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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27

commerce and navigation: the report
ing of temperature and rainfall con
ditfons for the cotton Interests; the
display of frost. cold wave. and other
signals: the distribution OF metero-
logical information in the interests Of
agriculture and commerce; and the
taking OF such meteorological obser-
vations as may DO necessary to estab-
fish and record the climatic conditions
of the United States. or are essential
for the proper execution of the fore
going duties.''
f Includes an OF United States.
This great service. which for some
time was carried on experimentally.
and later for the benefit OF naviga-
ton upon the Grent Lakes and sea-
coast of the United States. was soon
extended so as to include the interior
districts and rivers as well.
We all must realize Of what great
value It Is to the farmer to be warned
In time of coming heavy rains; long
drought, destructive Winds. over-fio w
ing rivers nearby. or of cold wave"
and frosts. The progressive" farmer
In these days. plans his seed time and
harvest. his cultivatlng and marketing.
by the weather reports which he re-
ceives regularity
The information gathered and pub
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27
fEhrillng Story If How the Battling Barrel Muir
der Was Unravelled and the Principals
Made To Expate Their Crime
Internasional syndicate.

~
victim. the perpetrators Of the crime.
or the motives that actnated It
FIND Brass crnctnx.
Among the enects found on the
body was a brass crucifx OF peculiar
an Italian Inscription. In the pockets
OF the we'll worn coat was found II.
scrap of paper on which was scribbIed
In woman's hand, "Giorna che venite
= subtle T. ureenxar
TRANSLATED this read: DAY that you
come suddenly the mr.
[sency.'. Two handkerchiefs, one
a woman's and highly perfumed, also
were Found. Beyond this the police
hadn't leg TO stand on and were no
nearer solution Of the puzzle than
they were when the body was hrst
discovered. Even an old scar on the
mans cheek which looked like an tn
verted " failed to help them and It
began to become apparent that this
case would be added to the long list
of unsolyed murders fled away at DO
lice headquarters.
The first Intimate / had Of tho
Barrel Murder read in the afternoon
newspapers. It SO happened that /
was watching band OF Sicilians at
that time. I knew band Of counter
letters were at work and had traced
the operations to the 1aunts of this
gang. knew there was we'll or
ganized gang of counterfeiters. every
one of which was closely affiliated with
the Black Hand Society. Up to this
time those who were in the best posi-
ton to know secuted the theory that
there was such thing as the Black
Hand.
"A day or two prior to this murder
I had determined that the time was
ripe for me to explore the haunt OF
this gang. I went to this house and
stood on the opposite side of the street
where saw several beetle browed
stcilians arrive. Certain of my men.
masouerading as criminals. had in
of several members of this gang and
Tx felt sure they were on the inside of
this gathering. There were two men,
lLupo the Wolf and Morello. later
convicted and sentenced TO the Fed
leraI Penttentiary at Atlanta for coun-
!terfeiting. who attended the meeting.
land their presence alone convinced
me that this gathering had to do with
the operations of the Black Hand So
lciinching my case and ordering their
arrest on the counterfeiting charge.
This conference was being held In
the butcher shop OF Vito La Duca In
stanton Street. just East of the
Bowery. whittier they had gone from
their headquarters In Elizabeth Street
at the corner OF Prince Street. in
which saloon they had been surreptt-
tious1y meeting.
The conspirators were SO eager to
keep the meeting secret that they
screened the windows with sacks to
lprevent a ray OF light ming those
J on the outside OF tn nee But
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Another photograph shows two ON
Gals OF the Central Weather Bureau
in the act Of starting on one OF these
large kites. The instrument for max
ing the various records noted above
may be seen In its position in the kite
directly above the gentleman's left
shoulder whose back is toward Us
These kites are attached to q long
wire which Is played out from a large
reel in the email flying station Dur
ing June 22. 1911. height Of over
four miles was reached by one Of these
kites, which required seven miles OF
wire to make this altitude. Sometimes
several kites are sent up on . single
wire thus recording as many different
records simultaneously.
Most Of the foreign governments
maintain q weather bureau similar TO
that OF the United States and before
the outbreak OF the war daily reports
we're exchanged between them and
this country. We have orr own sta
lions in the Philippines. Hawaii and
Alaska.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27
This Important Bureau Is OF Immense Value 10
Citizens Of the Us. -ByActual Tests Nine Out
of Every Ten Forecasts Are Correct
BY HARRY b. BRADFORD.
-OR those who occasionally re-
49, trace their steps honeward.
s.st,, umbrella. macintosh and

-oR those who occasionally re-
trace their steps honeward.
with umbrella, macintosh ana
rubbers, under clear skies ana
Sunshine. when .the morning paper
said local showers the work OF
the. weather Bureau" is not appre-
cfated to the full! It is true that the
accurate course of many rain, as wei
a other storms. cannot be unfatlingy
recorded always. but from this 1ace
IL Is not to be supposed that the Unit
ed states Weather Bureau od1cials
are carrying on a systematic occupa.
ton OF guess work. regarding thae
ElI5iect which is tabooed as topic
!! 81 entertaining conversation IN poNte
society.
It Is a small consequence whether
Il few individuals in a certain locality
ssret drenched" or not from following
& the local weather prediction, In com
& parfson with the enormous chipping
Interests along the coastline OF the
United states which have over and
over again been accurately warned IN
time Of the velocity Of the wind In
am approaching storm! To any VINO
WIN take time to investigate the SUD
1ect, il Is simply amazing how 1ar
reaching and valuable are the weather
and rainfall predictions. to thousands
occupied in professions and trades OF
s. & wide range of subjects.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27

contain detailed forecasts for the re-;
spective forecast districts. but other
stations. maps and bulletins contain
weather predictions only for the To-
caIfties In which they are Distributed.
The commercial map for the newspae
pers is published at 80 places IN 80
papers whose total daily circuiadon
runs into the millions.
The library Of the Weather Bursau
|at washington, D. c.. contains aboue
az 900 books and pamphlets on
meteorological and allied subjects. and
published ciimatological DATA from
every part OF the world. This large
s,,nrlv Of Information on this subject
Is available for Weather Bureau ON
ciaIs, or 10 other1 who are interested.
snondence or In person. Tho annual.
report OF the Chief of the Weather
|Bnreau contains complete summary
states. and 4 casual review of Il Win
dive one an idea of the immensity %
the work OF the Weather Bureau
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27
created In 1870

Created In 101U-
The frst Of three main organic laws.
which have been the cause of bring
ing the Weather Bureau to its pres
ent state Of development, was ap-
proved February 9. 1870. and reads
as follows: BE it resolved by the
Senate and House Of Representa-
Of the United states of America In
Congress assembled. That the Sec
retary OF War be, and he hereby IS.
authorized and required to provide
for taking meteorological observations
at the military stations in the interior
Of the continent and at other points
In the states and territories OF the
United states, and for, giving notice
on the northern lakes and the sea-
coast. by magnetic telegraph and
marine signals. of the approach and
Thers was added to the above with
the appropriation bill Of 1871. the
fnrther work of reporting the stages
Of water in rivers. and in the act
transferring the meteorological work
Of the signal ONCE to the Weather
Bureau of the Agricultural Depart
ment. approved October I, 1890. the
duties OF the service are summarized
as follows: THE Chief of the Wealth
ar Bureau, under the direction of the
Secretary of Agriculture. shall have
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27

ana gazed long and earnestly at the
face Of the murdered man. The
stranger had seen at the curb in
front Of the butcher shop stood In a
dim light SO i rugged up a light at the
morgue and SO placed the body that
/ might scrutinize its features under
the, same lighting effects by which I
had seen the stranger. This done I
was more than ever convinced that
tho stranger and the murder victim
were one and the same. That at least
was clew. aimsy though it was. upon
which work could be done.
Whole Gang Arrested.
i went to police headquarters and
notified Inspector McCluskey Of all the
facts in my possession. Immediately
he sent out several Of his best men
to round up the gang : had seen at
the butcher shop and their arrest was
only question OF hours. Eleven were
seized. among them Giuseppi Morello
IEnazio Lupo tThe wolf). Antonio
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experienced in the cars. the over
ripening of the fruit will result
Similar care must be observed IN the
casa .'- cf shipments OF various vege-
tables. other fruits and eggs. from
sunny south lands into colder ones.
We certainly know-those Of US
who reside In the cities-what cold
wave actually does for the price OF
the ..fruit- of-the-henIs' The cold
storage man grows fat in purse by
s1ippins his supply of the hens prod
uct into a cold-wave district. with as
much speed as possible, as the round
about Laying" stock decides 70 re- Sc.
main standing. during the cold spell!
How information Is Sent.
We ali know how large a part IS
played by ..the weather. In our daiiy
indoor and outdoor recreations. ano
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I had seen several men enter the
house and I knew for what purpose
they were there.
Clue.
saw Lupo the Wolf enter the shop
and little later Antonio Geneva ana
Domenico Pecorara also trailed along
behind him. These three men stood
in the rear of the shop and were
engaged In an animate discussion. At
this time I noticed that a fourth man.
whose face was strange to me. stood
alone on the sidewalk near the door
and close to the hickering sidewalk
lamp The argument waged SO voct-
ferrous that those on the inside deemed
1t safer to screen their presence for
then it was that the bagging was
hung before the windows. While tho
conspirators continued their converse
ton wagon drove up to the place.
It had cover and none could see
what was In It. Two men alighted
from the wagon and entered the store.
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Geneva. Vito La Duca. Domenico Pee
orAsa, Pietro InxeiIIo. Gutseppi Fsa-
nara. GIuseppi Ia LAMA. NicoIa Testa
Iand Luciano Perr1no everyone OF
them were heavily armed. some carry
Ing fully loaded reyoIyerz others
lsti1ettos and knives.
Perr5no mas better known as To-
masso Petto. or n Bovo the OK
Strange TO say nearly all the suspects
had permits issued by the police de-
tpartment TO carry deadly weapons. II
was round up of as desperate y
bandsof cut threats a. ever dIsgraced
New Fork ana the police were 1ub-
liant although they had little hope
/ OF being able TO fasten this particular
irrtme upon them.
The eleven prisoners were taken
iscparEfelyto the MorEue and made TO
l gaze upon the naansied fnce Of the
murdes victim. Each shrugged his
the stranger before and although /
insisted that had seen this man with
iLupo the Wolf that desperado faced
I mo down that was laboring under q
huge mistake Nothing could be
/ gained by this fnquisition although 7
knew beyond dispute that each or
them full we'll knew the murdered
imam and further l was almost sure
they had enrompassed his death.
At that time Detective Joseph Pc
Itrosino was making an envfnbls rcpu-
Itation by his active work against the
italian criminals infesting New York
HE received several ANONYMOUS notes
telling to steer clear of this case and
mot to mix in It under pain of instant
death. had long talk with Pc
ltrosino and giving him photograph
Of the dead man. taken after his re-
moval to the Morgue suggested that
he go to Sing Sing prison and
ltalls with several italian criminals In
generated there In the hope that light
might be she'd on the shrouded
4 Identity.
The Victims Identified.
Among those Intercepted in Sing
s,nr BY Petrosino was Giuseppi di
pr,e,,,a sent there as a counterfeiter.
witf1out telling him that the original
Nod heen murdered Petrosino showed
hin,. rla photograph and asked the
,risonar if he knew him. A cry OF
s+ar-oI rang from di Priema's lips.
..Tbet is Maruena Benedetto, my
\ hrother-in-law. Has anything hap
pened to him2''
Then he described the victim IN
minute detail told of the brass cruci-
Az he always wore and Described e
y,atcf Of peculiar design that he car
RED. The identification was complete
and felt that at last we had some
tbinR TO work on. Petrosino told the
TERMED prisoner that Benedetto had
4 feen fouily murdered but that only
4 served to seal his lips and not another
word could be dragged from MIN. A Y
lsn;aw the fate that overtakes all
/ souealera and he was looking forward
to an early release from prison and
would take no chances In bringing
down the wrath oe the vendetto upon
/ his head.
we learned from him however that
Benedetto was a stone cutter and had
i lived In Buffalo. He had Joined
counterfeiting gang and came to New
YORK and that settled conclusively in
my mind his presence IN the COMPANY
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copyr1eht 1919 ~ Ths

IS
e - history Of the Black Hand So
cIety. composed of cut threats
e biaclk1naiiers. bomb tossers ana
s1kadnappers IL complete without
( ii q story Of the Barrel Murder one OF
faIs most banning mysteries that ever
Confronted the New York police ana
ffiS United states Secret Service
on the morning OF April II. 1903.
NH. Corners left her East Side eens-
rrnsesit home to 60 to a bakery for rolls
FOR her breakfast At Avenue - ana
eleventh Street she saw parFe :.
standing at the curb. over the TOP o.
which was carelessiy thrown an IVA Nnad
coat. The coat was in SUCH eooo
wfafa OF preservation that the. woman
I ndnryaIed why any ore living In tnat
sdtaalid neighborhooc would discard
garment OF It's Character. She ap-
Ssnroached the barrNi and picked up the
cosx TO examine 1t the more Closely.
cry OF horror escaped her ana sns e
ned screaming from the spot IN tns ne
barrel she had seen the distorted ana
hood &taIned face of man. KNIFE
wounds about the face and throat told
only too plainly that the victim nao
been fonlIy murdered.
General Alarm Sent Out.
intercepted by a policeman the
vor,iasa led him back to the barrel and
4 IN Afteen minutes police headquarters
were In possession OF all the mea&er
the policeman could gather. and
ifnrthermore word had been flashed to
every police precinct in the city OF the
Sehaatly md with instructions to bend
every energy towards ascertaining lne
S4dentity of the murdered man. fair
description having been sent out with
the general alarm. The police worked
with feveris11 haste under the direc-
ton of Inspector McC1uskey.
cloaer inspection of the contents
OF the barrel showed that the man
had been slashed literally TO pieces
and that the body had been damned
into the barrel and set out on the
sidewalk where the slayers mao hopeo
Ii t would be taken away by the gar
page collector on his early morning
rounds: The throat was slashed from
ear to ear. A thin bladed knife. or
stiietto. had been thrust into the
throat AT the adams apple. the wound
extendinE back to the spinal column:
4 IA deep cash at the side OF the heao
showed that the knife Wieider W. ~
nossessed of tremendous strength Tor
ire keen blade had penetrated bones
al the face and skull with ease oth-
e. wounds on the body proved that
the slayer, or slayers. had taken no
chances ana vented their rage TO the
fun.
Esor several days the Barrel Murder
was the one topic discussed in New
york. IL city so. used to crimes OF all
!; ru,,,r.ta that only one of unusual and
revolving detail could sustain its in
terest. Every cog in the police depart
naent.s machinery was set turning. but
apparentiy there wasn't a ray OF Hgnt
that could be shed on the mystery to
ala In establishing the identity Of the
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-
AznonE the efiects We took from
the pockets Of Peeto the or ygsls s
pawn ticket for q watch tlaAtAHd been
,,Ie.lsnsl gE,sfI,
Q, go = -
- s Z,
tAasy - Seet%-AA VIII VIII sA1ts1 81
Fsftema Aad described as carried ~
the murdered man We we're con-
ndent We could pin the crime upon
Petto the or. but BY 4 strange twist
- u ~, 49,.
=. 80
me 's ~ sls ~. -
leased nom prason = Akly
men keep them under constant sur
yesllance.
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sro RM HURRICANE
SMALL CRAfT
No. 1-Northwest Winds
No. a-Northeast Winds.
No. 2-Southwest WINDS.
No 4-Southeast Winds.

indicates that moderately soe
vii DIS are :.
~ vind.s
below from soutneriy
"a sa. hNovv -
redMg
theIa ksa Ind north
warnings are dpaVs ~
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charge Of forecasting the weather: the
issue Of storm warnings. the display
OF weather and food signals for the
benefit OF agriculture, commerce and
navigation; the gauging and report
ing OF rivers; the maintenance and
operation of seacoast telegraph lines
and collection and Transmission Of
marine Intelligence for the benefit Of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27

kites Cat the left HANDY now used to
ascertain the velocity OF the wind. air
pressure and temperatures. at certain
attitudes at which the kite - nying.
The tynes Of kites at the right hand
side IN the barn are older models
which have been discarded.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27
INTERrPRErAnoN OF DISPLAYS.

No.
1=--tatr " Nc.
weather, stationary
sta1onay
NO. No indicates far Veatneb WaI.ne
with No. indicates
1t or
ndicates rain o
local.
die rain OF
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27

The daily weather map Is mailed
Immediately after the morning fore
cast is telegraphed, and upon It the
out. the country are recorded. Wash-
ineton weather maps as well a. those
issued from other forecast centers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27

victim. the perpetrators OF the crime
or the motives that actnated It
Har,1i Faraas Crncihx.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-25
ART PELKY IS
KNOCKED OUT
IN 3 ROUNDS

NEW YORK. March 25.--Al
Reich, once white hope,
holds today three-round
knockout victory over Arthur
Pelky, who was touteo by
Tommy Burns a few years ago
40 the coming champion.
Reich almost put Pelky out
In the first round, but in the
second Peiky evened up with
yoIiey Of hard body blows.
The third had barely started
when Reich connected with .
hard left 10 the nose. He fol-
lowed this with terrific right
cross TO the Jaw, and Peiky
went down and out. II was .
scheduled fo-round bout.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-25
HERE

AK Wor,er's Improvement club
tuys $4,000 home for clubhouse
Wednesday.
Robert Saunders, Seattle sttor.
ney. gives citizenship lecture be-
fore class at Y. NJ. G. A.
Seattle Bahai Assembly will give
benefit concert at BoylEton Ave.
Unitarian church April Z.
e. n. Witt and Frank chireosts
Seattle men, to travel around world
taking motion pictures. They start
Friday for Alaska.
New county bridge across Green
river ut Franklin is open for raf
flc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oswald Meyer. OPS
18th ave. y. observe Anniversary
Thursday.
Alkl Mems Improvement club
met Tuesday night and elected of
ficers
Boys club OF Broadway high
school held final meeting OF year
Wednesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-25
J|TNEYS HARRY
INDEPENDENTS

TACOMA. March 25.--War has
broken out In the ranks OF the 1T.
ney bus drivers here. When an
unorganized automobile bus began
operating on Center ST. today, the
organized drivers assigned three
free buses" on that thoroughfare.
The organized machines follow
the independent buses and attempt
TO secure passengers at street cor
ners. carrying them free.
we are determined, said one
OF the organized drivers, ito bring
all jltney drivers into our or.
ganization. We will either bring
them In or put them out OF bust
ness. The association is paying
for our gasoline and allowing us
wages for our time In the fight
with the unorganized drivers"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-25
HIGH TENNIS
TEAMS READY

With the exception OF ballard. All
Of the hiSh schools OF the clty will
enter teams In the High school
league this season. Ballard failed
to send a representative to the
schedule meeting at the broad way
high yesterday. when the following
schedule was adopted
May = West Seattle W. Lincoln.
Queen Anue va Franklin.
May Lincoln Va. Franklin.
West Seattle W, Broadway.
MAY broadway ~ Queen
Anne. wcat Seattle Va Franklin.
May 30 Broadway Va. Franklin.
Queen Anne Va. Lincoln.
MAY 80 West Seattle vs.. Queen
Anne. Broadway vs. Lincoln.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-25
women FLOCK
TO WATCH Big
SMOKE TRAIN

HAVANA. March 60. Announce.
ment was made today AZ the train.
ing camps of Jack Johnson and
Jeee Willard that from now uutil
their i5.rnund battle here Sunday.
April 4. each viii box With his
trainers several rounds IN the open
alt daily. weather permitting Hero.
tofore heavy rains have prevented
road work or outdoor boxing.
Crowds at Johnson's gym.
naslum In the Stadium are In.
ereasinu. Many women at.
tended his exhibitions. The
black. weighing 2J5 pounds,
said today he would enter the
ring az not more than 2i5. ne
said there was no eaus- for
worry over his weight and
that the old reliable uppereut
was stili there.
AZ WIZARDS camp IL vas de
clnred The biz cowboy ia IN the
condition OF his life. lie has re-
snried hiss regular training where
he left OF when the Jusrc1 bou,
vas called off. and in tho ten
days remaining viii have ample
time 10 reach perfection.
Little betting has ye, appeared
Plenty of Willard money IN avail
able. but the white mans hackers
ar" waiting for the odds a.
iengthcn. At present johnson il
about a S'to.l favorite
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-25
teams WILL PLAY.
FIRST GAME TODAY


TT BEGAN 10 look little like real baseball Dugdales
park yesterday aitenoon when the squad which turned
the day before was again out for practice augmented by
Outielder Ed kppert aud Third Baseman Courtney Pitchers
Laird and Springer both h town but. neither showed for
practice yesterday.
This leaves First BSeman Beatty, Outiielder Martin Kill
lilav luiieldcr Healey and rwirlcrs Wolfram Martin and
Mails vet report Awire from Chicago says that Beatty
has that seaport sohe should get here possibly in time
10 work out a little this afternoon
Raymonds bunch VII line up today for the first prac-
ce game the seasonagainst Ballard and with such
Mig Perrue Gislaso and other fast performers in the
Ballard lineup the regus may up against snag RICH,
\ az the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-25
HERE and ELSEWHERE

Mrs. Lenors Harris. so. arrested
on threat TO kill Chicago mayor.
Moran Robertson. IS, author and
poet. died at Atlantic City.
Or. Joseph Goriear. former consul
general for Austria at Berlin. has
been dismissed from diplomatic ser.
vice. He Is IN Chicago now.
Gen. Hughes. minister OF Ca
madam militia. said two dozen
Americans. with the first Canadian
contingent. have fallen In war.
Serst James McDermott. Chicago
police. weerer OF hero medal. ar.
rested on bribery charge.
Railroads 20 ask commerce com.
mission April l2 to lower rates from
Chicago 10 Coast to water rates
through canal.