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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
First AUTO IS
DESCRIBED N
An OLD PAPER
Initial Experiment with Gar
rage without Horses
Made in Paris.

WHEELING. June 19.-What IS
believed TO be an account OF the first
automob5de ever manufactured Is
contained In 97-year-old neWspap-
er. belonging to w. B. Irvine, vice
president Of the National bank OF
West Virginia on display in the lob
by OF the banks new. home at
Twelfth and Main streets. The paper
Is a five column, two sheets affair,
known as the Virginia Northwestern
Gazette, published in Wheeling by
T Tanner and = Clingan- At is
dated June 1, 1915
The automobile article. clipped
from a Paris newspaper. is as fol-
lows: "A large concourse OF people
assembled at Gutenberg yesterday
at noon to witness the operation OF
a Dra1siennes "a species of carriage
moved by machinery without horses
periments were but imperfectly
made. The machine went quicker
than man running at speed and
the conductors did not appear fat-
gued.
about three o'clock lady APP
pcareS In DraisienneS, Conducted
by the chasseur Of the Baron de
Drais who made with it several turns
IN the alleys in the midst of the
crowd The machine. although
charged with double weight, had the
conductors did not seem to be in-
creased The machine assembled with
facility the hil1ocks which are placed
in some parts Of the garden The
machines appear to be convenient
fer the country and for short. good
reads.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
DIVORCED
Four Times Woman Has Been
and Fifth Suit is Now
Being Tried

KANSAS CITY Mo-. June ia
divorce hearing in a suit brought by
Henry n. Woodson, an employe IN
the cashiers Office OF the Kansas
city Gas Company, against Lena "
Woodson, twenty-three years old, i've
times married since 1910 and four
times divorced. was begun few days
ago in Judge Guthrie's division OF the
circuit court
woodson charges that MES Wood
son went to dances without his con-
sent and that she never had told him
of her former matrimonial ventures.
All of this, however, Mrs. Woodson
denied on the stand. She says she
told him everything OF her past.
Mrs. Woodson got a divorce from
her former husband. she said, one
month before she married WoodSon:
She was married the first time in
March, 1910, and divorced the same
year In 1910 married again In
1911 she had obtained second d.
Eyorce and married third time, and
two years later took fourth hus-
band, having obtained a third dt-
yorce- In February, 1914. according
Ito the evidence. she and the man she
married in 1913 were divorced and a
month later she married.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
WISE CAT
Leads TO the Discovery of a
Woodpecker in a Stove
Pipe

JERSEYv1LE, ~, June 19.-F;or
some time ID has been impossible Tor
the family OF James R1ch of Fidelity
to use the stove In The summer kitch-
en-. because the hre had become
choked in some manner The other.
day Mrs. Rich noticed a cat sitting
on the stove and docking steadfass9y
at the stoveptpe- At the same time
Mrs R5ch:s attention was attracted
by tap-taptapping sound Although
the woman is notsa sptrttua1tst she
answered the three taps by rapplns
on the stove with fork handle The
taps responded from the stove-pipe
She called her husband and he 1000
listened to the. mysterious rappngs-
Finally they decided to take down
the pipe and investigate They did
so and what should suddenly emerge
from the pipe but redheaded wood
pecker much soued from his adven-
ture In the pipes sooU retreat
The bird Immediately took wing and
few away, pursued by other birds
that seemed to mistake him for some.
new species. ME-: Rich then lighted q;
Ere IN the stove and the due has
been drawing e1ceHendy ever since.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
.Hai1stOnes
Pe1t Fish
To Death
Hundreds of Dead Cover the
Surface of Stream, Say
Texans
/ exams.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, June 10
Hundreds Of fish killed by hailstones
reported TO have weighed from two to
twelve pounds, cover Pipe Creek.
TWENTY-FIVE miles north of the Medina
dam. according to Juan and ALBERT
Morales, who have Just returned to
San Antonio after an outing along
that stream in Bandera county.
The banks OF the stream are lined
with dead fish, ranging ALI the way in
size from SIX inches to two feet IN
length" said Juan Morales. There
were thousands of them and We could
not fish IN that neighborhood; neither
could we get river water to drink
Farmers IN Bandera county say hail
stones some of which weiShed more
than twelve pounds fen there last
week. The stream was muddy and
the fish had goAe to the top OF the
water and were hit by the stones:
1t is also reported by the fisher
man that at the Wright ranch in
Bandera county along Pipe Creek,
L50O head of sheep were killed by
the hail
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
GOLD BRICK
USED As A
DOOR BLOCK
SIC, 600 lngot Used for This
Purpose for Twenty

SACRAaIESTO. Cal, June d9.---Eor
twenty years Hiram ]. ParaShurst, a
poor mechanic has use da gold BRICK
worth $4,000 to hold his bedroom;
door open OF course Parkhurst didn't
know the brick was worth anything.
by purest accident when he returned
from his studies at fhe University OF
California
Hiram, Jr., Is student IN the min
ing department OF the university and
when home on his vacation sthbbed
his toe against the brick In anger
the young man picked up the ortck
and started to throw 1t out tne WIN
dow, saying -Confound that brick,
Its been in the way for a century
But the unusual heayiness OF the
carpet-covered doorholder aroused
MS interest His knowledge OF me-
tails convinced him it must be OF I'M
usual composition to be heavier than
lead 50 he took on the carpet and
took 1t to an assay Office 1t assayed
pure gold and was taken to the oni-
ted States mint at San Francisco,
where S40,0236o was paid Parknsrst
for the mgot
presence OF the valuable doorholder
: twenty years ago man. who.
claimed to be from the mines Of
shasta county, arrived in Sacramento
and found lodging at Parknursts
home. He paid for his lodgings tor
a time and then departed. leaving IN
1.-THE night He left note behind say
II owe you $50 for board and room,
IParkhurst and I'll be back I'm leay-
fng You q gold brick as security:
lDonT try to seM it until retuTn- Il
IL don't return you can have it
MRS. Parkhurst was mad cieaE
Through because she had been beaten
out OF board bill and LEFT a go a1
brick AS the miner never returned
MRS Parkhurst sewed piece OF car
pet around the brick and made II use
full as well as Ornamental
so one suspected the miner vas tel Ell
Ing the truth aoo ON s 5de an imita-
ltion for twenty years.
The Parkhursts have bougm an
la1,+ornobfIes a-house and now keep
Cent Young Parkhurst VIII nave
to to work his way through college
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
FREAKlSH
Is Chicken with a Dog Tail,
Hatched in New
Jersey.
Jersey.

ELIZABETH, Ny. June Ie--A dog
chicken was hatched IN the poultry
yard of John Lautenbach at $50
Spring street It appeared in com
pany with number of sisters and
brothers and IS as healthy as any
of them
The freak chicken equipped with
the usual head and body, but has four four
legs and a curly tail, similar to that
of French poodle Its color Is deep
black
Iautenbach says that as soon as
the freak shows disposition to chase
cats or bark at the moon he VIII
have it tied up in adog house or else
sent to a sausage factory.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
B /! FORTUNE
IS lF[0AI IN
The PACIFIC
Skipper is Searching for AM
bergris Adrift along the

PORT ANGELES, Wash, June 19l
A piece of amberSTfS having an esq
mated value OF Se5OsooO Is doa6nS on
the Pacific ocean not 100 miles from
Cape F1attery.s and a racing yacht ana mo
q score OF fishing Smacks are search.
ing for Il The search Wei be KEPT
up throughout the sumner neces-
sarv.as The trade winds are now:
Blowing toward the shore and WILL
aid In keeping the mass close m
When the schooner a f. Coates
was making for Puget Sound Capt
Morris sighted. near Sundown- q low
floating object short distance 1rom
his vessel Believing It to be amber
girls. che captain sent the second
mate with boat and crew 10 tnves-
gate There was a heavy swell az
the time, and darkness was last ap-
preaching The boat was ytsfoIe az
times from the vessels deck on ac-
count OF heavy seas, but the ua1e
could not see the vessel.
TIL mate overhanIed the drifting OBJ
iect Just at dark, and IN the dusk It
closely resembied ambersrfs. Unable
10 signal the captain TO work the
ship near, he managed to get Two
handfuls OF the drift and returned 70
the schooner
In the morning 1t was not to be
seen and the ship made port nere
The cample was turned over to chem
lists and proved to be pure amoeTgtls
OF a high grade -,
grabbed was disposed OF for S2,OO0.
The second mate OF the Coates esd
mated the drift to be Ia feet long,
* 5nches vide and inches thick
AT the price obtained for the small
tot this drift is easily worth $2So.OOo
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
Test PICNIC
WATER, SAYS
DOCTOR DIXON
Health Commissioners Points
Out The Dangers of Ty-
piold Fever.

HARRISBURG. Pa, June I9.-Care
in the use OF drinking water while
away from home is urged by Dr
Samuel G. Dixon, the state commits
sioner of health. in his little Talk
on Health and Hygiene this week,
Doctor Dixon says
..The picnic season has begun,
Every auuring spot for miles around
in the vicinity of the towns and cities
will be the Mecca for pleasure seek
ers from now until the frost comes.
almost everybody attends picnic
some time during the season. Now
that the automobile has made even
the remote districts readily accessible
for city dwellerS, the number OF urban
residents who seek an occasional days
relaxation in the country has tremen-
dous1y increased
Nobody thinks OF going on picnic
of food, but few people are far
sighted enough to carry their drink
ing water. Some spring, brook or
farmers well, they feel, viii be sure
to supply this essential As result
of this indiscriminate dependence up
on unfamiliar sources of water supply
there are hundreds OF pleasure seek
ers who contract typhoid fever every
season.
That period OF the year Vshen W
phoid fever is always most prevalent
Is that at the end and Immediately
following the vacation season While
this Is not alone the result OF pic
mics, they undoubtedly play an inn
portant part IN this annual toll OF
illness and death
SIT is not difficult matter If one
as taking an auto trip TO carry sup
ply OF drinking water from a source
that is known to be uncontaminated.
vacuum bottles or
other forms OF containers can be Sc
cured which viii Keep the water cool
eff local water supply with which
one Is unfamiliar must be used, boil
ing the water for twenty minutes
would make it safe Unfortunately.
clear water is by no means always
pure water. Many a sparkling, cys-
tai clear, roadside spring IS open to
pollution. and no matter how attrac-
tive the little bpookIet which babbles
along under the overhangfng trees
may appear, one must needs follow 1t
to its source to be certain that 1t is
free from contamination. SO, Tar
safety's sake, carry your drinking
water in the picnic basket
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
SUICIDE
: = = 'ls4H'lil77i
Is Man after Grieving Eleven.
Years for Dead Wife -
and Children.

NEW YORK, June 1e-Eaeyen
years ago Greenwich Village mourned
with George FeldhauSen- Hds wife,
and all his Children had per1shed
when the steamer Gen. S1ocum was
burned The other day che story OF
his grief was told again Fe1dhans-
ems body was found in his place OF
business at 50 West Eighth street
He had Committed suicide by means
OF Eliminating gas. on the anniver-,
say OF the death OF those he cared
most for
4 For many years Feldhaus@ had
been the owner Of German cafe with
bowling alleys attached. It was a
reetng pace for the neighbors who
desired good beer and a game OF
cards. In the summer Feldbausen's
figure was familiar one as he stood
at the doorway OF his place, coatless.
but Immaculate, in pleated Linen
shirt and old fashioned black string
*
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
BUReLARs GIN ! KEEP
4 GOOD NAN DOWN.
Pile Much Office Furniture on
HIM but He Manages to
Get up:
LOS. ANGELES. Cal, June 49,.
Jerks is good man. and 70. keep
/ mdown robbers piled on him

: LOS ANGELES. Cal, June 19s7J.
a. Jerks is a good man, and TO keep
hi mdown robbers piled on him
One swivel chair 49,
One rolitop desk
One roll OF 1ineleoum.
One srght back chair
One card table.
One letter lie
One dictionary and stand
Four volumes OF encyclopedia
Eight fve-gaHon cans OF oil
Other debris
It kept him down but twenty min
uteS.
He is the manager Of union oil
supply station at Main Street and
H1oneta avenue. and yesterday morn
ing, about sunup, two men entered
the place, drew revolvers and ordered
him to put his hands aloft he
obeyed-
The robbers ransacked the TIL, tax
ing S2I Then they told jerks to DE
on the floor fat on his stomach. And
they began pling things on him
everything but the safe, which is
locked to the wall
After they had buried him under
the furniture and equipment they
told him to lie stA1 for twenty min
utes. and then do the best he could
The best he could do was to lie st1N
for an instant and then he started
wigg1ing N.took him twenty minutes
to release himself. and one minute
more to start the police on the trail
Of the robbers
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20

sight of this -contract." the court
never did. Members Of the court con-
stantiy referred to 1T when. at times,
Sc appeared to be getting lost in the
fog Of other arguments. 1t was para
mount and pivoted In the suit at all
times, and pre-emlnent at the Climax
Celebrated Clause.
This IS the celebrated clause in
West virglnia's constitution An
eouitable proportion Of the public
debt OF the Commonwealth OF Viz
GINA prior to the first day of Janu-
airy In the year one thousand eight
hundred and Sixty-one. shall be as
sumed by this state: and the 1egisla-
ture shall ascertain the same as soon
as may be practicable. and provide
333 for the liquidation thereof. by a
sinking fund sufficient to pay the ac-
scruing interest. and redeem the prin-
scIpaI within thIrty-four years
There remains the question OF
West virsinia's liability for inter
est says the courts final decree OF
Afonday'This liability IS contested
upon the grounds that the claim OF
Virginia has been un1iquidated an in
definite: that Interest is not recover
able as damages save on default In
the payment OF an amount which Is
certain or susceptible OF ascertain
nent; that there was no promise on
the part OF West Virginia to pay in
not part Of the debt OF which she
aneed to assume an equitable pro
portion: and that In the absence OF
an expressed promise interest Is not
10 be charged against a sovereign
state
IAN the questions thus raised may
be resolved by the determination OF
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20
DREAM IS FATAL.

HARRIsBUBG. June n9.-David s
walker -Eecently dreamed that RUIZ
11ans were after him Tie rushed
from his bed to the bathroom window
and plunged to the ground breaking
his ankle.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20

-
-. 1890. 80. ~. ,ss4 snrn m:
west 70 do
the honest n 5000 as,.5
Is Iopes1, " = -eF,,ea
ul ~. :. =. s1tt,a-o,5eS4Ssn
10 pay =, .s-;,,s no
:. stefl
- ERE az
aalS..s,. -. |@Iarlr
Ss4ats.s-,I 80. rTs<+ VIZ
-Iays =. o-1,sy 80 - Il was an
$500 - 1s.a rh;<S I-,s+ica E,,1i-
1s Me. .v 81 - y se then hen nreaiding chef
49, S.i+s>;o, rha+
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sucn = sAe ..-s1, n,,sstion
80. atsS 100 - are,- come +o the A.
- $500, zS,I75
~ 49, - ~. Jecraa IN
l,io =" s..,+s<5 =. nre1,ioIIe
Iaas.:Iss Ht.c-s,,;s 80 s1readv ON
41s - b,,+ e has NOT been
1,,.,,,,l1 I,-o,,,-J,+ ~ t1,t ,onrt,s atten-
+1or 80 = morton that the court appoint
. ,-ace;yer +o 90 To West Virginia and
danosnd 1avnoeI,f ~ tha iudSment: II
noes1hle- romneI H This motion was
~ ~ Virpinia. anticinating what that
decision WonId he.
800 ~ SAt+Ie
1>,. ~ - -. er.-.
soon a1esr NE Ine W. - - 800
was mae ny " a1s.sxs-,;o, 1900
v1ts1nta a .1ysAl-.-.ts ~ +1,e
LIil .u1s 49, - az = $50 90
teeains D1" stsss sus Sess ,a.rT,s5
o1tte1 ~ l E1IsS. :. 49,
1rofn ~
euou11tseo 70 .niutI1.e -
oIlven aWay ,1 lIonl suAs - -
otner tlnae, mere was q wy opsa. :.
appeateo, 70 seltie lns 4eno az
oy west s1rslI1a Pc Nv SooS go
Many years a1ee1Waru, the .t1.e
TOT stephen .. E 1hi1 vas 1oie ~ 81
the cele1neee ne no'oel ~ l1.irs
accePt S1,VVV.oVv az 4S.a1i4xaa1
But II was a nlusn - n.S ,,t pVlIs- q,
NE WSs "ofsn 70 spSeSa ~ svan
the roe OF c2mpI Is,uL1s 49, u
as IN any showing mat ne oelieSeo
tnat west ltg g1,1 was i iIsIs
oollar OF tne s1sinIa oeoe, ano - ~
dropped the dangerous issue WIZ
alacr1ty.
tTst, u-1eenng between
states due to their separation and the
bitterness OF the Civil war prevented 9.
any agreement ever oeing fedcneo
on the apport1onmenI OF the oeot,
and second, politics made oarr1er
that no man leading PUBIC tnougnI
in West Virginia Wouio get W1tnln
hailing distance Of TO De known as
believing that west virginia oWeo
anything or this debt, was enough 70
bury politician or party IN oon-
Won. The people generally o1onse
know much about that clause In the
constitution. and being bitter ana
pre1udced, 1t may be accepted as Ger
tan lnaI Ine ieaoers OF eienef POI pStl-
pa 80 ~ n ~ $1,000
we19aTe to nndertalle TO enlighten
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-09
RuILnlNG -PRosPERITv
ON FIRM BASIS

Exports Of merchandlse from the United States In December at S216.. 266OO0 were with a single exception the largest ever recorded for the month. Imports at S115.402,s4O were ,he smallest for tho month in six years. The export excess ct $131,S63,- 600 is for the largest ever had for the season.
 This excess Of exports means more in net gain to the country than the comparative figures Indicate. 4 small CT amount is needed to pay interest and dividends on foreign investments here. because those investment have been greatly reduced on account Of the war 4 smaller amount is needed 90 pay ocean frelghts in foreign ships. because American ownership of ships in the overseas trade has largely in. creased 4 much smaller amount Is needed to meet American travelling ex. penses abroad, because such expend- itures have been reduced to next to nothing by che war.
 For years heretofore our merchan. disc export excess has averaged htue or no more than the sum of this inc visible indebtedness to Europe. It Is now averaging much more than that. We have been paying of old debt against us ct notable rate. We are piling up debt against Europe at an even more notable rate These are the foundations Of new era Of in- dusuial prosperity which are laid in solid rock.-(New York sun)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-09

to overlook: That this is not mere business aggregation Of a nation, with no higher obligation than to measure every proposition from strict com merciai standpoint but Q people who have contracted high responsibilities
 toward the world and toward them. selves.
 We understand that vital spirit has come down to us from the past to inform and strengthen our national iifo-and this spirit Is stlll. one and in' diyisible as much 30 today with all tho varying clements of population with which this country ia enriched, as it was in the early days of com DaratiYe national and racial homo geneity
 Some Americans do not realize this. They talk and act as if the nation to- day were Q mere collection or peoples of different nationailties with no spir- itual element in common, They so on the theory that the chief achievement of the past was to establish institu- uons and principles for the present contemptuously to reject
 How often do we hear the state ment that tho founders of the Con' sttution never dreamed Of this or that How often is it assumed that the inc mense advance which this country has made in every way has in some way discovered it from the past and rem dered all tue lessons Of experience useless? How often do we see the tendency of later .comers to date real American sentiment from the time of their arrival in the land!
 wrong-all wrong. Our national his tor. IS a vital whole, a record of eYo- luton and progress and Of expansion, and not series of disconnected io,l cldents. Our national consciousness has been born of the great traditions which, beginning with the noble as aertlon of human political and social | rigbta in the beginning, have been by Che devotion of American citizens of every sort down to the present day
 For this reason it is good to have such on appeal to our generous pol icy of political and religious asylum. of the open door to an seeking oppor- unity It reminds us Of all our noble yesterdays and reassurea us with the sense of a nationality not only one md indivleible but one and continu- (ehlcago Herald.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-09

8 large sum Of lt to sdiray the espeas. es of tho trial of Jefferson Davis and iD lito secrecy relieved tne vents or many old Confederate aoldlca aud 9ui- ferers
 "The bulk of the sold, howegor be took with him io New fofki#hefe oe engaged m the cotton buslneas Flo became ono of tho most aucces7IVi cotton merchants thore, @nossing D fortune t6at made bs origlnol no7t egg Of a million look tugiai, and em, bariane wth family oi charming daughters Into the cuwent ot iaahion- able New York society married them Into the four hundred and establish, ed an 'oid family there
 "But l woa not for many years that be confided to hla intimate friends his adventure with tho cotton and the gold
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-09
COUNTRYS TRADITIONS
 ARE VITAL THINGS

Into the grounds of President Wil- son's veto of the immigration bill it 'is not necessary to so. Inc argument for and against the liierocy test are familiar and the message adds little to them. Nor is there in Che message criticism Of tho tendency Of the bin to restrict the traditional right of pol- itlcal asylum-oue of the main grounds for the yeto-any novel light upon the question
 But the veto message has an inter- esting part from its object as Q prac- tical measure. The Presidents appeal to the policy and traditions of this nation constitute an effective assertion of Che continuity Of our national life, the vitality and persistence Of our na- tonal principles and of the organic character of the nation itself.
 When we read such message we
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-09
PETERsguRo oRPoeEa
0RY aTRalr lMPRovgMENT

A petition to the Department of Commerce and labor csklng for im' DraYement work in Wrangell Norrows has been signed by over one hundred oitigens Of Petersburs The petition reci.os in part-phat Che improve monts of tho Narrows is the only prae- tlopl way Of shortening the inside chan nell
 That "Wyangell Narows has been used by all ships going the Inside route since navigation to Alaska was storse8 and the only drawback is two narrow sandbars compelling ships Of deep draught Co walt for high tide. The total length of theee bars is but ono mileA
 That the shortening Of tho route through Dry Straits es compared with Wgangell Narrows is six miles and as the channel through tho .ormeF would have to be dredged twenty feet lnI depth for a distance Of ton miles
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-09
HAPPY DAY COMING
...-

The cablo repalrship Burnside spends most of It's time either in the drydock or sailing to and from Alas ka. Ono of these days there will be a good repair ship stationed in Alas kan waters, so that repairs may be quickly made (Cordoya Alaskan)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-09
NO ANSWER NEcEssARN

4 Treadwen poet bewailing tho fact that every land now has its sons to Che tune of "Tipperary" has hand ed the following in for publication: It's long way across to Juneau,
 It's a long way to row. It's long way across the channel
 TO the sweetest eirl ] know. Goodbye, dear old Treadwell
 Farewell, Douglas fair It's a long way eeross the channel,
 But my dough goes there.