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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-02
RESOLUTION
Adopted by the Sunday School
of the First Baptist Church
of the City.

The following resolution is pub
lished by request,
Whereas, there is general senti-
ment among the law-abiding citizens
of Clarksburg to enforce the law re-
garding the Dissertation of the Sab
bath,
There be it Resolved, that, we, the
officers, teachers and pupils of the
Sunday school of the First Baptist
church of Clarksburg do pledI our
every effort and support to our coun-
ty officers in their endeavor to sup
press any and all violations OF the
Sabbath, especially baseball and like
amusements.
Resolved. II at copy. of this reso-
luton be sent to the criminal Judge.
sheriff and prosecuting attorney of
the county and to each of the city
papers for publication.
May 81, 1914.
j. E. WHITE. Superintendent.
WYLlE A. SMITH, Secretary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-02

~Panagen" winning Belmont Park L. l. on open.
ing day.
The Belmont L.
few days The weather
trance clicked 10000 when the for the 1914 opened The
third started with
Johnny Wolfe early took the lead running "Coey
kept pressing the pretty hard
the winning tape Time 6:531.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-02

The Belgian Chamber of Deputies
has passed bill granting pension
of $50 fracs year for miners so
years OF age who have worked 40
years in a mine.
India has 1.S16,s9s pupils in
schools
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
GERMANS FORCED
TO YIELD GROUND
Have Been Forced Back by Allies
Nearly Forty Miles Since
Beginning Of Battle.
RIGHT WING IS HURLED BACK
Line Of Fighting Extends from
Near Parts 90 az Far Rs Nancy,
Close 90 the Lorrnine.
border

PARIS. sept. 1.-THE fourth day OF the
gigantic battle to the cast Of Parts, which
Is expected 10 last two weeks and 10 de-
eide the preliminary stage Of tho great
war. finds the left wing Of the allied
armies vigorously pushing back the Ger.
nan right wing which made such rapid
advance southwark from the Belgian IRON
tier
The allies arc said TO have forced their
sdversaries back nearly forty miles north
eastward since the beginning OF the con
test. The hard struggle between tic
enormous masses Of troops extends from
near Paris as far as Nancy, close TO
the Lorraine border.
An action IL proceeding with the utmost
violence in the neiEhborhood Of Nailly
and vitry-le-Francois. but 1t Is very hot
also in the center where both sides are
holding their positions with tho greatest
tenscity.
official Statement.
The following official communication
was issued tonight:
''on the left wing the British and
French troops have crossed the Marine be
tween Ia Ferto-Sous-Jouarre, Chsrly and
Chateau Thierry. pursuing the enemy
who IL IN retreat During tho coCrse OF
the advance the British forces took a
number OF prisoners and captured m.trail-
leuses.
During the four DAYS battle the allied
armies have in that section OF tho theater
OF operations gained more than sixty kilo-
meters Cthirty-seven miles,.
Between Chateau Thierry and Nitry-le-
Francois the Prussisn guard has been
thrown back.
The action continues with great Sc
verify In the region between Camp DE
MailIy and vitry-le-Francois.
I'm the center and on tho right wins
there Is no change in the situation.
"on the Ornnain ana m tho Argonne
district the two opposing forces are main
tanning their positions. In tho region OF
Nancy the enemy has made slight prog
ross on the Chateau Sallnes road.
"on the other hand. we have gained
ground in the forest OF Champenoux.
THE losses have beer considerable on
both sides. but the morale and health OF
our troops remain excellent.
There Is no confirmation OF the news
published in the German newspapers OF
the fall OF Maubeuge."
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
FIELD HOSPITAL
SYSTEM Is CRUDE
Red Cross Worker Writes About
German Methods in London
Medical Journal.
WOUNDED CARRIED ON CARTS
Saw sick red on Black Dread,
bacon and Sausage and No
Substitute for Desper-
ateIy wounded.
Copyright. 1914 by Press Publishing COZ

Copyright, 1914 by Press Publishing COZ
LONDON. Sept. 11.-(specisl Cable
gram to New York World and Omaha
Bee "A wholly unfavorable report OF the
operation Of the German field hospital
system Is given in the Lancet by an as
sistent to :. Osborne, who has been in
charge Of the Red Cross detachment in
Belgium since the war began.
The German transport for the wounded
is very poor indeed" Gays the writer
Except for four light ambulance
out through Gemboux on improvised farm
carts. each cart with little straw, carry
ing about twelve men. We saw one
wounded man taken from bed dressed in
fun kit, with rifle slung. dragged along
on foot to the station here.
The only accommodations provided
consisted OF cattle trucks in which
wooden benches. had been placed on the
space left on the floor badly wounded
were placed The feeding Of patients is
! I'm charge OF German orderlies and their
total lack OF discrimination is frightful.
BLACK bread and German sausage or
fat bacon we're provided every day and
| II man was too III to eat such fare he
went without. Fresh milk was impossible
to be obtained, but our nurses managed
| to secure condensed milk and weak cof-
fee for a few Of the gravest cases
I'VE saw several operations in the big
base hospital. The surgeon washed his
hands most carefully. then touched a
cigar which he smoked all the time. The
Instruments were carefully sterlized by
boiling, then placed on a towel, which
had been used for the instruments for at
lest twenty operations.
| "Anesthetics we're seldom given and II
must be said the fortitude of both the
French and Germans was remarkable"
/
! The Rec Want Ads Ara the Best business
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
RYDER GOES TO INSPECT
THE CITY MANAGER PLAN

Commissioner ]. ]. Ryder has gone on
tour OF several cities to inspect the city
manager plan Of municipal government.
lie will visit Dayton. Springfield and Co
lumbus. o.; indianapolis and Fort Wayne
Ind; Detroit and Grand Rapids. Mich
lie VIII also look into the methods OF
garbage disposal. particularly the incin-
orator plan and street cleaning systems
As result OF his Investigations. he viii
submit report TO the League OF Ameri
can Municipalities OF which he Is tn,
national president, at its convention IL
Milwaukee, continuing from September
. TO October .. In fact. he is making IN,
trip for this purpose.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
Ak-Sar-Ben to Get
Wide Publicity

Some 30 newspapers in seven states are
soon 10 carry extensive articles concern
ing Ak-sar Ben r. V. Parrish. manager
OF the publicity bureau. has prepared
several articles on Ak-sar- Ben. It's Secord
during this and previous years. and a
number Of other articles on Omaha and
Its commercial activities. Already he
haE ORDERS for these articles from 30
newspapers. with Iowa still out. The 30
papers from which orders have been re-
oeired are In Nebraska. Kansas. Colo
rado. Idaho. Wyoming and Missouri.
The sord to lowe went out later. and as
consequences the orders from papers In
that state have not yet come In
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
General Lemdn Writes Belgian
King of Destruction of Fort Loncin

LONDON. sept ii.-Geueral Leman. the
Belgian commander who gained fame for
himself by his defense 90 the Licge forts,
where he WAS made n prisoner, sent the
following letter TO King Albert Of Bel
GUM. according TO an Amsterdam dis
patch to the central News.
After the honorable engagement Of
August Z. and G. ! consider that the
Liege forts could only play tho role Of
arrete Cprubably arrest or stoppagel. 1
nevertheless maintained tho military gov
crnment in order 90 coordinate and OK
ercisc = moral influence on the garrison.
Your majesty is not ignorant that ]
was at Fort LOncin on August at noon.
You will learn with grief that tho fort
was blown III yesterday ut $50 in the
afternoon, the greatest part Of the gar
rison being buried under the ruins. That
did not lose my life In that catastrophe
IL due 70 my escort. who drew me from
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12

stronghold whilst 7 was being suffo-
Gated by gas from exploded powder.
~ was conveyed 10 a trench. where !
fell German captain gave me a drink
and was made a prisoner and taken 70
Llege
~ am certain that ! have shown care
lessness In this letter. but I am physically
shattered by the explosion OF Fort
LOncin.
In honor OF our arms have sur
rendered neither the fortress nor the
forts.
~ delgn to ask your pardon. sire. In
Germany. where | am proceeding. my
thoughts viii he as they always have
been Of Belgium and the king. ! would
willingly have given my life tho better
to serve them, but death was not granted
20 me
"(siKned) LEMAN,
lieutenant General"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12

papers on tho result Of the four days
fighting in the great baltic Of Cham
payne, is one OF lively satisfaction. The
successes, It Is admitted. do not mean
that the battle has peen won. but the
gain of forty mlleS on the German left
Increases the Jeopardy Of their line Of
communication and must cause, II IL con.
sidcred 4 Generalization Of the enemy,
tired forces.
Germans BeinE Held Back.
AS yet there IL no indication that the
German army on the Lorraine frontier
will be able 20 get through to help tn,
main force, as last accounts reported
Maubeuege was still holding out, though
several forts had been placed hors d.
combat. The fell OF this place might
have a great bearing on the result Of IN,
battle in opening ready means OF com
munication.
Some critics say that even II Maubeug,
falls that route will not become available
for at least two days and the battle may
be decided before II can be OF any prac
teal use. except as a way out in cas-,
OF disaster.
The latter contingency is not counted
on as much as II Ia hoped for by Paris
but tho undoubted reverse Of the German
left wing has given the people here i'm
mense courage.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
WOMAN LEADS TO
GERMANS CAPTURE
Directs French Troops in Taking
Thirty of Kaiser'S Army Found
Asleep in Barn.
TEUToN LINE IS HARRAsSED
Partisan Paper Feels Much Encour-
aged as 10 the Results Accom-
PIIshed by Allies over the
Encmy's Left.

PARIS. sept 1i.--During the third day $
fighting I'm the battle ON the Marne a
detachment Of the French. which had
chased the enemy out Of village, was
hailed by an old woman, who led them
to n barn where were still thirty Ger
mans, telling them to make no noise, as
they were asleep.
A man crept noiselessly into the barn
and found the Germans sleeping 50
soundly that It took half an hour and a
tremendous shaking to wake them. They
had been harrasscd by the French and
English and the evening before they had
entered the barn. where all fell asleep
from sheer exhaustion.
The tone OF comment in the morning
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
RABBI AND MRS. MERRITT
ARRIVE AT NEW YORK CITY

Jesse Merritt of the Merritt pharmacy
has heard by wire from New York that
his brother Rabbi Max J. Merritt OF
Evansville, Ind. has landed there safely
with his bride. after honeymoon in Eu-
rope. made tempestuous by tho war situ.
alton The parents. Mr.. and Mrs j. Mer-
rift. will go to Chicago to meet and visit
with the returning tourists.
Miss Ethel Evans. sister OF Mrs. Y. r.
Lindsay. Is thought to have landed at
New York from the steamship Monte.
Video, which has just locked, Miss Evan.
10 an artist and has been abroad two
years most Of the time in Paris. She had
TO leave all her valuable paintings there
and they may be lost.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
Heavy Receipts of
Grain Result in
Lower Quotations

Heavy wheat receipts everywhere sold
the grain market off to 3 cents, the
close being near the low point Of the day.
At Omaha the receipts were: Wheat, ia
cars; corn, II cars; oats, 81 cars.
Omaha cash prices on wheat we're N.oi
to u.0s, as against fi1O 20 sii2h. De
cember was way below yesterday. selling
at ti12x 20 ti.is, with May at ti.2OH to
81 ~.
Omaha corn was strong and compare
lively prices were said TO be above Chit
cago The sales we're made at 72h 20 20
cents, as against IS to us cents in Chi
cago
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
ERNEST BROWN HELD FOR
FEDERAL GRAND JURY

Because he sent opium through the
mails and was caught at It. Ernest
Brown, colored. who ssps he lives at
Denver, Is In Jail awaiting the action Of
the federal grand jury. II Is alleged that
Brown mailed package OF opium from
Denver, addressing II 10 himself here
The opium arrived at the Omaha office
several days ago. but Brown did not nut
In an appearance until Thursday night
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
HEARST ASKS CITY DADS
TO Join PEACE MOVEMENT

The peace" editor of the Chicago Elk
amlner has written a letter to the city
council asking the commissioners to CO.
operate in the international peace move
ment started by william Randolph
Hearst's newspapers. The letter SAYS the
presidents>of seven Central American re-
publics have Joined the movement. as
well as the governors of forty states and
a large number of other dignitaries. The
council will hear the letter read Monday
at the meeting Of the committee Of the
whole
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
BOARD IS TO SELECT
A PRINTING INSTRUCTORS

Members of the teachers committee of
the Board Of Education will meet tonight
10 select printer to have charge Of the
Fort school paper and TO superintend the
instruction In printing at that special in
stitution for boys. Five applicants have
asked for the job. among them hcins
Laurie J. Quinby. Tho position will pay
SIS or so week
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
CIGAR THIEVES GIVEN
VARIOUS SENTENCES

Pleading guilty to stealing cigars from
a Burlington boxcar and from the Par
mer-Olsen company. four prisone RS in
criminal court have been given indie
terminate sentences of from one to ten
years. They are Benton Hastings. Will
liam Davis. James McGrath and John
Bremen.
Claude r. Brown pleaded guilty to
forging a check and cashlng it Mt Hay
den Brothers store. He was given a
prison sentence OF from one to twenty
years by Judge English.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
BILLY SUNDAY EXPECTS
TO UMPIRE AT DENVER

Billy Sunday, former athlete, but now
evangelist with a propensity toward saw
ing souls, has agreed to return 20 the
ball diamond once more and participate
in an exhibition OF the national pastime
Sunday is to appear Monday at Denver.
when the Sioux and the Bruins lock
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12

horns in the last game Of what Bear and
Brave scribes are wont 20 call the crucial
series. But Billy is not to play this time
he intends to umpire. AZ least he has
agreed to umpire and the Bruins are ask
ing that he be permitted the privilege.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
R@.~n.meat Dol meIInna.

WASHINGTON. sept. 1.-THE German
embassy's wireless dispatches from Berlin
today contained this statement THE
action OF the French and England in
holding up neutral Holland steamers,
taking off American and other neutral
mail is causing rising resentment IN
Holland"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12

Omaha real estate Is the best Investment
you couid make. Read The Bees real
estats columns.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-12
A Full Army Of Boys Clothing

We want every mother and boy i'll
Omaha to see the review of our vast
army Of boys suits and overcoats for
fall and winter. The best makers and
designers in America-an assortment
OF styles, colorings and fabrics that
leaves nothing to be desired. Suits
or OVercoats $2.95 to $500.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-18

woodrow Wilson. uttered when prf>t-
Gent or Princeton, Saturated in svr,-
pd.hy OF the common people and
VIII thus find a meeting point with
the hlSh school, the Peoples COLLEGE
ms Is seen 10 be the case in a marked
ueSIee IN the Western universities for
wnole. The characteristic Of an Eng
llsn university IS said TO be culture.
ana or a German university. scholar
snip that OF an American university.
especially a Western one. is service.
Inc ancestry Of the =. 4. degree
may pc traced TO a period in the
worlds history, when there was = far
cry from the life of the educated class
70 II or the people at large. when
the points of contact between the two
classes were few indeed. In the Ian
guaSe of President Poteat. Of Wake
Forest, I n liberal arts cultivated by
the free mar and philosopher were di-
Vorceo IRON the practical activities Of
the world: and so il came IN mass
that the bachelor of arts in the later
ume passed out of college into life
10 dlScOVer that he had been occupied
with intellectual pursuits more or less
remote from the interests to which he
must hencefOrth devote himself. The
standard requirements of the &. 4.
deSree We're established long before
the industrial revolution which marks
the period especially since the civil
war IN the United States" And thus
1t came to pass that the educated man
when he applied himself to business
affairs was considered impractical and
often visionary, and became rather
the butt of ridicule when he became
a farmer. But in our educational
policy we are in a new era. Our a.
n M. College, III Normal College
at Greensboro, our Training School at
u great University Striv-
ing to make itself as useful as pos
s1ble, our UNCONVENTIONAL colleges en-
rlchlng their courses and catching the
spirit Of the age, IA colleges for girls
adding home economics to their
courses in which are taught all house
hOld art, the principles and practices
Of cooking, of sewing, etc, are send
ing out into the State their boys and
girls fitted in a far higher 6egres
than ever to enter upon the duties
Of life and to be a blessing to the
communities in which they live.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-18
LEE COMPLETES TICKET
Second Democratic Primary Held
Yesterday-GOOd Feeling Prevails.

especial TO The News and Observer
Sanford, Aug. 15.-In Lee county's
second Democratic primary, held to-
day, the Democratic county ticket was
completed by nominations as follows:
For sheriff, d. E. LaSater over r. Z.
Marshby, a vote of 535 to 447; for
treasurer, j. w. Knott over G.. w.
Wales by a vote of $50 to 3S6. H. NJ.
Williams, member of the present
board of commissioners, and T. "A.
Riddle, chairman of the present board
of commissioners, were 1enOminated
as members Of the board by good
sized majorities. The two defeated
candidates for commissioner in tOday's
primary were T.. ". Wilker and A. n.
Marlborough. There was keen rivalry
among the candidates for the various
nominations, but the primary was
characterized by good feeling.
Nominations in the first primary
held August 1 were as follows: For
the House, A. A. F. Seawell: clerk
Of the court, T.. N. Campbell; Reg
lister Of deeds, Ralph Monger: COM
missioners, J. NJ. Wilcox, J.. A. Ed
wards and r. A. ROSSer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-18
FIND IL WOMEN WANTED
Question of School Boards in
Hanover to be Decided.
Especial % The News and ObseTver

Wilmington, Aug. 16.-The County
Board of Education has adopted a
novel plan of determining the question
of the ACCESSIBILITY Of placing women
on school committees in New Hanover
county, which has Deen urged for
some months by North Carolina Soro-
sis. Return postal cards were mailed
last night to hundreds Of citizens
asking their opinion of the question.
The postal cards are sent to those
who registered for the recent school
bond election.
The cards read: The Federation Of
Women's Clubs, through the North
Carolina SorOsis, nave repeatedly re-
quested the Board of Education to
appoint women on the city school
committees. The Boar of Education
is DESTROYS of complying with the de
mands of the public, but we are ig-
nOrant of the wishes or the public in
general about this matter
W are asking those who register
ed for the bond election to vote on
this question. You need not sign your
name unless 0 so desire, but We re-
quest you to express your unbiased
opinion without being Influenced by
anybody, and register your vote on
the attached card, as indicated, and
mail same to uS at once
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-18
PRIMARY IN RUTHERFORD
Vote of Saturday Largest Even Cast
-ins the County.
Special 70 The News and Oh

Rutherfordton, Aug. 16.-From the
returns received up to midnight last
night the Indications are that Con-
gresham Gudger a carried the
county by 169 majority. Mr.. NJ. O.
Dickerson for clerk of the Superior
court has won out over Messrs. L. D.
Miller and O. Duncan by a majority
of about 200. Indications also point
to the denomination of Sheriff c.. E.
Tanner, Treasurer A. r. Yelton and
Register Of Deeds j. d. Hull by good
majorities. Apparently there is no
election for commissioners as none
have received a majority of the votes
cast, Mr.. T. j. Wilkins receiving the
highest, 1865. Mr.. W. Ross Hill was
elected county superintendent over
Mr. J. w. Griffin.
For board Of education only two
members were nominated, Prof. 3. H.
Bridges and j. Newton Jones. The
county convention will have to name
one additional member. Mr.. J. F.
Alexander, for the legislature, Mr..
Roy r. Blanton, for recorder, and J.
T. Butler for coroner, had no Oppo-
sition and were nominated by large
majorities. A total Of 2235 votes were
cast, the largest vote ever recorded in
a Rutherford county primary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-18
AUTO RIDE is PLANNED.
Spartanburg Fans to Take Spin on
New Road.

HendersOnvilIe, Aug. 15.-Spartan-
burg Automobiles who We're disap-
pointed at the big Military and Au-
tomobile day recently held in Hen
d%ersonville because the new road be-
tween his city and Saluda was not
open to travel, have planned another
ENJOYABLE run via RutherfordtOn,
Chimney Rock, Bat Cave and Hender-
~sonville. 1t is expected that the run
will be made next Tuesday and the
party will arrange to spend the night
in Hendersonville. The Spartan
burgers will be joined by the Ruther-
ford county autOmObiliStS.