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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09
Christmas Bazaar.

Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend q Christmas bazaar, which will
be given by the women OF st. Pau s
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
Friday morning, beginning at 8
o'clock in the De Forrest millinery
parlors.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09
Nfarriage announced.

Miss Frances Marie Smouse, Of
Cumberland, Md, and Mr.. Herman
Frederick Reinke, of Danyille, H.,
were married by the Rev. G. F. Dank-
worth Saturday. December 4. at the
English Lutheran church in Cum
berland. They will reside In Granite
City, Ill.,. They visited their aunt,
Mrs. Curtis D. Fleming, here and
she accompanied them to st. Louis.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09
Surprise Party.


A very pleasant surprise party was
given in honor OF Mr.. and Mrs. Artie
Dye, at their home in Folsom, re-
cent evening. Mr.. Dye has been in
the employ Of the Carnegie Natural
Gas Company for several years. and
superintendent Of the Folsom district
for nearly seven years.
Mr.. Dye was notified by his COM
pany recently to go to Reader, w.
Va, and take charge Of the company's
holdings In that district. During
their sojourn in Folsom, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dye have made a host Of friends who
are sorry to see them leave. Below
is list of friends who attended the
party:
F. s. Croker, Mrs. F. ardluauan
Mr.. and Mrs. F. s. Croker, A. d.
Corner, w. K. McCray, H. B. Wade,
]. F. McNutt, G. G. Williams, George
Sullivan, Beryl McNutt, Harry Nc
Gee, Mrs. Julia Wade, NJ. 7. Burgy,
Frank Decker, Mrs. Frank Decker,
Mrs. ]. F. McNutt. Mrs. D. s. Samp-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09

Mrs. Crist 10 Entertain.
Mrs. Clyde NJ. Crist will entertain
at cards Friday afternoon from 8 to
II o'clock at her home on North
Chestnut street,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09
Circle to Meet.

Circle to Meet.
The regular meeting of the Bona
field Circle will be held in the par
lors Of the First Methodist Episcopal
church at 1880 o'clock Thursday
evening. The Queen Esthers will
meet with this society and all are cor
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09

The Wednesday Bridge Club was
entertained from to S O'Clock
Thursday afternoon by Mrs, Philip
P. steptoe In her home at Hartland.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09
True Values
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL
Regular Business Meeting.
Continued from PAGE Tarsr

The regular business meeting OF
Queen Esther chapter, No. IL, Order
Of the Eastern Star. will be held in
the Masonic temple at 1880 o'clock
this evening.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09
fur opening
Monday 18th, for the
tenth time
Fiue China Tables
Zoe, Csc, soc 81, $50

Nothing to compare with this show of Christmas
china.
There are reasons many and good, why this is
collection of fancy china without a duplicate.
One reason is because we have the outlet and be-
gin making ready months and month prior to- Buy
ing import enables to sell for 25 per cent less,
saving the hiddeman's profit.
There are hundreds and hundreds of articles for
holiday gifts, some of which are
statuary. Vases Images Cream Sugar Sets. Berry
Sets Cake Sets Salad Sets, Chocolate Sets Bread
ter Plates Cups and saucers Bowls Patter Celery Trays
Spoon Trays Ash Trays Candle Sticks Powder and Puff
Jars, Dresser Sets Syrup Jugs Water Pitchers Salt
Pepper, Hat Pin Holders, Bon-bons in fact almost any
thing you want.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09
Parsons-Souders
SILK HOSIERY
A Gift no Woman can Get
Enough of.

Here is variety larger than ever
much larger than elsewhere and we
were fortunate in getting all of our
imported novelties.
In every instance prices are as low
as, and in most cases lower than the
same grade of goods elsewhere.
AT s1.00 we have the best silk stock
ings made at that price. in black white
and colors
At $3.50 is stocking generally admit
ted to be the best.
AT $3.50 is the Kayser, the original and
famous Butinol black silk stocking.
At $3.50 Is the famous Kayser Italian
silk stocking in black and colors.
At $500 is the finest silk stocking made
in America. black. white and colors.
At s2.25 Parsons-Souders fine silk stock
ing OF unusual quality.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-09
Silk Underwear
Give it for the Satisfaction
it Gives the Recipient.

The best is Kayser's; through the
war lines have come this Italian silk
underwear just in time for Christ
mas.
Either pink or white, plain and en-
broidered.
Combinations, $3.50 and $500.
Vests, $1.50, $1.75, $500, $3.50, in
fancy Christmas boxes.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
TURKS MURDER 1000 CHRISTIANS
Four Thousand Killed by Disease and
Property Loss $2,5oo,ooo.

New York.-At least 1000 Chris
tians we're killed and about 1000
others died of disease in Urumiah,
Persia, during the five months OF
Turkish occupation, according to a
letter received by ]. l.. Caldwell,
American minister at Teheran. from
Dr. William A. Shedd of Urumiah
made public here by the Presbyterian
board of foreign missions. OF the
$500 Ch:ictian families in the dis
trict, DR.. Shedd said that all but 1000
were robbed of all their possessions
and nearly all suffered some loss. He
said the total loss of Christians hal
been estimated at S2,500,000, and
added that the Presbyterian mission
sustained loss of $4,000 during one
attack. Considerably more than 100
Christian girls turned Moslems dur
ing the Turkish occupation. the
writer said, in hope of escaping vio-
lence.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
Accused Wife Plans Mates Funera

Providence, r. l.. Sept Amid the
preparations for the funeral of her
husband. of whose death she is ac-
cused, Mrs. Elizabeth Tiffany Blair
Mohr lost her composure for the first
time since suspicion fell upon her.
She had attempted formal Interview
but it was interrupted with sobs and
ended in an outburst of weeping. The
funeral of DR.. Mohr, held Friday. was
arranged in all its details by the wild
ow. who, following her arrest, was re
leased on bail
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
BOTH Adopts IN DECEIT
How Signals Arranged For Between
Soldier and His Wife Really
Were Carried On.

The captain had not been long mar
ried when he was ordered into camp.
To be sure. the camp was in plain
sight of the captains residence, but
then it was still separation; and to
tighten this terrible condition it was
arranged that the bereaved h;sband
and wife should signal to each other
often with their handkerchiefs. 1t was
on the second day that the young wife
was seated on the porch reading. Tell
me, Jane" said she, "is the captain
still signaling?" "Yes. ma'am." an
swered the maid. "Then keep waving
your handkerchief. l want to finish
this novel," At the same time. in
camp an officer from an adjoining
company stepped up to the captain.
81 say. old fellow" he asked. why do
you keep that man out there all day
waving a handkerchief" "Oh. it's
merely bit of signal-code practice for
him."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
TO KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE
Evidently Mr.. Jimso Was to Get a
Plentiful Quantity Of Fresh
Air That Night.

Mr.. Jimso was in the habit of at
tending meetings which often de-
tanned him after the usual hour of re-
tirement. One night he was exceed.
ingly late, and his wife, after frettiDg
herself into a temper. went to bed.
determined to give her husband a
lesson. When she had been upstairs
about ten minutes she heard knock.
so, putting her head out Of the win
dow, she inquired:
"Is that you, Tom?"
Yes. Kate; come and open the
door," was the answer.
What has kept you out SO late?"
asked his wife.
I'VE have been discussing the real
benefits of fresh air." answered he.
WELL" returned his better half.
you can lecture tomorrow night from
experience" and down went the win
dow with a bang.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10

In Time Of Due Prepare for Drought.
Brother Cassius Cautious Kush came
forward to be baptized at the colored
campmeeting. The parson was tired
OF baptizing brother Cassius and said:
'Waffoh you always come forward
to be baptized into the fold? You
done been baptized II times. Use bap-
tized you my own self every fall since
the big woods burned and Marse Hon
eycutt died f'om ober-exertin' hisself.
Amt dat de truf?"
Amen" said Cassius.
How many times you-all expect to
be baptized. dat's what ak ye?"
81 reckon" replied Cassius Cautious
Kush, .'I'll be baptized every year.
De oftener l gets dis mortal clay
soaked down, de safer I'll be from
sparks on dat great day when de world
am all on fire. jah!"-Judge.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10

There is scarcely neighbor around mo
who does not use your medicine. Mrs.
J. F. JOHNSON, R. No. 4, Box 30. Prince
ton, Illinois.
Experience of a Nurse.
Poland, N. Yin my experience as .
nurse certainly think Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is q great
medicine. I wish all women with fe-
male troubles would take it. I took it
when passing through the Change Of
Life with great results and always re-
commend the Compound to all my pa
tients if know of their condition in
time. will gladly do all can to help
others to know of this great medicine.
Mrs. HORACE NEWMAN, Poland, Her
kimer Co., N. Y.
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Com pound.
IfyOu wantspecial advice write
Lydia f. Pinkham Medicine Co,
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
Disenehantjno.

A party of young men and women,
members of sketching club. were
motoring along country road. Just
within the fence on the left grew In
Vulnerable graceful stalks, each bear.
ing globes of pale green that shaded
into gray and purple.
How enchanting" exclaimed one
young woman.
DO tell u.s." said another young
woman, equally enthusiastic. to gar
dener standing near. what those beau
oo-tiful things are
Them? Them's onions gone to
seed. New York Times.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
Two Empty Whisky Casks Explode

Denver.-An accident which occurred
in Ouray Friday morning, believed to
be without parallel, was duplicated in
Denver Friday afternoon when an
empty whisky barrel blew up, hurting
Matthew Cohen, 13, West Colfax boy,
against the side of building, and
fracturing his skull. A. E. Taylor &c,
an express messenger, is dying as the
result of a similar accident in Ouray
Fumes generated by the sun blew up
an empty whisky cask on which he was
leaning. tearing the top of his head off
and fracturing his skull.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
$4,000 Face Death by Starvation.

Chi o.-Death by starvation
through four years of crop failure
faces the $4,000 inhabitants of Cura-
Goa island in the Dutch West Indies
unless help is sen. them, according tc
the Right Rev. NJ. G. Vuylsteke, o. P.
Catholic Bishop of Curacao, who ar.
rived here seeking aid for the island
ers. THE suffering in my diocese is
fully as terrible as in the war stricken
countries of Europe" said Bishop
Nuylsteke. and all that is needed to
alleviate the conditions there is
bread. seeds. water and food of all
kinds.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
FOREIGN

FOREIGN
Count Guicciardini, former minister
of foreign affairs in the Italian cabi-
net, is dead.
Felix Poppenberg, widely known
German essayist and historian. died
at his home in Berlin.
Antonio Flores, former President Of
Ecuador, died at Geneva. Seiior Flo
res was elected to the presidency Of
Ecuador in 1888 and served the term
Of four years.
Robert Beck of Chicago. who was
made deaf and dumb by an injury sus-
tanned while fighting with the British
army, suddenly regained his speech
and hearing.
German business men have trans,
mitted to the United States an offer
to buy 100000 bales of cotton. The
price offered was Is cents a pound
payable on delivery of the cotton in
a German harbor
The Berlin press hears that former
Secretary of State Bryan is coming
to Berlin and promises a reception
worthy of the cause he so eloquently
advocates" the Amsterdam cores
pondent of the Exchange Telegraph
wired.
The Berlin National Zeitung pub
fishes leading article under the
heading: Wilson, Bryan and Roose-
velt," which is noteworthy for its
friendly tone and for the ungrudging
admiration expressed for President
Wilson
Political circles in London took the
view that Germany's yielding to the
United States will have little If any ef-
feet upon the negotiations now pend
ing between Great Britain and Ameri-
ca for a modification of the British
order in council.
The first definite announcement
from the government that Poland will
not be restored to Russia when a
peace treaty is signed was made by
the German chancellor. DR.. Won Beth
an-Hollweg, in opening the sessions
of the reichstag at Berlin.
Reliable compilations of the damage
done by the typhoon which swept over
Shanghai on the night of July 20 show
that at least 500 lives were lost. large
ly through drowning and that about
s5.0O0.000 worth of property was de
stroyed Shanghai has not suffered
such storm in thirty years.
The steamer Corwin arrived at
Nome, Alaska, from a trading trip at
Cape Serge. Siberia The natives
along the Siberian coast had heard
nothing of Vilhjalmur Stefanson, the
explorer. who, with two companions.
left Martin Point, west of the mouth
of Mackenzie river, March %, 1914.
Naval officers in charge of the
wrecked United States submarine F4
in dry dock at Honolulu, T. H., indi
Gated that there was scant hope Of
establishing the Identities of the TWEEN
ty-one remaining bodies still In the
after compartment of the vessel. The
remains, of which little is left ex
cept bare skeletons, were located
mixed with the debris of the sea.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
A Real Sport.

Them city fellers is pretty slick.
but they can't fool me-" said Hiram
Waybacker.
They couldn't interest you in any
OF their skin games. eh?'
81 should say not! Two o. them of.
fered ter show me tn only German
submarine in captivity. Haw! Haw"
"And what did you say to that?"
81 told 'em ter git out tn shells
an the pea, an I'd make one guess
Jest ter keep 'em from bein' lone
some"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
NEGLECT YOUR SCALP
And Lose Your Hair. cutieura Pre-
vents It. Trial Free.

Cuticura Soap shampoos cleanse
and purify the scalp of dandruif while
the Ointment soothes and heals the
irritated scalp skin. Dandruff and
itching are hair destroyers. Get ac-
quainted with these supercreamy emol-
lients for the skin and scalp.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura. Dept. Ky.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
Kind He Liked Best.

She-You like melon, do you not
Mr.. Bond.
He-Yes; especially the kind fire.
quently Gu. by large corporations.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
one Commandment Broken.

Bridget-The new neighbors want to
cut their grass. mum. and they sent
over to ask the loan of your lawn
mower.
Mistress-Lend them our lawnmow-
er to cut grass on the Sabbath! Ger
tainly not, Tell them. Bridget, that
we haven't one.-Boston Transcript.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
I'm ALL OUR
NE|GHBORHoOD
There Is Hardly A Woman
Who Does Not Rely Upon
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Princeton, Ill.-"I had inflammation.
hard headaches in the back of my neck

AND q weakness al
caused by fem ale
trouble, and l took
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound with such ex-
cellent results that I
am now feeling fine.
1 recommend tn Q
Compoundand praise
It to all. 1 shall be
glad to have you
publish my letter.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
THE LATEST IMPORTANT Dis.
PATCHES Pu! INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR


The total number of Prussian
losses published up to Aug. "a
amounts to 1.74O.s36 killed. wounded
and missing.
Four Turkish transports have been
torpedoed by British submarines. An
nouncement to this effect was made
officially at Paris.
Two Mexican bandits we're shot to
death near Kathryn. Tex. They had
been arrested by q posse and were
trying to escape.
The Russian fortress of Lutsk has
been captured by Teutonic forces, it
was officially announced by the Aus
trian war office.
The British steamer Sir William
sunk by German submarine, accord
ing to London reports.
A telegram from Maasbode says al
He'd aviators destroyed a large build
Ing at Client, Belgium, used by the
Germans for housing air craft
German forces attacking the Rus
sian fortress of Grodno have taken
two of the outer forts of the strong
hold. it was officially announced by
German army headquarters at Berlin.
Fighting continues in the Kane
runs. the German colony in Western
Africa which the British and French
have been attempting since the early
part Of the war to wrest from the
Germans.
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph Company says 1t is
reported that Admiral Won Tirpitz. the
German minister of marine, will re-
sign and will be succeeded by Admiral
Won Posi-, now chief of the admiralty
staff and commander of the German
battle fleet.
The British employed 1900 men
In their attacks on Turkish positions
on Gallipoli peninsula. according to
dispatch from Constantinople to the
Berlin Frankfurter Zeitung. and their
losses were extremely heavy. The
correspondent estimates that since
Aug G the British losses have been
In excess of $4,000.
More than 100000 Russians have
been taken prisoners by the Germans
since the campaign in Galicia began
on May 2, German army headquarters
announced. Captures of Russians dur
ing the month OF August totalled 1000
officers and 269,S39 men. while 1900
cannon and $50 machine guns were
taken.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10

But If a man is foolish and doesn't
know it, it's a sign that he has no
wife to instruct him.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10

Some men manage to make little
noise in the world by rattling their an
cestor's bones.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10

Better a song in the heart than two
in the fiat upstairs.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10

Red Cross Bag Blue. much better. gees
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
SPORTING NEWS
Standing of western LeaEue Cluh..
Henry Todd won the national stall

Henry Todd won the national stall
lion futurity of s10,435 for 3-year-old
trotters in straight heats at Yonkers
n. Y. Time, 2:11A, 2:12k.
Over a track which trainers esti.
mated to be from three to four Sec
ond slow, Directum |. paced a mile in
2:O2A at the grand circuit meeting at
Empire City park at Yonkers. N. Y.
The first big event of the grand cir.
cult trots. the 2:OS trot for purse of
$4,000. was won at Yonkers. N. Y, in
straight heats by Peter Scott. Best
time 2:OA. Worthy Prince was sec.
ond. and Lee Axworthy third.
Rube Marquard will hurl for the
Dodgers in the future. The deal with
the Giants went through at New
York. 1t is understood Brooklyn paid
$4,000 for the rube, and that the let.
ter consented to salary cut from ST..
900 to $1,000. .,
Announcement was made that "Beu
Bolt" carrier pigeon. had estab
lished a new long-distance flight OF
approximately 1900 miles from Nor
walk, Ohio, to Los Angeles. Cal. II
made the trip in days, 8 hours, 81
minutes and 10 seconds.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
And Then Some.

And hen Some.
Would you call Henry Ford a self
made man.
We'll. he's a self.starter. any
how"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10

You can't very well dodge the toll
gates on the road to Success.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10

The army of Field Marshal Won Hin.
denburg has captured Grodno. the last
of the strong Russian fortresses tc
hold out.
The capture of Grodno by the Ger
mans marks the fall of the twelfth
fortress under Teutonic attacks on the
eastern war.front within month. be
ginning with the fall of Warsaw on
August 5. 1t was the last of the Rus
sian fortresses in Poland to hold out
Grodno was regarded as powerful
link in the Russian defenses against
invasion.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
BRITISH TRANSPORT STRIKES A
MINE AND is SUNK IN OAR.
DANELLES.
600 BODIES RECOVERED
TAKE RovERETo AND
BERLIN ANNOUNCES CAP.
TuRE OF GRoDNo.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Rome, Sept. 4.-Telegrams from So
fla state that off the entrance to the
Dardanelles British transport struck
a mine and sank, with 800 officers,
1850 soldiers and 300 members of the
crew, all of whom were drowned. Six
hundred bodies were recovered.
An important part of the Turkish
forces on the Gallipoli peninsula has
been surrounded by the allies and its
surrender is imminent, says an Athens
dispatch to the Fournier agency.
Rovereto, the largest Austrian city
to fall before the Italian armies, is be.
ing slowly occupied by the Kings
troops.
The Rovereto forts, which blocked
the Italian advance on Trent, only thir-
teen miles away, were blown up, and
the Austrians began to evacuate the
city, retreating northward up the Ad
ige valley in the direction of Trent
Before retiring the enemy forces de-
molished the historic Italian monu-
ments and set fire to the homes OF
Italian residents.
Capture of Rovereto marks the
greatest single victory in the Italian
advance upon Trent. the goal of Gen.
Cadorna's forces in the north.
Though the Austrians have con.
structed barricades across the valley
between Rovereto and Trent, military
men here believe the Italian troops
will approach Trent itself before win
ter halts military operations.
The early evacuation of Riva, at the
head of Lake Di Garda, by the Austri
ans, is expected to follow the fall OF
Rovereto
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
GENERAL

idhS were lduuCueu III new 1Ork
for suffrage parade on Oct %. which
the promoters expect will be the great.
est in point of numbers the world has
known.
Kentucky Democrats in their state
platform convention at Louisville in
dorsed the administration of Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson. and declared
in favor of his enomination in 1916
After preparations had been COM
pleted to hold the funeral of Gen Pas
cual Orozco at the Mexican Methodist
Episcopal church, the Orozco family
cancelled the plans and announced that
the funeral would be held at FL Paso,
Tex, and the body inferred in an Ell
Paso cemetery.
An officer of the White Star liner
Adriatic. which arrived in New York
from Liverpool, declared that the Ger
man submarine which sunk the
Arabic, had been caught in a steel net
and the U-boat's crew were now pris-
oners in England. He added that
within the past sixty days the Brit.
ish have captured no less than fifty
German submarines in the nets.
Foreign exchange rates reached
their most serious stage Tuesday with
an overnight break OF 2Is cents in
sterling, the English pound selling in
the New York market at Si.5Sk.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10

Smile on wash day. That's when you use
Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes winter than
snow. All Rrocers. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10

The art of bluffing lies in knowing
| when not to.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10
Puttina His Foot in b.

Putting His Foot In II.
Niece-I do think you are clever.
aunt. to be able to argue with the
professor about sociology.
Aunt-I've only been concealing my
ignorance, dear.
Miss Knowles. Quite the contrary.
assure you.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-09-10

As to Voice.
She says her voice is adapted to
all sorts OF music"
well. it seems able to stand any
strain"