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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-12

War news market reports and nearly everything else
will continue to take back seat until the worlds series
is decided which may be today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-12

Colonel Roosevelt says President Wilson's policy "s
Infamous" The colonel should be authority nfamy
after his treatment of Columbia and the swiping from
that friendly nation of the Panama That about
smaller and weaker one. Naturally the colonel lets his
angry passions rise when is suggested that the United
States pay for the stolen territory because the offer to
pay is confession that in the wrong AS the
scheme engineered by Teddy, who has such a'pro-
found respect for the nations reputation and tender
solictude for its honor that he hardly sleep of
nights he objects to the country pleading guilty of
larceny performed by its president.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03
FERTILIZER IS
QUITE SCARCE
IN THECOUNTRY
On Accoupnt Of the War and
Secretary Houston Issues a
Warning to Farmers.


WASHINGTON, Jan. ga gloomy
view of prospects for fertilizing next
years crops is presented in a state
ment just issued by Secretary Hous-
ton, of the Department Of Agricul-
ture.
Relief measures undertaken by the
department since the European war
disrupted the American phosphate in
dustry and cut off potash imports
from Germany will help, the state
ment says, but they offer slim posi-
bilities that the American farmer
will get small part of the fertiliz-
ing materials necessary for his needs.
heterogeneous fertilizers alone will be
available in the quantities needed.
The secretary takes up first the
potash supply, long since exhausted
in the United States by the German
embargo on shipments. Investlga-
ton, says his statement, has shown
four sources of supply in this coun-
try, but none Immediately available.
These are the kelp Of the Pacific
coast, alunite deposits in Utah. fields
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03
DANGER In DELAY
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
for Clarksburg People to
Neglect.

The great danger of kidney trou-
bles is that they so ofen get firm
hold before the sufferer recognizes
them. Health will be gradually I'M
dermined. Backache, headache,
nervousness, lameness, soreness, lum-
bago, urinary troubles, dropsy, gravel
and Bright's disease often follow in
merciless succession. Don't neglect
your kidneys. Help the kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills, which are so
strongly recommended right here in
this locality.
David swager, harness manu-
facturer, S. Second street, Adamston,
says: ~ suffered from pain and
lameness in my back. The action
of my kirneys was irregular. I took
two baxes Of Doan's Kidney Pills in
all and the pains left. My kidneys
became normal, too. Doan's Kidney
Pills do Just what they are adver-
tised to do"
Price SOC, at all dealrs. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Swager had. Foster-Milburn Co,
Props. Buffalo. N. Y.--Advertise-
ment
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03
HOME RULE IS
ASKED FOR BY
PORTO R|CANS
Will Be Satisfied for the Pres
emit at Least, with a Limit
ed Citizenship.

Correspondence of the Associated Press)
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Jan. g.
Whether Porto Ricans are to be sue
cessful this year in getting the United
States Congress to admit them to
American citizenship is the question
uppermost in the minds of most Porto
Ricans at present. Although citizen
ship has been promised since the days
Of the Spanish-American war and
American occupation, seventeen years
ago. each Congress since that time
has failed to pass the necessary laws.
The islanders are now hopeful that
the first Democratic administration
since 1898 will act favorably and give
them a definite political status. At
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03
POLICE OFFICER
LONDON WHITE
!. JOINS CHORUS
"AlI My Troubles Are Cone"
He Says, and Gives the
Credit to Nerv-Worth."

This we'll known member OF the
local police force Is the latest citizen
to sing the praises of Nerve-Worth
in order to show his thankfulness.
He lives at 66S Mulberry street. Mark
what he says:
"Burke's Drug Store-1 have suf-
fered with nervousness for four
or five years. would have sleepless
nights. Stomach. trouble and indi-
gestion, gases and sour stomach.
Pains in stomach and between should
ers and back. My appetite was not
good and what l did eat did me no
good.
Have taken one bottle of Nerve-
Worth. All my troubles are gone
and feel like new man. l cheer
fully recommend the medicine,
(Signed)
LONDON L. WHITE"
On the one side deep-rooted nerv-
Gus troubles OF five years standing;
on the other, dollars worth of
Nerve-W Worth. Does the suffering
reader think 1t pays to neglect such
medicine at so slight cost? Dol
lar back, remember. at the Burke
drug store. II this tonic doesn't helo
you Advertisement
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03

present Porto Ricans are merely cit
liens of Porto Rico"
In the hope that favorable legisla-
ton may be obtained, Governor Arthur
wager will spend the month Of jan
uary in Washington urging Congress
to act. Bills providing new organic
act to take the place of the temporary
Foraker act. which went into force in
1901 establishing civil government and
which has been in force ever since,
have already been introduced in Con-
gress by Chairman Jones of the House
committee on insular affairs, and by
Senator Willard Salisbury, Of Della
ware.
1.-THE new organic act should grant
to the people of Porto Rico collective
citizenship in the United States said
Governor wager before sailing. 81
know Of no simple gift that would go
so far far toward removing dissatis-
faction and difficulty in Porto Rico as
this simple grant Of citizenship, and
none that would be attended with so
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03

articles will cause practically the en-
tire output Of these concerns to be
diverted from the fertilizer indus
try. 1t would require ninety or more
plants, costing approximately $780,
900 and having an operating capital
Of $4,000 each. to produce the
quantity needed for agriculture. This
would involve the assumption that
commercial phases of the problem
were satisfactorily solved. The de-
partment is considering all phases Of
the situation"
The crippled state of the phos-
phate industry is attributed to the
high price Of sulphuric acid, much Of
which is being used now in the man
ufacture OF war munitions. The price
has jumped from IS to s25 a ton.
Demand for the acid is so heavy that
abandoned plants are being refitted
for its manufacture. The Bureau Of
Soils meanwhile Is experimenting
with the manufacture Of phosphoric
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03

pathic rocks in the East and the mud
of Searles Lake, Calf.
Manufacture from feldspar has
been found to be feasible, but the
cost is high. Development of Searles
Lake deposits presents technical DIFF
ficulties and title to the property is
involved. Manufacturers are exper-
:menting now, the statement says,
with alunite. Kelp is offred as the
best material. Three large concerns
have begun manufacture from kelp
and government experts will be sent
to the Pacific coast to aid in the ex-
perimental work.
Production will be slow for long
time, the secretary points out, and
demand for potash in other indus
tries is so great that none manufac-
tured in the United States will be
available soon for agricultural pur-
poses. His statement says:
THE prices offered under existing
conditions by the manufacturers Of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03

Spirits in collins have had Tennes.
See legal authorities guessing. The
medium" in the case was a coffin
company Of Chattanooga. The COM
rany claims no supernatural powers.
u was simply medium Of distribution.
Neither were the spirits Of the
ethereal variety. They were the sub
stantial kind. commonly known as
"booze."
An employe evidently thought be
was doing nothing lrong-althou
he didn't tell the boss-to use the
spirits as a stimulant TO the coffin
industry in dry territory, 20 . few
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03

quarts sometimes were included as
alagnappe" in collins shipped to Gus
toners. The federal authorities
could not see IL exactly that way,
h ,wever, especially since the collins
were made use Of by Give ones"
The new form Of the old game Of
bootlegging, varieties Of which are
said to be increasing In proportion
to the spread Of legalized prchibi-
ton, was unearthed by Inspector
Webster Spates, Of the Department
Of Justice, Washington.
Careful investigation Of the spirits
by several well qualified officers Is
said to have confirmed the fact that
Il was real whisky, similar 70 the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03

variety which led the little mouse to
want to hunt up the cat and the
proverbial rabbit 10 spit IN the bull
''A As Is customary in Bookkeeping
cases In dry territory, no attempt
was made to smuggle In the less
harmful malt beverages. Quicker
action was said to be desired.
Opponents Of statewide prchibi-
| ton are asserting that the case evi-
dences the fact that the only real go
luton to the temperance question 10
through education, not legislation, or
! through the substitution Of the les1
alcoholic beverages for the more in-
toxicating sphituous liquors Y
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03
little cost and risk.

little cost and risk.
People speak of citizenship as a
privilege. To my mind 1t is not a
privilege at all, but right 1t is the
necessary complement of sovereignty
and should go with the flag. The peo-
pie OF Porto Rico must obey all the
laws Of the United States. pay taxes,
are liable to military services, and yet
they are not citizens.
citizenship does not at all imply
suffrage or the power to vote for any
officer Of the government or anything
else. In the United States there are
now many more citizens who have not
the privilege Of the suffrage than those
who have. The people Of the District
of Columbia never have had the priv
ilege to vote for anybody or anything
and yet they are citizens. Most of the
negroes Of the South. the minors Of
both sexes, and as yet an immense
majority Of the women of the country
are not permitted to vote and yet no
one would think of excluding these
classes from the rights Of citizenship"
The chief features Of the bills to be
considered by Congress, 1t is expected
here, will provide both for blanket cit
/, izenship and greater degree Of HON
rule. The most important home rule
feature Is the provision for an elective
Senate OF nineteen members. The
present lower house Of the legislation
is already elected, while the present
upper house or Senate is composed
of eleven members, all of whom are
appointed by the president of the Uni
ted States. and six Of whom are heads
OF executive departments OF the insular
government.
Those most interested in the passage
OF new organic act for Porto Rico
have been much encouraged by the
presidents recent message to Congress
in which he recommended new legis-
lation for both Porto Rico and the
Philippines.
At the same time Porto Ricans point
out that reference to legislation for
them is so closely associated with that
urged for the Philippines that they
fear the two may become confused and
that in the fight which they expect will
develop over defining a policy for
Philippines independence Porto Rico
may again be disappointed.
Here in the island it is said that all
difficulties which heretofore have de-
veloped over legislation by Congress
in behalf OF Porto Rico have been
cleared away The most important
single step which has been taken re-
Gently was the adoption Of a new
platform by the Unionist party, the
majority party in the island, renounc-
ing its independence platform and con-
fining itself to policy Of home rule.
Almost invariably in the past when
legislation for the island has been un-
der consideration at Washington and
Congress seemed about ready to grant
American citizenship to the people OF
the island, long protests were forward
ed to Washington setting forth objec-
tions to any legislation that did not
provide for the ultimate independence
OF the island. It is admitted here that
these protests have to a very large
measure caused Congress to delay any
definite action.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03

DR.. Alexis Carrel, the famous sur
geon who won the Nobel prize for his
work in the field Of surgery some
years ago, declares that war is teach
ing surgery but little, and that SCI
ence has been almost forgotten amid
the general distraction and horror.
DR.. Carrel, who had made his home
in New York for some years before
the war, has been in France caring
for the wounded since the outbreak
Of hostilities.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03
acid as a substitute for sulphuric

acid as a substitute for sulphurc
acid.
Nitrate prices have advanced since
the war began, but there is an album
dant supply Of heterogeneous fertiliz-
ing material, and the department Is
epdeavoring to find methods to
cheaper the cost Of manufacture.
The secretary concludes with warn
ing to farmers to conserve all fertl-
LIKING materials on the farm. He
urges crop rotation, proper use OF
fertilizers and also use Of lime to
increase productivity Of the soil.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03

The Mississippi river car. more
than 1000. 900 tons Of material to the
Gulf Of Mexico every day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03

Queen Mary, OF England, prefers
China tea and nearly always drinks
1t when she can obtain 1t.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
Bonuses for S. N. Il. T.
Company's Employees

Thel employees of the Southern New
England Telephone, Co. have been as
stirred a Merry Xmas, including the
$50 employees Of the Bridgeport Ex-
change. as a result Of the announce
ment Of James T. Moran, vice presi-
pany. that he will award a cash bonus
to- workers. ~
Employees who have worked for the
company one year or more and are
earning less than $4,000 a. year and
more than $3.50 a month, will receive
Christmas present of $175. Those
who have worked one year and do not
receive a compensation of $3.50 a
month. will be presented with three
full weeks salary. L.
Employees who have been in the
service more than three months but
Jess than ono year will benefit by re-
cedvfng cash bonuses which will equal
two-thirds the benefits enjoyed by the
above mentioned employees.
The last provision of the order re-
EArding the awards reads as follows:
"Ehnp1oyes, otherwise eligible who
are on sick or on accident leave with
Or without benefits) Or on any leave
OF absence with pay, will receive past
bonuses computed on their regular
rates of pay. Pensioners, employees
on leave of absence without pay, and
any who have left the service prior to
Dec. 20, 1916. will not receive past
bonuses"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
old PLAYSSH0W
FEMl|NISMI ISN'T
NEWPR0P AG;ANDA
Shakespeare Wrote of It In
Some of His Greatest
Dramas.

The age Of Shakespeare was one of
released vigor. The womanly power
especially was stirring for liberty and
development. The stir appears in his
dramas as an eruption with which
he is in sympathy. He shows the new
feminine potency-in emancipatory and
aggressive form. In place of figures
yelled and cloaked, Injured in the ha-
rem and tied to- home, bound to be
dumb and passive, impra ctical and
hinderful, he presents free, educated,
vigorous women, noble in their liber-
ty, capable in their circumstances and
charming in their readiness.
His women are alert, versatile, slim
u1ating. "Beatrice'' speaks for the
type when she declares she will not
be "overmastered with a piece of
valiant dust to make account of her
life to a clod of hayward mari" She
will have leave and room for spiri-
tual expansion. The ideal woman
presented by Shakespeare is like "Im-
ogen," "chhffless." He lays it down
as a principle that
A 1ady's verify is as potent as lords.
man is:
The heavens hold firm
The wall of thy dear honor keep I'M
shak'd
That temple, thy fair mind.
In the thick of political life Shakes
peare places his capable woman, with
splendid brain power and high ethi-
cal wisdom. -
Perhaps the finest passage in his
dramas is that in which the Roman
Portia pleads with her distraught hus-
band to be admitted to his political
confidence. With winsome majesty
and tender solicitude she urges:
Tell me your counsels. 1 will not dis
close them.
I have made strong proof of my con-
stancy.
That sounds like the long-repressed
cry Of the wistful soul of woman! The
cry is not for the home only, but even
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
Bridgeport Now Has
Field Service Radio

Bridgeport now has the most mod
ern field service wireless apparatus in
the state of Connecticut. The outfit
which is the property of the United
States government, has been placed
in the possession of the Third Division
Naval Militia and is quartered at the
-Armory.
By means of this apparatus, which
requires no power generator other
than that which can be operated by
two militiamen and "a MINDLESS, imme-
date installation can be made at any
point inland and messages comunl-
Gated through the air to distance
of several hundreds Of miles. Ii
is said to be one Of the most MOD
ern and unique outfits supplied 10y tne
army and NAVY departments to MILL
tiamen in the United States. The To-
cal division has an extremely high
rating at Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
Danbury Milkman
Sues Another Over
Delivery Contract

Alleging that Wright Silkman Of
Danbury failed to live up to his agree
ment regarding the delivery of milk,
Alfred s. Edwards OF Monroe has
brought suit against Si1kman for $12,-
900 damages. In papers filed today
In the superior court Edwards says
the agreement was signed in April,
1915, and was1Sto continue until
March 81, 1871
BY the terms Of the agreement
SI1k1nan was to- deliver to the plaintiff
daily A cans Of milk In April, May
and June It Is claimed the defendant
delivered more than A. cans. causing
Edwards to 1oss> money handling the
surplus In the two following
months Edwards said he received less
than the minimum amount and lost
81, coo thereby. After October he
Says si1kman wouldn't deliver any
milk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
Charles G.. Sanford's
Shoulder Dislocated
in Fall on Sidewalk

Charles G. Sanford, president Of the
First dgeport National bank is
suffering from a dislocated right
shoulder at his home, 62 Coleman st.,
having been one of the first victims
of yesterdays storm.
Mr. Sanford was leaving his home
shortly after 8 o'clock for his ac-
customed walk to the bank. On the
CORTLAND street hill he slipped and
in attempting to catch himself his
right arm was severely wrenched
which resulted in dis1ocation at the
shoulder.
Though suffering great pain he was
able to reach his home without fur
Their mishap. He received immediate
medical attention. Hundreds Of ess-
pressions of regret have been tend
cred by telephone from his many
business associates and hosts of
friends in this city and many callers
Nat the house have conveyed their re-
gfet at the accident which will con-
fine him to the house for several days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
sualisrn had placed her.

sualism had placed her. ~,
In that drama woman is splendidly
avenged on her masters. Not alone in
the person of the Jew (who would
have his daughter keep house,, but
of all the Christians, is the mascu-
line mastership shown. 1t has
brought trade to deadlock and made
the civil power inept. The law is par
ralyzed. The men of the drama are
traders in women as they are in spi-
ces and silks. They gamble for w0-
men and choose wives by lot, while
not one Of them is worthy of the test.
"Portia" indicated the capability
and worth of woman. In that charm
ing comedy, with it's sordidl grip on
life, we discern more than Antonio
delivered, for in, the person of "Por-
tia" we have freed womanhood, WISE
efficient and lovely to degree far
beyond the dream of ancient and me-
dieval man. 1t is not the material
property of Antonio" that is saved.
hut his soul TheNwhole manhood of
the drama is enlightened and elevat-
| ed by Portals" attitude and motive.
| 1t is the same with, the woman's In
! fluence in all Shakespeare's dramas.
1t raises the standard of manhood. The
kind of man it requires is:
| OF a noble strain Of approved valor
and confirmed honesty.
Helmust be worth any woman" 1t
brings forth from the man the prayer:
o we gods, ~
Make me worthy Of this noble wife. I.
| 1t is evident that by introducing
| "Portia" AS he did in the Court of
Justice, Shakespeare meant to affirm
the necessity for having the wornan's
view introduced into law.-Rev. Dr..
A. Webster, in Femina.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
TWO SEEK DIVORCES.

Arthur L. Taylor of Bethel is
named as correspondent in the di.
vorce proceedings brought by Theo-
dore Garfield of Danbury against
Lillian May Garfield of Bethel. The
alleged act is said to have taken
place in Bethel The parties were
married Aug. %, 1908. Mrs. Can
fields maiden name was. Lillian Gay.
Another divorce action filed in the
superior court today is brought by
Margaret Mayheld of Stamford
against Hunter J.. Mayfield of Daco,
Texas. Desertion March Is, 1913, is
alleged. Mrs. Mayfeld, whose maiden
name was Margaret Cash, married
the defendant Sept. Fl, 1912.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
PUBLIC HEARINGS.

A naamber Of pmaSfie hearings are
scheduled for the meeting tsf the
COMMON council next Monday night.
They are: Elizabeth OTHara and
Others for an eigsft-foot building line
on both sides OF Merriam street.
Julfus Weiss Tor permission to
build over the line at GIL East Main
street.
JOhM McGuinnAss and others, for
sewer In sLincoln aSenue.
r. j. McMahoM and others fox
sewer in Homestead avenue. Brewster
street to Harborview avenue.
Maa1Fftz Olson and others for sewer
in Ash street from the present ter
minus, 150 northerly.
George 10th for sewer In Wells
street extension.
p. Decesare and others for sewer
In Center street extension.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-16
Dismiss Cases Of
Motorists Charged
With Reckless Speed

Two motorists who were found
guilty in the lower courts of reckless
driving had their cases nol1ed yester-
day afternoon in the criminal COM
mon pleas. court. Charles Lewis Of
this city, who went too fast on August
6 as he passed Fairfield and West
avenues escaped on payment of $40
costs. In the city court he was fined
$25 and costs but he took an appeal.
Elmer ,Bassett, who was arrested
July last in Stratford after he drove
his car through a crowd of people
alighting from a trolley car in Main
street was allowed to go upon pay
ment of $17.48 costs. In the Stratford
court he was fined 500 and costs.