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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
The kidnapping.

sAiichaef -Scimecassae spirited away
from his parents home June Il. Shortly
afterward demands for large sums for his
ransom began 10 pour in upon his we'll
TODD father through the mails and in
mysterious telephone messages. Threats
that the boy would be killed also were re-
ceived and his parents were in an agony
of terror lest harm would come to him.
DIR. Scimeca settled in this country in
1905 and soon built up a large practice on
the East Side. His prosperity was be-
iieved To havearoused the envy of Black
Handlers and To have prompted the kid
naping.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
Cox's Support the Requisite.

These politicians think that Roosevelt
would not hesitate an instant to join
hands with Cox from now on, il he can
be assured OF Cox's support in 1912. Cox
is the type of boss that Roosevelt has in
the past attacked in public and traffick-
ed with I'm private. they say, but now the
consorting Is I'm public.
These politicians. especially those who
are friendly to President Taft. don't like
the looks of that Ohio meeting at all and
agree that 1t spells menace to Taft.
1t is said that efforts will be redoubled
to prevent Roosevelt from capturing the
New York organization and thereby Sc
cure a body TO attach to the tail of the
western kite he has been making.
They say that with Ohio promised by
Boss Cox and New York. which Mr..
Roosevelt hopes to win himself. and the
radical western states that will fall at
his feet as overripe pears in the orchard
grass. Roosevelt would be too formidable
in 1912
Adverse Sentiment Increases.
When Roosevelt returns TO New York
next week he will find an increase of ad-
verse sentiment resulting from the events
and speeches of his western trip. In
making this statement l do not express
any personal opinion, but only aim to por-
tray the sentiment which exists and is
manifested in the general tone Of the talk
one hears all around.
Aside from the violent criticism by the
metropolitan press, and which l do not
take as authority for the statement made
above. is the fact that on every side one
hears expressions Of reprobation of many
of Mr.. Roosevelt's acts in the west.
He is being criticised first for his atti-
tude toward Taft, his failure to stand up
and do generous and gracious justice to
him. He is savagely criticised for
his attack on the Supreme Court. and no
longer than yesterday one OF ms closest
political lieutenants and workers person
ally expressed to me his regret that
Roosevelt had made that speech, and
said IL WAS hurting him fhrnuR hnuf New
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
PROPOSES TO FIND OUT
WHY THEY ARE BALKED
Will Make Personal Investigation
in Every District.
EXCUSES ALL SOUND ALIKE
If Difficulties Are as Great as Ex-
aminers Represent, the
Controller Would
Know 1t.

Controller cf the Currency Lawrence o.
national bank examiners under him, as
serting that almost every recent national
bank failure could have been averted VI
the examiners had reported actual condi-
tlons.
Mr.. Murray refers to the similarity Of
the excuses offered by the examiners in
practically every case. and announces
that he intends to make personal In
vestigatIon Of every district. In order
TO do this he will, he says in his state
rent. go into the field himself for the
purpose of encountering In person some
CT these so-caIIed difficulties"
The controllers sharp letter comes close
upon the heels of the radical shake-up
I'm the ranks Of the bank examiners by
which twenty men Thursday last were
shifted 10 new fields.
Plain Talk to Examiners.
In his statement TO the bank examiners
Ny Murray says:
bank failure since ! have been controller
the insolvency could have been averted
Lad the national bank examiner deter
mined the true condition and reported his
findings In time for me TO force cor
rection in the administration of the
banks affairs.
In view of the fact that the excuses
offered in practically every case by the
examiner were that he was unable to
exactly determine the true condition of
the bank: that the ofheexx<aRsf directors
would not correct the conditions brought
o. their attention by him, or any one or
another dozen reasons. the controller pro-
poses 10 20 into each of the various dis
tricts for the purpose of ascertaining AT
first hand why an examiner is unable TO
discover and report the true condition
or bank. In this work he viii be accom-
panied and assisted by Oscar l.. Telling,
formerly a national bank examiner and
nov chief of the division of reports i'm the
controllers Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10

The circulation of The Star,
both daily and Sunday, is greater
by many thousands than that Of
any other Washington newspaper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
Sermon by Archbishop Glennan.

While the vast assemblase was Ettend-
ing the mass at the foot OF Mount Royai,
a large congregation was listening 10
Archbishop Glennan OF st. Louis In ST.
Patrick's Church. The cardinal legate
stopped there for moment on his way
10 the mountain. Archbishop Hewley OF
st. Johns, y. b.. was the celeDrant OF
the. mass and Cardinal Logue presided.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
.BAYONETS ARE USED
BY MEXICAN TROOPS
FIGHT is RENE WED d
ON RULES OF HOUSE
Is Precipitated by Mr..
Hughes But House Set
ties Question.

WASHINGTON. Dec. IA re-
newal of the fight on the rules which
signalized the past session Of Con-
gress was precipitated today by Rep
resentative Hughes, of New Jersey.
The point raised was whether a bill
considered in the regular order OF
the last calendar Wednesday could
be taken up again today.
Hughes asked the House to pro-
coed with the consideration of bill
for codifcation and revision of laws
relating to the judiciary, which oc-
cupied all last Wednesday. Fitzger-
aid, of New York led the Democratic
side in opposing consideration OF the
bill. He declared the House under
the rules should decide for itself what
business 1t should consider.
Speaker Cannon finally ruled that
there was no precedent exactly fitting
the situation, but that the House
should not be deprived Of doing what
it desires. Therefore he ruled that
the House could settle for itself
whether 1t weld proceed to consider
the bill. BY lac to 81 the House de-
cided TO take up the measure.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
BROWNS SEAT
May Be Contested on Ground
of Violating Corrupt
Practices Act.

CHARLESTON, Dec. 14,-While no
formal protest has been filed by Re-
publican leaders in this state, they
have raised the claim that the expen-
ditures OF Democratic Congressman
elect w G. Brown, OF the Second dis
trict, exceed the limit allowed by the
West Virginia corrupt practices law
The statement filed by Brown
shows his total campaign expenses to
have been s5.O17.3O. The law fixes
a graduated scale of expenses based
on the number Of voters, and the
claim is made that the limit in the
Second district would have been
$3.50.
Congressman sturgiss Republican,
who was defeated. spent 1894, accord.
ing TO his sworn statement.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
ELKINS's CONDITION
AT Present is the Best in the
Last Several Weeks of
His Illness.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-In spite
of kilograms from West Virginia 10
the effect that Senator Elkins is no
better and other disquicting reports
as to his condition, it is stated at mis-
residence and at his office that tho
senator is in the best condition he
has been in for many weeks. Monday
night when the report became cir
culated here that his condition was
growing worse, Mrs. ElMns, Miss
Katherine Elkins, Mrs. Arthur Lee
and Senator Henry G. Davis we're all
among the guests at the opening pro-
duction of play by a prominent
Washington society man. The occas-
ion was one which drew heavily upon
Washington society and the Elkins
family felt no hesitation in taking
their accustomed place in the func-
tion. Hence it is considered they do
not consider his condition critical
by any means,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
FIVE WIVES
Cerodo Man Has According
TO the Story of One
Of Them.


HUNTINGTON. Dec. 14--Allegirg
that a man who calls himself Harry
Cornell, and is supposed to be living
in the vicinity of ceredo, w. va, is
her husband, and that he has four
other wives. Mrs. Charles H. Robe,
of No. 40 South Twentieth street,
Plttsburg, Pa, has been here seek
ing to bring about his arrest. She
alleges that ten years ago she MARI
ed the man under the name of Robe
In Pittsburg, and after living with
her a month, deserted and married
Josephine Bradley, of Pittsburg, at
Youngstown, o. He was given n
nine months term in the Allegheny
Jail for bIgamy and after his release
went to Dravosburg, Pa, where un-
der the name of Harry Cornell. IL is
said to have married Miss Jones.
She had him arrested on a charge Of
desertion, but he jumped his bail
bond and went to Johnstown, Pa,
where he is said to have married
again. and then he went to ceredo,
where he is alleged to have a wife.
Wives two and three each have a
child.
Wife No. was able to trace
Cornell through his efforts to obtain
an estate in which he has an inter-
est, when he made AFFIDAVIT: that his
name was Robe.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
After the Bullets Are Shot
and No Prisoners
Are Taken.
REBELS WIN VICTORY
And Government Puts Thirty
Men to Death Who
Are Disloyal.

Ell PAso, Dec i4-ln yesterdays
engagement the reyolutionists fought
General Navarro 10 a standstill, al
though inferior in numbers.
All told seventy-four persons are
known TO have been killed. Navarro
took no prisoners. 1t was contrary
TO his orders and in his camp today
there are no wounded of the other
side. Bayonets completed the work
of bullets.
After the battle every man in
cerro Prieto who could not prove
his innocence of participation in the
revolt was shot, Thirty of them
we're killed.
Navarro places his own dead at
one captain, lieutenant and twelve
soldiers. Twenty-seven of his men,
two officers, were severely
wounded.
The battle occurred at the village
of cerro Prieto 100 miles west OF
There were 200 revolu.
while the government
troops numbered $50.
The revolutionists are now in
camp five miles southwest of cerro
Prieto. and their camp fires can be
seen by the government forces.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Dec. ~
Mexican federal troops completely
routed the revolutionists in chihua-
hua and captured the city of Guer.
roro, according to a telegram re-,
seiyed today by the state depart
ment from Ambassador Wilson a;
Mexico City, who says, this has
cleared the state OF Chihauhau and
other parts of the country of all or
sanized resistance to the govern
ment."
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
Crime as a Result Of Joining
Others in An Appeal
Case.

BY a decision of Judge Mason in
The circuit court at Fairmont Joe
Ferrano, one Of the Italian Black
Hand members arrested here in 1903
ana who was sentenced 10 serve a
year in jail by Judge Mason in June
OF that year, was sent back to jail
to serve about seven months more.
Ferrano has already been in jail for
almost eighteen months but must
still serve time.
Ferrano was one of the nineteen
Italians arrested when an alleged
Black Hand society meeting was dis
covered and the members arrested
in 1909 at Shagtown. The members
of the alleged society were tried BY
Judge Mason and some were SEN
fenced TO various terms in prison,
Following the conviction and SEN
tence their case was appealed by
their attorneys and has been in the
courts every since. A few weeks ago
the supreme court decided the case
unfolding the decision of Judge Ma,
son and the men sentenced to the
penitentiary are now serving time
there.
Franc was sentenced to a year in
iail and was naed $500. He had
served about three months of hi.
time wher the case was appealed
Since that time he has been in jai
waiting the decision of the suprem,
court, Following the decision o
the supreme court habeas corpui
proceedings were Instituted by tn,
attorney for the Italian to secure. hi,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
THE FUNERAL
OF Mrs. Bridge Francis is Held Wed,
ncsduy Morning.

The funeral Of Mrs. Bridget Fran
ris, who died Monday morning at l
o'clock as the result Of paralysis, was
held Wednesday morning. Two spe-
cial street cars we're pressed into SER
vice, leaving the residence at Wilson
burg al $3.50 o'clock. and the body
was taken TO the Church of the I'M
maculate Conception where high re-
QUEEN mass was held at 1880 O'Clock.
After the services at the church the
body was taken to Holy Cross Gene
terry and laid to rest. A large number
attended the funeral. and several
friends sent beautiful floral tributes.
The following acted as pail bear
crs: Edward Fahey, of Grafton; John
Welch. Grayson Cunningham. p. Con-
nell, Charles Elliott and Justice John
/ Flynn.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
CIVIC LIFE
Is the Subject of Discussion
at a Meeting in Wash
ington.

WASHINGTON, D. c. Dec. Ii
The American Civic Association.
which has for its object the cul;iva-
ton OF higher ideals Of civic life,
ana beauty in America today began
a three days session here. Among
the speakers is William Dudley
Foulkc, of Richmond. Ind, president
OF the National Municipal League,
who told OF the work that organiza-
ton is doing toward the promotion
OF improved municipal governments.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
RED CROSS SEALS
Are Now on Sale, and Shop
perS Are Invited to Buy
and Help in Campaign.

The Red Cross campaign is now ON.
million to fight tuberculosis" is
the slogan being used by those who
have charge or the distribution of the
Red Cross seals. shoppers pause to
buy Red cross seals for Christmas let
ters and packages" is another slogan
being sounded throughout the nation
in connection with the sale. Nation
ally tho campaign means a call for a
million dollars, and for West Virginia
a million seals as the goal for this
years sale.
The seals are placed on sale in all
Of the leading department and drug
stores. so that all may have chance
to purchase them and help in the
campaign.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
BY TELEPHONE
Trains Are Being Dispatched
on This Division of the
B. & o. Road.

Following out new plan for train
dispatching on the Monongah divis-
ion, the B. & o. has awarded con
tract for the Installation OF a new
telephone system on this division.
Telephones viii be used by the train
dispatchers The system is 10 be
completed in the near future, aad If
It proves successful will be put TO
more genral use over the entire B.
& o, system.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
KNIGHTS TEMpLARs MEET.

AT meeting of clarksburg Com
mandery No. 10, Knights Templars.
held Tuesday night. special work in
the knight Templar degree was
transacted and at the close a past
masters jewel was presented to Emil
nent Commander Charles W. Furbee.
a banquet was then held and adj
dresses were made by several promi-
nent members. Sixty or more mem.
bers were present.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
SERVES TWO YEARS
FOR ONLY ONE YEAR

release from Jail as he had already
served eighteen months, being orig
inally sentenced to but twelve
months Judge Mason decided that
while the Italian was in jail all that
time only the time could be counted
on. the sentence. from the time he
was sentenced until the appeal was
taken up. This viii leave about
seven more months for the man to
serve, making his entire time in
jail about two years instead OF one
year as was the original sentence.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
OPEN TONIGHT
Will the New Store of Mitch
ell and Sasse in the
McCarty Building.

The mems furnishing store OF the
new firm, Mitchell 6 sasse, as pre-
vIously announced. will be formerly
opened tonight. The doors will be
open from 1880 to 10 O'Clock to the
general public, and all are invited
10 attend. The cadenza orchestra
has been engaged TO furnish a mu-
steal program during the evening.
Visitors will be presented with an
opening souvenir.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
PARDON
Granted to Mnn Who Carried a
Gun Home.

Governor Glasscock has granted a
remittance of jail sentence to De-
bert Campbell, Norfolk and West
ern brakeman, who was sentenced
under the old pistol toting act to
pay fine and serve 30 days in
prison for carrying revolver.
Campbell showed that he had re-
ceiyed the gun by express and was
taking 1t home at the time he was
charged in the Indictment of break
ing the states laws.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
ONE DEAD
AS Result of Taking Stuff
Purchased at a City
Dispensary.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Dec. IA
John L. Stealey, aged years, is dead.
and his brother, Chester, aged 1
years, IS in serious condition as the
result. II is said. of an overdose OF
atropine sulphate from city dispen-
sary prescription. The mother says
she followed instructions. The coro-
ner will make an Investigation.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
NOT GUILTY
OF the Murder is the Verdict
of the Jury in LIE Blanc
Case.

CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 14-Judge Bond
today finished his charge to the jury
N the Leblanc murder trial and the
case was given the jury this morn
ms.
The jury returned a verdict of not
guilty after being out an hour and
thirly-tive minutes. Cheers went up
IN the court room when the verdict
was announced.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
THEFT
OF Horse Brush from Mr.. Stewart
Gets James Baker in Jail.

James Baker was sent TO Jail We'd
nesday morning for thirty days and
fined $40 and costs by Justice G.
II. Gordon for the theft OF horse
brush from W. w. Stewart, valued
al 50. Baker confessed to the theft
After stealing the brush he took It
to the Riley Harness shop and tried
to sell IT, Mr., Riley became suspic-
ious and notified Mr.. Stewart with
the result as stated.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15

Miss Bernice Manear returned to-
day from Huthison, where she had
been visiting her brother, n. E.
Manear.
0. c. Straight visited friends at
Hutchinson recently.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
SEVERAL
Wells Arc Drilling for OIL and Chs
In the County.

on the West Fork river in Coal
district the clarksburg Brick Com
pany has started to drill a test we'll
on its own property. On the same
stream in Clark district. Morgan &
Tichenal are drilling sest on the
J. +. Jones heirs property. On the
same stream, and in the same dis
trict, Judge Nathan Gof is down
1850 feet at test well on his own
farm.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
MINERS ENTOMBED
I'm WISE COUNTY, VA.
As the Result of An Explo-
sion in Bond Coal Com
.pany Mines.

BLuBrEiDD. W Va pee. li.-An
explosion IN the coal mine Of the Bond
Coal Company in Wise county, Va.
today entombed twenty-six miners.
The latest report from the Greene
mine near Tacoma indicates thlt
twenty-five Of the twenty-slx miners
cntomhed are dead. The explosion
was caused by a quantity Of gas be-
coming isnited in the workings Of the
mine.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15

WASHINGTON, d. G., Dec. IA
The mine in which the explosion oc-
Cured is believed to be the Greene
mine located al Tacoma, Wise coun-
~, Va. Records Of the bureau Of
mines here Indicate that this is the
only mine in that county operated by
the Bond Coal Company and 1t is a
small plant employing less than fifty
men.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
TEN MILLION DOLLARS ARE
GIVEN FOR FUND FOR PEACE
Makes the Transfer in Wash
ington to a Board of
Trustees.
ROOT is SELECTED
AS Chairman of the Board
Which Will Have Big
=. Annual Revenue.

WASHINGTON, n. G.. Dec. H.
Andrew Carnegie today transferred to
hoard OF trustees ten million dol
lars In I'VE per cent first mortgage
bonds, revenue which will be used to
"hasten the abolition of international
war and establish a LISTING word of
peace
The board or trustees comprises
men OF International reputation. The
formal transfer was made at meet
Ing in the rooms of the Carnegie Re-
search Foundation.
The trustees organized by choosing
as president, senator Root, and Pres
ident TAFT as. honorary president of
the foundation. The method by
which an annual income of half a
million dollars shall be expended is
left by Mr.. Carnegie entirely in the
hands OF the trustees. The founda-
ton will he perpetual and when the
establishment OF universal peace IS at
tanned, the donor provides that the
revenue shall be donated to the BAN
ishment OF the next most degrading
evil or evils" suppression Of which
would most advance the progress,
elevation and happiness OF men,"
Following the transfer announce
mcnt was Immediately made of the
establishment of a Carnegie peace
ind.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
NlILLs no sHrT nowN.

The mills of the Phillips Sheet
and Tin Plate Company here will
shut down next Saturday for extern
siye repairs. The suspension will
continue until the first of the year.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15

water street colored school 1876
loeal '............ 2,1sS
At the High school one class room
and the assembly hall have been di-
vided by partition in order to accom-
modate the students in attendance.
In the two rooms made from the as
sembly hall seventy-one students are
seated for study and class rooms.
AT the Central school only four
rooms for grades remain, and III
these are 2O1 pupils. Six additional,
rooms have been rented in the Con
church building to provide for the
grades in the central part OF the
city. In those six rooms 156 chill
dren have been enrolled.
The carlile building has an en-
rollment of $50 in eight school
rooms, and fifty-six of these attend
only one-half of each day. In addi-
ton to the pupils in attendance at
the Garlic building, 1913 are in at
tendance in one rented room on
Park avenue, and two rented
rooms at Kelley Hill.
In Alta Vista the principals office
is used for a school room, and sew
enteen pupils are thus provided for. /
The Piemont school has an en-
roi;ment of 4l.6 in eight rooms. Two
rented rooms in the Patton building
accommodates forty-eight additional
pupils from that section of the city.
Four rooms now building Stealey
Heights will greatly relieve the con
gestion OF the Pierpont school, when
the new building there is completed.
The largest enrolment in single
rooms are forty-eight in the High
school, sixty-two in the Central
school, nfty-fve in Garlic, sixty
rhree in the PIerpont forty-nine in
West End. fifty-two in Alta Vista.
and fifty-two in the Water street.
colored
The largest percentages of daily
attendance based on enrolment are
in the regular school buildings; the
smallest in the rented buildings
ninety-three for the High school,
eighty-nine for Garlic, efghty-fye
for Pierpont, eighty-seven for Water
street, colored, eighty-two for Goff
church, seyenty-four for Kelley Hill
and eighty-three for Patton build
ins.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15

W. L. swlsher, of Salem, is city
business visitor.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15

c. c. Ward is here from volga.,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15

NEW YORK. Dec. carnegie's
gift of ten million dollars for theffur-
herancc OF international peace brings
the total Of his benefactions to some-
thing like one hundred and eighty
million dollars.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15

]. W. Cottrill, of Morgansville, is in
the city on business
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15

Or. Samuel E. strother, of Salem,
was in the city last night.