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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
COUNTY COURT

Mrs. Mary Hansford qualified at
Monday afternoons session of the
county court as guardian Of Roscoe
R. and Howard H. Hansford with
boad at $4,000 in, each instance
and the Fidelity and Deposit Com
pany OF Maryland surety.
. Catherine Gould qualified as ex-
ecp,or of the will OF A. S. Could, de-
ceased, without bond. Frank Hor-
nor, n. B. Wilson and B. A. Me-
Dermott were named as appraisers.
The matter OF establishing a pub.
lie road through lands of Leeman
Maxwell on Turtle Tree fork was
continued until April II. when .
special term will be held
Laco L. Young qualified as admin
strator Of the estate of Sarah A.
Young, deceased, with bond at 5000.
c. l.. Chiswell took out letters Of
administration on the estate of Mrs.
NJ. j. Day with bond at SIS.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
COMMISSION
Form Of Government is Adopt
ed by the Voters of
Parkersburg.

PARKERsBuRG, Mar. 22-tPar-
kersburg yesterday voted TO adopt
he commission form of municipal
government with the initiative and
referendum and recall after the bit
crest campaign in the history of the
city. The commission form en-
bodied in a new charter carried by
a majority of zoo votes, the total
vote being 1881 for the charter and
l.G22 against it.
The First ward cast 272 for and
l72 against, Second ward GAG for
and 2S2 against. Third ward SO4
for and S45 against, Fourth ward
222 for 34S against. Fifth ward
III for and 155 against, Sixth ward
II for ana 100 against, Seventh
yard 1S6 for ana IS against, and
eighth ward 146 for 1924 against.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
.ELKS ENGAGING
HOTEL QUARTERS
guarantee its fulfllment.

guarantee its fultllment.
A financial committee of prominent
citizens is bpsily engaged in raising
a fund of $4,000 for the purpose OF
entertainment. The Steel Pier, a
magnificent structure extending
nearly half mile into the sea from
the famous Boardwalk has been
leased outright for the week of the
Reunion. The Grand Lodge will hold
its sessions in the big Music Hall, at
the extreme end of the pier, and the
whole structure with its numerous
attractions, including three concerts
daily and other entertaining features,
will be entirely free to the thousands
of Elk visitors.
Headquarters for Grand Exalted
Ruler Hermann and the members OF
the Grand Lodge. to the number OF
$50, will be established at the Hotel
Strand, a no-license hosiery, fire.
proof and palatial. The whole first
floor of the big hotel will be devoted
to Offices and committee rooms for
the business purposes of the conven-
ton. The Grand Lodge will get down
to business on Monday, July 10th,
and the annual election of officers,
an incident which promises to be of
great interest with several agrees
sive candidates in the field for the
ranking Office of Grand Exalted Rul-
err, will take place on Tuesday, the
18th.
Atlantic City's broad and splendid
~ paved thoroughfares will offer ad-
mirable opportunities for the great
parade on the 18th. The annual ball
will take Slace on Friday evening
July IA, on the famous Million
Dollar Pier. which is said to possess
the most gorgeously illuminated au-
ditorium in the country. Ten thous-
and people have frequently attend
cd functions within its gates.
Word has come across the cont
nent that Portland. ore proposes
TO make a strenuous fight for the
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
PRICE EVADES
Trial on a Felony Charge by
Finally Getting Into the
Asylum.

Louis Price alias j. w. Winner IS
now in the asylum at Weston, hay-
ing Ibeen committed by Justice A. c,
Hughes al Weston upon complaint
OF Nora Price, his wife. that he Is
a !unatic.
Price is charged here with whole
sale forgery OF checks and was in
dicted by the recent grand jury OF
the criminal court. His case VIII
not be called in court until the au-
thorities at the asylum pronouuse
him sane, il ever, The aupeFintena-
ent OF that institution has been nos
titled by the county authorities here
to keep close vigil on Price in or7s
der 20 prevent his escape and not to3
discharge him without notice to
them. The action is iaken with a
view of placing him on trial, when he
leaves the custody o. Tho asylum
authorities.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23

1912 Reunion. Boomers of Portland
Lodge who are raising a fund Of
$4,000 to capture next years re-
union and to entertain their brethren
when they invade Portland a year
hence, it hopes are realized. Will
cross the country to Atlantic CITY
in palatial train with tons of war
materials" to establish an Oregon ex-
hibit on the Atlantic shore. Head
quarters have already been engaged
at the Hotel Ellsworth where Port
lands fight will have Its storm cen
tire.
Lodge reservations to date are as
follows:
Oklahoma, Hotel schlltz; Pough-
keepsie, Hotel Seaside; Allentown,
Hotel Pierrepont; New York, No. j.
Grand Atlantic; Pittsburg, Hotel Ru-
dolf; New Haven, Hotel Rudolf:
Boston, Hotel ellsworth; Jersey
City, Hotel Rudolf; Carlisle. Hotel
Islesworth; Bronx, New York, Hotel
storck; Troy, n. Y, Hotel Windsor;
Belville, n. j., Hotel Windsor; Hart
ford, Hotel st. Charles; Newark
Craig Hall; Queens Borough, N. Y,
Hotel schlitz; Brooklyn, Hotel shel-
burne; Mount Vernon, Hotel Jack
son; New Brunswick, Hotel West.
minister; Hoboken, Hotel ostend; ;
Orange. Hotel New Dunlop; Cincin-
natl, Young's Hotel. St. Charles ana
Tramorey; New Orleans, Young's
Hotel; Buffalo. Hotel jackson:
Youngstown. o., Hotel Lorraine /;
Cleveland, Hotel De Vile; Trenton,
Hotel Clarendon; Chicago, Hotel New
Dunlop; Newport, KY, Hotel Cal
vert; Syracuse, Hotel Raleigh: Nav
London, Conn. Hotel Royal Palace;
St. Josephs. Mo-, Hotel Kentucky
Easton, Pa, Hotel Cornell; Lancas-
ter, Pa. Hotel Raymond; Whining
ton. Del, Hotel Wellsboro; Albany,
n. Y, Hotel Frcdonia; Columbus, O..
Risle'ys Hotel; Middletown, Conn,
Hotel lroquots; Dallas, Tex, Hotel
Isleswcrth; Buffalo, Hotel Ponce de
Leon; Patterson, n. j., Hotel Month
cello; Bridgeport, Conn, Hotel New
England; Buffalo, Hotel schlitz.
I
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
For the Annual Reunion with
5000 Rooms Taken
So Far.

ATLANTIC CITY, Mar. 22.-with
the Grand Lodge Reunion, an annual
event Of great fraternal interest to
the multitude of members of the Ben
evolent and Protective Order OF
Elks throughout America, still four
months distant, reservations have
been made by Atlantic City hotel men
Tor $4,000 of the antlered fraternity,
and the number of Elks and their
friends who will invade the resort
in July is now estimated at from
100000 to $4,000.
Nearly every day brings additional
applications for the reservation of
Accommodations from points near
and far, and the headquarters es-
tablished by the Executive Committee
of Atlantic City Lodge to perfect the
details Of reception and entertain
ment is already working under heavy
pressure.
For the first time, it is believed
reunion city lodge Is assuming the
responsibility of seeing to 1t that
every delegate who comes to meet
his fellow Bills" is properly shell
tered. With a thousand hotels and
boarding houses to draw upon this
would seem to be a simple matter,
but the early demand for reserva-
tons already indicates that it will
be no easy task.
But one very important thing is
assured, There will be no raise in
rates on the part of grasping boni-
faces during the week or ten days
the army of Elkdom is at tho shore.
Mayor stoy made this promise very
omphatically in the name of the re-
sort when Atlantic Clty's invitation
was proffered at Detroit last year.
and the members OF the Hotel Mems
Association have entered into a COM
pact with Atlantic City Lodge 10
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
PROMOTIONS MADE !.
OF B. g. O. OFFICIALS
Are Announced from tie
Head Offices in the City
Of Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Mar. 22.-Diviston
Superintendent c. B. corsuch, Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, has
been advanced from the superinten-
dency of the Wheeling division to
the Pittsburg division, succeeding TO
the Office made vacant by the pro
motion of E. A. Peck to general sup
erintendent. John p. Keegan, for
ner train master of the Cumberland
division, at Keyser, W. Va, has been
promoted to superintendent Of the
Wheeling division, the change be-
coming effective at once.
Mr. KeCgan, the ncwiy prcro. d,
sprc-.rsc-G j., Las Lyen in the SER
wee Ct the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road since 1890, having been entered
upon his railroad career as a tsle-
graph operator at Lorain. o., on the
Cleveland. Lorain and Wheeling line.
He became train dispatcher on No
vember !, 1890, and chief dispatcher
Nay u. 1902. His next, promotion
was as assistant train master of the
Wheeling division, January ], 1854.
later being transferred to the Ohio
River division as train master 1T
Parkersburg. In December 1910, he
was transferred to Keyser as train
master of the Cumberland division,
which promotion he has held up to
the present timo.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
NUZUM WILL
Leaving Estate to Son, Daugh.
tiers and Grand Children
is Probated.

The viii of the late Richard L
Nuzum has been pPobated. His
personal property is to be sold and
the proceeds equally divided among
his son, three daughters and the
heirs-at-law of Susanna Blackwell.
His forty-acre farm is given the son,
David L. Nuzum, on condition that
he pay $500 each to the daughters
and $3.50 each TO the heirs OF SUI
sauna Blackwell,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
WARWICK NAMED.

WASHINGTON. D. u, Mar. 90
President Taft today appointed W.
w. Warwick, OF Cincinnati, Judge
OF the Supreme court of the Panama
anal zone.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
SPRING REUNION
OF Scottish Rite Masons Will
Be Held.April 10 to 10
Inclusive.

WHEELING, Mar. 2O-The an
nual spring reunion of the scot,isl
Rite niasons OF the Valley OF Whee;
ing, including the whole state o.
West Virginia, viii be held in tn
Scottish Rite cathedral April 10, Ii
~ and 10. Several we'll know
Masons from differen. parts of tn,
country will be present and max,
addresses at the exercises. The an
nual Maundy Thursday banquet vii
be held on the evening OF Thursday
April 10, and the ladies will be in
yited to this event. A large class o
candidates is expected to be pres
en-: to take the higher degrees ii
masonry
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23

County Superintendent u p. Nor
rison is here from salem today look,
ing after school affairs,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
NOT HALF
Of State Militia Officers Ac.
cepting Invitations Will
Be Sent.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2f-
Of the s,5O5 acceptances IRON state
militia officers of the war depart
nent's invitation to participate in
'rmy maneuyers about 1900, 1t was
ieeided today, can be sent under the
federal appropriation. These Will
1e apportioned to the strength OF the
'arious state milltias.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
EXCITING
At Any Rate, This Dog Fight Must
Have Bccn.

Some twenty or thirty bystanders
watched an exciting dog fight at the
corner of North Fifth and Clark
streets in Glen Elk Wednesday morn
ing between 10 and IL o'clock. After
half hour's fighting. in the course
Of which the contestants managed TO
cnver ench ntheT with blood 5nnd
glory, the dogs were +eparated. They
had locked jaws and had to be pulled
apart One OF the lookers-on IN ought
lt=was the prettlcst dog fight he had
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
BIG GAIN
For the Year in the Number
of School Children in
the District.

George NJ. Kyle completed the
enumeration OF children Of school
age in the lclarksburg school dis
trio: Monday afternoon. He states
that the report for the year VIII
show an enormous gain, the total
of children reaching to the
of $500. The gain
viii be about 400 for the year,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23

Ellis p. Frost is here from Hnnt-.
ihston looking sitter interests be has
IN the city and he viii stay two sor ,
three DAYS. 9s
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23

Clark White was here from wes-
IN last night.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23

Or, j. A. Gorbin, Of Wolf Summit.
was ius the city Wednesday on bust
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-11-16
Wounded With a Pistol In The
Hands OF a Jealous
Lover.
WOMAN HAS GOOD CHANCE.
The WOuld-be Murderer Went
To a NeighbOrS And Admit
ted His Guilt.

A negro woman named Mile
Moore. cook for the family of Mr..
H. |. Minty. on the GAINESVILLE pike,
was shot and perhaps fatally wound.
ed by negro man named George
Sanders. Monday night.
Sanders had formerly worked for
Minty. but had been discharged.
He went to the kitchen where the
girl was at work and calling her to
the door fired upon her with pistol.
The shot took effect in the girls
forehead and she fell to the ground
in an unconscious condition. Mr..
Minty hearing the report of the pis-
tol fastened to the scene and found
the girl and she was carried into the
house. The wound is not believed
to be mortal, though the ball took
away part of the skull. Her condi-
tion was favorable yesterday.
Sanders ran off and went to Mr.. ].
F. Garnett's, where he told of the
shooting and expressed regret.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-11-16
ASKEW- BARKER.
GAINESVILLE Man Comes to Chris
tan for Bride.

John c. Askew, of GAINESVILLE, and
Miss Barbara A Barker, daughter
of Mr.. p. IA. Barker. a prominent
South Christian farmer, were mar
ried Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
The wedding occurred at the brides
home and was witnessed by a limit
ed number Of the friends OF the con
tracing parties. The groom is con-
nected with the L. & N. railroad
His bride ia quite pretty and exceed
ingly popular with a large circle of
friends.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-11-16
Fine Funeral Car.

Renshaw & Harton have just adj
ed a new funeral car to be used in
their undertaking business. The
car was built by a Cincinnati factory
and is of the latest and most inn
proved make ON the market. IL is
silver mounted, has rubber tires and
is up-to. date in all respects. The
firm lost a fine car by a recent fire
aud another one Of their hearses was
badly damaged IN tie same manner.
Vii. tie addition Of their new pur-
chase their equipment for the under
taking business is most complete in
every particular.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-11-16
HEADLONG
TO DEATH
Two Men Fall Over Precipice
At Dalton Quarry In
Darkness.
TOM YOUNG WAS KILLED
John Wynn Escapes Alive But
Is Badly Injured And
Disabled.

Two citizens of North Christian
vino came to town Monday with
loads of lumber, fell over the high
bluff created by the excavations in
the Dalton Quarry. just outside of
town. near the standpipe, Monday
night.
Thomas Young was instantly killed
by fall of 40 feet to a ledge, his
head being crushed.
John Wynn was not killed, but
was terribly injured.
How early in the night it occurred
is not known, but it was probably
several hours before they were
found shortly after two o'clock.
The two men wi h a brother of
Young brought loads of lumber to
town too late to have the wagons
unloaded. After putting up for the
night and getting supper the three
men went out on the street and
Young told his brother they were
going to visit the locality where the
tragedy occurred. The latter de-
clined to go and Tom Young and
Wynn left.
Late in the night persons in the
vicinity heard Wynn groaning down
in the quarry and notified Lieut..
Hawkins, who sent detail of officers
to the scene, which is outside the
city. They found Young dead and
Wynn entirely disabled. Ladders
had to be procured and Officer Leslie
Boxley brought the bodies up part
of the way on his shoulder, climbing
the ladder.
Young's body was taken to an I'M
dertaking establishment and Wynn
was taken to the police headquarters
and DR.. B. B. Jackson sent for. His
condition was very serious. His
skull is probably fractured. one eye
is almost, out several ribs are broken
and there are many cuts and bruises
on his body. Mr.. Wynn isrelated to
Mr.. Major. who lives near town, and
Tuesday morning he was taken to
Mr.. Majors home to be cared for.
He is about AZ years old and has a
family. His home is at Wynn's
postoffice. 20 miles north of town.
Mr.. Young was 80 and also leaves a
family. He lived near Apex, in the
extreme north end of the county.
Their lumber was looked after
Tuesday by Mr.. Young's brother.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-11-16
CAUSED BY
LAUOANUM
Calvin Allen The Victim of A
Dose of Deadly
Poison.
FOUND DEAD in HIS ROOM
Had Been on a Spree And
Died Alone In His Board
ing House.

Calvin Allen, a workman for the
Mogul Wagon Works. was found
dead in his room at Lee Kings
boarding house Monday night. He
had been drinking during the day
and was away from his work, but
went to his room before noon. He
did not go to his dinner at noon and
when he did not come to supper Mr..
King investigated and found the
door locked. An entrance was
forced and Allen was found lying on
the bed dead. Life had been ex-
tinct for some hours. Lying by the
bed was an empty bottle that had
contained laudanum. The SUPPOSE
ton is that he died from drinking
the poison. whether Intentionally or
ignorantly is not known. as he left
no letter to explain.
Allen was about 40 years old and
unmarried. He has a brother, his
only relative here. The body was
taken to Pembroke for interment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-11-16
Watch This Date

After your name. renep
promptly, and not miss a num-
Der. The Postal regulations
require subscriptions to be
paid In advance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-11-16
Cadiz Wedding.

Miss Mary White and DIR. Lacy
hopson, Of Cadiz, will be married on
the 23Id lns' IN Cadiz. The bride
to.be Is a beautiful daughter of Mr..
w. C! White. and was educated at
Bethel Female College in this city.
Mrs. K. B. Long. Miss Mildred
Wharton and others from this city
will attend the wedding. which will
be celebrated at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. White.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-11-16
Takes Fatal Draught of Sc
Grains of BiChlOride
Mercury.
DIED TWELVE HOURS LATER
DiSpOndent From Leading A
Life of Shame And
Debauchery.

A woman known as Mamie Will
liams, an inmate of resort kept by
Annie Trammell. near the rock
quarry northeast of town. commit.
ted suicide Sunday. taking Sc grains
of bichloride of mercury tablets,
from which she died Monday night.
l The woman was "a years of age and
was addicted to drinking and was
probably intoxicated. On Saturday
the Trammell woman had discharged
her and later her trunk was attached
for debt, These troubles were more
than the unfortunate weary of life"
could bear and she ended her own
miserable existence. DR.. Perkins
was sent for, but could do nothing
to relieve her from the slow poison
that was eating her vitals. She
stated that she had brother in the
navy and that her people were
buried at Beechwood. KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-11-16

Gov. McCreary will be inaugural
ed Dec. IL.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-06-30

Amphitrite, destined for use at S.
Louis, is a type Of these ships which
are useful only in providing possible
future recruits for the service.
The Texas was the first modern bat
tleship constructed for the navy. 4
was surpassed In speed by the Iowa
the Oregon. and other vessels in tho
battle OF Santiago, but its name wa
written as large as any on the page
which records that days fighting.
And it will now be but a few yean
according to the memorable rules d
the navy department, before the ON
gon, Massachusetts, Indiana and Iowa
follow the Texas as targets for The
projectiles Of newer vessels or N
relegatsd to the ignominy Of the Junk
heap.
The Oregon, most costly Of the Old
type of sea fighters, cost the govern
ment less than $4,000. 900. The New
York, biggest Of the Dreadnaught
now building at eastern s%hipyards, will
cost nearly $13. 000. 900.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-06-30
BOW TO SPECIAL INTERESTS
Recent Developments Have Shown
How the Republican Party 10
"Inf1uenced."

The influence of special interests on
matter Of speculation. and still is, al
though recent developments show. that
it extends much farther than has been
suspected. These developments have
resulted from Democratic investiga-
ton Of departmental affairs, and to
the Democratic majority of the house
belongs the credit.
The Aldrich tariff law, for instance.
was manifestly framed to promote the
welfare Of special interests wherever
possible so to do. as has been indi-
Gated by the effect Of that law on
business and on the cost Of living.
One of its provisions related to the
importation Of scrap iron largely con-
sumed by the iron and steel mills Of
New England. This provision was
literally interpreted by an assistant
secretary Of the treasury, and his in
depreciation was questioned. Investi-
cation developed the fact that he con
suited Senator Aldrich before render
ing his decision which was in favor
Of the New England mills. The same
investigation disclosed the additional
fact that another assistant secretary
was an Aldrich appointee. as well al
an employee Of the Aldrich monetary
commission. drawing two salaries con-
trary to law.
Thus Senator Aldrich not only de-
cided an important revenue question
In favor Of the interests that he
served in the senate, and still con-
tinues to serve, but also controls i'm
portant officials in the treasury de-
tary plans. All of which means that
special interests not only frame legis-
lation but supervise execution Of
laws.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-06-30

THE fate Of the ~battleship Texas,
once the pride Of the United States
navy, recently sent to the bottom Of
Tangier sound. in Chesapeake bay. by
the guns Of her sister ships. as an ex-
pertinent in naval science. has called
public attention to the prodigious size
Of the nations naval scrap heap.
Not only Is the government spending
more than 500. ZOO, 900 on its new
Dreadnaughts now under construction,
but It is throwing away annually mil
lions Of dollars worth Of battleship
construction of the older type. now
considered out Of date.
On the naval junk pile in the last
ten years 80 vessels have been
dumped. They cost the government
TO build. or to buy ready built, $s.S03.-
496.50 From the sale Of the refuse
barely three per cent. or $2S9. 029.41,
has been received.
The ships which have been destroy
ed outright are but the smaller part of
the number Of abandoned naval yes
sells which total SO in the past ten
years. The greater part are those
which. while still technically counted
a. q public asset, would be Of no value
In war and would never again be used
for that purpose. They are in use al
training vessels for the naval re.
serves Of various states. The monitor