
The Washington times., 1916-06-07
Progressives Espouse Every
Defense and Patriotic Plank
Advanced by T. R.
FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE, TOO
Labor Reform Also to Be Fea-
ture Of Declaration Of Moose
Convention.

CHICAGO, June Every prepared
ness and "Americanism' plank that Col
oneI Roosevelt has espoused in the past
year Is to be included. along with wom-
an suffrage and labor reform plenks.
in the platform, Of the Progressive party.
william Allen White, member of the
Progressive resolution committee from
KansnA and Dean Walter Lewis. OF
the department of law Of the University
Of Pennsylvania. have completed pre-
liminary draft of the platform. largely
under Colonel Roosevelt's direction.
The platform Is understood to In
clude the following planks:
Preparedness, including universal ser
vice and a great navy.
Americanism with emphasis on neces'
sity OF a strong foreign policy.
National woman suffrage.
Improvement Of labor condition,
through enforcement OF stric'
child labor law.
Further extension of the initiative
and referendum.
Advocacy OF more liberal changes
In the national Constitution.
Tariff commission. or some othel
means OF regulating the tariff viii
expert advice.
Extension OF American trade with
enlarged merchant marine.
Predictions were made today tina
all efforts OF prohibitionists to Sc
cure introduction Of a dry" plank II
the Bull Moose platform would NEE
with failure.
Many blanks are expected to be In
troduced from the floor and consid'
| cradle debate Is anticipated.
The Washington times., 1916-06-07
Shocking Stocking
Mem big Stick"
Women Vote Seekers Adopt Stag.
gering Blow" to Win Attsn-
ton Of Delegates.

CHICAGO. June THE woman's
party convention today introduced the
shocking stocking into national politics
with telling effect.
For weeks the women have been cast
Ing about for a staggering blow to
hit the Republican and Progressive men
delegates between the eyes so they
would pay some attention. and today II
was furnished In the exceeding windi-
ness of Michigan avenue.
AS a result, and despite the fact tina,
the Grand Old Partyites and the Bull
Moosers are preparing for a big battle
today, the women are being watched
closely.
It may or may not be significant that
whenever the weeping clouds permit
many informal caucuses are held on the
Michigan avenue sidewalk.
Zebra, and lead pencil stripe effects
predominant.
Even In the dreary drizzle of yester.
days dull. dun evening several sets OF
talcrm-powder twins from Peacock
Alley were seen marching the rounds OF
Hosiery Row with umbrellas.
And down In the Blackstone lobby
goodness, gracious! Why there were
some there for a couple OF hours today
actual count by minutes). They started
with cerise and purple riot at the
ankles, faded to a delicate rose pink al
the-er-calf and when last seen were
headed northward In pure white
The Washington times., 1916-06-07

CONVENTION CROWD
GREATEST|NCH|CAGO
Michigan Boulevard damned
With Persons Headed for
Different Meetings.

CHICAGO. June 7.-Chicago blew all
atmosphere to the last spot on the far
eide of the sky today. as the greatest
crowd that ever packed. damned. and
smashed It's way down old Boul Mich
showed along to four big conventions.
Whiskers. and silken gowns .swished
alternately in the lake breeze as the
throngs moved to the Republican, Pro-
gressive or either to the two suffrag e
meetings that brought more than 100 OOC
visitors to town.
From $50 in the morning, when the
doors to the Coliseum opened, until
later in the afternoon. when a suffrage
parade was scheduled to start, the
from curb to curb.
A gloomy drizzle eliminated most OF
the brilliance Of the scene. Overcoats
and slickers were in order But despite
the rain suffrage leaders said 30,O0t
women would be In line for the cause
this afternoon II they had to swim.
All through the night the hotel CORR.
Dental boomers and spectators. The
bars did a rushing business, the thirsty
ones lining up four deep.
Society colonies from all parts OF tht
country practically moved to Chicago
for the spectacle. Grand DANES anc
tea-sipping "fappers." wearing the lat
est gowns. breezed down the boulevard.
to occupy boxes at the convention.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mrs. Nicho
las Longworth. Mrs, Stanley Mccormick
Of Boston; Mrs. Marshall Field, tn,
Brazilian ambassador and his wife, thu
beautiful Nine. da Cana, were q few
OF the arrivals from the East.
The Washington times., 1916-06-07
D. C. DEMOCRATS
READY FOR ST. LOUIS
Capital Delegation to Start Early
to Win Suffrage Support.

Although the Democratic National
Convention will not begin in st. Louis
until next Wednesday, more than half
of the Districts twelve delegates will
leave Washington the latter part Of this
week for the Missouri city so as to be
sure Of getting accommodations.
In addition to this. the delegates say
they have mission to perform. They
want to get on the ground early and
to pledge the party to District suffrage
and District representation In Congress
Robert E. Mattingly, chairman OF the
committee which conducted the Demo-
cratic primary here on May 81, has an
nounced the election OF the following as
members OF the local central committee
First district, DR.. James A. Watson
Second district. Robert e. Mattingly
Third district, ]. ]. Sullivan: Fourth dis
trict. John Curtin Fifth district, James
Magruder; Sixth district, Walter
Hewitt; Seventh district, James s.
Easby-Smith Eighth district Robert
Allen; Ninth district Gere f. Nc
Carthy; Tenth district. Charles C.
Frost; Eleventh district. William T.
Whalen; Twelfth district. Walter j.
Costello; Thirteenth district, Hamilton
Ficklin; Fourteenth district, George
Emmons Fifteenth district, Harry j,
Wells Sixteenth district, Jeremiah
O'Connor; Seventeenth district. James
V. Beyeri Eighteenth district, Cornelius
Keneally Nineteenth district, John r.
Colpoys; Twentieth district, Mark
Riley Twenty-first district, Charles
pausch Twenty-second district, Michael
o. Coffey.
The Washington times., 1916-06-07
FAILS TO
STIR HUGHES HOME
Nothing at Jurist's Residence to
Indicate He Is Interested In
Convention.
Whatever Republicans have done. are

Whatever Republicans have done. are
doing today. or will do tomorrow. or
next day, or the next. had no surface
reflection today at PIC" Sixteenth street
northwest. There was every surface
indication that Justice Charles Evans
Hughes expects and hopes no expecta-
lions or hopes.
As evidence tending to bear this out.
inquiry at the Capitol lunchroom. where
the jurist sends for his lunch every
Monday at o'clock, elected the infor-
nation that the usual weekly orange
and two lamb chops stands Tor next
Monday, which Is next decision day
at the Supreme Court.
As he did yesterday. Justice Hughes
spent most Of today In his library work.
ing on opinions he Is scheduled to hand
down Monday.
II the thick weather doesn't thin out
by late afternoon. when Justice Hughes
usually take an afternoon drive in his
wobbly-looking, box-likc electric. IL
wasn't considered unlikely the Justice
might acquire n little. recreation play
very nc fond OF doing this very thing.
when the weather prevents drive, or
a walk. through Rock Creek PARK.
II he is able to take. walk he prob
ably will wear the glGSHaT IN de eTsse n of
his shiny dicer. The derby would call
for discarding Of his swallow-tail coat
and for his more favored sack SUIT
the Justice not being strong for James
Hamilton Lewis garhafor himself fun,
II the Justice decides MS tar-t'u NE
outing. it is not likely. any ordinary
barber will do the judicial trimming
Percy Bruce, colored retainer. vii! be
the one to do It.
Hughes doesn't play golf. His chief
and almost sole forms of exercise arr
walking and working. He always walk:
from his home TO Calvary Bapt,s
Church and back. a distance OF abou,
two and half miles. he uses tn'
street cars as often as he does MI
electric in going to and from tn
| Supreme Court.
Mondays. or decision days. and Satur
| days are the only days he goes TO court
From II a. IN. TO p. m. SATURDAYS HI
attends the weekly conference on cases
! Most Of the other justices carry thei
| lunches In their pockets.
The Washington times., 1916-06-07
Three Women Are
G. 0. P. Delegates
Mrs. Olive Cole, Of Los Angeles,
at SO, Is Oldest Person
Present.

CHICAGO June Three women
are sitting as delegates in the Re-
publican convention today-and they
are stand patters.
Mrs. Olive Cole. of Los Angeles, dean
of the delegates, is eighty-three years
old, and takes from former Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew the honor OF be-
Ing the oldest delegate in the conven-
ton. Mrs. Coles hair Is snowy white
Mrs. Annie Krebs, of San Francisco
and Mrs. Frank Luck, of Missoula
Mont, are the other woman delegates
to the Republican convention. with
Mrs. Cole. they are orthodox Repub'
licans, differing radically from the
thirty three woman reformers and So
cial workers of the Progressive con-
vention.
"Tm a plain. ordinary Republican
and like my politics without any
frills," Mrs. Luck said today. "It /.
not a compliment to say. womer
could not organize and take theil
defeats within the organization like
well, like men. There's not much
need to preach individualism to Amer.
leans. We need more regularity"
The Washington times., 1916-06-07
Tickets in Demand for
Progressive Convention

CHICAGO, June 7.-since 1t became
apparent that the Progressive delegates
were bent on nominating Colonel Roose-
Welt for President on their ticket UNI
less the Colonel should pull them OF
there has been a great demand for
tickets to the Bull Moose convention
Today every seat had been taken. Peo-
pie were being turned away
convention is being held, seats 42UO
There are l,O69 delegates, B4 alter
mates. and over 400 newspaper men. In
addition there are 400 special guests
The public will have loo seats which
The fifty-six boxes have brought $50,
apiece. Mrs, Theodore Roosevelt and
her family Will occupy one or these
boxes.
The Washington times., 1916-06-07
Republican Statement Expected
to Contain Declaration for
Universal Training.
ROOSEVELTIAN FEAT URE S
Other PIanks to Be Woman Suf-
frage, Protective Tariff, and
Aid for Americans.

CHICAGO. June 7.-Unless n majority
OF the resolutions committee turns down
the recommendation OF Senators Borah
and Lodge. who are expected to be ats
dominating figures. the Republican
platform will include a fiat declaration
for universal military training.
The feasibility of this issue was dis
cussed in conferences among leaders to-
day. Leaders found they would have
more support for It than had seemed
likely Delegates representing favorite
sons are expected to furnish the prin-
ciple opposition.
The whole platform will be bull,
around the word Americanism. and IN
content and context will be designed Ia
catch the approval OF Colonel Roose.
welt
Aside from the preparedness issue. the
leading planks will be protection OF
American rights abroad. woman suf'
fsage and a protective tariff.
Though the platform is to be framed
theoretically only after a public hear
Ing late this afternoon and evening. the
foregoing cardinal points have beer
crs and drafts have been prepared
Fireworks In the hearings late today
are expected from President Gomperi
and Secretary Morrison. of the Ameri'
James a. Emery, counsel for the Nat.
lonal Association of Manufacturers. AT
anti,injunction plank will be demanded
by labor.
Senator Fall of New Mexico 10 To de-
mand intervention in Mexico. but Lodge
and Borah. although favoring a plank
for radical action to protect American
property and lives, doubt the wisdom
of this declaration. They DO plan tc
make the Mexican policy OF President
Wilson the butt Of their main assault
on his handling OF foreign affairs.
The Washington times., 1916-06-07
Whitman's Military Aide
Is Mistaken for Porter

CHICAGO, June There were many
who supposed that the reason Capt.
Lorllard Spencer. military aide to Gov.
Charles S. Whitman. came forth today
rugged out In prosaic civilian scenery
was that the captain feared the rain
would tarnish some of the gold, silver
and platinum settings to the precious
stones on his working clothes.
But that was not the reason he went
back to citizens clothes. Last night
Captain Spencer was about to walk
from the door of the Blackstone to the
curb when a woman IN evening get-up
tapped him on the arm.
Call me a taxi, my good man." she
said.
The Washington times., 1916-06-07
"GALLERY QUEEN" IS
ON JOB FOR COLONEL
Mrs. Davis Promises Spectacular
Stunt for T. R. at Convention.

CHICAGO. June THE Gallery
Queen in Red" will be on the Job for
T. r. at the q. .. r. convention today.
with more spectacular stunt than
that with which she stirred up the lSl2
convention.
"I'll do something that will create
more Of q furore than jumping on the
platform in a red satin dress and wav-
ing Teddy's picture and rcd narasol."
declared Mrs. William A. Davis, the
queen" today
"Niaybe III arrange 10 have monster
American flag with Teddy's picture in
the center shoot down and unfold from
the center of the Coliseum ceiling at
the psychological moment"
The Washington times., 1916-06-07
WOOD HEADQUARTERS
OPENED IN CHICAGO
Appear Coincident With Oyster
Bay Story of Colonel's Favor.

CHICAGO, June T.-Headquartcrs for
General Woods boom for the Republi-
can nomination blossomed out coincident
with the New York report that some
ter Bay had attributed TO the former
President the statement that he viewed
Wood favorably. John A. Stewart. OF
New York. is In charge of the Wood
forces here.