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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
AS His Services Are No Lon
ger Needed in Flood
Districts.
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CINCINNATI. o., April 1-sarIs-
fied that he had accomplished all
the good he could in the food dis
trict, Secretary of War Garrison lett
for Washington today Owing to jae
high waterlhe must go by Knoxville
and Lynchburg.
The Ohio river here rose two
tenths Of foot during the night and
early today the stage was 6s.s feet.
peeted the river to rise another tenth
The weather forecaster said he ez-
pected the river to rise another telth
after which 1T would probably re-
cede slowly.
Up river points report the either
stationery or falling slowly.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
DEATH TOLL
At Columbus Now Stands at
Seventy But Many
Are Missing.
CIV AsseelArrp pnrss,


COLUMBUS, o., April with the
recovery of three more bodies from
the wreckage on the West Side the toll
of the flood at noon stood at seventy.
The number of missing remains large
and three food victims have died
within the last twenty-four hours as
a direct result of the ordeals through
which they passed.
Hundreds of men are at work today
searching for bodies supposed 10 be
buried under piles Of wreckage near
Green Lawn cemetery.
Martial law has been withdrawn
from considerable part of. the flood
swept area and means Of commune
cation with that section became near
er normal today. Constructive relief
work will be the object of the worl;
of the organizations.
A definite plan will be formulated
tomorrow when the state relief COM
mission will confer with Governor
Cox and national officers of the Red
Cross Society.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
TAFT WELCOME
With a Roar by 5000 Yale
Students Attended by
a Band.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, April II
Three thousand Yale students, attend
ed by a band, roared a welcome to
former President Taft when he arriv-
ed here this afternoon to take up his
duties as a professor at the university.
AS Mr., Taft stepped from the train
he was presented with huge bou-
quet of violets. He smiled broadly
and dotted his hat to the continuous
cheering of the students. The pro-
cesslon headed for the college build
ings and great ovation was given
Mr. Taft all the way.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
COURT IS HELD UP
BY THE BIG FLOOD.
And Writ of IIabeas Corpus
Asked for y Witnesses
Not A, ed On.
rpy A,se .rArED paEss,


CHARLESTON, April 1.-The SUI
preme court of appeals did not sit
today because three of the five mem
bers were unable to reach the city.
President George Pofenbarger is
food bound at pint Pleasant, Judge
Miller is at Par ersburg and Judge
Lynch at Clarks urg.
The writ OF hab IS corpus asked for
by j. C. Sullivan nd three other wit
nesses called b, ore the legislative
bribery investisp ion committee and
who declined 10 cstify because they
secured their in rmatlon under the
instructions of osecuting Attorney
Townsend, couIj lot be heard today.
Accordingly the investigating com
mittee met and immediately ad-
jourued.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
BURGLARS
Visit Northyiew Store and
Garry Off Shoes and
Clothing.


Burglars broke into A. L. Matthew's
clothing and shoe store at Northyiew
some time Monday night or early
Tuesday morning and successfully
made their escape with consider
able quantity of booty.
Thus far twenty-five pairs of shoes,
five or six suits of mems clothes and
several other articles of merchandise
nav been missed from the stock. No
money was taken.
The burglars effected an entrance
to the store by prying open a side
window.
Police officers are working on the
case.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
Red MEN
Will Hold Their Annual State
Meeting in the City of
Fairmont.

Fairmont vii entertain the lodge
Of the Improved Order of Red Men
Of West Virginia during the coming
May The forty-third annual state
meeting of the lodge will be held there
May 10 and IA. The sessions will be
held in the Masonic assembly room.
At the same time the Degree of Po-
cahontas, which is the ladies auxil-
larry of the Improved Order Of Red
Men, will hold its thirteenth annual
meeting there in the /. o. o. F. lodge
rooms on Main street.
About 800 delegates and visitors
will be there for the two meetings.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
FIRE BREAKS 0UT In TWO FLOODED CITIES
ARFZERSBURC Bull DINCS ]
AND HUNTINGTON b. CK|
GARRISON GOES BACK
TO WASHING TON CITY

and at Marietta. Two special boats
will carry the provisions to Marietta
The first train to reach New Mar
.tinsyille since the food was run to-
day. New Martinsyille is without
gas and the waiter supply is Off.
A train will run out of Wheeling
for New Martinsville this evening.
The mayors Of Pawhattan end
Darlington today sent out appeals for
food.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
APRIL %
Isthe Date Agreed on for An
nouncement of the
Arbitrators.

NEW YoR, April lat thelresump4
ton today of the arbitration hearings
of the demands OF the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Firemen against the
eastern railroads, IT was announced
that the date for the decision of the
arbitrators had been extended from
April 2 to April 90. Both sides need
ed more time than was first allowed
to submit their cases.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
RECESS
Will Be Taken by the Crimi-
nal Court at the End of
the Week.

At the end OF the week the criminal
court will take a recess until April
"A, when trials will be resumed.
Tuesday Clyde vanPelt was re-
leased on his own recognizance.
Eureth Moneypenny was on trial
charged with destroying a grapevine
belonging to Harriet r. strother.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
PASSENGER
Trains Resume Regular Schedule
Into Parkersburg Today.

Trains from the East ran into Park
ersburg today for the first time since
an order was issued that they would
terminate here on account of the
Ohio river food. The first train to go
Parkersburg was No. today. The
train from Parkers-
burg to Clarksburg arrived at the
local station thirty-five minutes late.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
ASKED TO BE READY.

The clarksburg fire department
was requested by Parkersburg Tues
day morning TO hold itself in readi-
ness to rush there in case its services
were needed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
Fire Breaks out.
tnY AssoelArEo paEsal

tnY AssoclATEp PREeAi
HUNTINGTON, April J. Fire
broke out in the flooded residence
district here early today and threat
ened an entire city block. The
flames were checked by the use OF
dynamite after eleven persons had
been rescued from the buildings.
Fire engines are placed on barges
are stationed Throughout the bust
ness district. State fire Marshal Ell
lison is directing the work of the
liremen.
Many Houses Wash Oway.
Thirty houses in the West End
district were washed away yesterday
and last night, Many persons are
known to have been in that section OF
the city, but how many we're drowned
has not yet been ascertaineo.
Messengers in skiffs were dispatch
ed to where the houses had been 10
Gated but when they returned 1t was
with information that buildings and
occupants had entirely disappeared.
No Bodies Recovered.
Search was renewed this morning
but up to noon no bodies had been
recovered and it is not definitely
known that anyone had been
drowned.
The water was receding slowly at
noon but nest OF the city is still
submerged and IN some places the
water is from ten to twenty feet
deep.
Ten Thousand Homeless.
Ten thousand homeless persons
are quartered in school houses.
churches and other public buildings
outside OF the flood zone and be-
cause of the lack OF gas and drink
ing water there is great suffering,
The electric light plant, the traction
power house and the water works
have been put out of commission
and it was stated this morning that
week must pass before any of then
can resume operations.
Lack Of drinking water was the
CHIEF worry today and efforts are be,
ing made 10 have water shipped here
from Charleston so far without sue
cess.
Homeless arc Fed.
! The food situation is well in hant
and the homeless are being fed as
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
MR.. vANNORT Low.

william vannort, an aged resident
Of the city. is very low at his home
on West pike street and is not expect
ed to live many hours.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
CATHOLICS TO GIVE.

PHILADELPHIA, April lat the
request of the archbishop. nf. Cincin-
matt, Archbishop Prendergast Of this
city today directed all Roman cathO-
lie rectors in the philadelphia diocese
to call their congregational attention
e the condition Of the pl5Io fidod
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
Town Under water.
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thf AAsoeiATGp PREgHl
NEW RICHMOND, o., April T.
The entire town of New Richmond
was under water today. The people
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Continued on page 1O.)
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01

Mrs. A. C. Brennan and Mrs. Mary
Clifford went to Baltimore last night
on business visit.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
Many Bodies Recovered.

Three bodies were recovered 10
day, bringing the total to 1913 &C.
cording to the coroner. The low
lands south Of Dayton are being
searched and the coroner is making
an effort to get a complete list of the
dead from the undertakers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
Between $4,000 and 10000
Refugees Are Being
Fed There.
ssr Asseela1ro pRrss,

DAYTON. o.. April THE fooa
supply in Dayton has been over es.
timated. John H, Patterson. presi-
dent of the relief committee, this
morning wired Secretary Of War
Garrison that the committee would
look to the national government for
additional supplies.
1t IS eatimated that between 49,
900 and 10000 refugees are being
fed daily. Provisions must be re-
received here by tomorrow or intense
suffering viii follow. Money IS in
great demand. Checks for large
sums are in the hands OF the relief
committee but they are practically
worthless because cash is not await
nhln
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-06
Samuel Pspxs and Nell euxn.

After dinner with my wife to the
kings house to see "The hayden
Queene," a new play Of Dryden's,
nightly commended for the regularity
OF it, and the strain and wit, and the
truth is. there is "A comIcal part done by
Nell. which is Florimcll. that / never
can hope ever to see the like done
again by mau or woman The king
and Duke of York were at the play.
But so great performance Of a comical
part was never, believe, in the world
before as Nell does this, both rs a mad
girie. then most and best of all when
she comes in like a young gallant and
hath tae motions and carriage Of n
spark the most that ever ! saw any
man have II makes me. / confess. ad-
mire her.-From the Diary of Samuel
Pepys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-06
OPIUM TRAFFIC GROWS

General Henry of New York Says There $4,000
n New York Alone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-06

OF the opium vice Persisted in. il
wrecks the user who is not of Mon-
Golian blood. Everyone knows that.
But before the user has become a
mere dope" il is responsible for d
larger share Of crime than people sus.
pect
Criminals resort to it when they
are about to do q job" said General
Henry. 1T makes them keener, more
reckless. 1t inspires them with a sort
Of desperate courage without becloud
ing their faculties-at least in the
earlier stages Of the habit. Everyone
Of New York's gunmeh smokes
Bridge Weber once kept an opium
joint Monk Eastman. the one time
gang leader, was a dope The list
might be increased by almost the mum,
Der of professional criminals in New
York"
Perhaps the fact that the Chinese
missionaries" are hard at il, finding
new customers for the black smoke
may be accounted for by the presence
OF opium valued at $4,000, 900 in In
dia warehouses, which must be sold
The British government is at last co
operating with the Chinese govern
ment in an effort to stamp out the
habit The United States government
has made a start by prohibiting the
importation of opium except for medi
cal purposes under the act of 1909, but
the law is so full OF knothOles tina
no one really needing smoking opium
and possessed Of the price-has beer
known TO suffer Representative Fran
els BurtoA Harrison OF New York has
introduced a series OF three bills il
the present congress which II /!
thought may Chink up some OF these
holes An effort is to be made to hur
~ action, because an international
conference on the opium trade has
/ been called TO meet in the Netherland,
IN June II the nations agree upoI
uniform aCtiOn-and there is littlt
doubt that such a decision will b,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-06

reaChed-it will become increasingly
diff cult to handle the stuff. Which &C
counts for the Monaghan activity in
peddling it Just now.
Under the law Of 1909 between 5OO,-
600 and 100000 pounds of opium are
imported annually said General Hen
ry. presumably fer medical purposes.
In fact. $1,000 pounds annually is all
that can be legitimately used. We can
only guess at the amount that is snug
gled in. The difference between the
legitimate $1,000 pounds and the total
Of impOrtations, duty paid and other
wise, represents the amount of opium
smoked here"
Every possible device is used by the
smugglers. At one time they filled
the joints of bamboo with the drug
That being discovered, they began TO
import Chinese furniture made of BAN,
boo Thea they brought in Chinese
animals in bamboo cages. Always the
hollow joints were filed with yea,
shee" Lately they have met with
such slight success in their effort to
bl ing II III HLlfi i4f Eyes VI the ttS'
toms men that they are trying to dodge
through the lines They throw the
packages containing the crude gum on
steamers in the haTbOr and it is picked
up by boats They hide cans in coal
hunkers and when sailors leave the
steamer for a stroll ashore they pack
Two or three.
We haven't stopped them" said
Henry. But we've hurt them. Since
our first raid on Jan. %, l911-the
first rail ever made by this Office, by
the way--we have made 10 arrests
secured e. convictions. 30 cases are
pending, several have been dismissed
on suspended sentence, We have de
stroyed $4,000 worth. and fihes
amounting TO $4,000 have been i'm
posed. Still it comes in 1t is largely
struggled over the Mexican border ant
TO a less extent over the Canadian
line"
In one Of the rooms at the custom
/ house is an interesting exhibit. which
/ General Henry hopes may be com
mandeered by congress during the
committee hearings on the Harrison
. bill He wants 10 show just what tht
/ smokers do and how they DO it. There.
safe blowing outfit. for example. tan
len when Deputy Norwood TaideC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-06
CHANGES IN WORDS.
How, For Instance, "aoor" Was Trans
formed Into "Noishbor."

How, For Instance, "aoor" Was Trans
formed Into "Noishbor."
Word building is as much a piece of
carpentry as is house building; only 1t
takes longer. sometimes a century or
more, and by that time the words first
meaning is usually changed.
For example. the old word for
"neighbor" was "sib." Ones good
neighbor was known as ones good
sib.' This became shortened to god.
sib' and later to gossip" Then the
words whole meaning changed and
gossip no longer meant good Reighbor,
but applied to the sort of talk ex-
changed between good neighbors.
Take the word farmer" too. The
old word for farmer was door" And
"boor" later was used for describing
farmer-Iike or rough persons. The
farmer living nearest TO one was known
as the 'nighboor," and this phrase in
course of time was twisted to neigh
Dor"
You've heard the proverb Little
pitchers have big ears" Well, 1t doesn't
refer TO the utensiI that holds water
or goes to the corner side door
pitcher" was a slang term with some
such meaning as our word CHAP" oil
fellow" Thus Little fellows have
big ears" is a more sensible rendering
OF the proverb.-ChIcago Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-06

raisins. found they were very fond
of any sweet fruit, especially raisins,
and 1t was not long before they would
eat them freely from my hand. At first
l had to approach cautiously and not
dare to attempt to place my hand on
them. But by and by | petted them
almost as freely as l would dog. and
they ceased to show any fear In my
presence. 1t was the same with the
coyotes and the lynxes or wildcats.-
Detroit Free Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-06
GIVES POLICY OF
POWER COMPANY
Keokuk Concern in Wholesale,
Not Retail, Business in
Current.

Keokuk, Iowa, Feb. 6.-The an
nouncement was made today that the
policy Of the Mississippi River Power
company is to sell its product from
its giant generators and mammoth
power house to large distributing
points in a Wholesale way, and that it
is not in a retail business. Also that
while it will welcome incoming trans
mission lines built by others as a part
of genuine electric propositions, it has
no plans at present for building any
new transmission lines in addition to
the big lines nearly finished from the
dam to Burlington on the north and
10 St. Louis on the south.
1t is said that this announcement is
caused, at least in part, by the fact
that for several months its mail has
been swamped with inquiries from
small towns about many ru-
mors flying around without any
foundation in fact involving
the building of new lines by the
Mississippi River Power company. 1t
seems that new story in that vein is
St<Al ~Cu oll IT'S Il dNtlc dAAlIOoN CNCl
week in some locality or other
other parties, north and south OF
our keokuk dam, doubtless will pro
jeCt transmission lines which will
pay" the company manager said to a
reporter today, but very considerable
caution should be used, in advance of
such investment, in calculating care,
Z fr,11 ha e
maintaining such a line as compared
with the assured income. Whether a
transmission line will pay a profit to
/ its builders depends on two things
its length and the density of the popu.
/ latiCns within its market limits-and
/ these two things. which mean cost
and income opposing each other, must
] be fixed with some eXactness before a
Iiew transmission line is commercially
justified. This company has not the
least connection with any line projects
or promotions away from the Missis
sippi river"
it was stated that the company pre-
fers That others retail the electric
current, leaving it to deal only in &
wholesale way in current from its
great power house in the Mississippi
river here; that the Mississippi River
Power company will be pleased to sci
electricity to parties building incom
ing lines from east or west to it.
points of delivery, but it has no pres
ent plans for building branch line:
away from the river for Itself, and al
such statements made to the public
are incorrect.
The announced policy of the com
pany is to dispose Of its power tt
large distributing points where it il
desired by wholesale purchasers-a'
locally here, TO Burlington, Fort Mad
isOn, Quincy. Hannibal and 81. Louis
And this is to be done, it is stated
plainly, under a policy of equalizins
equitably the rates to the differen
cities at varying distances from thu
power house. so that all shall have
equal opportunity to reap the benefit!
of the great water power installation
here.
That perfect frankness with the pub
lie and all interested would continue
TO characterize the power cOmpan!
was stated Incidental to the other top
les mentioned above.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-06

Sixty thousand people smoke opium
in New York CITY alone. That is
about the population OF Terre Haute,
Ind II their $4,000 pipes were laid
end 10 end they would reach from the
Battery 70 Van Cortland park and
back n they all pulled at once, the
cloud OF black smoke
We'll, General Nelson A Henry, sur
veyor OF the port OF New York, thiLks
that cloud Of black smoke shelters al
most every man and woman in the
city whose mode Of livelihood some
times run counter 10 the law. IL Is en-
tirely likely that General Henry knows.
"a has been said that he has q greater
fund OF Information about the opium
smoking habit In this couLtry than
any other man The detectives under
his direction have done more toward
stamping out the trGfc than have the
officers of any other port. Aud in spite
OF this activity, General Helry be
lievcs that the opium smoking habit
it. spreading ii this country.
Il do not believe that the estimate
Allul ''r''' RANbaN ElAlNNN III w
York alone IL excessive said he.
Nor do / think that New York has
more than its share Of smokers. Chi
cago Is filled with them. So is Phila.
dplphia So is every other large city
with whose conditions ! am familiar
] believe that The use Of opium in
this form is increasing My informa
ton leads me % believe that there are
few ceuters in which lahoring meh are
gathered in large numbers where II
would not be possible 70 find an opium
layout that Is being kept fairly busy
The Chinese missionaries for the
black smoke" are continually making
converts Show rae a brickyard
where many men are empioyed-and
where there is a Chinese laundrymar
near by-and III have my suspicious
And General Henry believes that
the American people have not yet
awakened to the dangerous character
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-06

drug. But those who buy from import
ers are free to sell again, and no one
has a right to ask a question
Incidentally General Henry would
have law heavily penalizing chauf,
feur who gets into trouble while under
the influence Of the drug. He believes
that a large portion of the automobile
accidents that cost 221 lives on the
streets of New York last year are due
TO the smoking of opium.
The dare devil recklessness of
some of the offending chauffeurs can
be accounted for on that theory" said
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-06
TWO WOMEN
SAVED FROM
OPERATIONS
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound Their
Own Stories Here Told.

Beatrice, Neb. -" Just after my mar
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Grafton. l heard of the good Lydia E.
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