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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
BELGIAN REPORT
Charges Murder and All Kinds
OF Savage Crimes against
the Germans.

LONDON. Nov. 20-The Belgian
commission of inquiry into alleged
German violations of laws and Gus.
toms of war has issued another
lengthy report. which is published
here today by the British Official bu-
reau
1t covers what is described as the
massacre at Tamines," the sack
|of Dinant" and .the outrages In the
provinces Of Belgium Luxemburg. .
The report says that over $50 per
sons were shot by the Germans ii
the village of Tamines. Referring in
detail to this alleged massacre the
report described how a group OF be-
tween 400 and $50 men were col
lected in front Of the village church.
As shooting them down with rifles
proved to slow. German officers or
dered up machine gun and those
not killed by the bullets were finished
with bayonet thrusts.
According to the report more than
700 inhabitants OF Dinant were
killed. Eighty-four Of these were
shot to death in Parade Square and
fifty others outside church from
which they had been drivMl by the
Germans. The report alleges thai
over 1000 similar executions occur.
red in the prkince of Luxembourg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
Delay Of Train Prevents Mariet.
tans from Taking Part in
Football Feature.

A street parade at noon was one OF
the features of the Marietta-W West
Virginia football game here Friday.
The Marietta players and rooters
did not arrive until after noon and
did not have a chance to take part in
the parade. A special train carrying
the West Virginia football SQUAD, stu
dents and the cadet band and sever
al hundred fans from Fairmont and
Morgantown, arrived at 1876
o'clock. The parade was formed Of
these arrivals and members of the
Clarksburg West Virginia University
Club. Most Of the paraders went
afoot but number were lucky
enough to get into about dozen
automobiles that were used for the
occasion. Prof. Trotter, acting presi.
dent Of the state university. occupied
the post or honor In the leading auto.
mobile. Members OF the Pi Beta
Kappa fraternity distinguished them
selves by appearing in flowing white
robes and purple headgear.
After the parade a West virginia
reception took place at the Hotel
Gore, where the university boys made
their headquarters.
The special train bringing the Mari.
eta contingent arrived at the local
station at o'clock. two hours late,
and the team. followed by it's backefs'
marched to its feadquarters ct the
Waldo hotel.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
Following a Long and Noted
Career in Funmaking and
Preaching.

LOS ANGELES. Calf, Nov. 90
The. Rev. DR.. Robert j. Burdette, the
noted Baptist divine, pastor emeritus
of Temple Baptist church OF Los An
geles, and whose fame as q humorist
Is world wide. is dead at his home,
.Sunnyside," in Pasadena, after a
iprotarcted illness from Bright's dis
ease.
Robert j. Burdette began cultivat-
ing good humor obscurely In Peoria,
ILL.,, forty years ago when he spent
part Of his days at a desk on the
Peoria Transcript trying to think,
as he himself once related. .'of pleas
ant things to tell the folks when ]
went home at night" His audience
of folks" then was Carrie Garrett,
the Peoria girl he had married q
short time before, while she lay sup
posedly on her death bed, but who
lived, and, though an invalid for life,
became immortalized by her husband
as Her Little Serene Happiness" II
was she who encouraged him to SOW
his hunor in wider fields. At her
bedside Burdette became prolific with
fun-making contributions to the Bur
lington, Ia, Hawkeye, and through
these he became famous the countr,
over as "The Burlington Hawkeye
Man.
The little invalid wife encouraged
him, too, to try the lecture field.
"She kept me at it" said Burdette
..and in due time we had lecture OF
our hands The Rise and FAN OF tn,
aioustache'." Burdette insisted OF
trying the lecture first in Keokuk-
"for Keokuk hated Burlington" and
he succeeded there he would know
that 1t was good. Even Keokuk ap
plauded. The whole United State
Ibid the came. He became sort o
inttnerant preacher.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
FON|| on TRIAL
.In.crimi1al Court Here Charged
with Violating the Pro-
hibitionsLaW.

Charles Foni is on trial in the
criminal court charged with violat-
ing the prohibition law:
Louis Romano, 'sof Mt. Glare, in
whose home a large quantity OF
LIQUOR was discovered in September,
was found guilty of violating the
prohibition law. The penalty in
such cases as his is not less than
500 nor more than $500 as a fine
and not less than two months nor
more than six months as a sentence
of imprisonment in the county Jail.
j. L. Ioftwich and Charles Far
mer. both colored. confessed to play
ing dice in a public place and were
fined IS and costs each.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
Party Of Forty Captains Of In;
dustry and Other Business
Men on a Trip
OF lNsPEc cTIoN OF PLANTS
of the Owens Eastern Bottle
Company in West Virginia
and Pennsylvania.

Inspection of the Owens Eastern
Bottle Company's plant a few miles
southwest OF the city was made Fri
day by q party OF captains OF industry
numbering about forty and including
high officials OF the company from
Toledo. o., company headquarters,
along with representatives of other
bottle making concerns and others
engaged IN the bottle trade. They
found the plant in most satisfactory
operation and complimented James
Morrison, the manager, on the high
efficiency and splendid results Of
operation. Several local business
men accompanied the visitors to the
plant. They were taken by special
street cars run under the personal
management OF James o. Watson, OF
Fairmont, general manager OF the
traction system.
In Appreciation OF the plant and the
visit OF these capitalists here, the
board Of trade entertained the visit
ors at an elaborate luncheon at. the
Waldo hotel at 1870 O'clock in the
afternoon, Immediately following
their return from the big bottle-
making plant. Included In those for
whom covers were laid were many
members OF the board OF trade and
other business men Of the commune
ity.
The, party arrived here late last
night from Fairmont on its special
train. which is sidetracked at the
railway station. The train is equipped
for eating and sleeping purposes and
the accommodations are such as to
make the trip. of the week from To-
ledo to Washington, Pa, Wheeling;
Fairmont and Clarksburg thus far
most agreeable.
The Owens people were the first
to- conceive the idea Of making bot
ties with . machine. The first ma
chine was built Just sixteen years ago
I'D Toledo o.. and from that begin
ming there are at the present time
1856 machines belong ging to the COM
pany in operation in the United
states. out of this number west
virginia has twenty-seven, twelve OF
which are located at Fairmont. nine
at Huntington and six in Clarksburg.
The machine has been patented
end improved frdn time TO time and
now has a capacity of turning oul
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
WOODEN RAIL WA Y
COAC CHES NO MORE
Their Construction Has Practi-
cally Ceased Declares Re-
port Of Committee.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 90
The construction Of wooden passefi-
ger cars for the railways OF the
United States practically has ceased,
according to the report OF the COM
mittee on rails and equipment. OF
which @. C. McChord. of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission is chair
man. made to the annual convention
of The National Association of Rail-
way Commissioners today.
The committee finds that sixty
six per cent Of the 65.291 deratl-
ments in the ten years from 1904 to
1913, inclusive, were due to defec-
tive, roadway and equipment. These
derailments were the cause Of 81
721 deaths.
Not only defects in steel but heavy
wheel loads and high speed are
blamed for some OF the breaking OF
rails or failure of rails in other re-
spects.
There can be no doubt, the COM
mittee reports, that steel cars are
better and safer than those Of wooden
construction. A statement from the
Pullman company shows that in four
years seventy-three persons were
killed in wooden Pullman cars while
only six were killed in all-steel cars.
There has been noticeable in
crease from year to year in the loads
to which rails and equipment have
been subjected and the increase is
still going on" says the report. In
no other situation involving danger
to life is material used with so
slender a margin in strength, judg-
ing from the annual statistics of ac-
cidents. In comparison with other
engineering uses OF materials Of con-
struction knowledge Of the working
stresses in railway materials is in a
very backward state. No other SER
vice is furnished so extended list
of annual failures which, in part, is
attributed to this lack OF informa-
ton nor would such an exhibit OF
failure be tolerated in any other
branch of engineering. Many of these
failures are believed to be of a pre-
nature and, even in the light
of present knowledge, could be
guarded against
The committee suggested consider
alton whether there should be some
state or federal supervision Of this
class OF material which is exhibiting
so many failures. 1t recommends
that accurate information of the
cause Of the fractures OF rails should
be obtained. i5
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
BURDETTE
HUMIORlST IS DID, AD

)
At go, ten years ago. Mr.. Burdette
was called TO the permanent pastor
ate Of the Temple Baptist church ol
Los Angeles. Calf.
Although Burdette's original home
was In Greensboro, Pa, where he was
born in 1S44-the latter part Of his
life was spent in California. AT
/, Clifton n-on-the-Sea, Pasadena. he had
a spacious house with broad veran.
das. His first wife had died after
fifteen years Of encouragement tc
him, during which she had travelled
all over the country. with him. In
1893 he married Mrs. Clara B. Baker
of Pasadena.
A fugitive instance OF Burdette's
rollfcking humor was d letter home
to his flock in Los Angeles during
his first trip to Europe. He dated
the letter from some distance out In
the damp, and said, in part:
The scenery along this route, al
though somewhat monotonous, Is
splendidly irrigated. But 1t seems
TOO early for the growing crops; Moth
ing has come up yet, except on ship
board, and that has gone overboard.
The route Is not nearly so populous
as the Sante Fe trail over the desert.
We have Just two kinds OF days the
days we see ship and the days We
don't"
The veteran humorist found fun in
everything. While he was forced to
abandon It in the pulpit largely be.
cause Of the reputation he had made
for fun-making, he agreed with Henry
Ward Beecher that a Joke in the pull
pit was not at all out OF place. II
was. as Beecher said When you are
fighting the devil, shoot him with
anything"
Blrdette died with the conviction
that there was not only Just as much
fun in the world today as ever, but
"a great deal because, as he
said, there are more people in it
and people are the funniest things on
this side Of the grave"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
OWENS Pc OPl &
VISIT THIS CIT
lseyenty.two perseet bostlss svsEy

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.c. sssSnsyTtWos psllesce oSssies 49, ''ss
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e csplsaalsts On Ils,
vely opt,In,ss.c conSsrnans a,Is ~ eass5
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WI Doom 20 great eAtenL Ss =, n.sa
te elass y Its oas. y.
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asss oi tne European WAr sn1 lu. Stt,',s$ ~ y
nations nation. VII have 70 depend 2 upon , spe
on1seu a,, states sIor tnelr l 'MtLs. e. y,
Ine representatives OF .tne over
Dossae 1acnlne 1,1s Sompany ~ sne ps5
are n; Y. LiDpey. "a, - XiALI
enc1 t,ros y; 4, -. ~, gs
E.. M.aipTlage' ~. ., 3. 5osGAIs
o pa.h: - .E ssss, 81 =
fane me- ana hlcnard Latsri n
me IoiioWlng reprssenSstl w sl.'3tI
glass ana Iranspcrlati ion cgin panlssi y, !,
are3 Iravenng IN lne sspeclhL As III
guests TS q the = Owens J 80, oiiciaas I, 4.
ri, n E,yeratt NJ w W. ISL s w; w e.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
PARIS PEOPLE ARE
VERY CHEAPLY FED
But Their Delicate Taste Suf-
ters on Account of Coarse
Quality Of Bread.
Correspondence of the Associated

Correspondence of the Associated
Press).
PARIS, Nov. 20.-Attention has al
ready been called to the fact tina.
Paris was never SO we'll nor SO cheap
ly fed as since the war began. This
situation continues, and applies to
the entire country, excepting the un-
fortunate regions that have been raw
aged by the occupation of the hos
tile troops.
Paris suffers in this respect from
only one thing: It's delicate taste Is
rebellious to the coarser quality OF
bread to which bakers were confined
by government order, and are pray
ing that the bakers be permitted to
furnish the pain de fantaisie" as they
call the finer qualities of French
bread.
The limitation OF baking to this
one coarser quality was intended to
so simplify the work OF the bakers rs
to remedy the difficulty caused by th,
exodus OF SO many Of their employ
es to the front. Some OF the higher
classes of bakers, which in Paris
come under the category OF pastry
cooks, continue to make the 'crois-
SAINT" which constitutes the principal
part Of the Partisan breakfast, but
for the population in general there
are no "croissants," no cakes or cook.
les of any sort, and they are obliged
to take common bread with their
coffee in the morning.
Formerly considerable quantities Of
vienuese bread called pain vennois'
were consumed in Paris, though in
most cases It was mot made in Wen
ma It has been proposed to change
the name OF this bread to pain Idege-
fois.rr = at the same time honoring the
heroic Belgian town and getting rid
of' q name that iE no longer popular
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
'WATCHFIJL WAITING
LAMBASTED By LODGE
Attitude Of Wilson Adnlinistra
ton in Tennessee incident
is Denounced.
tny tnyA.eoe,A,rn.,,r,,

:. BOSTON, Nov. 20. Crit ticism gof
the administrations attitude in con;
nection with the recent firing upon n
boat from the cruiser, Tennessee I'm,
Turkish waters and with the Tanipisl
co incident in the Mexican trouble
was made last night by United
States Senator Henry Lodge. Speak
ing before the Middlesex club, Z RaS
publican organization, the senator
said s.the administration is content to-
have 1t appear that the Tennessee was
fired upon to give warning of mines
but you all know what happened AZ
Tampico. Then, within three daysk
American sailors were In Mexican
waters and shedding their blood. And
now now the incident Of the salute
seems to have been forgotten. And
the flag was never saluted. All our
efforts should have been devoted t0
bringing about pacification In Mexico
instead Of getting Huerta out Of ONCE.
AS 1t is now Mexico is in the throes.
of revolution and the two pets Of tliis
administration, Carranza and villa,
are at each others throatsg
The party In power should re-
member" Mr.. Lodge added, that,
these are parlous times. 1T should
inquire into the state Of our defehss.
The president says this Is az acadeIis
ic question. This is a figh hting w0fid,
a fighting age. Let US find out the
condition Of our army and our navy
and the state Of our preparedness.
Let these findings be made known ID
the people and then let the peopls
say whether the money shall be- iis'
verted from building Southern post
Offices to our defenses.v ~
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
GERMANS ASSERT
IN THEIR REPORT
is the Neighborhood Of Verdun in
rance w hile Russian Retreat in
Northern Poland Continues
(BY AssoCIATEp PRESS. !

BERLIN, by wireless, Nov 20The German troops
nave repused French attack in the neghborhood of
Sefdun France and the Russian retreat in northwest
en- Poland continues according to official statement
issued @ today by the German general army headquarters
Inc text. OF the official statement reads
West Flanders and in north Franch no apprecia-
oie change u the situation has taken place Heavy
ana SHOWS first soaked and partly froze the ground
az Cobre to the southeast Of Verdun repulsed
The situation the East Prussan frontier remains
East Of the plains of the Mazurian lakes the
old obsolete The retreat the enemy through
sLlpnos and Neawam continues Our attack has made
progress to the south of Pock No decision yet has been
Czenspochowa "
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
GERMAN ARTILLERY REDUCED
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. J

= Z
PARIS, Nov 20The French official communication issued
ms says that there hardly
also was largely reduced. The Communication follows
day of November 10 marked almost total alb
attacks the part of the enemy Ahe same
time fire bad and has fallen the
User canal the east of Dude is invaded
water In front of Rascapee have withdrawn from the wat
er two @ 1872 centeter mortars abandoned by the Germans
center there been important action to report
attacks the part the enens
been On right wing the Germans have
the section of Further to the
east we have made some progress ~
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
GERMAN EN- NCINEERS S
GOING TO THE FRI ONT

through the six big locks at NIe1pnft
Il is learned here that the Germans
on November j s attempted q raid on
these locks which are built In 4 semi
circle. Their attack, which gas
conducted in q number Of artnbf6d
automobiles, was repuised Tho
fcrtificatIOns which haN4 been con
structed all through Maa F1anitrS
for use In case Of an eNentnal Ger
man retreat eyident1 now kfe % H.
pleted. for the tfooba employed n
their ccnsttncfiop have IN gone 70
the front. :
The snow 81 Flanders continue
Thee a much lllhess amone the s f !
n the trenches md as l6st i.I
deys eays seen lLlLIG lEIItll2
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
ON TRIAL.
For the Murder Of a Methodist
Minister Are Two Men at
LeWisburg.

LEWIsBURG, w. Va, Nov. go
Jonn Quick and Frank Shepherd are
on trial in the circuit court here fol
the murder of the Rev. S. H. Green,
OF the Methodist Episcopal church
South. September s., 1912. The
body Of the minister was found with
the skull crushed mile from Mud.
dy Creek church, where he had
preached. The minister had repri-
mandod several men during his ser
mon, and was way1aid on his way
home. The states case rests mostly
on circumstantial evidence.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
HELD BP
LJlVIVER SITY BOYS
NONE IN STATE. j.

I PARKERsBURG, Nov. 20.-How-
ard E. Williams. state commissioner
Of agriculture, declares there are 40
cases of the foot and mouth disease
among West Virginia cattle. 80 far
there are no cases in the state, /" he
says. There has been a scare In two
or three sections, suspected cases be-
ing eported in Hancock, Clay and
Roane counties, but investigation
proved that the suspected animals
were free from any symptoms OF the
disease"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
SPAIN FAREs WELL.

y MADRID. Nov. 2o.spain has NOT
suffered industrially from the war
because while certain industries, like
raw materials and others, have lost
their usual markets, some branches
have shown an improvement to offset
those disadvantages. The i'll effects
are limited to temporary disturb
ance Of rates of exchange, due to a
cessation of receipts from South
America.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
WARRANT pIsMlssEp
BY Justice jackson v. Cater against
Mrs. Agnes DRgiiilaA. !.

* warrant charging Mrs, Agne
Dugalias with stealing a duck valued
at 81 from Mrs. Mary Kager was tiis. (.
missed in Justice jackson v. Cartkt's
court Thursday evening as the prose-
cutting witness failed to PRODUCE
sufficient evidence to warrant the
Justice in holding Mrs. Dugallfs Both
women live at the Tin Plate addition
and have had considerable trouble
over the duck, 4
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
GETS A VERDICT.

PIIIL1PpI, Nov. 2o.-After, a ttial
lasting three days, a federal court
jury awarded verdict OF 81, 900 dam
ages to E. G. Heckert against the Cen
tral District Telephone Company for
permanently disabling injuries re-
ceived by him two years ago when
he fell from telephone pole at
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20

With the iron bands that have held
Alaska in caeck for many years
broken, there is nothing but an opti-
mistic future in store for this north
west territory of the United States,
according to the annual report Of
Gov. j. F. "A. Strong to the secretary
of the interior, just made public by
that official. Even the past year has
been an exceedingly bright one for
the territory, according to the gov-
ernor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
TEA EMBARGO
Is Declared by the Government
of Great Britain as a
War Measure.

LONDON, Nov 90. Great Brit
ain today prohibited the expectation
OF tea to all continental ports except
those of the countries of the allies
and of Spain ana Portugal. This
prohibition is due to indications that
Germany. is receiving large supplies
Of tea through the Netherlands.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
burned TO DEATH
Are Mrs. Petro and Her Two
Daughters When Home at
Homestead is Destroyed.

PITTsBURG. Nov. 20.-Mrs. Mar
cia Petro and her daughters. Annie
and Elizabeth, were burned to death
when their home in Homestead was
destroyed by fire today Mrs. Petro,
who discovered the fire while pre-
pairing breakfast. was burned while
trying to save her sleeping children.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
TROOPS ENTRAIN.
,.Y Assse,Arso pns.s,

WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.-Amerlcan
Consul Silliman in a despatch filed
in Mexico City at s o'clock last night
reported that General Obregon's
troops were entraining for orizaba
and moving the officers of the gov
ernment with them.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
DRINK BARRED.

MARTINuBURG, Nov. 2O.-L E.
johnson, president of the Norfolk and
Western railroad, announces that
orders have been issued to discon-
tinue the, sale of all intoxicating bey-
erages in all dining cars operated in
Nirginin ON thu. road
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ARBENz CLASS.

WHEELING, Nov. 2O.-An Arbenz
4hiId rink class Is being introduced
4, ~ TVaSt virginia Pythian circles In
ord to increase interest and mem-
6arsiifps 1t Is named In honor OF
.l6liii p Arbenz. Of this city, grand
elIAnceI l0r.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
JOHNSON DEAD.

MART1NsBURG, Nov. 2o.-George
T. Johnson. for years "a prominent
travelling man of this section, is dead
at his home in this city Of paralysis,
aged 81.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
MILLION MORE MEN.

LONDON, Nov. 20. The House Of
Commons today formally passed the
bill for the supplementary army es-
innate which provides for an addi-
Itlpnni atEny OF one million men.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20

H. r. Furbee. Of Manning4.n, is
here on q brief business visit.
w. B. McGregor WAS here from
Fairmont Friday
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FLAMES
Sweep a New Jersey Town at a
Loss of a Quarter of a
Million Dollars.
tsY hssoe,Arrp rsrss,

KEANsBURG, N. j.. Nov. 90
Twenty-Five small buildings, most of
them stores. were leveled by flames,
which swept through this town early
today. The damage is estimated at
$250,000.