The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17
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ltnenAg 81 MoDre, scf WEIGH. w. Va,
s5aa Mis- Blanche Hamm 81 Gilt
= n, eprge, were married. here
tnss Nj and MES. lM0or4gleft
linn diately after the ceremony for
=: extended trip through the East.
a1a VIII visit various points before
stnelr return 70 WEIGH in February,
where they Will make their future
nome Mrs. Moore is very well
HneEn throughout southern West
Virginia where she has been station
seq sat Inherent times in various coal
qletricts, and has had supervision
tx the professional nursing in that
section ~ Mr.. Moore Is president and
general manager OF the Moore-Sum-
smere Hardware Company. OF WEIGH,
nna one Or the best known business
men In that section Of the state.
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Representatives Of the various
short line railroads throughout the
country have made appeals to the
senate postoftice committee this
bill, which provides for railway mall
pay, based upon the car space instead
Of the weight OF mail carried. The
complaint Of the managers Of the
short line roads is that the raptd
Growth of the parcel post has COM
peled them to carry q vast amount
OF additional mail for which they
get no pay, while at the same time
has been greatly interfered with.
The short lines urged as remedy
TOE this state Of AFFAIRS that the Sem
ate ppstofice committee cause the
mails to be weighed at least once Q
year and allow the roads increase In
the payment for the yearly increase
in weight carried The space plan
Of payment, It Is said. would greatly
and would further reduce the mail
pay of all short line roads by from
SO to go per cent. Representatives
are here from the Western Associa-
ton, the Association Of the South
east and the Short Line Road Assoc
citation, which includes members in
nearly every section OF the country.
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y Mrs. George II. Porter was host
sess at her home on New Hampshire
avenue this week at q most enjoya-
bile reception. Mrs. Porter was as
sisted In receiving her guests by her
sister, Mrs. r. 4. sLowntes, OF Ciarks-
burg !, and Mrs. William %. Chiffon,
Of Charleston, and many women
prominent In Washington society.
vi .a $50 ,s
Mrs. William Wallace Spauldihg
gave a luncheon this week inEcompIi-
ment to Mrs. Jesse Speidel. Of
Wheeling. who Ia guest Of Mrs.
Leroy Cor. Mrs. Speidel has been
cial affairs which have been given
for her since her arrival in Washing
ton. Al; i a.
se
niece of former Senator George Cole.
has returned to Washington, to be
present at Madison Hall for post
graduate week. Miss Cole spent the
summer and early winter with er
uncles who Is, at present consul al
Dawson City, B. @.
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Mrs. A. D. Hopkins. wife Of Dr..
Hopkins, OF the Bureau Of Ethonol-
luncheon and reception which was
given at the New Ebbitt this week
by Mrs. George A. Armes, Of vir-
ginia, president Of the National AS
ISOLATION Of Democratic Women.
Mrs. Armes's guests included mem
bers Of the association, members OF
her staff and q numbersof the women
who made the recent appeal to the
president in favor of woman SUI.
frage Mrs. Hopkins was also a
member Of the latter delegation.
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Representatfve-elect Edward Coop
er and Mrs. Cooper have arrived in
Washington for q short stay and are
registered at the New Willard.
l1ffs and Mrs. Howard Hume, the
dhaperoned o young peoples dinner
tiifs week at the Chew Chase club
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