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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
TO OPPOSE RINgEEL
For the Russian Ambassador
ship until He Comes Clean
with the Committee.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Repub-
leans of the Senate foreign relations
committee have made 1t known that
they Will not agree to final action on.
the appoin tlnent OF Henry M. Pindell,
Of Peoria, M. as ambassador to Rus
STA untn they have had an opportnn-
ity to eSamIns certain correspondence
between Mr.. tPindelf and Representa-
tive Stoneg said to bear upon actiyf-
ties of postmasters in that state,
Letters have been sent TO MIR. Pindell
urging him to lay the correspondence
before the committee. Representa-
tive Stone has not yet furnished GER
tain letters upon which much opposi-
ton TO Mr.. Pindell has been based.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
SUDDENL Y
LEA YES HIS OF ICE
Resigns Because Mayor. Kline
Keeps Another Man in as
Acting Commissioner.
tBY AssociATEp paEBsl


NEW YORK. Dec. 31-Rhineland-
er Waldo. for nearly four years po-
lice commissioner of New York, put
on his hat and walked out Of head
quarters today. In a letter to May
or Kline he said:
1T appears to be the desire of the
incoming administration not to ap-
point a commissioner but to have an
acting commissioner appointed by
me remain in charge of the depart
ment. / will not be a party to this
plan"
Waldo's sudden resignation leaves
the city without q civilian police
head until John p. Mitchell. who
takes office tomorrow, can name one.
It was announced that Douglas l.
Mckay. who had heretofore ten
.dered his resignation as fri. deputy
commissioner, effective at noon to-
day, had rescinded his action and
would remain in charge. Mr.,
Waido's departing caused halt on
rhis scheme.
AFTER noon" he said, the police
department will be in the hands OF
Chief Inspector Max Schmittberger.
The mayor will have to appoint a
commissioner or go without one. All
of the deputy commissioners have re-
signed to me. l had their resigna-
lions in my hands two months ago.
All take effect at 12 o'clock today. .
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
LOT SHE
To Start 0 the New Year with.
the Wilson and Benni
son Company.

As an evidence Of iss conviction that
1914 wilt be a big year ill5real estate
transactions Tor this cnIninuSiity, the
Wilson a4d Dennison Company viii
start OF the new year By holding a lot
sale;
The property 70 be sold IS the T, g.
and w. A. Gaylord sub division facing
on Eas; Pike street near Factory
street, where the Atlantic ReAniing
Company formerly habits plant The
sale VII be opened at the property
AT 9 o'clock Thursday morning and
continue uniii an the twelve. or th!r-
teen lots are d.sposed OF.
The lots are priced at. $4e0 TO $3.50
each. All are situated within the city,
are level and have AL improvements
such as sidewalks, sewer, water and
gas connections and the like.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
OFFICIAL IREM0VED
BY the President of the United
States for Not Being in
Sympathy with Wilson.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. = With
authority Of President Wilson, Fred
G. Wetmore, United States attorney
for the Western district of Michigan,
with headquarters at Grand Rapids,
was removed from office today by At
torney General McReynolds. No spe-
cific charges were filed against Mr.
Wetmore but 1t was said he was out
of sympathy with the administration.
Until successor can be appointed
his office will be filled by an attor-
ney to be named by a Judge OF the
United States court in that district,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
STEAMER BLOWN
UP BY EXPLOSION
Or at Least That is the Belief as
Result of Seeing Two Bursts
Of Smoke on Horizon.

TAMRTco, Dec. Si-Fears are en-
tertained here that the, Norwegian
steamer, Atlantis, which left this
port yesterday from Galveston with
fourteen passengers on board, has
been destroyed by an explosion at
sea.
The Atlantis sailed at / O'Clock in
the afternoon. Two hours after the
Atlantis passed the bar, the steamer,
Norman Castle, in bound, reported
thai her officers had seen two bursts
of smoke on the horizon and heard
two loud explosions from the direc-
tion taken by the Atlantis.
Efforts were made from here to
obtain communication with the At
lantis by wireless but there was no
response. The battleships stationed
here also valnly tried to communi-
cate with her.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
EIGHT PER SONS
DIE In BIG FIRE
And Fifteen Persons Are In
iured, ofsWhonl -Four Are
in Serious Condition.
MANY REscUEs ARE MADE
Brave Girl Loses Her Head, Re-
turns TO Her Room and is
Found Dead There.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3i.-Eight per
sons, i've men and three women, died
in an early morning tenement house
fire at So Monroe street In the crowded
East Side district today. Fifteen per-
sons were injured, four seriously, by
jumping from fire escapes. The Are
men made many rescues.
The fire started in the hall on the
ground floor cutting OF escape by
way Of the stairs. An hour before
dawn the tenants in the house were
aroused by cries OF persons in the
street Finding escape by way of the
stairway shut of, they crowded on
the fire escape platform. The calmer
waited for the iremen to raise ladders.
a few made their escape over the
roofs of adjoining houses.
The dead are Mrs. Beck Kaplan. 55
years, a widow; Barney Kaplan, is,
her son; Louis Kaplan, is, another
SON; Samuel Cohen, GA; Isaac Weis-
berg, so; Mrs. Pearl Weisberg, so,
wife; Gussfe Mazzin, 10, and Israel
Golden, 35.
The Mazzin girl, after assisting her
father, mother and five brothers to the
fire escape, lost her head and returned
10 her room, where she was found
dead.
The bodies of Mrs. Kaplan, her sons
and Samuel Cohen, a tailor, who oc-
cupied a room with them, were found
on the fifth floor Israel Golden was
found dead in his bed on the fifth
floor. The Weisbergs were in their
apartment on the third floor
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
PlGLURE'S REEURN
Causes the French Government.
to Make the Day a Very
CeremOnious Occasion.

PARIS, Dec. 3i.-The return today
OF Da yincfs Mona Lisa to Paris after
an absence Of two years and four
conths was madei into cefemonioua
occasion by the French government.
The picture, after travelling from.
Florence to Rome and thence to Milan
under careful guardianship, was COM
mitted to the care OF the representa-
tive of the French government, Henry
Marcell conservator OF the French
national museums, who arrived here
with stan of assistants this after
noon In private compartment of the
express train from Italy. The picture
was enclosed In a thin oaken case
ound with straps and with light
handle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31

PRESlnlO. Tex Dec 3d--it was
the opinion o military experts here
TO-DAY that the battle OF Oiinasa|
would be decided within twenty-lour|
hours. likewise L was believed that|
the Only chance of the federnls go'
escape externina lon should the rcp-|
els pour IN on them was precipik
tate hight ACROSS the United States
border The federals were reported
short or Ammunition while The rebels
by the frequency Of their IRE 1p-
peared to iiag re an ample supply, said
to haye been taken with the occppA-
tion d chihuahua City The TACTICS
OF narrowing their semi circle
around the federals were continued
tby General Ortega's forces. Nha&
ever the outcome Il was certain that
no surrender would be considered.
General villa at Chihuhua had said
that he would execute ali federal
volunteers whether they spTen-
dered or not United States cavalry
patroHifg the. border considered
what they would do # the four
thousand men, commanded BY al
most q dozen generals. should start
a lush across the border. Major
sMeNamee, commanding the patrol.
had less than one thousand men sta~
toned at points along the river
where twas likely refugee soldiers
would cross
Estimates of the probable number
ct dead and wounded were based
merely on what refugees reported
today A federal deserter said two
AZ. thran hatns 144nd ~ ff.s4,s ,,,,,,,|t.ets
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
'TRANI Commissioners
Give Notice to Counsel That a
Public Hearing Will Be Held
on January Z.

I CONCORD, N H., Dec 31-The
commits toner's appointed by the fed
eral court to determine whether pub
lie safety would be endangered by
the liberation on bail of Harry X.
Thaw notified counsel today that a
public hearing on the matter would
be held January Z. In accordance
with the order OF the court all in
terested parties may offer testimony
Of the hearing affecting actions OF
Thaw since his committal to the
matteayan asylum, tending to show
on his part any disposition to do
physical harm or evidence to the CON
trary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
PUBLIC EXECUTION
of Thirteen Persons Who Plot
ted to Overthrow Japanese
Rule at -Formosa.

TOXIC, Japan, Dec. S1.-The public
execution of thirteen Formosan con-
spirators was carried out at Taihoku,
Formosa. today according to des-
patches received by the government
here. They were sentenced to death
in connection with a plot discovred in
November to overthrow Japanese rule
in Formosa. The plotters had planned
to raise an army of 100000 and to
massacre the Japanese garrison, after
ward handing over the island to
China. Beside the thirteen plotters
sentenced to death. 1913 others were
condemned to long terms of imprisoh-
ment,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
TROOPS "A Il e SENT
TO MURDER TRIAL
To Protect Two Negroes al the
Request Of the Judges at
GhestertoWn; Md.
t6Y AssoclkTEp paass4

OHESTERToWN, Nd, Dec. 81.-The
Second battalion OF the Fifth regi-
ment, Maryland national guard, con-
sisting Of four companies from Balti-
more, arrived here at an early hour
today. They were sent here at the
request Of the judges OF the Kent
county court who believed their
presence necessary during the trial
of the two negroes, Norman Mabel and
James Parkway. for the murder Of
James NJ. Coleman.
The troops marched to the Jail and
went into camp around the county
buildings. They had full field equip
ment and plentiful supply OF ammu-
milton. Brigadier General Charles
Gather is in command. General Cath
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
OFFICIAL OF MINE
NOW UNDER ARREST
Charged with Aiding and Abet-
ting the Shooting of Strik-
ing Miners at Golfers.
tsY AsseelArEr ,REss,

GOLFERS. W. Va, Dec. 31.-Wil-
liam Bilderbeck, assistant superin-
tendent of the Golfers mine of the
Pittsburg and West Virginia Coal
Company. was arrested today charged
with aiding and abetttng" the shoot
ing of Jim Logan, a striking miner,
who is alleged to have been seriously
wounded by Mike Potash, a strike
breaker. 4
According to Miss Fannie scull!ns,
a social worker of st. Louis, who has
been working among the families OF
the striking miners and who brought
about Potaskl's arrest. Potash told
her Bilderbeck had offered him $50
to shoot Logan.
strfkersa nd their families have
been living IN tents since the strike
was inaugurated last September and
there has been much disorder.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
TROOPS ORDERED
TO 90 INTO lN1lVE S
And Capture "Happy Jack"
HendriCkSon and His Clan of
Kentucky Mountaineers.
ar sssoe,Arrp rsr,p

PINEVILLE. KY, Dec. 31.-Adju-
tant General Ellis received word this
morning from Governor McCreary to
spend no more time in the siege In
attempting to capture Happy Jack
Henrickson and his clan Of mountain-
GERS who are hiding in the mine be-
tween here and Elys.
The adjutant general was ordered
this morning to take men and enter
the mine and he prepared TO act ac-
cordingly some time this afternoon.
Twenty searchlights have been OBJ
tanned and these viii be used by as
many men while twenty other men
win follow. heavily armed
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
0DDS kNR EMS
Only Of Testimony as to ine
Italian Hall Panic Fire Are
Given to Jury.
uy sssseta4ss sas.a,

CALUMET, fIlchs Dec 3 l. Convinced
that testimony available as to the
identity ofgthe man, who started the
Christmas eve panic by calling Ere
in acrowded hall Is iusuHicient, local
representatives Of the Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners decided not to pros
due Witnesses for the purpose before
the coroner's inquest today As a re-
suit only odds and ends OF testicony
were heard and It was expected that
the jury would begin its delfbefati6fs
late today. Hall a dozen persons ap-
peared at the nearing
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
/. ONLY IWQ CASES
Of Typhoid Fever in Ain Army
of $4,000 Officers and
Men in 1918.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The army
got through the year 1918 with only
two cases of typhoid fever in the en-
listed strength of more than $4,000
officers and men. One was that Of a
man who had not been iInmunized with
the typhoid vaccine and was believed
to have contracted the fever before
he enlisted The other case was
among the troops In China and though
the man was immunized in 1911 the
history Of the case is in doubt.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
NAV ROUTES
For Mail Carrying are Established
Through Efforts of Brown.
Brown.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. - Con-
gresham Brown has succeeded in
having two new mail routes estab-
ished out of Terra Alta, Preston
county, to commence March 2, next.
Route No. win be 20 miles long
and will supply 1913 families, while
the salary of the carrier will be
$1,056 a year. Route No. will be
26 miles long and will supply ISL
families. The salary OF the carrier
will be $1.1O0 year.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
TRANSFER
of the Reverend Father Schoe-
men IRON Fairmont to This
City is Announced.

The Rev. Father P. j. Schooner,
who has been rector for the last few
years of the Fairmont Italian Catholic
church, has been transferred to this
city by the Right Rev P. j. Donahue,
bishop of the West Virginia diocese
of the Catholic church, to the rector
ship of the Italian Catholic church
here. The Rev Father F. Laureazano,
Of Wheeling, will be Father Schoenen's
successor at Fairmont. Father
Schooner will come to Clarksburg
about Saturday, January 10.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
SNOW STORM
In Germany is the Heaviest in
That Country Except One
Other in Thirty Years.
or AsseelArEe saEss,

BERLIN, Germany, Dec. 31.-The
German capital was covered with
fourteen inches of snow at noon today
andt he fall still continued. A heavier
snow storm has been recorded only
once in thirty years. Near Halle a
passenger train crowded with people
proceeding to their home to spend the
New Year holiday, was blocked by
snow at midnight and the people were
still prisoners at noon today. Reports
from other parts of the empire show
that the snowfall is general.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
.COMlNITTEEMEN
SEEKING A COACH

tendance of the two gentlemen in
question there rests, to large ex-
tent, the future of the state univer-
sity in football. Messrs. Jackson
and Stathers are attending the con-
vention for the purpose OF securing
information concerning the ability
OF several eastern football stars who
graduate next spring, with view of
selecting a man to serve as head
coach at West Virginia university
next year.
Sixty colleges throughout the
United States will be represented at
the big convention. and naturally
the two men will be able TO pick up
some valuable data concerning next
fContlnued ON mage 1O1
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
Jackson and Stathers Scout in
the East for Varsity
Football Trainer.

Attorney Steven G. jackson,
alumni representative on West vir-
ginia uniyerslty's new athletic COM
mittee, and Attorney Birk s..
Stathers, OF Weston, chairman of the
committee recently appointed by the
alumni to investigate the coaching
system In use at some OF the large
eastern colleges, have gone to New
York City to attend the eighth an
hual convention Of the National Col
iegtate association, which viii he
held In the Hotel Astor. In the at
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
sur BROUGHT
BY a Cabin Creek Coal Miner
against Former Governor
and General Elliott.

CHARLESTON, Dec. 81 leging
ne had been unlawfuly detained bY
state troops while the Cabin Creek
coal country was under martial ihw.
Tony Stafford this afternoon brought
suit in the circuit court Of feanawhs
county against william =. Glasscock.
tormer governor Adiutant Genera
g. D. Eliiottsan all the lhemhere pr
the military commission STAFFORD
asks SO, 900.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
sCHoLAsTICS
VIII Play Weston ColIegians Return
Game at Weston.

The scholastics basketball team
will play the Weston Collegians at
Weston Thursday afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock. A better game is looked for
than the one here Monday night
when the local team defeated the
Weston team by score of 1T to 20.
The following Scholastics players
will take the trip: Williams, Rigby.
Osburn, Garrett, Louden, McAndrew
and L. Martz. The team will leave
on the 1880 o'clock car.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
MAIL ROUTE
Is Extended by the Department
through the Efforts Of Con-
gresham Moss.
tsrrelAL 70 ms rrLssnEs,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-con-
gresham Moss has been notified by
the postoffice department that. at his
request, rural mail route No. out
of Cairo has been extended, SO as to
benefit eleven families.
The name Of the posteffice at Kee-
ferton, Fayette county, has been
changed to Westerly.
the postoffice at City, Fayette coun-
ty, has been changed from Dec. 81 /.
TO January 81, 1914.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
Nam qRIAI

Tie criminal court devoted the
greater part d Wednesday to the
trial Of Charles Hafr on q charge OF
interferlng With an officer By taking
q roulette wheel which has been
siezed by officers lii 4 raid on a gam
ling place
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
TOWN ELECTIONS

Annual town elections viii be held
at Adamston, stealey Heights, Broad
Oaks, Northview, Bridgeport Shinns-
ton and Lumberport tomorrow. The
ofticers-elect will begin their duties
February /,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
TICKET NOMINATED.

The Citizens ticket was nominated
at Adamston last night for the
municipal election there tomorrow.
1t consists of G. C. Southern for
mayor, James C. Garrett for re-
corder and w. W. Carr, Carl Jones,
a. v. Upton, c. S Elliott and E. y,
Johnson for councilmen
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
new SCHEDULE
of Traction Freight Cars in
This City Will Go into e.
feet on Tomorrow.

On and after January /. the trac-
ton company will run its city freight
cars as follows:
Leave Clarksburg to Grassetii at
$3.50 a. m, arrive at Grasselli . a. M.
Leave Grasselli 8 a. M, arrive at
Clarksburg $3.50 a. M.
Leave Clarksburg to O'Neil 1910
a. m, arrive Adamston 1920 a. M,
arrive O'Neil 1850 a. M.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
PLOT TO KILL
Huerta at a Reception is Frus-
trated by the Arrest of
Two Mexicans.

MENLCO CITY, Dec. S1-An al
legged plot to assassinate Provisional
President Huerta during the New
Years reception was frustrated to-
day by the arrest Of two Mexicans
in a suburban house. The secret po-
lice are said to have discovered that
the plotters had planned to enter the
home OF General Huerta at the same
time as the officials and others had
arranged to come and OFFER theIf
New Years greeting.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
TO OBsERYE DAY.

The city banks, public oficess bust
ness houses, and other places viii IS
closed tomorrow as 81 will be a legal
holiday
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
NEW CARRIER.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S1.-Russell
G. Moore has been appointed rural
mall carrier on route No. out OF
New Martinsvllle, in place of Claude
D. Moore.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
wADEs SUCCESSOR.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S1.-James
R. Ewers has been appointed post
master at Woods. Putnam county. in
place of James K. Wade, removed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
COUNTY, COURT,

The county court "Wednesday q
onerated NJ 3, Curry from road TAX
and established a bridge on. Little
Indian run IN Eagle district
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
FoRTNEY NAMED.

WASHINGTON; Dec. 3I.-Draper
Fortney has been appointed rural
mail carrier on route No. 2 out OF
Albright, in place Of Nolen ], Gibson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31

Queen Victoria Eugn youngest
youngest daughter, Princess Maria Christina.
Queen Victoria Eugene very of her children,
has been photographed with youngest Prince
Christina
only daughter Henry Battenbg and born
tobr a. 1887 wedding King Alponso somnzd May
81 1906 Her majesty five children the eldest Of the innte
Aphonso 1907;
youngest of whom Prince Juan, born in June Of this
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31

er is also acting as the person repre-
sentative of Governor Goldsborough
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CONTINUED on page 100
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cIoady lonIght BE- ,TIlnlsdlay.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-16
CARE OF UMBRELLA.

la stand IL handle down to dry then
wipe off the handle and ferrule and
furl the silk sections. IL the silk gets
spot on il remove IL with a silk rag.
warm water and soap Clean gold
or silver handle with whiting, wash a
china handle in warm soap suds rub up
a wooden handle with a very slightly
oiled rag. a good way to mend
silk umbrella is to wet a piece OF
black court plaster ana fasten 1t to the
silk Just under the tear and let II dry.