The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-30
REPORT IS BITTERLY DENOUNCED
Story About CIarksburg Hotels Rails
ing Rates for Odd Fellows
Convention is False.
COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION.
Proprietors of Local Hotels StoutIy
Declare There VIII Be No
Raise of Prices.

The Fairmont daily papers have
entered into a plot to embarrass the
approaching annual State meeting
of the Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows
to be held here in NoYember and are
now assiduously engaged in circu-
lating false reports with that end in
view 1t is apparent from their in
justice to the Odd Fellows of CIarks-
burg and the remainder of the State
that they desire the coming State
meeting to be a failure and as poor
ly attended as possible. 1t is this
attitude toward Odd Fellowship that
has aroused the greatest indignation
of the order and on all sides express
sions OF censure of those papers are
made in manner that emphasizes
me resentment the Odd Fellows feel
over the designs against the success
of their next great State meeting
Must Retract.
So baseIy in error are the reports
spread by the Fairmont papers that
1t has been decided by the Odd Eel
lows that they must retract them.
and within the next few hours it IS
believed such retractions will be
seen in those papers. If they do not
retract, there is every probability
they viii be called upon in another
way to show cause for the publication
of such injurious statements.
There is a possibility that those
papers were misled by statements
coming from what they deemed an
authoritative source, and, in that
event, they will not be quite 50
harshly dealt with. But be that as
it may, an investigation was insti-
tuted early this morning and will
continue zealously until the perpe-
traitors of this attempted injury to
the Grand Lodge meeting are punish
ed and it is made perfectly clear
that it was an error from beginning
to end.
The Fairmont papers under glar-
ing headlines announced that the
hotels here intend to raise the rates
for that event and that there is
such dissatisfaction among the Odd
Fellows that they were actually ar
ranging with Fairmont hotels to en-
tertain the Grand Lodge and visit
ing Odd Fellows. In this those pa
pers concocted the scheme that the
interurban would give reduced rates
over the traction line.
Those articles have caused the fol-
lowing to be issued by the committee
on arrangements and entertainment
of the Grand Lodge:
To the Public:
Statement by Committee.
Articles appearing in the Fairmont
West Virginian of Thursdays date
and in the Fairmont Times Friday
morning stating that the hotels Of
Clarksburg intend to raise their
rates for the annual State meeting
of the Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows
in Clarksburg in November, and, that
on that account arrangements are
about to be made to have Fairmont
hotels entertain the members and
h494lOiSy DS conveying lneln over IuG
jnterurban at reduced rates, are en-
tirely without foundation, as no such
movement has been even thought of
by the committee on arrangements
or the Grand Lodge itself.
The undersigned committee. on
arrangements hereby informs the
public that the hotels of Clarksburg
have long since signed up contracts
for the entertainment of the Grand
Lodge members and visiting Odd
Fellows. and at rates quite satisfac-
tory. These rates with one or two
exceptions are lower than the regu-
lar rates.
The committee in justice to the
Grand Lodge meeting and its success
respectfully asks those papers to
correct this error and assures the
Odd Fellows of the State that they