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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
CAT NOUNS
Dog Friend Disappears and
Feline Suffers from a
Broken Heart.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-The shat
tering Of romantic love affair was
revealed by an advertisement in the
Lost and Found" columns. The ro-
nance is strange in that the heroine
Is a beautiful Persian kitten and the
hero is Bobby, the prize winning
French poodle.
The romance has been Temporarily
iblighted, for Bobby has strayed away
from his home in West Fifty-second
street. In order to insure his speedy
return and assuage the grief Of Min
ouch, the lovelorn kitten, F. Bar
!bieri, their owner, is advertising in
the newspapers, offering reward for
Bobby's recovery.
Mr.. Barberi who is proprietor OF
the Lafayette hotel at Long Beach,
introduced Bobby to Minouch a year
ago. Since that time his two pets
have been. inseparable.
Recently Bobby disappeared. Since
then, Minouch has refused to eat, and
when not bemoaning her fate In the
farthest corner Of the house. sits
perched on. the window sill awaiting
the dogs return.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19

Then Japan. she say TO England,
7 viii help you And Japan make
Germans scarce In China.
Pretty soon Turkey she want Il
fight. although he sick man. and NOT
. Christian brother. So he say to
Germany, i will help you
Italy then say to Austria, Please
give me back the land you stole from
He long time ago.
Austria then say TO Italy. You 60
to hell
20 italy did so also.
San Marino write a letter to italy.
7 viii help you.'
Christians then fight back and
forth. shooting churches and other
scenery and killing people and horses
in large quantities.
Germany say. God is my accom-
plice.'
Russia and England and other
people say. Not so. God is on our
side
France she say, 4 have liberty,
fraternity and equality and Joffre,
which think will be SUFFICIENT
IF Christian missionary say more
to me about Prince of Peace viii
show him Chinese boy is educated
and know about great Christian art
OF Jess Willard. I" II
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
Cl1inon7a learns
Cause of the War

According to the New York Sun,
the sequence of events which led to
the great European war, as set forth
In the books of various colors issued
by the several governments, has been
thus summarized by q Chinese stud
ent In an article published In Q Chin
ese newspaper:
Now there is q great battle in Eu::
rope. This began because the prince
of Austria went to Serbia with his
wife. One man Of Serbia killed him.
Austria was angry. and 30 write
Serbia.
Germany write letter to Aus
tria. i will help YOU
Russia write letter to Serbia,
! will help you
France did not want to fight, but
they got ready their soldiers.
Germany write a letter to France.
You don't get ready, or ! will fight
you in nine hours
Germany to fight them. pass Bel
GUM.
Belgium say, 4 am q country:
am not q road. And Belgium write
a letter to England about Germany,
to help them.
$50 England help Belgium.
And so they all go to fighting
like Christians. who preache Prince
of Peace to Chinese boys.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
!. N0.GLOTHING
Should Be Worn by Men, Who.
Are All Degenerate, Says
ZeaIot.

DODGE CITY. Kan. Sept. 1s.-En-
route to sunny California, where they
plan to live without clothing and fo
subsist on roots, leaves and herbs.
four religious zeaIots stopped in
Dodge City to hold q meeting, but
were not permitted by, the police ato
do so. John Wisemat1. the leader Of
the sect, declares that animals lead
the only natural life, and that man
is the only degenerate of the animal
family.
Wiseman Ii sixty years old; With
long gray hair ana q beard reaching
below his waist. He condemns bar
bers as hirelings OF Satan. BE says
he and his followers were driven out
OF Washington, D. G., when they at
tempted to follow their belief by liy-
ing in the open air without ciofhinr.
The members OF the party arel tfay-
cling across the continent ON bicycles.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
Pearls
Planted
By Boy
Six-Year- old Gets "FunnI,
Seeds" from Mothers
$4,000 Necklace.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1s.-Sud-
den interest In horticulture as devel-
oped by year old Wilfert Hamer-
stan very nearly cost $4,000 to his
mother. Mrs. j. Ferdinand Hamer-
stan, Of New York.
Ever since he came to the Palace
hotel with his mother several days
ago. young Wilfert has shown I'M
usual interest In the work of the
gardeners who tend the potted plants
in the Palm Court.
His interest went from question
ing to activity. Sing Lee, one Of the
Chinese boys, was busting in court
when he saw young Wilfert going
busily from pot to rot apparently
planting something.
Sing Lee notified the management
and an investigation followed. A.
the first pot the earth was taken out
tc small depth where Master Will
fert had rufaed It and magnificent
pear was disclosed.
Each pot gave up its treasure and
then it developed that the lad had
got hold Of his mothers magnificent
81 5000 pear necklace and had pulled
the pearls on to. plant them. This
IL how he explained:
Mother told me those funny seeds
come from oysters. SO II thought IL ]
planted them that . lot % oystet
plants would row = ~
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
EVANGELIST
Recalls the Time When He
SoldWhiskey on the West
ern Plains.

SHASTA, Cal. Sept. 1s.-S. d.
Newbill, evangelist from Alhambra
near Los Angeles. visited this old
town to recall the scenes Of 1854,
when he was a miner in the richest
diggings in the state.
Il mined some, but fiddled more, 20
explained the preacher, for the min
ers liked my fiddling and paid we'll
for 1t at the dances.
Il came across the plains with OK
teams and made $1,000 on the way
selling whiskey. was in this old
town for over year. but don't find
any Of the old faces. Most Of the
buildings have tumbled down or have
decayed so much that they are be-
,yond recognition.
II remember paying s / for mince
pie, but can't even find the site Of
the bakery"
Newbill explained that he followed
all the gold rushes. He made seven
fortunes and lost them all. Finally,
twelve years ago, when broke, he de-
lcided to quit fiddling and mining.
He has been preaching the gospel
ever since, he said, and he related
that the Lord Is a good provider
though he does not have the draw
down" that Billy Sunday enjoys.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
MAN WITH TWO WIVES
EXONERATED BY
COURT
Divorce He Thought He OBJ
tanned Declared Void, and
He Must Support Both.

MIFFLINTOWN, Pa, Sept. 1S.-
Edgar L. Horning, Of Mif1intown, is
probably the only man in the United
States who has two wives and Is de-
clared by a court not guilty OF big
amy. Horning finds himself in the
unfortunate yet curious position Of
being obliged to support two wives
as the result of a verdict Of Jun
iata county court on Saturday. when
a divorce granted in Colorado was
declared null and void.
Some years ago. Horning went
West with wife No. and later OBJ
tanned a divorce under the laws Of
Colorado. Horning later remarked,
believing that his divorce gave him
perfect right to do so. In many
he came East and stopped OF at Milf
fiintown with wife No. 2.
Hardly had he landed In Juniata
county until wife No. i brought suit
against him. charging him with big
army. A Mifflintown Justice OF the
peace refused to recognize the d.
vorce and found him guilty. The case
was appealed to the Juniata county
The Juniata county court now finds
him not guilty Of bigamy, but sem
fences him to pay $40 a month to
wife No. I for the support Of herself
and child, and has required him to
give a bond Of $500 to insure his liv-
ing up to the verdict. Now Horning
Is mourning because he has two
wives and one child to support.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
.COnVicts
To Build
Own Jail
Five Hundred "Honor Mem to
Be Employed on New State
Penitentiary. 3

CHICAGO, Sept. 18.-Fiye hun
dred Joliet convicts are to be en-
ployed in building the new $780,
900 Illinois penitentiary as a further
test Of the honor system. This was
decided on by the. board Of prison
commissioners. The prisoners will
be pledged not to make any attempt
to escape. and II the plan proves sue
cessful 1t is said that the state will
save thousands of dollars in the ex-
pense of construction.
The appropriation for the new
prison was made at the last session
of the legislature. It will be built
on the big 2,104 acre honor farm and
will be surrounded by walls SO high
that they cannot be scaled and no
guards will be posted on them.
Three offers" and several other
prisoners have made escapes from
the Joliet penitentiary recently.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
THUNDER BIRDS
'Aeroplanes Cause Indian Medi-
cine Men to Pray and
SquaWs Are frightened.

iss MIAMI, Okla. Sept. ia Miami
resident who recently visited Fort
Sill. Okla, says the Comanche and
Ktowa Indians near that place saw
thunder Bird the other day that
dumfounded their medicine men and
overwhelmed their women and chill
dren with fright. In all their lives
these Indians had never beheld such
q monster OF the air. There was not
only one, but several, all lowering
high above the granite peaks of the
Wichita mountains, making queer
dips and curves in the clear atmos-
phere of the higher levels.
The thunder bird" of old Indian
had arrived in fact, great
lock Of them.
What actually scared the ignorant
red men speechless were aeroplanes
OF the aviation corps of the United
States army that had Just arrived
from the Pacific coast. and which
viii be stationed at Fort Sill for
some time to come.
They were Of the AZ. NJ" type, OF
from fifty to 100 horse power, and
speed of from fifty to ninety miles
an hour. Hangers have been built
on hill just south of the fort build
ings.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
g
eS
It's u ed1l1
Punctures Tire Of Automobile
I. That Ran Over and
Killed Him.

HOPKINS. No.. Sept. 1s.-Hnn-
dreds Of chickens scratching on the
public highways are daily run over
by automobiles; but It seldom hap,
pens that one Of the helpless fowls
has . chance for revenge ON the
driver, as one did here this week.
The rooster in the road was very
large and old enough to have escaped
with his life many times, 80 oftan, In
fact, that he paid scant attention to
the big car bearing down upon him.
He made the rush for safety at last.
but too late. The wheel caught him,
but the fowls last act was one OF
revenge when he punctured q tire
with one Of his spurs. The car be-
longed to T. B. DeWolf ana the tire
had run 2. 900 miles before being. put
out Of commission by the rooster.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
ASSAUITG Charge
Brought against Barber, Who
Stuffed Lather in Mans
Mouth.

4 ATLANTIC CITY. N. j, Sept. 18.
Palmer, OF. Philadelphia,
was banished from the resort the
other day. by Recorder Gaskill, who
threatened to prosecute a charge Of
assault and battery against him Il he
remained. Palmer left hurriedly.
Palmer Is a barber, and was em-
ployed in James Muskett's shop, at
Garrett, of Baltimore, complained he
had been assessed $40 for shave
in the shop.
When he refused to pay. he charged
that Palmer swabbed him in the
mouth with q brush full OF lather
and nearly. choked him.
Muskett was fined $40 for falling
to display his price list.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
GIVE PUPILS
A FULL DIET
Poorly Nourished Children Un-
fit for Proper Schooling,
Doctor ZiegIer Says.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18.-Par-
ents are cautioned by DR.. s. Lewis
'ziegler, director Of the department of
health and charities, to see that their
children are fed properly before they
are sent to school.
Investigation has shown" said
DR.. ziegler. that several thousand
children attending the public schools
Of this city suffer from lack Of food.
Still more alarming is the fact that
three per cent Of these children are
sent to school without any break
fast. About fifty to sixty per cent
receive only an inadequate morning
meal, and ten per cent eat their
scanty breakfast before 6 a. m.
These conditions have existed for
some time and their persistence can
only tend to the development Of poor
~ nourished children incapable Of
resisting disease. and unfit to obtain
a proper schooling.
Poorly fed children are not nor
NAL physically. They lack alertness
and are usually dull and depressed.
While their physical defects can be
corrected in most instances by medi-
cal attention, this is Of no avail if
they continue to suffer from what
might be termed limited starva-
tion'.''
Doctor Ziegler praised the board Of
education for providing penny
lunches at the schools.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
old STORY
of Luring Of ceIestiaIs into
Slavery Revived by a
chinaman.

TusCoN. Ariz.. Sept. 1s.-How an
Italian labor contractor nine years
ago lured 500 Cinnamon on board
a ship and carried them across the
Pacific ocean against their will, then
sold them as so many slaves to Mex
lean plantation owners. has Just been
told anew to the United States ono
;ers. by 10 Doc Foon, who wandered
across the international line Ia the
hope that Uncle Sam would deport
him to his native land.
This story has been told the Of
ficers by number OF Chinese and
the details never vary. 1t 10 esd
mated that at least Q hundred have
fed from Mexico to the United States
with no other object than to sbe sent.
back home at the expense Of this
government. Others have travelled,
directly back to China on ships sail
ing from the west coast OF Mexico.
The Chinese. do not know the name
of the Italian, but they agree that
he was q very bad man indeed. Acc
cording to 10 Doc Foon he promised
them work in the south Of China and
when he had them on. his ship set;
sail across the Pacific. When the
.passengers realized that they had
been duped there was q terrible mu-
tiny, which was put down with I'M
credible cruelty.
Eventually the ship arrived at San
Diego. Like so many cattle the chin-
'ese were driven into Mexico and par
celed out as labprers. They were 80
closely guarded that they did not,
have an opportunity to make their
condition known to Americans who
might have aided them ~ ~ =
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
GIRL OF SEVEN SWIMS
the DELAWARE RIVER
Crosses from Philadelphia to
Camden against a Very
Strong Tide.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. j Etlfei.
Schutt, seven years old. swan across.
the Delaware river between the Race.
street pier on the Pennsylvania side.
and the Mathis ship yard wharf on
the Camden side. in thirty-one min
utes the other day.
The child swan not less than two
and quarter miles, feat worthy
Of many strong adult swimmers. Not
only did she accomplish her feat
against an unusually strong tide, but,
strong wind was blowing and rain
threatened to fall every minute.
Accompanying little Miss Schutt
were Helen Pennypacker and Sophie
Brown - and 13 years old. respec-
lively. They swan close to Ethel,
but not once did the latter call on
them for assistance, or indicate that
she could not continue.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
sd m of
SOgo171On
Is ShoNn
Dispute between Negroes over
Ownership of Pig is Very
Wisely Settled.

AURORA, N. c., Sept. 1.-two
negroes, named Judson and Dixon,
ina dispute over the ownership Of q
pig near here developed a modern
Solomon In the person of another
Scoiored man named Weeks.
When Judson drove the pig past
Dixon's home the latter ran out and
claimed the porker. Weeks appeared
on the scene when the argument was
hot and the matter was referred to
him.
Weeks asked each IL he was will
Ing for the other to have the pig.
Both answered in the negative.
Then are you willing for me to
! have 1T" he asked. Take It," said
Dixon. He was unmistakably sin
Scere. The pig is yours" Weeks
ssaid. giving the animal to Judson.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
DOUBLE FLOP
turned by Automobile but All
Passengers Escape with,
out Being Injured.

JOPLIN. Mo-. Sept. ia big,
seven passenger motor car did a
double hop on the Scenic road, be-
tween Joplin and Neosho, without
causing the slightest injury to any
Of the nine passengers that 1t carried.
Clifford Edward. the driver, says
that they were going at moderate
rate Of speed when another car came
mp behind them going at least thirty
miles an hour. and In endeavoring to
get out Of the way Edward drove
his car too near the embankment.
The earth gave way and they fell
into field. twenty feet below. The
car turned over twice in the descent
and landed right side US, with all
nine passengers still in their place.
The car was damaged slightly but
mot passenger was even scratched.
Besides the driver, the party was
composed Of two women and six chill
t0EAn. rr
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
EX-S[AVES
IN Many Parts of the South in
Want of Necessities of
Life.

: ATLANTA, Sept. There are
several thousand old ex-slaves living
IN Atlanta and other cities In the
South who are dying for something
to eat, wear and somewhere to live.
Many Of these old negroes are seen
on the street corners Of the city beg
ging for their living, Z declared Prof.
r. r. Holmes. president Of the Holmes
Institute, in addressing a special
meeting Of prominent colored citi-
Gems and members of the ex-slave
association.
Holmes further said that several
Of the ex-slaves, in Atlanta are bare
footed. bareheaded and poorly clad.
any many Of them are found dead OF
dying in their homes for the want
OF the necessities Of lie. Winter
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
FLOWER BEDS
In Federal Prison at Atlanta
Are Cared for by All Kinds
of "Djps."

ATLANTA, Sept. 1s.-The policy
OF the Atlanta federal prison in as
signing, wherever possible, prisoners
to those tasks in which each individ-
ual takes most interest leads to many
whimsical paradoxes.
It is no unusual picture at the fed
eral prison to see a once notorious
safe robber. whose profession In other
days had to do with crowbars and
nitro lycerine. tenderly caring for
the geraniums and pansies Of prison
flower bed, OF to see a train bandit
tsking paternal, not to say motherly.
interest in the welfare Of fluffy
brood Of small chickens.
It Is the conclusion Of federal
prison authorities that the cracks
man. dip and others excel their
more accomplished fellows. such as
defaulting bank attaches, abseonders,
swindlers or counterfeiters.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
= 70 IS
q OH EF or
ARMY s Ar
words, good listener, who sticks
to the facts and never. INDUCES in
theories,
No Red Tame,

No Red Tape.
He does not hesitate to do away
with red tape" said one OF his as
sistants. THE essential point with
him is to get the thing done. During
the retreat from Mons we lost great
dea1sof material. Among other things
officers and men lost all their equip
ment even including their caps In
some instances. AS the government
clothes and equips the men they could
be cared for. But the officers pay for
their own. They would have to fill
out certain forms for reimbursement
which would have to go to the war
ofice-but Sir William settled that In
minute by giving orders that they
should be supplied and we could take
care Of the red tape afterward.
Throughout all the vicissitudes Of the
campaign from Mons to the Aisne
and then to Ypres-Armentieres line
the soldiers never went short Of food.
Regardlss Of red tape and any other
obstacles he saw that in some way or
other their rations reached them. He
Is proud Of the fact that he rose from
the ranks and he dislikes publicity.
His one supreme interest is his work.
BE likes work for works sake
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
MUsT Be GOOD
Husband Put on Probation for
Year under Threat of Di-
orce Action.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1S.-At
the suggestion Of Judge Graham.
Mrs. Bridget Brennan placed her
husband. Owen Brennan, on proba-
ton for one year. 1t.he can curb his
liking for intoxicants for that period
she will dismiss her suit for divorce.
In the meantime Mrs. Brennan will
30 to Philadelphia to live with rela-
lives and will take with her their 10
year old son, Joseph. II Brennan
does not drink for year he will go
to Philadelphia for his wife and son.
BE sure and come and get US.
dad, called back the son. as he and
his mother left the court room.
Don't worry, joey" said the faith
er. "Ill be there when the time
comes"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
Big ManB Seats Tiny Wife
: Who Refuses to
Support Him

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1s.-For
beating his ninety pound Wife, 200
pound Andrew White. a photog-
rapher, Of Manayunk, was sent to
the house of correction for six
months by Magistrate Grelis.
The wife was saved from serious
injury by the arrival OF policeman.
She testified that her husbands bus
mess is SO small that she was COM
PEELED to work in a factory to sup
port her two children.
The other night, she said, her hus-
band told her he was going to stop
work and that she would have to
support him, too. When she demurred
he began to beat her.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
his own PHOTOTO Be
CURE FOR RUN HABIT
Judge Orders Mans Picture
Made after He Ends a
Big Spree.

KANSAS CITY, No., Sept. 49,
James Henerman is going 70 stay on
the water wagon hereafter by look
ing at his own picture whenever he
feels q thirst for liquor. Il
Heferman appeared In court with
half Of his head shaved and bandaged.
BE did not remember how he received
the injuries which caused physicians
to leave his bead In that condition.
All he knew was that he had become
intoxicated for the fitst time In two
years. & q
.sGet your picture taken IN that re-
gala and look at II whichever y6u
want : drink adyIasd Jndk saeh:
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
.Traiinlpen Catch Trout
AT End Of Their Run

BOSTON, Sept. 1s.-Boston CON
ductors, who run their trains up into
the s1ilds Of New Hampshire and who
haze to wait there over night for a
return trip, are finding quite diver
sion in fishing. and many record
catches are resulting through their
efficiency with the rod and fly.
Perhaps the record is held by Con-
ductor Arthur Clark, Of Hamilton,
whose run takes him to Fabyans.
Mr.. Clark has heretofore gained
much fame as a fisherman during
his runs to Wolfboro. Conductor
Clark is said to hold the record at
present with a trout that weighed
over two pounds.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
MODEL CITY
To Shelter 100000 Population
Planned by Plymouth,
Mass, Residents.

BOSTON. Mass. Sept. 1s.-Plans
for a permanent model city to shell
ter a population of 100000, to be
erected at Plymouth in connection
with the celebration in 1920 Of the
Booth anniversary of the landing OF
the Pilgrims are being considered by
municipal experts.
The idea Of those interested in the
celebration is to eliminate the waste
Of mony used in the construction Of
temporary exposition buildings. They
propose to build permanent. city,
one that will be fireproof and smoke
proof and with zones for factories
and Industries.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
THRIfTY BOY
Only Twelve Years Old but
Saves Enough to Buy a
Town Lot.

TETON. Ga, Sept. 1s.-The 10
year old Brookfield school boy who
has saved enough to buy him town
lot and is going to cultivate his land
is setting an example which his fell
low schoolmates everywhere would do
well to follow. This youngster has
not only learned to save, but he has
also learned where to put his savings.
Whether he continues to make his
home in Tiff county or seeks his for
tune elsewhere. no one need feel sur
prised II Roger Dorminy, as a man,
becomes a leader in his community.
He has already won half his battles
by starting right.