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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
ElARR Z TFIAW SEEKS
TO GO TO BELLEVlJE,
And a Motion is Made 10 That
Effect, When He is Ar
raigDed in Court.
az Asssoei1 !, ,iarss,

NEW YCliK. Jan. 25.-sA motion to
have Harry X. ThAw sent to Bellevue
hospital, SO that it might he deter
mined there whether he was sane, was
made today by Thaw's attorneys at
his arraignment in the supreme court
here on a charge of conspiring with
others in effe;cting his escape from the
Matteawan asylum in August, 1913.
Decision on the motion was reserved.
No attempt was made to obtain Thaw's
release on bail. Justice Davis an
nounced that Thaw would be ar
raigned next Wednesday. The Justice
will, on that date, decide the motion
to have Thaw sent to Bellevue.
Thaw made his appearance In
court. accompanied by two prison
wardens shortly before IL O'Clock.
He was preceded by his attorneys and
William Travers Jerome, representing
the state Thaw remained standing
the greater part of the half hour
consumed by the attorneys in dis
cussing and arguing the motions and
occasionally his face would light up
with smile Of recognition to men
at the press table.
l ~ MI. sotduCuuSlus III ANNOUNCING uH
did not expect to apply for; bail, said
that 1t was his intention not to ham
per the courts Of Justice or place any
obstacle In the path of the law.
Pleading on HIS motion to have Thaw
committed to Bellevue, he said an
| act of the Legislature passed in 1910
regulated cases such as that of Thaw,
by decreelng that in the case Of a
person charged with crime fol-
which the maximum punishment is
$500 or a year in, jail and found APP
parently to be insane the Judge must
send him to Bellevue where he must
be examined. lf4he is found sane he
must be returned to the jurisdiction
of the state and the trial must be
Iresumed>
Mr. Jerom's reminder was that the
Flaw OF 1910 had no application in
this case. The attorney generals Of
fice considers this man legally insane
and the proper place for him is Mat
lteawan. I ask that he be returned
there until he is brought to trial for
conspiracy"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
TOMMY HODGES
Gets to be Posi- nnaster at Nor
gantoWn for Running for
CONGRESS Last Year.
i,..re,s q 70 ,sr g., M tas a.,

WASHINGTON, D. G. Jaa. as
Congressman Brown late this after
noon will send letter to the post
master general recommending the
appointment of Thomas e. Hodges
to be postmaster at Morgantown.
The place pays $4,000 per annum.
Col. Hodges secures the appoint-
ment In return for having made
sacrifice for his party when he stef
as candidate for congressman-><-
large against Howard Sutherland.
The selection OF Hodges came as a
surprise here. While It was known
efforts were being made to secure an
appointment for him, It was not be-
iieved 1t would be the postmaster
ship Of his home town.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
EAs that Combat Means Tri-
liinph Of English Long
Time Confidence.
IN THEIR BIG GUN FLEET
And IT Gains the Fear Of East
Coast Frequent Repetition
of Boat Raids
tsy sssoerA1r.p., ,ssss,

~
ONION Jan. %. The news Of the
flfst battle between drcadnaughts,
sterdays naval engagement in the
North sea, has aroused greater en-
thGisiassn among the 2British public
! than either the fight off Helgoland or
II ne Fla land islands although both OF
'taie sea engagement perhaps proved
\ anger in actual results. To the Eng
Y FISH people the combat of yesterday
:laiieats the triumph Of their long
time confidence in their big gun feet
4 and at ealms the fear Of the east coast
stCt frequent fepetitlonS of tale Hart
n slllepool and Scarborough raids. Sir
all!ayid Beatty, the youngest admiral in
59ne Britisn navy, has become the most
gpnpnlar nero of the war. The German
io1ncia1 report on Sundays fight admits
gAe sinking Of the cruiser, Bluecher,
\ nut OFFSETS this loss with the asser-
attct according to information avail
\ able one British battle cruiser was
sunk " This statement has been di-
srectiy denied by the British admiralty
which says no British ships has been
lost
l'nis cement keeps up tho repu-
Afipt1 OF the present war for Sunday
hing which has been so frequent
9iptll on land and sea that Sunday has
now come to be a day of increased
Glance tather than Of relaxation.
No important DEVELOPMENTS in the
land fighting on either front have been
fcpo rted In London but some improve
i5laeht in the weather in the west has
resulted In considerable activity,
z ,owever, has thus far produced
iotahle results
he cont tending forces In Bukowina
gages forming for a new battle and the
Ailatrians claim the advantage in the
pre- urinary slsirmishes. The Aus
ttiA1te claim also that they have
driven back the Russian ADVANCE
t9saouefi some of the Carpathtan
Z. passes
he Turks, according to London re-
ports, have suffered another reverse
at Kh0rassan in Turkish territory.
The question OF food supply is be-
ing considered urgently In both Lon
don and Berlin. The British govern
rment has appointed cabinet commits
stop to- consider the matter. The
Labor party has demanded that the
government take over control OF Brit
ish shipping.
AS to the food situation in Germany
tine BERLIN press is reinforcing the
demands voiced at mass meeting
that the government commander all
stocks of food and by way of Rome
There have come reports OF bread
riots IN Austria and Hungary during
one Of which the governor OF Crotia
was badly wounded and his palace
burned down.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
White SLAVERY
IS the Charge against Two
Clafksburg Italians Under
Arrest at UniontoWn

UNIONTowN, Pa, Jan. joe
Ferrarri and Frank Mury, Italians.
of Clarksburg, w. Va, were arrested
here last night with Amelia and
Catherine Gentling. 1t Is the belier
of the local authorities that the two
Italian men are violators of The
Mann white slave act in bringing the
two girls from West Virginia into
Pennsyl Over fifteen love LETT
ters from different women over the
country were found in the possession
of joe Ferrari The four are held
pending inyestig ation by federal au-
thorlties. Q
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
Ar OUSES MORE BRSITISH
ENTHlJ SIA SM TIA EVER

During the advance OF our armored
cruisers, Seydlltz, DerHinger. .Moltke
and Bluecher, which accompanied by
four smaller cruisers and two t1otillas
Of torpedo boats were steauing in the
North sea these vessels became en-,
gagged with British detachment, COM
posed of Ave battle cruisers, several
smaller cruisers and twenty-six tor-
pedo boat destroyers.
THE enemy discontinued the en-
gagement after three iloufs' at a
point seventy miles west Of fIeligo-
land and retreated. According to the
information available one British bat
tie cruiser and one OF our ar1nored
cruisers, The Bleucher. were sunk. =
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
COERCION STATUTE
OF the State of Kansas is De-
cIared Unconstitu tional by
the Supreme Court.

- WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The
Kansas so-caaled coercion statute
making 1t unlawful for any individual
or corporation to coerce or influence
any person to enter into an agree
nent to join or remain a member Of q
labor organization as condition Of
such person procuring or continuing
in the employment OF such individual
ar corporafaon was today annulled as
Unconstitutional by the supreme
court. The decision was regarded as
OF the first Importance in the labor
world It was ann ounced By Justice
Ri3ney. Strong dissenting opinions
we're given by Justices Holmes and
Day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
Since Outbreak Of War ia En-
rope, According to- NIcAdoo
and edtield insReport
BDEsleNED FOR RESCUE
of President vvilsonIinth Fight
for Passage OF the Ship
Purchase Bill

WASHINGTON Jan, Isyi-
Edence Of extra rdi mary advances ia
trans-A tlantic freight rates since The
outbreak OF the European war.
amounting in some instances to 500
and even 4 SO per cent. was pre-
scented to the Senate today Ia q joint
report from Secretaries Nc loo and
Redfield. n
Willie this report Is being writ.
ten, " the statement says, .tnforma-
ton as received that rates are lieli.
,er than those given In some sof the
| tables presented, and that ey eh At
these extraordinary figures. IL Ii tiil
ficuit to. obtain cargo spaEe IA ear.
/ lier sailings than March and April !,
The report contains humerous tn
bies OF rates on various coinntoti-
|ttesfrom American to European
ports and summarizes the pfinciple
advances since August 4, last, as fol-
lows: X ~
New York to otterdan on grain,
900 per cent; on tiour 500 per cent
New York TO Liverpool on the same
commodities, from 900 to 500 per
cent. a. \.
baltimore to Europe can ports "
cepting Germany, on grain. 8 90 ne,
cent; on flour. 3 ga per cent; on cot-
ton. ~ : per cent.
Norfolk 70 III vet'n col on grain. 4 ;
20 zgv per cent; on cotton, 8 pei
cent. < NJ 8
Norfolk to Rotterdahl on cotton !,
40 per cent; TO Bre iieng 100 per
cent, namely from 4 26: 10 .,lp
per bale: I
Savannah to Liverpoo 81 on cotton. !
goo per cent; 70 Brennan $50 per
cent. AZ 8
Galveston to Liverpool on grain
174 per cent on cotton, 81 per cent
10 Bremen On ottOn h i. 0U 4 ft03I 4 81
per cent q ~ ss,l 4 \ /.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
SPENCER BOOMING.

Spencer, the capital Of Roane
county and home OF Harry Wood
yard, Is experiencing quite lot of
oil excitement at present. because OF
the well recently drilled In close to
that village which started off at the
rate Of ninety barrels a day, and is
reported to have settled down to
twenty-five barrels day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
FUNERAL SERVICES
With Full Naval Honors Are
Held Aboard the San Diego
For Five Victims.

ON BOARD THE u. S. S. SAN
DIEGO, GUAyMAsss, Mex, by wireless
to San Diego, Jan. % Funeral ser
vices with full naval honors were
held today aboard the q. S. s. San
Diego for the five victims of the ex-
plosion on Thursday when boiler
tubes OF the cruiser blew out just
after the completion OF a steamine
trial. The bodies were transferred to
the q. s. g. Saturn. which sailed fol
San Francisco. The San Diego will
sail for San Francisco tomorrow,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
PRONOUNCED CTlvlTY
ALONG AUSTRIAN FRONT

PETRoGRAD, via London, Jan. Is.
There has been pronounced activity
along the entire Austrian front Of
three hundred miles during the last
few days. This is regarded here as
marking the initiation of the plan for
an stro-German offensive move
ment, which 1t is believed to have
been adopted recently with the object
of clearing the Russian invaders from
B,ikowdna, East Galicia and Northern
Hungary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
SENATOR ROOT
In an Attack on the ShipPur-
chasing Bill, Denolnces the
Democratic Caucus.

WASHINGTON, d. g., JAM 25-
Senator Root led the Republican at
tack on the administration ship pur-
chase bill in the Senate today. with
a denunciation Of the Democratic
caucus, which made the bill a party
measure; of the parliamentary tao
tics by. which the Democrats have SO
far forced the Republicans to do all
the debating and finally with denun-
citation Of the bill itself.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25

spone was lost. 81 81 Ill
The house passed more than a half
dozen bills, mostly of minor or local
Importance before recessing sintil 2
this afternoon the execution being
the bill holding the husband not liza
Bile for slande is BY the wife! The SEN
ate at 10 go adjourned.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
FRENCH REPORT SHOWS
NOTHING AT ALL DECISIVE

PARIS, Jan 25.-The report on the
progress OF the fighting given out by
the French war Office today refers to
encounters .os minor Importance only.
Nh decisive engagements have oc-
CURED anywhere on the line There
have been the customary artillery ex-
changes coupled with the taking Of g
few prisoners coupled with the driving
hack Of counter attack
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
GERMANY PROTESTS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. Germany
protested to the state department to-
day Through her ambassador, Count
Won Bermstorff, against shipments OF
American hyd aero lanes TO The Eur
ropean ,belligerents on the grounds
that such aircraft are war vessels.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
BRITISH BATTLE CRUISER
SUNK, SAY THE GERMANS
q, assoc yrp pa /,

tsi assoc rrp PaEss,
EERLIN, via London, Jan. 25.-The
fornowfng official announcement on
he naval engagement in the North
sea vest iday was given out today:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
RECOVERING NICELY

DR.. Horace j. Brown. OF Wilson
burg, is improving nicely at st.
Mary's hospital, where he underwent
a surgical operation a few days ago
for appendicitis.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
.tRy Associated .Presel

JNU0NTOWsS, Pa, Jan. ~.
Receivers were named today
for William N; Thompson,
brother OF ]. v. Thompson
Assets were given: Is 81 ,250. 900,
and liabilities at $500 O0s Dam
( lei sturg econ and ". g. afcK ean
were appoantsd rsce5yeFs
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
Boo ~ CHARGE.

ID. NJ. McDermott whose home Is
said to be here, has been arrested
at Rarkersburg by federal nthorities1
on chsEg 81 boot leg Elrg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
!. *4*4.+ I. . Z. &. I. Z. . . !
CALLING OLDER MEN.
(Ry Associated Press.

Wy <ASS0S4oSSo ASoSi. "a
AMSTERDAM, via London,
Jan. 25.-A telegram received
here from Berlin sets forth
that in the province OF Brand
enburg in which Berlin is lo-
Gated there have been called
up for medical examination
men OF the landstrum, OF the
1886, 1887 and 1888 classes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
FRENCH SUFFER HEAVY
LOSSES, GERMANS SAY

nv ASsoeArEn PREs1l y
BERLIN, by wireless, Jan. U.s.
Sanguinary fighting continues in All
SAGE on the eastern end OF the battle
line, according to the official state
tGontinned on page three.T
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
HORSESHOE ORDER.

CATAsAUQUA. Pa, Jan. Pos AM
'founcemenk was made here yesterday
by q local Arm OF the receipt Of an
order from the Rusetan government
for one million horsesiioes The plant
e running day and night. q
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25

The juvenile parole bill, making
the age 81, instead of / s. was passed,
after motion, to indefinitely post
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25
MORE RRCEIyERs.

|. Z. . 4. I. !. I. Z. Z. :. 5 \. Z.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-28
OF MURDERS
IN RHODE ISLAND

Official statistics showing the num-
Der of murders or homicides commit
ted annually in the various states of
the Union are wanting, so no one can
truthfully assert that murders are
more frequent in Rhode Island than
in other New England states. Unof-
fetal statistics. compiled by the Chi
cago Record-Herald from newspaper
reports. covering the decade 1S90-99,
gave Rhode Island an average an
nual ratio of 1871 homicides per 1907 900
of population. The same table shows
that there were, during the period
named, % states and territories of
the Union where homicides were re-
latively more frequent than in Rhode
Island
sued every 10 years by the federal
government, we find that the ratio of
prisoners held for homicide. or
murder in Rhode Island, was 80 per
100000 in 1880; Al in 1890; and SO
in 1904 The slight increase noted in
ratio of homicides held might be due
to the presence of life prisoners held
since previous enumerations. In Con.
necticut the ratio was 7.6, in New
Hampshire, ga per 100000 of popula.
ton. In California, where the death
penalty is in force, there were 25.3
prisoners held for homicide in 1904
in each 100000 of the total population /;
in Mantana, "a; in Florida, So; in
Arizona, SO.
| In 1905, the warden of the Rhode
Island state prison kindly furnished
the writer with a list of the commit.
ments for murder during the seven
years (1S9S-1904) The average year,
| ly commitments on this charge was
! IL. There were six commitments for
murder during the three years 189S.
1900 and but four for the four years
| 1901-1904. The average yearly com.
mitments for murder and mansaugh-
ter was, for the six years 1S98-1903, q;
or the very low ratio of GA per 1OO,-
900 of population.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-28
WHY THE PEOPLE OF MAINE
ABOLISHED CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT
Two Innocent Men Were Con
demned to Gallows

As early az 1869 Hon Thomas y
Reed delivered speech before the
Maine legislature asking for abolition
OF the death penalty, on the ground
that although capital punishment was
not an effective measure for proven
ton of crime It was, he declared, all
too effective as a preventive of con
victions. In 1903 Mr.. Reed, still a
resident of Maine. assured the writer
that he stlll held firmly to the views
expressed in his speech of 1869
Although the death penalty was not
legally abrogated in Maine until 1876,
1t was virtually annuled by executive
which left enforcement of the death
sentence almost wholly in the hands
of the executive, since there was no
limit of time within which he was com
PEELED, by law, to issue his warrant of
execution, "The responsibility thus
created was so great. and the senti-
ment against the death penalty SO ac-
tive and aggressive" says the state
librarian, Mr.. l.. d. Carver, that there
was no execution In this state for near
ly thirty years"
In 1867 there were ten persons in
the state prison under sentence of
death, one of whom had been there
over twenty years. This condition OF
affairs" says the attorney general
Mr.. VIM. T. Haines, lied the governor
in 1867, in his annual message, to sug
gest the abolition of the death penalty
or change of the law so that the
governor should be obliged to issue
his warrant within some fixed time
In 1869 the law was passed requirini
the governor and council to review thu
findings of the court in case OF con
viction and sentence of death ant
commute. pardon or cause the prsone
to be executed after certain length
+ of time from the date of the origina
sentence"
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-28

The Young Peoples Socialist league
of Everett, with paid up membership
of 140, pulled off their second debate
last Friday evening. The debate IRE.
solved that the present economic sys-
tenn is the cause of unemployment"
in which eight members took part,
went off successfully. Next Friday
another debate Resolved that Social
ism is the only cure for all the evils
of present day society,"" will take
place. After the debate few games
will be played by the members.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-28
DID MURDER INCREASE IN
RHODE ISLAND AFTER
ABOLISHMENT OF
SCAFFOLD?

Encouraged by the increase Of con
victions and decrease in murders com
mltted following abolition of the
death penalty in Michigan 084S) and
agitated by the discovery that an in
nocent man had just been hanged by
their public executioner, the legisla-
ture of Rhode Island, in 1852. enacted
n law which limited capital punish
ment to condemned murderers who
should attack their keeper, as previ-
ously stated. Statistics show that in
Rhode Island, as also in Maine and
Michigan overthrow of the scaffold
was followed by decrease in murder.
From 1853 to 1860 there were but five
convictions for murder in the first
degree. Gov. Wye declared in 1864
that conviction for murder is far
more certain now in proper cases than
when death was the punishment for
It," statement verified by the SUI
preme Judge, by the state attorney,
and by the warden of the state prison.
The records of the most populous
county in Rhode Island, Providence,
show that during the thirty years sue
ceeding the abolition of capital punish
ment there were II convictions for
murder in the first degree out of q
trials, or 62.9 per cent.
Statistics. compiled by the late
Professor Wayland, when dean of the
Yale law school, show that in Con
necticut, during an equal period of
years, less than 2 per cent of the 81
persons who were tried for murder
in the first degree were convicted as
charged, as compared with the 62.9
per cent in Rhode Island, and al pei
cent in Wisconsin; the death penalty
, having been abolished in the latter
, state since 1853
Mr. Andrew Palm secured official
statistics which show that the mum
: Der of convictions in Rhode Island
! for murder in the first degree from
1860 to 1870 was seven, as agaIns
nine, the 10 years previous, diminu
ton of 20 per cent. Meanwhile thu
population had increased rs per cen
(from 1860 to 1870. In the 10 year.
subsequent to the adjustment of thu
death penalty GS52-7I 16 person.
were convicted of first degree murder
while in the succeeding 20 years, not
withstanding the increase of popula
'tion, the number of such conviction!
was but IS In 1890 there was bu
one conviction for murder in the frs
degree; in 1891 the same; in 1879:
; there were two
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-28
CAMPAIGN REPORT NEXT
WEEK

Owing to an excessive amount Of
on hand the campaign report
OF the county secretary-treasurer Will
appear next week. Comrades should
not fail to read this report as II Is an
important one. Also have II read be-
fore the local.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-28
A COMPARISON

For the year 1910 the ratio of rnurd
ers In four non-capital punishment
states, Michigan, Wisconsin, Maine
and Rhode Island, was 66.1 per million
of population. For the same year the
ratio of murders in the capital punish.
ment states was 1852, which Is more
than twice the percentage of the
states which use neither the moose
nor the electric chair.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-28

persons tried for homicide during the
period of 20 years 1S77-S6; 1898,
were convicted. During the three
years 1S90-92, 50 per cent of the prose
cutions for homicide resulted in con-
victions. In Ohio during the same
period the rate was 34,S per cent In
the United States courts the ratio of
convictions to trials on homicide
charges during the three years 1S9O-92
WAS hut LIZ G nor oont