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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
FOUR MILLION women
TO VOTE IN NATIONAL
. ELECTION next YEAR
Twelve Suffrage States Con-
troll Ninety-0ne OF the
Electoral Votes

HARRISBURG, Aug. "a brief,
hut vivid analysis OF the pol1tica1
power which 1900, 600 women OF TINS
country already possess, and the e.-
feet which it will have on next year
presidential election, was given OUT
at the state headquarters OF the Penn-
sylvan;a suffragists here by MISS
Hannah j. Patteron, state chairman
Of the Pennsylvania woman Suffrage
party. Two significant points are
FIRST. that the twelve states in
which women now vote control nine
ty-one Of the 266 electoral college
votes necessary for a choice IN De.
termining who is to be president OF
the United States in 1917; =,
Second. that no candidate Tor presi-
dent can expect TO gain the E.ne sso
one votes controlled by the sunrage
statek Yn,ess he stands unqualiAedly
for woman suffrage.
almost every day" Miss Patterson
saws. 1--WE receive letters from western
suffragists, both men and women
asking us if our men folk under
stand that six additional states
Arizona, Kansas, Oregon. Illinois,
Montana and Nevada-have grained
their women the right to vote LOT
president of the United States Since
..S one of these women had the
right to vote at the last presidential
election. and only t:lirty-seven cleo
toral votes were cast in which wo.
me nhad a voice. But the women OF
the six mentioned states will vote
next year, bringing the total elector-
al vote of the suffrage states up 70
ninety-one, or little more than one
third of the electoral college vote,
which the successful Candidate must
1--WE feel that these figures should
he OF especial interest to the voters
of Pennsylvania. who are to decide
this November whether their women
nre to have voice IN deciding what
nresidenttal raadidats Is TO receive
Pennsylvania thirty-eight electroai
rnfase - ext year,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29

Den Found
Blown Up by Dynamite Blast
and Trees Airee with
Snakes.

ZoRTN1AN, Mont. Aug. 28--While
grading for new stage and mail linz
over the divide OF the Little Rockies
in Phillips county, some heavy
charges of dynamite were set of to
move rock and large trees Workmen
from a safe distance watched the
blast go on. They were much sur
prised to see that they had blasted
out large den of rattlesnakes, shoot
ing them high in the air. and slranI.
to relate, many OF them were not
killed.
Some of the reptiles lodged In the
tops of tall pines and were soon coll
ed about the branches and won't
come down.
AS the rattiesnake is blind IN the
month of August those in the trees
move from limb to lslb and shake
Their rattles furious1;E when any one
passes below.
one big one was knocked from its
perch by Joe Hartman. and falling on
his head quickly coiled itself about
his neck. While the superntendent's
bells were Ginning for dinner Joe
was seen dancing to the music. He
succeeded in freeing himself from
the enemy without being bitten. but
mo more for Joseph" is Hartman's
motto Just at present
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
MERCHANT
WEEP5 FOR
SYRIA
Huntington Man Tells of OPP
preston of Turks in His
Native Land.

HUNTINGTON, Aug. 2S.It
makes me weep for my poor coun-
try" cried Simon Tweel Hunting
ton Syrian fruit merchant. as he pored
over q torn and Initiated letter re-
ceived from his sister in Beirut,
Syria. :. It is bad. bad over there.
The letter came from the province
OF Lebanon, carved by the French
from the Turkish province Of Beirut.
a short distance by railway from
Damascus and bordering on the Holy
Land.
Simon Tweers countenance. filed
with expressions of pain and grtef,
told story of disaster and long OPP
preston of his native land better
than his broken English.
Nobody in this country" he said,
s-can ever understand wnat my PEG
pie suffer in ASIA he said. Every
thing is different there. No man can
do what he would like. Eyerything
Is buried under the ground by the
Turks. Everything Is oppression ana
misery now.
..My sister writes me a letter. II
she tells me she Is hungry, the TURK
censor tears that part of; If she
tells me she starves. the Turk at
Cons tantinop1e marks that part on.
If she tells me there is no bread OF
that the 1uTkS are COtlI1h6 " sc 80
ter the Christians, the Turk at Con-
stantinople blots 1t out.
1.-The newspapers are all we can
look to for news of the real way
things 60 in my country. They don
tell much, but they tell enough.
simon Tweel came to the United
states about fifteen years ago from
Beirut in the province of Lebanon
The town is one Of the historic spots
in the Holy Land region. The famed
.scedars Of Lebanon" grow on It's
hfllsides. The ancient Homeric city
of Tyre or Troy is within a few
miles of Tweel's birthplace.
1.-The country there is poor-every
man now is poor he said bitterly,
"because of the Turk. No man has
a chance. No man is free. II 1t
were like this country there, Syria
and Beirut would be rfcn-as rIca
az America. There are coal mines,
VINEYARDS and fine, fertile soil but
no man can work for his own enjoy
ment. He must work for the Turk.
.sIt is bad enough In peaceful tines
b,,+ now it is worse than ever. The
hanks closed when war came, and
-
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rI77eTS
SW1jlindIed

SPRINGFIELD, MO-. Aug. ga
man and a woman dropped into a
small town near here and put at the
best 4,otel. The next morning they SCI
cured rig each and started over the
country asking the farmer folks for
a chicken for an orphans home in st.
Louis. After two days begging they
sold the chickens to a local produce
man for, $40 and left town. Thar
loot included several cash donations.
A variation OF the scheme Is for
man. wearing some sort Of q, badge.
to call on the farmers under the
name of the department % health
and demand to see his poultry. At
ter examination he condemns twenty
or thirty hens and tells the farmer
they viii have to be killed because
they are diseased, He very kindly
offers to take the chickens and do
tie killing; himself. II the farmer
consents .hc nczp takes tina chick
ems to the nearest commission mer-
chant and sells thern. The scheme
81 being worked all over the coun-
try.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
NAVAL! MEN
On Retired List Are Asked TO
State Their Fitness for Ac-
tive Duty.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Aug. 2S.-
Secretary Daniels has sent notice to
all retired naval officers asking re-
port from them on their fitness for
active duty. with a request that they
express their preference for assign
ment.
4 similar request to retired army
officers was sent out a short time ago
by Secretary Garrison.
The secretary of the navy lie having
made also a roster and the present
addresses OF all retired former en-
listed men in the navy and the ma
these activities Of the military
arms of the government are OF the
utmost significance at this time. They
are accepted here as moves in gen
eral plan to build up an efficient re-
serve for both the army and the navy
of trained men upon which great
volunteer force may rest for drill. in
structions and discipline.
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l-t~l
the Turk took all the money In thelza-
hear OF a dne. rich girl whoee
father had lots OF money She aA
high society before the war came.
In my country. where Syria, Heis
Now she goes trying to- bum . dkMaes
or quarter for something TO eat.
That Is what comes from my Door
country now. Sometimes 1t makes
rut and Lebanon are. the Mohamme-
dan always fights the Christian and
they kill US by hundreds some times.
But our people are brave and VIII
not give up their church. There are
Roman Catholics and Greek Cath9r
lies. l have always belonged to the
Greek church. But the Mohamme7
dan wants everybody to worship the
Mohammedan way. The Christians
leave the Mohamm edans alone.
81 want to see the Turks whipped
/ want to see my country belong 70
some other nation that VIII treat my
people like men and not like dogs.
1t is too much to hope that my co.In-
try can ever be free. would ike
to see Lebanon and my naive cry
of Beirut belong to the French. syria
|to the English and Beirut to the
Russians.
..It will be hard for the allies to
get through the Dardanelles. but II
they ever do, my people IN Beirut viii
help them burn Constantinople ana
drive the Turks away forever.
1T want to see my country like the
United States, so man may nave
chance to live. The United States Is
the finest country in the world.
came here so I would have a chance
ID will never go away.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Kuiser's
Picture in
Bdsen7 ent
Naval Y. M. C. a. at Norfolk
Removes 1t from the
Wall.

NORFOLK. Va, Aug. 2s.EThe
picture of the Germa q kaiser. which
for several years hung in the writing
room of the naval Young Mems
Christian Association, a SS01.0OO
building. the gift of Joha D. Rocke-
feiler has been taken down, Peter
Hoffmeyer. a German artist. has
threatened to report the matter TO
the navy department..
Authorities at the naval Young
Mems Christian Association say the
kaiser's picture was removed some
time ago. They did not mean It as
an insult to the German emperor but,
as the picture OF no other European
monarch adorned the walls of the
naval building, they decided that it
should be removed lest some one
should think the kaiser was singled
out for special favors. 1t is in the
basement.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
TOO MUCH DANCING
FATAL TO Old man.
coIIapses in Yard, Where He
Had Gone to GetFresh
Air.
PHILADELPl

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2s.-Too
much dancing caused the death Of
Joseph Dedzenasti. Sc years cd. 42l3
Main street, Manayunk. He fell dead
as he sat in the yard cooling him
self. When DR.. Joseph Lehman was
called he said death was caused by
heart disease brought on by over-ex-
Dedzenastt's sudden death occur
red at the home OF his brother. John,
1877 lowering street. where party
was in progress. The party had be-
gun early in the evening. and Ded-
zenasti was showing various fancy
was youth.
All ewing he kept dancing. and
gallantly took the girls around the
floor. After midnight he became
oyerheated and went In the yard to
get fresh air. Shortly afterward the
guests heard a moan. They found
Dedzenasti dead
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
WIFE STOLEN |:
BY Neighbors is Charge Made
By a Pennsylvania
Farmer.

SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. 2s.-Charg.-
ing that his wife hda been Kidnapped
by his neighbor. Friday Wheeler,
Thomas Pointer farmer Of MOSCOW.
walked into the Office OF Alderman
Smith here and threatened to take the
law into his own hands If the authors
ties did not help him recover the
woman.
.sOld Friday Wheeler and his tribe
have her" he said. They stole her
and when I went after her they took
skotguns and axes and came after me-
You must help me get my wife or !
will get her myself if ! have To Kill
all the Wheelers there to get her"
Pointer said his wife was stolen
from his house on the farm Of Harry
g. Eaton while he was away. County
Detective Mitchell went to Moscow
with Pointer and got the wife without
trouble.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
EDISON HAS A NARROW
ESCAPE FROM
climbing
Potash Solution Thrown into In
ventor's Face by Assist,
ants Error.

WEST ORANGE N. j. Aug. %
Through the error of an assistant
quantity OF potash was thrown INTO
the FACE OF Thomas A. Edison while
the the inventor was working IN one Of
his chemical plantss-at silver !. Lake ass.
The solution ca Used q severe sma n,..
ing Of the eyes but Mrs. Edison salu
the the ewes we're net injured and that
Mr. Edison was at work at his home.
recently residents Of the neighbor-
hood have been complaining OF me s
was while he was conducting expert
ments to reduce the doors that the
accident occurred.
Mr.. Edison, assisted by EreneE,ck
OFT. one Of his most Expert encsd help
e ess. was working with q filter used
in the production Of carbolic acid
Mr.. Edison was leaning over the ap-
paratus when OFT opened uhe WTo ~
stoncock and the solution in the nj
ter was thrown into Mr. Bdisons
face. So. =. !. :. ..:.-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
TRAPPING MONKEYS
Is the Latest Sport lndulged il
by the Residents of
Arizona.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 2S.-Trap-
ping monkeys is the latest Industry
to spring into prominence in Ariz-
ona. Several Parker citizens have
formed the Colorado River Mon key
Company, with the intention OF trap
ping and marketing colony OF sew
eral hundred monkeys known 70 ex
lat In Cunningham Pass, an almost
inaccessibIe canyon located north
east OF Parker
: There was a. big gold excitement
ut the pass IN 1882. Among those
who rushed in was an Italian organ
Trinder with pair of monkeys. The
monkeys escaped, and have been
multiplying ever since, In spite OF
the depredations of coyotes ana otn7
9r predatory amin ais Z
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
SAVING Shirts
Given to Her by Western Cow
boys is Geraldine Earrar,
Noted Actress.

EAsToN, Pa, Aug. 2e.-1-ookinf
more ike an, Italian flower garden
than prosaic railroad vehicle. Ger
aldine Farrar's private car brought
her home from q three months sof
1ourn movie acting, in the West
Besides acquiring $4,000 on her
trim. the noted actress was pri1ing
four priny flannel shirts-huge. for
bidding looking cowboy things.
..You know dubbed Geraldine,
those lovely cowboys say, Why. 80
and SOS my pal-I.d give him my
shirt So when came away, four
of the dear boys stripped OF their
shirts and threw them into my car
wouldn't take anything for tneui.T
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
JFIRlEI GIRL l.AIN
WEI DING 4 gAsGE!:!R|
Sheriff Obliged 10 Shoot Hes i
Save Life of One Of His 4
Deputies.

WHITEaBuHG. KY. Aug. 1s.-aassats
led for several hours In an attempt
"a arrest bodies Derbee, girl sot
f@6pty, who terror9zed. HaEArdR P6yss
~ county, and held possession ~
Main street, Sheriff Combs finally shot
the woman dead when she attampeeA
10 sink . dagger into one Of his derAI'
ties.
The girl had been raging mp and
down the street. aud All efforts to pas.
ify her failed. Finally, Combs Ant
one OF his men got to close quarters
and begged her TO 90 with
rar and leaped upon the depHtyf
Combs then fred ana the bullet pans
ed through the girls heart
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
CHICKEN DINNERS
Lure Harvest Hands to Wheat Fields
Of Minnesota.

n1NNEAPoLIs, MINI. Aug. 81
The fronts of Offices in the bridge
square districts are covered with pos
tiers and lettering foot high re-
guessing men for the harvest delda-
IN many cases the posters OFFER the
men free fare to the destinations. AZ
another tnducement to harvest hands
farmers this year are specializing in
meals. Many OF them. through the
employment agencies. aret oaeeEi4g
the men c1icken.three times g week,
fresa beer. boiled or fried sRotatoes
and unlimited Quantities OF fresh cold
milk and pies. and dessert e
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- - 80. : =. -. q :. -
WEE LOCKS HIM IN.
CHICAGO,

CHICAGO, Aug ;2S.-A1bert
STANCE. who is 43 years old and lives
at 1874 Belmont avenue. refused TO
stay home the other night, so his
wife locked him in his bedroom.
STANCE jumped from a second story
window and is now In the Alexian
Brothers hospital with both his legs
broken.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29

More than $500 acres OF land
are devoted to cotton growing in
British, India
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-05-14

from the straight and narrow path is
large"
I'm one of Denver's biggest fac
tories only women who are members
of the garment workers. union are
employed" she said. '"That factory
is a model. Organized labor does
not want minimum wage laws. It can
take care of itself. But we should
bear in mind that there are women
who are working only as a temporary
~expedient. Either they are married
and are working until their husbands
are able to support. them or they are
unmarried women working until they
get. husbands. That is the class OF
women who do not organize. They
fail to protect themselves, so the state
must"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-05-14
LABOR AND VICE

Denver, Colo, May 14.-WomcE
workers were divided into two great
classes-those who work until their
husbands a support them and those
who are working until they get hus-
bands-by Mrs. Catherine Van Deu-
sen, secretary of the state minimum
wage commission Of Colorado.
Mrs. Van Deusen emphatically de-
clared also: "Statistics prove that the
vice problem has nothing to do with
the wage problem, but it is the 7htgh
salaried girl who has the temptations.
She can afford to make herself attrac-
tive and it is she with her good
clothes and not her shabbily clad; un-
derpaid sister who receives attention.
OF the girls who make low; wages not
more than one out of every hundred
goes wrong. The percentage Of the
high .salaried girls who travel away
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-05-14
Hear Him Play His
$4,000 Violin
7 H A N
ball is doing the same.

ball is doing the same.
Whether the Feds are losing money
is a mystery which concerns Federal
team owners more than anyone else.
If they are playing at a loss, as O.
B. claims every other day, Organized
Baseball should have just that much
less to worry about.
Federal league owners have adopted
baseball as a business proposition
and seem perfectly content to stand
whatever loss in making it
a paying one. In their second year
the Feds have eight teams playing a
regular schedule and doubtless a few
Of them are making expenses. That
in itself is a worthy achievement and
the men who brought this about will
probably realize a profit on their @in-
vestment in time. And until that
time ONE the men backing the out
law teams can affort to lose consider
able money, as they all are men of in
dependent wealth.
In the money losing game Organic
ed Baseball is entitled to a little
credit: What about the money it has
spent in fighting the outsiders? No
one pretends to know how much it
is, but it is no meager amount. And
the sad part about this lost o. B.
cash is that it is probably gone for
ever, for gate receipts in Organized
Baseball parks are not growing
larger. In fact, they may even be
decreasing.
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respectful but very earnest protest
of the government Of the United
States. / do not refer to this for the
purpose Of calling the attention Of
the imperial German government at
this time to the surprising irregulari-
ty of a Communication from the i'm
perial German embassy at Washing
ton addressed to the people of the
United States through the newspa-
'pers, but only for the purpose of
pointing out that no warning that an
unlaWful,and inhumane act would be
committed a possibly be accepted
as an excuse of pelliation for the act,
or as an abatement of the RESPONSE
bility for it's commission.
Long acquainted as this gov
eminent has been with the character
of the imperial German government
and with the high principles of equity
by which they have in the past been
acuated and guided, the government
of the United States cannot believe
that the commanders of the vessels
which committed acts Of lawlessness
did so except under a misapprehen-
sion of the orders issued by the Ger
man naval authorities. It takes it for
granted, at least within the practical
possibilities of every such case, the
commanders even of submarines were
expected to do nothing that would
involve the lives Of non-combatants
or the safety of neutral ships, even
at the cost of failing of their OBJ
ject or capture or destruction. It con-
fidentially expects, therefore, that the
imperial German government will
disavow the acts of which the gov
eminent of the United States CON-
plains, that they will make repara-
ton so far a ~reparation is possible
for injuries which are without meas
ure, and that they will take imme-
date steps to prevent the recurrence
Of anything, so obviously subversive
of the principles of warfare for
which the imperial German govern
ment has in the past so wisely and
so firmly contended.'
Ask Prompt Action.
"The government and people of the
United States look to the imperial
German government for just, prompt
and enlightened action in this vital
matter with the greatest confidence,
because the United States and Ger
many are bound together not only by
special ties Of friendship, but also by
the explicit stipulations of the treaty
of 1928 between the United States
and the Kingdom of Prussia.
Expressions of regret and offers Of
reparation in cas- of the destruction
of neutral ships sunk by mistake,
! while they may satisfy international
obligations if no loss of life results,
cannot justify or excuse a practice,
the natural necessary effect of which
is to subject neutral nations and neut-
raj persons to new and Unreasonable
risks.
"The imperial German government
will not expect the government of the
United States to omit any word or
any act necessary to the performance
| Of it's sacred duty of maintaining the
rights of the United States and it's
citizens and of safeguarding their
free exercise and enjoyment.
-"BRYAN."
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ANSWER TO u. S.
NOTE TO BE DELAYED
Continued from Page ~

ly admit. We are informed that in
the instance in which we have
spoken time enough for even that
poor measure of safety was not given,
and in at least two of the cases just
cited not so much as a warning was
received. Manifestly submarines can
not be used against merchantmen, as
the last few weeks have shown, with
out an inevitable violation of many
sacred principles of justice and HUI
mainly.
"American citizens act within their
indisputable rights in taking their
ships and in travelling wherever their
legitimate business calls them upon
the high seas, and exercise those
rights in what should be we'll justi-
fed confidence that their lives will
not be endangered by acts done in
clear violation Of universally &C
knowledged international obligation,
and certainly in the confidence that
their own government will sustain
them in the exercise of their rights.
German Warning.
"There was recently published in
the newspapers of the United States,
l regret to inform the imperial Ger
man government, a formal warning,
%purporting to come from the imperial
German embassy at Washington, ad-
dressed to the people of the United
States, and stating in effect, that any
citizen Of the United States who exer-,
cised his right of free travel would
do SO at his peril if his journey
should take him within the zone OF
waters within which the imperial
German navy was using submarines
against the commerce of Great Brit
ian and France, Notwithstanding the
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Feds. At least this is what Robert
B. Ward says, and the Tip Top owner
ought to know.
At any rate, is it known that peace
conferences, of a sort, have been
held between the two organizations
in the past few weeks. Further It
is no secret hat nothing has come
of these two meetings, which lends
color to the Feds statement that
they don't care a fig for Organized
Baseball and are perfectly satisfied
to play the game according to their
own rules.
The older baseball organizations
are employing different tactics than
they practiced last year.. In the Ben
ME Kauff case Organized Baseball
practically admitted it's inability 10
hold a Fed player who was %padlocked
to one of the outlaw teams. Last
season it's attitude was radically diff
ferent. But with the Feds refusing
to tackle players in the two other
big leagues who are bound by strong
contracts, the National and American
leagues found such a course mighty
unpopular and Abandoned the open
warfare. The Feds are acting as
g%entlemanly as outlaws can and for
it's w protection Organized Base