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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
IREACH OF PROMISE
Charged by Girl, Who Says
Man Vvooed Her When
She Was a Child.
pHfLA DBLPHIA,

pHIL4ADBLPEIA, Aug. Is
Charging that Robert s. Gaskill
Z E141ed to keep promise to marry
/ her when she grew up." seventeen
ssar-o1d Katheryn Abrams began
gfit for 81 S, 900 in Atlantic City
Gaakill is So years old. He IS a re-
tired lawyer and lives in Mount Hol-
Is, n. y.
Gasktil first began counting her
when she was L. years old. accord
ing TO Miss Abrams af1davie, fled
by her counsel, former District At
tDrney Clarence Goldenberg Of AT
inxttic City. Gaskill's wife was living
when the wooing began, the girl
says. and for that reason the meet
ings between her and the lawyer were
scIaadestine When Mrs. Gaskill died
two years ago. the girl says. Gasklil
to marry her when she
Z grew up When the alleged pro-
mise was made the girl was fifteen
years old and was living at Red Lion,
q suburb of Mount Holly.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
IhHIBERsAIR
LIST Of Berlin Art Academy Con-
fains Names Of FrencnInel
and EngHshmen.
az 1..oe.A4rs ,.rsa,,

4 BE1aI1IN, Aug % The new mem
bers91fp list OF the Royal Academy OF
Arfe shows that the directors have
not permitted the war to intrude on
their domain. The list still contains
the names Of all foreign members
of the academy. no matter whether
citizens OF hostile nations or not.
These include IN applied arts. Leon
Bonnat. director of I'Ecole des Beaux-
Ares In Paris, and Auguste Rodtns
Iuies I4agaa 3 Brussels SCULPTOR
iia Flemish artist Emile Wauters.
'Wanters, now living in Paris; Frank
Brangwyn the Belgian English artist
and waiter William ouless of London
Italy is represented by the painter
Francisco Paulo M.chetti and the
cnlptor sGiulio Monteverde. Among
the musicians are Enrico Bossi and
Puccfnf. OF Italy. Charles villier
Stanford OF London and Charles Maria
.WTdor OF Paris.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
SUGAR CROP
of Cuba is Expected to Reach
Unprecedented Figures
This Year.

pectations now run high that Cuba 8
sugar crop will reach the unprece-
dented figure of four MILTON tons
and will not improbably consider
ably exceed that figure.
The planting of additional acreage
on a great scale, the fact that ow-
ing to the unreasonable rains Of last
season it was impossible to cut
large proportion or the cane ana
that this will be ground at the
close of the coming season. and re-
ports that the growing crop is doing
splendidly. combine to justify the
high estimates. With this goes an
unprecendent importation OF sugar
cane making machinery for the
equipment OF the numerous new
mills In all parts of the island
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
mo- PRIVAIES From
HOUSE OF COMMONS ] |!
Distinction lost When Sir Her
bert Raphael Gets a
Promotion. y
q. AsooclAyrp paanR

LONDON, Aug. The Houso Of
Commons has lost the distinction OF.
having a private soldier amonx itst
members. Sir Herbert III. Raphael. n. /,
p, for South Derbyshire who en-
listed as private several months.
ago, has just been promoted to be q;
major in the Royal Ride Corps. Sir
Herbart who is IS years old, ana al
wealthy banker, is the only commcners
who mas served in the ranks In the;
present war. ~: s q 4
There is one member Of the House,
of Lords who is private, however. He
is the Earl OF Crawford now in,
France as private In the medical 1
corps. i
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
KING LPH0NSO
Kept BusyAnsMering Questions
Regarding Prisoners of
~. ......a.c..,I.rrn rnr.a,

MADRID, Aug. 2S.-King Alton
SOS NAL grows bigger every day with
letters asking his intervention to OBJ
tain news of French, English. Rus
sian and Serbian prisoners of war
The King interests himself IN every
request and recommends diligence
by the Spanish amhaE2adors in Sc
curing the desired Information.
When the news Is good Alfonso
wires 1T Immediately on receipt; when
it is bad he sends it by mail with
q word Of consolation. Spanish am
bassadors in bell;gerent countries
are also Forwarding considerable
sums of money to prisoners of war.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
TREASURE HUNTERS
biz 10 Farm in Hopes of Find
ing Embezzler's Stolen
II Funds.

NTIsHoGEE, Okla, Aug. 28.-Be-
A1ying that w. III. wainwright, lot
snsf sfraagfffer of Muskogee county.
Rs! ~ serving q fffteen-year sentence
81 q clharge of endorsing county
SinZiHs buried the money he Is alleged
~ = - OBTAINED. Treasure seekers
81 r 3snferns have been digging holes
( n XVainwright farm,-near Vain
~ n s The shortage "a the trea-
iissTs4 once was about $4,000.
+, ,(5ISe man, who brought q mineral
Id rom Texas, claimed to nave ,.. 10
$500 ifI5e money under the VAIN
~ i(Ssk barn. ana the concrete fouil-
8fftsss,: 1faS Undermined ~ 2 oie4;
~; ~ iiawe been taken by ~ g pnly.
sttiI 70 urOtect thg propsEty5
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Lonesome Minister
Wants to Be Loved

ERIE. Pa. Aug. 2s---'tIln
lonely. All 1 want is someone TO
love me and be loved by me"
This was the statement made by
the Rev. Edward G. Haynes when
charged with having written scores OF
letters to Erie girls whom he had
never met, asking them to marry
him. He is a Congregational minis
ter and says he is in search of a
soul-mate. Recently he visited his
son In Fitchburg, Mass, and from
there started correspondence with a
score of Erie girls. In these letters
he would ask the young woman II
she was not the one by that name
who he and his wife had met at
at SAe Passion Play
in 1910. Several young women
from this city answered, the letters
being sent to Lowell, Mass. Haynes,
wife died November 8. 1914. in this
city.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
NOTHING NEUTRAL
About Two Wisconsin Men a.
Names of Their Babies L
Indicate.

MARINETTE Wis, Aug 28.-''I
guess that VIII hold him for awhile, :
said an Aurora. Ill. man who settled
on farm in Marinette county, recent
IL. as he ANNOUNCED that his new son
had Just been christened Asquith
Kitchener Weston,
The same day that Weston's son
was born he read that his old Aurora
neighbor, Michael Morkus had chris
tened his first born Kaiser Wilhelm
Morkus. Weston Is a supporter OF
John Bull. having been born in Eng
land and JOY over the arrival OF his
son faded until he conceived the idea
of tacking the names OF two English
notables onto his new born.
.Ndorkus will BICYCLING for an em7
barge on names when he hears this
said Weston.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
WON HINDEINBURG
Is Most Popular Man in Ger
many as is Shown at
Exhibit.

DRESDEN. Aug. 9S.In the exntbi-
ton of war atrocitiesss that has been
opened in Dresden. Glowing the, way
In which the popularity of German,
leaders is being exploited for trade
purposes, General Won SfRindenburg
is the chief 1ict:ms his portrait being:
shown on.scores Of candy boxes, CIGAR
hankerchiefs and even doormats.
The emperor and crown prince also
receive considerable attention, while
many articles Of common use are
found ornamente1 with the Iron
Cross
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
MINE sPOOK
Friqhtens Workers and Electric
Lights Are Strung
along Tunnel.

HAzMlToN, Pa, Aug. as.-A ghost in
the weews gangway OF No. Jeddo
mines OF the G. B. Markle Company
has so scared miners that the produce
ton of anthracite from this section
has been curtailed and the manage
ment has strung electric lights along
the tunnel to scare away the haunt by
the rays o ftungstens.
One year ago a ma nwas killed under
a fall OF coal, and before he died he
tried vainly to tell his rescuers some
secret. He failed, but the men who
say they have seen the spook declare
that his Fps move and that he tries
to tell them something.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Professor Refunds
Part Of His Salary

ST. PAUL, MINI. Aug. 2S.-Univer-
sity OF Minnesota regents for the hrst
time in their experience as admin
istrators of university affairs have
been called upon to consider the case
of university professor who thinks
he received too much salary. /.
A. F. Meyer, associate professor OF
hydraulics In the college OF engineer
ing made a refund of $3.50 on his sal
AIRY. When he came to the university
he was employed also by the tQ.nt
United States-C Canadian boundaries
commission, but he had scrupees about
receiving salary from two ma lions
IN dirom the uniye rsity 81 the same
time.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
oman Kills Coyote
With Her Bare Hands

TUsCoN, Ariz.. Aug. 2s.-Wtth
her bare hands, Mrs. John Douglas,
~ ifes Of rancher living in the Tanqu
Verde section, captured ferocious
IA Mrs Douglas found the coyote try
|inE to get at turkey In coop In
her poultry yard. She "shooed" him
and he sprang back, swapping his
se.inding all other exits barred by
sSSsssfSken wire, the animal JUN ped pa2s
MIS- Douglas toward the gate, She
seiEad his tail, grabbed him by the
scr1af OF the enck, threw him doW1s
ana he'd him till her husband arrived
with q rifle.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
COPPER IN DEMAND
over ST. 600 Per Ton is Being
Paid for 1t in Germany
Now.
'try A..,,e,.erAIxop arsr,

BERLIN. Aug. 2S.-Oyer $1,000 per
ton is now being paid by the German
government to householders and others
who bring copper objects to the metal
collecting depots. This compares with
a price Of $3.50 per ton recently quoted
on the I4ondon market for copper In
bulk.
The prices. fixed for the various
metals which the government has
asked citizens to contribute are as
follows: Copper. 81 per kilo (two and
one fifth pounds)s; brass seventy live
cents: nickel $3.T5.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
sEARCHLIGHIS
ss0f Great Power Installed AT
Pacific Entrance to Pana-
ma Canal.
] ~ aeaae,A1rn-..ra.,

!. isANANdA, Aug. 28.-Four power-
sful searchlights have been installed
4 on the fortified islands IN Panama
bay st the Pacific entrance to- the
Panama canal. These lights are
SfSfy inches In circumference ana
sSFs capable OF sending their rays
abo4it twelve miles out to sea.
a Each Monday night the lights are
rs I,e turned on for practice pur-
uoSss The first time the brilliant
rays were shot across the Day TO-
swsSFd Panama City, 1t caused con-
Y siaia rabIe excitement among the ma
tive population which had never be-
foxe aaen . large searchltght In &C
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
DECREASED REVENUE
In Germany onsAcount Of Cur
taiImentEo of Prot ctionof
Beer.
-snr AaaociArr6 80

BERLIN, Aug. 2SEIha Ordinary
beer drinker is not the only beer
person to suffer from the material
restriction in the production OF beer
in order that grain may be saved for
food purposes. Whole communities
are feeling the decreased tax Income.
In the district comprising Greater.
Berlin, 1t is estimated there 10 to be
a tax reduction Of about fifty per.
cent on beer because OF the reduced
production. and eight communities In
this district are going to go without
q cent Of .heer income during the
current year
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
COLLECTION
of Useless Household Articles
in Great Britain is
Advocated.
spy As-oe..rrp ,a1s.o

LONDON, Aug. 2s-The Daily Ex-
nress appeals to the British govern
ment to, inaugurate campaign IKE
that in Germany for the collection OF
useless household articles OF copper,
tin and zinc. which are needed TOE
the conduct of the war.
It declares that more than i've nil-
hon dollars, worth Of Material of this
character Is going to waste IN stticss
storeroofns and workshops, whlcn
people vcAld r. = y u s.
earn cd Into q
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
GYRoscoPE FLYER
Is Tried Out by Lawrence D. SperTy,
of New York.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-Lawrence
Is. sperry. who Is flying for the Cur.
tiss marine trophy, made two flights
over Nanhattan Island in his gyros-
cope flying boat He few down the
East river on his first flight crossing
undef the Brooklyn and Manhattan
bridges and making successful land
ing. When making the second land
ing his boat was caught In the wash
Of several river boats and was driven
against bulkhead. One OF the
planes was Injured.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Barrel Of Beer 4 Month
IS the limit n
This Town

MASON CITY. Ia Aug D.
Mason. beer censor appointed by the
council repOrtedr that on his first dag;
Of work he had sent back to- brewertes
thirty barrels of beer out Of ssixty=six
In Mason City.
and one gallon OF ghaskey are as.
much as any one man should have In
a month without a. physician's pre-
scription,'' said Mason. M Il
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Mayor Of Rome i IS
Now IN the Amy

ROME. aug. 49,. Signor Ernest
Nathan, former mayor of Rome who
recently applied fora conrrnds sion n
tho army. has been appoint TO an IA.
fantry regiment at present qQartered
lieufenant,. and he VII. look
after the supply Of food, bedding and
other daily necessities.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Called AFFINlTH Ar as.

NEW york, Aug. 2s.-Mrs- Libby
Burns. 70 years old, widow Of New
York restaurants is named as Co
Charlotte Kramer, against. her hus5s
band. MIS- kramer u S5 years OLD.
sad her husband S s..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23
SEATTLE GIANTS WITHIN HALF GAME OF THIRD PLACE TO-DAY
Pete Standridge, Denny School
Hero, Makes Good With Chicago

Pete StandrldRe. who. years ago,
pitched for the Denny grade school
team. has been doing most OF the
relief work for the Chicago Cubs
this spring Pete has a wicked
fork ball. IA clipping fast one. an
active baseball brain. and cool
nerve. which IL just what a rescuer
should possess.
Last season the Seattle youth
was with the San Francisco Seals.
II was practically his first season
as a regular lie was with the
Seals In the early part Of two sea.
sons. but failed TO stick. soloufn-
ing either in the California State
league or the Western Canada cir
cult. now defunct.
In the early days Of Pctes base
ball career he was the hero OF the
grammar school league. Playing
In that same organization were
Charley Schmutz. until recently
with the Brooklyn Nationals. Char.
ley Mullen. first sackor Of the New
York Highlander. Mel Duncan. a
Seattle semi-pro. Toots Agnew,
who pitched IN the Northwestern
and Coast leagues until his arm
went dead. Ten Million. who has
seen service In the Northwestern,
Western Canada and Western
leagues; Butch Bedford. later Of
the Northwestern league, and
many others who made their mark
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23
One Little Error Aids Bill Rose in Reduc-
ing BonnerGiants' Record of Wins
Is Now IA Straight.
FOURTEEN straight


That is the record consecutive credited the Seattle ball
club result of pitching duel between Bill Incidentally
Rose
comprising
sort winning streak and when finally does endong September
the whole civilization / o in
in
Il
to
only weeks in IS place
| Raymond has
to Sunday
o he
o o
second third n
shoulders OF the Giants think and caused
ball runs flea
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23
LUMBERMEN TO
DISCUSS VISIT
OF COMMISSION

Important matters to be brought
TO the attention OF the federal trade
commission at hearings here and at
Tacoma next month will be dis
cussed nj monster gathering OF
Northwest lumbermen at Everett
next Friday.
Lumber concerns OF this state and
Oregon will be represented at the
Everett meeting. Freight rates and
the proposed new system of grading
lumber will be issues considered,
as well as those relating to the
trade commissions visit.
j. w. Dempsey and u. u. Hazen.
who represented Washington and
Oregon at the commissions hearing
at Chicago recently, may have some
important information to convey.
A mass Of statistics has been made
up for presentation to the commits.
sion when II arrives here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23
N Northwest Is Due for
an Awful Drubbing at
Frisco, Hayward Ayers

EUGENE. Ore. July s3.-Bill
Hayward Is not a pessimist. altho
be has been known TO throw out
a bear" story. But he Ia quite
certain of one thing.
The Pacific Northwest Is In line
for an ignominlous drubbing at the
hands OF Eastern and Middle West.
ern athletes at the San Francisco
meet next week. The outlook IL
dark. he says.
Hayward left today for Portland.
whore he will assemble his
team and leave Sunday on the Rose
City. with 10 athletes. Among this
number win be Fee. Muirhead. Hop
good. Cole, Beilah. Hummel. Dick
Grant. stenstrom and Ciyde-the
latter pair from Seattle.
Conspicuous by their absence
will be Paine and We're windnagle.
two OF oregon's greatest distance
men. aud Kadderly. OF Oregon Az.
rieultural college. They are un.
able TO get away from their sum
mer work
The team il all shot to pieces"
says BIZ. 1T has had no training
I got Fee yesterday off the farm.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23
O'LEARY MADE
FAVORITE OVER
BILLY WRIGHT

Johnny O'Leary and Billy Wright,
who will meet In the main event OF
the Greenwood smoker 10 be staged
nj the Tiyoll next Tuesday night,
both are working hard for the bout.
and each says he will win OLcary.
the lightweight champion OF Can.
ada. In a slight fayorite over his OPP
ponent. despite Il weight handicap.
The rest OF the card II busy get
ting down TO shape. Jimmy Clark.
tho Vancouver boy. who will box
his first battle here. is anxious TO
make "A showing. so as 20 get some
more matches, and he thinks he will
trim Al Schaffli In the seml.wind.
up 10 the main event
Roy Pheise and Billy Davidson
and Leo Houck and Spider Abe are
the other -four boxers who viii APP
pear next Tuesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23

where he has been since the col.
lege term ended. All the others
mr.. In the same shape.
Il can't put n team in shape for
a meet ilk. this With the two days
In San Francisco, ~ the Seattle
meet several years ago we had six
weeks for training.
Here we have a meet, next in
Importance 20 the great Olympic
meet. right az our doors. and we
are not In shape for a. It's crime
We won't have a show with the
class OF those Fasteners. who
have been training for months
The beet men In the country are
coming Tahers. with his new
mile record. Il in San Francisco.
and viii try 10 lower his record
"A significant feature OF this
meet will be all the new men TAX.
ing part Shepherd viii not partic.
lpate. Kiviat. the frish.Amerlcan
miller. and Babcock. the New York
pole vauiter. will not be there.
Ridpath and Davenport are gone.
1T goes To- show that they are
not fast enough 10 beat the new
men that have sprung up. II Is 20
be fast field at san Francisco. Z"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23
CHICK EVANS LEADS
IN Western MEET

CLEVELAND. July ga huge
gallery today followed Chick" Ev-
ans and Ned" sawyer Of Chicago.
when they started their match In
the semhfinal round OF the Western
golf championship tournament. on
the links OF the Mayfield Country
club. Both players we're at the top
OF their game. and the most Inter
esting OF the tournament was prom
ined.
The other semi-tinal match today
was between J. D. Standish OF De
troit and H. p. Lingham Of Cleve-
land. II Is conceded that the win
nor OF the sawyerEyans match will
win the tournament.
Sawyer and Evans last met in a
tournament in Denver, in 1911,
when Evans won. , up and TO
play.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23
RACING DEAD IN B. C.

VANCOUVER. u. C.. July %
For some days a rumor has been
going the rounds that there would
be a mixed running and harness
race meeting at Minoru park next
month. Hugh Springer. managing
director OF the British Columbia
Thorobred association. which owns
the track. says he knows nothing
whatever about the proposed meet.
Ing and that his association has
not been approached in this con
nection. Under the circumstances.
II is hardly likely there will be
any race meeting.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23
Player Worth More on
Bench Than in
Game?

Manager Rowland. OF the Chi.
cRxo white Sox. has player he
figures IN more valuable on the
bench than In the game. He IL
Bobby Roth. who can play the In.
field or onifcld aud bit well.
Roth went TO the bench when
the Sox secured Memo Jcibold on
the bench Roth can be rushed In 20
hit when n hit IL needed. while II
he were IN the game he would. Of
courss. have 10 take bis regular
turn. Also, whom on the bench. he
can be used TO fill any gap that oc.
ours thru accident or Illness.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23
TWO ROWING JOBS
ARE OPEN IN EAST

PHILADELPHIA. July 23.-The
decision OF Vivian Niokalls 10 &C
cept a commission in the British
army will open n place for a row.
Ing coach az the University Of
Pennsylvania. for II In hardly prob
able that Nlckalls will return to
take up his duties AZ Penn next
year His contract with the Red
and Blue has another year 10 run.
II "Old Man" Courtney either de.
cides not 10 coach at Cornell next
season. or In unable to do so. there
will be another vacancy In the
ranks OF the Poughkeepsie coaches.
Courtney Is AT present very
sick man and Cornell undergradu-
ates and alumni are not expecting
his early recovery.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23

A LOT has been said about the
IN baseball and
how the fans have lost interest In
their idols, but II was shown on
Ed Walsh day. In Chicago, that
the old stuff still is there. More
than 10000 fans. many OF them
women and children. turned out TO
pay tribute 10 the old spitball king.
II was HIS comeback" trial and he
beat the Athletics. Q TO 2. allowing
only six hits.
RUSS HALL thinks the best
pitching prospect In the league In
being overlooked. and he believes
he has that parsonage In young
Henry Peterson. Peterson was
with Seattle In the spring Of 1918.
then with the Western Tri-State
league the balance OF the year
Last season Nick Williams had
him In the spring, but again turned
him 10 the Tri-Statc. He has won
his last seven games straight. He
IL a sturdy chap. about 8 feet 10.
weighs about $50.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23
HOLSTERS hit HARD

BLOOMINGTON. Ind. July "a
Fifteen Indiana university athletic
stars have fought their last fight
for the Crimson and will be
among the missing next year. be-
cause OF graduation or the confer
ence three-year rule. The loss In.
cludes the captains OF the baseball,
football, and track teams. and the
only sport not affected Is the
basketball team.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-23
CAD COULD DO IT

SAN FRANCISCO. July "a
Four catchers from the San Fran
cisco and Oakland clubs next Mon
day will attempt to catch baseballs
dropped from the top OF the tower
of Jewels. 435 feet aloft.