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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
HARVARD WINS THE FINAL
Defeats Yale in the Deciding Game
of the Baseball Series

NEW YORK, June 29.-Harvard was
victorious today in the final contest in
the university baseball series at the
polo grounds. Yale was defeated by a
score OF to ?. The game was played
in rainstorm.
Hartford virtually won his own game
for Harvard He pitched splendid ball
and batted In great style. His clean hit
10 center in the second inning scored
Mccall and Dana and he got home with
a run on Leonard's single TO right field.
These three runs were sufficient to win
the game.
Meyer was taken out Of the Yale box
in the third and Van Vleet was substi-
tuted. Score:
Harvard -.-......o 800 400 -
Yale .-.--..-..-.. o 90 o o / o.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
FUGITIra CRATER RETURNS

COLUMBUS, Ohio. June 29.-Charles
E. Moore, the missing member of the
board of public service who disap-
peared in March last after the grand
Jury had returned an indictment
against him for accepting a bribe in
connection with the Broad street paw
ing scandal and for selling material to
the city from firm in which he was
interested, appeared at the court today
and gave himself up. He had been in
Canada since his flight and arrived
here last night.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
AMERICAN GIRL WEEDS COUNT

LANCASTER. Mass. June 29.-Miss
Cornelia Van Rensselaer, Thayer,
daughter of Nathan Thayer. was mar
ried today to Count Carl MOltke of
Copenhagen. Bishop Lawrence of the
Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts, Of
ficiated.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
Boxing
TWO GOLF TOURNAMENTS
FOR THE FOURTH Of JULY
Preside and San Francisco
Clubs Will Bring
Off Contests

The PresidIo golf club viii have
tournament on the club links on July
4. The event will be a mixed four
some in which the women will select
their partners. The club is Offering
some attractive trophies A new record
was made on the course last week.
when G. W. Kelham made the fourth
hole in one stroke
The members OF the San Francisco
golf and country club will also have a
tournament on the fourth The morn
ing will be given over TO medal play
handicap over IS holes, while in the
afternoon there will be a bogey handi-
cap over eighteen holes The after
noon scores in the medal handicap
play will count in the bogey competi-
tiOn.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
PRINCE AHMED FIRST
IN A LATON|A SPRINT
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
LAToNIA, KY, June 2s.-weather cloudy;
First rsce-siz furlongs. selling. 3 year olds
odds. Horse and Jockey. VT st. Str. Fin.
5-l-Ben Strong o. Lee .1o9 1311
3-2-MeChord ID, Austin) ..1o4 ? s / 8 IL
Time. LA s-5; Telescope, viperiare, Hustled,
finished as named.
Second race-Five furlongs, selling year
Odds. Horse and Jockey. W.T.. st. Str. Fin.
15-1-vansel (Pierrott) - eS 22 10
15-1-Lavatrina (Truman) =. 80 III 81
v;,lo S,laEd io5 Kane q. Lee. 1oS h sn
low. Sabado. Toplofty. Cora Dusant, Lady
Flora, Colonel Brady, Elder, finished as
named
Third race-one mile. purse. 9 year olds and
odds. Horse and Jockey. W.T.. st. Fin
e-2-The NIinks o. Anstin) los . 80
17-5-Miss Ida If. Steele) 90 4h an
Time, 1;4l 10. Phil Finch. Harry Scott,
Fourth rsce-six furlOnss, purse. 3 year obs
and upward:
Odds Horse and Jockey. W.T.. ST. Str. Fin.
1o-1-Goldproof lCrimmins) ..114 = 2n
S-1-Colloquy (Martinl lilo 1isS n
ton, Overlando. The ClanSman, Rickey, Wood
son, finished named.
Fifth race-Five and half furlongs purse.
. year olds:
odds. Horse and Jockey. W.T.. st. Str. Fin.
e-1-0rdono (Pickens) .....:9s s 33 1&
7-1-Evelyn S (Heider) ....1o5 q 2h
5-1-Geneva tJ. Leel los L III 8 IL
Time. los. Simon Weil. Ada o. Walker,
Grande, Silyedear, Embay, Brakespeare, I'm
ished as named.
Sixth race-Nile and a sixteenth; year oIds
and upward; selling:
Odds. Horse and Jockey. W.T. st. q Fin
S-5-Still Alarm q. Lee) los 21 IL
9-l-aazel Patch (Pickens). -1os 22
Time I:a6 Blaze o. Light County Clerk, Har-
poon. Waltz King, Proteus, Woolstone, I'm
ished as named.
Seventh race-one mile; year olds and mp
ward; selling:
Odds Horse and Jockey. W.T. ST. q Fin
1-f-Doctor TurnerJ. ButIer10s 13 h
2-I-Dr. Spruill tPickens). iii 81 90
SO-1-Bernie Cramer (Griffth110S 81 IL
Time, 1:42. Fsara. Devout Belitoone, Florizel,
Careless, Lady Ellison. finished named.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
LOSES JOB FOR CRUELTY

SANTA FE.. n. NJ. June 29.-Acting
Governor ]. w. Reynolds yesterday
summarily removed Arthur TrelfOrd. OF
Beav enworth, Kan. from the super
intendency of the territorial peniten-
tiary upon report OF Attorney General
George Prichard. as referee. that
charges of inhuman treatment Of cons
victs had been proved. Governor Rey-
noIds appointed Marion Llttrel. for
merIy of Arkansas. for five consecutive
terms sheriff of CoIfax county. to sue
ceed TrelfOrd.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS

OYSTER BAY. N. Y, June 29.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today announced the
following appointments: Philip M.
Brown. secretary of embassy at Con-
stantinople: Peter A. Jay. secretary of
signed the application of medical in
spector Presby M. Rixey, to be adj
vanced to the rank of medical director.
DR.. Rixey now holds the position of
surgeon general of the navy.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
20 coNTA0IoN IN ISLANDS

MANILA. june 29.--The health report
of Manila shows that no small pox.
cholera or other contagious disease was
present during the past semester. This
is the first time in the history. of the
Philippines that a semester has passed
ia which contagious diseases did not
exist Governor General Smith credits
Captain ". g. Heiser director of the
health department. with the present
condition
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
TOM M'CRATH 4 PURSE
WINNER At. KENILWORTH
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
BUFFALO, June 2s.-weather shOwery, track
First race-one and three sixteenth miles,
selling, year olds and upward:
Odds. Horse and Jockey. W.T.. st. q Fin.
lo-I-court Martial (Iycurgus)1O5 12 II
7-5-Sir Ralph (Diggins)- III 2 %
Time. 2:01 2-5. Picaroon Widows Mite, Gold
Spot, Roderiek G, Mcconnell, finished as
named.
Second rsce-About two miles, steeplechase,
year olds and upward:
Odds. Horse and Jockey. VT. st. Fin.
15-1-Ruths Rather (Gee) I45 10 3 2 III
l5-I-Shaekelford tCorbey). .147 2 6
pede, Lights out, Dunbeath. Plantagenet, Rus
sell a, Dawson, finished as named
year olds and upward:
Odds. Horse and Jockey. W.T.. st. Str. Fin.
sEHa sEiietsnsS Mssr1te gerss5 65o"9,1aa ,1ea ia &
B-1-Gabrielle Udoydl -. .l02 n
Time, 1:o9 3-5. Lord Boanerges, MeddIesome
Boy, Ossipeke, Herman johnson, Ocean Brook,
Willetta, finished as named.
Fourth race-Mne and forty yards, purse. 3
odds Horse and Jockey. W.T.. St z Fin.
3-5-Main Chance (Diggins) ia ! 3 l
l2s SsiDge Rd%aTo GgsnTgSs} EG1IHsS} ,9 e
Time, 1:42. Elfall also ran.
Fifth race-Four and half furlongs; purse;
maiden ? year olds:
Odds. Horse and Jockey. VT. st. Str. Fin.
2-l-Takbu (Prior) ..........113 / 1 / 2a
e-1-Miss Catesby (Diggins) .lo9 5 e2 2n
s-1-Gene Woods u. Hogg) 100 22 8 h
Time, :55 30. Mamsroneck, Edith Glen. Tee
Teck, Trixey Briggs, Concerned, finished as
named.
Sixth race--MiIe and twenty yards; selling; 8
year olds and upward:
odds. Horse and Jockey. W.T. st. q Fin.
3-I-Punky tH- Anderson) -. .1O6 u
4-d-wiilis Green Qloydl... %
7-1-Jupiter (Diggins). .107 3 n
Time, AZ Is. Captain Hale, Crestfallen, Al
Powell Jack Kercheville, Sallie Suter, fin
ished as named.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30

Hungarian railway travelling is the
cheapest in Europe. On some lines one
can travel third class six miles for 2
cents.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
81 MMARl

Two base hits-Moriarity C2l. Crarath (2).
Sbavghnessy. Sacrifice hit-Afohier. Left On
hsscs-I0s Angeles 9. san Francisco o. Bases
on balls-Of Carnes 4. OF Joy J. Struck out
By Carnes l. by Joy s. Double plays--Delmas
fo Dillon 70 Hogan; Cravath TO Hogan. Wild
Ditcbes-Csnes 90. First base errors-San
francisco ], Los Angeles ]. HIT by pitched
baldwin. Time Of game hour and 40 min-
utes. Umpire-Perrine.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30

Signor Tosti, the famous composer,
has an odd hobby-that of upholster-
ing.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
WADDELL STRIKES OUT
ONE DOZEN B0sTONIANS
Big Rube Is Touched for
Eight Hits, but Game
Goes to Quakers
AMERICAN LEAGUE

ST. LOUIS. June 29.-Chicago took the final
game Of the series today, to O. Glade was
easy, while Walsh effective. Score:
R. H. Z
- LOUIS $1,000. o =
tllcaEo ---....-------.-- II
Batteries-Glade and Buelow; Walsh and Sui
Ivan.
BOSTON. June 29.-Two Boston errors and
two Philadelphia hits in the sixth gave the
visitors three runs and the game. Boston flied
the bases in the fifth inning, but q jump catch
by Nichols prevented a score. Wadde1 struck
out u men, Score:
r. H. Z
Ihlladelpnla OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Boston y :.
Batteries-Wsddeu and Schreck; Glaze AMI
Shaw.
DETROIT June 29.-Both Cleveland pitchers
were easy, while Mullen had the batsmen at
his mercy. Cobb collided with Bemis at the
plate IN the second he was called safe and
Bemis struck Cobb several times he lay oa
the ground, for which the catcher was put out.
Score;
R. H. E.
lfellelt .-----.---. .s-.------.---...l u )
Aitfflan0 .----s.--s-.- . .
B8tteries-Nullen and Archer; Berger, Hess
Bemis and Wakefield.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
NATIONAL LEAGUE

CHICAGO. June 29.-Sixteen Chieagosns per-
ished on flies today Leach capturing half of
them, and PittsbuTg the third straight
game from Chicago TO I. Score:
r. h E
IntctEo s-s----..-.. .----s------ o
EltfSbure ---.-------
Batteries-Phester, Ruelbach and king:
PhNlipi and Gibson. Umpires-o'Dsy and John
stone.
CINCINNATI, June "a Wild throw BY Nc
Glyhn on Higgins bunt. after two had Sc
the fourteenth inning Of today's game. All OF
the runs scored by the locals were made on
errors. Score.
R. H. e.
1lncAnnal4 $3.50. .-.--- --s.-~--s---- II
oL- LOUIS ~
Batteries-Coakley, Weimar and Schlei: Nc
Glynn ana Marshall. Umpire-Carpenter.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
DIR. THIElE
The German.
Specialist
1870 SUFFER- ST.,
NEAR FILLMORE.

Treats successfully, by a new German
method. all Private and Chronic Dis
eases Of BOTH SEXES. Diseases of the
Blood. skin Diseases and all Contracted
Ailments cured speedily and all t-stees
cradicnted from the system. Every cmse
IL guaranteed. Charges Reasonable.
Consultation free.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30
Philadelphia

Bafteries-Wsdden and Schreck; Glaze a
Shaw.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-30

reries-IneEter, RueIbacb and king,
pi and Gibson. Umpires-e'Dsy and John.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
Ynr nIOLiATARY VOLUNTEERS.

Alfred II Love. f"r forty years thr president
of tn. UnIv. rsll TcIo, JuI,a. wa discuss: IN;
the conference at Tn" Hague.
Var bears hardest on the private soldier.
..a ~.id Il think that If the world would dele
gate Tho HasJIr. y ith fuH authority. lot cf
private. crippled from Some recent war young
without young m'n without legs
youn- men without noses then universal peace
would come 1t nn'c
"Wheuever thiu. II private soldiers ana
war think of ons OF "uI later South Americas
revolutions There was = general Nh" Tr":uiS,-I
t" send into the nrId two hundred volunteers
from his district. There. he said the people
were furious to av.nsc their wrongs With pow
der aud shot
Tho general retired to lis district. and In
week his two hundred volunteers arrived in three
freight cars. bound hand aud foot Along with
thcrn IN" general sent TINS message to head
quarters
- transmit hcr,wuh tn" TWO hundred voun-
teors promised Please return the ropes at
once "
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04

the United States. at least, he claimed
greater part 10y the schonIb"ys and ty the deal
ers " h" profit hy the enthusiasm of the latter
desire 10 possess what others have not ana a
desire for commercial gam well. the
two governing impulses Of stamp coiiec ting. am
from the youth who possesses the former de
sire nothing red il Sift- 50 Ions Is there is
i possibility that il may contain a stamp If
u tyE"ue day CT one of foreign issue In the
attic al home ho rumrIases through the letters
that grardmotEer wrote To- grandfather in her
youth. Tho books of the family arr searched for
old letters which may have been left b,, xren
the pages to mark some lDng forgotten ch.uter-
trunks arr turned uppermrst. old chests are ran
sacked. odd corners uf old houses arr Inspected
in III. I"It that suTnew here the Scarchcr will
to- rewarded ty tn. possible discovery nf an old
Maur1tluS or maNt-r one uf The old United
states envelope variety. which have reached a
high V-lUe IN the eyes of collectors Letter ear
riorS are hcSestd with requests friends visiting
countries beyond the SEA are begged to send
houi, letters ht.,riua; stamps of the lands they
V-S,t. o"nsuIS in foreign parts are peStered with
letters. and even empcrurS and kings are not
Immune from the pleading demands Of stamp
rnendi' ants. PhiIate.ic Socitties and Journals
spring VI and prosper. dealers in STAMPS wax
wealthy in the light Of the popular demand
countt rfeittrs and INSCRIPTIONS chemists get
in their work and receive their unearned re
niUu"rati"H. until at last comes the WEAKNESS
"f satirty for the collector the game grows
old and therefore trcSorne and. save for those
VII" really cole I because Of a true IhiIatelic
interest. the fad dies away. a victim of its own
enthusiasm.
Yet far be il from many to say that stamp
collecting Is merely a fad or that il has no good
results 1t is more than this. and it has de
cidcdly good results Aside from keeping money
in circulation il has a distinctly educational
side To the sChoplhoy who interests himself
heart and money stamp collecting a study of
geography is necessary in order that he may
know something about the countries from which
the stamps come, then the historical aSsoCia-
tons valuable, engraving and manufacture
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04

In this temple site, however, has been founc
[ considerable amount of material from the oTIS'-
nal temple of AmeneHhat, from which the MAIN
features of the structure may be determined
There are many interesting, fragments ana com
pIete blocks of painted relief and OF lnSc7ip-
fions One of the scenes the temple walls
drrrtc AmonCmhat receiving the Sltt OF HE
from the gods This relief is delicately anu
most beautifully modelled. and in many parts
has is color stiH freshly preserved Al tite
rear end OF the temple two most important Oh
iettz were found. being a granite temple
altar or Offering table and the other = false
door" or offering stella of the temple. The
stella is the only one Of its Kind that has yet
been found and Is therefore OF Importance
While thcs" excavations and discoveries hav"
been going III the pyramid temple, consider
able work has been carried on in the cemetery
of the pyramid The tombs proving
to he of important twelfth dynasty types. both
in their constitution and in the character of
their contents. and their excavation has been
an important factor in the satisfactory results
Of the year
Through this work which is going in
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
PHII1TELIC FUROR.
Springs Up Systematically from
Some Nczc Stamp Dcyclopmeh-

The furOr for collecting stamps which has
lust quoted down after another of its spas
mnGic runs in this country. threatens To be
again awakened by the announcement "f ChekIb
bey the Turkish Minister in Washington. that
seventeen million postage stamps. consisting
of more than three hundred denominations.
which have been issued 10y the Turkish gov
ernment in the last forty-three years. viii te
sold auction and the proceeds given To the
Higaz Railway.
About once in ten years stamp collecting be
comes national craze. and after lasting 4
year or two cstlms down to await another
awakening of interest In this calm 1T -
quietly pursued by serious collectors and mem
hers of regularly established philateIic societies
who find pleasure iii continuing to arnass these
bits of coiOred paper, but the real enthusiasm
and the active work of stamp collecting, III
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
FOOH II lGES

John B Lennon treasurer Of thu American
Federation of Labor delivered recently in
Bloomington an address strikes.
Turning to the amusing foatry.s of III" STRIKE
question. Air Lennon said
Il remember str.k- Of h"bhin boys These
boys conducted their fight wcI. even brilliantly
Thus Tho day they turned out they posted in
spinning room Of th"ir employers mill Il
great placard inscribed with the words.
'' The wages OF sin i death, but the wages Of
the bobbin boys is worse"
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04

Egypt TIM recently established department Of
Egyptian art Of the Museum VIII be enriched
hy many of the rclIcS from the tornhS and tenn
pl,e III these kings uf ages past. and all Of
tn, ready fine things from The soil of Egypt are
h,Hr rapidly absorbed hy the great public col
Iert"ns the Metropolitan considers itself espe-
caul fortunate al tins time in being enabled
t. enter thc field :" actively and gets its share
Of Egyptian treasure.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
YOUNG MAN HAD POCKETS
FULL OF WICKED THINGS
Cigarettes, Diamond Dicks, Booze
and a Gun Carried BY Fellow
Arrested at FaIrmont.

Two Diamond Dicks" a gun. 4
box of cigarettes and a bottle OF
booze" was the layout that oticer
Pitzer produced from the pockets OF
young man arrested at the B. & o.
depot in Fairmont Tuesday night
about 10 o'clock.
He refused to give his name but
said that he was from Morgantown.
and that he had been working at
clarksburg and went to Fairmont
Yesterday where he met some friends
and as result got drunk. He win
face the mayor on a rather serious
charge of carrying concealed weap-
ons and as he only had 45 cents be
will likely serve time. He objected
strenuously to being put in a cell
and put up hard scrap but he was
finally subdued.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
TO DISSOLVE
COMBINATION
OF Railroads and Other Companies
Alleged To Be Controlled BY
the Gould Interests.
az AssocIated Press. !

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Jan. s-suits to
dissolve the alleged merger of the
Wabash, Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain railroad companies and
the Pacific Express, and to revoke
the licenses and charters of the
pacific Express. American Refriger-
ator Transit Company. the Western
Coal and Mining Company, the Rich
Hill Coal Mining Company. and the
Kansas and Missouri Elevator Com
pany. were fled in the supreme court
by Attorney General Hadley today.
In the petition the alleged stocks of
the companies named are claimed to
be owned by. the same interests. the
Goulds, in violation Of the provis-
ions OF the constitution aud laws of
the State of Missouri.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
STOCKHOLDERS
OF BANK meet
New Board and omcers Elected For
the West Virginia Bank Which
Makes Fine Showing.

The stockholders of the West vir-
ginia Bank held their annual meet
ing in the banks rooms in the wal
do hotel block Wednesday morning
and besides reviewing the business
of the institution, elected a board Of
directors for the ensuing year. The
board. which is the same as that OF
last year. is composed of R. s.
Douglass. c. NJ. Hart, R. A. Haynes,
David Davidson. C. L. Duncan. W. P.
Con and Alexander Dun. The old
board held session and declared a
dividend of four per cent. on the
capital stock and added $1,000 to
the surplus fund and as a new or
ganization It elected officers as fol-
lows; c. L. Duncan. president:
Fred B. Wood. cashier. and L. D.
Griffin. assistant cashier. The stock
holders were highly gratified with
the splendid showing made by the
bank sand with the substantial in
crease IN business due greatly to the
careful and able management.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
THROUGH
GLASS WINDOW
And Howard Pritehard Has Narrow
Escape From Bleeding 10
Death From Cuts.

Howard Pritchard, an empIoye Of
the West Fork Glass plant In the in
dustrial addition. came near bleed
Ing to death from cuts he sustained
by falling through a window glass
in the Green barber shop fronting
the Glen Elk bridge late Tuesday
night, and he might have done so II
medical assistance had not been
promptly secured.
Pritchard was walking along the
sidewalk In front OF the barber shop
when he stumbled and fell through
the window. He sustained deep cuts
quite elaborate and covers is large
flowed in large streams. The Kess-
Ter hospital was Immediately notified
and as soon as the mans wounds
about the head from which the bioou
taken to that institution in an ambu-
lance where the cuts were dressed.
He is doing nicely at the hospital at
present, and he is expected to re-
cover from the wounds in due time.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
HELD AS YES
MLU7NBER CAMP

ed. They were employed as track
workers on railway. but upon ar
riving at the camp. IS miles from
Prince. W. Va, from which place
they were compelled to walk. they
found that they were expected to do
blasting instead. The men protest.
ed and started 10 walk back. when.
they claim. they were rounded up By
twelve men who we're armed and
who called themselves deputy sher-
lfs and held prisoners for several
days in box car. For the first fve
days, they say they had only bread
and water and for two days there
after the food supply was cut on en-
tlrely. Hunger. they said. compeil-
ed them to work, but sufncieut funds
we're raised for nine Of their party to
buy their release and permit them
to return to Hoboken, where the
complalnt was made
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
REPORT ON THE
WATER WORKS
To Board Of Trade Is Made BY En-.
gineers-Estihated Cost Of Need
ed improvements s4so,oOO.

The report of John W. Hill &
Sons. the consulting engineers who
were employed by the clarksburg
Board of Trade to examine the
Clarksburg city water works and as
certain the needs for improvements,
has been completed and was We'd
nesday submitted to the water COM
mittee of the board. The report Is
porations as well as the people.
typewriter pages. The engineers
estimate the cost Of the necessary
Improvements at about s4sO,OOo not
including some land required for a
pumping station and rights of way
for force mains and rising papes. A
summary of the report will be pub
lished in the Telegram as soon as it
is reviewed in the editorial depart-
ment.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
LADY MAGGABEEs
WILL GIVE A PLAY
Il Is Entitled america" and WIN Be
Presented at Grand Opera
House January 20.

Arrangements are on. foot for
play to be given under the auspices
Of the Lady Maccabees Of the World
in the opera house Tuesday. January
20. The play Is entitled :America"
and is under the direction of Prof.
McCiusky. which insures Its success.
The regular meeting Of the Lady
Maccabees VIII be held Thursday
night in their hall in the Traders
building and as some important busi-
ness viii be transacted good at
tendance Of the members Is desired.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
Group Of Italian workmen Claim
They Were Forced in Peonage
Near Prince, W. Va.

WASHINGTON. Jan. s-claimlng
that they had been held practically
in peonage in a West virginia lum-
Der camp, a group OF italian work
men passed through this city bound
for Hoboken. n. ]. Their release
from detention. it was stated. was
secured by the Italian ambassador
through an appeal to the State de-
partment. The workmen claim
that wages are due them. and they
win take the proper legal steps
through the ambassador to obtain
what Is coming to them.
According to their story. the men
were sent to West virginia last No
vember through labor agent In
Hobokeu, where most OF them resld-