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Then lie replied you will be Emperor
of the larger Germany in 1871" which
was the date of the conques: of the
French and the establishment OF the Ger
man Empire,
lie asked how long he would live To
enjoy his SOY reiguty over the larger
empire. and the astrologer placed the
figures 1871 as follows
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09
Fulton Blew Up Ship.

Robert FultOn, h1ter some eNpeIlInVl'-
ing In his own country. went 10 France
and there. in 1901. blew up ship for mo
delight of the French military and Ad.
miralty. but they would have none OF
his mines, even for use against their hated
enemy, the British. Admiral 10 Pely
told Fulton he had conscientious scruples
against such a terrible invention" When
Fulton went TO England he was dlscour-
aged there for the same reasons
Nothing was done with the mino dur.
ing the war Of 1919. but In 1929 SAMUEL
Colt utilized the electric current for ex-
plodlng mines. and when the schlesws-
Holstein war of ls+S-50 occurred no
Germans filled wine casks with gun
powder and exploded them with electric
currents. Russia used chemicals and
electric currents for exploding mines IN
the Crimean war, and the chemical De-
vice known as Jacobs fuse" IL still IN
use. II consists OF tube hlled with
suphuric acid which Ia broken when
ship strikes It. The acid pours over
compound of potassium chloride and sugar
causing an inflammation which starts the
gunpowder
The mine received honorable standing
in the civil war. In that contest mo
Confederates were sadly deficien. In ships
and they tried 10 make up for their lac"
by mining those OF the Union They
mined rivers and harhors, sometimes
using as much as a ton OF gunpo"der
when some tough old ironclad was 70 -
destroyed During the war thr'y-nVe
vessels were entirely destroyed or $ '''
ously damaged by mines.
Drifting mines were used hrst IN 10
Paraguayan war OF 1865 pur.nF no.
Franco German war Of lS7o-1l Nl''.''
OF the Baltic and North seas were de-
Tended with mechanical and electro
mechanical mines. the former '..'
from eighty-six 10 100 pounds 90 pow,
der and the latter about 2oo pounds ''
duallne. The French learned 20 eve
them a wide berth and the Germans .'
Neveral men In taking up the mines .''',
the war Mines were laid by spa ''I
the United States during their oo.''.. n
1895 but no vessels were dcstro.'l ay
them.
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GERMANY'S MINES
MENACE NEUTRALS
Floating Variety May Drift IA
Other Ports, Destroying
Many Ships.
RIGHT TO USE QUESTIONED
International Law Authorize,
Differ as to Propricty of
Death Engines.

The question raised by Wq,,o,
Churchill. First Lord OF the British A.
miralty. as 10 the use Of mines alon, n,
coast OF Holland never has been answered
definitely by treaty or in the councils a,
experts in International law. The Use n,
floating mines, sucd as destroyed the An.
phion. has been recognized since the Ru,.
sian-Japanese war, where both hplre-.
ents used them
There is a steadily growing opposition
to the dropping Of floating mines In IN,
open sea because of the chance that ihev
may drift into neutral territory or on.
danger neutral shipping. Writers On In.
ternational law imply that to drop them
near the territory Of a neutral is an ev-n
greater violation Of International proprs-
ties.
DR.. l.. Oppenheim, in his book on nter-
national law, suggests a good rule would
be 70 forbid such dropping OF mines ea.
cept within line of blockade and then 10
moor them so that there would he no
danger of drifting. on the subject q
mines in general he says:
"a new mode OF attack. which 70
Nu'OS SFcSni sD'''H''V"' 40 'st tHlousn
floating mechanical in contradistinction 10
so-called. electro contact mines. The lat-
ter need not specially be discussed, 10.
cause they are connected with a battery
on land, can naturally only be laid within
territorial waters, and present no danger
to neutral shipping except on the spot
where they are laid. But floating me-
chanical mines can naturally he dropped
as well In the open sea az in territorial
waters; they can, moreover. drift away
from the spot where they are dropped 70
any distance and thus become a greN
danger to navigation in general.
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Mechanical Mines Used.

Mechanical mines were first used ~
both parties in the Russo-Japa war
during the blockade of Port Arthur IN
1904. and the question Of their admissl-
blity was at once raised in the press
OF all neutral countries. more literal
application OF the rules OF international
law concerning the means of warfare
would lead to the conviction that such
floating mines can be made use OF With
out restriction. for the open sea. as well
as the territorial waters OF both btlliger.
ents, belong to the region of war.
But such literal Interpretation Of
tho law would, | am convinced. meet
with the opposition OF the whole civilized
world II IL true that neutral Ship ng
near the theatre of war on the open sea.
as well as In the territorial waters Of loth
belligerents, Is exposed to many RISKS
and dangers indirectly resulting from "a
operations OF warfare. But the dIGals
OF ordinary operations In sea WARFARE
are confined 10 the locality where 'Inss
operations take place. whereas nodnI
mines may drift hundreds of miles Ul
carry a great danger far away from ne
theatre OF war"
The submarine mine is distinc,lyely an
American institution. 1t was Invented by
an American. An American developed
IT, and in the American civil war Il was
first brought into general use DAVID
bushnell, who was graduated from Nals
in 1875. began In his student days 20
experiment with the effects OF gunpoWder
under water Previous to that time m.
liar Instruments OF destruction had been
aimed at the part of a ship above water.
He entered the Corps of Sappers and
Miners OF the Continental army In l'ls.
and was made a Captain in 1888, Ne
built the first submarine craft, The
American Turtle" for the purpose OK
showing that gunpowder would explode
under water and that the bottom OF
ship was her most vulnerable part Hs
succeeded In firing torpedoes from his SUBJ
marine, bit they were ineffective.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
THIRD NAN HELD
IN MURDER CASE
Carl DimoIo Jailed for Grand
Jury Action under Charge of
Staying Simonetto.

At the close of hearing Wednes-
day in Magistrate T. G.. Nicewarner,s
court, Carl DGmola. foreigner of
the Reynoldsville section who was
one of the suspects arrested In the
Simonetto murder case there recent
~, was committed to jail without ball
to await the action OF the grand jury
under q charge of numbering Simon
etto.
The dead body of the latter with
the throat cut from ear to ear was
found early one morning In a mead
ow at Reynoldsivlle and FIVE foreign
ers were arrested and jailed the same
day under suspicion OF being con-
nected with the case. Three Of them,
among whom was Dimo1a, were dis
charged but Dimola was later rear
rested on a murder warrant sworn
out by Laura Simonetto, widow OF
the murdered man.
1t was declared at the preliminary
nearing before Magistrate Nicewar-
ner that, when the body. was found.
Dimola told Angelo Moldo that II he
ever said anything about 1t he would
be "a dead man like that man
there"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
AFRAID 10 REPORT
ON DAYTON'S GA Sc

time it be made for one thing, and
that the committee has had ample
time to investigate the charges and
report on them, for another.
They are far from pleased over the
delay. In fact, they are said to be
out of humor and inclined to offer
insinuations and utter suspicious that
those who were expected to push this
matter of report vigorously, did not
do so. OF course, this is emphati-
cally denied by those whose interest
in the matter, It is intimated, Jagged.
There is hardly one in a thousand
chances that any report will be made
on the. Nicely resolution in the Day
ton case at this session OF Congress.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
LINES or THE ALLIES
FORCED By GERMANS
And Furious Fighting in France
is Regarded at It's Height
Now.
az s,seelATee mid

PARIS. Oct. 21.-The out
come Of fhe hattie in the north
acco n to the Indictment Of Oh.
seryeS.s here still renamed IN.
,l This morning The f1Iri.
ons -s con ), est. IN This mari If ReIpi.
,,yn e es Fra - Is regarded here
ss t a no.u l, - reachad if
&c TIE Car who a
srst as,ra ,.a,,tlu :, v;eiced il the Of.
f iisns We Of the allies. are now
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
Are Democrats in Congress be-
fore the Election to Be Held
on November 8.
ta,EclAL 10 THE TELkenAM,

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. M.-EI-
forts that have been certainly per-
sistent and continuous, If not strenu-
GUS. to get a report on the resolution
of Congressman NJ. M. Nicely, looking
to the impeachment of United States
District Judge A. G. Dayton, OF West
Virginia, before November 8, which
is election day, seem likely to fail.
The reason is that the 1S:.:ss committee
appointed by the House 1uulS.ary COM
mittee to investigate the written eyt-
dence In the case and report to the
whole committee, is not ready to make
its report, and il 1t were ready, there
is scant probability OF being able to
get a quorum OF the whole committee
to hear and pass on the repers.
The mine union representatives who
have been prosecuting the case
against Judge Dayton, have been con-
spicuously active the last en- days
ever since it began to look like there
would be a sudden adjournment OF
Congress, in trying to hurry up the
subcommittee and get it to make its
report. They pressed Congressman
Nicely hard each day until he departed
for his district to take up his cam
paign in person. but he was not able
to force the subcommittee to undue
haste 1T is too grave a matter to
hurry" said Mr.. McGullicuddy, OF
Maine. member of the sub-commit-
tee.
The excuse for the delay in this
case is that there was a change made
in the personnel of the sub-commit-
tee by member resigning to accept
a position on the bench at the hanos
of President Wilson. Mr.. McGulli-
cuddy was appointed to the vacancy
about month ago. He did not know
anything about the case, but he took
it up in earnest to find out about it.
Up until that timer 1t is reliably
stated, that. the subcommittee had
done nothing on the case whatsoever.
Whether politics played part in
the charges against Judge Dayton at
first, as many of his friends thought,
they are playing part in it now, to
the extent, at least. that report IS
wanted by some in the hope that It
might influence votes favorably in the
present campaign about to close,
while the labor representatives, A. Nj
Belcher, S. B. Montgoemry and their
associates, desire the report for diff
ferent reason They think it is high
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21

is a Basis of Argument Today
in Suit against United States
Steel Corporation

PHILADELPHIA. Oct 21-An-
swering the argument in behalf OF
the defense in the government SUIT
CORPORATION on the ground that II
violates the antitrust law. Richard
q. Lindabury declared to the court
that he did not know Of any import
ant case brought under the antitrust
laws where the amount OF competi-
ton said to be suppressed was so III
tie as in the case now before the
United States court.
-.In reading the record of this
proceeding" he said. you will pc
astonished to find how slight the
competition was that is alleged TO
have been suppressed. Mr.. LIMBS
bury began his argument afGer S e
ooh M Dickinson. chief counsel for
the government in the dissolution
suit. had concluded disappearing adj
dress of six and one-halffhours.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
CIRCUIT COURT
Orders Are Made at the Term
Here in Various Pending
Cases.

In the circuit court Wednesday
sale was confirmed in the cause OF
Festus I. Day against Edwin B. Nc
Donald.
Commissioners report was filed
in the cause OF w. B. Robbins against
Blanche Ransone ct al.
Partnership between Will II. Fer
ris and Isaac B. B1ancy ct al was dis
solved and R. g. Kidd was appointed
receiver.
Order OF reference was made IN
the cause OF Melvin J. Rogers ct a.
against NJ. j. Shaw.
Ross F. Stout, committee for Ada
laide F. Norman, was empowered to
lend Norman's money at four per
cent, provided he can not lend IL
safely for more.
Sale was ordered in the cause OF
the Southern Pine Lumber Company
against Martha A. Parrill ct al.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
CAMPAICN ISSUES ARE
PRESENTED At A RALLY
SWL FIGHTING BACK
AND FORTH ON a LINE

lions Of the colossal operations IN
the East and it may take the coming
winter to decide even the preliminary
stages of struggle there.
Reporfs Of an engagement In the
|Balffc sea between German TORPEDO
boats and hostile submariens are not
confirmed. Neither is the German
report that a British submarine mas
been destroyed In the North sea.
An attempted revolution at Bra
Hganza and MARIA in Portugal Is at
ributed here to loyalists whose Cd
5iect is to prevent Portugal 1otntne
the allies apparently met with SNORT
sh riff Portuguese military prepare
lions for war are said to be proceSA
ing with greatest activity.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
GERMAN SOLDIERS
In the War Seem Not to Know
How to Take Care of
Their Horses.
Correspondence OF The Associated
Press

Correspondence OF The Associated
Press.)
LONDON, Oct. 21.-Howeyer eff
fective the German army may be in
other respects it's cavalrymen, even
the Uhlans. do not know how to
take care of horses. says e. A. Can
ltrell, of Newport, KY. who has ar
rived in London after an extv ting trip
through the German lines ip Belgi-
UNI. Every cavalry horse he OBJ
served, seemed to suffer from sore
back. The returning cavalrymen
generally led their mounts with sad
die loosened. Some of the backs
were quite raw. This is largely due
he thinks, to the way the Germans
have OF turning themselves around
I'm their saddles to ease their positions
when on the march.
The German artillery and equip
ment impressed Cantrell as being
perfect. There was not a detail lack
ing. The men all fit their places and
seemed in the best of spirits.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
PHOTOGRAPH
of Man in State Penitentiary is
Wanted by a Detective
Agency.

Chief of Police Brooks today re-
ceived a request from national de-
tective agency for Photograph and
description Of Ira Williamson, for
lnerly of this city, but now serving q
sentence in the state penitentiary at
MoundsvilIe for burglary. What use
ne detective agency desires to make
of the information is not known
Upon evidence secured by Sergeant
Post of the local police department
Williamson was recently convicted in
the Wood county criminal court Of q
burglary committed during the Par:
kersburg fair.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
IRON CROSSES
Are Conferred on German Sol.
diers to Number of 40, 600
Since War Began.
6corrspondence Of The Associated

Correspondence of The Associated
Press1.
BERLIN, Oct. 21.-I Immediately
after the revival of the Iron Cross at
the beginning of the war not less than
i $50, 900 OF these decorations were
ordered. and about 49, 900 Of them
have already been conferred. A Ber-
lin firm, which makes a speciality of
manufacturing orders. keeps twenty
men employed all the time making
these crosses. They are made OF cast
iron, laQuered in black and bordered
with silver; the first class, In addition
to this, has the reverse side of silver.
The Iron Cross was Instituted In
1873, during the Napolentc wars, by
King Frederick William III. as a re-
ward for bravery In the Held. It is
conferred on of1cers and DIivates
alike. and Is, In fact, the most demo-
crate OF an the Prusaian orders
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
HOTELS hit
Hard in the City of London by
the Great War Struggle
lin Europe.
az AaaocIArrn eaEaa,

y LONDON, Oct. 21-The Oust1ng
of Germans and Austrians and the
call to the colors Of French. Swiss
and Italians has shown to an extent
little suspected by the British public
how departments of the hotel and
restaurant business, barbering and
even teaching had been taken over
by foreigners. At the outbreak OF
the war 10. 900 foreign walters alone
quit their jobs IN London.
Foreign teacher. s...:sSva left thous-
ands of vacancies In Great Britain,
They were mostly private teachers
or employed in private schools
Those in the regular English schools
were teachers of languages as a rule,
but not always.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
NEGRO MAID'S. STORY IS
TOUGH ON MRS. CAR.MAN
PROTEST
Is Made by American Govern
ment against Seizure Of the
Rockefeller by British
m AseoeiATuo pnesp

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81 The
United States has protested to Great
Britain against the seizure by a Brit
fish warship of the American tank
steamer. s.John ID. Rockefeller"
This was announced today by acting
Secretary Lansing of the state de
partment.
AS the Rockefeller was American
owned and flew the American nag
and no change Of registry was en-
volyed the American government con-
siders the seizure unwarranted. She
had American officers and crew. The
ship was bound from one neutral port
to another, leaving Philadelphia on
September 2 for Copenhagen and car
ried Illuminating material. The yes
sci was taken to the Orkney island.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
SINKING STEAMERS
of the British Appears to Be a
Pleasant Pastime of a
German Cruiser.

LONDON. Oct. 21.-The German
cruiser, Emden, has again been sink
ing British steamers, this time at a
point $50 miles southwest Of Cochin,
British India, according to a report
received by the admiralty from Col
onabo. Ceylon She has sent to the
bottom the British steamers; PHIL
cana, Troilus. Benmohr, and Clan
Grant and the dredger, Portable.
bound for Tasmania. The British
steamer. Oxford. was CAPTURED by the
Emden.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
ATTACKS REFUSED
BY the Allied Armies Declare
French Officials in Their
Report Today.

PARIS. oct. FL the French Of
the enemy on Newport, Dfxmunde
and LaBasse all were repulsed by
the allies. The communication fol-
lows:
During the day of yesterday the
attacks OF the enemy were parttcu-
1arly. violent at Nieuport. Dixmunde
and Basse. They were all repulsed
by the allies with great energy AT
all other points the situation is un-
changed"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
LOOK FOE RUNAWAY BOY

Local police are today closely
Watching passing freight trains for a
fourteen-year-ol youth, who ran
away from the Interlaken school for
boys at Silver Lake, Ind, and who
is said to be making his way to Rich
morid, Va. A message from the au-
thorities of the school was received by
the local police department today.
asking that lockout be kept for the
youth. Fifty dollars reward is offer
ed for his apprehension.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
Iln France and Belgium Are the
Allied Armies and Troops
Of the Kaiser.
SOUTH oF IHE TRENCHES.
And to the North overIa Web of
Waterways with No Deci-
sive Results as Yet.
srrArnoe,A1re enesl,

LONDON, Oct, 21.-While
England today paid homage to
Nelson, on this the anniversary
of the battle of Trafalgar, the
forces of Germany and the allies
continued to fight back and forth
along the battle line in France
and over web of waterways
The presenceof which seems like
" to give the struggle there the
name of the battle of the canal.
1t was a starneg coincident
that Britain learned on Trafal-
gar day for the first time Off
cially that the British fleet was
cooperating with the allied
army on the French coast and
that the unusual number of
wreaths placed on the Nelson
monument were Indicative of
an expectancy that the day pos
sibly might be marked with
cheering news for the admiral, S
countrymen.
What units of the fleet are
harboring in the straits of Do-
yer at times throwing shells
into the German columns oper
ating on the French side of the
waterway of course are nos
known but the presence of gun
boats has been mentioned which
upholds the theory advanced
soon after the Germans took
Ostend that the British navy
had taken charge of the extreme
left of the allies lines.
What progress, if any has
been made by either side In the.
vicinity of Ostend, is not dis
closed In the latest Paris official
communication which contented
itself with saying that the Bel
CLANS are resisting attacks along
the User.
Violent German onslaughts at
other points Of the battle line, 1T.
was claimed, also were checked,
but it was noteworthy that no
progress anywhere was claimed.
1t is naturally the allies conten-I
ton that the outcome of the Ger
man advance on the coast towns,
now seemingly in allegiance, will
be repetition of the German
sweep on Paris-that it will end
with a retreat. All reports,
however, agree that the Germans
are bringing up all their availa
bic re-enforcements and that 1T
will require an effort as great as
any yet made to make them
withdraw.
The power of the English
fleet and England's mastery
over the sea are slowly becom-j
ing more and more factors in
the war. England has been fret
ting in the face of a situation
which so far has precluded any
general engagement with the
German fleet. Thus, the men
ton of British ships as being ac-
tive off the Relgian coast is
hailed with particular public
satisfaction.
All reports that the allies had
retaken Ostend proved incorrect ana
not much faith is placed in the
despatch les saying they had occupied
Bruges. If they have done SO IL
would mean that the German line
has been pushed so far back as to be
virtually out and German forces in
the vicinity of Newport isolated.
AS it is decided bend has been
made in the German line in the
neigbborhood of Roulers as compar-
ed with the line which recently
stretched due south from OstendI
through Ypres to Lille.
Dispatches afford new interpreta-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
LADIES OF CHURCH BOARD
TO GIVE A HAT SOCIAL

The ladies' progressive load of
Pride Chapel, African Methodist
Episcopal church, viii give hat So
cial Thursday night at the residence
of Mrs. Grace Bigelow on Mechanic
street. Two prizes will be given. one
to the person making the best Locking
hat. and one to the person making
the worst hat. Everybody is well
come. Admission free. Luncheon
win be served by the ladies'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
SPINAL TROUBLE FATAL

An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs H.
r. Swisher, of the Despard mine ad-
dition died at 8 o'clock Wednesday
morning after an illness of spinal
trouble. The funeral services will
he held at 2:3O o'clock Thurs
day afternoon at the home and the
burial will be In the Union cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-21
WTTHDRAVVlL PLANS
As to. American Forces at Vera
Cruz Are Apor6 We'd by the
Mexican. Convention:

WASHINGTON,a I'D. 3 c., Oct. FL
The Mexican national convention at
Aguas CaIientes has approved the
arrangements made by American
Consul Silliman and General Aguilar
for withdrawing American forces
from Vera Cruz. General Cafranza
is expected to issue a Drpclamatton
giving guarantee to citizens Of Vera
Cruz, who have served the United
States