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MADE ENORMOUS PROFITS.
sterling Debcnture Corporation said
10 Have Miaused Mails.

Some idea OF the enormous profits
made by the Sterling Debenture Corpora
ton. l33 East Sixteenth street, through
the sale of the alleged worthless
stock OF the Osford Linen Mills,
Inc, OF Brookfield, Mass, was given
in the United States District Court
vest. rday during the trial before
Judge Anderson OF the eight men in
dcted with the Sterling Debenture Com
pany for using the mails to defraud In
the sale OF the oxford stock.
According to copy OF the contract be-
tween the two companies. introduced by
Assistant United States Attorney Kenneth
NJ. Spence. the Sterling people agreed TO
take over the entire 5000 shares Of OK
ford stock at prices ranging from $3.50
per share to $40 a share. An aggressive
selling campaign, In which alluring cir
culars played a prominent part. enabled
the Sterling company. according TO Mr.
Spence. to dispose of the same stock Al
from sl2 to $15 per share.
For the first block of stock, consisting
OF 10000 shares, the Sterling company
paid $3.50 II share ; for 10000. 81 share
for 10000. 81 a share for 10000 SO a
share. and for 10000. $40 share.
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session of the Grand Jury to-day, a,'...
number OF witnesses told OF ya.t.'
In the jail.
kulus Rhodes, the official photoa'1
OF the jail, who is mentioned a- N.'
taken some OF the object,onaulr I.''u"-
had long talk with District Ni"..'.
Smith. He denied having trl"u -.L-.-
tive pictures OF women prisoner, N.l ....
Mr.. smith, IL was reported, ~
In position 10 furnish some Wtori 1'
| OF what went on in the jail
Two hotel keepers OF Mu'r.a. .r..
| Mclaughlin. VINO runs l.c r'.N
James Mcclure. were before 600
! jury. The women VINO H....
| charges against the iail keeper ..'. -t'
that they were taken 10 Mol. De-
ana McGuire's hotris q tJh' I..
| drunken reyels. Both the mote Hrt.
denied the womeuS stories, 49,. NJ"
q barkeoper for Mcclure, corruhr.' >
| employer.
Two witnesses who In part Cd.
the stories Of Laura Meyer a' .'
Foster OF drunkenness ana imu'.
the Jail In November ana Decent
were Lena Newman, now IN IN,
| Army In Brooklyn. ana Elizantt
son OF lnwood, These womcr N,.. ''.
Ing short sentences in the jail.
| There were moro rumors to.'|\ .''
the doings OF Jacoby, the Federal nN-'
released last week. who il SAID =" nav
gone on robhing expeditions when H' wa
n prisoner I'm the Jail, one Of Tire T,u'
was that Jacoby was mcub.f '. H.
gang which robbed the Seafurd post "'.'
on July last. and escaped AFTER ''
Ing on Deputy sheriff MurraN. ,'" VIA.
who arrested Clifford to-day, uy -hoo'
az him as he pursued with a uor-' i
wagon. Jacoby was committed TO lh' '' ,
last winter anu should have been .n''' ''
July 4.
Mr., Smith would 'iko 20 !;!o" N,.,'
Jacoby Is so that he could prod l'
before the Grand Jury Ja'"o'
to be In New Jersey. but III" I'-'.''
Attorney hasn't been able To iih'
The Grand Jury adjourned IN. "'"
y day.
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NeW Angora
Sports Garments

The largest, newest show
ing in America of Angora
sports garments for men and
women.
The new Shetland weave
makes for lightness, both in
weight and price. Jackets,
so: Rugs, $25.
The tangerine jacket Is
beautiful 1t is but one of a
remarkable range Of plain,
high colors, in the close
weave, $15.
The mixtures-how can
words convey the exquisite
effect of the rose, green and
gray, or the mustard and
green? These and Others,
in jackets, $1S.
Mufflers to match the
plain colors, Sc.
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MAYOR IN ISLAND INQUIRY.
s~abury Ia Confer with Him
Three Contractors Indicted.

Justice Seabury. with whom three In
dctments for perjury were filed yesterday
by the May Grand Jury following an
examination of conditions on Blackwell 5
Island. will have a conference with Mayor
Mitchell concerning certain phases of con-
ditions there. The indictments filed were
against three contractors who have been
supplying by public bidding material for
the manufacture Of brooms in the work
shop In the penitentiary,
Assistant District Attorney Du Vivie'
agreed that the bail should be $4,000
each. The men indicted are Il, Charles
Hvass, a machinery manufacturer at sos
Fast Eighteenth street: John +, Warth
Of John f. Warth 4 Bro, Inc. l20 White
street, and Thomas Ford OF the Man
haitian Hickory Broom Company at III
Third avenue
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RIOT FOLLOWS SIEGEL
HEARING DISAPPOINTMENT
Angry DepOsitOrs Demand
Money and Make Speeches
Until Evicted.


oVer"rousht oepos''ors oi "e"'s "'oee'
& Co. private bankers raised tumut
In the Federal Building yesterday after
noon when they learned that the bank
60, ,,,,r,,,o,, -, t..nr,, s,..., ana
iup''' en"'''"
FRANK T. Noee' oeiore COMMISSIONS
Gilchrist had been postponed.
Just how many depositors appeared In
The third aoor halls Yesterday afternoon
-. =, 81, uo,. ,,a, ,oo .,om.r
'"'o' 10 ~ - .,,,
anu 'he" "e'e :" WIG 'e''''" """ SUI"
more were scattered around other places,
AS soon az they heard that the two men
were not to be called they raised IA roar.
They invaded the Commissioners Office,
jammed him into corner and began to
deliver orations. 1t was reported that
one man had a stiletto which he said was
intended for Mr.. siegel
Commissioner Gilchr'st announced that
ne couiu 10 hothih9' as inc nearing had
been adjourned oy order OF me court.
Jessie A. MARIN one OF the depositors
Joseph a, MARTIN her oro.ner Aoraham
srsss, VINO n naS ,o oeen an 's Wns IA. az
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GIRL VOLUNTEERS AID CITY.
Work with Men OF Greenwich
House settlement.

Snow and ice on Jones street. between
West Fourth and Blocker streets. were
piled up in little mountains last night
by the newly appointed street cleaning
department Of the Greenwich House.
which has settlement on the street
The club council at meeting on Tues.
day night voted to help the city clear the
street At 1880 o'clock last night men,
bers OF the settlement and volunteers, In
Guiding young women. began work They
worked In relays with the picks and
shoyels. and for q time.it was play When
they struck solid ice It was not.
william Spinney was the foreman and
Mrs. v. q. Simkhovitch. the director OF
the settlement, entertained the workers
with refreshments after they were tired
out
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SUES SURGEON FOR $4,000.
Charges tie Left Tube q" Child's
Throat After Operation.

ATLANTIC CITY, y. j., March 4.-Sui;
for SIS. 900 was begun here to-day against
Dr. Emory Marvel. leading surgeon OF
this resort, by l. Woodbridge Riley, pro-
lessor OF English at Nassar College, VINO
alleges that Dr. Marvel after perform
ing an operation on the throat of his
four-year- Did daughter Katherine, failed
TO remove a four inch rubber drainage
tube from the incision. For nearly a
year, It is alleged. the child suffered. until
pr. Penrose OF Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, removed the tube.
Or. Marvel was sued two years ago for
$4,000 by the wife OF the Rev. r. Fol
som, who alleged that the surgeon hat
failed to remove a pair OF forceps from
her abdomen after an operation. TIL,
fury returned verdict of no cause for
action.
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NOVEL PLEA IN DIVORCE CASE.
Court Thinks HasdinG Pay over to
wife Counts for something.


Vice Chancellor John GrifYith gave II
as his opinion In Jersey City yesterday
that a man who hands his pay envelope
over to his wife. asking only for carfare
and lunch money. and sends her to the
country or shore every summer ID not
really bad even IL he once permits him
self to take another woman to Coney
Island
George Wilson. an electrical engineer
employed by the Public Service Corpora
ton of New Jersey, and his wife, Mrs
Loretta Wilson Of Gardner avenue. Jersey
City. are In divorce tansle. she
charges that he took Alma Craft OF Ridge
field Park. n. j., to Coney Island wher
his wife was In the country three years
ago last summer. Mrs. Wilson did not
learn OF the trip until year ago. she
says and she Immediately left her nus
band. He denies the allegation or un'
faithfuness and In cross-petitior
charges Mrs. Wilson with being In love
with Thomas G. Wolverton. an automo
bile salesman and garage owner OF S3'
Mercer street. Jersey City Mrs. Wilson
denies the stories told about her.
The Vice. Chancellor said that Wilson
should not be looked upon as thorough,
bad" particularly when 1t IL considered
that he turned his pay envelope over t
his wife.
The divorce suits will be decided within
a few days
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The REDLEAF
Golf Suit

Made in London, expressly
for Wanamaker's.
And just passed through
the customs.
OF real Shetland wool.
tweed weave, and North of
England mixtures; cut in the
Norfolk model; grays, brown,
cream; with leather and horn
buttons.
A Draw bit O. tailoring.
Coat and trousers, $35;
knickerbockers, $12.
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wants shoes for $50 Homeless. Men.

Robbins Gilman, head worker for the
University Settlement Society at lA Ed
ridge street. makes an appeal to the pub
lie for funds with which may he bought
shoe: Tor SOME ESQ homeless men who
have been sheltered by him for nearly a
month. These men are able to lind no
other work than shovellng snow and their
poorly shod feet give them great trouble,
and In some cases have prevented them
from returning b their labor.
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DEATH REVEALS BURGLARY.
Home Of Woman who Died In Flor
ida Ransacked by Thieves.

RED BANK. N. j., March News
reached here to-day of the death of Mrs
Ellen A. Wood. wife of William Hamilton
Wood of Vista place, who died on Mon
day OF heart disease at St Petersburg
Fla. She was about 10 years old. Mr.
and Mrs. Wood lived for many years on
Hawthorne avenue. East Orange.
Instructions were sent 10 relatives here
to-day TO prepare the house for the
funeral service When it was opened I,
was discovered that the house had been
ransacked by burglars. Clothing nnd
other articles were scattered about tho
floors. and valuable furs. suits Of clothes
and pieces of furniture were missing
Mr.. Wood and his two daughters are
expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon
with the body Of Mrs Wood.
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Our line of solo" socks is
most complete.
Called "Solo" to emphasize
their quality-so low for the
price.
Thousands of pairs now
marching their many miles to
the goal of satisfaction; thou
sands more ready to take
their place in the ranks.
Every good sort of sock
represented.
From solo" No. 81, which
is our long wear sock at Csc.
and which is made for us in
Saxony by a maker deter
mined to Guido any known
hosiery
To the Solos," higher in
the scale, such as accordion
silk socks at $l.50 and $3.50.
Everything men and boys
wear.
ROGERS PEEr COMPANY.
Three Broadway Stores
Warren ST. 18th st. 3%th St
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Wage Increases Dema n ded.

They are confronted with constantly
recurring demands for increase in wages,
"'rhe public Is demanding the abolition
OF grade crossings.
THE withdrawal OF large amounts from
these purposes by the wasteful operation
OF this statute is an injury TO the public.
These and other causes have brought
about very larg. Increase In operating
expenses and created IA situation calling
for the most rigid economy. Nothwith-
standing which these companies are COM
PEELED by this statute to expend. without
any possible benefit or return, each year
many thousands of dollars.
The claim made that the act would
promote the safety Of travellers or EN-
ployees has been shown to be utterly
unfounded nor has the law proved bene-
fetal in any respect. The expenditure
which It has made necessary. has been
merely wasted.
The Public Utility Commission before
the passage of this law had full power to
require the employment of additional
trainmen in any instance where II was
necessary. A repeal of this law Will
restore to them this power
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Neso Foreign
Shirtings

II only need a dozen shirts"
said one man who saw these
shirtings, but there are a
hundred patterns here I uould
like very much TO hare"
There are almost 1000
patterns in all, the newest
creations of London, Paris
and Vienna; crepes and ma
dras of compelling tones and
lines; only enough for-at
the most-ten shirts in any
one pattern, SO that exclu-
siveness is linked with their
uncOmmonness.
We have our own custom
shirt-making staff and work
rooms for the making of
shirts to individual meas
urements. And we are be-
ginning to get very busy on
orders for spring require
mentS.
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REPEAL FULL CREW
LAW, ASK RAILROADS
Companies Face Financial Crisis,
Presidents Tell Jersey
Legislature.
MOST VITAL IN 90 YEARS
Demands Of Public and Raises
in Wages Make Expense
Cut Necessary.

TRENTON. N. j.. March 4.-The repeal
Of the full crew law was asked to-day
in a formal petition to the State Legis-
lature by the presidents of the principa.
New Jersey railroads The law provides
mined by the number OF cars In each
train. The railroad men say 1t works
great hardship.
THE railroad companies In this section
are facing crisis In their financial ca
reers such as has not been experienced
In this part OF the country In the last
twenty years." say the petitioners.
The petition states that "the prosperity
Of the railroad companies and their abll-
ity to meet proper demands upon them
is. and justly should he. matter Of
to tho fact that the full crew Law
passed in New Jersey last year has al
ready caused n wasteful expense equal
to the annual interest on at least 1854
607 OF capital
The actual expense TO their companies
OF the New Jersey law to date has been
s295.7st. a figure which would be largely
increased II figures were available for all
the companies affected.
The petition is signed by the following
railroad presidents: Samuel Rea of the
Pennsylvania and West Jersey and Sea.
shore railroads; W. II. Truesdale. OF the
D.. l.. & W.. r. ID. Underwood. of the
Erie: L. Is. Thomas. OF the Lehigf
Valley: George +. Baer. OF the Reading
and the Central Railroad of New Jersey
A. II Smith. OF the New York Central
and ]. X. Kerr. of the New York. Ontar rio
and Western
Point Out Large TaHes.
The railroad executives point out tina
their companies pay to the state annual,
s7.5l3.4l3l2 in taxes-'more than one
in New Jersey. They also pay annual.
| in wages to citizens OF New Jersey approx
imately s41.67i.4sl.
! They then point out these reasons VIII,
they should be relieved OF the furthe
operation of this law:
They have felt the necessity OF takinI
radical measures to reduce expenses an,
have been obliged to stop all but tn
most urgent improvements.
Their application TO the Interstate
Commerce Commission for s per cent
advance in freight rates. action upo
which has been recently further postponed
| Is Il matter OF common knowledge an
has been under consideration by that bod
since May a. 1918.
They are required to spend large sum
each year to provide safety appliance
for the protection OF employees agains
accidents.
Large expenditures for steel passenge
equipment will have TO be made durn
the next few years.
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the weather just now with
its great out-breathing OF
flow ers and trees, just to see
these North of England
worsteds, Donegal home
spuns, and city of London
suitings-blues, light grays,
temperate oxfords, the char
acteristic tone mixtures of
the homespuns, soft flannel
finish of browns and checks.
Lounge suits, with waist
coats, cut to individual meas
urements. All the suits have
white silk sleeve Innings and
will be made from these suit
ings by our own tailors, for
$40 and more.
See them in the London
Tailoring Shop, newly located
in the warm light of the
Fourth Avenue windows, by
the Aston Place entrance to
the Mems Store.
Morning cutdpdy coat
and rdistcodt Of English
unfinished worsted, black
or oxford, lined Nth silk,
uith Jlat-braided edges,
w,U be cut for $55; hou-
sers OF striped English
trouserings -$12 and
more.
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The REDLEAF
T0pc0at for Spring

Just arrived from the other
side.
Equally serviceable in fair
weather or foul. Light, with
a mere covering of silk over
the shoulders. Londoners
award it the palm for good
taste.
The inimitable draping.
and the individual, never
the-same-in-all touches, on
sleeve-cuff and pocket flaps,
are immensely smart.
Oxfords, medium grays and
a good brown, $3.50.
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!Nelu Paris Socks

Perhaps we should not tell
any details-they are so eX-
elusive; but we will whisper
that we have never seen such
An aristocracy OF tone as in
these silk damsons. grays,
browns, and black with white
vertical stripes, 81 pair.
With them came some
black silk socks, with white
or black clox, at 81 pair; and
the Isle socks that always
were and always will he he
sign of good taste; white, a
$3.50 pair; black and color>,
at $1.25 and 81; clicked.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-27
BRITISH TIDINGS FROM SEA and LAND BETTER
RUSSIAN DEFEAT
By THE AUST RlANS
.(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. J

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27- The German embassy today re-
ceved the following by wireless from the foreign office at Berlin
Secretary Breckenridge has expressed his thanks
to the German foreign Office for its assistance aiding the
parure of Americans from Germany large British
living in Vienna learned expressed sympathy
for Austria The Russian defeat at KTasn caused
ressbe Austrian infantry attack The Russian main force
Russian Poland thus being defeated swift Austrian advance
northward is expected.
Vienna reports that Lyman Pasha has been appointed
mander-i chief Of the Turkish European troops.
The small cruiser Magdeburg. entering the Finnish bay
by her captain. Most Of the crew were saved.
large number Of prisoners largely Turcos African
day."
Lyman Pasha is the German military officer who was in
loaned by Germany to Turkey for that purpose
The sinking of the Magdeburg described but is
at the embassy that the battle with Russian
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WANT STREET CAR
ON SECOND STREET
Petition for Loop Service on
Depot Line is Sent Traction
Company Officials.

A petition signed by number OF
citizens and business men and in
dorsed by the Clarksburg Board Of
Trade. was forwarded Thursday to
high officials of the Monongahela
Valley Traction Company at Fairmont
asking the company to lay track
on Second street between West Main
and West Pike streets.
The track is desired for use by the
depot car. so: that 1t can make q loop
by way of the court house through
second aud West Pike streets back to
the Waldo hotel corner. It is be-
'1ieved this would enable the car to
be operated under some sort Of sched-
Hules which, would be a great improve
ment over the present haphazard
method Of stopping and reversing the
car at the court house. Much COM
plant has been made that the stops
both at the court house and the depot
are too long and too uncertain to
make the service useful.
Endorsement of the petition by the
board Of trade was given by the d.
rectors thereof at their regular
monthly meeting Wednesday night in
the board Of trade headquarters in
the Union National Bank building.
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Despite the LuII Of Business
Resulting from the
European War.

Despite the lulu in business result.
ing from the European war, activities
for the further expansion of Clarks.
burg are being continued by the
Clarksburg Board Of Trade with some
desired results, as is shown by the
monthly report Of the secretary-treas.
urer, G. W. Dudderar, which was sub.
mitted to the directors at meeting
Wednesday night. The report is as
follows:
Owing to the war in Europe, which
is a worldwide disaster, 1t is well
understood that Industrial develop.
ment of all kinds has been temper.
arily suspended, and during the last
month but few active manufacturing
propositions have been brought to oul
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-27
SHIP BLOWN
UP BY THEM
AS WAR STEP
Captain and Part of Crew Of a
Norwegian Vessel Picked
Up in Wreckage.
ALL NIGHT EXPLOSIONS
Rescued Captain and Others
Float Several Hours before
They Are Picked Up.
tsy Assee,Arto rsrss,

LONDON, Aug. 27.-The Norwegian
steamer, Gottfried, has been blown up
in the North sea by floating mine
Eight members OF her crew lost their
lives. Il
The captain Of the Trawler and
three others were picked up from
floating wreckage and brought into
Shields by the fishing boat, Norden.
Oficers Of the latter say that they
were alramed all through the night
by distant explosions which followed
each other at intervals, between p
m. and a. m. At about o'clock in
the morning the lookout on the Norden
sighted and picked UP man floating
on a plank. He declared the Goot.
fried had been blown up three hours
earlier and had gone down immediate.
ly with eight members Of her crew
Later the captain OF the Gottfried was
found floating in life belt and two
others OF her crew were rescued from
floating wreckage.
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BY Congressional Committee on
September Z and Aggressive
Campaign Will be Waged.

Headquarters Of the Republican
First district congressional commits
tee will be opened in this city Sep
TENDER Z, one Of the most aggressive
campaigns ever known In this district
being started on that day.
The headquarters will. be located
on the seventh floor OF the Con build
ing, the quarters having been Sc
cured yesterday. The location was
decided upon at, a meeting here Of
George 3. White, Republican con-
gressional candidate In this district,
Guy Pritchard, chairman Of the con-
gressional committee. and Charles
Goodwin. member Of the committee.
Mr.. White has just completed a
trip through the Northern Panhandle
and is very gratifed over the pros
poets Of q sweeping Republican vic
tory at the polls this fall. In all sec
lions and among all classes Of people
Mr.. White found dissatisfaction and
unrest over the Legislative program
enacted BY the Democratic admtnia-
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And the Instructions Given Are
Largely for Their KnoW-
edge and Benefit.

School Officers Day at the Harris
on County Teachers Institute here
Thursday marked fifteen school Of
ficers present and about an equal
number of visitors not officers but in
terested in school work. The pro-
gram of the day was for the benefit
OF the officers in particular.
The morning session opened with
devotional exercises. DR.. o. l.
Woodley, instructor. repeated the
ltwenty-third Psalm and Lords Pray
er and a number of songs were sung.
DR.. Woodley then made practical
talk in which he brought out ideas
for the cooperation Of schools and
communities, not only pointing out
helpful methods on the part of school
officers but also showing how men,
bers of the community can assist In
making the school success. He IL
Illustrated his talk with stories.
Mrs. Harriet Lyon. instructor,
talked about instructing the school
in quiet work in the primary grades.
She emphasized such work at the
board by the teacher as would so
absorb the attention Of pupils that
there would be no disturbance.
The afternoon program. was aug
mented with solo by Miss Lucy
Dawson and a quartet sang.
Beneficial influences on convenient
and well-equipped property on the
routine work of schools were shown
by DIR. Woodley in an afternoon Ito
ture. A discussion followed. after
which recess was taken and then DR..
~. George Becht, instructor. address
ed the institute.
Tomorrow's program will be as
follows:
:OO-opening exercises.
9:00-Making Appreciative and
Practical Farmers by Teaching Real
Nature Study and Agriculture-Dr.
Woodley.
.lO:oo-Topic to be chosen by Mrs.
Lyon.
10:So-Recess.
1G;45-The Fine Art of Living
Friday Afternoon.
1:15-Pressing Educational Needs
DR.. Woodley.
Report Of committees.