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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21
ELLIOTT WITH
THE AMERICAN
Express Company as Vice Pres
ldent in Charge of Traffic
of The Concern.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.--lt is afficial-
~ annollnced BY The American Elk.
pres Company that d. S. Elliott, pres
ident OF the Great Northern Express
Company. has, accepted the appoint
aWeut as vice president in charge OF
sttadics Of the American Express Com
pany. effective March l.. E. r. Bush,
formerly assistant traflic manager has
been made traffic manager.
Mr. Elliott's appointment is one OF
the most important changes made in
the1nsnagement of the American EA-
press Company since George c. Tay-
alors Mas; elected president in June oil
last year.
MI Elliott has had an active and
fied experience in the express bust
ness which Splendidly cquips him for
his new duties. He entered the ser
Vice In 1879 as clerk for the. American
t1xpreHs Company at Kewanee, Ill.
sequently he. served in the same
capacity atStreator, Gaiesburg, DaS-
enpcft-and Peoria. He was next APP
\ pointed to the agency at Pacific June
ticn, Ia, and in 1855 became chief
clerk 10 sthe superintendent at st.
Joseph. Mo: In 1857 he was promoted
TO route agent in charge of Iowa lines
and next went to Chicago as chief
clerk TO the general superintendent.
IN 1883 he was In charge OF, the Amer
sica1i Express Company's world fair
b,isineSA as chief clerk. The same
Year he entered the employ Or the
Great Northern Express Company as
Superintendent, filing that position
until August /, 1896. when he was
sppCinted auditor. He was acting in
the latter capacity wien upon. the
fdeath Of Vice President and General
Nisnsgcr Footner III 1901 he was
placed in charge Of the company's
business as general manager from
4 which Office thaE was elected TO the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21
.ORAT(||R|'Y..
Runs High at a Banquet Given
by Local Council of Com
InerclaI Travellers.

Following the initiation sof eight
cen candidates for membership at a
meeting which, began at : o'clock Sat,
friday afternoon in the Pythisr hall
on South Third street, Clafksburs
Council, No. rs, United Commercial
travellers. held an elaborate banquet
beginning al SO O'CLOCK Saturday
night in the same hall in honor Of
the new members, There was q graft
|itying attendance as more than sew
|nnty-tiye members we're present.
edgar f, Hood proved himseif an
ideal toast tdaster, presiding over the
ceremonies with admirable ease and
clever ability. \; r. sss
There was n constant flow of toratory
after the epicurean menu had be6n
assiduously relished, and many a 10.
cal Chsunccy pepew seemed apparent.
Morgan ii Parsons took first place
easily as he was the only charter
member OF the council present. He
relate soma stirrlug Incidents in the
history Of the council. Speeches,
however, were not the only features
as W Ray Ross, the councils tenor
soloist, DID himself proud and A, e!
IsalI Of the Cadcnza orchestra SCARED
III fame as d slxaphons seloigt.
Others who contributed to ths IN:
| tsliect gal tnaftFnf the teaet were
I:Ealph =. Thorn an orator o. no mean
ability. Virgil Swe afirgen, N. 81
IEongat$ ugh, The Hey, ME- IpRS Spsn.
|n hpHla ISss F Aistcn'
'as sslsn4s ossIss stis Tps Il
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21

Fails to Win Pilot Certificate
after Governors Is
\ land Test.

~ EaVfeHcA b. SHERRY n cousin al
5icitiu d. Sperry. the Cfarksbura
liz fsf. Il q lust done some iti,nrouf..
II freak Tying over Governors island:
~ (. !. that would have done credit 10
j teKbud or a Beachy. Major Gerer.
al leonard Wood was there With
I'D 5ident Alan Il. Havley Of the areo
ldb 10 see him do It.
5perrt doesn,t profess 10 be an ex.
hihttion dter. He is only 81 years
Old He has been fiyinr over thd
Eatshor almost every day demonstrat.
Ing the automatic xyroscope stabillzer
invented by his father. Elmer Al, Sper-
ia There are those who have san.
Z. That Sperry would. never be able to
control his Curtis flyIpS boat II .thc
slabllizer ever went wrong.
CalB Him. an Expert.
All Governors island he carried the
elabffiSer us dead weight and tried
de EXPERT pilot certificate tests.e He
J didh; tsget the certificate. but when he
& GOT UP ini08 the stliirtysfiEe mile gaze
OYER the irarbpr with his Stabilizer
stilted and fought With gusts thnt
{ rolled and rock ed and dipped his ma.
tltfne like d small boys kite. Presi.
dent tiS&iey remarked that aty oung
eperry was Indeed an expert Gpiiof.
but tina srulsB wereHrules.
4 So Sperfy will try again next wee!f
Ia En small fgure eight within u
space marked out on Governors
isianf aud to ascend gtosa 4, SOC foot
ttttudc, cut his motor and glide to
within tSv feet of given point.
These tests had been scheduled for
certain time and Sperry started
aEatnst his own better Judgment be.
cause he did not want TO disappoiat
fiie areo club official observers who
lad gone to Governors Island. Among
them were Cortla,,dt Field Bishop.
coward Huntington. Baron d'Ofc,.
Captain Thomas s. aBldwfn and Hem.
Is Is. Wise Wood.
Tries -Four Times.
About $3.50 u. nj. he blew I'M on n
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Being BUILT
In This Country for England
and Are Shipped in Sec
tons 10 Canada.
u. s,,...es..r.Ip, .i..,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 90. Renewed
complaints were made today to the
stated apartment in behalf Of the Ger
mans and the Austro-Hungarian ems
bassies that submarines were being
built in the United States and shipped
In sections to Canada for reshipnent
TO England. Secretary Bryan prom
ised an official investigation.
Charles NJ Schwab, president OF the
Bethlehem steel Company and owner
Of the: Union Iron Works, is said to
have cancelled similar contracts with
the British oyerhment seyetai months
ago after conference with Secretary
Bryan on the theory that they con-
stituted 2 violation Of the neutrality
laws Y
Naval officers detailed at various
private yards where contracts fol. the
United States government: are being
executed, recently reported to- Score
tary Daniels that the LINTON Iron
Works OF San Francisco and the Fore
River shipbuiidiDg Company, oil
Quincy, Mass, we're building ten sub:
marines each in addition to those they
have under construction for the Uni
ted States.
< It was said these had been contract,
ed for by Great Britain before the out,
break 2f hastilities and could not be
delivered Until the war was over. N
Tho inspectors. reported that none
of these boats could be completed fol
several months and that one OF their
component parts have been shipped
by the builders,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21
STARS
IN contest
OF ! FOLDERS
Packed Convention Robs
West Virginia Senator of
a Sack of Flour.
..rttlst n. M n 4 3: I s..,I

WASHINGTON !, Us. z of there
was any justice left in this country
Senator WiIIfEn Chiffon would
| lie one sack Of iiosff to the good. But.
the fact Is. that he convention was
pretty we'll packsd on him and the
best that he could out Of IT was; a
draw, which prelimipary to say
that Senator tqd appeared before
an audience s6 stErea hpndred
sscribes at ion Priest club
the other nlEA kastssnt in a
lddlers colfse
The. senator ltf him the
stradivariu fRsh him by
Senator John D 4 EnHs lad rosined
the CUTS and the bow + and was ready
Ito get that sack on fiDsttt4f fancy nd
din could secure III There was Just
one man who had the tiEfye to chal-
longe Senator Chill toni the honor
and he was Byron III n gIis assist-
ant secretary of the sicna-
tor Clifton led OFT VA ~ Miles
Up Kanawha" and ika00k N pretty
much as if he would AZ g winner
right there. until Mr.. ton we'd
off q very fine rendition cf Pop Goes
thS WSdoS1s..itM Win MI Alst1stRSs X Npup
with the fore at seemed to
make such u The audience
that 1t begHtitd o1k Us though Sen
etor Chiffon Sanses for winning
the sack of were very darfsi
Chilton's friends were plainly ffss- Z
Icouraged. But, the senator pulled
himself together and rallied magnif-
Gently with a marvellous rendition Of
Sour Wood Mountain He ex-
planned that this tune had never be-
fore been within one hundred mtlns
of a sraitrpadS that sc had been. ere-
ated in West Virginia, and this was
its first time across the border.
iTSour Wood Mountain, as. fiddle
tunes so, was certainly a "hum-din-
ger. Not only that, hut it was
i'kitush. = The audience just stood
up and danced, when the senator
sawed of that classic. 1t was plain
" to be seer after this that Mr..
Ncwton's rooters were depressed and
bowed down. II was left to the audi
tence to decide which had won.
II was left TO the two contestants
to! make the closing arguments in
their own behalf. Senator Chiffon
said that his opponent was not an
amateur fiddler. but had gotten into
the contest through misrepresenta-
ton. He charged that Mr.. Newton
was a near violinist; that he had dis
timely heard him ask the accom-.
PIANIST to play In three SHARPE: He
Feafd that that proved that Newton
WAS not a fiddler because there wasn't
a fiddler diving that knew anything
about fats. or slisrps. BY this time
the argument got down in the audi
ence and became so heated that it
looked as though the police reserves
would have to be called out to con
troll the situation.
rs; AT this juincttlre President
1 Theodore riller jumped into the
breach and announced tia t
1.-THE contest was a draw, and to end
iall the rumpus that the club would
keep the sack OF -four for its own
use. There were number Of other
fine numbers on the program, but
none or all Of them caused the nier-
friment that the fiddler's contest did.
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new DEBT
tcontinued from page !, arst sectionl

Eiss lack Of leadership by quibbiing
over what should be taken up, aud as
Sa result only a small number Of bills
were put through in comparison OF
what could have been done by follows
ing the calendar. To bring UP a bill
roll call was necessary In almost
every instance and very often the mo-
tl0n lost. Gregory endea Sored toYget
consideration OF the water powerfbill
hut majority OF the senator's voted
against the motion, when a two-thirds
vote was necessary. After failure to
get up tile Fairmont charter bill, II
was made Il special order for tonight
as was Coallcr's bill providing cleo
trio headlights on ali. railroad engincs
except yard engines. The Parrish
corrupt practice bill was passed With
the House amendments laid goes to
the governor McErum,s San jose
scale,7E Talbott's anti-sambltng bill,
Swigetss corporate 5sssHrpties and
BroNin;s bill prayiding5fpr bczelsction
of Ulited States Senators by popular
vote were each passed in the Senate,
as was he Lake Erie Ohio. yer en-
iabiing act inca Slre, which former
yut eSskdBSSfrp "a 1IHhR1IS, urged tHE
legisiature to enact. The bill simply
gives counties the right to issue bonds
II Its desires. The congressional re-
distributing bill again played a large
part in the House proceedings, and
when recess was taken this evening
for the night session the bill was in
about the same position as 1t was
when it left the Senate. Delegate
Marley Of Wood offered an amendment
today providing for five districts and
one eongressmans=to he elected at
large, naming The same counties as
nov constitute the several districts,
but the lawyers Of the Senate contend.
ed that the enactment OF such meas.
urc would not be- redistricting and
the amendment lost. sIhe amendment
inserted yesterday by Thurmond when
he caught the Republicans mapping,
was stricken out All this was done
after the bill had been brought back
to second reading but when an effort
was made to have the bill put upon its
passage Speaker Johnson held that
1t was necessary to suspend the con.
stitutional rules, which required a
four .fifths vote. Hughes Of Mcdowell
appealed from the ruling Of the chair
and lost. The bilisas many others, Was
made a special order for tonight.
N + 4
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21
BUYS HlSII.LIBER'TY
Mount Clare Man Puts Up The
Money and Gets Out
of Jail.

Andrew koyoclS a Mount Clare coal
miner obtained his release ffom the
County Jail Saturday evening after
being boarder there during the last
SIX months, He paid q fine Of $50 and
costs, which was imposed upon him
when he got the jail sentence half i
year ago for violating the anti-weapon
law by carrying d pistol. Had the fine
not been paid: Kovock would have
had to remain In the Jail and at wori;
on the county roads until il was
worked out at the rate Of 81 a day.
He decided that he could make more
money working for somebody else and
raised the money required for his dis.
charge. z q! n
Ktrt Thomas was also discharged
from the jail Sat,rda evening, having
completed a scntencoSof ten days IN.
posed for. uniawfulIy fidlnK train
in the local railroad yards:
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Continued from page l., first section).
tile sidewalks into the avenues iron,
itte hills TO the bay as far as the eye
could reach. 4s
The presidents envoy, Secretary
Lane, was heard with the closest at
IGNITION. In til more solemn passages
o. his Grafton the Vibration OF his
voice stirred audience with sympathy
end thare we're tears in many eyes
as he pointed TO 1.-THE slender, daunt,
less, plodding ,igurc standing beside
two oxen. which looked down upon
the corrt OF tho nation, where east
and west come face TO face
That igllt was The American pion.
Ger. l1ts suffering and triuInphs were
| the orators theme.
The day broke threatening and
rainy hu by sunset there was scarcely
a cloud in the skies. One shower fell
curing the dedlcatory exercises. AS
President Wilson opned the exposition
With the touch OF a button In the
White House, the sun S Ions slantirg
rays glinted in q miniature rainbow
through the squirting stream of the
LuuhSelu VI SuSlky SuuV aMftS at tuHt
i:ioment unleashed.
The dedicatory ceremonies werc
made as simple and short as possible.
The citizens headed by Governor Hir-
am w. Johnson and Mayor Rolph rep
iresenting the state and the city were
welcomed 10 the grounds by the Off
GERS and directors of the exposition
and officers of the federal govern
Iilsnt. Addresses Mere delivered by
president e. q. Moore. of the expo.
|sition; Dr.: Frederick j. v, Skiff, dit
rector In chief; Governor johnson,
Secretary Lane aud a few Others
lis too fur away. Perhaps 1t will be
lat the Bij0u or the Orrheum. .
Ordered Out.
Shortly after the newspaper mar,
left Miss Leeds's room. the hotel
engagement telephoned to the count
and asked him TO vacatc her room as
Iit was against the rules Of the es-
enlistment for him to be there. Tie
count replied that he would leave
Iyhsrehe had finished his business. s
| I But, neither that nor tho unpaid
hotel bfll satisfied the management
and a peremptory order was given the
dount to vacate the hotel nj once.
shortly afterward, the enraenti
count, carrying a hatbox and q snail
tsstchsl, stamped through flae lobby
to the clerks desk, asked that the
| remaining. several pieces OF baSfafH
be held at security for the Atm YET
| due The hotel and tepart talsiHF.
NTH 1fnlf nj II snf,i 4 n ~
The Arvada enterprise., 1915-08-19
Scarcity Of Competent Men.

Alba Il. Johnson. president Of tn.
Baldwin Locomotive works. in testify.
Ing before the United States commits.
sion on Industrial relations. said
large industries are hard pressed to
f'nd men capable OF taking respons BILE
positions. | know OF half dozen bust.
nesses that would be glad to pay slO,.
900 year to capable men" The com.
plaint is becoming n common one. |,
raises question whether American
men are declining In executive ability
or whether modern business ambi.
tons. by extending operations over
wider fields and adopting more com.
plcs methods. have not become too
cumbersome In some respects and too
confusing In others for any class OF
men to conduct successfully.-Nev
York World.
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shall protect you from DurGa Ram.
should he take II into his head to come
this way"
The colonel. Bruce and Rnmnba set
out at once. After they had gone n
camel rider entered the compound and
sought an audience with Bala Khan.
Kathlyn and Pundita we're In the com.
pound at tho time and the former was
greatly Interested in the saddle bags.
attached to one OF which was binocu.
lar case. Kathlyn could not resist the
inclination to open this case. IL con.
tanned an exceptionally nne pair OF
ginsrcs. such ms were used In that day
In the British army No doubt they
we're a par, OF some loot
Suddenly Nm idea came to her She
asked permission Through Pundi,al to
ride the camel outside the town. After
som. argument the servant In charge
consented.
Upon n knoll outside the city-a
hillock OF sand three or four hundred
feet In hciHht-kathlyn tried the
glasses From this promontory she
had range OF something like fifteen
to twenty miles. Back and forth her
gaze rovcd and suddenly paused.
The Arvada enterprise., 1915-08-19
THE ARvADA ENTERPRIsE.

msn would smoke they should suffer
the penalty Of being left at the well to
awnit the arrival OF the tender Bala
Khan. The white elephant was worth
10000 rupees. He might not be obliged
to share these bags of silver. His men
could not complain. They had dis.
charged him. Let them have the pipes
He himself would only pretend to
smoke.
But the first Whit Of the fumes was
too much for his will power. He
sucked in the smoke. down to the bot.
tom Of his very soul. and suddenly
found peace. The superdrug with
which the poppy had been mixed was
unknown to Ramabai. but he had
often witnessed tests OF its potency.
1t worked with the rapidity Of viper
venom. Within ten minutes after the
first inhalation tho nine brigands sank
back upon the sand. as nearly dead as
any man might care to be.
At once the elephant was liberated,
and the party made off toward the
town. Colonel Hare, suspicious of
everything these days. marveled over
the simplicity of the trick and the
smoothness with which it had been
The Arvada enterprise., 1915-08-19

7 desert town occupied but Q single
street. Down they went into q cellar
way and the gurus curse stalked be.
side them. For opium is the hand.
maiden Of all curses.
Perhaps twenty minutes later slight
sounds came from the front of the
compound wall. A rife barrel clat.
tered upon the cobbles. Then, over
the wall. near the elephant, a head ap-
peared. then body. This was repeat
ed four times. and four ughtfooted
nomads of the desert lowered them
selves into the compound. They ran
quickly to the gate and noiselessly I'M
barred It Outside we're five more des-
ert nomads. gathered about the insen.
sible bodies Of the sentries.
These nine men were the dancers
who had entered the town in advance
OF Kathlyn. For weeks they had lain
In walt for this moment. They had
spied upon the three low caste keepers
and upon learning Of their nocturnal
tunkets into the opium den had cast
the die this night
With the utmost caution they ap-
preached the sacred elephant. took OF
his chains and led him from the COM
pound. Immediately six Of the maraud-
ers trotted far ahead toward the gate
they knew to be the least guarded. The
sacred elephant. passing through the
streets. attended by three men.
aroused no suspicious in any strag-
gler who saw. So remote was the
wall city. SO seemingly impregnable
and 20 little interfered with that It was
only human that its guardians should
eventually grow careless.
When the keepers. staggering under
the fumes Of the drug. returned near
daybreak. nrst to fnd the gate open,
second to hnd their sacred charge
gone. they fed in terror; for 1t would
be death, lingering and painful. for
them to stay and explain how and why
they had left their post.
The wild and lawless brigands know
exactly what they were about. There
were several agents Of European and
American circuses after this white ele-
phant: and a. II could not be pur-
chased there was no reason why It
could not be stolen.
When the Brahmin arrived at sun
rise to find his vocation gone he set
up . wailing which awakened the
household The khan was furious and
ordered general search. He vowed
death to the foul hands which had
done this sacrilege!
kathlyn and the others were senu-
inely sorry when the khan announced
what had taken place.
Said he: Come. you are all skilled
hunters. Find me my elephant and
these guns and newer and surer ones
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sYNoPsIa.

kathiyn Hare, believing her father. Col.
hhre, In peril, has summoned her. leaves
ner homo In California to 70 to him in
AIaha. India. Umballa, pretender to tho
throne. has Imprisoned the colonel, named
py the late king a. his heir. Arriving in
Allaha. Kathlyn Ia informed by Umballa
mat her father being dead. she u TO be
queen. and must marry him. She refuses
end 10 informed by tho priests that no
woman can rule unmarried. Che u given
ssven days to think II over. She still re-
fuses. and 10 told that she must undergo
Two ordeals with wild beasts. II she sur
yives she will be permitted to rule. John
bruee. an American. saves her life. The
eiephant which carries her from the
sosne OF her trials runs away. separating
nsf from Bruce and tho rest Of the party.
she takes refuge In ruined temple. but
this haven Is the abode of a lion and she
10 forced to flee from II. She finds re-
treat In the Jungle only to fall into the
hands of slave traders. Kathlyn IL
brought to the public mart In Alfalfa and
soid TO umballn who. finding her stili un-
submissive. throws her into the dungeon
with her father. She IL rescued by Bruce
and his friends. Colonel Hare also 10
rescued. Umballa. with soldiers, starts
IN pursuit. Kathlyn Is struck by a bull
Iet The fuEttives arc given shelter in the
palace OF Bala Khan.