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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
LETIER LO:ST
Twenty-three Years is Found in
Attic of a Detroit,
Home.

DETROIT, Mich Aug 2S.-0n Oc-
tober 10, 1892, a mail sack left in
the waiting room of the Northern
Pacific station was slit open and a
valuable package of bank mail taken
out. Nothing was found Of the thief
nor of the package until a few days
ago, when j. L. Peterson found a
package of mail matter under the
caves in the attic Of his home.
On investigation 1t was found to
he the missing package stolen twen-
ty-three years ago. 1t was delivered
to the local postmaster and by him
sent to the dead letter office. One
of the letters in the stolen package
was opened.
1t was from young man OF the
town to his gfiancee, demanding that
she let him know by return mail
whether she would marry him or not
as he would not be put on any
longer.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
ODD COUPLE
Have Their Honeymoon Cut
Short by Worlds Lack OF
Manners.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Aug. Is
George and ..Angiss Schaeffer, new
iyweds,. have cut short their honey
moon and are back home disappoint-
ed. No, not with each other. for
both will tell you they're the hap
piest creatures IN the wide, wide
world. They're simply disappointed,
because they couldn't continue their
marital jaunt without being ogled
everywhere they went. and even at
times followed by newsboys and ooher
overcurious persons. And here is why:
George, who was once a policeman.
is six feet seven inches tall and his
brides greatest circumference is SIX
feet two inc1ls.
They we're married on July Y, and
all their friends exulted that they
seemed SO we'll mated. Then they
mapped out several trips. picked the
best Of the lot and started They
tried Broaway until they began to
feel too much in the 1imelight; they
tried Niagara Falls, and again they
we're constrained to move on. Then
they-but what's the use? They quit
trying.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
MIASIEl|I MEN
Hold DO and Rob Country Mer.
chant and Dozen of His
Customers.

LURAY, va, aug. % MASKED rob-
bers. in genuine frontier style, held
up and robbed DOZEN men at the
store Of G. b. jenkins, at Alma, ten
miles. south of LuxRy. the other
night.
jenkins was closing his store at
10 O'Clock, when Just as he and ten
or twelve customers were In the act
Of leaving the building they were con-
fronted BY masked and armed rob
ber, who had Just alighted from e
Duggy. which he left standing in tho
road. The merchant and his custom
ers made hasty compliance with the
demand for booty, turning over all
they could raise. about $12.
with his brace of revolvers cover
ing his victims the robbers backed
the darkness A confederate cfcupied
the buggy while the robbery was go
ing on.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
BOY KILLED
And Two Men Are Hurt When
Acre of Ground Gives
way. I.

GALENA, Kan. Aug. 2s.John D1i-.
Ion a 15-year-old boy. was killed. aud
Two men. Calvin CoefeId and j. Mat
thews. were seriously injucsl when
about an acre of ground at the Gerster
mine gave way and engulfed the boy.
six men, three teams and wagons, an
automobile, mining machinery and
a hole 200 feet Id diameter was
left by the cave-in! The four men
carried down, besides the two men
toned. were not injured and wer3
soon rescued. The ground gave way
suddenly, carrying the human beings
animals and property with IT.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
HARVEST HAND KILLED
4 TRAIN R0BBERY
Resists Command to Give up
Money and Bandits Open
Eirn

k5OTDREDGE. Neb.. Aug. 2S.-vin-
glnkelmeyer. Of New York city;
80 killed and Fred r. Column, @
Kansas city and E. r. Lee. OF LIN
CON were wounded by two bandits
fliS help nm tie party OF nine har-
sst 6ands on a Burlington train be-
tween here and Funk.
me bandits started to shoot when
sW3nkeImeyer resisted a command to
1.fye up his money Collum and lee
we're struck by stray shots. Tne
bandits tleaped from the train when II
slowed down at Funk and have not
been apprehended.
Column had been working as har-
vest hand In the vicinity OF McCook,
and Joined the other men there 10
20; 10 harvest fields IN another part
81 the state. Most members OF the
party had their wages for several days
IN their pockets. The man VINO was
Killed was an electrical engineer who
came to. Nebraska to work in the open
because of bad health
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Gold Il ush
Days Will
Be Revived
AT the San Diego Exposition,
September 9, Which Will
Be Admission Day.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2S.-Early Sep
temher at the San Diego exposition
Will he enlivened by two important
celebra lions to be held Labor Day.
Septenlber 6, and Admission Day, sep
Itember 8. The Labor Day celeoI ia
ton viii extend over three days, pc
ginning the fourth and taxing II inc
fifth and sixth. Labor unions tnrouga-
out southern California are raliylng
to the. support of the celebration: anu anu
It will see a vast gathering OF the
sons of toll.
big feature of the celebra ton
win be the participation of 900
members OF the Fraternal Brother
hood. These will come from the
southwestern states with their uni
formed ranks, and give series OF
drills at the exposition dur
ing the three days. Labor will 6e
represented by great outpouring q
the rank and file, and included In the
three-day program are parades, PIC
MICS, open-air balls and atnletic
events.
just three days after will follow
the celebration Of Admission Day
the exercise to commemorate the
sfyty-ffth anniversary of CALIFORNIA;
admission to the union. Pageants de-
picting various periods of CALIFORNIA;
history have been arranged
All the activities will center at the
exposition, where the halycon gold
rush days of forty-nine will be por-
trayed with reality snacking of his
torical correctness. Already fifty Of
the forty-niners have entered the gold
days section Of the parade. Some Of
these will ride in an old stage coach
which was operated on the line be
tween San Diego and the Colorado
river long before railroads were built
in the section. At the head of the
pioneer section will ride Chief Iodine
who, despite the weight of eighty-nine
years, rides bronco with the skill
Of youth as he did lin 1876 when he
acted as a scout for John c. Ere
mont, when this gallant young
southerner entered California just
before the outbreak of the Mexican
war.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
KILLS Many GERMANS
|. 10 GET PAIR Of SHOES
Tommy Adtins Has Hard Time
Finding Right Size in the
Enemy Trench.

LONDON, Aug. 2s.-Many Of the
most interesting little stories of, the
war challenges belief, but they are
accepted here usually at their face
value. One OF these concerns q
Tommy in the trenches OF FLANDERS
last winter. Feeling very Wet ne
suddenly, exclaimed I'm going over
and get new pair OF sooss. he
.crawled over the parapet in the twi-
light and came back soon with a
fine new pair, which had been taken
from German officer. Bill. his com +
panion. then crawled over his sand
bags. but it was we'll on into the
morning before he crawled back with
his prize.
-We all thought you was dead,
.Bill,' said his friend. What on earth
: a aWselI. replied the other, 81 take
IS and had to shoot seventeen OF
the beggars before could get pair
to fit me,'
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Killed BY RATS
Is Drug Fiend, Who Was TOO
Weak to Beat Them

FH1r ,ADELPHIA, Pa. Aug Is
Harry Coapman. As years old. was at
lacked and killed by rats in the cell
.iar OF restaurant, at Tenth ana
Winter streets.
directly BY the attack of the rats or
whether it resulted from his weaken
ed condition due to the use OF drugs,
Ithe police have not ascertained. but
81 is certain that the attack OF the
rats was contributory cause.
The rodents gnawed Coapman.s
face into horrible condition His
nose was completely eaten away and
.f,ss cheeks and ears we're raw. HIS
hands were badly scratched and Dit
had attempted to get at his body
lififrnuEh his clothes.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Conyicts Wait Fifteen
Years to Get
Revenge

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-. Aug. 2Ss-TAe
story of man who was compelled to
take part in train robbery fifteen
years ago, whose death was sworn at
that time by the robbers, against
whom he testified. and who was muir
dered in fulfillment of convict's
pledge. came to light here when the
body had been found on the railroad
tracks, was identified as that of John
Seeley. of Alton, Ill.
NJ. +. Brady. who made the identi-
fication, said fifteen years ago while
he and Nee1ey we're beating their
way from Springfield to Alton two
other men on the train with revolyers
forced, Neeley to act as lookout while
they blew the express safe.
All we're arrested. but See1ey was
released on his testimony that he had
been forced into the robbery. The
two men who blew the safe were
sentenced to fifteen years in the peni-
Tertiary. They vowed they wou1d
kill Medley when they were released.
Brady said. and they were released
a few months ago.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
CHARMED life
Possessed by Indiana Man or
Either He is Very
UnIucky.

NOBIEsVIIJLE, Ind. Aug. Is
ii wesley Williams believes he has
seither q charmed life or else he is
unlucky. Recently, while driving
;;Sraenn along a. country road his vehie
Gle was struck by an automobile
driven by John Bert, former county
it-easurer Williams was severely
hurt about the back and his spring
wagon wrecked.
It has been less than week since
Williams left his home after being
laid up for two months on account
sof injuries received when run over
sby dray.
During the last SIX years Williams,
has been shot five times. Twice the
attending physician regarded his con-
dstion as so serious he was not ex-
pected to recover.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Wire EsS GAIL
Sent Out by Iowa Operator
Brings Aid to Ship,in
Distress.

IOWA CITY. Iowa, Aug. 2s-R~ N.
Bitter, of Muscatine, this state, q
radio electrician, and his wireless
throught which scores of lives ware
saved at sea near Karluk. Alaska.
Caught In heavy sea, the steamer
Bertha OF the Pacifc-A1aska NaWEA-
ton Company, was In distress 1e
caught fire. ran ashore in Harvester
Island spit, Uyak bay. and was rao.d'y
filing with water.
It sent ont the S. o. S. call vaich
Mr. Bitter CHANGED to catch. He r3us-
ed the town and in a few min ltes,
a 1otila of Launches and other craft
went to the rescue. and saved the
entire crew Just in the mick Of time.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
l)I[)lIEN
OF Germany to- Be Called TO the
cpIors, According 10 Paris
Newspapers.

PARIS Franco. Aug. ay- The
Socialist newspaper La Humanite
states that It has learned on the best
authority that the German govern
ment is preparing to call to the colors
ALI ble-bodied men up to so years
OF age. According to this paper,
negotiations have actually begun in
Berlin between the government and
heads Of various political parties con-
corning the matter
DR.. Won Bethmann-EIollweg already
has under preparation a bill to be in
troduced IN the Reichstag author1z-
ing the call, but considerable appre-
nenston,is felt on account of the effect
tie measure might have on the public
mind. There is possibility. La
,Humanite says. that the meeting OF
the Reichstag might be postponed i
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
CASEY WINS
Sues Widow because Nag He
Bought From Her Took
Fits.

ST. PAUL, Aug. 2s.-Candy was
placed in the explosive class the other
morning. Marcella Schmidt was the
possessor OF an "all-day sucker :
NH al particular sucker had the add
cd attraction of being "sparkler
sucker" q new variety.
The advantage urged for It was
that after the candy had been pretty
wall sucked from the stick match
t1nched to said stick would produce
81 pyrotechnic display. Marcella
mar aged toslure the candy from the
stick and then is supposed to have
touched the match to the stick. What
ever she did-she was alone at the
tisnetlle candy stick exploded and
the child,s clothing was in flames
IN = moment. A passerby came to
the rescue and put out the flames.
but not until the child, years or
aEe; was badly burned. ST. Paul au-
fhorities are Investigating this variety
s az explosive candy.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
SIGN LANGUAGE
Used for Sermon and Hymns
at Funeral of a Deaf
Mute.

CINCINENATI Aug. 2S-William
Hoy, former ball player with the Gin
cinnati. National League Club, trans
lated two hymns into the sign Ian
guage at a funeral service here.
The services were over the body
of Arlie Erwin, deaf mute, who was
killed by railroad train. The ser
Vices were conducted by the Rev.
Geryese Roughton. the sermon being
translated into the sign language for
the benefit of the deaf mute friends
of the dead man who were in at
tendance.
Hoy was known to the baseball
world as Dummy" Hoy and was very
n0pular. He retired to farm. pur-
chased with his baseball earnings
and now is gentleman farmer"
near this city.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
FREE MARRIAGES
Are TO Be Performed by the
Acting Mayor of a Penn
SyIvania Town.

.smIcKEEsPORT, Pa, Aug. Is
Young couples who want. to marry
bit are deferred because of the h1gn
5sES ssess 81 The ceremony no longer need
nostnone their nuptia1s. The an
Enduncement was made by Acting
Major James E. Patterson, who is
wiling to perform the ceremony with.
ont cost. AS special fnducement
he offers a bouquet and marriage GER
t4fIcate for tho bride.
ssBusiness Is growing better now.
ana as most fthe young men are
raturning to their former jobs, ! want
"a, shaln start them in life as cheaply
q possible, Patterson said "My Of
fer holds good as long as lam act
ing MAJOR
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
TEARS SHED
AT Funeral Of Cat Which Had
Made Living for its
Owner.

MEMPHIS. Tenn Aug. 2s.-Tears
En n In splayhouses as John Todd
RI Il. belonged to Mrs Ante Habaugat
who ten years ago was star trapezes
performer and broke her back at
g
The cat was % years old. II was
trained to make high leaps from
ladder and for ten years furnished,
the only income for Its mistress. It
was given q funeral here. wnefs Mrs:
H ,,I is confined in the n,ms of
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Cats Must Wear Tags
To Live in This Town

PAssA1c. Aug. 2s.-Passaic Is go
ing to try to curb the cat nuisance
which this year has been worse than
ever. The board of health the other
day forwarded to the city commits
sioners the draft of an ordinance to
force every tabby owner to license
his possession
The ordinance provides that every
cat shan nave license card, which
shall be numbered and whose num-.
Der shall be worn on collar on the.
cat. A cat catchers shall be appointed.
to gather up the stray puss,!es and
impound them.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Says Freight Trains
Won't Let Him Sleep

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2s.--Con-
planning that freight trains IN Cal
walader street were Becoming thick
as .skeeters, and made so much noise
that decent persons couldn't sleep at
night Patrick Sullivan help up a
Phila delphia and Reading railway
freight the other day with an ol6
army musket.
OF trousers and a red underskirt,
Sullivan planted himself IN the mid
die of the tracks and threatened to
shoot If the tra.n didn't stop. It stop
ned and then Patrick was arrested
MAGISTRATE Glenn held him in 500
bail for court.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Leper Fenced In To
Keep Curious Away

wILKES,BARRE. Pa, Aug. Is
To keep curious people from coming
in contract with Joseph Norman, who
was declared leper several months
ago, and has since been guaranteed
in his own home. the city commls-
sioners have directed that hisn
fence be erected about his home.
Although guards have been station
led about the place night and day.
they we're unable to keep curious ones
from stopping and trying to get into
the Norman yard. Norman will now
he a prisoner in his own home behind
a fence .eight feet high.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Dying Nevsboy Wants
An Impressive Funeral

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-Fred Smith,
ia. no home and an orphan newsboy,
is dying of tuberculosis In the Kings
County hospital. He knows he is sdy-
ing and is anxious about his funeral.
Several days ago. when nurse
found several nicke1s and dimes under
his pillow, given him by callers. he
said:
arm saving all the money can get
to nav for my funeral. I'd like to
have a shiny black hearse with two
shiny black horses all covered with
netting and tassels- =
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Wakes Just ii Time
To Halt a
Murder

louisville, Pa, Aug %. WAX
ing up at his home at New Phi1adel-
phia the other day. Anthony Belan
was surprised to lind himself looking
into the muzzle OF doub1e-barreled
shot gun held by neighbor.
He dashed the gun aside. and as
he did so II was discharged and a
large hole was torn in the pillow
where his head was rested.
Ludwig Pauley has been lodged In
the Schu1ykull county Jail. charged
with an attempt to murder Anthony,
against whom he had grudge.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
SUBMARINES
To the Number of 500 Are
Needed by United States,
Says Officer.

PHILADELPFIlA Pa, Aug. %
s.Mtth 900 modern submarines the
United states could defy the world
rs successfully land troops on Amer
ican soil.
This statement was made by Lieu-.
tenant q. 3. Morrison, chief aid on
the star OF Rear Admiral Grant, COM
mander of the submarine fiotilla and
considered the foremost expert on un-
Idersea craft.
cat the present time" said Laeuten-'
ant Morrison, :'therc are just four
submarines ON the Atlantic coast At
Tor ea seTYIc e.'.s II 4
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
IlongIeI Returns Alter
Five Years
Absence

ONEIDA. N. z, Aug. 3SJack .
nondascript naOngrel dog. friend o.
laborer and official alike on this sec-
tion OF the New York, Ontario ana
western Railroad, reaDpearcd alter
an absence Of more than dve years.
3 For several years prior % 100
Tardr Z. whose owner was an italian
employee, rode engines and made him
self generally friendly. One day the
dog failed to show MP and after many
weeks OF waiting his owner believed
he was stolen.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Priced Hen Placed
On Operating Table

NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa, Aug. %.
Frank A.. Jones, member OF
council and poultry fancier,
had a white Leghorn cockrel he valu-
ed sghly. The bird suffered broken
leg and he did not want to kill it.
was the final treatment
decided upon for the fowl and then
to operate on it.
with the aid OF Mrs Jones, he ap-
piled the drug and then set the leg
and bound 1t up In a splint made cut
Of a BROKEN clothes pin. The bird
fully recovered
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
DOG CATO HEs FISH
ss.nfcl Supplies, Food fer Owners
Camp.

1F1IsoRA. Ind. Aug. 2s.-James G.
! ia S;rens. 3 farmer. who lives on the
3aISEhery creek. has a water spaniel
that is noted along the stream for
! IL method Of catching fish. The dog
has caught several hundred pounds
dSriiSsE the last few months Tor ts
owner and his neighbcrs.
me dog dives into the water ana
soon appears with q flsh in ~ mouth
ma VIII repeat IT'S diving tor several
I hours at time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-19

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Big egg
kings" of the United States who
planned to reap harvests Of profits by
selling ship loads Of eggs to the allies,
are wig-wagging the public for help.
The allies failed to make heavy
purchases of eggs in this country this
fall. The egg "kings" are caught with
surplus of eggs on their hands and
prospects of mild winter. In twenty
four big cold storage warehouses in
the United States lie more than one
billion eggs, or more than ten apiece
for every man, woman and child in
the country.
Unless the housewives of the coun-
try come to their rescue and buy cold
storage eggs, wholesale men declared
today several big men face prospects
Of financial ruin.
The price OF cold storage eggs to
wholesale dealers today was two
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-19
What the War Moves Mean
By j. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
aaer of the United Press.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Nov. 19,-1taly's de-
cision to grant passports to Austro-
Hungarian and German cardinals to
permit them to attend next months
consistory at Rome, means, for the
first time since the war began, dtstin-
guished citizens Of the principal bel
ligercrt nations will come together for
mutual discussion.
1t cannot be questioned but that
the cardinals of the warning countries
will exchange views on the continua-
ton of the conflict and will analyze
various possible bases for bringing
about peace.
Not since the overthrow of the
pope's temporal sovereignty, has a
consistory been held from which such
vast consequences therefore may
spring as the coming meeting of pre-
lates at Rome.
There can be little doubt but that
the cardinals will be taken largely
into the confidence OF their own gov
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-19
I;lletrom Pronounced Dead Thirteen Seconds
After Rifles Barked Out in Reveille
of Death.
GALLED THE MOST HUMANE EXECUTION
Made Insane Frenzied Attack on the Guards
Who Came to Get Him and Lead Him
Out in Yard to be Shot.

He was led to big congress chair
about twenty PAGES distant from five
holes in the blacksmith shop door.
The guards quickly showed him into
the chair and buckled more straps
about his legs and arms, rendering
him helpless in the chair.
Hillstrom Strengthened up and mois-
tened his lips with his tongue.
Physicians found on examination
! that his heart was pumping hard.
They pinned white target over his
heart and the target stood boldly cut
against the dark shirt the doomed
man wore.
Sheriff Corless shouted ''aim." Five
rifles were thrust out OF the holes in
the door.
"Fire. let Ter go,' shrieked Hill.
strom. mockingly. He was plainly
grinning, a horrible death grin, it
seemed to the eye witnesses.
Corless cried (: ..Fire!.
Five rifles spoke.
Hillstrom's body sagged down in the
chair, then Strengthened out stiffly
and his head sagged to his shoulders.
Physicians stepped quickly to the
dying mans side and applied stetho-
scope In one minute, twelve and
two-fifths seconds they raised their
hands. Hillstrom was dead.
The body was taken to the prison
hospital where at an early hour today
1t had not been claimed.
An eleventh hour attempt to save
Hillstrom's life failed. A Seattle man
named Busby is reported to have sign
II oAG ,,;x %,,rr r{oh hfvn~ IJi1fofrNvvo
with an alibi.
Hillstrom himself swept away this
small hope Of obtaining reprieve.
IT do not know Busby," Hillstrom
said in the death cell when officials
questioned him about the affidavit.
That settled 1t. His last chance was
gone.
Governor VIM. Spry and the mem
bers of the pardons board who sent
HilIstrom to his doom in the face Of
protests and threats from all parts of
the. country, besides the Intervention
of President Wilson and the Swedish
government in Hillstrom's behalf, did
not witness the execution. Ed Gowan.
l. w. w. secretary, was not permitted
within the prison walls.
Probably $50 persons. including a
score Of women, standing outside the
prison in a public street since dawn,
heard the death volley.
The city is quiet. Despite threats
Of dynamitings, no disorder occurred.
Painted in scarlet letters near the
new state capitol the words goodbye,
capitol" were discovered today. The
structure is under heavy guard. This
and similar legends were painted In
several different sections of the city
during the night.
All of the four bullets OF the rifle
men could have been covered by
silver dollar. so accurately were they
aimed for the heart One Of the i've