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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
Democratic Uncertainty.

Commenting upon the prediction
that the Democrats may win out at
the fall elections, the Saturday
Evening Post sounds a warning to
the younger voters OF the country
respecting the consequences OF send
ing Democratic candidates to the
House of Representatives.
Although the Saturday Evening
Post, being "insurgent, tries 70
show that neither party name has
much significance and that the most
hopeful political movement is the
radical movement within the Repub-
lican party, yet it gives few facts
that remind one how inconsistent,
irresponsible and devoid of sub
stantial7 leadership and of coherent
policies the Democratic party actual
ly is when it comes to national poll
tics.
Turning out the Republicans, the
Saturday Evening Post says, would
mean the turning in OF the other
party some of whose southern sena-
tors voted for a protective duty on
raw materials and some of whose
New York representatives rushed
to the support of Speaker
Cannon when his powers were
first threatened by Repui,-
lican disaffection. 1t would mean,
for example. the Saturday Evening
Post points out, that such fellows
would dictate partisan tactics to rep.
resentatives in Congress from several
states as Tom Taggart, of Indiana,
and Roger Sullivan, of Illinois. 1t
would mean also, that periodical
says. the dividing of the
two leading political parties SO that
both could easily escape responsible
ity for anything that might happen,
1t would mean, in addition, an un-
stable. suffering period of wishy-
washy Organism together with sew
eral other political schemes from
other Democratic leaders and thu
Lord only knows where else, ali
patched together in a big crazy quill,
and bound round with a wooden
string" The Democrats themselves
would not know in what direction
they were moving. No American
voter today knows exactly what the
Democrats would do to the country
should they get hold of it, unless i,
is that they would try to tear the
tariff into smithereens the first dasr
out of the box and plunge the coun.
try into the throes of disastrou.
panic. After that would come
economic chaos.
American citizens, and the younger
ones especially. ought to beware 81
any such uncertainty as would re
suit from control of national policie.
by the Democratic party.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
INSPECTION
OF Plans and Specifications
of Protected Water and
Sewer Improvements.

=
Engineers Herring and Fuller OF
New York have completed plans and
specifications for the projected wa.
terworks and sewerage improve.
ments. authorized by q. bond issue,
and the same are ons Isxhibltlon at
the Office OF the waten works and
sewerage board. 81 s.
A number of citizens at the re-
quest of the board met at the boards
Office last night and thoroughly In.
spected the plans and speclfcstio
the boards idea being to receiv such
suggestions as might be made. Those
present seemed quite we'll pleased
with the same.
AT Friday nights session OF the
city council the board will ask for
authority to receive sealed proposals
for various parts of the work. The
board has decided that these bids be
received until 10 O'Clock noon. June
s. However. the decision is subject
to the will of the council.
James R. McClintock of the en-
cheering firm was present at the
meeting last night and he carefully
explained the plans.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
BOY INJURED
While Attempting to Get on a
Moving Freight Train at
Wilsonburg

Gail Mccartney. aged ls years, son
of John Mccartney. of wilsonburg,
narrowly escaped death Sunday
night at 8 o'clock in the western
yards of the railroad at wilsonburg.
He escaped with his left arm mashe.
so badly that it had to he amputated
and with two scalp wounds. The
arm was amputated at the Kessler
hospital at 10 o'clock the same night.
With several other boys he was a.
tempting to board freight train
which was pulling off siding. He
asserts that one of the boys pushed
him off and he fell one of his arms
going under the wheel.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
SUCCEEDS LOREE
Williams of Grafton is Pro-
NOTED to General Superin-
tendent at Wheeling.

BALTIMORE. Nd, April so.-An-
nouncement has been made at Balti-
more and Ohio railroad headquarters
that effective May /. Robert Finney.
general superintendent of the Pitts
burg system, becomes general agent at
Pittshurg. w. c. Eoree, general SUI
perintendent of the Wheeling system.
is transferred to the Pittsburg system
and L. B. Williams. superintendent OF
the Monongah division at Grafton, w.
Va. has been promoted to succeed Mr..
Loree as general superintendent Of
the Wheeling system. H. r. Laugh
lin. trainmaster, will succeed Mr.. Will
liams as superintendent of the Monon-
gah division.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
HUMAN BEINGS
Spread Most of the Great
White Plague in New
York City.

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. May -
Only two and one-ha1f per cent of all
tuberculosis in New York City comes
from infected milk. butter or meat
from bovine sources, according to the
statement made by DR.. William H.
Park OF that city today before the
Pathological Section OF the National
Association for the Study and Pre-
yention of Tuberculosis. at its sixth
annual meeting. Moreover, said Dir.
Park, this small percentage is found
mainly in children. n other words,
pulmonary tuberculosis among
adults is contracted solely from hui
man beings, and is not the result of
impure milk or foods.
Or. Park supported throughout his
paper the contention advanced by Dr..
Robert Koch. of Berlin, tae discoy-
erer of the tuberculosis germ, when
he stood practically alone in declar-
ing that cattle did not transmit pull
monary tuberculosis to human be-
ings.
The sifinificance of these conciu-
sions, IT was pointed out. will be to
direct all the energy of the cam
paign against tuberculosis to com
batting the spread of this disease
among human beings. by preventing
splitting, bad housing, overwork and
other conditions bad for the health.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
DEEDS, NOT WORDS
.clarksburs People Have Absolute
Proof of Deeds ut Home.

IT'S not words but deeds that prove
true merit.
The deeds of Doan's Kidney Pills,
For clarksburg kidney sufferers.
Have made their local reputation.
Proof lies in the testimony OF
clarksburg people who ave been
cured to stay cured.
A. ]. Smallwood, 776 West Pike
street, clarksburg, West Virginia.
says: For two years suffered from
a dull ache across the small of my
back and in the morning L was lame
and sore. i had to be very careful in
STOPPING and lifting. as at such times
sharp pains darted through my kid
neys. Thinking. that Doan's Kidney
Pills might prove OF benefit to me, I
procured a box at Wells & Haymak-
er's drug store and they did me a
great deal of good" Statement Civ
en- Nov. %. 1902.
a Permanent Cure.
The above statement was confirmed
on July S. 1907, by Mr.. Smallwood in
the following words: Since taking
Doan's Kidney Pills in 1902, / have
not. suffered from kidney trouble. j
consider them fine remedy and am
always glad to recommend them to
other people suffering from kidney
complaint
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Mliburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the -Doan's-and
take no other.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
ELKS' HOME
Construction Contract Award
ed to a Parkersburg
Builder.

AT 1870 o'clock Monday afternoon
the Elks company awarded the con-
tract to r.. l.. Brown, of Parkers-
burg. for the construction of the
Elks' home on West Pike street for
s36.763. There were seven bidders.
The contract provides that the work
shall begin May 20 and he completed
in six months from that date.
The building is 10 be thrae stories
high with frontage on West pike
street of 40 172 feet and depth of
l46 feet. 1t is to he built of brick
and terra Gotta.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
DATES FIXED
BY the Executive Committee
for the Second State
Meeting of Elks.

The executive committee of the
West Virginia Association of the Be
nevolent and Protective order of
Elks at a meeting at the Chancellor
hotel in Parkersbnrg Sunday fixed
September IS and 20 as the dates for
holding the second annual state meet
ing of Efks. The meeting will be in
Charleston The first session will be
at 10 o'clock the forenoon Of septem-
Der % and the meeting viii end with
banquet the nigh: of September %.
Committeeman Will II. Cole. Score
tary Jay Reeter. p. II. Shields and
Lucins Hoge, Jr., attended from this
city.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05

Senate. HIS services in that body
have been OF inestimable value to
West Virginia. On every question
where the interests OF his state we're
at. stake he has been found fighting
for its best interests and the Inter
ests of his constituents. 1t was
through Senator Scott and his col
leagne. Senator Elkins, that West
virginia's interests were protected
during the passing of the recent tar
IN laws. Had # not been for them
West Virginia would have suffered a
great deal by the new tariff laws. as
they were first put before the Sem
ate. On all proposed legislation of
material character Senator Scott has
been found on the right side. He
has always been found in his seat,
ready to defend to the extent OF his
ability, those bills which he believed
to be right and for the good of his
state and nation.
1t is our humble opinion that If
the people of West Virginia do not
return Senator Scott to the United
States Senate they will make
the greatest mistake of their lives.
There is no one in the state capable
of filling his seat so well as he. It is,
true that there are many men in the
state who, after they were trained,
would make good senators. But
why train new man, when the
training of the one that now occu-l
pies the seat has just heen brought
10 It's best? He is better prepared !
now to fill a seat in the United
states Senate than ever before.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
Getting into Scott Rand woeon

There are few Republican news
papers in the state which have not as
yet announced their position in the
senatorial contest but they are so
few that an occasional announce
ment of position arrests conspicuous
attention owing to the fact that as
the campaign progresses the tardy
ones fall into line with the Scott
forces. The Parkersburg Dispatch
News has been showing signs of
climbing into the popular band
wagon and the Central Republican
PUBLISHED at Belington makes the fol-
lowing announcement in its latest
issue:
Up to this time this paper has
made no announcement as to where
1t stood In the senatorial fight now
going on in the state. We think that
in fairness TO our readers that 1t is
now time that we should express
ourselves relative TO our position in
this fight 1t has been with a great
deal OF interest that We have been
watching the fight between the
junior senator and Mr.. Hubbard.
We think that Senator Scott should
he returned to the United States
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
How Mr.. Hubbard Wants II.

The Charleston Mail says this is
how Mr.. Hubbard wants it:
Oh. yes. gentle reader. Congress-
man Hubbard is very anxious for pri-
mary elections-in counties that he
believes he might control. Bnt in
kanawha county. whore the Repuh-
lican voters are three to one for se',-
ator Scott for reelection. he and his
ardent pporters-Messrs Dawson
and smith-want no primary cleo
ton to illustrate which candidate the
people prefer. Figure it out to suit
yourself.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
BIG Zine
Must Be Paid by Standard
1 Says United States SUI
preme Court.

NEW YORK. May s.-The United
States court of appeals handed down
a decision today affirming the decree
of the United States circuit court in
which the standardsoil Company was
fined. 10000 BY Jury in the western
district of New York for a violation
of the interstate commerce act.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
Marion and Harrison.

Lamar c. Powell's arraignment OF
the Jacobs-Lehman gang at Fairmonr
applies with equal force to certain
gang here. Mr. Powell directs at
tention to the fact that Marion
county is a Republican county but
under the domination of the Jacobs
Lehman following it has lost two
state elections. While the gang here
which tried to throw the county
into the Democratic columns had
been in full operation only few
months 1t succeeded in giving some
OF the important county Offices to the
Democrats and only heroic work on
the part of loyal Republican leaders
and workers kept it from turning all
the comfy Offices over to the Demo-
erals.
or the Marion county situation Col.
Powell says in part and it is easy to
realize why that county went Demo-
cratic, If he states the facts. and Just
as easy to apply the lesson to Har-
rison county:
II have not the slightest doubt
hut that very large majority of the
Republicans of Marion county are
sick OF the domination of the Jacobs
Lehman crowd and by the same
lnt.a1 .I,n,, a.a f.;o,d, or c.n.tor
Scott. Especially is this true in
Fairmort, Warrington and along
the river front. Back in the country
districts OF the county the farmers
are becoming enlightened on the con-
ditions. and they. too. are lining up
against the gangsters and in favor
of Senator Scott. The fact is that
the Jacobs-Lehman crowd have
dominated and conducted affairs in
such way that the public is dissat-
istled and unless some very radical
changes are brought about the party
is pretty sure to experience repeti-
ton OF the defeats at the last two
elections.
For instance. it is a we'll known
fact that $4,000 was sent to Marion
county by the state committee at the
election in 1904 to help carry the
county for the Republicans. but in
spite Of this very poor showing was
made.
In. 1908 the party candidates were
assessed enormous sums of money
which have never been accounted
for. The regular treasurer of the
county committee was not allowed to
handle the funds, and the general be-
lief is that the assessments were en-
tirely arbitrary and excessive, and
never got beyond the control OF CEN
tain interested gentlemen. !.
Exactly what principle has to do
with these men was shown in 1908,
whens although they professed to be
Republicans, they had to he paid a
large sum to get them to run the
Republican ticket at the head of
their newspaper
"on account of these things a
movement was started some time ago
to Dust the gangsters from control
and the movement resulted in their
being thrown out at the meeting of
the county committee last week.
when i was elected chairman and
Mr.. Moran secretary. The meeting
was entirely legal. An effort was
made by the defeated crowd to Dust
fonr members of the committee on
trumpet up charges, but in this last
desperate move they were defeated.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
PRIMARY ORDERED.

The Republican Congressional
Committee has decided that primary
elections be held in the eight coun-
ties of this district between June 10
and II to nominate candidate for
Congress. The county committees
are to designate the dates they de-
sire.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
DENIES RuMoR.

WASHINGTON. D. C, May a..
Secretary Ballinger today emphatic
ally denied the rumor that he con-
templated retiring from Taft's cab
met.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
EXPLOSION
OF Dynamite in a Range
Causes Death of an
Aged Woman.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May ~
Mrs. Yetta Friedman aged 10 years,
was killed by an explosion of what
was believed to have been dynamite
in a range AT her home on South
Randolph street today. Several
other persons were injured and the
house was badly damaged. 1t is be,
lieved the explosive was placed In
fuel by enemies.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
ROOSEVELT IN DENMARK.

KoRsoER, Denmark, May o
Col. Roosevelt arrived here at $3.50
O'Clock this afternoon and soon af-
forwards with his party took train
for Copenhagen, about sixty miles
distant.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
WANTED FOR ASSAULT.

Sylvester Ashcraft Is wanted by Jus
tiee W. P. Camp on the Charge Of as
sault and battery upon Nancy McAtee
and sister Monday morning. Both of
his victims bear marks Of the assault.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
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DEATH IS ALLEGED I
TO BE FROM POISON. 1
A,RKANsAs fgTy Kans.. Apr, !,

: ARKANSAS CITY, Kans.. Apr =
= cO.-I,ouIs w. Patterson and =
= Mrs, Emma Allen Porter. his Z
= mother, were arrested today 4
! charged with causing the death Z
{ by poison OF Mrs. Francis Kim =
> nell Patterson, wife of G. W. Z
I. Patterson. bride of a few Z
: months VINO died January last. Z
, Mrs. Patterson was wealthy. Z
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05

WASHINGTON. d. G.. May al
The Senate today amended and
passed a bill which had already
passed the House 10 create bureau
of mines in the interior department.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
AT A sTAND-sTILL.

COLUMBUS, O.. May 2-The
strike situation is apparently at a
stand still. Some street cars were
run under the protection of the po-
ice,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05

COPENHAGEN. May Roosevelt
visited various places OF interest in
Denmarks's capital and adjacent
country today.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
announcements

CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
I announce myself a candidate for
the Republican nomination this year
for Congress from the First congress
sional district of West Virginia. sub
ject to the will of the Republican
voters.
CHARLES E. CARDIGAN.
Moundsviile. w. Va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
DIED FROM POISON.

KANSAS CITY. April so.-pr. Lud-
wig Hekloen today testified at the
Hyde trial that in ibis opinion Colonel
and Chrisman s@ope died from the
effects of some convulslve paralyzing
poison. & TIfYW
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05

CHANCE OF AnDREss-when
ordering the address of your paper
changed always give the old as well
as the new address. ]: your paper
Is not received regularly. notify Us,
and always give postofice. county
and state.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-01-06
Suddenly he heard q uoice beside him ca
claim "Futher!n

Suddenly he heard uoice beside him ea-
claim "Futher!'
forth. A fine driZZle was falling. but
he did not feel it. He was thinking
of Jenny. If he could only find her.
1t was after 10 when he turned into
Doyers street, where evil looking Chi
namen We're skulking under dark door.
ways. He recognized the smell of
burning opium. He heard the harsh
tomtom in the Chinese theater. and
from the Doyers street mission just be-
yond came the fragment of gospel
hymn:
o depths of mercy, Can it be
That gate was left ajar for me?
For moment he stood irresolute.
almost ready to go in and throw him.
self on his knees and pray for help. Ii
he could only find her.
He turned into narrow street. They
were making repairs here, and he sat
down on the iron elbow of a sewer
pipe. He sat in the rain and thought
in dull way for a long time. wo-
man approached.
"Feelin' blue. amt We? Same here"
she said
whats the matter?'
I'm all broke up" she said. I'm
takin' too much dope. Fifty pills day
Is too much. amt it? The missionary
doctor says | can't live six months If
| don't cut il OUT
DO you know Jenny Moran?''
Jenny Moran? Sure. She amt
here. She's a good locker. She stayed
down here one day. Ii you want to
find her you must go uptown"
Moran rose. Within twenty minutes
he was walking along Sixth avenue in
the neighborhood of several second
rate music halls He entered one and
sat down mt table.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-01-06
uurtner WORD.

Joe got up and walked up and down.
He was now deeply disturbed. far
more SO than he would admit even to
himself. This sudden demonstration
of firmness by the flabby. vacillating
mouthing Moran well. he did not like
1t. No man is so dangerous. he knew.
as coward with a gun when he
screws his cowardice up to the stick
ing point.
For whom was that revolver meant?
He cast about in his mind. but
Moran's hatreds were SO all inclusive.
social and economic in the aggregate
rather than particular.
OR course John j. Haggleton was to
Moran the incarnation of all the evils
OF society. including the evil whose
victim Jenny was. But then John j.
was away on his yacht for three
months cruise, and Moran could not
reach him with Il pistol across the At
lantic ocean at Gibraltar
There were the police and the police
Justices on their benches and the set
tlement workers. whose social superior
ity Moran detested. He hated the ear
of Russia and the president of the re-
public. He did not like Jackson He
merely tolerated Gentle. He had be-
gun to sheer at Philip and his sudden
business activity He was rude to
Margaret Lawrence. Jenny alone he
loved.
Perhaps he hated Joe himself He
thought of the pistol again 1t might
be turned against himself. Joe stop.
ped in his walk
He remembered what he had heard
the leader of the gang he had deserted
in time say upon one occasion: when
man Threatens you with gun, shoot
first. and do it quick. But IL you're
unarmed grab hold OF his windpipe
and squeeze. No man who feels the
life being strangled out of him ever
has presence of mind enough left to
shoot. Instinct tells him TO tear those
hands away from his throat-to get
air. to breathe. He'll drop his gun to
do it before he'll fire"
Joe became calmer. He lighted a
cigarette. After all, what was he
thinking about? Such nonsense. He
dismissed the subject from his mind
Hes an awful bluff" he said. half
alcud. Hes Il w1nu anarchist. He
couldn't blow up red balloonr'
Moran had left the office little be-
fore > in the afternoon He stood
moment trying to decide what to do.
1t WAS no use to return to the office
in his present state of mind he con
Guided. Moreover. they would close
in an hour. He entered a saloon and
had Il drink. then took another and
still another with Il couple of men
who, he discovered. were fomenting
trouble among the hands of the bakery
combine.
He mechanically ate of the free
lunch" and emerged at 8 O'Clock to
take up his hunt for his daughter.
He walked the Bowery from China
town to the Bible House. back and
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-01-06
The Battle
By
CLEVELAND MOFFETT
Novelized by the Author
From His Great Play of
the Same Name
Copyright. 1909. by G. w. Dillins
ham Co.
Continued from page 81

"You won't refuse-you can't refuse. .
she pleaded And then. as she saw
bis face still cold. IF you should re-
fuse, then-then. Phil. l should say
that-that you had changed somehow
and were not the noble. high minded
man to whom l gave my love-"
Philips lips frightened.
"Margaret." he said in low tone.
1--WE seem to have made something
serious out of little thing. But. since
we have done it. let me say this: love
you with all my heart. | have asked
YOU to be my wife. l will work for
you gladly and do everything in my
power to make you happy, but you
may as well understand now. once for
all, that as man | claim the right
of deciding what shall be done at i'm
portant moments l may make mis-
takes, although shall try to decide
wisely; but. whether | make mistakes
or not, what | decide is the thing that
shall be-"