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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09
Wyoming County Doctor
College Mate of Kaiser

AT the end OF his college course he re-
ceived his A B. degree at the age OF
N He then took up the study OF
medicine: first at the University OF
Griefswaid. for one semester: then at
the University of Bonn for three Sc
mesters: and last at Munich for six
semeSters.
1t was while at Bonn that ne knew
the emperor. The kaiser. the crown
prince, was taking law course at
the university at the same time the
doctor was studying medicine there
The. were both subject to the same
discipline. Although the kaiser was
always attended by bodySuard, the
doctor was studying medicine there
with him. They have both attended
the same banquets and at various
times met in the same assembly
Upon the completion OF his medical
course. served as volunteer IN the
second regiment of the Bayarian light
horse cavalry at Munich. the lase
half year OF his military career he
was assistant surgeon in the military
hospital at Munich.
At the end of his military service
he went TO Switzerland and Italy in
company with Lieutenant Herman
Wild. who met soldiers death upon
a Poland battlefield some time IN last
January
shortly after his return to Essen
from Italy he lost his fortune OF Ss.-
600 along with $4,000 belonging to
his two sisters. in bank failure
caused by embezzlement OF over a
million dollars by bank official.
Comes Here PennileSs.
Following TINS tremendous financial
reverse the doctor decided to come TO
this country. He landed in New York
In 1855 and went directly to C.ncin-
natl. He did not take up the practice
OF his profession for some time after
reaching Cincinnati. His first pro-
fessional work in this country was
in Hamilton, o, where he took over
the practice of DR. Ludwig, while the
latter was in Europe. From Hamilton
he came TO Charleston this state.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09
PRINTS NEWSPAPER
WITH A LEAD PENCIL

print paper. but the baseball extra
is generally done on paper Of bet
ter quality and known as the green
sheet" In this supplement the base
bail events OF the week are briefly and
ably reported.
A special edition was recently
turned out 10 become part OF the
Indiana exhibit at the Panama-Pacific
exposition. Another special number
was sent to President Wilson, who
congratulated the editor upon the pat
fence and ingenuity necessary 10 pro-
duce such newspaper.
The Weekly 10i S prepared during
the editors spare hours and these are
limited because Fitzgerald works ten
hours a day in local factory TO sup
port his mother and a family OF FIVE.
The ambitious young man Is anxious
10 own a real newspaper plant. be-
cause as be complains. the press he
now uses frequently breaks down
through an attack of writer's cramp.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09
AT the Suez Canal is Described
BY a Passenger of a Vessel
in the Canal.

,co--esponderce or Associated P-ess-o
CAIRO. May S-There were two
steamers bound from England TO In
dia which passed through the Suez
canal while the attack by the Tur-
kish troops was actually in progress
One OF these carried considerable
number OF passengers. who We're priv
ifexed to get more complete piano.
ramic view. of a Big battlefield than
has probably been the good fortune
of non-military Observers in any
other field of action They not only
saw FRAGMENTS of the repuFsed Turks
at Kintara, but also the advance OF
British troops into the desert in their
wide hanking movement further down
the canal
A letter from one OF these passen
gers says in part:
"A few minutes after we left PORT
said a notice was sent around that
passengers were to keep on the port
decks. as Turkish snipers were at
work on the north side Of the canal
For the first ten miles all the low
living land had been flooded, but from
there onward we commenced TO see
troops entrenched. Every tenth mile
was a camp and about every hundred
yards between we're small trenches
containing about dozen Indians.
New ZeaIanders and Australians.
About the thirtieth mile we passed
the Indian marine cruiser HaTdinge.
and here was our first evidence OF
there having been fight. for her fun
mel was gone all the way down one
side. and the other SIDE was
RiddIed with Bullets
and her bridge gone. OF course ships
in the canal pass within few feet OF
each others. SO We could see every
thing. Her captain and pilot, who
we're on the bridge at the time time.
were killed and about sixteen others
were wounded.
.Fro1n this time on We passed sew
erai warships and troops were on
both sides OF the canal. We amused
ourselves by throwing tins of cigarets
out to them We cleared all the Gig
arets from the bar.
"All this time we were going at
eight miles an hour. which is three
miles more than the speed Limit. so IT
was evident that they wanted 10 set
us through the canal as quickly as
possible.
AT the fortieth mile the. men in
the trenches told Us that they had
been engaged with the enemy on the
previous day. and that the Turks
were now abou: eight miles on. ]
went 1up on the deck and saw troops
in the distance. but could not say
whether they were Turks or not
From the forty-second mile the banks
Of the canal are high and / could not
see any great distance. except between
occasional gaps.
.But. at the forty-sixth mile saw
a dead horse half on the bank and
half in the wafer. and little farther
. dead camel Then the excitement
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09

Later ne became company doctor for
the United Consolidated Coal Com
pany at Montgomery for three years.
He resigned his position with the coal
company on account OF the big strike
in the coal fields IN the carly nineties
and came TO Wyoming county where
he has since lived. He began the
practice OF his profession at Pine
vile, where he continued for eighteen
years. About one year ago he came
came TO Mul1ens. lie has large
practice there and is exceedingly ac-
tive in his profession.
DR.. Myers has been married twice.
His first wife was a Mss Garretson,
of Charleston. Three children were
born to them She died about sixteen
years ago. The present Mrs. Meyers
was Mrs verniala Laxton, OF Rock
Castle, this county.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09
PANORAMIC VIEW
OF BATTLE FIELD

a crowd of them with number OF
broken small boats, full of dead. SIM
piv smashed TO pieces. some hanging
over the side with a-leg gone, others
without an arm and some you could
not recognize as men at all. Just
here the banks are quite high. but the
slope down to the water. and on these
slopes were dead Turks in all sorts
OF positions Some had fallen with
their heads and shoulders Just in the
water. / climbed up in the rigging
to see what was over the top of the
bank. and there ] saw almost hun
dreds.
ct appeared that the Turks were
seen coming and the warshtps IN the
canal allowed them to throw. pom
toon across When they we're all gath
cred at this spot the warships let ny
They had TO retire after losing sew
eral Of their guns This place was
Kintara. a few miles from the Bitter
lakes. The battle occurred on the
previous day.
chored for the night with all lights
out and among about thirty other
ships.
little further up the canal and We
thought We should be held up in. the
lakes. Dull we SLdTlS0 Oh Inc hSINS
morning. with our bridge and deck
protected by sand bags.
From here to Suez we passed camp
after camp of soldiers. Most CT them
had been in action The Turks were
about eight miles away.
See Troops On for Attack.
"a little further on we heard the
guns and saw the BFitish troops NOV
ing on to the attack. The battle was
quite distance inland. I could see
the smoke from the guns through my
glasses. There we're some low sand
hills about FIVE miles away and I
could see men on this ridge. The
British had several thousand men and
six guns marching over the nat ground
for this ridge.
Il don't suppose many people have
had or will have the chance that We
had TO go straight through the middle
OF a battlefield before they have even
had a chance TO bury the dead The
eject OF these naval guns must be
awful. and from the curious position
or the killed they must have been
dead almost before they reached the
ground. Occasionally you would no
ttce a man who appeared TO have
struggled. but most lay evidently
where they fell"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09
HOuSE THAT SHELTERED
MAYFLOWER;S PILGRIMS
SAVED FROM DEBT SALE

PLYMOUTH, Mass. May s.-The
old Rowland house. the only dwelling
standing IN America watch mas She
tered passengers who arrived on the
;Navaower in 1920, Will not be. sold
for debt. it is announced by Mrs Lii
liam V. Titus. secretary of the Society
of Descendants of pilgrim John How
land of the Mayhower.
Mrs. Titus says that the judgment
on note against the society has been
satisfied and that the ancient house
viii remain in possession OF the or
ganization-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09
Most Unique Publication If
World is Edited by
Indianian.

; LAw1RENcEBURG, Ind. May s.
Robert r. Fitzgerald. of Lawrence
burg. is the editor of the most unique
newspaper n the worid-'-The Week.
~ rof.1 II IS printed in lead pencil
throughout, though the editions run
from eight to twenty pages OF stand
ard newspaper size. The advertise
meuts. Illustrations. comic section
everything about the paper Is nano
ie4sered by the editor. who perfers TO
hi6e himself behind the pseudonym
- s.1Yooney MinEles."
FYtzseraId is twenty years old and
started his paper more than year
aro. TWO editions are turned out
weekly and. thus far. more tnan 10
editions have been printed The reg
MAR editions are penciled on white
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09
E w Gzls 6@eK

could hold her next season-and 4
this was true would she go to the
movies? Ridiculous.
But she did and she leaves shortly
for Los Angeles TO appear in Car
men" 1t is also tipped along the
Riaito that Antonio Scott will sign
with the same company. Miss Far
rar's contract with the Lasky com
pany covers period OF several seas
ons, each season TO consist OF eight
weeks.
Joel Rinaldo, the famous Joel. the
restaurant-man, was noticed throwing
his morning paper away suddenly. He
had been reading the Syracuse trial
account The comedian back OF him
was reading over his shoulder and
remarked: no wonder the barbee
shop sentiment was against Hughe&
He never shayes."
The question What is a cabaret"
may soon become as famous as What
IS whisky" It is now botherin& Lii
cense Commissioners Bell. theatrical
managers and proprietors of, divers
restaurants.
The present trouble arose over the
extension and amplidcation OF the
cabaret performance. 1t once consist
ed OF mere singing ana oancln&. out
now embraces reyuettes, midnight
frolics and the like.
theatrical managers have COM
planned that their business Was being
hurt, by the onslaugbts OF the. csbar-
cts. they pay licenses OF $500 year
apiece and the cafe men only pay
dance fee" of $50 a year. It looks
like a nice little legal battle is to be
fought.
Martin Green, dean OF the Sew
York reporters who had g dinner
given to him three years before iS~
Cobb got his. has found the means
man in the world. The m. m. Ger
Green three months ago that the war
would be all over by May l. He came
around the other day and tried TO cod
lect from Green on the ground that
II was =ali over Europe.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09

NEW YORK, Mag S.-Hist: In fac
a couple of hists: Wolves are prowi-
ing along the Fifth avenue frontier
Residents who saw the gaunt forms
have sworn Off Tbs is how it came
about II was night.
Wolf. wolff" shouted an excited
patrolmen over the telephone to
Lieutenant HameI of the East 1a4th
street station
.-Whaddayemean, wolf, wolf?" de
manded the outraged lieutenant. Wolf
wolf, yourself, I'll have We broke.
wolves. two great big timber
wolves are hanging around the gate
at Nnety-eignth street and Fifth ave-
nue.. what Will do with them2"
.sTry bromo setter with dash OF
ammonia and then some on in so we
can remove that badge from your
coat, you spalpeen" was the response
IN the meantime others reported TO
the lieutenant that they were seeing
wolves on Fifth avenue. AT the dark
est hour of midnight. so the story
goes. two -gaunt forms were seen
sinking from the Ninety-eighth street
entrance to the park. That is as far
as the plot goes, for no witness ever
stopped to see what would happen
next. They all went away about
them. with the scut-out wide open.
Amateur Sherlocks suspect the
wolves were some the gaunt wolf
hounds which clutter up the avenue
when society goes out walking.
The fascinating Geraldine Fa.rar,
Tar famed Metropolitan star has sue
cumbed to the lure-or is it flicker
OF the film. the advent of beautiful
Geraldine into FINLAND was the great
est individual stroke ever accomplish
ed in the moving picture world.
The bait held out was a salary ag-
sreSating more than 50 minute and
the captors were the Jesse L. Lasky
Feature Film Company other film
folk smiled when it was =amored that
Lasky and his general manager. Sam
ueI Goldfish were trying to capture
Americas best known prima donna.
They smiled because II was even re-
ported doubtful that the Metropolitan
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09
MARYLAND Company, Which
Would Not Elect Him Lieu
tenant, is Punished.

BALTIMORE, Nd. May s.-Gov-
ernor Goldsborough has settled the
row in the Fifth regiment. which re-
suited from the refusal OF the board
of odicers 10 permit the election OF
Marshall Jones as a lieutenant be-
cause he is barber. by approving
the report of the court inquiry which
orders the mastering out of Company
/ for INSTRUMENTATION It also as
sails the officers association for its
rule. which makes social status a
requisite to commission
The report says that the men in
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09
Musters Out Militia
That Rejects Barber

marching from the armory to anothe-
place to hold meeting and the pub
Iication by them Of articles rejecting
upon their superior odicer were In a
state OF characterization, and were
guilty of acts not in keeping with the
proper appreciation of the duties en-
listed men toward their supporters
The court also censures Capatsn
Brundise. of Company /. for fail
ing to forward the mems petition for
the election of Sergeant Jones
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09
, ++++%++%% ID
OUR RAILROADS.

The Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road depot was established n
1856 at the East End at the
base OF Pinnickinnick on the
jackson place and remained
there for forty-two years.
In June 1898 it was removed
TO, its present location opposite
the center Of the town.
The MononSah railroad vas
built in 1889
The Short Line railroad was
built n 1901.
The West virginia and Pitts
burg railroad 10 Weston vas
built IN 1879.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09
INTERESTING
NEW INVENTIONS

J. B. Deidrich of Streator, Ill. has
invented bread slicer which he be
lieves will be especially valuable for
restaurants and boarding houses. The
knife is not much different from the
ordinary bread knife, but 1t is sus-
pended from a frame which causes
it to come down in the same place
each time it is swung for cut. There
is also a gauge which insures every
With its use there is no danger OF
bread morn than an eighth of an
inch thick getting by the censor
Two Wisconsin inventors have pat
ented a kerosene lamp that is auto
maticalIy extinguished il upset or
even lifted from a support.
A screen has been invented that is
raised and lowered with window so
as not to interfere with the light
when the window is shut
The latest aeropfane invention IS
the use of a recording photograph by
which the operator may make notes
Of his observations.
A conveyor belt has been recently
maze ZOE Oh ouAo SIOAe Qo<AA = !"
cost $4,000. weighs $4,000 pounds,
is $50 feet long and twenty-siv inches
in wfdth-one of the largest ever
made. if not the record breaker itself.
For carrying baskets that lack han
dies of their own a folding wire
handle has been invented.
4 cane that can be taken apart
and converted into stool is French
invention.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09

For carrying baskets that lack han
dies of their own folding wire
handle has been invented.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09

The latest aeropfane invention Is
the use of a recording photograph BY
which the operator may make notes
of his observations.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09

4 cane that can be taken apart
and converted into stool is a French
invention.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09

A screen has been invented that i!
raised and lowered with a window 81
as not to interfere with the ligh
when the window is shut.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09

Two Wisconsin inventors have pat
.ented kerosene lamp that is auto
maticalIy extinguished il upset or
even lifted from a support
The state herald., 1915-07-09
BOMB WRECKS CHAMBER
TlME-MAcHINE ExPLoDES IN U. S.
CAPITOL BUILDING.
Chamber in Senate Wing Wrecked
by Blast Several Hours After
Visitors Had Been Admitted.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, July "A tremendous
explosion, believed to have been
caused by some kind of bomb or infer.
nal mechine, wrecked the public re-
ception room on the east side of the
Capitol building shortly before mid
night Friday night.
No one was injured. First reports
of the effects OF the explosion said
the windows in the reception room
had been blown out; that an immense
plate glass mirror had been demol-
ished and that part of the ceiling and
walls were torn down. The explosion
was heard for several blocks.
At the time of the explosion the
Capitol had been closed since dark
and no one was In the building except
the few watchmen on duty and tele-
phone operators.
The watchman in the hall directly
below the reception room said he was
almost blown from his chair by the
force OF the blast. He declared that
no one could have been near the room
for hours.
Officials believe that the explosive
was placed by crank who desired TO
create n sensation. Visitors were al
lowed in the room during the day. and
a timed machine might have been left
without attracting attention.
Superintendent Woods of the capitol
building. summoned by panic-stricken
watchmen. made hurried inyestiga-
tion. then telephoned for an expert on
explosives. Until the expert has made
his report, no official statement con-
cerning the incident will be made pub
lie.
No trace could be found OF an eS-
ploded bomb nor OF anything else
which might have caused the blast.
The state herald., 1915-07-09
ship WIN 1000 Gun. s,l.,d.

iloauiam, Wash. Laden with a
cargo Of 1000 old'atylc Springfield
rifles and i.ooo.ooO cartridges. loaded
with dum.dum bullets, according to
the captain. the schooner Annie Lar.
son arrived nt lloqulam short OF both
prorluions and water. Immediately on
her arrival she was aciScd by Deputy
Customs Collector u H. Sebastian aud
In IN charge Of deputies until word ia
received from the customs collector
at Seattle au 90 what n to be- done
with her
The state herald., 1915-07-09
Becker Offers 1ale. Of Graft.

Albany. n. Y.-Governor Whitman
declined TO commute the death sen
tence OF Charles Becker, the former
New York police lieutenant convicted
OF the murder OF Herman Rosenthal
simultaneously. Martin d. Manton
Beeker's counsel, announced that he
would take no further legal step In be
Lalf OF his client, In order that other
counsel for Becker may have nm op
portunity to appeal to the federal
courts. however. II decided. the gov
ernor granted the convicted man n re
prieve of two weeks. from the week be
ginning July IL TO the week Beginning
July 20. II developed that Becker Of
fercd to make revelations TO the gov
crnor In connection with graft In New
York police circles. The governor re
fused to consider this phase OF the
case.
The state herald., 1915-07-09
Killed Man She Hated In sleep.

81 lsouia.-Mrn Elizabeth smith.
10. who placed pistol to the bend OF
her husband. John Smith. 20. and
fired twice. killing him ~ he slept.
had loft hor bed merely 10 Get a drink
OF water and. seeing his fcaturch re-.
vcalcd by the dim rays Of kerosene
lamp. was filled with lonthing that
caurcd her TO XIII, she told tho police.
Shr said Smith bought the pistol re.
Gently after her mother had dlscoy.
erred their fourteen years together had
not been preceded by a marriage core
mony.
The state herald., 1915-07-09
Man Thouob, Dead Find. Family.

Minneapolis. MINI. - When Joht
Mellcn. n Howard. MINI. farmer. rc
ported killed IN the San Francisco
earthquake In 1906. walked into n tea
store here. Mrs. Gina MoKcnxi,
screamed and rushed toward him nnt
asked him II he didn't remember hi,
daughter After explanations Mcllcr
held u reunion with his family. III
remembers nothing OF what happened
during the earthquake. and for seven
years has been In business at sacra
mcnto, Cal
The state herald., 1915-07-09
TORPEDO THAT SENDS STEAMER
TO FATE is CALLED KAIS.
ER'S uLTiMATUM.
20 AME ER|CANS LOST
TEuToN SUBMARINES DESTROY
4 NORWEGIAN AND 2 BRITISH
VESSELS IN WAR ZONE.

Washington, July 1.-The sinking Of
the Dominion freight liner Armenian
by German submarine off the
coast Of Cornwall. England, in which
a score of Americans lost their lives,
is taken, in semi-official circles here.
to indicate what the reply of the
German government will be to the
demands of the United States in the
Wilson note.
1t is held that the Kaiser does not
intend to observe the demand that the
sea be made safe for American yes.
sells or American citizens and that the
ministry will refuse to abide by the
demand that the navy of the imperial
government refrain from sinking ves-
sells of warning nations carrying
Americans.
The Armenian, flying the British
flag and carrying mules from New
port News. Va, to England. was tor
pedoed and sunk by the German sub
marine U-3S, and nearly score of
American muleteers were reported
lost, according to messages received
| by the State Department from Consul
John S. Armstrong, Jr., at Bristol.
The news created a sensation in of.
ficial quarters as 1t was the first case
of loss Of American lives since the
sinking of the Lusitania
The gravity of the Incident. how
ever, and the action of the Washing
ton government depends almost en-
tirely on whether the Armenian was
chartered by the British government
and was, in fact. transport of war
aboard which Americans would sail at
their own risk. or whether she was an
unarmed merchantmen.
Immediate inquiry was directed to
Ambassador Page at London to obtain
details
The steamer Armenian carried be.
sides her regular crew, LOG Americans
nineteen white and the remainder
negroes-signed to care for the cargo
OF Lace mules.
Her cargo, according to her mani
fest. was valued at 1921. 400.
London.-Thc British steamer Scot
t'sh Monarch. bound from New York
for Manchester. with cargo OF sugar.
was torpeGoed and sunk by German
submarine. The steamers crew OF
thirty-six men took TO the life boats.
The Norwegian ship Cambusken.
meth, which sailed from Portland,
Ore. Feb. .. for Liverpool or Man.
chester, WAS sunk by the German sub
marine U-S9.
Thirteen members OF the crew were
landed. Eight other sailors. being
German subjects, were taken aboard
the subma inc.
The Norwegian steamship Gjeso OF
09i tons gross, also was sunk by u
German submarine. The crew was
landed at North Shields. The vessel
was sent TO the bottom by a torpedo
The Norwegian bark kotkn was
sunk off Fastnet by the gunfire of a
German submarine Twelve men OF
the crew were landed at Queenstown
after being six hours In life boats.
The Norwegian steamer Marna OF
Mandnl. Norway. bound for Lelth with
n cargo OF pit props. was sunk by n
German submarine off Halsund. ac-
cording to the Christiania correspond.
cnt OF Reuters Telegram Company.
The Holland.Ameriean line steam.
ship Nleuw Amsterdam. having II
large number OF passengers on board
bound from New York for Rotterdam.
was run down In fog by an unknown
steamer while anchored In the Downs