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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
GROGERS
Have Two Clarksburg Whole.
salerS on Their Executive
Board Now.

PARKBRsBURG, April 26.-w. C
McConaughey,' of this city, was re
elected president of the West Virginia
Wholesale Grocers Association which
closed its annual meeting at the
Chancellor hotel last night.
The new officers for the association
are as follows:
President and secretary-w. c. Nc,
Jconaughey.
Vice presldent-Allan Brock, OF
Wheeling.
Treasurer-John B. Stephenson, OF
Huntington.
The members of the board of d.
rectors are H. P. Hagan. Huntington
]. w. Hubbard, Charleston; Allan
Brock Wheeling; John F. Gullend
Elkins; Frank c. Gaylord, Clarky-
burg; Robert Morris, Clarksburg, and
w. c. McConaughey. Parkersburg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
GAME! .Si.g.!NlAN
Wheeling Mould and Foundry
Team TO Play Local
! Boys Here.

L. o. Smith, manager OF the ciarhs
burg baseball team; received 4 teie-
gram Friday afternoon from the
Wheeling Mould and Foundry Com
pany baseball team, Of wheeling, an-
nouncing that 1t would come hsfe
for a game Sunday afternoon
Union park with the Garksburg boys.
The Wheeling team asked that the
game be called promptly at 3 O'clock
so that the visitors could be able 10
catch train No. IS rom Fairmoht, ana
Mr.. Smith announces that the game
will be called at that, time. fsI
The foundry team Is a strong one
and a good game Is promised. me
team played the wheeling leagusfs
recently and was defeated BY tie
close score OF 6 to i. A brcther 81
the noted "cy'ff Morgan is pitchine
with the founhrymen and another
brother is in the llhe-tp.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
Sworn Statement to That Ef-
feet against Californian
Captain.
SIGNALS OF DISTRESS
Plainly Visible But Crew
Was Afraid to Go to
the Captain.

WASHINGTON, D.. c.. April 26-
A sworn statemnt that the captain
of the liner, California, refused to
go to the aid of the sinking Titanic,
although only few miles away, to-
day was filed with the Senate inves-
tigattdg committee by Ernest Gill,
wireless operator OF the California.
Gill said distress rockets were
plainly visible, and he tried to or
ganize a committee OF, the crew to
go to the captain and protest against
his course, hut the men were afraid
they would lose their Jobs,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
She is Charged with Throw
ing Her Baby from a
Fast Train.

CUMBERLAND. Md, April 90
Virginia Savage, a nineteen year old
school teacher, of oaland, Md, is on
trial here, it being charged that she
threw her baby, aged nineteen days
from the window of a Baltimore and
Ohio passenger train at Robert Sta,
ton. five miles west of Cumberland,
and crushed its skull. The defense
is insanity.
Mrs. Samuel Savage, mother OF
the accused, a handsome and highly
educated woman, was on the witness
stand for. several hours, telling
about the insanity that ran in her
husbands family. She said that the
prisoner had been subject to spells
from infancy, and that when one OIL
them came on, the girl never re
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
WILL RECOVER
Thomas Jenkins, Would-be
Suicide, Rests Easily in
a Hospital.

Thomas jenkins, who tried to
commit suicide Thursday at his
LONE in Glen Elk by shooting him.
self in the mouth twice with re-
volver, is resting easy in St. Mary's
hospital today.
Mr.. Jenkins has had considerable
domestic trouble here lately and
Wednesday afternoon he tried to
send one Of his sons to the reform
school at Pruntytown, but a jus,
tice did not think the evidence sui.
fcient to send the boy and re-
leased him.
Mr.. Jenkins went to his home
and brooded over the affair until
Thursday when he shot himself
twice in the mouth in an attempt tc
end his life.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
Twelve
Pupils Are 10 BE Graduated
from High School 81
Salem

SALEM April Nine young
ladies' ana three young men are candi-
dates for diplomas from tho salcin
High school this year. The term VIII
close next week and the class *
ercises viii begin SATURDAY nlshl
April % with a concert Oh SUNDAY
the class sermon viii Sc preached 81
the Rev, E. ]. wooftaB ana on Nom
day evening the COMMENCEMENT ek6f.
cises will be held. All events VIM
take place at the college auditorium,
The class is composed OF eaorsla
Broadwater, Helen Smith. Msrl stey-
ems. Mildred Pepper, Coda and Stella
Norris, Leila Gains, Blanche Wilson.
cathryn curran, Charles schmici,
Charles Leonard ana Fred Rohr-
baugh,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
SA VAGE GIRL NOW
ON MURDER TRIAL

membered afterwards what she had
done, She attributed the fair pris-
oner's mental condition to the fact
that Just before the latter was born
the girls grandfather in a fit of in
sanity tried to kill the witness.
Girls Memory Fails.
The accused testified that she was
in Baltimore, where the child was
born, and that she does not remem-
Der what became of her baby, as
her mind was a blank after she
started for home. She says that she
thinks she gave the infant to a
woman who was to have it placed in
an institution.
Owing to the prominence of the
accused. her education and the many
sensational features connected with
the case it is attracting much atten-
ton.
Many expert witnesses are in at.
Continued on page four.)
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
SEANEN STRIKE
On the Olympic, Voyage i
Abandoned and Vessel
Returns to Port.

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng, April 26
-seamen on the White Star liner,
Olympic, held here for two days be-
cause of strike of firemen and
oilers because of the alleged unsafe
condition of its life boats, Joined the
strike today refusing to work with
non-union engine room men. The
voyage was then abandoned and the
liner returned to port.
The seamen having signed for the
voyage we're arrested on their arrival
here and taken to court charged with
mutiny at Portsmouth.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
PRESIDENT TAFT NEEDS
ONLY ABOUT HUNDRED
THINK
MEN WILL REMAIN
At Work Although Managers
Say They Can Pay No
More Wages.

NEW YORK. April 2s.-arand Chief
Stone and colleagues of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers con-
ferred today with Commissioner Neill
and Judge Knapp who are acting as
mediators in the wage controversy.
Chairman Stuart, Of the General
association, said ne had told the
mediators that the railroads could not
AFFORD to pay the increase asked by
the men, but he did not think there
would be strike.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
MISSOURI STATE
TO BE CONTESTED
Taft Leaders Hold Second
Convention and Name
Some Delegates.

ST. LOUIS. April 26-Goyernor
Hadley and friends early today
swung the Missouri Republican state
convention for Colonel Roosevelt,
and after twenty-four hours dead
lock the delegates at large to the
Chicago convention wers instructed
for Roosevelt.
The Taft leaders, dissatisfied with
the results of the convention which
adjourned at $3.50 a. m. today. met
"a few hours later in hotel and
named four delegates at large to tho
Chicago convention.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26

BUILDING BILL
For the City of Beckley May
Pass at the Present Ses-
sion of Congress.

WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator
Watson has introduced a bill proyid.
ing for the erection of public Bald
ing at BeckIey at a costaof 100000
The postoflce at Beckeley was des-
troyed in the recent fire, which
caused very heavy loss in that city
and Senator Watson believes that in
view of that fact it may be possible
to pass his bill for a new building a;
Beckley at this time.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
REatANpED 10 JAN.

Only one prisoner faced MAYER
Mayor Frank R. Moore this morbih
at the usual session Of tie city co1ts
The fellow was .hned IS and cost 81
street drunkenness and in defauIt 81
payment be was remandeds to iail M
I'll evening when he win be depot
If the fine e not paid.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
WITHDRAWN
Is Warrant Against SalOonist Accused
of Cutting Negro with Knife.

A warrant sworn out by Clarence
Dangerfield, a negro employed by
Walter Sedwick. against Thomas
Prosser Glen Elk saloonist, charg-
ing the latter with cutting him with a
knife week or so ago when Prosser
elected him from the saloon, was
withdrawn Friday afternoon in Jus,
tIce G. H. Gordon's court, shortly
before the time set for hearing, and
the case was dismissed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
GRANT FUNERAL
Is Held in New York CITY
With the Interment at
West Point.

NEW YORK. April 2s.-with sol.
emn ceremonies at which Prestden,
TAFT, Vice President Sherman aud
many prominent military men were
present, the funeral Of Majtt General
Frederick Dent Grant took place here
today with interment at West Point.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
PETITIONS PRESENTED.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2s-
Petitions from railroad and various
organizations of other working men
favoring the workmen's compensa-
ton bill have been presented to the
Senate.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
oPER 4. OR. De q RES
CAP SEQ
TO AID THE ! ANIC
AST0R'S BODY
Is Among Those Recovered
from the Titanic Dis

NEW YORK. April 2s-The
bodies of Colonel AstOr, 1sadore
Strauss and President c. NJ, Hays
Of the Grand Trunk railroad. have
been recovered by the ship, Mackay-
Bennett, and are being taken to
Halifax.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
THOMPSON MOVES.

Edward ]. Thompson. local man
ager of the Bell telephone company,
and his family have moved into the
Harris property at 53s West Main
street. He recently sold his residence
at 400 Mechanic street to Grant Davis
giving possession Of it to him Thurs
day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
OLD ACADEMY
OF Music in the City of Pitts.
burg is Destroyed by
Fire Today. d

PaTrsBURG. Pa. April 26-The
old academy of music. on whose
stage many of the most noted per-
sonages have appeared in the last
half century, was destroyed by fire
today at a loss of $1.5O.OOO. 1t was
to have been abandoned tomorrow.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
TESTIMONY
In Suit to Dissolve the Steel
Trust Will Begin on
May 6.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, April 2s-
Announcement W was made here to-
day that the taing of testimony in
the governments suit for the DISCO
luton of the Steel Corporation
would begin in New York May 6.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
New 5attleshlp Texas and Miss claudia
Lyon. Ito chtlstener.

IIVu' lEs ShrIstener.
On May 18th win be launched at
Newport News the latest and biggest
e Uncle Sans hattleships, the
Texas" She will lie christened by
Miss Claudia Lyon. the -year-old
daughter Of Cecil LyoS. the Repub-
lican national committeeman from
Texas. In this photograph Miss L.y.
on Is wearing the same hat and dress
she viii wear at the launching.
The Texas was authorized In 1910
and. the. Contract was for $3.50, OJO.
She is 27,O00 tons normal displace-
ment and is SIS feet long. The keel
was laid on April II, 1911, and she
Will be ready for commission in Oc-
tOber, 1913.
A sister ship OF the Texas Is the
New York, which Is now being built
at the New York navy yard. These
two ships are the first to be built
under the new eight-hour labor Law
which increased the price over the
previous battleships BY p per cent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
WANTS Pension.

WASHINGTON. D., C., April ss.-
bill has been iartoddced a the aoass
providing for the payment o. 4 Per.
scion to Francis 1Iosena, of ParRsss
burg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
BABY GIRL.

Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Lesser are the
proud parents of an eight-pound baby
girl that was born Friday morning.
Mother and babe are doing nicely.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
WAIVER BILL.

WASHINGTON. April 26.-The SEN
ate has passed a bill to authorize the
waiver of jury trials in the United
States district courts.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
ALARRIAeE I4cENsE.

A marriage license has been Is
sued to william C. Fluharty and
Willie Gay stuil.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26
PENSION INCREASED.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April %
An Increase in pension for Wiley G..
Phillips, Of Ellington. has been grant
ed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26

James h. Moore was here Friday
from Salem.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-26

(cOntinued on page tour.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-03
A Dry-Weather Lesson.

In the intense drouth now pre-
vailing in North Carolina it is easy
to note the damage that was done
in many a fne-looking field Of corn
by laying it by just at the close of
the seasonable weather, in early
July, with a turning pillow, and a
big ridge turned to the corn, the
roots being torn off in the process.
[ saw corn that promised a good
crop from the growth made when
this laying-by process was accom-
plished. Now, that corr is fired
up to the ears and the ears are
stunted. and the crop cannot be
one-half of what it would have
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-03

made. even this dry season. had it
not had its roots butchered and
the soil turned up TO dry out.
Dry weather succeeding i grow
ing early summer is bad enough on
corn that has been properly cult
waited, and even corn that prom
ised a big yield and has had the
best of cultivation and the level
dust mulch will come far short OF
the normal yield, while plants
butchered with a turning pillow can
not make even 4 half crop.
| have noted. too. the fields OF
late corn still being cultivated.
Where the cultivator has been kept
going during the dry weather. the
corn looks green and hourishing.
while IN fields right alongside.
where the farmer stopped c%ullivat-
ing because the weather was so dry
| that there were few weeds. the corn
is piped up and yellow. This is
because the surface cruSted and
there was nothing to check the
evaporation and the soil dried out
completely, while where the sur
face was kept stirred the evapora-
ton was checked and some mois-
turc retained.
Similar results can be seer IL,
the cotton fields Where the soil
was thrown up with the pillow or
sweep and left. the soil has dried
out and the red spider finds splen-
did forage and is taking off the
leaves and squares, while III fields
where the dust blanket has been
maintained there IS more moisture
and less spider. The red spider or
mite cannot thrive IN moist con
d%itions. but revels III arid ones
and if it were possible to spray ths
crop daily with clear water. jus
, as we do III a dollhouse, it woul,
keep down the spider. But thl:
| is. Of course. impractical in tht
+ field, and the only thing there is t
maintain the moisture condition.
and keep the plants thrifty till raia>
stop the spider. The men who
have ruined their crops BY decI
cultivation and ridging up vii
; blame it all on the dry weather
when they were the first cause 0
the damage from the drouth.
Some sections OF our territor,
!, have suffered from rain rather thar
/. droutl this year, but the dry SEA
sons come sooner or later to al
sections, and all farmers need t,
learn the folly Of wasting moi,
, ture and cutting corn roots By ridg
ing and deep blowing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-03
Comments on Recent Articles.


with dropping ears for seed. as IL
lustrated on the front page of the
issue for August y, rather than
the other, even with the long
shanks, which I would try to breed
shorter. While every farmer may
not raise as good seed corn as he
can buy, l would say that any in
telligent farmer who will take the
pains to breed corn for seed, can
grow better seed for his farm than
he can buy anywhere else, especial
ly if he has to send off to a dis
lance to buy it. Corn, more than
almost any other plant, does better
when bred and acclimated to the
particular locality. I have recent
ly tried corn from one of the most
exact and careful breeders in this
country, who is only 40 miles away,
and his corn planted OH a farm
here in which [ am interested, does
not do near as we'll as the corn
that has been grown for years on
the farm. Where a breeder is
carefully breeding up corn, he is
apt to be a farmer who has built up
his soil to greater productiveness.
In short, a first-claSs corn breeder
is usually a good farmer, and when
his corn, grown On land we'll sup
piled with plant food, is transfer
red to soil of inferior fertility the
results are seldom satisfactory
His seed may be and generally i
the best possible for his land, bu'
like a pampered animal transfer.
red to shorter rations, it does no
thrive. Therefore wherever tlt
proper care can be given, it is bet
ter for every farmer to breed hi:
own seed corn III a seed plot de
voted to that purpose.
: The question as to whether cat
) are a profitable crop might be ask
ed Of any other crop grown. w
} can see thousands of corn field
and cotton fields all over the coull
: try that are not making profltabl
t crops, and grown under the sam
5 conditions the oats crop will no
J be any more profitable. Profit II
: any farm crop depends on the eco
nomical production and the ylel'
of the crop. Disasters of seasor
S left out, the profit Of any Of OH
4 crops is i'll proportion to the il
telligent care given to the cultlva
4 ton of the land. With good farm
ing, every crop grown should sho'
4 a profit under favorable seasona
conditions, and if they do not,
e is usually due to bad farming
e OF course, the adaptation Of tn
soil and climate to certain crop
d has a good deal to do with the mat
n ter. On a strong wheat soil oat
s may not pay as we'll as whea
S while on the lighter soils Of til
greater part of the Cotton Belt oat
e will usually be more profitable tina
It wheat. a9se@A
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-03

From the soil spring the necessi-
ties of physical life and the farmer
finds contentment in the daily CON
temptation of the harvest prospect
and enjoy the fruits of his own toll.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-03

the disease. As DR.. Butler says,
the smut or oats ONE only from
the productive germs OF the smut.
The black cells that farmers seem
to think is all there is Of the plant
are simply the fruiting Of the plant
that has been living on the interior
tissues Of the oats from the start.
Years ago, men who should have
known better insisted that the FIRE
blight IN pears was caused by late
frosts after growth had begun, The
"yellows' in the peach tree was
due to lack OF potash III the soil.
and never seemed to realize that
plant diseases are caused by other
plants of a low order that become
parasitic on the cultivated plants.
I While [ would not try to dis
courage any one from trying to
have a good plot Of alfalfa, it is
nevertheless true that the average
farmer car get more feed in a
shorter time from peas, vetch and
crimson clover, and can improve
his land faster than with alfalfa
III d rotation. Alfalfa demands
strong soil, while the other legumes
can be grown on poor soil, and can
be used to get the poor land into
a high condition rapidly. AS |
once said to Joe Wing, at the Viz
ginia State Institute. when he
spoke Of a fine field Of alfalfa in
my neighborhood making ten tons
Of hay, even if the reported yield
was true, with the time and ex-
,pense that had been devoted to the
getting Of that ten tons Of alfalfa
hay. [ could have made 40 tons OF
coWpea and crimson clover hav
Mr.. A. D. Hudson's success will
hairy vetch we'll shows what car
) be done with these annual legumcs
and for the rapid and economical
: Improvement Of the soil they bea.
t alfalfa a long way.
Don't Farm Poor Land say;
the Editor, and SO say [. Amos
daily I get letters from farmer:
asking advice, and they start Oh
by saying, My land is poor Whe
5 made it poor, and who is respon
sible that it remains poor? II tn
land was fertile when first cleared
S and brought into cultivation, is i
: mot the fault of the man who ha
been cultivating it that it has be
come poor? If it remains poor, /
t It not the fault Of the same man
II | would like to see the day whel
any farmer in the South will b
d ashamed to say that his land i
n poor, when every farmer will real
ize that the land is poor becaus
he does not make it rich by goo
farming and stock feeding.
A Dry-Weathe Lesson.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-03
Prof. Massey's Views.

TIL the land got strong enough to
make paying hay crops, and then
| would never pillow under anything
that can be fed to stock.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-03
Progressive Farmer.)

care the English broad or horse
beans grown in this country Yes,
TO sorne extent. But they have to be
planted very early, as they are
very hardy and soon destroyed by
our summer heat. Planted in late
January or early February, they
have done we'll for me in North
Carolina, and are very good when
eaten green like garden peas. The
spring frosts do not seem to hurt
them at all.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-03

them at all.
Il can get pulverized oyster
shells for $500 per ton, and burnt
lime costs $500 a ton. Which
would you adviser At the prices
named, the burnt lime is the
cheaper, for it will take twice as
much Of the pulverized shells to
have the same effect. And $500
is entirely too much for them, for
] know that the shells at the coast
places where they are collected do
not cost the grinders 50 cents a
ton, and they can make a good
profit in grinding them for ST a
ton.
81 have some apple trees that
have good crops on alternate years,
and the years between, few or none.
How shall | remedy this?' This
is a common habit with most ap-
pies. A tree cannot carry a heavy
load Of fruit and make growth for
another crop at same time. You
can to some extent change the
habit by a good thinning of the
fruit i'll the bearing yeaE. and SO
giving the trees a chance. Then
give the orchard a good dressing
Of raw bone meal and muriatc OF
potash every spring and they Will
do much better.
what do you consider the best
mixture of grasses for The South
Will timothy do we'll in southern
North Carolina?" AS good q
mixture for hay as you car make
will be ten pounds of orchard grass
ten pounds of tall meadow oat:
grass, and FIVE pounds of redtof
20 make the aftermath better. 70,
can sow Italian rye grass III tht
tall and cut a fine crop of hay mex
spring, but it will not last, and act.
more like all annual. Timothy, ii
like manner. will make one cutting
and then the summer will finish ii
Yes. SOW rye, but | would Away,
SOW some crimson clover or vetcl
with it. In fact, if the crop is sow
cd for hay a mixture Of the vetcl
and crimson clover with the ry
will make a better forage crop, AM
II the whole is to be turned unde
IN the spring for a hoed crop, tn
mixture will be far better than ry
alone. The vetcfl will seldom fal
to catch, while the clover may, an,
IN any event, when the sowing ca
be done early enough it is Away
best to SOW some of the legume
as a winter cover. When the SOW
ing must be done too late for tn
legumes, then SOW rye and do nc
leave bare ground to waste ferti
lty III the winter rains, and as D
hutler says, | would plow under i
the early spring any of these crop
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-03

1t is strange, as is shown by DR..
Butler, how readily farmers ascribe
diseases i'll plants to certain mat