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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-13
N5BDICA
Is to Sing at Fairnont April
% through Efforts Of I
Prof. Martin. |

Prof. A. W. Martin. director oil
music in the state Normal school at
Fairmont has made arrangements to
bring Madame Lillian Nordica, the
great dramatic soprano. to Falrmopt
for a recital there the night 6f
Tuesday April %, She win be as
sisted on the occasion by Myron w.
Whitney basso, and Romayne Sim
mons pianist. ~
Madame Nordlca is truly versatile.
aside .trom her vocal and histrionic
powers AS the prima donna is. a
i New England woman, she is above
all else patriotic. Madame Nordica
IS enrolled as a Daughter of the
American Revolution and also as a
Colonial Dame and her early Colon
ial documents form one OF the most
valuable collections in America. They
comprise nearly one. hundred framed
specimens and include bills of sale,
curiously worded and including the
signatures of many of the historical
celebrities of the republic. They are.
all framed and hung on the walls of
one Of the rooms in the singers pal
atial bungalow at Deal. n. J.. which
is the largest building of its kind in
the world, having a frontage of
twenty-eight hundred feet.
Naturally, Madame Nordica's pa
triotic impulse is directed toward
American music, and in connection
with this the great singer says:
1T is not fair to compare the work
of our young American composers
with the more mature works Of a
Wagner, a Verdi or a Strauss. am
an American singer and I sing wag-
ner and Strauss in German and Verdi
in Italian. Why should l, myself,
therefore. look compacently on while
my mother tongue is ostracized from
the operate stage. l sing and enjoy
hearing others sing in French. Italian
German and Russian, but l do not
like to have English forgotten.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-13

English properly sung is, with the
exception of Italian, the most musical
language in the world. We have
none of the distressing nasal sounds
Of the French, none Of the throaty
gutteral sounds OF the Germans, or
the somewhat unintelligible conso-
nants of the Russians. Why should
we, therefore, neglect our own Ian
guage? No, hail the work of the
young American composer and look
forward with joy to the day when he
Will be given equal chance of inter.
probation with other ratlons."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-13
az r q AN NC
GREA q SE7IP GA Nal

Just given By the Imperial insurance
Tribunal The case was that OF
George schendel one Of the best
known German aviators, and his me-
chaniclan, August voss, who were
killed at Johannssthal June 9, 1911.
while attempting to break the world's
record for height. The widow Of voss
claimed for herself and child from
the Union Of Skilled Mechanics and
Electricians. to which her husband
belonged. the insurance provided by
law, namely, an annuity equal to two
fifths OF her husbands annual wages.
In view of the extreme risk In this
profession twenty-six German avia-
tors having been killed already. the
union appealed to the Insurance tri-
bunal for decision. This Is to the
effect that while the union Is entitled
to refuse to pay the legal accident in
surance for casualties incurred IN
sport competitions, It must pay when
its member is injured in the regular
performance of his duties as purely
technical employee of an aeroplane
firm. The court took the ground that
the high ascent was a necessary test
of the ability of the machine. further
than Yoss. as the mechanlclan and
not the aviator, was not responsible
for the extreme 10 which the test was
carried.
The United States eonsul=General
A. NJ. Thackara, and his stan have
been souhdlysscolded by, an indignant
German for writing tothim in English.
and the organ of the international
German Language Society, large
branch Of which exists in New York.
has approved the scoldlng. The COM
plainant wrote to the Consulate-Gen-
eral asking certain information re-
garding United States tarlff sched-
ules. This was sent to him, but, as
is customary in the correspondence
of all United States consulates in
Germany, in English. The recipient
protested and the consulate-genersl
wrote an explanatory letter, pointing
to the regular custom of the Office
and the fact that no complaint had
ever been made against it. But this
letter, too, was in English, and the
fact moved the recipient to an indig-
nant answer. which the language So
ciety's magazine publishes with APP
proving comment.
az find IT very astonishing and very
remarkable wrote the aggrieved
German, that you have written your
answer to me in English. You come
to us especially to further the COM
merce of your nation, and It is your
duty to write only German in Germany
to Germans Any other- course, is a
misuse OF the hospitality which We
extend to you in the fullest measure. ("
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-13
Part Of the River Rhine is to
Be Made a German
Stream.

BERLIN, April 13.-The River
Rhine, '.the German Rhine" as the
FatherlanGs national song describes
It, may eventually be made German
stream fro mthat corner OF the Black
forest where Il first enters the empire
to- its mouth. Plans for a great ship
canal to open the streams way en-
tirely through German territory to the
North Sea. first preached when Bis
manck was in power and known 10
have had It's approval, have now been
prepared. with fun engineering and
financial details. and will be laid be-
fore the government. the Relchstag,
the parEaments of the federated
states and the municipalities inter
ested in the project.
The canal, according to these plans,
will leave the Rhine near Vessel, fol-
low the boundary of Holland closely
and Join the River Ems not far from
Leer. The city of Emden, at the mouth
Of the Ems, would thus become the
harbor city of two great German
rivers, and shipping which now en-
-tsrssthss Rhine .throughsp Dutch territory
would need fear no embargo by hos
tile navigation or tariff regulations,
The estimated cost OF the Undertaking
is $5s.75O.OOO, some $4.deo.OOO less
than that of the RhlneJHaaoYer canal
rogg under construction. Apart from
The advantages which thlssnsw mouth
to the Rhine would afford shipping in
terests II would result in the recla-
nation of considerable stretches of
moorland, the so-calIed Boortanger
Moor through which the canal would
run for its entire length. This, It Is
Believed, will appeal strongly to the
government, as the emperor in his ad-
dress from the throne last year an
nounced the governments intention
of Systematically pushing the recla-
nation and settlement OF moorlands.
F1vinp 10 racnvni5ad 20 raeu1or
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-13

]. r.. Burt is here from Manning.
ton on a business visit.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-13

Poor appetite is a sure sign of impaired
digestion. A few doses Of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets will strengthen
your digestion and improve your appetite.
Thousands have been benefited by taking
these tablets. Sold by all dealers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-13

Flying is recognized as regular
profession. and professional avlators
employed by German aeroplane build
ers' are held entitled to the benefits
of the state insurance act if killed or
injured in fights executed in testing
or selling aeroplanes by decision
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
Interstate Commerce Commission In
tends to Look into the Matter
and See Where tho Trouble
Lles.
RAILROADS QUESTIONED
All Of Those Which Haul Anthracite
Are Asked to Give lnforma-
ton Regarding Tran
sactIons.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.l
WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.-Caii'ng
upon all railroads hauling anthracite
coal and coal companies alleged to be
afiiliated with the same carriers to
give all information as to business
transactions between these different
companies, the interstate commerce
commission today began one OF the
most comprehensive probes II has
yet undertaken.
Notices were served on a score of
railroads and coal mining companies
including the Central railroad of New
Jersey; the Delaware and Hudson;
Delaware, Lackwanna and Western
railroad; Erie railroad, New York,
Susquehanna and Western railroad;
Lehigh, Pennsylvania and Reading.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has mailed all these carriers
blanks for them to fill out, telling
how much coal Is mined, cost OF min
ing, high and low selling prices,
| whether the stocks OF coa1 companies
are owned by the railroad companies
and all other business information.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
TAKES "A WOMAN
TO DO THINGS
Reforms Which Men Were I'm
able to Even Get a Good
Start On.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK. Dec. 24.--That the
potency of the present investigations
into police graft and vice conditions
in this city hangs upon the straight
forward testimony Of two women was
admitted today by the investigators
This feature of the presen: campaign
for civic and social betterment has
also been seized upon by the suffra
gists throughout the nation as re-
markable demonstration of womans
power in public affairs.
suffragette leaders here today COM
men. ed glowingly on the fact that 1t
took two women to bring about an In
yestieation that men reformers had
failed to set In operation through
many years Of futile endeavor The
suffragists regard this manifestation
of woman's Importance in the further
ance Of reforms as one of the strong
est arguments in favor OF women suff-
rage that has come before the public
in years.
While the character and sociai
standing of the two women whose
testimony is the motive power in the
present vice and graft probe. is as
widely divergent as the social scale
makes possible, the fact is not alter
ed that each in her own way has been
the instrument of tremendous i'm,
portance in the prosecution of the in
uuiry. Their revelations brought or
simple and official disclosure of the
workings of the System" and the
downfall of the men higher up"
4 Mary Goode, the disorderly house
keeper, brought on the first storm
agains. the police through her dis
closures of bribery and corruption.
Now comes Mary Coleman, pretty
and successful woman lawyer and SUI
fragette leader, whose astonishing
personal Investigations Of vice comm
tions in the neighhorhool of her Har
lem home. are being revealed to tn
special aldermanic investigating com
mittee. Mary Goodies s.ory so ia
| has reached no further in the depart
4 ment than a patrolman. but Mis-
coleman's testimony already Involve
4 the captain Of a precinct,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
Largest Flee. Ever Reported Awaits
Abatement of Storm to Tie
Up at Ellls
Island.
SIX THOUSAND SOULS
Greater Majority Are immigrants
Who Are Coming to the Land
Of Freedom and
,sr'sy,

UNITED Py Leased Wire seryice.l
NEW " {, Dec. s4.-uncle Sam
was expe to be host today TO one
of the g ,st companies entertained
in rece = ears in his Ellis Island
hotel D all of the arriving future
citizens not fortunate enough to pos
sess bank accounts are held until
they demonstrate to the immigration
authorities that they are worthy to
land Tossing on the high waves off
Ambrose Lightship in the thickest
kind of a norther that swirled snow
about so that nothing could be seen
ships length away, was flee. OF
liners, the largest ever reported for a
Christmas eve All told the tonnage
was above the one hundred thousano
mark, while there We're more than
Is 900 passengers on board.
The steamships of the major lines
with their tonnage and passengers as
reported from the fleet which was ex-
pected TO crawl up the bay before
nightfall was as follows:
Lapland, Red Star line from Ant
werp 1880 tons, 65 first, % second
and 700 third class passengers; Rot
terdam, Holland-American line, from
Rotterdam, 24,i7o tons, SO first, 14F
second and sos third class passen
gers; George Washington, North Ger
+ man Lloyd line from Bremen, 2700t
tons, s4A first cabin, 464 second ans
ITO third class passengers; Amerika
Hamburg-American line from Ham
burg, 22,622 tons. 175 first, 275 sec
ond and 1,430 third cabin passengers
Martha Washington. Austro-Americar
line from Trieste, 1912 tons, 80 first
166 second and sos third class pas
sengers. In addition there were sew
eral from West Indian and Soutl
American ports reported.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
Weather Conditions.

The gulf storm moving to the east
ern coast was attended by rain from
the gulf to the eastern states, and it
was showing in New York and Boston
this morning.
The western field of high pressure
has drifted southward to western
Texas, and the northern area of low
pressure has concentrated In a mark
ed depression in northern Montana,
these conditions causing fair, cool
weather in the south, and unsettled,
warmer weather in the northern sec
tions, west of the Mississippi
Conditions indicate fair weather for
this section tonight and Wednesday,
and warmer tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
CONTINUED on page 81
III. CNE SMOKE WAS
ENOUGH FOR WILSON

he received as a Christmas present
srom an admirer in Vicksburg, MISS.
The governor says that he never
smoked but once in his life.
"My father was smoker OF heavy
oiearsp he said, but I tried IT only
tba one time in my life and that was
with disastrous results. Curiousiy
enough, did it to please my mother'
W7hen father was away one time she
asked me 10 smoke some bugs out OF
her favcrite rosebud. ] was proud 10
a. Il smoked like furnace for sew
eral minutes and have never trleu
to smoke since"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
No Apparent Danger.

NEW YORK, Dec. a. Wireless
dispatches from the United Fruit
Companys steamer Turrfalba. ashore
on the treacherous sands off Barne-
gat seventy miles south OF Sandy
Hook, stated today that the vessel
was resting easily and in no appar-
ent danger,
lent spirits, Captain J. M. Lindsay re-
ported to General Passenger Agent r.
w. Boisevain, and only impatient
over the enforced delay The wire
less message from Captain Lindsay
said he hoped she would be taken or
the sand as soon as the wrecking
tugs, now enroute, reach the scene.
The steamer has big cargo OF
bananas and general freight on board,
and IL necessary this can be quickly
lightered. SO far as known by the
local agents, the battering OF the giant
seas that have prevailed have made
little impression on the steel hull OF
the steamer According to Captain
Lindsay's report all OF the compart.
ments were closed the instant the
vessel took he bottom and she is TAX
( ing no water.
The officials OF the line say they
have not received the passenger list
and do not know the names of any OF
those marooned on the steamer.
The life saving station at Little
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
indicted Railroad Mosuls Entered
Pleas of Not Guilty to Charges
Brought by the eov.
crnment.
WAS FIDGITY
MELLEN
Both Appeared Personally In Court
and Had to Wait Until Their
Case Was Called
Up.

United Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Dec. 24-Formal pleas
OF not guilty to indictments charging
them with criminal conspiracy In re-
straint Of foreign and interstate COM
rnerce were entered in the criminal
branch OF the United States court be- (
fore Judge Hough this afternoon by I
attorneys representing Charles $. Mel
len. president OF the New Haven rail-
road. and u. ], Chamberlin, president
of the Grand Trunk system. Both Of !
the accused railroad magnates wero
in court and were released In a bond
of $4,000 each.
Judge Hongh seemed inclined to let
them go on their own recognlzance,
but Assistant United States District
Attorney Henry A. Cutler, In charge
OF the prosecution, objected, pointing
out that they were not residents OF
| this district and the formal ball was
fixed and promptly furnished.
The two railroad magnates were COM
PEELED to wait nearly half an hour be-
4 fore their cases were called. Mellen.
who came down from his Offices In
the Grand Central station In an auto
mobile, waited In the courtroom
where the trial Of Julian Hawthorne
and his associates charged with hay-
j ing used the mails TO defraud, was In
progress, but Chamberlin remaineta
in the Offices OF the district attorney
u until notified that he was wanted In
court.
4 When Mellen entered the courtroom
he was greeted by Josiah Quincy, Jr.,
former mayor OF Boston who is one OF
the defendants in the Hawthorne
case. and the two SHOOK hands.
Mellen seemed. Interested In the
progress OF the Hawthorne case and
watched closely the examination of
the witnesses until his own case
was called.
Both OF the railroad men were
represented by their personal attor-
neys and the court proceedings pure
ly formal. The plea OF not guilty
was entered with the privilege re-
served OF withdrawing 1t, and either
changing 1T or demurring to the In
diotment at any time previous to
January 6. Mellen was plainly very
nervous and during the proceedings
twiddled his hat and gloves and SHIFT
! ed from one foot to the other
J Just before Judge Hough arrived
j Frank L. Crawford, attorney for
t Chamberlin, said that grave mis-
) take had been made by the govern
]. ment.
Both Mr. Chamberlin and Mr. Mel
len welcome this investigation and
! will absolutely disprove that any
: crime was committed" said the
8 lawyer we will show that the real
reason for discontinuing the exten
/ sion Of the Grand Trunk connection
t to Providence was the condition o1
I the money market. The financing OF
4 the extension proved absolutely I'M
b possible because OF the ruinous rate
G demanded for the money needed. We
n will show this at the trial and vii
: prove that there never was even I
: plan for violation of the law"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
AMERICAN SIAMESE TWINS
CAUSING MAMMA TROUBLE

John R. Gibbs, Mealtime is proving
an inevitable bone of contention be-
tween united babies for when one is
clamoring for the bottle the other re-
fuses TO touch IT and even tries to
push her sisters meal out OF the crib.
Also when one twin is sleepy the 9th
er is always wide awake and this
sort of thing has put the fond parents
in a state of perplexity, The twins
arc fastened together at the hips but
otherwise are perfectly normal, Sur
geons believe an opera ion to sepa-
rate them can be performed success
fully when they are about six years
old.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
Accidentally Killed.

limited Press Leased Wire Seryice,l
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Dec. "a -
Felipe Valdez, a farmer of near Elem
dorf, was accidentally killed by his
ave year old son today. Valdez, pre-
pairing to go hunting, was standing
with the butt of shotgun resting on
the floor, when the child, playing on
the floor, crawled between his feet,
and touched the trigger, The mans
hand and jaw were blown off and he
died few hours later.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
Senator Kern Ends His Plea to the
Jury on Behalf Of Union Officials
Charged With Con
splracy.
Case viii 90 to the Jury After Mill
er's Fifteen Hour Talk and In
structlons From the
Judge.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Dec. 24.-The
fate of the forty union labor men in
the dynamite conspiracy trial, except
for fifteen hours argument for the
government by District Attorney
Charles Miller and Judge Albert An
derson's charge, rested with the jury
at 1880 this afternoon. when United
States Senator John W. Kern closed
the defense argument.
"Too circumstantial, asking the
mind to infer too much when the ca
reers of men are at stake" was Sena-
tor Kern's description of the prosecu-
tons case. He arraigned Ortie Nc
H Manigal, the informer, in even harsh
er terms than the other defense law
yers used, appealing to the jury not to
credit McManigal's confession.
@The uncorroborated portions OF
that remarkable piece OF fiction" de-
clared Senator Kern, .damns the
whole tale. It's revengeful spite ex-
plains the motive of the confessed
arch-fiend who said When I'm caught
we're all caught and who by careful
coaching has been helped to defile in.
Enocent names with his Judas touch"
Senator Kern referred to the mass
OF correspondence which the govern
4 ment had taken in the raid on the un.
i ion headquarters, weeks after ]. j.
4. Mcnamara had been arrested.
4 IF these men had been guilty Of
conspiracy of dynamite wouldn't they
have destroyed this alleged evidence?
Kern referred to some OF the letters
in detail, giving lawful interpretations
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
Bernhard,t Bounty.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service J
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. PA
dozen baskets filled to overflowing
with good things to eat, were present
ed the Associated Charities today for
distribution among the poor by
Madam Sarah Bernhardt, appearing
at a local theater. In each of the
baske,s was an autographed photo
graph of the divine Sarah.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-24
Fruit Steamer Aground on the Treach-
erous Sands of Harnesat
With a Cargo Of
5ananas-
is NOT MUCH DANGER
Wireless Messages From Stranded
Boat Says Passengers and
Crew Are In Excellent
Spirits.

EUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. IA
Losing his course In blinding snow
storm, the wheelsman OF the United
Fruit steamer Turrialba ran on the
shoals off Egg Harbor light. The sea
was running high at the time and the
vessel was soon hard and fast on the
sands She is In dangerously ex-
posed position and the life savers
from two of the atations are standing
by. wrecking tugs are being hurried
from New York by the Merritt Chap
man Company and should be along.
side before noon.
The steamer is one or the best OF
the United Fruit Company,a feet Sho
was enrorte TO New York from Costa
I Rica and 1t Is reported that she had
SIXTY passengers on board. She left
Costa Rica December 19 and Captain
/ Lindsay, II is understood, Was run
! ming at top speed to land his passen-
gers In time for them to reach their
! homes by Christmas day.
The weather was very thick during
the night and snow began to fall early
today The position of the vessel is
about seventy miles south OF AT,p-
rose Channel lightship, almost east
OF the Barnegat Light.
The wind was blowing gale when
the vessels nose struck the sand and
the heavy snow made IL smpossihle
for the wheelHman to pick up the
shore lights, II is believed that Cap
tain lindsay thought he was at least
ten miles further out than he actually
was.
The steamer struck the bar square
" and the bow end was lodged on the
bar to almost amidship, She was free
aft but although her engines were
| raced backward they failed to bulge
, her.
The life savers are standing by
!, ready to take off the passengers
should 1t be necessary before tho
wrecking tugs arrive.