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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
.SUFFRbGET'S GOWN IS
RUINED BY DUCK EGG
New York Women on Automo-
bile Tour Of State At
tackled by can't"

Mrs. Alice f. Burke and Miss Ciel
Shochet feel that they have been
transported back into the. middle OF
the last century, as this town has ac-
corded them the same treatment as
was given to those pioneer advocates
of the woman suffrage cause who were
villifed as strident, unsexed creatures
and attacked with showers of rotten
eggs and decayed fruit and vege-
tables.
Mrs. Burke and Miss shochet are
making a suffraget tour of the state
in their little yellow runabout. In
most towns so far they have met with
cordial receptions and always with
politeness. Bug Watervliet was diff
ferent. Here some one threw a duck
egg at Miss Shochet while She was
making a suffrage speech and ruined
her silk gown.
The suffragists are wondering
whether the same anti who threw the
egg was the one who stole all the
flags and decoration from the car
while they were absent temporarily
from It.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
SCHOOL TEACHER
Advertises That He Will Play
Children tOAttend His
School.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, July SLATER
having taught school in San Diego
county for twenty.nine years. B. F.
Young, of San Luis Rey finds himself
without a school because all the chill
dren in his district have moved away.
II he teaches one more year he will
obtain a pension. He Is old and feeble
and needs the pension. and SO the fol-
lowing advertisement. signed by Young
appeared in one OF the local papers:
WANTED-A family with i've
children of school age. Will pay
twenty cents day to each child
attending my school for the seven
months term, beginning in Sep
TENDER also will provide fur
nished house and pay transpor-
tation from San Diego.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
LEAVES TRUST FUND
FOR AN OLD HORSE
Long Island Physician Leaves
Provision to Maintain
Faithful Beast.

R1vERHEAD. L. l., July 31.-Dr.
George P. Grifing, late of Greenpoint,
Brooklyn, and South Jamesport l.
/. created a trust fund of $4,000 in his
will. filed for probate here, with the
income from which his faithful old
horse, Frank. is to be maintained in
comfort for the rest OF his life.
After Frank dies the $4,000 goes
70 the Jamesport Congregations
church, which is also to have the in
come from $4,000 more. DR.. Grifing's
estate is valued at $4,000. The be-
quests Included $4,000 to his sister,
in-law, Hannah NJ. Thompson OF
iJamesport; $4,000 to friend, DR..
Robert Bruce, Grimes, of Philadel-
phia; $1,000 to the Greenport, L. L.
Women's Christian Temperance Union
income from $4,000 to Jamesport Gem
etery; & income from $1,000 each to
cousin, George NJ Payne, of Sag Har--
Dor: and Johanna Smith. an aunt, OF
Hensonville n. Y
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
OufsWin7s
Rescuers
Fisherman Wastes Little Time
When He Wakes up in
the River.

/ CHESTER, Pa. July 31.-Dropping
into a doze as he sat fishing from a
dock Charles Stratton, 25. tumbled
head first into the Delaware river.
Captain Wesley Bowers of the tug
boat, Henel Bethel, shouted to his fire
man, Joseph Allen to aid in the res
cue and the two men dived overheard
after Stratton who was now thorough
ly awake after his unexpected plunge.
With Bowers and Allen close after
him Stratton struck out for shore and
beat his rescuers to the rivers bank.
Stratton says it was the most peculiar
experience he ever had.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
tsBiue Man. Of Spring Creek
TraiIed Many Times but
Never Captured.

SPRINGFIELD. Mo-. July ST.
News comes to this city that after
an absence of four years the mys-
terious Blue Man of Spring Greek
has again appeared In his old haunts
and is causing great excitement In
the wild and hilly country along the
Big North Fork, Indian and Spring
creeks, in the eastern end OF Doug
las county.
It was in the beginning of 1855
that a noted Ozark rifieman and trap
per Blue Sol" Collins. came across
strange tracks in the snow along
Spring creek. He had trailed many
q bear. and these tracks resembled
bears. but II they had been made
by bear, then this bear must sure
" be the largest bear in all Missouri.
The imprints in the snow were long
er and broader than any bear tracks
Collins had seen, and along the tracks
were queer marking, seemingly made
by great claws.
Collins was fearless and followed
the foot prints determined to slay
the greatest bear in the history OF
the region. Hour after hour he fol-
lowed the trail. He was toiling up
the slope of Twin mountain when
he heard noise on the hill above
him. Looking up, he was just in
time to leap to one side as a huge
bowlder swept past him down into
the valley. Another and then an
other bowlder swiftly followed. When
Collins had time to look closely and
see what was causing the avalanche
of rocks he was terrified.
Sees Nude Giant of the Hills.
,, On the steep hillside above him
stood gigantic figure, an enormous
man, stark naked except breech
cloth and shoulder piece of some
animals skin. The huge body was
covered with long hair almost
black in color and as thick as that
Of any wild animal. On the mans
feet were rude moccasins of deerskin
tied with thongs of leather. The ends
of these thongs had made the claw
like mark in the snow.
The terrifying figure was armed
with club six or eight feet long
This he had laid aside in order that
he might more readily tear the bowl
ders from the frozen soil. Collins
was no coward, but he never denied
that after one look at that fearsome
figure on the hill he turned and fed
The Ozarks were thinly settled
region fifty years ago, but several
OF the scattered families among the
hills missed calves. sheep and hogs,
and after long search, found discard
ed hides and clean picked bones in
remote crannies> among the hills.
Some Of them, too. saw the fearsome
figure slipping among the woods.
After 1866 the wild man" disap-
peared and became no more than
tradition in the remote region. In
1874 he reappeared. was seen by
probably a score of men. and was
systematically tracked, by men skill
ed in trailing wild animals. But all
efforts to capture him were in vain
Blue Man of Spring Creek"
During the next sixteen years the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

they were Overwhelmingly superior,
as at the Falkland islands; and even
this is not claimed by the British
press to be an unconditional success,
because the battle was too costly in
time and sacrifice.
"Our naval authorities followed gen.
orally the principal of keeping bat
t!eshtps in harbor while attempting to
weaken the enemy through minor
and mines, to point where an at
tack on the main feet will offer some
prospect of success. How correct this
strategy was is proved by the last
twelve months. Thanks to the effec-
tiveness of four submarines. which
existed the justified admiration of the
whole world. it has been possible to
sorely wound the British fleet.
"In addition, our submarine arm
of the year in an entirely unexpect-
ed way, as destroyer of commerce
Views may differ as to the final out
come OF this field. but It is undeniable
that nation like Germany. whose
commerce has been driven from the
seas, but which can subsist without
imports, has an extraordinary advan-
tage over a country dependent almost
entirely. like Britain, upon importa-
IIOuS OIL lOOu anu raw lldSCl 4alS oS1OoS
the water The submarine danger
unquestionably weighs like g. night
mare upon the inhabitants of the sea
washed lano. The future results or
the wide extension as we hope, of the
GAL TWO-GERNIANY -. -. $3.50.
fruitful activity OF our submarines can
not be predicted, but the expectation
is generally cherished in Germany
that the submarine campaign will help
- ~, PONs MOI m
in England.
All Types Fall.
Every type of warship has fallen
victim to German submarines-the
battleships Formidable. Triumph and
Majestic, the armored cruisers Hogue,
Cressyaand Aboukir. the Russian ar
mored cruiser. Pallaba, the cruisers
Hawke and Pathfinder and the Brit
ish destroyer Recruit, for example
and neither the express steamer nor
the slow fishing boat is safe from our
deadly torpedoes.
In addition, the aerial arm of the
service has won many laurels. Yep
pelins crossed the North Sea safely,
even to London and back. and Ger
man aeroplanes participated in the
destruction OF the enemies war and
merchant ships. The question wheth-
er airships and aeroplanes could be
used extensively at sea must, in the
light of the achievements of our air.
craft. be answered affirmatively.
German aircraft have even fought
successfully against the dread sub
marines. A Russian submarine was
destroyed in the Baltic by bombs
from an aeroplane, and at least one
British submarine met the same fate
in the North sea.
THE general fear of submarines is
responsible for the remarkable spec
.tacle of the heavily armed and strong
ly armored battleshtps rarely ven
turing. to leave sheltering harbors-
ships which before the war were
counted as decisive factors in sea
power, but which find themselves con-
demned to inactive roles. Clashes OF
heavy battleships, like those in dis
tant waters. have borne out the old
rule that superiority in numbers, ar
tillery and speed make up the de-
cisive factor for victory.
Heavier Guns.
'The British were defeated of Cor
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
SPELLING ABILITY
OF CHILDREN
MEASURED
Seven Out of Every 100 Third
Grade Students Cannot
Spell Word HAS"

WASHINGTON, July 31.-seven
out of every 100 third grade public
school children can not spell has. "
This and other curious evidences OF
the special problems inherent in the
teaching of spelling are brought out
by DIR. Leonard P. Ayres, of the Rus
sell Sage foundation. in a study just
published.
AS a result of combining the four
most extensive studies that have been
made to identify the words common
ly used in different sorts of English
writing. DR.. Ayres has selected the
1000 words that constitute ninety
per cent of the language ordinarily
used. This selection was made from
various English authors, from four
Sunday newspapers of Buffalo, N. Y,
and from the business and family
correspondence of over 1000 adults.
The objects fthe study was to de
velop a scale for measuring attain
ment in the spelling of common
words, on the part of school children. .
| Cooperating with the city super
intendents in eighty-four cities OF
the United States. DR.. Ayres has the
900 commonest, words tested by an
aggregate of 100000 spellings. Sc
cured from 10000 public school chill
dren The result, according to DE-
AyISS, IHduc 10 POSS1OAS w
ately measure spelling ability. and
to compute the amount of Improve
ment in spelling the same words
from grade to grade.
BY scale arrangement, extending
on line from 0 to 100. "spelling
ability" is easily and scientifically
determined. For example. nine
words of most frequent use, viz. in,
the" go" no." now" man,
ten" bed, top" revealed that
second grade pupils. on an average,
spelled correctly ninety-four per cent
of these words. At the other ex-
treme of the scale the words. judg
ment," recommend and "allege
were found to be spelled correctly
by Just fifty per cent of eighth grade
pupils. Percentages above and below
these would indicate variations from
the normal in spelling.
DR.. Ayres finds that intellectual
abilities are distributed in much the
same way among people as are phys
ical traits. Just as there are few
dwarfs, many people of medium
height, and few few giants; so there
are very few exceedingly poor spell
lers. many medium one and very few
excellent ones. Few words do most OF
our work when we write. Firty words
constitute. with their repettttons,
,one-half OF the words written. The
child who masters the 1000 words
on the scale given will make no spell
ing errors in nine-tenths of his writ
ing
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
THEFT OF CHICK
Is Attempted by a Large Frog,
Says a Kansas
Minister.

COTTONWOOD FALLS, Kan, July
S1.-A strange sight was witnessed
on the farm of Mayor Albert Rogler,
of this city, by the Rev. T. NJ. Strange,
a Methodist minister. In the barn
yard the minister saw a large frog
emerge from the grass and leap up
on a chick only few days old.
The frog tried to swallow the chick
en-, which set up loud peeping. The
mother then swooped down and be-
gan pecking at the frog, which hop
ped off into the grass with the chick
en- in its mout. The old hen follow
ed, pecking as hard as she could. Fin
ally, when the min ister started to-
ward the frog. it let go the chick and
hoped away.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
Old Money Tree is
Destroyed by Storm

CUMBERLAND. Md. July 81
The famous old money tree" near
Shepherdstown,, w. Va, on the Poto-
mac, has been destroyed by storm.
The tree sheltered for seven or eight
years $4,000 Union army pay
master concealed between its roots
and then reported it had been taken
from him by the Confederates. His
story was found to be false and he
was court martialed. He refused to
reveal the hiding place, and after
seven years. he went by night to the
old tree and dug up the money. He
lived in Washington for number of
years after being released.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

The fact that the pioneer settlers OF
Harrison county were nearly always
at war with the Indians WHO fire.
quented this region and had little or
no friendly intercourse with them.
prevented their learning the meaning
of the names the aboriginees had be-
slowed on the mountains, streams ond
other natural objects, which Is very
much to be regretted.
The word aMonongahela is said TO
signify the river oe sliding banks,
which comes from the popularity OF
the river in washing under its banks
and causing them to slide into the
water.
The word Pinnickinnick, which is
given to the high hill near Clarksburg.
is presumed to be of Indian origin,
but its meaning is not known.
There is tradition that the West
Fork was called Muddy river" by
The June number, 1892, of the
Southern Historical Magazine. in q
sketch of Adam O'Brien states:
"Clarksburg was a small Village
much expose@ and the children were
kept within very narrow limits, lest
the savages should cnance to fall up
on them. The little urchins, however,
then as now, sometimes broke their
bounds.
"One evening when squad OF them
had wandered too. far, they discover
ed an Indian, who was creeping up
to surprise them They set off for
home at full speed and the Indian,
finding himself discovered, pursued
them fierceIy with his tomahawk:
.'The larger children were ahead,
hut one little fellow, though he ran
his best, fell into the rear, and rno
savage was gaining on him. Al last
the bow got SO far that his pursuer
stopped, poised his tomahawk and
threw it at him, but missed. on which
the child. looking back exclaimed:
Aha, you missed me though, you red
devil"
Clarksburg, Sept. 90. 1909.
Cod. Henry Raymond,
give you the tradition of my grand
father, Barnes Aliens adventure with
the Indians as / heard 1t from my
father, Stephen C. Allen.
Joshua Allen and his son, Barnes
Alien. came from Scotland to Virginia.
from there to Fort Pitt, thence up the
river to what is now known as Hep
zibah or the Allen farm, five miles
from Clarksburg.
Joshua Allen entered large tract
of land. and his son, Barnes, planted
and matured four hills of corn, which
gave him a settlement right to 400
acres built log cabin on his land
and went to Fort Pitt and was mar
ried to German woman named Eve
SwiRer, and returned to his cabin in
the wilderness, and started to estab-
lish a home and clear out farm.
To this union, six children were
born. four boys, John, Joshua Israel
and Stephen. and two girls, Catherine
and Rebecca. Rebecca was born In
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
PRETENDER
To the French Throne Recov-
ering from Injuries Received
in Auto Accident.

LONDON, July Sl.-The Duke OF
Orleans, pretender to the French
throne. is ccnvalescing from a severe
injury to his right hip, received when
he was knocked down by an automo-
bile while crossing the street near
his London hotel some weeks ago.
The duke was looking forward to
Joining the war with the Italian army
at an early date, but this plan has
now been postponed indefinitely.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
THRIFTY
Are People of st. Paul as Bank State
ments Show.

ST. PAUL, July S1.-One out of
every three citizens OF st. Paul mas q
savings account in some local bank.
not considering postal savings and
children.s savings deposits. against an
average for the nation of one citizen
in every ten. st. Paul has approxi-
mately ,7l6 depositors who have
SO, 444, 376 in savings deposits in the
city's banks. making an average de-
post of 500. The city's population
is estimated at 2T5,0O0.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
TO FIGHT TO TERY END
SAYS PREFER ASQUITH.
lRv Assochted Prens.l.

LONDON, July 31.-The
prime minister OF Great Brit
ain. the Right Honorable Her
bert H. Asqulth. has given the
following authorized state
ment:
Il have been asked to send
"a message to the United States
of America at the end OF the
first year OF the war.
The reasons why we are
lighting are known in America
The world has Judged, and will
Judge, not our words but our
actions. The question today
is not Of our hopes or our ca
lamities. but our duties.
sour duty. which we shall
fulfill. is to continue to. the
end in the course which we
have chosen, and 'to do all
which may achieve ana cher
ish a just and lasting peace"
d
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
BEE WRECKS AUTO.

SMYRNA, del. July Sl.-Persistent
attacks by a humble bee caused the
chauffeur of machine in which Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Mesick of Mfddletown
were riding to lose control and the
car ran into a ditch and was over
turned. The occupants were bruised,
but not seriously hurt.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
LIQUOR LICENSE
Secured by Kansas City Man
in Order That He May
Sell Mince Pies.

KANSAS CITY, July s1.-"Bill''
Hicks, caterer, has such a fear of the
law that he got out federal 1iQuor
license so he could sell mince pie.
why" said Bill Hicks. aggriev-
eddy, on the witness stand in the
South Side court. why. would you
believe It,, you need liquor license
to sell anything with one-half> of one
per cent of alcohol in it. Why, you
need q license to sell mince pie.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-07-22
TORPEDO PROVES 1T
COULD SINK ARIZONA
ArmOr Plate Similar to That on Super
dreadnoughts Pierced in Navy
Tast
Test.

The torpedo is still supreme in
naval warfare This was demonstra-
ted Tuesday when a steel caisson.
made of the same style armor plate
which it is said was used in the con
struction of the superdreadnaughts
Arizona and Pennsylvania, was sunk
when a mine was exploded under it.
The experiment was conducted in
the Elizabeth River at the extreme
end of the navy yard and about 700
feet south of the pier. where the Ger
man auxiliary cruisers Eitel Fried
rich and Kronprinz Wilhelm are now
moored The test was witnessed by a
special navy board appointed by Sec
retary Daniels.
No outsiders were permitted TO wit
ness The test. The naval beard was
composed of Lieut. Commander De-
frees, Lieutenant Schuyler and Lieu
ed under the caisson at 902 o'clock in
the morning and in fifteen minutes il
had sunk to the bottom of the river
The caisson was twenty feet wide and
forty feet long.
The armor plate was arranged in
longitudinal and horizontal bulkheads
in such manner as to represent the
hull of the newest of the American
dreaduanghts. The mine which con
tanned the same material used in war
torpedoes, was placed along the side
of the caisson and fired by means of
an electric wire, which extended to
the shore about ten yards away. The
explosion was heard some distance
away and created considerable inter
est on the two German vessels, the
crews knew nothing about the expert
ments that were made.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-07-22
BELL MAY SERVE
ON NAVAL BOARD
Washington Man and 0rviIIe Wright
Assured of Membership.

1t has become known that AleXan-
der Graham Bell, Orville Wright and
others who have distinguished them
selves in various fields of science, are
assured of membership on the Naval
Advisory Bord of Inventions and De-
velopment if they should fail of nomi-
nation by the scientific bodies that
Secretary Daniels has invited to make
up the personnel of the board
An informal announcement to this
effect was made by Secretary Daniels
; result of a suggestion that if he
adhered strictly to the selections of
scientific bodies, some of the men he is
most anxious to have serve the depart
ment on the board, might fail to be
chosen for membership.
Secretary Daniels made it plain that
the Advisory Board would include
such men as Mr.. Bell and Mr.. Wright,
even if they were not named by the
scientific bodies of which they are
members. 1t is apparent that the Ad-
visory Board vii be a much larger
body than was originally contempla-
ted. When the Secretary of the Navy
originally announced his purpose to
assemble such a board, he stated that
it would be made up of nine. ten or
eleven members.
Secretary Daniels wrote letters on
Monday to the heads of eight scientific
societies inviting them to name two
members. IL is known that like invi-
tations are to be forwarded to other
organizations not included in the list
made public. This means that the
board viii be composed of at least six
teen members, with the addition of
Thomas A. Edison, who will be chair
man, and in all probability number
of others representing various other
branches of science
Fear is expressed by some naval Of
ficials that a good deal of difficulty
may attend the task of choosing men,
bers for the Advisory Board, especial
ly if the nominations made by the va
rious scientific societies should arise
antagonisms in these organizations.
In this event, it is suggested, Mr.. Dan
iels might be forced TO make the Sc
lections himself, regardless of rec
concentrations made by the scientific
societies.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-07-22
SHORTAGE OF MEN.
Due to Deliberate Neglect of the Navy
HAS ''Devitalized the Whole
Service"

The officers and enlisted men of the
feet are naturally much interested in
the discussion now going on as 10 why
the target practice of the feet has no.
improved, despite the greater expe-
rience gained and the resulting i'm
provement in methods and in instru-
ments.
The crew OF ship have in target
practice a task very like that of q
baseball nine Team work is Of such
a character that each member of the
team has a task to perform that can
not possibly be performed by any other
member. The result is that Tin base
ball team and in a ships crew. the alb
sence of any member does more than
merely reduce the numerical strength
OF the team or crew, because it i'm
pairs the solidity of the team or crew
as unit; a baseball team with only
eight members would find its etiicien-
cy reduced much more than in the
ratio of nine 10 eight.
Such a reduction in the personnel
of a baseball nine would ruin the nine
altogether. because ii would prevent
its acting in accordance with the pri-
mary rules of its being.
II could not act or work as a real
baseball nine; not merely because il
had only eight-ninths of the men need
ed but because the absent one-ninth
was vital element an element the
absence of which could not be com
pensated for.
This shortage OF men is due to the
deliberate neglect of the Navy Depart
ment to ask Congress for the neces-
sary personnel, in spite OF the urgent
request of the Navy officers and their
clear explanations of the need for
more men. The feeling that the De
partment has ignored the reasonable
needs OF the fleet. and compelled the
officers and men TO work without ade-
quate personnel. has had the psyche
logical effect that the knowledge of a
just grievance always has.