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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-09

time is exposed. with proper precau-
tions. to the light or window. door
or a lamp, the part of the retfna on
which the image of the lights fall win
turn white. and that on Which the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-09

Showing how apparently This girls hair
golden; gloves black Sanding her eyes
be- they Transformed 20
hands At her eyes a. hosn n, th
black When The tried With tan
set under the delicate supefeiay
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-09

three f.2o gold pieces have been ex-,
tracted from the skin of Priv. Boissey
in a Paris hospital. piece OF snrap-
mel pierced the pocket Of another SOL
der. who had the coins. and who was
marching ahead OF him. The pro1ec-
tile and the coins lodged In the leg OF
Boissey, who had not q penny on him
before being wounded.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-09

"A French army corps is made up OF
% battalions of rather over 1000 men
zach. These are sectioned into eight
ree,nents. each of three battalions.
and these again are formed into -FOUR
brigades. two of which compose 3
division.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-09
the EYE Really
FADE with TIME ?

A. B, M. A, NJ D. Johns Hopkins University
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
u. S. CROPS IMPROVE
10 Per CENT in July
Composite Condition on August ! 3.9
Per Cent Above Ten
year Average.

The composite condition Of all crops
Of the United States on August 1 wal
So per cent above their ten-year average
condition on that date, as compared with
a condition % per cent above average
on July /, indicating a slight improve
ment in crop prospects during the past
month.
Final yields per acre Of crops last
year were about % per cent above aver
age. This year. however. the total acre
age in cultivated crops is slightly more
than last year.
The total production of important prod
ucts this year compared with last year
Is estimated as follows:
Corn, 1922 per cent; wheat, 1855 per
cent; oats, 1929 per cent; barley. 111.5
per cent; rye 1898 per cent; buckwheat,
104-6 per cent; white potatoes, 1861 per
cent; sweet potatoes, lilo per cent; to-
bacco, 1ei.6 per cent; iaxseed, 115.2 per
cent; rice, 1858 per cent; hay (all tame).
1905 per cent; clover hay, 13t6 per cent;
cotton, 1873 per cent; apples. 81 per
cent, and peaches, 110.3 per cent
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
WILL ISSUE HISTORIC
GUIDE FOR VETERANS
Reunion Executive Committee Will
Print 5000 Pampnlets-Joseph
Lesser Will Build Grand Stands.

A boklet describing historic sites in
Washington is to be prepared shortly for
distribution among delegates and visit
ors to the Grand Army of the Republic
encampment here in September. The
pamphlet will contain a resume of the
official program The executive commit
tee making arrangements for the reunion
yesterday authorized the expenditure of
about $500 for the publishing Of the book
and accepted the plans for its compost
tion as outlined by w. P. Van Wrinkle.
chairman of the historic sites committee.
Fifteen thousand pamphlets will be
printed.
The executive committee met yester-
day to dispose of business requiring the
attention of W. F. Guide, chairman, who
leaves this morning for San Francisco.
The committee accepted a bid rendered
by Joseph Lesser for construction OF
grand stands along Pennsylvania avenue,
the line of march by the far veterans.
The concession granted Lesser did not in
clude the building of reviewing stands.
Because the LEAKAGE Of trees would
hinder the view from the stands, it was
decided to build the structures lower
than those put up for inaugural cere-
monies when trees are bare.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
GERMANS TO MAINTAIN
ORDER, SAYS LEOPOLD
Proclamation Issued at Warsaw States
War Will Be Waged Only Against
Hostile Armies.

Berlin wireless via Sayville), Aug. 10.
Prince Leopold of Bavaria, commander
of the German army in Warsaw. has is
sued a proclamation announcing that
the Germans would maintain order and
public peace and would conduct war
only against hostile armies. not against
peaceful citizens.
The proclamation states that the prince
will trust to the good intentions of the
public to obey orders, but "as the enc
my had prepared plans directed against
the safety Of German troops the prince
as a matter of precaution had been COM
PEELED to use the heads of the civil ad-
ministration and some prominent citi-
Zens as hostages
The proclamation adds that the inhab-
itantS can protect the lives of these
citizens by informing the German COM
manders of all hostile plans to endan-
ger the safety Of the city or of the
troops.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
EVACUATION OF WILMA
BEGUN BY RUSSIANS
Announcement First Intimation Gar.
Armies Would Abandon Brest-
Litovsk Line of Defense.

Petrograd, Aug. 1O.-Evacuation of Viii
ma. capital of the government of Wilma,
has been ordered by the Russian war Of
flee. The evacuation has begun. The
treasures of the great libraries and mu-
seums are being removed.
Official announcement to this effect
was made here today and caused deep
dismay. wilma is a city of nearly O.0oO
inha bitants and an important railway
center fifty-fve miles southeast of Kovno
and about 2e5 miles northeast of War
saw.
The announcement of its evacuation
was the first intimation that had been
made thta the retrea ting Russian army
would abandon the Kovno-G G rodno-Brest-
Litovsk line of defenses and withdraw
farther into the interior of Russia. Kov-
no and Grodno constitute the main de-
fenses of Wilma. which is on the War
saw-Petrograd Railway and 1t is con-
sidered highly improbable that the Rus
SLAMS would evacuate 1t if they expect
ed to keep the two fortresses.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
ENGLAND DECLARED TO
HAVE BROUGHT ON WAR
German Papers Say She Frustrated
All Attempts of Kaiser to
Maintain Peace.
By FREDERICK WERNER.

Berlin Cvia wireless). Aug. 1O-The
Nossische ZeitunE and the Berliner Tage-
blatt eXhaustively comment upon the
latest official publication upon the Bel
gian archive documents which. they de-
clare. prove conclusively that England
Systematically prepared for the great Eu-
ropean war by drawing closer and closer
her previously loose meshes and diplo-
matic cobwebs around Germany, frus-
trating all attempts of the German En-
pcror and the government to maintain
peace
The Tageblatt says:
England is the real. unscrupulous
criminal that plunged the world into a
carefully prepared war for the most self
ish motives of envy and fear of Ger
nlany's industrial and commercial devel-
opment.''
The moral responsibility for the CO.
lossai slaughter rests entirely upon Eng
lands shoulders" says the Vossische
ZCitunE.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
Wells FARGO 100000
Theft SYSTEM found
Three Men Arrested for Robberies
Committed During Last
Eleven Years.

Chicago Aug 1o.-With three men I'M
der arrest here today. one of whom is
said to have confessed. detectives for the
Wells Fargo Express Company claim to
have uncovered a system of thefts
through which the company has been
robbed of merchandise totalling nearly
5000 900.
The men under arrest are Frank Will
son, who is alleged to have disposed of
the stolen goods; Benjamin Watkins, All
employe of the express company, and a
man known to the police only as the
mysterious man." who is said to have
Travelled under as many as twenty
aliases.
Watkins was employed by the United
States Express Company, which was abb
sorbed by the Wells Fargo more than a
year ago. For eleven years previous to
that time, detectives said. the United
States company had been losing an aver
age of s. 600 worth of goods a month.
Watkins remained in the service when
the United States company was alb
sorbed.
Packages containing valuables would be
wrapped into one large parcel by Wat
kins, it was charged, and addressed to
the mysterious man" at some suburb
of Chicago. where 1t would be claimed
by him under the alias which happened
to be on the label.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11

The American Federation of Labor yes
terday in formal manner repudiated La
oor's National Peace Council by making
public q letter from Milton Smelling. vice
president of the International Union OF
Steam and Operating Engineers, to Rep
resentative Frank Buchanan. OF Illinois,
rendering his resignation as first vice
president of the peace society.
In the letter Mr. Smelling declared that
the peace council Is clearly a pro-Ger-
man organization and that its member
ship is composed chiefly of persons hang
ing on the fringe of the labor movement
for their own personal aggrandizement-
The letter, which was dated July %,
was given out by Samuel Gompers, pres
ident Of the American Federation of La
Dor. Mr.. Gonpers would make no state
nlent himself. but his secretary announc-
&c it might safely be inferred that the
attitude of Mr.. Smelling was the atti-
tude Of organized labor as a whole.
Mr. Smelling Is one of the prominent
labor leaders Of Washington and was
formerly president OF the Central Labor
Union here
ter in part. hoping that some contribu-
tion might be made by representatives Of
labor to the attainment CT an early.
honorable and humane peace among the
nations now engaged in the European
war. But. sir, when I discovered per-
sons participating IN the recent meeting
here who have been hanging on the fringe
of the labor movement for their own
personal agsrandizement, men who have
been discarded. one who is expelled from
the international union of his trade, and
others never having been members of
any organization of labor. ! am free to
say that it caused me considerable cha
grin. disappointment, and disgust
After having elected our officers,
including a treasurer, the question
was asked how this movement was
to be financed. and 1 assure you that
was considerably impressed when
no one deigned to give reply. Later
when you and Mr.. John Lorch, one
of my associates, were together and
the same question was asked by Mr..
Lorch. you may perhaps imagine my
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
American Federation Repudiates
Labor's National Peace Council
Samuel Gompers Makes Public Letter in Which Milton Smell
ing Resigns as Vice President Of "Pro-German So
ciety-Action Is Slap at Representative Buchanan.

astonfshment to hear you answer
This thing is big enough SO that
do not care where the money comes
from to finance it.
TT may be interesting, yet until
now unknown to you, that when Mr.
Lorch was sitting in>the meeting and
in conversation with Mr.. Jacob c.
Orange, N. j.. Mr.. Lorch asked: What
after all. does this council want to
do?' Mr.. Taylor replied: We want
to stop the expectation OF munitions
to the allies. You see Germany can
manufacture all the munitions she
wants Surely when I heard this the
impression made upon my mind was
not that the council was seeking peace.
but rather to play into the hands OF
one of the nations engaged in the
European war and as against the
others.
Since the adjournment of the meet
ing. I find about the most active men
in the effort to carry on the work of
Labor's National Peace Council are
William B. Martin, and Herman J.
Schulteis. and this too. has consider
ably disconnected me.
THE horrifying incidents which
have occurred in our national Capital
and in New York, together with the
facts nave reCiteu, nave Qetermlneu
the course which I ought to pursue.
1t will be my pleasure, as 1t is my
duty. to cooperate with my fellow
workers in the organized labor move
ment and with all other conscientious
persons and bodies for the purpose
of bringing about an early and honor
able peace, but I can no longer per-
nit my name to be associated with
the organization when the action of
some of its men justifies suspicion
and condemnation because of their
wrongdoing."
The publication of the letter makes
clear that organized labor desires
formally to disavow the statement of
Representative Buchanan, leader of
the peace council, that labor Is in
censed at the Wilson administration
because of the refusal of the Presi-
dent to receive a delegation represent
ing the organization.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
Railroads Forced to Continue
Though Checking Of Baggage
Interstate Commerce Commission Rules Adversely on Pro-
posed Plan of Carriers Relative to Combination
Tickets-Would Have Subjected Passengers
to 'Prohibitory Inconvenience

The Interstate Commerce Commission
handed down a decision yesterday for
bidding carriers to put into operation
proposed rules prohibiting the through
checking Of baggage and the sale OF
through parlor or sleeping car tickets on
combination railroad tickets. A great
volume OF passenger traffic in the East
and North Central States passing through
Washington to the South would have
been affected by the proposed rules.
For several years passengers from New
York and other points north and east OF
Washington going to points in the South
have had the privilege Of checking bag
gage through to their destinations and
of buying Pullman car accommodations
of tickets good only to and from the
gateways to the Southern territory. The
Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and
Ohio. which have carried most OF this
passenger traffc, complained II was nee
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
PEP. CO. Fight
TAKEN To court
Utility Company Would Com
pei Commission to Au-
thorize Bond Issue.
AIIcrcc Drcrnus,HIaTvoH,
ALLEGES DISCRIMINATION
Power Concern Says Government Re-
fused Authorization Pending
Completion of Valuation.

The Potomac Electric Power Company
yesterday petitioned the District Su-
preme Court TO compel the Public Utili-
ties Commission to authorize a bond is
cue OF $415eo5 to reimburse the treasury
OF the company for improvements whicf
the company claims were made in order
TO comply with orders Of governmental
authorities" The company asks that the
order of the commission refusing the is
sue be vacated
Last January, the bill states. the COM
pary applied Cor a nond issue OF s496. 9od
Tho commission Informed the company
that II preferred TO wait until the valua
tion or the corIlany's property had been
completed before acting on the request.
The commission letter to the company
said the valuation probably would be
completed IN few months. The COM
pany states il has waited nearly five
months. but the valuation has not oren
completed, nor has the company any as
surance of when il will De.
Calls Refusal "UnIawfuI.''
The petition of the plaintiff company
charges that the action of the commits
sion in refusing the issue lis unreason-
able and unlawful" The Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company is being discrimi-
mated against, reads the bill, because in
the past other utilities have not been
compelled to wait Tor a valuation before
securing permission for bond issues.
1t further sets forth that the act of
Congress creating the Public Utilities
Commission does not requie a valuation
of a companys property before bond
issue may be authorized. The petition
further states that any valuation now
placed upon the company's property
would in no way affect the legitimacy
of the present bond issue, because all
outstanding stocks and bonds of the
company We're secured lawfully.
This is the third public corporation to
question the right of the commission
to base rates of charge and bond is
sues upon valuations or proposed valua-
tions. The Terminal TaXicab Company
and the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company have filed similar petit
tons in the District Supreme Court
In answering the bill of the taxicab
company several days ago. the Commits
sioners. who constitute the Public Util-
tiles Commission, declared to the court
their intention of basing the bond issues
and the rates of the various public utili-
ties on the valuations now being Sc
cured.
The action of the court in the cases. 1t
is said. will decide just how far Con-
gress intended the commission should
exercise the arbitrary powers given it.
Attorneys John S. Barbour and S. r.
Bowen appear for the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
DENY BREWERY PEACE RuMoR
V"cials of Unions Say End of
Strike Not in Sight,

Omcials of the Brewery Workers
Union Yesterday denied the report that
the striking brewery workers expect a
settlement of the strike within a week:
In commenting on the peace rumor yes.
terday. John Sullivan. member of the
International executive board of the
brewery Workers Union, said:
There is absolutely no truth in II
SO lar as our organization is concerned
Inc statement that our men are to re-
turn TO work next week is without
foundation Our men will return to work
as soon as a satisfactory agreement
is reached on contracts signed between
the brewers association and our or
CARNATIONS
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11

essary to abolish the privilege to con-
serve their revenues.
The proposed rule submitted by the
railroads for approval by the commits
sion was to apply to combinations Of
all forms Of tickets issued by the roads
and by their Southern connections to
and from the gateway involved. Wash
ington being the principal point, but
mostly vas intended. to apply to COM
binations involving the use OF mileage
books of Southern railroads or South
eastern passenger associations. inter-
changeable mileage. exchange orders.
which affect lower fares than the pub
lished point through fares.
The commission says the rule proposed
by the company would have operated to
subject the holders OF all such tickets
to an annoying and often prohibitory
Inconvenience and go beyond the ayowed
purpose Of the respondents to protes.o >
joint through fares in which they partici-
pate"
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
IN MRS. THACKERA's MEMORY

Berlin. Aug ia high mass was
celebrated this morning in memory of
Mrs. A Montgomery Thackera, wife of
the American consul general at Paris.
hat who was formerly consul general
here
Among those present were Mrs. James
W. Gerard, wife of the United States
Ambassador; Mr.. ard Mrs. Grew, Com
mander Ghe-ardi. Y. S. N. naval attache
of the American Embassy, and Mrs
Gherardi, and a committee from the
American Women's Club Of which Mrs.
Thackera was. president for eight years.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
CAN MAKE GASES USED
BY GERMANS HARMLESS
Sir Hiram Maxim Says His Method
Will Obviate Necessity of
Wearing Masks.

Paris. Aug. 1o-Sir Hiram Maxim. the
famous inventor and scientist. announced
today that he has found means Of rem
dcrinS harmless the poisonous gases being
used by the German soldiers The an
ncuacement as contained in an inter
View in the Petit Parisien.
MY discovery is based upon the rela-
tivs hcaviness of the gas at the time it is
released. The means 1 use is inexpensive
and not very powerful. 1t will obviate
the necessity Of soldiers wearing face
masks"
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
AMATEUR TOURNAMENT TODAY
Heights

The first amateur tournament and ball
by the members of the Esther Memorial
Episcopal Chapel of Congress Heights,
is to be held this afternoon and evening
at Randle Park.
Col A. E. Randle will be chairman of
the judges, while Senator Blair Lee, of
Maryland, will be the principal orator.
]. Henry Kirby will be chief marshal.
The riding will begin promptly at 2:30.
The women of the church are to serve
supper.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11

F. c. Fisher & Co. was incorporated
yesterday to engage in stained glass
window business at sos Fourteenth street
northwest. The capital stock is 5000, d.
vided into 100 shares at $50 each. F. c.
and Alice NJ Fisher and Joseph Bittoni
are named trustees for the first year.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
DR.. ]. B. Elgin, Of Leesburg. Dead.

Annapolis. Md. Aug. 1o.-News was re-
ceived here today Of the death at his cot
tase at Blue Ridge Summit, Pa, of Dr..
j. B. Elgin. a native Of Leesburg, Vs.
His body will be taken to Leesburg for
burial. DR.. Elg1n had been i'll for more
than a year of tuberculosis. For several
years he practiced dentistry in Annapolis.
He is survived by a widow.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
MAY BE KING OF POLAND.
Archduke stephen, of Austria, 1
IL Said, VIII He Chosen.

Turin. Aug. 1o.-The newspaper Stampa
announces that Archduke Stephen, of
Austria, will be chosen King Of Poland
IL the Teutonic allies carry out their
program of making Poland into a buf-
fer state under the protection Of Ger
many.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-11
Heat Wave Kills Manv in Sna;n

Madrid. Aug. 10.-Many persons have
perished in the heat wave now pre-
vailing over Spain. The Thermometer
registered 1913 degrees at Seville, and
los here.
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