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New Britain herald., 1915-11-04

It has been supposed that Italy had bound herself to this agreement until tbe assertion was made by the Petro- grad newspaper Rech that it had not given its adherence. Announcement was made in London on May "A, 1915, that Italy's signature to a formal doc ument binding her to stand or fall with her allies was imminent.
 Japan became a party to the agree ment on Oct. 19.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04

If the reported Albanian uprising against Serbia assumes important pro- portions it may prove a menace to the Serbian army threatened on three sides by it's enemies and whose only apparent avenue of escape is into the Albanian mountains.
 Reports reaching Rome form AL ban1a have been disquieting to the al- lied nations, as it was said Austria was trying to stir up trouble by arm ing and melting Albanian bands to attack the Serbs and Montenegrins to facilitate Bulgaria's descent to Duraz- 20.
 It has been maintained, however. that a factor in favor of Serbia was the friendship felt for that country by Essad Pasha, former provisional presi- dent of Albania who has large fol- lowing and who has been engaged in guerilla warfare against his opponents for some time.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
ALBANIANS REVOLT
 AGAINST SERBIA
Rebels and Serbian Troops Have Desperate Battle
 Near Tirana.

Rome, Nov. 3, Via Paris, Nov. A. a. m.-Albanians living in the Su- hagora and Krusevo districts of Ser bia have revolted, according to a Durazzo despatch to the National Agency. A desperate battle between Serbian troops and rebels has been fought north of Tirana. The anti Serbian movement has spread into northern Albania
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
ITALY NOT TO MAKE
 SEPARATE PEACE
Adheres to the Agreement Signed by the Allies At London On
 Sept. 5, 1915.

Rome, Nov. 3, Via Paris, Nov. 4, 4:55 a. m.-Italy adhered to the agree ment signed by the allies at London on Sept. ,, 1915, not to make a sep arate peace, says the Messaggero.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
AIbanians in Revolt.

A TeVOIC UT AIUdIlIdIS III SOuCn- western Serbia is reported through Rome. An Albanian uprising of large Proportions would be likely to menace tie retreat of the Serbian army, now under attack in the north by Germans and Austrians and in the east by the Bulgarians.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
Think Before You Eat.
Is Christmas AdDice

this timo of the year. aud even q tay-
man whom no reads It over hasn't
very much difficulty In discerning that
IN all probability Il would result In a
call for tho doctor. 100
"Those who can afford to do 30
seem to regard tho overlooking Of tho
digestive tract as an essential part of
the holiday festivities. As n matter
OF actual practice, there is q great deal
more enjoyment to DO derived from
conservative indulgenoes in tempting
viands, than eating to satiation. and
this Is the case even though tho feast
ing results In no noticeable distress.
when excessive quantities of food
are consumed the digestive organs are
overworked and certain poisons are
formed which are absorbed by tho
blood and carried through the body
often to tho oxtent OF taking lifc.
There arc numerous serious disor-
ders which may BIO traced to tho fall
tire OF the digestive tract to properly
act because II has been overloaded.
1.-THE failure Of these important
functions OF digestion speedily reacts
upon the rest Of tho body and results
In special susceptibility to colds and
other infections which fnd fertile
fields among those whose natural re-
sistance to disease Ia thus lowered.
y ut would be we'll to consult a doc
tor before tho Christmas meal instead
OF after, when the harm has been
done" -H
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
PRESIDENTS TINY KIN
TO WITNESS WEDDING
Wilson's Little Grandchildren,
and One Grand Niece to
Be at Nuptias.

WASHINGTON. Dec. ,11-Three tiny
relatives Of the PRESENT, Baby Sayre,
Baby McAdoo and Baby Josephine
Cothran, his grapdniece. will be in
cluded In the rarty which will wit
ness the nuptials Of the president and
Mrs Norman Gait on December Is
These children will be tha guests
ut the White House and mako it a
merry place during the visit of the
wedding party. Among the grown-pus
will be Mr.. and Mrs. Francis B. Sayrc.
Mrs. Anna Wilson Howe and Ter
daughter. Mrs. Josephine Wilson
cotnran: the Misses Smith, Of Now
Orleans; Colonel and Mrs. e NJ.
Brown, Of Atlanta; Mr.. and Mrs. John
A. Wilson, Joseph and MRS. Wilson and
Miss Wilson, Of Baltimore, and Cul-
onel and Mrs. e. NJ. House.,
It has been learned That more than
$500 announcements Of the wedding
have been ordered. OF this number
many Will go to diplomatic and other
representatives Of foreign, govern
ments. The envelopes for these a.
nouncements have already been adj
1'1s sss!ssa -:
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
MAKERS USE
BATHTUBs FOR BuNKs
Du Points Start to Build Fourth
Village of 800 Houses
for Workmen.

PENNsGROvE. N. J., Dec. 11.-With
bath tubs converted into hunks al
night and all other available space
taken up in the houses in the town
to provide sleeping quarters for the
army OF powder makers employed at
the Carneys Point plant, work Of pro-
yidtng more houses is being rushed,
with apparently no let-up in the build
ing boom.
Another village Of 800 houses. the
fourth to be laid out since the powder
boom hit the town.. has been started
this week by the du Pont company,
Most Of these houses will be the plain
frame bungalow type. covered with
tar paper to keep out the rain and
cold. Two Of these tar paper towns,
which have sprung up during the last
Few months, are now occupied by the
powder makers and their families.
Fifty OF the new bungalows are To
be built on the proportion Of tenement
houses, with quarters for twelve fam
lilies EACH seventy-fiye houses, Of a
permanent type, such as make up the
village OF Riverview. are also 70 be
erected. - t,.55
Families Of the powder makers who
dwell In these new villages have been
robbed Of one Of the joys of subj han
life by the announcement Of the Du
Pont company that the raising of
chickens In the backyards will 70
longer be permitted. This order mas
been issued, 1t Is said, for sanitary
reasons and to keep the. new towns
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
Warns Of the Folly Of. "lnju-
dicious Indulgence" at
Yufetide Season.

HARRISBURG. Pa. Dec. 11.-plcas.
ures Of the Christmas season. or any
other season will be heightened for
the person who Is careful about the
quantity OF food consumed, according
to DR.. Samuel Dixon. the state COM
missioner OF health.
"1njudicious lndulgences" is the
title OF Doctor Dlxons Little Talk on
Health and Hygiene" this week.
Ono important point he makes Is
tho folly Of overlooking the digestive
organs particularly at time when
the human system is tagged because
OF the strain OF preparation for the
holiday season. He adds that 1t would
be well to consult physician before
-Christmas instead Of. Us many must,
afterward. Commissioner Dixon says:
= "The holiday season Is busy time
for the doctors. Many things con-
tribute to make II so. Tho nervous
strain OF holiday shopping and living
In overcrowded cars and shops gets
the people pretty we'll tagged out
and then while In this condition the
digestive system is often loaded to the
breaking point.
that's the program for very large
percentage OF our population about
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
mike D0NL|NINi COURT
over As /! ! s D. WIFE
Former Giant Star Declares
Undertak er Used Urn in
MFrafne- Up"

NEW YORK. Dec. 11.-Mike Don.
lin. who forsook the Giants for The
stage. asked Magistrate simms Il the
West Side court to punish the Rev.
3. Frye. for alleged desecration a
the ashes Of mabel Hite, Donlin.s de-
ceased wife, an actress who died ii
1912. iitst&
The former baseball star said the
employe' Of Campbe1l,s undertaking els
tablishment was guilty of dlsorderly
conduct BY utilizing the urn contain-
ing the ACTRESSES ashes as o prop IN
press agent frame-up" staged in
Murray's restaurant, In West Forty
second street, ~ a ~
According 10 The. testimony OF Jack
Best, coat room boy ct the cafe, Frye
came in for s1prer on the night n
question and Aleft the carefully wrap
ped urn IN his care viii the admo1i-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
Sing Sing Life-Termer
Puzzled by Indictment

elected into office certain cunning men
whose trail he crossed as district at
torney.
And Saturday night l found the
prison mood was ono Of an awakening
to the fact that they had trusted some
men-and had been very we'll de-
ceived.
1.-The guy that bought supreme
court nomination from political boss
Is still serving the same old political
gang he served before he got In here
was the way one prisoner put II.
1t is clear from what the prisoners
said that educated crooks taken in
fraudulent political deals hereafter
will have hard shedding in the political
life within prison walls. Sing Sing
isn't thinking much OF educated crooks
these days.
Warden Not Called.
Here are two questions that domi-
nate the prison population: why did
the grand jury, protesting to be fair
indict twenty-five prisoners. already
serving long terms, without ever COM
ing to Sing Sing and without ever
calling Warden Osborne as witness
Why were confessions that men
freely made when they were closing
of the old deal, and pledglng a new
faith TO n new system. dragged before
the grand jury. and used to make
trouble for the warden to whom they
were given and to the men who frank
ly gave away the secrets of the cell
blocks?"
The feeling that the grand jury
ought TO have called the warden, that
It ought TO have come to Sing Sing
before acting on wholesale indict-
ments. is one that stirs the whole
prison population in deep way.
Things Not Counted In.
II you will stop and listen the pris-
oners will begin TO tell you things
they think would have changed The
whole outlook upon the case IL tho
grand Jurors had only counted those
things in.
Il was asleep in the dormitory,''
said one prisoner with long cash
across his face. at was before War
den osborne's day. A prisoner-an
enemy of mine. slipped in while
slept and laid my face open with a
knife. II Superintendent Riley is
strong for indictments why wasn't my
assailant indicted? I made complaint
after complaint about 1t but nothing
was ever done. That was in the old
days. Now such a man would be
brought before all the prisoners in
their public prisoners court and ne
would be dealt with and he would feel
the shame Of knowing how all OF ne
felt"
Prisoners came from all directions
to tell other similar stories. They told
them Of many prisons-and always
there was the question why were there
never any indictments in the upstate
prisons? They even barred the Icondi-
ton of rancid immortality that. every
body knows has been prevalent in
every prison and told how Sing Sing
had let so much sunlight into the dark
corners that even this phase of prison
life was reduced to far slighter pro-
portions than ever before.
And yet, because of their very clean
up, they were being driven through
evidence they pushed up into the light.
1t is all very queer and very interest
inp
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
Cites a Case in Which the Value
of a "Hunch''' Can Eas-
lily Be Seen. 7

There may be poker players who
are not superstitious. and there may
be actors who think they are overpaid,
either class"
This remark was addressed by a
veteran Of wide experience to a group
OF three, who were seated at green
clothed table, impatiently awaiting the
arrival Of a fifth devotee Of the ma
tional pastime. It went unchallenged.
The talk was turned to signs and
omens which govern mon who risk
their money on the turn of card, or
at horse racing, and each was think
ing OF certain concessions offered by
himself to the goddess fortune, says
the Washington Post.
when l write my book on poker I'm
going to include a special chapter on
lunches and hoodoos," continued the
speaker.
Jim, here. with any one standing
behind his chair, Is as calm and COM
posed as a man who has been up all
night with toothache.
Now. Jim's sentiments cannot be
ascribed altogether to superstition.
Nothing is more annoying to man
playing poker than to- have side
line player leaning on his shoulder
and looking at his cards. 1t ought
to be ground for murder or man
slaughter at the least. The peniten-
tiaties are filled wirh men serving
time for lesser crimes.
Strong on Playing lunches.
Eve all know the lad who gets UP
and walks around his chair, and the
man who insists on changing his seat
every half hour II the run of cards is
not to his advantage. Then there's
the boy with the lucky pocket piece,
which calls to my memory game in
which one Of these so-called lucky
pieces played an important part.
Several years ago was member
Of a select coterie whose custom 1t
was to gather once week and engage
in IS limit. Among the regularswas
young chap who was as supersti-
tious as a conheld darkey. He was
strong on playing lunches with the
result that he was usually liberal
contributor, a fact. however. which did
not bother him, as his father had
thoughtfully left him u large interest
in a fiourlshing automobile plant.
ALSO. he enjoyed greatly what Is
technically known as going out on a
limb He derived more satisfaction
in blufing through $40 pot than in
winning three times the amount with
the best hand. - -
This bird was the owner ola lead
dollar, which had been wished on him
somewhere IN his travels through the
West and which he would not have
EXCHANGED for $50 gold piece. he be-
1ieved It brought him luck, and no
|!am0unsl g hdainE could prevail p w.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
Tales Of Cruelty and Vice il
Prison Are Told by Some
of the Convicts.

NEW YORK. Dec. 11.-Up in Sing
Sing there is = prisoner who goes by
the pleasantly sounding name OF
Johnny LITER" He b in for life. As
he puts it. he is in for natural life,'
and he insists on using both words for
some reason, the nature of which ]
know not.
But q prisoner In the next cell spoke
UP when Johnny Lifer was telling me
his story and remarked that he was
also in for life. but that his sentence
read "for life and ten years" So that
there was a difference between his
case and that Of Johnny LITER.
And. without going into the legal
technicalities Of this difference-which
have to do with the length Of time af-
ter which life prisoner may apply
for parole-there are some deep per-
plexities that bother Johnny LITER. And
his friends believe they ought to both
err the people outside OF Sing Sing
too.
Johnny LITER has Just been indicted.
The White Plains grand jury turned
up true bill against him. And now
what ohnny- LITER wants to know Is
what Johnny Afer wants to know is
district attorney of Westchester coun-
ty are going to do about it?'
Johnny LITER Wonders.
Are they going to add more impris-
onment to the term he is already serv-
ing, and II 80 who are theys going to
get for jailer? = a,e--.s
The minions of District Attorney
Weeks have been instructed to ale
copies Of the indictments ut the war
denis Office in Sing Sing. and serve
them on the prisoners on the day of
their release.
Well" said Johnny Lifer. "looks
to me as II they was going to indict
me in the hereafter"
Now there was lot of tragedy In
the way the old life termer spoke. His
message was Have a heart, you grand
jurors; what do you think you're do
Ing with men already down and out
SO hard that society has gone the
whole limit against them4the whole
limit except that of the electric chair. "
I went to Sing Sing to look the pop
ulation over and see how 1t is taking
this sudden incursion into its peace
Of mind made by the fact that the
Westchester county grand jury had de-
cidcd to tndict prisoners in wholesale
patches.
Prisoners Are Alarmed.
had seen the Sing Sing population
before-when 1t was down on its luck,
down hearted, oppressed, furtive and
dispirited. l had seen 1t also after
the Osborne self government plan had
gained its initial Roadway. The DOM
mating note then was one Of hope.
Men were busy-mentally, spiritually.
physically. They were out in the sun
shine. and the prison pallor was leav-
ing them. Yet some students Of their
situation were sure they were making
big mistake. They were trusting
men who, in public life outside, were
educated, powerful men, and yet men
in whom the quality of cunning was a
dominating one.
Governor Whitman. among others.
expressed the fears that the prison
population would rue the day 1t had
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
SHARP TELLS OF
HOODOO IN POKER
him to play without this dollar. which
he always used as corner stone for
Left Lead Dollar at Home.

Left Lead Dollar at Home.
One night he appeared late. The
game had been in progress about three
hours when he came in after an even
ing at the theater, followed by a little
supper. 1t was unnecessary for him
to confide to us that he had mixed in
few drinks. he wasn't what you
would call 'lit'-just had enough to
make things look bright and rosy.
1.-THE first thing he did after buying
$50 stack Of chips was to reach in
his pocket for his counterfeit dollar.
1t wasn't there. He was in evening
dress, and in changing from business
to dress clothes he had forgotten to
transfer it. i
"'This is not going to be my night,
he said to the dealer. Without that
bum buck I'm gone
Whether he was more careless in
his play than usual, or whether luck
was against him. l don't know, but
he lost from the start. His first stack
lasted five rounds and he bought an
other, at the same time directing Sam,
the colored seryitor, to bring him a
drink of rye. Now, as we all know.
whiskey and poker don't mix. but the
boy seemed to be in perfect command
of himself and none OF us felt called
upon to offer any advice.
1.-THE second stack lasted about half
an hour, during which time he con-
slImed couple Of more drinks. Final
ly, in a raised pot, with everybody In,
he connected with an ace high straight,
to find the man on his left, who also
had drawn one card, with a flush.
aBumr Coin Changes Luck.
"'That'll be about all for awhile
he said, throwing his hand on the
table. I'm going home after that
dollar, and II this game lasts I'll come
back and show you pikers a thing or
two. You fellows have had a lot OF
fun with me about that counterfeit,
but I'm going to prove to you that It
will bring home the gravy. Sam; or
der me tax fssf
"In less than thirty minutes he was
back with his lucky piece. He bought
a third stack and began to win. Every
hand he played stood up for him. AT
the end Of another hour he had his
hundred back with fifty more, and
maybe he wasn't joshing the rest Of
US. f.itt..
You're lot Of wise fish, he Kept
repeating. There amt a bit Of luck
in that sample Of bum currency, not q
Bit Then Just to rub 1t in, he put
over few bluffs-which was notsdif-
acult in view Of the waysthe cards
had been running.
'Tinally came the play Of the even
ing. The player ahead Of him having
passed. the lad. whose luck had SO sud.
denly changed, with three jacks. open
ed for 81. the ante being 81. THREE
men stayed, an dthe dealer boosted Il.
making It IS to play. The next man,
WIG: r 4 Afterwards t e ds '1 With q
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

ace him diamond flush had passed
under the gum for . raise. forsocl
his original intention and merely lin.
gered, not wishing to drive out the
others.
Throws Away an Opener.
Three Jacks looked mighty big tc
the opener. and he lifted II another
Ave. which discouraged the three next
men, but the dealer made 1t IS more
1.-THE man with tho flush, who was
hoping fer jast such action. raised in
turn. which made It cost the opener
$40 to draw cards. His hand didn't
look as big to him MS at first glance
but the drinks had added to his con-
fdence in his lucky piece SO he
trailcd, This put II again UP to the
Looks like you fellows are mighty
proud of your hands, he remarked.
However. have a pretty fair little
NIT here myself. I'm Just bound to tilt
her again
THE next man called So did the
opener.
Cards? inquired the dealer.
I'll play these" said the hacker
OF the flush. "
"tGiye me two and make ON in
fluential.' said the boy with the three
Jacks. s.. ,..9'..l,.
Then he made mistake OF which
every man who plays poker Is guilty
some time in his life. He threw away
one Of his openers. Instead OF threes
he had a. pair Of Jacks and the king
of clubs. The fact that with two pat
hands against him--the dealer also
had declined to draw--his chances OF
winning the pot were infinitesimal did
not alter his emotions. which he took
no trouble to conceal.
Didn't Kiss Luck GOodby.
Ills face turned crimson. All OF
his potatlons had accomplished moth
Ing compared with the emotion which
now had him in its grip. Without q
word he walked to the window, opened
II. and threw his lead dollar into the
night. They heard 1t strike the pave
ment below.
kissing your luck goodby.' grim
ned the dealer.
I'm victim OF misplaced con-
fidence,' replied the boy with tho
bunch. sadly.
"Tbo doo,or no. Tho ,,,,,. WI, =.
ouoan f,,iI ho ,ira.sx e .nats,ar.S htn, =
self pulling down the gaudiest pot of
the evening. The man behind the
flush was content to call. Then the
superstitious lad picked up the two
draw and a. .ho .on,e :" mar en =
saithfnI i,n,,,,;on ' -. na,,ns. go !.
tamcat stannins =, " m a,aetr sas, ,n,ra
give mprar J ha sa,d ''ss ""''
"yonr ,nnarr,.d na,.a. n,.v. a, =,
wavs nm e,amanta, n.Soha iag,.. 49,,
though be DOESN'T nav q Ir.. vr"n
tiyeiS be ON te,, uhan al, ,ha ,aa,ti
mo,a law. -, &c., 49, -" $3.50 ,..a,.ss
under the ,ah,a ana n ane ' ,,ea AI ,,,e
has run amrck a. q was A With ,h asa
two Whan tho =, ~ ,,, Ws, hnnah nsse
h;s ho. ,hnn aa,,as n W.. VIII :. .uns ,aae
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
SELLS OLD BIBLE.

I EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 11-Forcsd
through fnlncial difficulties to part
with her most cherished tress1fe; Mrs
Jacob Kohl, Of No. 900 Elansenbers
street, sold IN old Bible to Mayor Ben.
jun1fn Boosee. The Htble was pub.
ilished Ia 175l. It Is aMafttH luther
.translatton md 4 yellow With sxs
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

The Rssssno dam. IL Aibsrta. Can
sRd. ono Of the greatest Irrigation
works In the world. haS been co11-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

sIrs. catbarine Guth I died hess'
Tuesday at her West WSskinStc1
street home, aged 81. after an iIlnsss
Of three months. She leaves ssyen|
children. & ~ ~ sd'sit
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
MUCHACT|V|TY IN.
OIL FIELDS OF
If. TAYLOR
Development Work is StfmuIat-
z ed by the Recent Ad- ~
vance of Prices.

GRAFTON, Dec. ll.-Unusual ac-
tivtty hrs boon noticed In the oil and
gas business Of this section Of Wspt
sifs'i"a since oil prices have made
such q remarkable rise, The raISc
gave stimulus to the drilling opera.
tons IN MI parts Of the state and
dozens OF wells are being sunk within
q short radius by various companies
In hopes OF opening UP new territory.
Thousands of acres OF territory have
becn placed under lease for the frat
time in tho last six months. The pros
posed piping OF gas to Baltimore and
other eastern cities has been likewlsa
10 blame for the increase OF activtti,p.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

Mrs. Margaret Arlington. sister al
John MCLAUGHLIN. Of Grafton died
this wesk az MAlidyals Dps thur county
aged IS, being the Oldest pstson d
the county, & Is said. ~ An a.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

More than fifty new suits, have bean
docketed in the local court,:for trial
before the circuit court at. the jan.
uary term. Though there are,no sies
velopments in the Grafton Bank cases
a lot Of the chancery business thnt
will come before the court will IA
more or less directly caused by tll
recent closing Of the Grafton Bank