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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-28
NEXT STEP
In the Mexican Policy of the
United States is Likely to
Be Taken Soon.
esr .ssoe,Arr1 rsrss,

CORNISH, N. H., July 2s.-Pres-
tdent Wilson has not yet decided
on the next step in his Mexican
policy and no announcement will be
made on the subject until after his
return to Washington. Word to this
erect came from the president today
In answer to questions submitted to
him on the Mexican situation. He
informed newspaper men that since
his arrival at the summer White
House he had not received any new
data on the Mexican situation from
Secretary Lansing and that the secre-
tarv had not forwarded any recon-
mendatfons as to what should be
done. The president did not deny
4hat some step would be taken in
tba near future as announced at the
state department.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-28
LlJNAT|(;
WHsonburg Man Who Defied
Officer With Gun is
Thought to Be.

Deputy sheriffs went to Wilsonburg
Wednesday afternoon for the purpose
of arresting Charles Eagle, tenant
of the Strother farm near there. and
taking him to the county Jail to be
examined as a suspected lunatic at
10 o'clock Thursday morning before
the county Iunacy commission. The
lunacy proceedings were instituted
by brother.
Resulting from an attempt by con-
stables to arrest Eagle late Tuesday
at his home. a warrant charging him
with interfering with officers in the
discharge of their duties was sworn
out against him Wednesday morning
in Magistrate r. Edward kdd's
court by Constable Robert McClung.
The of1cer declared that when he and
Constable Robert NJ. Noon went to
the Strother farm for the purpose OF
moving Eagles household goods out
of the house as the result of the instl-
tuition of a suit of unlawful detainer
of real estate against him. Eaglee
came out on the front porch with a
Winchester rife and defled them. As
Eagle had the drop On them, the con-
stables said, they retired from the
scene without moving the household
goods.
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RECEPTION
GIVEN COUNTY AGENT
At Meeting Recently Held at
the Burnside School House
in Union District.

County Agent w. D. linn reports j
busy week. He visited twenty-sevem
farms and held four meetings. at
which there were 213 present. Pos
sibly the best meeting held in the
county was had at the Burnside school
house. There were seventy present
and when the speaker had talked I'M
til $50 he rem embered that the farm
ers had worked hard. all day in the
harvest field and that he should let
them go, but they cried out, go on!
go on! we are not tired If you can
stand it." The meeting closed at 1923
with a promise that another should
be held soon.
An effort will be made to organize
company to purchase lime crusher.
There is an abundance of lime stone
at Mineral and 1t Is needed badly on
most of the farms in this section. the
county agent tried to show the Tar
mers that they were making q mistake
by letting their grass get too ripe
before it was cut
The present week will be spent in
visiting farms near Clarksburg.
Thursday and Friday dairy experts
from both the department at Wash
ington and from Morgantown VIII
visit the county and the agent will
accompany them to various diaries in
this section.
Saturday at p m. the subjects OF
How to Double the Production of
Our Meadows" will be discussed by
the county agent.
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STRIKE ENDS
AT the Various Plants of the
Standard Oil Company in
New Jersey.
enY Assee,Arsn .nsss,

NEW YORK. July 28-The strike
at the Bayonne. N. j. plants of the
Standard Oil and Tidewater OIL
Companies ended today when virtual
ly every man who walked out ten
days ago returned to work Inc
plants Of the Vacuum Oil and Gener-
al Chemical Companys. which we're
closed druing the riot In which three
strikers were killed. also resumed
operations today.
The strike at the Eagle Oil Com
plant at Caven Point, Jersey
City. by which 1000 men were ar
fected, ended today when all but six
ty of the employees returned to worK
The Eagle company is a subsidiary of
the Standard OIL Company and the
employees. were told they would re-
ceive the same terms that will be Of
tered the men at the Bayonne plant
of the Standard OIL Company.
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Intense Excitement Now Pre-
walls and Further Violence
is Expected.
CRUISER SOON TO ARRIVE.
American BIueiackets and
Marines Are Rushing to the
Scene of Revolution.
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b
PORT AU PRINCE. July ga mob
of Infatuated Haitians today removed
Guillaume. president Of Haiti
from tie French legation, where he
took refuge yesterday, and shot him
to death In front of the building Tbs
act OF violence followed Immediately
the burial of 100 political prisoners,
who were massacred in prison yester-.
day morning at the time of the out
break against President Gutllaume.
The mob was composed In very large
part OF relatives OF the victims OF
the wholesale execution.
The crowd invaded the French le-
CATION and seized Guillaume. M.
Girrard, the French minister, protest.
ed vigorously but he was powerless
before the fury of the people. GULL
aume was dragged into the streets
and the crowd surged around him and
he was promptly shot to death. Even
then the anger of the people was not
appeased.
The body of the president was
mutilated and tied to the end OF
rope and dragged through the streets
of the city. The people are In a state
of intense excitement and further vio-
lence is feared.
The arrival Of the American cruiser
Washington is expected at any mo-
ment. The Washington. has been on
the north coast OF Haiti. MIR. Girard
was counting on the coming Of
cruiser to afford protection to the le-
cation.
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BEST OF TREATMENT
ACCORDED THE CREW

request. He was one of the mess
boys of the American ship and as he
was of German nationality preferred
joining the crew of the underwa-
ter craft to the probability of inter
ment In England At Kirkwall an
other of the Leelanaw's mess boys
was found to be a German and was
detained.
Captain Delk made a matter of
fact statement regarding the sinking
of his ship. There is no story in
It," he said. I'VE stopped when a
shot was fired behind, us and then
we had to leave. Our ship was shelled,
bombed and torpedoed. but it took
an hour and half to sink 1t. Tho
Germans took US aboard the sub
marine. carried US about sixty miles
and gave us direction for getting to
Kirkwall."
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS
ON The WAY TO HAITl

WASHINGTON. July 2s.-The
cruiser Washington with Rear Adj
miral Carperton. 700 bluetackets and
an expeditionary force Of 100
marines sailed from Cape Haitien
last night for Port au Prince. Rear
Admiral Benson, acting secretary of
navy, received telegram from Rear
Capterton today saying the Wash :
ington sailed at o'clock last night.
Admiral Caperton will use his dis
erection about landing marines at
Port au Prince. Officials do not
know what action he will take In
view of the fact that revolutionists
are in possession Of the palace and the
town, but 1t is thought that he will
demand that lighting cease In the
streets and that he will protect Pres
ident. GuilIaume from harm.
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dead weight. A number or aeroplanes
that will carry twenty men have been
constructed in Aussia, and simtlas
ones are being constructed in Great
Britain.
ADMIRAL Fiske's CIaims.------
ADMIRAL Ffske claims for his ms
chine:
i. The method of directing anc
delivering the attack of the self-pre-
PEELED submarine torpedo upon =
floating target, which consists. frss.
In transporting said torpedo through
the air to a point Of desired Prov
nifty to said target; second, training
said torpedo in the desired direction;
third, starting the propelling machtn-
cry of said torpedo; and. fourth, re-
leasing said torpedo to fall by gray
ity to the water
2. The method of direction anc
delivering the attack of self-propellec
submarine torpedo upon floating
target, which consists, nrst, in trans
porting said torpedo through the ar
over a path of relatively high e1eva-
ton to the vicinity of said target;
second. swooping downward to =
point of relatively low elevation ana
training said torpedo In the desired
direction; third, starting the pre-
polling mechanism of the torpedo;
and, fourth, releasing said torpedo TO
fall by gravity to the water.
8. In combination with an arr
ship, a torpedo OF the self-propelled
su bmarine type, having an externally
comfortable device for starting the
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CIVIC BETTERMENT
IN THE COAL FIELDS
Is Motto of the Operating Com
panies and Conditions Are
Steadily Improving.

HUNTINGTON, July 2S-The Oft
repeated complaint made against coal
corporations that they take no human
interest in their employees, If ever
justified, is becoming less and less
so.
Thousands of dollars are spent an
nually by men of the coal corpora
lions for civic betterments. con-
veniences and amusements for the
workmen. churches. Sunday schools,
schools and teachers.
One OF the recent examples of the
manifestation of this modern Split
is reported by the Raleigh county
Company being the object of an ex-
tended complimentary article in the
Beckley Messenger. t'e-
Recently eight valuable prizes
were offered by the Gulf Smokeless
Coal Company to its employees.
Four OF them have been awarded to
white employees and four of equal
awards were for the best gardens and
premises. the first prize being $50.
second prize SIS, third prize $40, and
fourth prize SIS. The committee Sc
iected for the purpose made the
awards recently. The result of the
contest was that practically every
housekeeper in the community enter
ed INTO the rivalry anu tho lOWh "a
Tams. where the company operates,
Is a thing of beauty.
And now the Gulf Smokeless Coal
Company comes forward with an
other effort to contribute to the COM
fort and convenience OF tho en-
ployes. It will construct modern
and we'll equipped bath house near
the mine mouth. It will be OF brick
and cement and will have twelve
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-28

WASHINGTON. July 2S.-(Spe-
cial) Rear Admiral Bradley A.
Fiske's patent for an aero-torpedo
boat for delivering submarine torpe-
does from airships is attracting ma
tion-wide attention. The Ftske ny
ing torpedo-boat would make 1t poss:-
BILE to attack feet within land-
locked harbcr.
Admiral Fiske contempiates equip
ping monster aeroplane, similar &c
a number now under construction in
this country for the British govern
ment, with Whitehead torpedo OF
regular type. Swooping down at :
distance of five sea miles from the
object of attack. the aircraft wou1c
drop its deadly missile into the wate-
Just as it would have been launched
from a destroyer. The impact sets the
torpedo machinery in motion and It
goes at rate of more than forty
knots an hour toward the enemy ship
Range of 10000 Yards.
The range of newest navy torpedoes
is 10000 yards. Carried on huge
aeroplane the 2.00O-pound weapon
would be taken over the harbor &C.
lenses by the Fiske aero-torpedo boat
at an altitude safe from gun ire.
Once over a bay the machine woul>
slide down to within ten or twenty
feet of the water, the torpedo rug
ders would be set, and It would be
dropped to it's work while the aero
plane sped away.
Several countries have already per
fected aeroplanes that carry a ton,
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CHURCH SERVICES
In Germany Sunday to Include
Raising of Funds for War
Widows and Orphans.
GAY ASSOCIATE pREss,

BERLIN. July 28-The Protestant
church board in Germany has decided
that next Sunday shall be observed
with divine services invoking aid for
the national cause. The funds to Do
collected on this day an to be de-
voted to the succor Of widows and or
pt1ans. This announcement was
made today by the Overseas News
Agency. At this time this agency
declared that Bishop Korum of
Treyes has received an autograph let
ter from Pope Benedict thanking
him for the Peters pence contribu-
of the possibility of maintaining rela-
grets the bitter and prolonged war
which has robbed the holy father
Of the possibility of maintaing reia-
tons with his best friends.
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GOFF PLAZA
Lot Sale is Reaching Far Be-
yond the Most Sanguine
Expectations Today.

Goff Plaza Day thus far is proving
success beyond sanguine expecta-
lions. At noon it was announced that
the 100000 mark had been reached
in the sale of lots of the new addition
to Clarksburg Cecil B. Highland
through the Wilson and Dennison
Company placed on the market at z
O'Clock this morning A member of
the company stated at noon that the
prospects seemed good then to reach
the 100000 mark
The grounds are being visited by
throngs of people and the attendance
at the sale this forenoon was espe-
cially large there, including many out
of town buyers. The First regiment
band is providing music for the oc-
casiOn
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propellfng mechanism or SAID torpe-
do: means for retaining said TORPEDO
below said ship, and. on said ship,
means for operating said starting Ge-
vice and means for releasing said re-
tanning means
Advantages of the Combination.
f. In com bination with an airshfD
a torpedo of the self-prope1led SUP
marine type. having an externally
comfortable device for starting the
propelling mechanism Of said tor
pedo; means for retaining said tor
pedo below said ship, and, on safo
ship, manually comfortable lever
and transmitting mechanism actuatec
by said lever-hrst, to operate saio
starting device, and, second, to re-
lease said retaining means.
S. In combination with an arr
ship, a torpedo of the self-propelleo
type, having an externally controlra-
BILE device for starting its propel1ins
mechanism, chocks for said TORPEDO
below said ship: strap for retaining
said torpedo in said chocks: latcn
for said trap, and, on said ship, le-
yer for releasing said latch and trans
hitting mechanism sactuated by safe
lever for operating said starting 0e-
vice.
Easy to Control.
my invention" says the appifca-
ton of Admiral Fiske. is especially
applicable to automobile torpedoes
and makes 1t possible to control the
movement of a torpedo with great
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-28
SIX INDICTMENTS
IN EA STLAND CASE

state grand Jury plans to go into ses-
In response to proclamation by
Mayor Thompson, Chicago observed
today as a day of pubic mourning.
The city hall is closed ana the burial
of almost TOO of the excursionists. re-
covered from the river took place. Fa-
cilitfes are lacking properly to handle
the funerals and services over as
many as thirty bodies were held SIM
uItaneousIy in the church. Because
there are not enough steam and elec-
trio hearses the dead were removed
to cemeteries In various sorts of con-
veyances. In the vicinity of the Wes-
tern Electric plant. whore most OF
the victims were employed, the fun
eral processiors blocked trafnc.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-28
And Captain of the American
Steamer LeeIanaW by the
Submarine Force.
cpy Assoera1ro rs.ss'

ABERDEEN. Scotland, July rs
..,rhev could not have treated us
10 courteously than they did,
the unanimous verdict Of Cap
sai1 eugene Delk and the crew OF
"a. a. American. steamer Leelanaw,
when questioned last night regaraing
Ih They travelled about sixty
III N.Y. on the deck of the submer-
ILL., and became we'll acquainted
sin .h its crew several of whom had
~ IN America. One member oil
rs D I,eelanaw's crew remained
.nhoard the submarine at his own
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-28
HELD FOR COURT
Is an EIkins Moving Picture
Man for not Paying the
"War" Tax.

GRAFTON. July 2s.-The hrst
case under the new federa1 tax Law
came up this week in the Office or
United States Commissioner Charles
r. Lilly here. This was the case o.
John Hamilton, of near Elkins. VINO
was charged with operating NOV
ing picture house at Elkins without
paying the special federal tax. Ham
ilton was held under bond of 5000
to appear In the United States dis
trict court at Martinsburg on the
third Tuesday In September.
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esy Assee,AIss rasss,


LONDON, July 2S-Though the
Germans now hold great line from
the gulf of Riga sweeping southwest
ward around Warsaw, thence en-
circling the city and stretching away
to the Galician frontier near Soka:,
1t is estimated that they have loss
100000 men, perhaps more, In this,
the most am bilious movement OF the
war and the Russian front is not We:
broken.
On the Narew river. north OF the
Polish capital, the Russians have
made a stubborn show or resistancs
holding Field Marshal van linden
burg for the time being in check,
while to the south the combined Aus
tro-German forces, struggling to
seiez the Lublin-Chelm railway have
been four days on the threshold OF
success swithout being able actually TO
achieve their hold
Fighting on this latter 'front.' has
been renewed with great intensity and
the Teutons claim to have improved
their positions on the extreme right
which is resting on the Bug river.
Immediately west of Warsaw quiet
prevails and 1T is along the Lubifn-
Chelm sector or in the Narew region
that it is believed crisis VIII be
reached.
which one of these fronts is of the
greater strategic Importance London
critics cannot agree but this is irreve-
liant. as a German victory on either
one doubtless would mean the fall OIL
Warsaw.
German forces in. the Baltic pro-
yffces advancing along a front APP
proximately eighty miles wide toware
wilma with view to Selling the rail-
way from Warsaw to Petrograd. ars
daily becoming more potent factor
in the fighting. for linked up with the
forces to the southwest, they give the
Germans front of 800 miles with
which to effect vast turning move
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COAL FOR IrALY.

The Consolidation Coal Company
is loading 5000 tons of coal on the
steamer Strathotas at the Port Gov
ington piers of the Western Mary
land Railway Company for delivery
to the Italian railways. The trans
portatton systems of Italy have been
looking to this country for fuel ever
since the war started. and the Con-
has been furnishing large
portion of 1t.
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Are to Be Returned by the I'LL
nois Grand Jury, If not
More.
tey AosocIArrn pREss,

CHICAGO, July 28.-At least stx
indictments for responsibility for the
Eastland disaster last Saturday WIZ
be returned by the state grand jury.
today, according to an announcement
made by State Attorney Hoyne- II
will not be decided until late in the
day whether to ask indictments on
charges of criminal, carelessness OF
on manslaughter. The coroner's IN
quest, 1t is expected. will be completed
today and Immediately thereafter the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-28
SUBMARINE TOLL
Of Late Shows That There is
No Cessation of Activity of
Submarine Ships.
,.r As.ee,A1rn .as.n

LONDON, July 2s-German sub
marines. show no cessation in their
activity in the North sea. TIE latest
reports set forth that the Swedish
steamer Emma, three Danish schoon-
ers. the Maria, the Neptunis and the
Lena, and two British trawlers, the
Iconi and the Salacia. have been
sunk by them. The crews of the four
steamers were landed at Blyth today
while the crews of the trawlers
landed at. LoweStoft
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-28
AUToIsT ARRESTED.

Charged with running his automo-
bile past street car while the car
was dfscharging passengers. w.
Pferdehirt is under bond of $3.50 for
his appearance before Mayor G. H.
Gordon in police court at O'Clock
this evening. Pferdehirt was ar
rested Tuesday evening by Officer
Isenhart.
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SNAKE IN BED.

KEYsER. July 2s.-Miss Mary
Arnold. Of near Burlington, this coun-
tv when arising In the morning dis
covered that blacksnake, nearly nVe
feet long had been occupying tne PEG
with her The snake escaped through
the window.
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TO FIGHT NEW Law.

Announcement is made by mem
bers of the Socialist party Of the oe-
cision of the Socialist state comml.-
tee to attack the validity Of the re-
Gently enacted primary law. They
say mandamus proceedings will be ~,
yoked and the constitutiona1ity of the
act which restricts the rights of par
ties to enter the state field.
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WIND STORM
Kills One Man and Does Heavy
Damage to Buildings and
Crops in Wisconsin.
tsy ASSOCIATED raEsD

SPRING GREEN, Wis. July 2s.-
One man was killed and buildings
and crops suffered heavy damage as
a result of wind and rain storm
which swept Richland county today.
The villages of West Lima and Bloom
City were the heaviest sufferers.
Many families in Richland county
We're driven from their homes by
high. water.
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BODY DRAGGED
ALONG STREETS
FINE RIFLE FIRE FEAT
BY BRITISH SOLDIERS.
(By Associated Press.)


SOUTH END. Eng, July 81.
Two companies of territor-
ials stationed near here
brought down an aeroplane
with rife fire. but they are not
doing any boasting over their
feat for the victim proved to
be a British army victim. The
territorials responsible for
such an accurate. but such an
unfortunate feat of markham
ship did not know or signal
to be given or ignored 1t and
when he got within range a
yolley was fred at him. The
aviator was not hit.
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Though They Now Hold a Great
Line from Riga Gulf Sweep
ing Toward Warsaw.
ARE HELD IN CHECK NOW
Furious Fighting for Possession
of Railway Lost Four Days
Still Continues.

LONDON, July 27.-The war has
become and is likely to continue for
some time a contest of endurance,
Premier Asquith told the House of
Commons today while making gem
eral review in moving the adjourn
,nent of parliament from tomorrow
until September If.
The premier remarked, we
snould be ungrateful and insensitive,
indeed, If we did not recognize mt this
time the indescribablc gallant efforts
being made by our Russian allies TO
stem the tide of invasion and to re-
tain inviolate the integrity of their
possessions"
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HAITlANS SHOOT THEIR
HALF MILLION
MEN ARE LOST
UNIQUE DISPLAY

WEIGH and Fullerton, Fourth
street druggists, this week pos
sibly have the most unusual
and unique display ever shown
by their line Of business.
While they both picture sundry
lines of goods. a great step is
shown in what can be done by
progressivcness even in a bust
ness usually lacking in material
suitable for any more than or
binary display. They are to be
complimented for their wide
awake methods.
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KILLS CATAAfoUNT.

CUMBERLAND. Md. July Is
Charles Rose. of Davis Mountain.
killed catamount FIVE feet long.
which was walking away WITH, one of
his turkeys.
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WRIGHT DEAD.

HUNTINGTON. July 2s.-George F.
Wright, go. prominent Wayne county
merchant and one of the Oldest resi-
dents of Ceredo. is dead at his home
bf cerebral hemorrhages.
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EvNITZ HOME.

william Eynitz. clothing merchant.
has returned from High Knobs, N NJ,
where he sojourned for the benefit OF
bis health which is greatly improved
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