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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-03


pains have always been taken to min
tmtze gossip on this particular TOPIC.
The presidents attentions TO MIS-.
Gait have been no secret in Wash.
ingtop Tor many months. No one
theref was specially surprised when
me engagement was announced; and
the only comment which the capital.
Fyouchsafed was Ia line with that for
which Burkitt lost his job.
a few western newspapers had
dealt with the subject In like vein,
the women of Idaho where women
yote-Ahad been polled with a. similar
expression Of opinion; and the girls
0f 9 western state university: had
held 2 meeting and resulted to the
same iehect. But the subject was no
longer exciting interest, even private.
~, and was in fair way to disappear
altogether, when suddenly up hobs
Burkttt's boss, Assistant Postmaster;
General Roper, wit an Official letter
which has set all tongues to wagging
again and with accelerated force. B 3
The news broke in Washing ton on
Sunday. and the correspondents. be-
came Immediately very active AZ
the White House 1t was said that
nothing was known about the matter.
Postmaster General Burleson re.
fused to- say anything. But Mr..
Roper talked with some; freedom and
seemed to think he had in some fash
Ion befriended the president In firing
Burkitt. sTnmulty however, had no
such Illusion and, as soon as4he had
given the situation the once over, he
promptly proceeded to announce
Burkttt's reinstatement ssby instruc-
ton q the preside nt.o 2 \
So far as Burkitt Is concerned that
tended 1t. But IT did not end the
gossip. No indeed! That Is still
going on. with the consensus In
Burkitt's favor by a large majority.
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Rule.or.Ruln Policy,

The New York World Il for Wilson
and II sometimes affects to speak for
Wilson. We wonder IL 1t speaks for
Wilson when 1t says:
One Of two things will happen In
Washington at the coming session Of
Congress. Either the administrations
program viii be adopted or there will
be no increase in the army and navy"
There can be only one Interpretation
& OF this language. It means that the
Wilson plan OF preparedness must be
swallowed in its entirety by Congress
under the painful alternative Of leav-
ing the nation in its present wretched
condition Of military unreadiness.
Yet is is already known that there
. are not enough Democratic 4 votes lin
Congress to adopt the presidents plan.
IL that plan Is adopted 1t must be yy
Republican support. Does the World
wish the country to understand that
Republicans must vote for legislation
in the framing Of which they are ito
have no voice? Is the president re-
cent and sudden conversion to the
cause Of preparedness SO thorough that
he has already mastered all the essen
tials Of the problem? Has he, after a
few weeks, been able to formulate a
plan which, running counter as 1t does
to that Of the experts In the war and
navy departments, is nevertheless SUI
perior to anything that those experts
would suggest? Is the president In
falilb1eY
IL The policy which the World suggests
lisa rule-or-ruin policy. Such policy
has too often marked this administra-
tion. alreadywith consequent disaster
TO the nations enterprise and honor
lit is now purposed to apply this pol
Icy with disaster to the nations fate in
case of war. that fact should sbe plain
IL made known. Is that what the
World wants the country to under
stand2 !. .l.- .,s..-s. -..il,.,-g
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"or Again. On Again. ),

George Burkitt, once, and now once
more. assistant postmaster at Win
.netka, ILL.,, has had a kind OF OF
Observation-Disclosures
experience. He was dismissed from
the postal service for having said
that the presid dents second marriage
was indelicately sudden. He tried to
secure hearing from the postmaster
general and was turned down. He
published the correspondence in the
newspapers He was ordered. REIN
stated within twenty-four hours.
This doubtless closes the incident
SO far as concerns Burkitt and his
job. But the epidsode has brought
about q renewal of comment over the
presidents courtship. and marriage
which has caused no little irritation
at the White Mouse. where great
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Need Not Search.

"A press dispatch says that both
parties will seek campaign material
during the coming session Of Com
sgress." There is no need for the Re-
publican party to do much searching:
Its own record in the upbuilding o.
American industry during a period Of
sixteen years Of protective tariff, its
achievements in the establishment Of
the merit system in the public service.
its enactment of such commendable
Legislation as the postal savings bank
law, the parcel post, the pure food
law, Panama canal construction. the
reclamation law, conservation, the in
come tax amendment, the popular cleo
& ton OF senators amendment, and other
measures too numerous ITO mention,
furnish an abundance OF Affirmative
campaign material. (,
The Democrats have, IN two years,
supplied plenty Of material with which
to attack them. Extravaganza, resort
to the spoils system, violation Of
pied ges. demora lization Of public, SER
vice. are matters Of public record and
require no searching. !; I.
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Trade Doubles
by Moving 200
Feel, Il Is Said
fohio stat Jo,arnal.I

A move OF a little more than 200
Ifeetin distance has meant an increase
|lof 100 per cent In business for the
United w olen Mills Company, which
has been located at Gay and High
streets, Columbu o., since April 4.
This firm Is one OF the several which
makes the statemnt that they would
pay more rent than at present re-
q1ired OF them IL thiswere necessary
rather than to return to their early
location. So
In this particular instance they
feel safe in making this statement. as
they are In possession OF q lease
which has twenty-eight years to rum
30 that they know exactly what their
rental will be for period that is
ieauiyalent to a business mans life
time. 4 Il
Among the advantages they emu
merated 20 rtheir new location Is the
greatly Increased facilities in the way
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WHEELING: Mason Jones', secs
rotary II the Wheeling Lodge of
Owls, has been arrested accused OF
the embezzlement sof $175 Of the
funds Of the. order. ne was released
on 81, 900 bond.
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(Political a dvertisement.)
Presid entail lOnliinat-
ing b DE-

Every Socialist party member,
voter or sympathiser, are re-
quested by tf Committee to be at
the presid entail can iidates noliili-
mating convention IN 4 the Court
House, next Sunday afternoon,
Dec. 6, 2:30 o'clock. 4
This is the first time youshave
had this privilege. Make the
most OF it. Who is your choice
for president of the United
EStateg Speak up in the Social
ist convention.
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wHEELING:s United States dam
No. IA. in the Ohio river at Wood
land, near the southern; Marshall
county line. will be completed in two
months, according to announcement
of the contractors.
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Jarnes d. Carney,

. y =.
James 2. Gaffney, president Of the
!; Boston National league club, has de-
cided to take a firm stand against
rowdyism on the part Of the Braves
+ 'He.wrote q letter to all the players q;
/ few days ago forming them that
( unsportsmanlike conduct would not
be tolerated the coming season.
OF natural light an0 the sSIlity I'd
show goods the greater portion Of
the time, without the use OF arti-i
fetal illumination. which is a1waya
more or less trying to those who are
not experienced In dealing with fab.
RIGS. ~ I. ~, s +.
They also have more window space
for the display OF their goods, which
Is marked advantage. They have
had no difficulty In. keeping all OF
their old customers and acquiring
many new ones.
The store at Gay and High streets
Is one OF eighteen bran hes. There
are in Ohio associate stores at Zanes-
vile, Newark, Cambridge, Midle--
town, Steubenville, Cincinnati and
Marietta, besides ten outside Of the
state. The home once is located at
Parkersburg, w, Va, and occupies
an entire city block. The scope Of
business done, which Is exclusively
the tailoring d. men.s suits and over
coats, Is indicated BY the fact that
they buy blue serge in D 25, 90 D-yard
lots. a
While the store at Gay and High
streets is united with the other sew
,enteens bran chesa in the promotion Of
standard lines and standard priced
clothing, at hasino other branches or:
sathliati ions In Columbus. II. has been
found, necessary to- emph asize this
fact occasionally to avoid confusion
the public m,nc.
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SALEM: Governor Hatfield has
appointed Miss Jennie Sutton. assist
ant matron for years OF the state IN
sane asylum ct Weston. as superin-
tendent Of the state Industrial home
for girls here to succeed Miss -Hilda
N. pugan. who resigned because Of
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CHARLESTON: "A warrant has
been issued by Governor n. D. Hat
field for Ernest Jackson, OF Montgom-
cry. jackson, a paroled convict, had
informed NJ. 2. White Of the peniten-
tiary that he wished to return to prs
on for fear he would commit further
crimes. Jackson g friends say that he
has changed his mind. 81
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KEYsER: The Keyser Board OF
Commerce will meet Decembay 8 and
at this meeting It Is expected that an
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nouncements can be ma de- concerning
the location here OF a factory to man
'ufacture barrels. This concern, 1t fsi
stated, will be completed IN time to-
supply barrels for, the apple crop next
season, not only for Mineral county,
but adjoining apple-growing coun-l
ties. 8 Il II. II i X
BUCKHANNON: Upshur county
Republicans are getting into the cam
lpaign early and several announce
rnents are out. q. B. Lanhatn will
make the race for sheriff. Robert B.
Rexford, Of Canaan, and j. d. Hinkle
are ebott, out to run for assessor ana
q. r. Cunningham, Of. French Creek,
is a candidate for county commission
er. AS upshur county gives a major
iity for the Republican ticket ranging
up to 1000 success at the primaries
the first Tuesday In. June will be
equivalent to election.
CHARLESTON: Judgment for
$4,000 was rendered in Circuit
court here in favor OF Edward Stuck
a 16-year-old boy, who, IN 1905, lost
an arm and q leg when he was
struck BY Kanawha and Michigan
train here. Suit against the company
was fled, with damages Of $25, 600
claimed. In the first trial q verdict
for the defendant was directed by. the
court. Appeal was taken to the SUI
spreme court, which reversed the low
er court and awarded a new trial.
WHEELING: Never before has a
local court heard a case with charges
similar to those OF II. 3. Behrens. an
aged farmer, against Sax and Pattel-
son, which will he tried next Wednes-I
day in the circuit court here. Behrens
bought q horse, returned one because
it was wild, another because It was
not. q mare, and q third because It
was not black. Finally the. black
horse died, and Behrens sues because,
It was not death proof. He wants
another horse. ~ s4e 3
MOUNDSyILLE: With the find
ing of seven more human. skulls in!
the Compton sand bank, hear here,
where a few days ago one skull was
found, it is believed the graves Of
white settlers nlassacred by Indians
at. the mouth OF Little Grave creek
have been found.
WHEELING: Branches Of the
sWoman's Christian Temperance
Union throughout West Virginia
have requested that special prayers.
be offered up December in the
churches Of the state for, the sixty
fourth Congress, which viii convene
the following day In order that
the members may be divinely guided
in their actions upon the resolution
for national constitutional prohibl-I
ton.
FAIRMoNT: The Monongahela1
Valley Traction Company expects to.
have extensions completed tosits lines
by Christmas, giving service over q
new route by way OF Peacock Hius]
south Of Fairmont, to Edgemonts and
Bell run. The new line connects1
with the Clarksburg line.
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An Evening Echo. <
There are two days about which
nobody should ever worry, and these
are yesterday and OBJ
ERTsJ. BURDETTE.
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E FAIRM0NT: The Monongahela
Valley Traction Company expects to
have extensions completed toits lines
by Christmas, giving service over q
new route by way OF Peacock Hills
south Of Fairmont, to Edgemonts and
Bell run. The new line connects
with the Clarksburg line.
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MouNDsv1LLE: "A huge stone fell
from the roof Of the PARIS Run Coal
Company's mine and instantly killed
Nicholas Walters, 63, a miner.
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WHEELING: United States inter-
nal revenue Collect ions In. the Wheel
ing district during last month
amounted to $95 .e03 as compared
with s74,S75 for the same period OF
last year. Revenue from stogies
manufactured was $s5.341, repre-
senting an output OF nearly 10000
900 stogies.
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WEST VIRGINIA BRIEFS

WHEELING: The mystery. sur
rounding the purchase Of, 500 acres
of ground south Of Wellsburg. on the
Ohio river was dispelled. when
announcement was maize that the
site will be used for the erection Of
la:Es:SS2 500, o 90. power plant by the
American Gas and, Electrical Com
pany and for the estab lishment OF In
dustries inethate section. Ground,4has
been broken for the plant.
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MOOREFlELD: BENJAMIN and
Harvey Dellinger. two brothers resid-
ing near this place, claim the record
for killing the largest eagle ever slain
in West Virginia. While out hunti
ing they suddenly came upon the co.
gle. which took flight. Both hunters
fred and the eagle was brought down.
It measures seven feet and Ave inches
from tip to tip Of outstretched wings.
The bird will be mounted.
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CHARLESTON: In United States
district court here Judge John q;
Rose directed verdict for the de-
PENDANT in the case Of Morris Leavitt,
administrator, against the Raleigh
Coal and Coke Company. Damages
for $4,000 were asked for the death
Of miner.
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Illness.
= :. -

tW1EE1lN0: Jonn CORY does
not have to pay DR.. Leroy Hadrick, a
dentist, for three gold teeth the doc
tor placed in his mouth. The teeth
came of when Cory chewed gum and
when DR.. Hedrick sued Cory for $50,
the cost Of the crowns, jury decided
Cory did not have to pay.
BLUEF1ELD: Aslarge eagle was
worsted in an encounter with one Of
the hounds owned by r. II. Matthews
while the latter was hunting In Clinch
mountain. When It swooped down
and attempted to carry the dog away,
Matthews. who was hunting with his
other, w. Fl. Matthews, was attract
ed by unusual howls from one Of his
.dogs. He investig gated and found the
eagle and the dog locked In d fierce
struggle For full ten minutes dog
and bird fought each other andsseyer--
attimes the eagles talons carried the
dog a few feet OFF the ground. Final
-lys the eagle, bitten in a doenz places
and its feathers covered with blood;
was forced to abandon the attack. The
dog was also badly swounued.T
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MoUNDsyILL.E;: with the find-
ing OF seven more human. skulls in!
the Compton sand bank, hear here,
where a few days ago one skull was
found, it is believed the graves Of
white settlers inassacred by Indians
at. the mouth OF Little Grave creek
have been found.
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PARKERSBURG. EdwArdEMorris,
arrested at. rutherford Writ county
by @. T. Cook. federal deputy mar
shall on a charge Of looting the Ruth
Eerford postofilce more than d year
ago; has been brought to jail here to
await a hearing.
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HUNTINGTON: Levi Jones, DEM
ocratic war horse. has resigned his
position as deputy collector Of inter-
nal revenue, to which he.was appoint
ed early in the Wilson administra-
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4 ,iIAIRMoNT: GlarencetD. Robin
ison. mine operator of this city. Has
purchased the Davis mine. formerly
owned by 7. 4B s Davis, Of Keyser,
near Flemingtong on the Ba ltimore
and ohiorailroads andaHill4 deublaJits
present output Of 500 tons Of coal a
day. e n. ~, 80
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nouncements can be ma de concerning
the location here OF a factory to man
'ufacture barrels. This concern, 1T is1
stated, will be completed Ia time to-
supply barrels for, the apple crop next
season, not only for Mineraltcounty,
but adjoining applesgrowing conn-
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-22
Wilson Denies Impression

Washington.-President Wilson de-
clared that he was not thinking Of an
nouncing his candidacy for 1916 when
he made the statement in his Indianap-
oils speech recently that the people
of the United States might have a
chance to judge of his acts. His utter
ance was interpreted by the audience,
and by others at the time, as hint
that he might be candidate for re-
nomination. The president explained
to callers that what he had in mind
was that future generations would
pass upon his acts as president.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-22
Votes For Women
Killed By House
REDFIELD OPTIMISTIC
Secretary OF Commerce Says Era OF
Prosperity Is Ahead For The
American People

New York..A greater era OF pros
perity is in view for the United
States, Secretary Of Commerce Red
field said in addressing the fourth
annual dinner Of the Queensborough
chamber of commerce.
Secretary Redfield discussed Ameri.
can trade relations and industrial con.
ditions esulting from the war in Eu.
rope and cited the advance in freight
rates granted to the railroads and the
opening Of the Panama canal as fac
tors leading toward an improved bust.
ness status. Discussing foreign COM
merce, he said:
"Our floating debt to Europe, which
it once was felt might have to be
paid fully in gold, has instead been
paid in goods and more than protect
ed, so there seems to have begun an
inward flow of gold responding to the
reduction in the price of exchange"
w. Morgan Shuster said that in fur
nishing supplies to the nations at war
the United States was handicapped by
an inadequate merchant marine.
"Any other nation" he said, that
possessed our wealth and opportuni-
ties, given the present conditions in
world politics, would long ago have OBJ
tanned full control of the worlds
trade"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-22
SECOND TIME EQUAL SUFFRAGE
MEASURE HAS BEEN
REJECTED
Southern Members Of Congress Held
With President It Was Question
For States To Decide

Washington. house of repre-
sentatives, by vote of 204 to 174, re-
fused to the states an amendment to
the federal Constitution to enfranchise
women.
A two-thirds majority would have
been necessary for adoption of the res
olution submitting the amendment.
Hundreds of women who had sat in
the crowded galleries throughout the
eight hours of debate, greeted the an
nouncement of the result with varied
expressions of approval or disapprov-
al. Detection mingled with enthusi-
asm as the purple and yellow sashes
of the suffragists and the red rose-be-
decked anti-suffragists filed out into
the house corridors, wearied with the
long strain of oratory
Suffragist leaders undismayed by
the result of the vote, declared that
the fight was by no means over.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-22
PAID TO GET THE GOODS.
Consequently He Felt That They Were
His by Right.

A claim once made on the explorer
Cameron in the neighborhood of Ga
boon, Africa, shows the weirdly pecul-
lar workings of the native Africans
mind. Some of Cameron's possessions
proved unduly attractive to native.
and he determined on transferring the
ownership 10 himself. He accordingly
paid another native 5000 to procure for
him the coveted goods.
The assistant took the money and
did his best TO earn it, but Mr. Cam
eron had perverScly locked up the very
articles that the fellows employer had
set his heart upon. The man could not
carry out his bargain, and neither did
he feel that he could part with the
money. Therefore he ran OF with it.
What more logical than that the man
who was the loser by 5000 should ex-
pect the explorer TO make the loss
good? This he assuredly cid expect.
He went to Mr.. Cameron and told
him tie story. demanding in the first
place the 5000 which he Cameron by
locking up his goods had compelled the
complainant to lose and, secondly, the
actual price of the goods themselves.
which but for these arbitrary measures
would now have been in his posses
sion. 1t is not stated that his eXpecta-
lions were rehabilitation Specta-
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-22
Refuses to Praise Weather.

The freakish weather OF the past
month would furnish poet with a
theme for-an elegy; and yet hap
Ply looking stranger told US yester-
day that The Metropolis ought to
spend its time comparing the delights
of this climate with the misery OF
a northern winter.
Wind-driven sleet, leafless trees
speaking of death and gloom, drift
ed snow, yellow and ugly from the
crime of the smoke-laden ARA pic
ture of northern weather in January
is not hard to draw; it is not diff
ficult to picture the suffering people
either, little pinched-faced children
and quaint women, starving babies
and desperate men, all at the mercy
of the bitter cold.
But, honestly, this weather OF the
past month is the worst Miami has
ever known. 1t is fierce, and we are
absolutely, unqualifiedly ashamed OF
1.-THE idea of the wind blowing
like young hurricane in January
The idea of the sun playing hide anC
seek with scurrying clouds like silly
1901! line lued VI IllS IAN Noiliii s
down in torrents, and pretending
that the trees and the green grass
need it, when the aforesaid trees anc
green grass are growing already II
all the lIxuriance of tropical growth
No, we refuse to praise it. Oh
course, when you consider that the
mercury registers its lowest at Il
degrees today-when you consider
that the gardens are beautiful will
blooming roses, that the morning
glories are more abundant than in The
summer days, that the wearing o.
| light garments is comfortable anC
that no one is suffering because O
the absence of sufficient food ant
warmth-when YOU consider all o:
this, and that right this moment
while we write, the silly sun ha'
come out in a veritable flood of lif'
and warmth, it would seem that TIL
Happy stranger was right in his urg
iEg US to compare this Miami we'th
err with the dreary winter davs j,
colder climates.
But this is NOT ideal Miami wealth
err. 1t is unnatural and unpraise
worthy, and we have no notion %
throwing bouquets at the weathe
god when he deserves some extra
sized brick bats.-Miami Metropolis.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-22
Trade And Tariff Board

Washington. president Wilson is
progressing rapidly in selecting the
new trade commission, and told call
ers he expected to make the nomina
lions soon. The commission will have
to develop for itself the powers of a
tariff board conferred on it by con
gress, the president told his callers
Celebrating on his reference in his In
dianapolis speech, the president said
the commission undoubtedly had the
power to do the work of tariff board,
but that how far that power is carried
would depend on the commission.