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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
CLTlMATUM IS
TURNED DOWN
Persia Refuses to Bow to
Russian Bear.
ASSASSINS ARE BUSY

Prominent Reacticnary Murdered and
Attempt Made on, Life Of Former
Premier - Guard Protecting W..
Morgan shuster Is Doubled-Eng-
land Advises Compliance With
Cars Demands, but Note Fror1
Grey is Thrown Into wasssse,<e..
Teheran, Dec, 2.--There is an chi
demic of assassination here. Mu3slr-
Ed-Dowleh, a prominent reactionary,
has been murdered and an attempt
was made on the life of Mushir-Es-
Sultaneh. former premier and minis
ter Of the interior during the regime
of the ex-shah, Mohammed Ali Mira,
Mushir.E .Es-Sultaneh was shot in the
leg ana his coachman killed
The guard that is protecting w.
Morgan Shuster the treasurer gen
eral, has been strengthened
The national council rejected the
Russian ultmatum by big majority.
The foreign minister has resigned.
Speaker after speaker declared it
was impossible for Persia ever to
sign away her own independence. If
Russia should wrest it from her that
would be Gods will.
A deputation Of members OF the ma
tioDal council waited OH w. Morgan
Shuster before the vote was taken in
the parliamentary session. The Amer
ican treasurer general begged them
to consult only the interests of their
country and not 20 consider hlm. The
national council registered its re.
fusal TO comply with the terms Of the
Russian ultimatum just a quarter of
an hour before the time limit OF the
expiration of the ultimatum
In the meanwhile large silent
crowds thronged around the precincts
of the parliament house, waiting for
the verdict of the deputies.
The vote of the national council on
rejection of the ultimatum was cast
I'm open session. A subsequent secret
sitting of the members was practical
ly unanimous against compliance.
A cablegram from British Foreign
Minister Sir Edward Grey was pre-
sented to the assembly during its sit.
ting. The dispatch urgently advised
compliance with the Russian de-
mands but some of the members
pointed out that England's advice has
hitherto only led to Persian humilia.
tlon. They believed that Sir Ed
ward Grey had been misinformed and
emphaticallX asserted that Russian
injustice had become intolerable.
They thought that resistance on the
part of the Persian government to
the Russian demands would awaken
foreign attention and lead TO an inn
partial inquiry Compliance, on the
other hand. would be construed as a
sign OF abiect cowardice and would
mean national suicide.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
BORROWERS

Of The Buckeye State Build
ing and Loan Company,
Rankin Building, % West
Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio,
are making large payments
now in order to stop interest
on the amount paid since all
monthly loan books are bal
anced on the last days of
December and June. The
officers of the company are
much pleased with these
large payments for they in
dictate a prosperous condi-
tion of the borrowers. AS
sets over $5,O00,000, Five
per cent paid on time de-
posits.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
\ COURAGEOUS LEADER.

That was a great sermon Rev Miles
preached at Calvary Evangelical
church. Thanksgiving night It wac
wonderfully strong. able. courageous
ana optimistic. His hopeful presenta-
tlon of the great cause Of moral re-
form and regarding specially the mat
ter OF sobrety and temperance was in
spring and points the way to the work
of the future. In "A broad general way
present conditions and future opera
tions were outlined and one can take
It with such vibrant notes from an
acknowledged leader the lighting viii
be forced all along the line of con-
lict. There will be no let up to thes,
great monsters OF cvil but the white
slave traffic and the curse OF drink
and other concurrent vices are to be
fought tooth and nail at every point.
Some counties will slip back but The
comparison between the dry regime
and the wet is the greatest temper
ance lesson our people ever had. our
merchants learned a barrel of wis
dom the first week. There have been
more drunken men seen on our streets
during the three weeks past than I'm
the whole preceding year a man
was seen on the streets yesterday who
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
Hold Man For wlfe's Death.

Indianapolis, Ind. Dec .. - After
Mrs. Sidney L. Hopwood had died Of
bullet wound the police detained
Hopwpod pending an investigation.
lIopwCod said his wife had risen
from bed. taken revolver from a
dresser and shot herself through the
heart. They had been reconciled. he
said, after a period of separation.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
Musical Appreciation.

lis your boy Josh fond uf music?'
81 should say So" replied Farmer
Corntossol. when one o. these here
musical comedies comes along JOSH
wants to be right up as close TO tn,
orchestra as possible. Washington
Star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
4 .Inlt for Rrynn.

The United States Supreme Courts
unanimous decision against the rail-
roads In the safety appliance case
again proves how 1t has been packed
against the people ana for the inter-
ests,-New York World.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

A subscriber In the west end sug-
gests that the non-whistling ordinance
should be annulled as he attributes
some recent wrecks to that cause. lie
thinks while II may besdispleasing To
nervous people yet II Is necessary 70
signal by whistles We should be glad
TO have some one we'll informed as
to the facts discuss the question, One
set Of people seem to want the whistles
TO blow and another want them sup.
pressed. We don't see now the rail-
way officials and the city government
can accommodate both.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
one southern Town to Nnothcr.

The News and Courier makes a
doibie-headed column plea for a fair
election I'm Charleston We suspect
such an election would be as sensa-
tional as the arrival Of "a car load of
bath tubs.-Houston (TeN) Post
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

The insistence of the Democratic
leaders in the House in proclaimlng
the wonderful harmony that exists
among them is beginning 10 be sus-
picious 1t Is too much like whistling
to keep up courage going through the
woods.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
Vote Your Presidential Preference

an effort to ascertain the presidential preference
ballot through which Ohio oters may make known their
wishes
If the reader objects to signing his name he is urged
to be particular give the part OF the county in which
he lives, as that information will be particularly valu
able in the tabulation of the returns
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

Showman-"Wallt in. ladies and
gentlemen. and see the Aztec giants,
descendants Of "a long-eXtlnct rAce!'
-Meggendorfer Blaetter
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

They call 'em "Wholehoggers" in
Germany INSTEAD of "standpatters.'
That is even a better name for those
who stand pat for eStortionate tariffs
and who are responsible for the in.
creased cost Of nearly all the neces-
saries of life.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

The travelling men os the country
want to abolish the tipping nuisance
can afford to travel-Detroit Free
Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

Catholics claim that The Playboy
of the Western World" rdicules Cath
ollclsm. disparages the Pope and Is
intolerably bad That is given as Il
reason for the storunihg Of the theater
when it was presented in New York
Evidence seems to be cumulative tina,
those who were opposed to IT had de.
lIborately prepared themselves to
lombard the play with all manner OF
fusnading missiles
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
Extrcmc Ontlmisni.

Efforts arc being made TO stop the
tipping evil in hotels. This shows
that optimism is not dcad.--Chlcago
Record Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

a host of anti-Taft speakers is TO
come to Ohio. Senator's Cummins,
Bristow. Crawford PoindeXter and
.Clapp. Governors johnson. Aldrich,
Vessey and McGovern, Congressman
Murdock Norris, Lenroot, Llndbergh
and Morse, Clifford Pinehot, Prof Mer-
riam and others are billed for this
state. QtnfiEMT, YRIgF
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
Mlght Lool, In southern ONO.

What has become OF the old
fashioned man who used to be con.
tented If he owned a dog and a shot
gun Toledo Blade.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

Nobody has gained a greater vindi.
cation in these Mcnamara confessions
than Detective Burns. After all tn,
charges Of a "frame-up" it is now
demonstrated that Burns had the cor.
rect steer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

II seems the T.. s. Government is
also following mp the dynamite cases
and there may be further arrests.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

liquor until he secs snakes anN horrid
forms about him and goes striking and
clutchlng a, them IT shows to what a
sorry ending the road down Gam
brlnus lane leads.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

Your neighbor is using Glover Leaf
flour with great success.
tu-th-sat-tf
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
Current Comment.
Last Hope Gone

Last Hope Gone.
A favorable attitude on the part Of
Mr.. Pinchot toward La Toilette is
pretty sure to forfeit all hope of
landing Mr. Ballnger as progress
Ve.--Washington Star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
BY A. w. Macy.
PuNIsHING ANIMALS AS
CRIMINALS.

There we're some queer do
lngs In the Middle Ages. For
Instance, criminal laws wero
sometimes enforced against Of
Tending animals. It Is mat
ter Of record that In 1866, at
Fontenay, near Paris, pig was
publicly burned for having de.
voured a child. In 1885 a Judge
at Falalse condemned q SOW
to be mutllated In her legs ard
head, and then hanged, for
having Iacerated and killed a
child. She was executed In the
public square, dressed In a
mans clothing. In 1889 a horse
WAS tried at Dilon and con-
demned to death for having
killed a man. In 1899 a bull
was condemned to death at
Canroy for killing a boy. In
ireland, in 1888, a cock was
convicted Of having laid an egg
which hatched out a reptile,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

y. AtrlhGm jacob. New l-orN'n
octogcnarian expert on cldld hygiouc.
i...s .cduic o0t opouly as opposed 10
c:;al'rcsidcnt Ruoscvclta IDEAS re-
b.u3
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

Copyright, 1911. by Joseph B. Bowlea.J
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
SENATE
By Unanimous Vote Rattfies
Taft's Abrogation Of
the Treaty,

WAsHGNGToN. ID. &C., Dec. 90
The Senate by a unauimoUs vote
last night formally ratified SPresi-
dent Tafts' notification to Russia OF
the termination of the treaty OF
1892. The Lodge joint resolution,
reported by the foreign relations
committee as a substitute for the
suIzer resolution that passed the
House three hundred to one. was
adopted after an all-day. debate over
Russian discrimination against the
Jews of America The House today
is expected to agree to the Senate
measure.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
DUTIES
~ Es-s-5
Are Shown by Fariff Boards
Report to Be Too High
on Some Things.

WASHINGTON. Dec 2O.-President
Taft sent to Congress today the re-
por. of the tarin board on schedule
K and message IN which he recon-
mended reduction in tariff rates on
wool and woolens.
The report shows that the existing
duties on many classes of wool and
wool manufactures are prohibitory
and greatly in excess OF the cost OF
prodnction here and abroad. The re-
port would assess duty on scrubbed
wool aud finished cloth but not wool
aud grease combined.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
more HOURS
At the Postoff1ce5 to Meet the
Rush Caused by the
Holidays.

To accommodate patrons during
the holiday rush there VIII be addi-
tional service at the postohlce here
beginning Thursday night. when the
general delivery and registery win
dows will be kept open until S
O'Clock. These windows will also
be kept open until that hour Friday
and Saturday nights. The regular
city delivery VIII be observed all
three days mentioned.
Sunday the general delivery de-
partment will be open from 10 a.
M. to III a. M. the regular hour and
Sunday afternoon from to O'Clock
the carriers department viii be
open
Monday. Christmas Day. the gem
eral delivery and registry windows
will be open from 10 n. nj. to IL
m. There will be one city delivery
that day.
The rural mail service will be oh
served Christmas day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
Slashes Himself with Tin
and Surgeons Complete
the Operation,
SURGEON OF PRISON
Does Not Believe Thar Min
ister Meant to Commit
Suicide.

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 2O-The
REV. Clarence v. T. Richeson. await
ing trial for the murder Of his sweet
heart Axis LInnelE. cut himself Sc
seriously with piece of tin near
,the groin today that It was neees-
sary for surgeons. according to
counsel. to complete the operation.
The minister was found in his
cell. aud 1t IS declared he was bleed
Ing to death !.
The prison surgeon was hastily
summoned and he found the self
innlcted wound SO serious and un-
usual that he summond four other
doctors who completed the opera
ton. which is said to have been
auccessful.
The prison authorities do not be
l:eve thnt it was an attempt at sui
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
NEBRASKA ! FOR TAFT
Meeting at Lincoln of Repub-
Iicans to Insure Support
for Taft.

LINCOLN. Neb.. Dec. 90
mass meeting of Nebraska RepWbIi-
cans was, held yesterday afternoon
and last evening to set in motion a
movement looking to the selection
of delegates to the national conven-
ton pledged to the denomination OF
President Taft. The declaration of
the speakers and the resolutions
adopted were eugolistic of the Pres
idepts and Taft his own successor
was the slogan throughout the meet
Ing.
Former Congressman Calderhead,
ds kansas, made the principal speech
and declared that the Taft move
menG once started. would spread
because 1t had the force of reason
aud merit behind it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
Latter Has a Busy D With
Politics and Ma Ing

NEW YORK, Dec 20 pol
tics and more speeches we're ci the
program prepared dent
Taft here today Its had been stats &
he would meet former lsiet
Roosevelt for conference on
political situation. Bnt oosesei
leTt his Office for Cyster betere
Taft reached her. and u
from there today thai q
would not leave home INT Ton
The Republican sitdatiqN q
york was laid before PFesI dent Taft
by Representatives 81 the Old esulrd
and Progressiyes 1etaE q the essg
he had visit from eepn6 ite
Chlirnlnn asr4es.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
DOUBLE FUNERAL FOR
VICTIMS OF ACCIDENT

FA1IaMoNT, Dec. 2O-The re-
mains OF Hattie and Mildred, the
two children OF Mfr. and Mrs Walter
Miller. who were burned to death
in the house in which they were liv-
Ing burned to the ground yesterday
wEte brought to the city and inter
red in Woodlawn cemetery. The
services were conducted at Wood
lawn cemetery by the REV. o. w
t1avid. pastor OF the iMonongah Pres
byterian church.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
COVE RzN Will
GET AN NV "a TON
To Have a Part in the Semi
Centennial Celebration
at Wheeling.

Il
WHEELING. Dec. 90 That the
,nited States government viii very
probably participate in the eeIe5ra-
lion of the West Virginia sem!-cen-
tennfaI was the announcement made
yesterday by Col. John r. Day, sec
Rotary OF the commission Some
time ago Colonel Day enlisted the
West Virginia delegation at Wash
fngton in the cause and he has had
considerable correspondence with
Senator'S Chiffon and Watson. and
the i've representatives of the state,
regarding the matter. iHenry C. Da-
Wis, OF Elkins, chairman of the semi
centennial commission, has gone to
Washington, where, within a few
days, he Will meet the seven gentle
men mentioned above and take up
with them just what is to be asked
from the government. Senator
Chiffon is heading the movement at
the capital to make the West yjr-
ginia AFFAIR success, and under his
leadership the form OF the federal
participation will Ee worked out
While it is the farthest thing in
the world from the intention of the
semi-centenntal promoters to arouse
any of the oldrwar feeling, and the
chances are slim that any such feel
ings will be aroused. since the cele-
bration is to commemorate hiss
torlcal event in the Civil war, the
government will be approached on
exactly that footing
West. Virginia saved the
Union,'' Will be advanced in the ma
ture OF a slogan. If the little Noun
tain state had not separated from
the Old Dominion, the United states
would have been divided. The Con
-federates would have sent their
troops north through this state and
spread east and west through Penn
sylyanta and ohio. The stfAtegicaI
Importance of the states position is
At once seen; West Virginia was all
most necessary to the union.
This idea will be strongly advanced
when the West Virginia senator's and
representatives make their demands
a Congress-. Among the things to be
asked for are two regiments OF the
National Guard. and possibly monu-
ment
While it is not yet certain that the
German bank officials will erect a
bronze tablet to commemorate the
fact that the bank building is on the
site of the old Washington hall. the
birthplace of the state, i Is just pos
sible that the semi-cehtennial cera-
monies will include the unwilling of
two such tablets.
A movement is now on to have a
second tablet placed at the corner OF
Sixteenth and Market streets. either
on or in front of the old postofiice
building. While washington hall is
the birthplace of the state. the first
constitutional convention was held IN
the old postoficc building. At that
time Thomas Hornbrook, afterward
the owner of Wheeling park, was the
United states Surveyor OF Customs,
and he invited the state officials to
use the government building for their
first meeting. The United States
court room. then on the second hoos.
was the scene of the session.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
F..lIE FAILS
On a Pavement in Wheeling
and is Painfully
Injured.

WHEELING Dec 20-Fred J.
FOX. president OF the wheeling
business Mems association and The
genial cashier Of the Security Trust
fcompans' met l9lth rather a serious
accident while out on the streets
yesterday. Nlr. F'ox had just nm
itshed business call at the Offices Of
Alfred Paul, on Chapline street,
when stepping down from the stooP.
his heel caught on the step ana he
fell heavily to the ground, alighting
with his leg doubled up under him.
The fail was a heavy one. and Mr.
Fox lay WITHOUT moving. Passersby
ran to his assistance,
Mr.. PAUL being one of the party
Mr. Fox complained or his leg and
suffered excrdeiaang pan and was
carried 10 Mr. PauII's machine and +
driven to his home IN Kirkwood. !
Later it was learned that Mr. Fox In I
his fail, had spra.ned several ligl-i
ments and tendons in his leg. but
that no bones " ere broken.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20

long and short haul section under
which q carrier may not charge
more for the shorter than for the
longer haul. hut that the railroads
may, TO any extent they please. carry
out policy OF blanketing the coun-
try for the benefit OF the farther
points and not the nearer points, is
to say that a railroad may, without
restraint, erect ruinous discrimi-
nation and give no justification save
It's. own determination or WEtm.
There can be no regulation of rates
as TO discrimination or preference
under such an Interpretation of the
law
1.-The commerce court intimates
that the mistake of the commission
IS. in having attempted to NIX aFrela-
ton of rates instead of establishing
reasonable rates; bat as we have al
ready pointed out. there is no way
In which the DISCRIMINATION fo6hd'
to exist in these tariffs can be pre-
venEed except by liking a differen-
Itfa1, aInce we have no power to ts'
tablish an absolute rate or ak
minimum charge below which the
I6arrier is not free to go.
eWe feel strongly that water
competition, even when the widest
reasonable latitude is given to the
IefEect of market competition, can
not by any possibility Justify a
higher rate from Omaha to Reno
than from Omaha to San francisco
from st. Paul to Spokane than from.
st. Paul to Seattle.
Upon the other hand, it should
be noted that the opening of the
Panama canal may SO add to the in-
tensity OF this water competition as
to call for some mpdphcation OF the
now reached"
The commission holds tive fixine
of reasonable rates to be n legisla-
tive function, not subject to review
by the courts Congress, 1t Is main
tanned, has delegated that power to
the commission, and the intimation,
lis clear that the courts. in the Opin-
ion of the commission. has no power
to review such rates as may have
been established through the orderS.
of the commission in the trans
continental cases.
The report declares that during
the Iast year 1852 cases, embOdying
SOY formal decisions were disposed
Of. During the year SS1 formal
complaints were fled and twelve
proceedings OF inquiry were insti-
.tuted by the commission on its own
initiative. In addition there were
instituted rorty-thres proceedings
OF Investigations and suspensions of
tariffs continuing proposed In
creases and rates; 1895 informal
complaints; 1853 claims; and ., 723
applications for relief from the OPP
GRAFTON OF the long and short haul
provision.
At sessions OF the commission held
in washington and elsewhere s43
hearings were held at which more
than 95,Oo0-paBes oftestimony were
taken. In the twelve months
ended November 80, 1911, 121.s29
tarift PUBLICATIONS were filed, an ave
erage Of more than 400 for each
working day.
An elaborate discussion is pre-
seiIted of the work of the division !
OF inquiry showing that since De-
comber !, 1910. slxty-two - indict-
ments for criminal violation OF the
act to regulate commerce we're res
turned. The aggregate of fines asst
-.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
WITHDRAWN
ON settlement. Of Trespnss Charge
Against Meadowbrook Miner.

Constable William Post went to
Meadowbrook Wednesday and ar
rested Joseph Moro, miner en-
ployed at the Hutchinson Fuel Com
pany's Cook mine there. on war
rant charging him with trespassing
on lands OF Henry McCord, n Mead
OVERLOOK farmer, and damaging
tr6e threon MORO had talk with
iMcCord and agreed to pay the dam
axe ana the cost of the case, where
upon the warrant was withdrawn
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
KILLED BY TRAN.

FATRNroNT. Dec. 2O-Trank d.
Solinger. a we'll known oil well
drIller. was struck and Killed by a
Baltimore and Ohio railroad train
a short distance from his home near
Glover Gap. He was 40 years old
and leaves q widow and a daughter.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
TROOPS ARRIVE
At the Scene of the Strike and
Create Disorder among
Strikers.

DUNDEE. Dec. 2O.-The arrival Of
troops here surprised and created
disorder among the striking work
men, OF whom 10000 are out paralytz-
Ing business of the city as that the
mills are unable to secure fuel.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
CAPTAINS
Of Elks Duck Fin Players
Here Are to Hold a
Meeting

There will be- a meeting OF Elita
duck pin captains O'Clock
Thursday night in the E1lSs homo.
Those who are wanted 70 attend che.
meeting are Tracy MARTIN. r. ~.
Speaker. L.. O.. Smith, ~ g. Dfel-
bach. n = @. Brown. Thomas shay.
w b. Wilson and Louis a. Carr
otherwise known as kid Carsqn.
Let every one OF them begpre eht -
matters of Importance VIII come be-
fore the meeting.