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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09

he concluded.
vernie Lawrence, wife of William
NJ. Lawrence, was then called to the
stand. In response to questions ask
ed by Mr.. Boughner she told the fol-
lowing, in part:
six weeks or SO ago Ehe came
home from Bussy's where she was
employed. Joe jackson, or as she
is sometimes called, Joe stansberry,
boarded at the house. don't know
what Josie's occupation is. She
paid me $5 a week for her board
Efie and Josie sometimes went out
together. Josie doesn't drink but
she takes morphine. Never noticed
her taking the drug but two or three
times. Ettie never took any NOR
phine so far as know.
Mrs. Lawrence Testifies.
"Efie was taken i'll about two
weeks ago. Dr.. Taylor was summon
ed and left five medicines for her.
She took down with a high fever.
Thursday Efie got up. dressed and
went to town. Thursday night Josie
and Eliza went to town and return
ed at s:3e o'clock. Efie wanted to
go but they wouldn't let her. In
the. night Etfie began to holler and
moan every once in while. She
wasn't drunk. She told me that
she was drunk the night before on
a half a pint OF whiskey. We ask
ed Eftie what she wanted but she
said she didn't want any thing and
wasn't suffering. Later we went In
and found her in a low condition
and she was getting cold"
Q. DO you know what caused
her death?"
A. mo"
Drunk the Night Before.
my husband went out after the
doctor but she died before my hus-
band came back. The doctor said
he would come as soon as possible.
Efie died without any struggle, just
passed away like going to sleep.
Had Life Insured.
I'VE had her life insured about
three weeks ago In the Metropolitan
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09
RIyEY
ANSWERS LAST CALL
Virginia Congressman Passes Away.
in Washington to the
Great Beyond.

WASHINGTON, D. :, Feb. a.
Congressman John F. Rixey. Of vir-
ginia. died this morning. he was
a brother of General Rixey.
OF the navy.
Mr.. Rixey represented the Eighth
congressional district OF virginia IN
Congress. His home Is at Brandy.
cnlpepper county. va. BE was born
in culpepper county, va, August
1854, and was educated In the com
mon schools, Bethel academy ana
the university Of virginia. He was
a lawyer and farmer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09
AGAINST
TIA w TE STYzNONY
Mass Meeting TO Be Held to Protest
Against Publication OF
Details.
fRy Assoclated Prean.1

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Feb. -
A call was published here today for
mass meteing of women tomorrow
afternoon the object of which, is to
protest against the publication Of
the detailed testimony Of the Thaw
case.
Every pastor IN the city win read
the ccall tomorrow morning and
urge the attendance Of the women Of
their congregations at the meeting.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09
ENTIRE TRAIN
BADLY WRECKED.
When it Strikes a Broken Ran, KIM
ing Two and Iniuring
Others.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Feb. e.
Limited passenger train No. 2O3, on
the St. Louis and San Francisco rail-
road from Kansas City and Memphis
today struck a broken rail near here
and with the exception OF the rear
sleeper the entire train was wreck
ed.
The dead are:
BAGGAGEMASTER WHITE.
FIREMAN McELMURRAY.
Six trainmen were seriously injur-
ed. None of the passengers we're
seriously hurt.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09
BARREN HOLE

In the Wallace district. this coun-
ty, the South Penn Oil 0. has drilled
its No. 4 on the Elsie Lambert farm
through the fourth sand, and found
1t barren. 1t is now drilling to the
fifth sand.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09
ENTOMBED
AND ALL ARE DEAD
FREIGHT CAR OFF.

A freight wreck occurred near
Porter's Falls on the Short Line
railroad Saturday morning. One
car was derailed. Trains were
blocked two hours and the passenger
train due here shortly after 1880
o'clock did not arrive untl 1900
o'clock.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09
STEAMERS COLLIDE
DURING THE NIGHT
~ Associated 80

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng. Feb. -
The steamer Menominee from Ant
werp yesterday for philadelphia put
in here this afternoon badly damaged
as the result Of a collision on Beachy
Head during the night with a French
eoasting steamer.
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and that she had had no regular oc-
cupation save what work she could
obtain as a domestic. Efie didn't
drink or use any drugs so far as he
knew. She had always earned
enough money to clothe herself com
fortably.
Lawrence Testifie.
Two weeks ago, Lawrence said, Ef-
fie was taken III. A doctor was call
ed and he treated her, leaving medi-
cine for her to take. The doctor
said the girl had symptoms Of ty-
phoid fever and gave instructions to
have her kept in the house for three
or four weeks or until she recovered
Thursday night she came to the city.
She told the members Of the house
hold that she was bound to come to
the city II she died on the way.
Lawrence said that he tried to pre-
vent her, honest to God, but he could
not. He understood that she was to
meet a man In Clarksburg some
place and he also understood that the
man sent word for her not to come
If she wasn't able. The girl return
ed after two hours and seemed to be
in good spirits. She was laughing
and talking. Later she went to bed
and went to sleep. Josie stansberry
slept in the bed With her.
Began Groaning.
In the night Efie began groaning
and making noise, Lawrence said.
Lawrence and his wife went in to her
and asked her what the matter was
and If she wanted anything. She
said she didn't want anything and
that she wasn't suffering. Along to-
wards daylight she got SO she could
mt talk. She said just before this
that there was no need of calling a
doctor. He didn't think then the
girl was under the influence of a
drug, but later he thought she must
have gotten something of the kind.
Honest as 1 am sitting in this
chair, am telling the truth" Law
renee said. you may not believe
me, but / am telling the truth"
What makes you think we be-
lieve you are not telling the truth?"
asked Mr.. Boughner.
Telling Truth, He Says.
4 don't know whether you do or
not but am just telling you that /
am"
Lawrence told how he went out
after doctor Thursday and the lat
ter said he would come to the home
as soon as possible. When Lawrence
got home the girl was dead. A bot
tie of morphine was found ON the
mantle and Friday morning Josie
gave 1t to Mrs. Lawrence who locked
1t up in trunk. Josie took NOR
phine twice day, Lawrence said.
Lawrencersaid that his wife slapped
Efie at times to make her behave
herself and make her stay at home.
The girl was usually cheerful and
did not seem to be unhappy. Law
renee said he did not use drugs of
sny kind. Il have no idea under
the heavens what caused her death,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09

Mrs. John corrick, of Weston,
was brought to this city from her
home Saturday and admitted to the
Kesler hospital to undergo treat
ment for the grip.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09
Mine Horror Takes Place Also at a
Colliery at wani.
mie, Pa.
Lawrence Testifie.


WILKEssARRE. Pa, Feb. g.
Six Of seven men were entombed last
night in the colliery Of the Lehigh
Z Wiikesbarre Coal Company at
wanimie.
One was found dead today. The
others are also believed to be dead.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09
RANK WILL OPEN.

NEW CASTLE, Pa. Feb. s-The
New Castle Savings and Trust Com
pany will open its doors.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09
Ius VANDERBILT AND HIS NEW VANDYKE BEARD.

Cornelius Vanderbilt sd has changed his facial
training his beard the
Of the vanderbl Some
motives which attracted
his
shortly after he college ability and act
for himself in all vtally affecting his lie
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and his wife and two other sisters
and that she had had NO regular oc-
cupatIon save what work she could
obtain as domestic. Efie didn't
drink or use any drugs so far as he
knew. She had always earned
enough money to clothe herself com
fortably.
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lContlnued on page 81
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The Telegram IN the last throe
months has Increased lis circulation
over 400 copies.
The oasis., 1907-03-09
THE RAILWAY
 CAR SHORTAGE
The Southern Pacific Presents a Stste- ment Compiled from Data In the Office of Its General Manager.

The magement of the Southern Pacific Company, claiming that the rash statements made in re- lation to car shortage, have al- most uniformly been unjust to the Hartman lines, has prepared a statement from figures in the office of General Manager Calvin, show ing what has been done and what is being done to care for the Pa cifc Coast business through in creased equipment.
 The statement relates that dur ing the past five years, the Harri- man lines have anticipated the de- yelopment of the territories which they serve, and have, as a matter of fact, ordered equipment further than the engine and car factories have been able to turn 1t out.
 From January 1st, 1902, to Jan uary 1st, 1907, the Hartman lines expended for new equipment over S60,000,000, or forty thousand dol lars for every work day in that pe- riod. They purchased 1,194 new locomotives and 40,196 new freight cars. They now have orders in for over II, 900 other cars, or 20% of their present equipment. In other words, the rolling stock of the com pany is to be increased one-fifth during the calender year if the ears can be secured.
 Estimating the increase in traffic to be the same in percentage for the fiscal year ending June Both, as for the last fiscal year, the re- lative standing of the freight offer ed and the cars provided to move 1t will be as follows:
The oasis., 1907-03-09

have added 100 miles, or 3096 to yard tracks and sidings.
 "For each car owned, there are 362 feet of yards and sidings com pared with 322 feet four years ago."
 From figures on file in the gem eral office of the Southern Pacific, it is learned that in 1906, over 240, 900 freight cars were built, in the United States, an increase of over 65% over the average for the previous five years.
 Seven thousand locomotives were built in 1906 compared with an average of 4,300 during the pre- ceding five years. Every locomo- tive works and car factory in the country is working up to it's limit; cars that under contract should have been delivered last summer to the Southern Pacific are only arriving now. The figures at hand indicate that the roads of the United States as whole have or dered equipment to be delivered between June 30, 1905, December 31, 1907, not only far in excess of orders for any previous year, but far in excess of increase of traffic to date since June Both. It should be noted that these 240, ,000cars have a minimum capacity of 50 tons each and are equal in carrying capacity to a half million cars of the type of ten years ago.
 That the railroads of the country have sought to make provision to meet the growing demands of traf- fic is amply proven by the follow ing figures, which show the orders placed by them for freight cars to be built each year during the period named:
The oasis., 1907-03-09

To further help in solving the so-called car shortage problem, the railroads are now endeavoring to hurry cars along with Q manifest system which keeps cars loaded with perishable and high class freight on through trains and quick schedules. Every effort, too, is made to utilize the equipment capacity of the cars.
 Recently all the important lines of the country, including all the Hartman lines, have reached an agreement to charge each other and all other lines a higher per diem rental than formerly, for the purpose not of increasing revenue, but to keep the cars on the move and make it an object to a line dilatory in getting cars not needed started on their way home. They have also formed car clearing house whereby the equipment of the country is to be treated as a unit and used to best cdvaptag ge. Through this clearing house rec
The oasis., 1907-03-09
Whole No. 721

cars all over the country and of the districts where they are most needed, and movement ordered ac- cordingly.
 With all these improvements, what then is the trouble?
 The local officers of the Harri- man lines give several reasons. One of these is the abnormal situa- tion with respect to San Francisco since the fire. Not only has there been an immense tonnage concen- trated in San Francisco since the fire, but the consignees with limit ed warehouse facilities, due to torn up streets and changing conditions generally have been quite unable to unload their freight with their usual dispatch. As much as ten thousand cars have been tied up in San Francisco and around the bay, necessitating embargoes upon bringing freight into San Fran cisco, as we'll as creating car ia. mine at the time the cars were in greatest demand. This situation should not be charged to the rail- roads. To-day the Southern Pa ciic has several thousand cars in Oakland and San Francisco which it is doing it's utmost to get un- loaded. When 1596 to 20@6 of the rolling stock of a railroad is tied up at one point famine elsewhere may be reasonably expected. Ex- treme measures have been taken to relieve the situation and it is thought with the rapidly improv- ing warehouse facilities in the city and the better conditions for team ing, that within a few months the trouble will be of the past.
 Again, 1t is claimed that in these prosperous times nearly every in- dustry in the country is flooded with orders. Material and labor are hard to get, especially mate rial. Every business man knows that there is a shortage of produc- tion compared with demand in al- most every line. Many concerns are away behind in filling their or ders. With scarcity of cars it has been so easy for a shipping clerk to advise customer "order is de- layed-no cars" that the excuse has been worked overtime and the railways been blamed for delays thousand of times through being used as scapegoats. This same business congestion, this same in- ability on the part of the manu- facturer to assemble goods and load cars promptly, and in the rush of prosperous business the in- ability of consignees to secure drays, warehouses and to even handle goods promptly when they arrive has caused great deal of the car shortage.
 The result is seen in the records of the average movement of cars. Last year the Southern Pacific's cars moved an average of less than 30 miles per day This was large ly because of the time the ears stood idle at stations waiting to be loaded or unloaded. The cars ac- tually in train moved an average over 200 miles per day. If the time of loading and unloading could be cut down the car supply would be increased accordingly. If it were (through the cooperation of shippers and consignees) cut one-half the car supply would be more than dnnhled-nr more than
The oasis., 1907-03-09

tonnage capacity of freight cars to be delivered in 1907 is equal to the tonnage furnished during the pre- ceding five years. The increase in motive power during the year is not so great, but is very substan- tial, being 69% over 1902.
 The most hopeful comparison is that showing that to move busi- ness which has increased 4l% in 1907, over 1902 there will be avail able 669o more car capacity and 699o more locomotive capacity than in 1902.
 These statements, though illus tratirg in a striking way, the in- crease in equipment, as we'll as traffic, do not fully illustrate the claim of the Southern Pacific Go. that it is endeavoring to anticipate fully the needs of its business. Freight business is variable during the year on all lines, and equip ment is plentiful at certain seasons and scarce at others The only car shortage of importance in the Hartman lines is in the fall of the year when they are called on to move the traffic of section where the chief business activity is di- rectly or indirectly developed through agricultural or horticul- tural products or of timber, which reaches its height after midsummer. Briefly, these lines must carry sid ings full of empty cars eight months in the year to care for the other four months. During the last four years, October has been the heaviest month in freight traf- fic on the Hartman lines. There has, however, been a gradual shift ing of movement so that the move ments in other months is increas- ing relatively compared with the crop-moving months, with the fol lowing result;
 TONS OF FREIGHT MOVED ONE MILE
 OVER THE HARTMAN LINES.
 October, 1904 1,201 100000 October, 1905 1,261 100000 October, 1906 1,279,000,000
 Thus, in the heaviest period of 1906, the Hartman lines had only 6%o more traffic than in 1904, but had available to move 1t, lS% more motive power and 14% more freight capacity.
 As for expediting movement of cars, the management of the Harri- man lines quote the official figures to prove that their freight trains are by comparison, doing far bet ter than the average in the United States, and that trains are not ly- ing idle in sidings:
 MILES RUN PER CAR PER ANNUM.
 Loaded Empty Total l All railroads in United
 l States 5,S20 2660 S,4SO Union Pacific System SS61 2,9S5 II ,S45 Southern Pacific Company 1912 29l0 l0,222
 Other criticisms have been made that notwithstanding the increase in car and locomotive facilities there has been great compositions in vardc and o,, ucaip lipaS hooouCo the track room was not sufficient to care for the increased business. In reply to these criticisms, the Hartman lines management offers the following figures:
 "We have since June 30th, 1902, increased cars owned 169o car mile age 16% and train mileage 17%.
 During the same period. we
The oasis., 1907-03-09

Following is similar information respecting number of locomotives ordered:
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-05-11
ITALIANS WORK FOR LESS
American Laborers Displaced at Nc
kiniey Monument.

Canton, O., May 10.-There is trou.
BILE among the workmen at the Nc,
Kinley monument A New York firm
of landscape gardeners, which has the
contract for beautifying the grounds
at the memorial, brought in a gang OF
italians from Cleveland to take the
places of American laborers.
The American laborers have been
receiving 81 a day for nine hours
work The New York firm wanted
them to work ten hours day. The
men refused and the Italians were
brought here to take their places The
italians work twelve hours day for
$175.
Representative of the American
Federation of Labor point ont that
American labor contributed large
amount to the monument and Ameri-
can labor should have the preference
in the work.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-05-11
REPLIES TO CRITICISM.
War Department Explains General Nc
caskey's Promotion.

Y Washfn2tofa, Mas lJ.-4AnsweIins9
some criticism which followed the
designation Of Brigadier General Will
lam S. McCaskey to be major general,
which promotion was made over the
head of Brigadier General Frederick
Funston, the senior brigadfer general,
the following statement was issued at
the war department.
Concerning the recent promotion
Of General McCaskey, Notwithstanding
the seniority of General Funston, Gen
eral Bell, the chief Of staff, said at
the war department that prior to Cen
eral McCaskey's promotion he had
personally received letter from Gen
eral Funston in which he stated that
he had no objection to General Nc
Caskey's promotion ahead of himself,
because of General McCaskey's char
acter as soldier and his Civil war
record and that he would gladly have
made this statement officially were it
not for the fact that this would be as
suming that the war department in
tended to promote him because he was
the senior brigadier general, an as
sumption he did not care to make;
but he desired the chief of staff to
know his true sentiments on the sub
iect and for that reason wrote per-
sonallv about the matter"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-05-11
ERIC OLSON CRITICIZES SUNDBERG REPORT
Dissatisfied with the Compromise
Railroad Rate Legislation.

three senator's to perfect your report
for the next session. AS it is, the Can
field bill, perfected by me, of which
you got copy, is stored in the secre-
tary of states office.
The people should be informed upon
the principles of S. F. 249 and III. F.
422 and the resolution creating your
committee.
Do you see now that the hush-u
prevented the merchants, outside the
twin cities, from getting any relief
whatever in the class rates for freight.
How different it would have been if
eastman had not worked for his own
aggrandizement only? When I left
copy of s. F. 249 at J. J. Hill's private
Office, he caved ON that 5th day of
April 1907 and ordered all court re-
sistance dropped to hush up the fight
of the people against the highway
robbers.
I understand that the r. r. and W.
commission got $50, 900 for 1907 and
SIS, 900 for 1908 for the purpose of put
ting higher value on roads than you
did and for grafters on the commits
sion and for hush-up purpose.
On September 1906 there was a deal
between the republican gang and the
democratic gang to hush up. The
people did not permit it. The same
gang made the same deal again be-
tween April 9Th and 9Th, 1907, and
when I saw it, took the train home
5:s5 p. m. the latter day.
/ am satisfied that those Office graft
ers do not want us to have live fe-
deration of farmers, because Eric Oh
son pretty much alone could scare J.
J. Hill to sue for peace allow 1873 per
cent reduction of passenger rates, 25
per cent of class rates and 20 per cent
average on grain, coal, lumber and
live stock in Minnesota. What could
not 100000 farmers federated ac-
complish?
However, am at home and over
seeing highways at $1.5o per 8 hours
work, receiving $500 when using team;
write like this when I care not to
work manually. The gang can starve
me out from active work that count
for reform, but I have a home and
stay at home when choose.
Fraternally yours,
ERIC OLSON.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-05-11
SITUATION MORE ASSURING
Efforts to Adjust Industrial Troubles
at San Francisco.

San Francisco. May 10.-The local
situation involved by industrial
troubles and particularly by the strike
of the employees Of the United Rail
roads, which has already led to Sc
rious rioting, looks more assuring.
The police have shown that they are
fully competent to cope with the mob
of strikers and their sympathizers and
it does not appear at all likely that
the aid of the militia will have to be
invoked In the meantime concilia.
tory committee Is at work trying to
settle the various strikes and to pre-
vent further disturbances caused by
Industrial differences. The committee
Of fifty which took charge of affairs
during the recent disaster Is again
actively engaged in an attempt to
bring about peace. It is thought that
the telephone strike is now in fair
way to be settled without much fur
ther delay and this will go far to-
wards clearing up the general situa.
tion.