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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15

For some years Ed Walsh OF the
Chicago White Sox has held the iron
man championship without serious
difficulty. Season after season he has
toiled through greater number OF
rounds than any other pitcher in the
game. But IN 1913 Manager McGraw
If the New York Giants has planned
EQUITABLE Walsh and he believes that
Ozark JET can stick with his rival
across the full trail. =
II believe this next year that I
.ouid push him into sixty games or
more and find him better than IL I
ased him only in his turn, !" says Nc
Straw. : Barring accidents, Tesreau
will pitch more games tn. i any other
nan in his league."'e
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15
BURLEI6H ELEeTED.

AUGUSTA, Ne. Jan. Is .-Formef
Congressman Edwin c. BurIeIgh was
elected United States senator today
with ninety-one votes. just enough to
elect
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15
JORDAN FUNERAL
WIN Be Held nj Baptist Church In.
stead Of Undertaking Chapel.

The funeral of Miss Marie Jordan.
colored, who died in a local hospital
Tuesday morning after suffering for
a long time with catarrh of the stom-
ach will be held at the Baptist church
Thursday afternoon at 2 O'Clock in
stead of the Clifford-osborn mortuary
chapel as was first announced. The
Rev. Mr., Kenney will conduct the
services. The burial viii be in the
Greenlawn cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15
BUYS BALL CLUB.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15.-w. H,
Locke today announced that he had
pusehased the Philadelphia basebaN
club.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15

Congressman William C. Redfeld
of New York is a strong candidate
Tor secretary of commerce and labor.
He IS one OF the. ablest members OF
the New York congressional delega-
ton, and is rounding out his first
term. Congressman Redfield Is a
manufacturer and a large employer
Of labor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, Jan 15.-slay wheat
closed sS' corn s2s, oats AK
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15

I Mr.. end Mrs. John ATcNerney, OF
Parkersburg, are visiting relatives
here.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15

Representative william n. Caldat
OF New York Is preparing q bEL
shortly to be introduced In congress-
which he hopes win result In the abo-
htion of icebergs in the Atlantic. His
plan Is to have the government con-
struct a hu5e s " across the grand
banks Of Newfoundland, thus shiftlng
the cold Labrador current into the
warm gulf stream and insuring this
melting of the bergs. . To carry thu
project through would reqc,se an .eses
penditure OF 10000, 600.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16

except to state that Its famous Sprudel
the chief spring. ceased to flow for three
days during the period of the earthquake
at Lisbon. In addition to the water con-
sumed by its throngs of visitors, 100000
bottles of its yield are annually exported.
Here was held in August 1Sl9 the cele-
brated congress by representatives of
Prussia, Austria and Germany, which re-
suited in the issuing of the "Karlsbad
Decree" framed to suppress the dem
ocratic movement in Germany 1t SUBJ
Jected the press to most rigorous CEN
sorship, established a central commission
at Mayence for the investigation of dem
agogical intrigues placed the universi-
ties under government inspection and de-
clared the suppression of the Burschen-
schaft. secret organization of the stu
dents
Marienbad differs but little from Carls-
bad, except that its waters are cold and
its exports 100000 bottles annually.
Teplitz is one of the most frequented
watering places in Europe. Some of its
springs are set apart for the exclusive
patronage of Jews, and here an alliance
was signed against Napoleon in Septem-
ber 1873, by the monarchs of Russia,
Prussia and Austria.
Pilsen Is city of 10000 population and
its beer Is world-famous. The brew
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bloodiest episodes of warfare were en-
acted But in a spirit of positive wierd-
ness the citizens have utilized many of
the engines of their devastation by con-
verting them into objects of veneration
so that one sees suspended by chains
from pillars in the churches the cannon
balls which damaged the churches in the
Seven Years war.
1t is not generally known that the caus-
ing by Count Thurn of two imperial coun-
sellors, Martnitz and Slawata, to be
thrown from a window of the old Stat
thalterei in Prague was the immediate
cause of the Thirty Years war. The
spot is marked by simple cross.
Most visitors to the city usually rush
to the Bradschin which is the imperial
palace but my first steps were directed
to the Ghetto, a most quaint and inter-
esting spot. Here the Jews were once
strictly confined and it was not until COM
paratively recently that these prosecuted
people were permitted to go outside of
their restricted quarters. 1t is known as
Josephstown and one Of its quaintest
features is the old synagogue said to have
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SIR DIGHrON PROBYN

been founded by the first fugltives from
Jerusalem after the destruction of that
city. Its antique confguration causes it
to resemble an old grist mill and it's
stubby tower contains a clock, the hands
of which run backwards. The hours upon
the dial also observe the retrograde direc-
ton.
Close by is the Jewish burial ground,
established prior to 1439, and beneath
some of its thousands of gray, moss
grown stones lie the bones of those who
walked this earth over a century before
Columbus discovered America. Many of
the tombs bear symbols peculiar to the
tribe to which the deceased belonged; !;
thus "a pitcher marks the tribe of Levi,
and two hands designate the descendants
of Aaron. Many of the sarcophagi dis
play animals chiselled in bold relief, such
as lions and even huge baboons. The sig
nificance of the latter | am unable to
fathom. Then again one here observes
the extremely ancient custom of BUM a.
cairns to the memory of the deceased
long after he has been placed under the
sod, so that piles of small stones are
heaped upon the graves and tombstones
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houses preserve their output in tremen-
dous cellars hewn from the living rocks
and they are well worth visit. 1t Is
the second city in Bohemia and the scene
of the Wallenstein conspiracy, for which
the general was outlawed. Twenty-four
of his adherents were executed in the
market place of the town.
While Budweis, city of 1000 souls, is
known to us principally by its beer, 1t Is
famous for its close proximity to Horitz,
the "Oberammergau of the Bohsnian for
est where interesting Passion Plays
have been performed periodically since
1876 These plays have recently been re-
arranged by the German "Bohmerwald
Bund" and bid fair to rival the Bavarian
presentations
AS l journeyed through the heart OF
Bohemia l was impressed with two prom
inent features in keeping with the wild
beauty and picturesqueness of the land
the sweet song of the peasants heard on
every side. surpassed possibly by only
the sonant cadences Of the Tyrolese airs,
and the graceful chain bridges that span
the rivers and streams. The one delights
the ear, the other charms the eye. 1t did
not require a great stretch of the imagina-
tion upon my part to picture the latter as
the crocheting in metal of some mighty
geni of the mountains which they em-
bellished.
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man tower, want him to give up the
moat garden which they can now only
use as Sir Dighton's guests Sir Dighton
is willing to do so If their majesties
will recompense him for all the money
he has spent on it, but the King de-
clines to do So Sir Dighton. therefore,
remains the legal owner of the most
beautiful private garden at Windsor
Castle to use which the King and
Queen must obtain his permission.
There are nine gift residences at
Windsor and 1t appears that six of these
are held by people with whom no spe-
cial arrangements were made when
they were put into possession by King
Edward and that they are. therefore.
entitled to hold them free during their
lives.
But If Queen Mary cannot compel
these free tenants to pay rent she can
curtail several of their privileges. For
example, the occupants of all the gift
residences about Windsor used to re-
ceive a free supply of milk, butter, eggs,
vegetables and flowers from the home
and castle farms at Windsor. over s1o,-
600 worth of farm produce was distrib-
uted from the two royal farms In
the future, says Queen Mary such COM
modities will have to be paid for at
ordinary market rates.
Custom gives the tenants of the gift
residences the privilege of using the
magnificent library In Windsor Castle
when the court Is not in residence and
hfC fartxf l.,
restricted form; the library is t. oe
opened to the gift tenants on two uays
a week only.
The gift tenants had the right o..
using the private park for motoring,
riding or cycling. They can continue
to do so but at a stated fee which
varies from $3.50 to $1,000 according to
the valuation of the hor-e the tenant
lives in. These fees are put toward the
upl<eep of the private park, which costs
about $4,000 a year to maintain, and
this has to be paid for out of the grant
of 100000 per annum which the King
gets from the state for the upkeep of
all the royal parks.
Another source of revenue which
Queen Mary In the course of her in
vestigation OF the rights of the ten
ants of the gift residences has discov-
cred is In connection with the occupy
ing OF Cumberland lodge. the residence
of Prince Christian. One of the lar
gest and most celebrated wineries In
the world is at Cumberland lodge, tho
fruit from which the prince sells every
year The King has now claimed the
right, which he undoubtedly possesses.
of selling the fruit of this vineyard
himsef and this has added at least
s2500 per annum to his private income.
The original idea of giving the mon-
arch the disposal of those residences
was in order that he might be able to
find accommodation for Impoverished
relations who came to England In great
numbers when the House of Hanover
came to the throne. But the number of
these has greatly lessened in the past
three reigns and many of the gift res
licences are now largely occupied by
persons who are not royalties and who
could quite easily afford to pay rent
for them.
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to have something in 1t. The matter was
placed in the hands of King Georges s
private solicitor and it seems from his
Investigations that, under an act of par
Lament passed in the reign of George
". when the sovereign grants the free
loan of house on the royal estate at
Windsor to any person. that person is en-
titled to claim the house for his life,
and, IL he leaves a widow behind him
when he dies the widow can occupy it
for her life, free of rent.
Whether King Edward was aware of
this act or not when he put Sir Arthur
into possession OF Royal lodge it is diff
ficult to say, but apparently he was. for
possession of gift houses. his majesty
made definite arrangements that he Tor
his successoo should be .entitled to get
possession of the house when he desired
to do so. For example, when Lord Far
quhar was put into possession of White
Lodge he signed an agreement to give up
possession when called upon to do so,
and in the case of Sir Dishton Probyn,
who occupies the Norman Tower at Wind
sor castle, like arrangement was made.
But in the case of Sir Dightou
Probyn a further and rather peculiar
casus belli has arisen. Sir Dlghton,
though he expresses himself quite ready
to give up possession of the Norman
tower, has for years been in posses :
sion Of the beautiful grounds at Wind
sor Castle known as the moat garden,
which the late King, when he came to
the throne, granted to him for his life
Sir Dighton spent a considerable sum
of money in improving the moat gar
den, which occupies some four acres
and put down two fountains in it at a
cost of $4,000. The King and Queen,
though they do not wish to disturb Sir
Dighton in his possession of the Nor
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well-to-do occupants of these free resi-
dences to pay rent, by which the private
income of their majesties could be in
creased by several thousand per annum.
Some little while ago a number of the
occupiers of the gift residences were
given notice that from September last
they would be required to pay rent or
to give up possession of their residences
The first and only reply to this notice
was from Countess Fedora Gleichen,
who occupies one OF the best sets of
rooms in st. James palace and she
pleaded her inability to comply with the
request on the score of poverty. The
apartments at ST. James palace are
mainly occupied by the officials in the
royal household, but there are some half
dozen sets of apartments occupied by
private persons who are in no way con-
nected with the royal household. and the
rental value of these apartments Is very
considerable. The Countess Fedora
Gleiehen is a cousin of King George and
the rooms were granted to her father as
free residence in London by Queen Vic
toria and when he died the countess, by
cOnIlnuPu
to occupy them.
The countess is a sculptor OF some
repute and makes a fair income (cer-
tainly not less than $4,000 per annun)
out of her art which she follows pro-
fessionally and in addition to this she
has an anuity of $7500 per annum and a
further income from invested money.
One way and another her regular in
come cannot fail below $4,000 per an
mum, and she has no one but herself To
support.
The countess has a set of six rooms
and large studio in the western wing
of the palace the rental value OF
which at moderate estimate would be
5000 per annum. Queen Mary, who is
perfectly aware of the income of the
countess, has asked her to pay $3.50
per annum in the way of rent. Four
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other occupants of rooms in ST. James
palace have consented to pay rent, but
the Countess Gleichen and another lady,
a Mrs. Whitaker Laking, have so far
refused to do SO. The latter only oc-
cupied three rooms, and since receiving
notice that she would be required to
up and gone to live on the continent;
leaving it to the King and Queen to de-
eide whether they are legally entitled
to take forcible possession.
But in regard to the gift residences
about Windsor their majesties have been
confronted with much more difficult
and quite unexpected problem. One of
the largest and handsomest of these resi-
dences Is Royal Lodge, which the late
King gave as free residence to his old
friend and equerry, Sir Arthur Ellis, and
it is now occupied by Sir Arthur's widow.
When the marriage between Prince
Arthur of Connaught and the Duchess of
Fife was arranged Queen Mary suggested
to the duchess that Royal Lodge would
be convenient residence for her to have
near London and offered it to her at a
rent of $2500 per annum. Tho duchess
readily agreed to take 1t. Queen Mary,
accordingly, a little while later went to
see Lady Ellis and informed her of the
Kings intention of letting Royal Lodge
TO the Duchess of Fife after her mar
riage and asked Lady Ellis to look about
for another house. Lady Ellis however,
informed her majesty that as the widow
of tenant who had been put into pos
session of the house by the late monarch
she was entitled to occupy it free for her
lifetime and that King George had no
legal power to disturb her.
This claim, which was at tho moment
described by her majesty as quite alb
surd," has, on being gone into, proved
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Copyright, 1918, by Curtis Brown)
I ONION, November 15.-(special)
IAN Englishman is master in own
- house" runs a proud British boast.
Recent developments would seem to prove
that King George is one of the excep-
. ing. by soft persuasion, by firm insis-
tence and by hard threat, to oust some
of his tenants. But they have treated
his dispossess notices with disdain,
have laughed at his threats and have,
figuratively speaking, snapped their
fingers in his face. And to make the
situation all the more ridiculous, these
defiant tenants are what are known to
> he man in the street. who calls a spade
a spade. Royal Charity Tenants" and
never pay any rent for the sumptuous
apartments they occupy.
Among the "perquisites" of the Eng
: lish monarch one of the most valued
is his right to give free housing, and
+. very comfortable housing at that, to a
number of his relatives and friends.
one way and another the English SOW
. ereign can find free housing accomo-
the court.
At Hampton Court, for instance, there
are 20 separate sets of apartments
varying in size from a small suite of
five rooms to a large and commodious
suite of IL apartments. which are ten
santed by friends of the King and for
which no rent Is paid, though the ma
tion has to pay $4,000 for the upkeep
of Hampton Court. The occupiers Of
these rooms are mainly the widows and
daughters of officers in the army and
navy or men who held minor offices in
the royal establishment. The occupiers
of the rooms at Hampton Court are
avowedly INDECENT; before rooms are
granted there the applicant has to pro-
duce evidence that she has not larger
income than $1,000 per annum.
No such rule, however, prevails in
regard to the other free house accom-
modation that the monrach has at his
disposal and which are occupied in
many cases at the present moment by
~people of considerable means and who
could well afford to pay rent. 1t is
partly on account of Queen Mary's en-
edavors to make some of the occupants
of these gift residences do so that
trouble between the tenants of these
residences and the King has arisen.
1t should be explained that it is op-
tional with the sovereign to let any of
the gift residences to paying tenants
or to grant them as free residences.
Rent, however, has never been demanded
from the occupants of the rooms at
Hampton Court, but the late King Ed
ward and Queen Victoria received sub
stantial rents for some of the other gift
residences
At the time of King Edwards death,
all the gift residences were occupied by
persons who were paying no rent. Queen
Mary, who has keen business instinct.
has been for some time considering the
advisability' of compelling some of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
The Careless Czech And His Wonderful Cjtv

TUsr within the western confines OF
Austria there lies most beautiful
~ country. the inhabitants of which
may wen be pardoned for the ehauvan-
ism, If any chauvanism there is. ex-
pressed in their declaration III there is
paradise upon earth, in Bohemia it lies"
1t is no wonder that we apply the term
Bohemian to those who lead a free. care
less life al fresco for the individual who
would dwell indoors when nature appeals
to him with all the fascination and po-
tency that ii is able TO command in Boz
hemia would be lacking in the sense of
beauty and destitute of an appreciation
OF that natures charms.
I have travelled through this land of
fascination by rail and by water, by ve-
hicle and on foot. I have heard its
laughter in the mountain cataract; | have
caught its smile upon the sheen of river,
lake and streamlet; | have beheld its
sombre moods in the majesty of it's glo-
rious mountains. the silhouetted shadows
of its forest and glen. and L have heard
it's plant i'll the repetitive crag-born echo
Of its dale and dell, its rondolo in the
voice of its happy peasants, so that L
, know the spell it is wont to weave about
the soul of man.
Bohemia is uaversed by the Elhe and
the Moldau au1 It's name has inspired the
theme Of poetry song and music. Fancy
has no wilder flight than in the legends of
this enchanting land and melody knows
no sweeter chords than those of Balfe
Bohemian Girl"
,
delightful presence of a strange tongue.
for flve-si-:ths Of the inhabitants speak
the Czechish language.
It is musical to hear street called
a ''silnice,' or an "ulice" and a square
spoken of as a ''namesti' and romantic
to recall that it was in this tongue that
+ John Huss a Bohemian, summoned his
followers to do, TO dare and to die, and
:. the blind Ziska cried out the wish that
his skin after death should be tanned
and converted into a drum head to call
the people to wars for religion and lib
erty.
The natives are noted for their obstn-
ate adherence to their gay national col
ors and their devotion to Queen Libussa,
a semi-mythical duchess of Bohemia, said
to have reigned in the eighth century and
to have founded Prague the capital of
the country
Although Prague, situated on both
banks of the Moldau, has population of
nearly 100000. including it's suburbs, it is
one of the quaintest cities In all Europe,
being surpassed in this respect by possl-
bly, only Nuremburg and Rothenburg
Who that has read Crawford's witch of
Prague" would not be prepared to fall In
love with the old city? And fall in love
with it l did.
The Bohemian capital is rich in history
for it's path to its present proud position
has truly been to the stars through
brambles" and in most of the struggles of
war which shook central Germany it has
nearly always been the prisoner, that is,
was occupied by the enemy. 1t was be-
sieged and captured in the Hussite war;
the same fate befel IL in the Thirty
Years war and the war of the Austrian
succession, while as late as 1866 it was
captured and occupied by the Prussians.
Thus it's battle scars are many and
within its public square some Of the
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King Georges Tenants Defy Him And Cause Apprehension

White Lodge, Richmond, one of the
royal gift houses at the disposal of
the English monarch. King Edward
granted it to Lord Farquhar, his
financial adviser.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-19
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc.

Wheat-Track prices; Club, 93@04c;
Bluestem, 97c@$l; Forty.fold, 94c; Red
Russian, 92c; Valley, 94c.
Millstuffs-Bran s24@25 per ton;
shorts, $26@27; middlings, $3l.
Flour-Patents, S47O per barrel;
straightS, $4.lO; exports, s3.s5@3,95;
valley, $47Oj graham, $3.50; whole
wheat, 1880.
COrn-whole, $2S.5Oj cracked, $G9.5O
per ton.
Hay-Eastern Oregon timothy, choice
$ls@l9; alfalfa, $l3@14; straw, $6@7.
oats-No. /, white, $31@32.
Barley--Feed, $265OB27 per ton;
brewing, nominal; rolled, $2s.50@29.5O
Groceries, Dried Fruits, Etc.
Dried Fruits-Apples, 1Oc per lb.;
currants, 1Oc; apricots, - q lac;
peaches, s@11c; prunes, italian, so
1Oc, oliver, 1Sc; figs, white and black,
6h 07hc; currents, 9hc; ralsins
hose MuOcatel 6K97hc; bleached
Thompson, 11hc, unbleached Sultan
as, SIC; seeded, 7h@8hc.
Coffee-Roasted, in drums, 21h@4Oc
per lb.
Nuts - Walnuts, I'm 91Sc per 10;
Brazil nuts, 12hc; flbertS, 15c; al
monds, 1691sc; pscans, tic; cocoa