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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24

vided sau pportunity tps work from
y Ito - sp.s IN. He also could read
during that tins. He liked read
ing hut he had no money with
which to buy books. The thing
came 10 him with a : fash. Why
not make things during those three
hours and sell them He Gould
build upsa business while IN his cell.
He could have money and buy
books. He could study and bee ONE
useful. Having spent his boyhood
In Montana with people all around
working in the mines the most 5rse-
+ full thing he could think OF being
was a mining engineer.
STARTS 10 WORK
MAKING QUILT.
Then this big clumsy boy started
Ito work making guilt. The ma
terials were Furnished him by the
I, prison. For three hours s every
evening he worked at the quilt,
which was his to do with as he
liked. It turned out to be beau
stfful. piece of work, Most women
would have been proud to call II
their own. He worked on that
quilt for more than q year before
It was finished to his satisfaction.
Looking over the list OF his ac-
qunintances he could think OF. no
one who could sell the quit for It's
value. He wanted to sell IL to the
people OF some big city where the
bids for it2would run high. one
day In the prison chapel he saw
photograph with the name of the
photographer underneath. The
name was Gerhard Sisters, ST.
Louis = 4
Wonder IL they would sell my
quilt. said the man with the brand
OF crime on the books OF the State
of Montana. There ought to DO
people in ST Louis with money
enough to buy my quilt and pay q
good price
So George Meade, felon, wrote on
the prison stationery his first bust
ness letter. 1t follows: i55
Kind Friends-In addressing
you this letter ] feel as though /
may be proceeding a little unduly.
as Il fully realize how great is the
liberty I take when addressing per-
sons Of your standing and especial
~ from ~ place of this kfnd.S Al
the heading Of this letter win I'M
form you. u am an inmate Of the
Montana State Prison. / an, sery-
ing q life sentence here for a crime
that I was not wholly to blame FOR.
and ! am trying to make the best
OF my unfortunate position. and
while here wish to put in part Of
my time studying so that the time
spent here VIII not be entirely lost.
Having this in view. i have put
IN many hours OF labor. that Il
working In my cell Of an evening
after my days work for the state Is
through. as all prisoners have from
g p. m. till Q b. m. to work for;
themselves or study. During the
last two years Of an evening /, have
been making a beautiful iniaid SIX
guilt. trusting that 1 would be able
to get someone outside to sell Il for (.
me. In that way I hope TO obtain
" little money that viii enable me
to buy the books i need. It Is ii,
regards to the quilt that 1 take ths
liberty Of addressing you, asking if
you will kindly .und ertake to dispose
of Il for me. Tho quilt Is one Of
the most beautiful that was ever
made In the Inst tion. II a made (
enttreiy Of sill tnlaid with many
~ * foff - IA ~ ~
The sun., 1915-02-21
GRAND JURY TO LEARN OF
BREAD PRICE CONSPIRACY
Twenty Witnesses Ready to Tell of Alleged Plot by Big
Bakers to Force Unwarranted Increase
in Cost of Loaves.

The Grand jury will investigate aile-
cations OF conspiracy in restraint Of
trade In connection with the Increased
bread prices. Assistant District Attor-
ey William A. Deford and Deputy AS
sistam District Attorney Aaron j. Col.
non caused subppnas TO be issued yes.
tcrday for the appearance OF twenty
witnesses before the Grand Jury on
Tuesday. The witnesses will include
grocers, delicatesseu storekeepcrs and
ctheis who have asserted that drivers
for who esale bakers directed them to
raise the price OF bread to cents
loaf
Mr.. Dcford has gone over all the tes-
timony taken at the Attorney -Generals >
Investigation involving two drivers for
the Ward Baking Company, one "
whom said that a superior directed him
t. get him customers. fifty-two in all.
10 agree to sell slN cent bread The
Attorney witnesses will. it j.
understood. tell their stories 10 the
Grand Jury.
II is expected that District Attorney
Perkins's Investigation will last two
or three days
The Attorney-Generals inquiry into
the increased prices of bread flour and
wheat will be continued before Referee
Myer Nussbaum at 299 Broadway ON
Tuesday. G. II. Candy, president OF the
Chicago Board OF Trade tthe wheat piD,
Will. II Is believed, testify on tina. day.
The star witness Of the week promises
The sun., 1915-02-21
SATURDAY BRINGS
LONG BREAD LINE
sunday. Il Hungry Day for the
Pcnnilcss. Accounted in
Part for II.
38t WOMEN GET LOANES

The line - hungry men and women
First street was longer Yesterday than
II has been IN more than two weeks
There were 1850 persons who eot free
bread at the little store just of the
Bowery. and Of this number 1856 were
men and 3s4 were women.
They came in such numbers FIRST be-
cause they were hungry and without
the money to buy such a needed article
AZ a loaf Of bread. and they came iu
such numbers secondly because J.; was
Saturday and they wanted to prepare
against the coming of Sunday. the hard
est day for the penniless 10 get food The
bread line occupied parts of four streets
Yesterday, beginniug a. First street.
hlling the alley known as Extra place.
winding its way around the corner into
Second avenue and up g. Second street.
The line which formed on the Bow
cry after the bread was given out In
order TO march into the Hadley Rescue
Hall for hot coffee was also longer
than It had been IN many days.
To meet tie needs f the bread line
yesterday Tom Merry and Dick Bright
had 2.2OO lOaNc> on hand, 100 Of winch
they Gu into two parts because they
were unusually h'g loaN,s. Merry was
keeping track of the men and women iu
tho line that filed INTO the depot Will
Brgh, handed out tho loaVes when in
walked ratro.man Fred Brauer of th.
Fifth street police station lie took up
"A position alongside Merry and hogan
10 make marks ON a big sheet Of paper
as each bread liner passed him. Merry =
questions to the policeman brought gu;
the information THAI tn. chief Inspector
had ordered him to keep track of tn"
number Of persons in the bread line. 1t
is part of the clty's programme I'm keep.
ing taos ~ to the number Of unem-
pioycd.
Merry put down I'm his notebook yestcr-
day The following contributions which
came 10 THE SuN office for the bread
fund SEQ, o. r. A 50 from "Chil-
dreu.' Constance Leake. John Il. I.eake
and Eugene W. Leake, Jr 81, g. W A,
Jr; 81 :, II. y; 81, In Honor OF -.
AntaOuy.
The sun., 1915-02-21
NEW LEAGUE HONORS RIDDER.
Independence Union wants Dircr-
ent Kind Of Neutrality.

The committee on organization Of the
American Independence Union, which
held its first meeting in Washington on
January 80 last. met at the Hotel AstOr
yesterday and elected the following OFF,
GERS Honorary president, Herman
Ridder of New York: president, Richard
Bartholdt of Missouri first vice-presi-
dent, Dr. Thomas c. Hall of New
York.
In a resolution passed the committee
says: "Our work will be confined TO
a peaceful but determined EFFORT 10
educate public 'opinion in the United
States in favor OF the Liberation of
our country from all undue foreign in
fiuences and to bring all lawful pres
sure to bear upon our public servants 50
rs to cause them t. conduct our in
ternational affairs in . spirit of real and
not mere paper neutrality in times Of
war between friendly Powers and of
complete INDEPENDENCE OF foreign iu-
hucuces In times OF peace. our coun-
try must in its International relations
and in its public spirit and public opir-
ion be American only
The sun., 1915-02-21
HISTORIC SHOW FOR
COMFORT KITS FUND
Real Red Men VIII Appear in
"The Childrcn's RcvO-
luton"
TWO MORE SURGEONS SAIL

Among the actors who are 10 presen,
the story OF the American Revolution
for children at the Century Theatre on
March I will he real Indians brought
from the Michigan reservation at Petros-
key. IL was announced yesterday by the
Lafayette Fund THE Chldrcn's Revo-
luton will present living gallery OF
the Colonial days of romance and hero
Ism. Washington. Lafayette. Paul Jones
Alexander Hamilton. Light Horse Harry
Lee. Chief Petoekey. Rcd shirt and
others will tell and act the stirring scenes
of their lives.
\ statement OF doplorahle shortage
Of hospital supplies and trained nurses
In the poorer parts OF Normandy and
brittany was received yesterday by tho
New York chapter OF the American Red
Cross in a letter from Miss Anna Vail,
a member in London
The British American War Relief
Fund of 200 Firth avenue reported
Yesterday several letters from Queen
AleXaudra's Field Force Fund Of Lon
done which praise the work OF the
American women h ipiug there and
compliment them on the quality Of the
American goods being despatched to
the front Clothing. hospital supplies.
chocolate and tobacco are solicited by
this fund.
Dr. Edgar Lorrington Gilcreest Of
iainnesNille Texas. sailed yesterday on
the 81. Louis for England Hr was ac-
compdried 10y pr James T.. Stowers of
Kansas city. Mo. Both physicians So
lected from among 200 applicants.
will go to Paignton. England, 10 take
charge OF the American Wumen's war
Hospital
The Donation shop at 226 Fifth ave
nue. announces that IL Will he the only
shop open on Washlrgtou's Birthday
and says that buying there means em-
ploNment for unemployed girls who are
making garments FOR the European
emergency hospitals
The Vacation War Relief Commit 90
ACKNOWLEDGED Yesterday gifts of $3.50 ~
and the heretof re unacknowledgei sum
pf $3.50 80. making the total $j2179S 81.
This money H. kent In this country for
the unemployed
The American Ambulance Hospital
Fund received s1.so7.9a. making the to-
tai s32s 7oS3e
Contributions totallng 1854 we're
received boy Brown Bros n CO.. % Wall
street, FOR the American WomeuS War
Relief Fund.
The CommiSs on for Relief I'm Belgium
announced .hAt residents e Honolulu
have to dat, contributed Uses pounds
oc supplies for the Bclgians Residents
90 K'tchiklu. Sitkt. Sulzer and the Fair
banks district Ia Alaska hav" contrib
utcd fur boots, clothing and money for
lour
Tn, Srcours National Fund total Is
S5N t5334. that ~ tht American Polish
The sun., 1915-02-21
LITTLE KANAWHA FOR SALE.
Wilton viii Huy u, Says m
OnicinI Of the road.

WAsuIN NGrnN. Feb 2O.-J. r Blair,
secretary and treasurer of tn" LIN"
ktllw1l Railroad company In West
virginia testified before Chairman iiar-
Ian of tho Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to-day that the road ~ for sale
and las been for six years He added
that Sl00n,o0o Will buy IT, although Il
cost It's owners twice that amount. He
dc-.ed that the owners at any time
have held il To prevent dcvcopncnt of
coal lands in the Little aknawha Val
ley I'm West Nirainla,
The Baltimore aud ohio Ra lroad,
The nruuSylvauia aud the New York CEN
lihl Line, as t syndicate are the owners
coy tnC ia.t!c k4nawha Na!!y ad and
o." Testimony taken to-day by Chair
man HARLAN VAS based uu 4 senate
resolution Introduced hy senator rnii-
ton OF West Virginia directing an IN
qulry to ascertain il the road was being
held or handled in such "A way as to
prevent the development of certain coal
lands in the Ldttls Kanawha Valley.
The sun., 1915-02-21
CALLS HUSBAND VULGAR. "
Hut Doctors suing VII" Admits
Ur's "IntcIIectunI.''

pr James q. Callison, pnthooGist OF
the eye ear and throat department at
ST Lukc's Hospital. hes been sued for
separation by MIS-. Laura NJ Calllson on
the ground OF cruelty. He was directed
yesterday hN supreme Court Justice
Gaycgau 20 pay her 81, a Week and sloo
c. unset fee.
The 'tlli~ouS were married in laos
II is alleged that in 1912 when br. Ctl-
llsou was house surgeon at a Florida
winter hotel he earned 500 day. II
is alleged that hc became intoxicated at
the hOtcl and caused So much trouble
he ana his wife hId to leave. Mrs. cat
lison says that although her husband -
IMAM of high intellectual qualit g., ,"
he has been vulgar IN his atttud" to-
ward her She has been reduced to a
nervous wreck and has lived by borrow
iug from her friends.
IN g ,l,'son denied his wifes charges
and says his expenses are Irpw greater
than his income.
The sun., 1915-02-21
C0NFAB ENDS IN ROW.
Lchigh valley aud jersey city at
Odds over Canal

Two conferences held in Jersey city
yesterday failed to bring about com
promise between the city officials and
the behigh Valley Railroad over the
terms of abandonment OF the Morris
canal as prescribed by the bills intro
duced In the lower house by Speaker
Godfrey. One meeting broke un in a
row.
The first conference was proposed hv
Minority Leader Thomas T.. Martin, who
has Introduced n hill. drawn by CITY
commissioner Brensinger. providing that
the section OF the canal and two ba sins
In Jersey city shall revert to the state
and that the city shall have the first
right of purchase. The Godfrey bills
permit the Lehish Valley to retain that
much of It's property and surrender the
remainder to the state. The portion
within Jersey city Is the only really
valuable part of the canal right of way
The first conference in the city Hall
lasted just minute Assemblyman n
Martin demanded 20 know from t.ehigh
Valley officials what their company Will
give Jersey city.
Edgar II. Boles, general solicitor for
the Lehish Valley, replied:
ut isn't question of what we will
give, but can say that We will give
the state everything back of Fiddler's
Elbow"
The portion which the LehiEh Valley
wants to keep is just what Jersey city
wants to develop into second Bush
terminal.
II want to say right here and now" "
shouted Assemblyman Marin, that
these Godfrey bills will not pass unless
1t Is over my vote and my lighting quall-
ties. We might as we'll end this right
here and now"
The conference ended right there.
state Senator Austen Colgate and
speaker Godfrey arranged another
meeting In Mayor FaEan's office. II
was attended by members of the Legis-
lature, city officials and Chamber OF
Commerce members. No agreement was
The sun., 1915-02-21

10 he Joseph Letter Of the unsuccessful
wheat corner fame. who will come from
Washington to tell on Friday what he
knows about wheat from the time the
seeds go into the soil until the grain
reaches domestic flour mills or the for
eign market.
Deputy Attorney General Alfred L.
Becker. who Is conducting the investiga-
tion. is in Buffalo, but will return to-
morrow night or early Tuesday morning
Journeymen bakers got into n fight
discussing bread prices at rs Bartlett
street. WILLIAMSBURG, early yesterday.
and one OF them. Carl Shman OF s62
Myrtle avenue. was taken to st. Cath
crimes Hospital with broken nose.
Several other bakers were slightly hurt.
Miss Emma O. Bossong. domestic sci
ence teacher ut the headquarters of the
National House wives League. % West
Forty-hfth street, gave a class of ffty
school girls a free lesson In bread max
ing yesterday afternoon.
The sun., 1915-02-21
APPEAL IN BAILEY WILL CASE.
Relative. of Circus Mans widow
Garry Fight to Higher Court.

WHITE PLAINS, Feb 20. The contest
of m" viii of Ruth Louisa Bailey,
brought by her sister Mrs Auua Istb. lla
Hutchinson which has been In the court
for more than two years, II to be- carried
To the Appellate Division Joseph r
and Theodore McCadduu. brothers Of
Mrs. Bailey, and the contestant. who ia.
hcrlt the bulk OF the S5.U0u.00O estate.
iiicd to-day notice Of appeal from the
decision of Justice kengh setting aside
the verdict of jury which sustained tn ,
will
Mrs, Hutchinson contests the will on
the ground that her sister was unduly
Influenced by her brother Joseph in cut
ting her of with only ar annuity of $40
900 II shc succeeds in having the viii
broken she viii be $500. 900 richer and
her two sons who were cut off without a
cent. Will come In for their shares
The sun., 1915-02-21
MANY TO DO HONOR
TO WASHINGTON
Birthday Celebrations Will In
cludc Addresses by ROosc-
welt and Taft.
SERVICES AT CHURCHES

Among the many meetings arranged
in celebration OF the 1891 anniversary
OF Washngtons Birthday tomorrow are
speCia, services at which ex-Presidents
Taft and Roosevelt will be the principal
speakers col Roosevelt will speak in
ment Armory. in Marcy avenue Brook
Ign. EX-President Taft will address the
Washington Society in Washingtous =
headquarters At Morristown. y. J.
Patriotic songs and recitations by
children viii be given under the d.rec-
tion OF William j Lee. supervisor Of
recreation, and Miss Mary L.. Mckenua
on the cty's nifty park Fairgrounds
There will Ice games also
\ dinner to 900 newsboys and work
ing boys viii hc given in the afternoon
by Mrs. Eliza Guggenhemer in memory
Of Randolph Guggenheimer at The Brace
Memorial \ewsboys House of the chill
drons Aid Society, II New Chambers
street;
Gov. Whitman. Mayor Mitchell. Co'lcc.
tor Malone. william r Jerome, cN-
Speaker Cannon. John Wmamaker Sen
ator-clcct Wadswo"ih and Augustus
Thomas have accepted Invitations to
speak AT the police ucutenauts' dinner
AT the Waldorf
Tn, Volunteer Firemen Of New York.
aged from q 20 ~. viii have their an
nual parade. starting from 10 Gre.nwich
avenue" They will decor1t" Washing
tons statue IN Union square.
church services viii include the twen-
ty-ifth annual service OF the sons Of the
Revolution nt the church Of the lnrar-
nation Madison avenue and Thirty y-nfth
street, AZ I o'clock this afternoon
The Daughters OF the Revolution viii
hold services this morning in tho Church
OF tho Puritans. l3Uth street and Fifth
avenue, and this afternoon IN -
ThomaSs church, Fifth avonu" and
Eifiy-third street,
Patriotic services viii he held to- NOR
row In oil Trinity Church the preacher
heing RIshoD j pc W Perry. Jr. OF
Rhode Island. a descendant of commo-
dore Perry. At ST patrick's Cathedral
the knights of Columbus viii attend q
memorial mass AT 10 80 \. VI Addresses
will he made by Bishop Shahau and the
Rev. Thomas \ Thornton
At tn" Cathedral of 81 John tho nj
wine and iu synod Hall ON the cathedral
grounds brotherhood of ST Andrew as
s"mhlles of New York Will hold services
followed hv conferences and public meet
'ugs. Bishop Greer Will preside At the
conference To- hc held in the afternoon
The Washington Headquarters Asso-
citation, founded by the Daughters of the
revolution, will hold celebration at 3
=. NJ AZ WashiuGton's Headquarters,
l60th street near Amsterdam avenue
Park Commissioner cabot Ward and
Borough President Marks viii speak
Tho For America League will hold A
"a Ia btN
evening AZ O'Clock There Will he
speeches hv eN-Gov. -. =. Colquitt OF
Texas, eN-c0ngre,smun stephen q, Porter
of Pittshurg. Pa, and cx-Congres Sman
Ebeu Weaver Martin of Idaho. Admls-
sion To all parts of the house except the
parquct viii be free. and the proceeds
will he given 10 the poor Of New York
The sun., 1915-02-21
MEDAL FOR ARCHITECTS.
League Decides Upon New Honor
to he Conferred AnnuRIIy.

At the regular meeting OF the eNccu-
tive committee OF the Architectural
League of New York, held yesterday
afternoon in the leagues rooms. 10 was
decided 20 establish a medal of honor
for architecture, TO he given by the
league each year on the occasion OF its
annual exhibitions.
The details Of tho method OF award
are TO be worked out by a spe 'ial com
mitee consisting Of Edwin II Rlash-
field, fsidore konti, Calvin kiesseiing
and CasS Gilbert.
The league already awards medals Of
honor annually for sculpture and
painting.
The sun., 1915-02-21
MISSING MAN FOUND; DIES,
Discovered DcOnscious Under At
Iantic city Hon rdwnIi..

ATANTiC CITY, \. J., Feb 2O.--A wei
dressed man found unconscious under
the Boardwalk lcrc this moruln- VIM
died later in a hospital Wa Identified
tonight by friends as charles Wchhcr
Crossmdn of Asbury Park
crosslnan had been strangely missing
from his home and his friends expressed
doubt concerning the cause Of his deatn,
An autopsy will bc held
Nothing waa found In y" pockets
The sun., 1915-02-21
WEATHER FORECAST
Washington Predictions for
To-day and Tomorrow.
For eastern New York and New England
fair to-day; Tomorrow. partly cloudy,
fresh northcrIy winds.

fair to-day; Tomorrow. partly cloudy,
fresh northeriy winds.
For New Jers., and eastern rs~sSyi-
vanla. fair to-day; tomorrow. bS~r,lv
cloudy; not much change IN temperature.
moderate variable winds.
For western New York fair to-day; to-
morrow, cloudy; moderate easterly winds
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE pressure
was high yesterday over the Northwest,
the plains states Mississippi valley anl
Of Montana and over eastern ontario.
over the Southwest. the Pacihr slocs
and westward the pressure was low.
Rain fell IN the Pacific states In Texas
and northward into the central states.
and snow In Nevada, colorado aud New
Mexico.
Elsewhere the weather was generally
fair.
II was colder In TIA" virsinias and
warmer along tho Atlantic coast
Freezing temperatures extended south
ward into South Carolina In tho morning
but were above the freezing point In
most Of the central states.
In this city the day was fair ard
warmer, wind, fresh northerly; average
humidity 20 per cent; barometer, cor
rected TO read to sea level. at A. ",
3oi T.. NJ, 303S.
The temperature In this city yesterday,
as recorded by the of'cal thermometer. Is
shown In the annexed table.
The sun., 1915-02-21
PUNDITS OF THREE
RACES DISCUSS U. S.
Mongolian. African and Cau-
ca>ian Agree That We Are
Rather Slow.
DEMOCRACY NOT GAINING

co..cc professors Of three races sub.
-lDrtD agreed yesterday afternoon
q, the Republican club that this coun-
trv ne, not Vet attained a full realiza-
son of democracy and the spirit OF
brotherhood. The speakers were Prof.
r I,cnaea, formerly of Chicago INT
rrsty: Prof jeremiah W. jerks Of
New York University. Prof. William n.
sloane ~ columbia University. Prof.
WHum rickcus Of Wiley University, for
rerror- 10 Marshall Tex. Prof. Philip
X Uu of Columbia University and
rrof Franz loas. also of Columbia
rfe subject was is democracy gaining
over Irs' rracy and the spirit uf
brotherhood over race hatred?"
Prof lyeudEl traced tie growth of
democratic IDEAS in Japan and said
democracy is gaining over arstocracy
here In Europe, he said. the present
war IS aristocracys last struggle for
existence
"The proclamation Of the war zone.
with On eats to send neutral passcngers
~ The bottom of the sea. and the em-
barge on fUodstuffs for civilians show" "
ne n q 'the desperate n Of the COM
batan's ana might be looked on askance
by ,h, knights OF mediRval Europe ns
not in accord with the rules OF chivairy.
Il Is he insane work uf aristocracy and
hureaucracN clothed with the garb of
natioutlism.'
The Japanese. Prof Iyenaga said,
would stand on their own merits in COM
nafison with other races. The West
has sent US many Missionaries" he said,
but unfortunately In the lands whence
they came, especially your own Pacific
coast there are some who fail to under
stand the teaching Of the fatherhood of
God and brotherhood of man"
the japanese opinion OF the United
states is largely wrong" said Prof.
Ienks They think Calfornlans hold
them In contempt. while actually Cali
fornans are atIaid of them and ac-
knowledge their ability and superiority.
That's why they don't want them. |
favor keeping the present arrangement.
nut allowing japanese to become nat
ural.zed"
Prof jerks said that the great mass
u voters are still led by the nose by
those bosses and plutocrats He agreed
With other speakers that intercourse
with other nations was the means OF
remov ng race prejudice He agreed
also with Prof pickens. who denounced
constitutions saving that attainment
should be the basis OF negro suffrage.
but said II should not be given to the
negro until he mad reached certain
minimum OF attainment.
Prof Hitu said that in Syria, his
native land. the old aristocratic distinc-
lions are being swept away. The Clfis-
tians there favor the Allies. the Moslems
favor the Germans. he said. Prof. Hitti
said also Americas spiritual progress
has not been commensurate with her
material progress"
Prof Sloane in closing the discussion
exhoitr every New York middle class
man to ponder the question: How
snail We. the people, rule for the benefit
of the people?''
Edward r. Cragn. presided and 900
were present. Next Saturday suffraGls SITS
and antis viii speak, and members may
invite women guests.