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NEWS OF THE WEEK
CONVERSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
4 BOILING Down OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters in Brief Form for All
Glasses Of Readera



Opening Of the Panama canal TO the
worlds commerce on August ID, next,
was announced by Secretary Garrison.
w. G. Mulkey has been sworn In
for the Third Alabama district, sue
ceeding Henry d. Clayton, recently
appointed to the federal bench.
The resignation from congress OF
Representative William G. Sharp OF
Ohio, recently appointed ambassador
to France, has been announced in a
letter to Speaker Clark.
After months OF deliberation, the
senate judiciary committee has agreed
upon the final revision of the Clayton
antitrust bill to supplement the Sher-
man law which passed the house last
spring.
Great increases in the importation
of fresh beef and other meat products
since the Underwood tariff, with it's
free list, vent into effect, are re-
ported to the Department Of Agricul-
ture.
President Wilson in withdrawing
the nomination of Thomas d. Jones
OF Chicago to be a member of the fed
eral reserve board, has ended the Bit
ter controversy over his confirma-
ton in the senate.
President Wilson has nominated
Clarence w. Ashford of Honolulu to
be first Judge of the first circuit court,
and William E. Edings, also of Hon.
Olulu, to be Judge Of court OF the sec
ond circuit in Hawaii.
Spurred on by the democratic eau
cus which has ordered a "hurrying
up" Of legislation. the senate inter
state committee fayorably
reported the revised railroad securi-
ties bill. The complete trust program
IL now before the senate.
Civil suit to separate the New York.
New Haven & Hartford railroad COM
pany from its subsidiary rail, trolley
and steamship lines will be brought
by Attorney General McReynolds in
the United States district court at
New York within the next few days.
BY resigning from the house OF
representatives. James T. McDermott
of the Fourth Illinois district has
brought to an end the agitation in the
house that followed the publication
and investigation Of the lobby charges
made by M. NJ. Mulhall, a former
agent of the National Association OF
Manufacturer.
President Wilson has sent to the
senate for ratification new peace trea-
ties with twenty nations, providing
for special investigation of disputes in
all cases where the resources Of di-
plomacy have failed. They are the
treaties which Secretary Bryan has
Indicated the president wishes to
have ratified before congress ad-
journs.
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poMKsTio.


Ex-Congressman James Richardson,
sovereign grand commander Scottish
Rites Masons, southern jurisdiction,
died at his home at M~urfeesboro,
Tenn.
Tho long continued effort to un-
tangle the New Haven railroad with
out litigation came to an end when
President Wilson. In a letter to At
torney General McReynolds directed
the institution Of a Sherman lawsuit
to dissolve the system and ordered
that the criminal aspects of the case
- laid before q federal grand jury.
Destructive competition. wasteful
mining and q superfluity Of lei in
the industry were held responsible
for the constant clashes between min
ers and operators by witnesses before
the Federal Industrial commission at
Chicago.
Three persons were killed outright,
another died later and twenty-one
we're injured, some seriously, IN a
head-on collision at Westport, Conn.,,
between = train Of three trolley cars,
carrying 279 Sunday school picnickers
md ! trolley freight.
Henfy II. Rogers, Standard Oil mil
Honnire, left an estate Of $49, OO9 .o99
II New York state and d. Ogden
MIX An 336,63s,7 s1, according to Of.
ncial ~sppraiaale filed ut New York.
Announcement was made at Phila
delphia thax ! delegation representing
through nadOn4l associations, Q
than 1000 Wholesale houses which an
nuAlly hxndIe peoducts. approximat;
~ 13.O00coo.OOo. Win ~ received BY
eon1ftton1.
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yards, are the New York and Texas,
each of which weighs $1,000 tons and
can shoot farther. Their days are
numbered, just as surely as are those
Of the New Jersey. which went into
commission only six years ago.
There was a New York once before
now she is rechristened the Sara
toga and classified in the naval regis
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VIII Adopt "Mashers'" Bill.

Boston, Mass.-Th0 senate passed
to third reading the "masherS'" bill,
which would punish with six months
imprisonment any man who accosts !
woman or girl with whom hs 10 not
acquainted.
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FOREIGN.

European diplomacy is faced with a
situation of extreme gravity in the
controversy between Austria ard
Servia.
The Canadian Pacific will electrify
the five-mile tunnel nov being bored
through the Se1kirk mountains. neal
Rogers Pass, British Columbia.
The merchants of Havana have adj
dressed a petition to the American lie.
cation requesting that arrangements
be made with the American govern
ment to allow warships on the way tc
Mexico to stop at Havana.
Count Alexander Rome who was
leader of the Garibaldi legion during
the last Balkan war, in which he was
wounded, died at Athens. He was 9
member Of tie chamber OF deputies o!
which ne was at mi time speaker.
Shamrock ". with its convoy, the
steam yacht Erin, the former under
it's W sail, left Plymouth for the
United States. 1t is expected that the
next port Of call OF the challenger for
the Americas cup will be the Azores.
Two London suffragettes belonging
to the British nobility. Lady Barclay
and the Hon. Miss Edith Fitzgerald.
were arrested at Buckingham palace,
where they made persistent and I'm.
successful attempts to present to King
George a letter written to his majesty
by Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst.
A crowd OF militant suffragettes
created a wild tumult in the assize
court and its vicinity when Miss
Dorothy Evans, an official Of the Bel.
fast branch of the women's social and
political union. was brought up for
trial on the charge Of having in her
possession explosives for the purpose
of committing a felony.
A conspiracy against the govern.
ment was discovered at Lima, Peru.
LIlu u 1dloC tAlD "a GAoSS1Ao 49,
surprised and captured in the resi-.
dence of DR.. Garardo Balbuena Bar.
rance The prisoners included seven
military men, all of whom confessed
that it was their intentions to over.
turn the government.
The strike situation in Russia tooh
on a more. serious aspect at st. Pc.
tarsburg when armed conflicts &C.
cured in the streets and resulted in
the w%ounding Of many police, Cos.
sacks and strikers.
IN compliance with the kings sum
mons, which all speak Of in accord
ance with the tine honored tradition
as command" the eight party lead
srs most vitality concerned with a set
Element OF the home rule deadlock
met at Buckingham palace in an eff.
fort to reach an agreement.
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FIRST BLOW BELIEVED sTRlyck
WITHOUT FORMAL EEcLA-
RATION BEING
ISSUED.
FEARED MANY NATIONS
MAY BECOME INVOLVED
iron-Clad Censorship Causes Secrecy
About All Observation-Disclosures.
ments Are Regarded as Very
Grave-Possibiiity pr Gen
eraI Conflict.

London, July 2S.-Late develop.
inenss appear to furnish new proofs
mat Austria is fully determined to
MAKE war on Servia and the possibili.
ties or a general European war seem
greater than have ever confronted the
present generation. The Seryian re-
ply TO the Austro- Hungarian ultima.
.uu was an acceptance Of almost all
the imperious demands, except that
austrian officials shall participate in
the investigation and fix the responsi.
Diiity Tor the anti-Austrian propasan.
da.
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Servia Proposes Hauue.

oerVid proposes Hague.
SerVla proposed an appeal to tho
powers at The Hague for the settle.
ment OF that feature. Notwitbstana
ing this humiliating surrender ub;ah
was more than Europe expected of the
PROUD little nation, the Austrian GOV.
gave the Servian minister bis
passports which may be construed 81
a virtual declaration of war. Austria
committed an act of war by arrestina
the chief of Servian general staff Cen.
eral Putnik, near Budanest h,,t ba
was soon released by the emperor's
direct command.
a formal declaration of war is mt
expected because Servia is not . mar.
" 70 The Hague convention. which re.
CURES this. The suspension Of all mar.
llamentary and judicial institutions
mas been decreed in Austria ana a.
lron-clad censorship has drawn a cor.
doh OF secrecy around the country So
that the outside world is in complefa
ignorance OF everything happeninr
thefe, except what the government
wants the world to know.
War Even Now?
EVen 0 the Austrian armies NAV
pc closed in upon Servia and la31neb-
ing a sudden blow, as japan did when
she sent her fleet against the Russian
ships without warning.
While Austria announces "a mart
mobilization" the Austrian arnbassa.
cor at London has issued a significant
notice to all Austrians liable for mill.
tarE service TO return home. The only
possibility Of ayerting war at the
eleventh hour, which Austria racos
nlzes IS that seryia shall reconsider
her reply 70 the Austrian note and
DOW to all the demands. Even then
Austria proposes to exact payment fos
all her expenses iii connection with
her military measures
Russia Is Looked TO.
The question as to whether Rreeia
VIII take up arms to save her SIay
protese from a crushing blow is the
crucial feature Of the situation on
winch the peace Of all Europe hinges.
me same degree of secrecy which
Austria has imposed has been estab-
iished IN Russia, also, therefore it can-
not be known what military prepara.
ions are IN progress there. The Rus
sian government has permitted mes.
saSes to go forth quoting the st. Pc
tersburg papers as considering inter
ventlon inevitable and demanded nv
the popular sentiment.
Germany has informed the other
powers that she considers that the
AustroSerEian quarrel concerns those
nations alone. If any other power
takes it up she declares, serious con-
sequences must follow.
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European diplomacy is faced with
situation Of extreme gravity in tn
controversy between Austria ar
Servia.
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Opening Of the Panama canal TO the
worlds on August ID, next,
was announced by Secretary Garrison.
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The Canadian Pacific will electrif
the five-mile tunnel now being bore
through the Sellirk mountains. nea
Rogers Pass, British Columbia.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-12-18
COAL MINING INSTITUTE HOLDS
INTERESTING SESSION

Charleston, w. Va, December H.
After a two lays session Of interest and
pleasure, which ended with Q banquet
gwen by the business men Of Huntington,
tine fourteenth -rmi- annual meeting Of
the West Virginia Coal Mining Institue
'o-''l its session at Huntington ON Fri
day night.
While not ~ largely attended by the
Operators ~ at former meetings, there
vas nevertheless an interest displayed,
t,getlier with an interchange of impor.
tant ideas, that will bear it- fruits in the
increased betterment and safety Of min
ing conditions IN the state.
The West Virginia operator is after
tie iest of everything in mining meth
osi-, and no expense is spared along this
line; DE - convinced that ideal surround
ing and elevating environments in Q
mining camp are essential 70 attract q
high class of labor; he relieves in educs-
tlOnal extention and welfare work. and
~ helping his employee 70 better bis con-
iiticn at every opportunity, ne believes
IN cooperation, not only between opera
tors, but also between employer and em-
ployec; he j. anxious 70 adopt every plan
II safety that will protect the lives Of hi.
~orkinen IN q naturally hazardous occu.
patton, and - willing 20 at On ever,
Prac'ical suggestion; ne believes ths
WOrkmeD-' Compensation Law is o good
la~, ~ veil A. cheap insurance, and /.
willing u lend bi- support for the bene
10 oi the miner and his family. But h,
d"e- not believe in being imposed upor
IN any manner, BY any man or set %
men, Or IN quietly submitting 10 unju-'
taxation. Thet fscts, with many other
81 interest, were brought out in the VI
nous discussions during the se~-ion.
Huntington extended the glad hand ol
hospitality 10 the members in every wsy
and made them feel tDst 10 ~ss good TO
them o. he there and 70 wish 70 CON.
again.
A feature Of the first dsy's program
was the address Of Col. v. T. vinson. q
Huntington, on "Coopersdon," IA
which be sdsccsted the formation Of a
enormous defense fund 10 6sht the enc
mics of the coal industry in tnis IN.
other states. and for opposing sdvers
Legislation. Many other papers Of inks
e-t were read before the msssine, and
number Of important subjsrss disc..s'
IN the Quession Box ss.uioa- Ovi.g Z
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MINE FATALITIES
SHOW DECREASE

Charleston. W. Va, Dec. i2.-Ths
fatality list in the coal mines II wes,
Virginia for the month of November has
just heen issued 10y the Department of
Mines. and shows a total ot - deaths
from accidents at the mines, "A ,ierrea-e
Of nine a. compared with the report for
the previous month, when 80 were killed.
and "A decrease of one from the corr,spon-
ding month for last year
Eleven of these fatalities were cansed
10y falls OF roof and coal. four 10y mine
cars, thrte 10y locomotives. three 10y elec-
tricity. one 10y mining machine. one by
explosive, and two miscellaneous The
last two. while reported to the Depart
ment, were not really chargeal,le as fatal
mine accident. one death being due %
-calding on the outside. and one due q
blood Isoi-"ning, following a slight injury
"a the hand. Thirteen of the victims
we're Americans and twelve were foreign
rrS
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Public Men
And Things
(By the Sage Of the Potomac. }

The other day AZ Louisville, ny when
the segregation ordinance wa- ieing ar
zued in court, the City Attorney, argu.
ing in favor Of the ordinance. quote.l
Booker T.'s business League -peerh o.
prove that the grratest race l-adcr since
old Hannibal picked cotton in the vicin-
ity OF Karanovitz, favored segregation,
and hence and henceforth IL wa the
te-t for uamite-. 'COur-s, don't l,e-
lieve that the ~age Of Tuskegee, WAY
down in the vicinity OF his pulmonary
zone, actually favors segregation. but hs
has a way of tickling them there south.
erners, and in doing 30 that time went a
little toe far, or rather just didn't make
hisself plain ~ the northern descendant.
81 the Honorable Ham. But tis quick
ncss With which the I-s-st friends 81 ths
Negroes" thOse southern whit- who
just love r. $50 us hunt ont and get int
''our III sce. grabbed the Tuskeg,e Won
der's remarks. proves that fellsr m II
l'e triflr rareful in selecting his word,
and SENTENCES II segregation ~a- npeanr
% kecp ~ away from b>d white h0te.
and carriei WITH u full z--Drtment ~
equal privileges AMI accommodation.
Il wouldn 10 - s~fully darned bsd
But Segregation = 10 keep ~ away iron
the ir-t white h"f--. and brand ~ ~itl
the stamp II infcriOrity. gucs- Or
issoEer r. has i-he'i many a time ~
had Submitted that Nuskoyse -tafeulen
~ spme 81 hI- WsshingtOnian adsi-or
fOr Consideration before delivering.
b. had he would not have given s,inc o
the feilers What lie awake o. nixht- wait
ing for hifn o. make n break a chance 4
critici1e him A. my e-teeD~i friend
John Mitchell. Jr.. says. "Ws-inngtol
~s- speaking in Okisboma, where trail
CONNECTIONS sre sprDetime- bad. an.
where consisIcrate ''i<~t friend- II ti.
Negro" occasionally hit upon the idea q
making him mrs bi- connections IN or
der % Ut an Introduction b. an Or,leri
lynching party. There's whole lOt a
stuff the doctor grt~ of don't agre
with, and what think - all rsht f.
southern consumption, but ALFRED ba'
ior northern ears. hut I can't 80 the n
of picking q teller ~ho has done som
mighty good things cvery time the moo
chsnev>- Some of the DUtor's -outher
salk 70 ''she brehs lszioos os yoush' n
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RESOLUTIONS
Of Sympathy From the Ministers
And Deacons' Conference, of
DanvilIe, Virginia.

Ii WIS Thanksgiving night, just after a
special Thanksgiving service. in which
she took an active part. that the GRIM
monster death stole into the bel cham
her Of DR. and Mrs W. T. Carr and laid
bis cold. icy hands upon the only oocn-
pant he found therein, AMI suddenly
ushered her, Mrs. Ruth X Carr. into
the prp~cnce of her Lord
1t was Friday morning before the sad
intelligence reached rs, and oh what a
shock. Since il has pleased Him To whom
We all :selong, and To whom We all must
it seems hut proper and benefitting that
fellow ministers and travellers To the bar
Of God, i'm view Of such a terrible shock
a. has come % Us all, should collect our
wandering minds and thoughts that have
been saddened and scattered by this
stroke. and record the individual and
collective sympathy Of thirty old Bap-
tist ministers and deacons composing the
Ministers and Deac)ns' Conference ol
Danvile. Va.
Providence u snatch from our midst the
much beloved and highly e~tecmed Mrs
Ruth X. J. Carr, the wife Of DR. W. T.
Carr, an associate pastor and co-laborer.
And whereas she has lived and lahore,l
so long and zealously for the moral and
intellectual uplift OF the youth in tins city
And whereas her example ia charactrr
and religions rectitnde made her a sub
stantial and Indispensable factor i'm pro-
erly advancing the essential traits OF
character and religious Development in
this community;
And whereas her influence and help
iulness will be greatly missed and mourn
81. Therefore, Be it resolved,
First: That the above named confer
ence give this faint expression of an in
expresible sympathy u DIR. Carr and
family in this sal bereavement.
Second: That We commend all to tiis
help and protection Of a loving saviour,
Who is too wise o. err and tOo good o. ~
unkind in His dealings with any Of I'll,
loving. trusting children.
Third. That We low our heads IL
humble submission to the will oi tls,
Great God of the Univer-e who deeme,
It wise T. remove our sister IN the al,
, sence Of husband and children, AMI praJ
heavens special bene'iIctions upon ou
dear brodIer Carr and family.
Signed The Baptist Ministers' an
Deacon- Conference a Danviilc. Va.
A. l.. JOHNSON, ID. ID rre-
G. W. GOODF, Acting -.
Afro O-American PRESBYTERIAN
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SLEEP COMES
To REP. PAYNE
Famous Member of Con
gress Dies in Ho-
tel Room
framer of Noted Bills and House
Leader Dead oI Heart Disease
at Washington.

Washington, Dec. l4-Five minutes
after he called up the main Office of the
Portland Hotel here tonight for help,
Representative Sereno r. Payne died OF
heart disease when, sitting in an arm
chair IN his room.
No one was withahim at the time OF
his death. except hotel officials. One Of
them entered the rom just as he died
His family is not in town.
The Representative returned home
from Congress tonight appearently in his
usual health. lie dined at the hotel
chattei a while with friends there and
then went up To his room.
suddenly the hotel Office Was startled
10y telephone call from the statesman.
in which he asked for hell ami stated he
Was i'll. A pbysician ~a- Immediately ,
called, hut Mr.. Payne Was dead ~hen lac
arrived.
Representative Psnc Wa the on y
member of the prSrnt Congn~s wh,
served IL terms He started in the Forty
eighth, missed the Filtieth Cgngrrss and
had becn returned o. every subsequent
Congress.
Representative Payne was b,rn H.
Hamilton, ": Y. and Was n years oi
axe Ills wife died about three year.
ago lie leaves one son. The New
York Congressman WAS tariff expert
and Was the author OF many important
bills, the most notable oi which was the
PayLe-Aldrich Tariff Bill lie was hoor
leader Of the Republicans in the IIou-s.
for number of year.. In the death of
Serene Payne Congress loses one of It's
most able AMI active Inembers, the coun-
Try great ststs-snsp>apd the RepubIi-
can party one OF its most valuable menu
bers.
The body OF the deccased Congressman
laid in state i'm the Capitol Saturday and
the funeral services were condurUrd 10y
Chaplin Condin, sunday. The ser,i 'es
were attended 10y Cabinet ohicer-, mem
bers Of the Diplomatic CorI,s, Judges,
Congressmen and host of adnirer~
The remains were taken 10 Auburn. y
\. for burial.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-12-18
REFUSE DAM SITES TO
WATER POWER COMPANIES

Chsrie-ton, ". Va. Dec. Is.-On the
ground that u was divided On authority
AMI hal received NJ funds o. employ 81.
visory engineers, the STATE Pni,lic SerSic-
Commission has r,i's-e.i o. grant appli-
cations ior new dam sites in tire rivers a
We-t Virgins.
The sppiications refused were th.r-e of
tho Virginia Power Company. Tri-Ssate
Milling end Dam Canpan, . Gzuly Pow
er Company. STATE Line Power Company
and fairmont abd Ciarksburg Power
Company. Commissioner "a. n. Ogden
wanted the applications granted under
conditions, but the other three members
Of the Commission voted adversely. The
Northern Virginia POWER Company 20,
permission N rai-c The beishth of IL dam
n he Shenandoah River
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of the government officials Who institute
81 the scherne ri seyr'gating the Negro
employees in bis department., which drew
such a widespread protest from repre-
-entatives of that raoe and the unpreju-
diced PRES of the country Ii is just
possible that Mr.. Williams takes himself
tso serio..sly, and that his high official
conncction with the administration has
sweiled his head to abnormal proper
tions. He Was one of the speakers at
the dinner of the Southern society of
New York city. and he had the bal taste
o. interpolate in his address defense q
his act cf discrimination. and went on {,
adv~ ste compete segregation of the
ract.
A. The lnteiiiCer..or poini.-l snt az the
time the Washin~t,n or.i..r ws~ issued
even - distinct southern g-ntleman ~
Henry Watterson condemned the action
as too sectional to be borne, and the
south Was peculiarly on trial in tins AL
ministration and should avoid Haunting
it, prejudices in the face of the North.
The Democratic New York World also
hauled the offending department head
over the Goals. But Mr.. Williams -eem~
to have learned nothing and this moved
former Attorney General Wickersham,
who was Also one OF the speakers at the
dinn,r, To tell him he did not think tn.
race problem of the country can he solv-
I'll 10y disiranchisement and that good
citizens cannot he developed il they are
allowed no voice in the law making Of
the country
Ii Is important to note the effect Of
these opposite views on gathering COM
posed of men Of Southern birth. and Il is
gratifying to know that Mr.. Williams
radical theories were received with 81
lence, while General Wickersham' state
ments were roundly applauded. Wheel
ing lnteilegencer.
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niiat"rs won't ia in mp here i'm the North
no more than praising General Jetfrr
would be safe around in the heer empo-
NUNS Of Berlin, hat the wizard cant a.
Ways tell what effect his meant-t tn l--
helpful policies will have on the derelict-
n"ating around i'm Washington. New
York snd classic Roston. They ne To
Tell mo mp at HowMd : law factory that
M making a will the intent oi tl.e lovely
d'>ra>si must H. carefully con~i ler.,i
80 applying that to Booker. you ~ to
admit that. hit or mis-. his intent is all
right. all right.-rhe Bssr. Washington.
ID. &.
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the illne-- of President Neil Robinson.
vics President J. y. Mckinley, Of whsss-
ing, presided throughout the ss>sion.
The following officers we're elected for
the ensuing year, they 70 slso composs
the Executive Board. President, J. u.
McKinisy, u Wheeling; vics Prsssd~nt.,
Col. Vim. Ieckie, Of Isckie, Earl Henry
Of Charleston, 4. r.. White. al Glen
White, Geo. T. Watson, Of Fsirmoos.
and J. W. Biscbon. ofElkins; sscrvsAry-
Treasures, Prof. \. y. Zern, Of MorE>n-
to~h.