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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
JUDGE DAYTON
Refers to Governor HatfieId's
Letter in the We'll Case as
"Manifestly Improper"
tsy ..seei.rrp ,srs.,

PARKERSBURG, Jan. 23.-In en-
tering an order today formally nam
ing J. w. Vandervprt, Of Parkers-
burg. as special master in the suit Of
the Manufacturers Light and Heat
Company against the West Virginia
Public Service Commission, Judge A.
G. Dayton. OF the United States dis
trict court. directed the master to
inquire whether there was an attempt
on the part of Governor H. d. Hat
field to influence the members of the
public service commission in its de-
cision in the case.
Judge Dayton referred to u recent
letter from Governor Hatfield to him.
which attacked A. Leo Well, counsel
for the light company, and asking
for an investigation of the latter's
sensational charges in connection
with his recent arrest and indictment
on charges of attempting to bride two
members Of the pubic service COM
mission as "manifestly improper. +"
He permitted the letter to be placed
with other papers in the case.
The order provides that tae mas
ter shall begin hearings within TWEEN
ty days at Wheeling unless counsel
agrees upon some other place.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
PROBE Still
IN PROGRESS
Federal investigators of the
Roosevelt, N. J., Strike Re-
turn to New York.

RCOSEVELT, N. j., Jan. ga
Patrick F. Gill and Daniel o'Regan,
investigators for the federal commits
sion on industrial relations, who
have been assigned to the strike sit
uation today, returned to New York
tonight to consult with Chairman
Frank P. Walsh. Before leaving
Roosevelt Mr.. Gill said they had seen
officials of the American Agricultural
and Chemical Company and that to-
day they had no trouble gaining adj
mittance to the plant.
The Joint funeral of Desederio
Alensandro and Carman Patty, the
victims OF the shooting. on Tuesday,
was held this afternoon. Religious
services were conducted at the church
of their faith and afterward the bod
les. were taken to the union hall. A
large wreath Of red roses with a
ribbon inscribed Sacrificed to the
gunner Of capitalism" was conspic-
uous. Officials Of the union made
short addresses during which the
dead men were termed the martyrs
of an awakening that will result in
the driving Of gunpen from the
state Of New Jersey"
Late this afternoon police officers
accompanied by Representatives of
the prosecutors Office, visited the
Williams and Clark plant and seized
a number Of guns said to have been
used by the guards Tuesday.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
ROOSEVELT PLAN
-0f Settling Strikes is Finally
Resorted to by Wilson in
Colorado Troubles.
tsy ASSOCIATED eREss,

Now YORK, Jan. 23.@The progress
of negotiations toward obviating fu-
ture differences between coal opera
tors and miners in Colorado under
taken recently by the presidents Col
orado commission, Is revealed by cor
respondence given out here tonight by
Seth Low, chairman of the commits
sion.
Letters. which have passed in the
last month between President VIII
son, the coal commission, Governor
George A. Carlson, OF Colorado and
the 1872 coal operators Of that state,
show that the president had sug-
gested the findings .of the anthracite
strike commission In Pennsylvania, as
a useful precedent and that Governor
Carlson has pledged the cooperation
OF an Industrial commission with the
presidents commission.
The presidents commission also
has rendered its good offices to the
Colorado operators and has suggest,
ed the adoption OF a plan whereby
employees may. have easy access to
the company offices with reference to
grievances.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
UP
HIS MACHINE
For denomination is President
Wilson According to Mi
'nority Leader Mann.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Presi-
dent Wilson was charged with seek
Ing to build UP personal machine
to secure denomination and also with
violation Of the platform pledges Of
his pity by Representative Mann,
minority leader, in an address today
in the House..
Il notice on every sIde," said Mr..
Mann, that the distinguished gem
tleman. who now Is President of the
United States, is building up a per-
sonal machine as far as he can to
secure his reorganization. With such
eminent ofIiceholders as. Judge Folk
and Mr.. Davies commissioner of cor
poration and mentioned for the fed
eral trade commission) in prominent
positions mainly engaged in trying
to build up a personal organization
for the president with the president
quarreling with the joint appointing
power at the other end OF the capitol
and constantly refusing to listen to
advice from Democratic members OF
this House unless they agree to do
what he wants. 1 ask you gentlemen
whether you think he is following
the pledge OF the Democratic conven-
tion in respect, to the principle of one
term.
He has it within his power to
keep one plank OF the platform safe
ly at least. Will he do 1t? He has
Irepudiated the other planks. You
have refused to carry out the other
plank. Will the president, 2.asN D
accepted an election and nomination
on the principle of one term. keep
even one plank in the Democratic
platform?"
Mr.. Mann said. he called attention
to the Baltimore platform in good
humor because "it is almost an Of
Tense in this House nowadays to re-
fer to the last Democratic platform"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
VESSEL is ENGAGED
FOR DACIA'S CARGO
COY AsseeIAIge eREss,

LONDON, Jan. 23-The foreign
office has received no advices other
than press dispatches concerning the
sailing of the steamship, Dacia, the
former Hamburg-American vessel.
now under the american flag, which
is ii attempt cake a cargo OF cot
ton to Germany, The announce
ment that 1t would sail from Cal
weston Notwithstanding the inten-
tion OF the British authorities b sTss
it created no surprise in London,
where it is felt that the wide pub
licity given given to It's prospective
seizure had discounted any posG-
Bile stir which might. otherwise be
created by the incident.
Arrangements already have been
complied for the use Of another ship
to which the cargo Of the Dacia will
be transferred st scsne English port.
It is generally believed that no effort
will be made to stop the vessel I'M
til 1t approaches English waters.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
LIKE THE'CzAR
Are Directors ofGreat Corpora
ton in Refusing to Treat
with Union Labor.

NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-Louis D.
iBrandies.. of Boston, testified today
before the United States Commits
sion on, Industrial Relations, which Is
investigating the great phllanthropic
foundations and the causes Of indus
trial unrest, that he believed the
great corporations tended to degen-
crate the type Of labor.
For their refusal to treat with or
ganized labor. he likened the direc-
tors of the United States Steel Cor
poration to the emperor OF Russia,
who also declined to deal directly
with the rank and file"
The fundamental cause OF indus
trial unrest, Mr.. Brandeis said, was
the conflict between political liberty
and industrial absolutism.
He thought limit should be
placed upon the size of the Industrial
units OF the country. Philanthropic
foundations. he believed, to be in
consistent with democratic. aspira-
lions.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
|G0ETHALSGEI
AN0TH||E'RMEO
Sixth, a Gold One, Presented BY
the Chicago Geographic

4 CHICAGO, Jan. Colonel,
George w. Goethals was presented
with q gold medal by the Chicago.
Geographic Society tonight II makes
his sixth medal in recognitipn Of
his work on the Panama canal.
Colonel Goethals told members OF.
the University Club at luncheon
how the Panama canal came to be
built under what he called autbcrattc
rule. X. X z N \;
1.-THE original commission Wasl
ruling at the time Of which speak,
said Colonel Goethals. land there
was friction in its rule. Mr. TAFT.
then secretary of war. came down
and explained the situation to HIM.
He said: Colonel, I think q man'a
value as a public servant is deter
mined b ytbe number Of kicks he.
can take without spualing.
Not long afterward I went to.
Washington and had 70 talk with.
President Roosevelt, He said to!
me Colonel. think / will abolish
that commission and Concentrate.
all authority in yous IAN executive
order will do 1t. When ] mentioned
this to Mr. Taft he said: Yes. it.
iongth I ODE done, but it isn't in ae-l
cordance with the law
when i told Roosevelt what the:
secretary OF war had said. the pres.
,ident said Enthusiastically: I!
don't care a hang for the law. 4.
want the canal built,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
SKIRN|ISHES
On the Right Bank of Lower
VistuIa between Russian
and German Troops.
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PETRoGRAD, Jan. 23.-The fol-
lowing statement was given out to-
day at the Russian army headquar-
ters:
ION the right bank of the lower
Vistula our troops, which are in
touch with the enemy, had small
skirmishes at certain points. In, the
other sections the day of January %,
with the exception of the usual rife
shooting and cannonading at certain
places. was relatively quiet.
1.-THE German attempt to assume
a partial offensive was easily stopped
by our fire.
I'm Bukowina the concentration
OF considerable Austrian forces to-
ward the passages has become stron-
ger. On the t-enty-frst hostile
force. including an infantry division
with artillery, attacked our front in
the region Of Kirlabatba but was re-
pulsed. Up to the morning of Janu-
airy 20 our troops, were holding their
positions. We acaptuerd during this
fighting 200 prisoners.
.In the passages Of the Carpath-
ians violent snowstorm is raging"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
Dull BUSINESS
During Session of Stack Ex-
change and Movement More
Marrow Than Recently.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Business
during today's short session Of the
stock exchange was relatively dull
and the movement more MARROW than
recently. The trend of prices was
downward from the outset, bonds
further liquidation combined with
bear pressure. In the later dealings
the list had a partial recovery I'M
der lead Of Reading which scored q
net gain Of almost a point.
London presented the same low
levol for our stocks, Baltimore and
Ohio being the only exception with
q slight gain. There were indications
Of more European selling in this
market chiefly Of the less active rail-
roads and some industrials and
metal shares.
Although the weekend shows ma
terial recession from the top levels,
the week as a whole was memorial
for Its greater activity. Sales of
stocks in that brief period approx
mated $1,S00,000 shares while bond
transaction on the exchange were
close to $4,000, 900.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
SHORTAGE
In Santo Domingo Existed be-
fore Sullivan Happenings is
Bryan's Understanding.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-The re-
ported disappearance OF some thou
sands of dollars of public works
funds in Santo Domingo, occurred be-
fore any of the happenings which
led up to the present investigation in
New York of James NJ. Sullivan,
American minister to Santo Domingo,
according to Secretary Bryan's un-
Outstanding of the situation. He said
today he probably would have a
statement to make later in regard to
the matter and did net care to dis
cuss It until he could present ain the
facts in the case.
1t became known today that En-
rique Jininez, nephew of the new
president Of the Dominican repub-
lie and who recently arrived here Is
minister, had discussed the alleged
shortage With state department Off
cials. 1t was understood, however,
that the amount which is charged as
having been taken from the public
fund, appropriated $4,000.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
madam GROUIICH
lContinued from page I, first section

Continued from page L, nrst sectlonJ.
had no uniforms, not enough rifles
and little or no ammunition for its
big guns. Its medical supplies had
been ordered from Germany and Aus
tria and were undelivered.
".The first Austrian invasion cross
ed the plains Of Shabatz and culmi-
mated in the battle Of the Ter noun
tain When, after a Serbian victory,
the A1lstrians were driven from that
district, 100000 persons had been rem
dered homeless in that rich plain.
Nearly Million Refugees.
MANY OF the Inhabitants of this sec
tion had remained to gather their
harvests, but when the second inva-
sion took place in the latter part Of
October and the early part OF Mo-
vember, in all 100000 persons were
driven out and took refuge in the
southern part OF Serbia and in Ma
cedonia.
1.-THE Matchca and Sctumadfa dis
tricts, the very garden spot OF Ser
bia, were devastated during the sec
ond invasion. This was a fertile
country. fruitful in wheat, corn and
all products of the orchard and farm.
When the invaders had been driven
out there was. not a living thing left
in Matchca The majority of the viii
lagos had been destroyed.
Need Seeds for Planting.
II hope the United States govern
ment or the Rockefeller Foundation
will help US. They misht send a ship
load of seeds for planting. have
left committees in London to organ
ize this, movement and hope com
mittees for that purpose will be
formed in America. / would not d.
vert one dollar intended for the re-
lief OF the Belgians."
Conditions in the, Serbian hospitals,
Grouttch as appalling. owing to the
battles were described by Madame
Grouttch as APPALLING, owing to the
great lack of anaesthetics, an kinds
Of medical supplies and of trained
nurses.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
DESPERATE FIGHTING
Is Continued by Troops of the
Caucasus against Turks
beyond chaorokh River.

s PETRoGRAD, Jan. 23-An Of
fetal statement issued by the general
staff fthe army OF Caucasus says:
I'm the region beyond the Chaor-
okh river our troops continue their
desperate fight against the. Turks,
who occupy positions which have
been strongly organized r =
There have been no engagements
of Importance on the other fronts,
nothing but the rdInaFy rifle firing.'s
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
SIX MExICAMs HELD
AS HOSTAGES FOR ONE

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. ga mes
sage from Neuvo Laredo says Cen
eral Venustiano Carranza has taken
as prisoners In Jalapa, Vera Cruz.
the father, mother, wife and three
children of General Santibanez and
notified the latter that unless his
brother. Jesus Carranza, is released
Immediately the family of six will
be executed. Jesus Carranza was
taken prisoner on December 80 at
San Gironimo and held as a hastage.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
yillistas Loot Town.

announcement in this connection
says: "A
Villistas Loot Town.
Authentic reports received IN
Eagle Pass from Monclova were to
the effect that sixty yillistas took
|Cuatro Cienegas on January 81 and
that they looted the town and after
wards fled to the hills. 1t is report
ed that General Luis Gutierrez has
arrived in Monclova with large
force Of troops from Neuvo Laredo.
Nothing but military trains are pass
ing between Monclova and Piedras
Negras."
The statement tells also of the re-
volt OF a portion Of the state troops
and practically all Yaqu1 indians IN
Merida which resulted in the revolt
ers being driven from the city.
Twenty lives were lost in the fight
ing.
King Murder Denied.
The. department also received a
telegram dated January % from
Consul Simpich at Nogales stating
that published reports of the MUIR
der Of Henry King. an American.
at Naeozari by Mexican soldiers are
absolutely without foundation"
Direct telegraphic assurance had
been received from Nacozari that
King was alive and well and that no
Americans were killed or injured in
the fighting there. the statement
adds.
Summarizing the situation at
Tampico the statement says:
1.-THE local government has an
nounced that oil companies will not
! be permitted to resume drilling and
construction work unless they sign
an agreement to conform with thu
provisions Of the new petroleum. laws
in course of preparation by the sec
rotary Of fomento. None of the
Tampico oil companies, it is report
ed. will sign the agreement in its
present FORM"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
federal OWNERSHIP
And Operation Of Railroads Of
Country Are Inevitable, De-
clares James Bryan.

New York, Jan. 23.-Goyernment
ownership and operation Of the rail-
roads of the United States are inAvi-
table In the opinion of Representative
James W. Bryan, OF Washington. who
spoke on this topic at the Republic
can Club here today. Eventually the
democracy OF the people and tho
'aristocracy OF the railroad corpora
tionsr must grapple in fight to the
finish, he said. n
The best solution Of the unemploy-
ment question lies in government
encouragement for cooperation IN
the restoration OF railroad construc-
tion and the opening UP OF new
lands, said BENJAMIN F. Yoakum.
chairman OF the st. Louis and San,
francisco Railroad Company, in a
speech to the same club.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24

is not clearly indicated in the British
not. however, just what these reserve
powers are.
Silent as to Farm.
The state department declines to
make public itslaction in the case of
the steamer, Farm. which has been
ordered either to intern or to leave
San Juan. P. R. 1t is regarded as
unneutral for the department even to
admit that such an order has been
issued much less to state the time al
lowed for the German lieutenant
commanding the Farm to obey the or
der OF the American collector In
view OF the fact that British cruisers
are known to be on the watch for the
ship.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
governor \ JOHNSON
Goes on Record as Opposed to-
Amendment to the Anti
Alien Land Act.
mxAssee.srEn .ars.,

! SACRAMENTO, Cal; Jan. 2s:-Gov-
ernor Hiram w. johnson went on
record today as opposed to an amend
snent TO the anti 3alien land act, pass
ed BY the 1913 legislature He fndd-
Gated that IL the Sharteil Bill, In
troduced in the assembly yesterday.
eliminating the three-seer leasing
clause passed the legislature it would
be vetoed
leasing clause-is sought by labor or
gantzations throughout the state. II
adopted It would have the effect Of
prohibiting Japanese and other alien
FARMERS. who are ineligible to citi-
zenship, from leasing land which they
are prohibited from purchasing.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
INDIANS CAPTURE TOWN
IN THEIR OWN FASHION
or AsseeikIsp sRtss,

DOUGLASS, Ariz.. Jan. 23-Yaqui
Indians captured Nacozari, Sonora,
by crawling down the mountain
side on their stomachs, pushing
their blanket rolls before them as
breastworks, according to arrivals
from the south today. The town
was taken from the Carranza garri-
son last Tuesday by Conventionist
forces.
( The Yaquis summarily executed
two citizens, one who was found with
a rifle, the other with hand gren-
Lade.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
WEATHER PREVENTS
SAILING OF DAClA

GALVESTON, Jan. 23.-with the
calming of the sea and drop in the
wind the steamship. Dacia, laden
with cotton, will depart from Cal
weston and begin her journey to Rot
terdam. Although 1t was intended
for the vessel to leave today weather
conditions made sailing inadvisable,
officers of the Dacia announced.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
Dove OF PEACE
Hovers Now Over the White
House and Senate Cham
Der as to Patronage.
tsY assoel.1so .sr,s,

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Jan 23-
Indications that the trouble between
the president and the Senate over APP
pointments would soon be adjusted
were evident in persistent reports in
official circles that the president
would soon make other nominations
for positions now filed by men
whose nominations have been re-
jected. At the White House 1t waa
said that no definite decision had
been reached upon this question.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
IMPRISONED
Is. Calcutta Man for Grading with
the enemy ~,

Correspondence OF Associated Press).
8 CALCUTTA, Jan. 23.&Judgnientl
has just been decreed In the courts
here in the first case of trading with
the enemy" which was made d ser
we're misdemeantN at the beginning
of the war. The accused. an ems;
ploye or a Calcutta exporting Arm
was sentenced to eighteen months
and to, pay a fine Of
$4,000. He was convicted of erz.
to arrange for the sale of.
a shipment of mica to German
firm.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
HOSTILE ACTS !.
Are Roumania's Mobilization
Orders Regarded by the
German Government.

LONDON, Jan. "a, 1 a. m.-The
Paris Temps prints the following
from Petrograd.
Germany in note to Roumaniai
declares that the measures under
taken by the latter country, which
are tantamount to mobilization or
ders. and its encouragement Of a
revolutionary propaganda in Transyl-
vania, are hostile acts"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24

are snowbonnd.
There are reports OF a peace move,
ment IN Hungary. Dispatches from
Rome say three hundred peace meet
fngs, which were arranged for Sum
day, have been prohibited, while
another report from the same source
declares the resignation Of the AUS
trian premier, Count Karl stuerzfh,
is expected and that he Is to be sue
ceeded by Herr Won Bilinsid, the Aus
troll Hungarian minister Of finance.
The presence Of the Austrian heir,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
BANK GOVERNORS
Conclude Second Conference
But They Give No Statement
as to State Banks.

WASHINGTON. Jan. az. Governors
OF the twelce federal reserve banks
today concluded their second confer
ence In Washington, after three
days session devoted to problems
concerning the details of operation
of the banks.
The governors made no report to
the federal reserve board on the ques-
zion as to admitting state banks to
the system. Their recommendation
in relation to clearing house opera
tions by the reserve banks will be
made later.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
CONVENTION FORCES
TAKE CITY OF PUEBLA

FL PASO, Tex, Jan 234oficial
convention advices received today in
Juarez said that Puebla. capital o.
the state Of the same name, was
taken by convention forces in a bat
tie late yesterday. 1t was stated that
the attacking troops were led by
General e. Zapata. while the Carran-
za garrison was commanded BY Cen
eral F. Cos.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
MINISTER'S TO MEET.

The ClarksbuTg ministers Union
Will meet Monday morning The fea-
tltre of the meeting will be q ip3pers
by the Rev. w. u: Slaughter United,
Brethren speaker at Stealex Heights,
on Characteristics Of Good Reiigt
ious Newspapers
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24

ut sticks to your rfbs,7 is very
paiatabIe, and Is not expensive
breakfast BARLEY Made In West
Virginia. Ask your grocer tor a
dveftisement. 4
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
PROTEST BY GERMANY
NOT YET CONFIRMED
tpY AssoetArro enrssl

PARIS, Jan. "a. 1890 a. Mo
official confirmation is obtainable
here of the report from Petrograd
that Germany has protested 10 Rou-
mania because OF the latter's atti-
tude toward Austria. 1t is said in
official circles here moreover that
such a protest ordinarily would be
made by Austria under the circum-
stances rather than by Germany.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
BIG AUCTION lCR0Mps.

VIZ. Harris, who is conducting al,
auction at Captains jewelry store, on
West Pike street, Is drawing nice
crowds. = IL 4
Those who have attended these
sales seen we'll pleased with their
purchases.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
FIREMAN INJURED.


NEGAuNEE. Mich, Jan. 2s.-F'ires
from an unknown cause today de-
stroyed $4,000 worth of property.
Two firemen were injured In falling
from ladder while saving woman.