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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
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ton Of Italy and Rome. The mon
archy is to be abolished and there is
to be a republic Of perfect liberty,
and the Pope the arbiter Of the world.
Rome is once more to become a model
for all nations!
This exceptionally fine photodrama
production is by far the most costly
picture ever presented in Clarksburg.
1t is released on tho Paramount pro-
gram. Miss Frederick is assisted by
an all star cast Of players, who are
seldom seen in one production. -
Stars Ralph Kellard.
"Her Mothers Secret" will be pre-
scented Friday. This photoplay was
written by Martha Woodrow and pro-
duced by Frederick Thomson for VIII
liam Fox, and in 1t Ralph Kellard,
Adonis Of the silent stage, is starred,
supported by Dorothy Green. 1t Is
one of the most powerful and most
human dramas that has ever emerged
from the Fox studios. 1t is full Of
dramatic situations that grip and hold
the soul of the spectator, and Its eli.
max, which, by the way, teaches a
great moral lesson, is brought out
with the compelling, laundering, ir.
resistible force Of the steam hammer
Clergymen and educators who have
seen Her Mothers Secret" in scrip,
form declare that its potency for good
is greater than that Of "The Old Home.
stead"
ar. Kellard appears first as Seth
Cartwright, ST., and later as Seth
Cartwright, Jr. His transition from
the self center, adamant-hearted faith
er to the blase, dissipated, pleasure
loving son is one Of the greatest tri-
umphs of his career.
In this notable production of Mr..
Fox's the young and beautiful Dorothy
Green is seen at exceptional advan-
tage.
Saturday, Emily Stevens, who is the
sensation Of the season on the speak
ing stage in New York City, in her
marvellous starring role in 1.-THE I'm
chastened Woman" will be seen in
"The House OF Tears" a wonderful
FIVE part feature produced by the Rdlfc
Photoplays, Inc, for release on the
Metro program. This is the third
Metro picture masterpiece in which
MISS Stevens has been starred, and
she has repeated her success in "Dss-
tiny. or the Soul Of a Woman" and
Cora her two former screen
triumphs.
Miss Stevens is supported by an
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Splendid Lot Of Picture Plays
Scheduled for Week at
the 0rpheum.

:. The program for the coming week
at the orpheum theater will be OF tho
highest class obtainablc and the load
Ing parts, OF all dramas booked will
be played by noted stars.
.JAfe's Whirlpool" a filmed version
OF Frank Norris's notable American
novel, 'NlcTeague," will be the fea-
ture on the program at the orpheun,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

from the decks Of the ship into a
waste Of waters. Kathlyn Williams
battles with an enraged leopard; there
is a fight with real African tribes
men; and there is also q real battle
between royal Bengal tiger and an
infatuated leopard. The story opens
in, high society and ends in the Afri-
can jungle. The plot is said to be I'M
usually strong, photography excellent
and the acting realistic and talented.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

1t is claimed that. the forthcoming
selig Red Seal play. "Thou Shalt Not
Covet." written by James Oliver Cur
wood and featuring Tyrone Power
and Kathlyn Williams, supported by
Guy Oliver and Edgenie Besserer, with
an all star cast Of Selig players, Is
one Of the most gripping dramas ever
released through v. L. S. E.. Inc. A
liner is wrecked at sea and thousands
OF men, women and children plunge
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

excellent cast in "rhe House Of
Tears" which includes Henri Berg
man, the we'll known dramatic artist
Waite. Hitchcock, Madge Tyrone and
other prominent players.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

The Universal Film Manufacturing
Company will OFFER as Tuesdays .spe-
cial. Broadway's charming artist, Lulu
CHASER. In It's newest film, Loves
Pilgrimage" a story Of the daughter
OF an English bishop who loves and
Is loved by nephew Of the duke Of
Bllgewater The father and uncle are
bitter enemies, and on learning OF the
engagement of the lovers, both homes
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ton with Creation which was
shown at this theater some days ego
Stars Miss CHASER. h. sS;i
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The Washington herald., 1916-04-17
Washington Sees a Demonstration.

The Capital of the United States is completely
at the mercy of enemy seeking to destroy it
from the air. The demonstration of this fact
will not disturb for moment the complaisance
of those who are serenely confident that the
United States is in no danger of attack from
land sea or sky, but it may inspire to greater
efforts those Americans who take their country
seriously, who recognize the responsibility of its
international position and who do not dwell in
fools paradise. These men who are striving
to the end that the country may be prepared to
rcpel any foe will demand that our defenses shall
include weapons to be used against invaders from
the air, even though recognizing that such an
attack is only remote possibility.
The purpose of the aviator who flew over
Washington at night dropping harmless bombs
in the vicinity of the Capitol and White House
is of no consequence, does it matter who
financed the spectacular and impressive exhibition.
The circumstance of serious importance is that he
found the Capital helpless against a modern
engine of warfare which, had it been equipped
with real bombs, could have inflicted heavy dam
age.
1t has been proved concusively since Europe
went to war that the greatest and richest nation
on earth is prepared only to deal with friendly
world and while every one knew that the Capital
was poweress to offer resistance to aerial attack
the exposure of its utter helpessness by practical
demonstration can hardly fail to arouse this m
terest of Congress and the administration in the
anti-arcraft gun as weapon that may at some
time in the future be regrded a necessary part
Of the equipment for national defense
The pacihsts will dismiss the suggestion Of pos
sble aerial attacks American cities pre-
posterous; but demand for anti-aircraft guns
need not be based on a belief that the Germans
are to be neighbors in Canada that some
great power is to unite with Mexico in making
war upon us. The rapid progress in aerial navi-
CATION makes the means of combating aircraft
necessary in any scheme of national defense.
Incidentally it is we'll to bear in mind that
bomb factory has recently been discovered on
board German ship in the port of New York
A year ago such discovery would have electri-
fed the country; it is quite prepared to hear
calmly of the unearthing of conspracies and
secret explosive factories on our own SOIL Only
short flight of the imagination is necessary to
construct hostile airshp base within striking
distance of Washington or New York In times
like the present only the pacihsts may take things
for granted. Preparedness will be the watchword
of the thoughtful and the patriotic.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-17
Survivors.

Still another English volume is to be added
to the record of the life of the Empress Eugene.
England is the home Of the cult of her tragic
fate; to this English biographer of hers She
has ere now given authorization and assistance
while warning a waiting world that at her death
memoirs of hers will be fopnd-a wise warn
ing in view of the temptations her life must offer
to ingenious fabricators of the Albert Van Dam
type.
The Empress Eugeniel The name and the
title come to us like echoes from past long
forgotten, never more deeply buried than now,
when the world she knew is so faboriously and
at such great cost endeavorng to undo so much
OF what she invountary helped to bring about
She stands alone among the ruins that fell
around her forty-six years ago, almost the sole
survivor of the which saw the founding Of
empires and kingdoms in Europe this cont-
nent and in Asia. And in all these great events
she played her part. Almost the sole survivor,
but not quite. Victor Emmanuel, Cavour, Plus
Indian Empire; Gladstone, Seward Porfrio Diaz,
Wilhelm and Bismarck all have vanished from
the stage which once they dominated. But one
imperial contemporary of her survives, Francis.
Joseph of Austria. Were it not for the criminal
adventure in Mexico, which ended in the death
OF the Emperors brother in Queretaro, there might
be a bond between these two, since both suffered
grievously at the hands of the masterful spirits
who played politics with them with blood and
iron.
None knows her age. According to the Of
nearly ninety years ago. Her enemies, in the
days when she still boldly plotted for the lost
throne for her only child, declared that two
years should be added to the tale. She has no
enemies now, perhaps not even in the house of
Bonaparte whose members once hated and dis
trusted her so deeply Francis Joseph is four
years her junior, but his appearance upon the
worlds stage dates from 1913, sixty-eight years
ago.
There is third survivor of that period how
ever. No tragedy is connected with her
Quite the reverse. Its mention always calls up
glimpse of the vanished frivoties, the mere
tricious glitter and ptiable glories of the court
of the Tuileries. Pauline Metternich the wife
of the Austrian Ambassador to Napoleon Ill
ugly, witty, unconventional, incredibly insolent
age of 80, to review the events of sixty years
and to watch Fate turning a new page in the
book of history.
And still the roll is not called Forgotten
in little North German capital, silent specta-
tor of it ALL Augusta Dowager Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburg- -Strelitz, daughter of the Duke of
Cambridge and princess royal of England, still
lives officially an enemy of the country of her
birth, at the age of o4.-New York Tribune. ..
The Washington herald., 1916-04-17
Delay that Invites Disaster.

If Gen. Pershing's army cannot Immediately
be re-enforced if the United States is not pre-
pared for war with Mexico, If an army large
enough and sufficiently equipped to cope with
the fighting forces of all the Mexican factions
cannot be sent into the field in less than month,
then the punitive expedition should be withdrawn
at once. without parley with Carranza. Assuming
that the representations in the note of Carranza's
secretary of foreign relations true, and that
the punitive expedition was dispatched not under
an agreement for cooperation with Carranza,
the American people believed, but in defiance of
his protests or as the result of blunder, then
the United States virtually went to with
has an for Withdrawing, however. if it
finds itself unable to prosecute war.
Whether the administration blundered or de-
libcrately defed the de facto government, ap-
parently it at adopted the policy of attempt
ing to placate Carranza, evincing the tenderest
regard for the sensitive Mexican feelings; and
this may explain the unaceountable failure to
mobilize the National Guard or a volunteer army
on the border, thus wasting month of precious
time that should have been utilized in preparing
for the developments which now confront us.
Under any circumstances the failure to mobilize
citizen soldiers on the border stands out a
huge mistake. Even had Carranza given his
hearty consent to the punitive expedition such
mobilization would have been only an ordinary
precaution fully justified by Villas invasion of
Columbus and with Carranza hostile to the ex-
pedtion there was all the more reason for as
sembling army the border ready for
emergencies. Such an exhibition of force and
preparedness would have been far more effective
in holding Carranza in check than manifestation
of solicitude for his feelings after the dispatch
with the big stick in one hand we patted him on
the back with the other.
Latest advices from the front to the effect
that the Americans were attacked at Parral by
Carranza's soldiers, who repulsed with heavy
losses. If this be true then may expect to
hear of Pershing's army in more battles, in some
of which it may be outnumbered. Unless it is
REINFORCED every day will add to its peril Mean
time, while the government at Washington is
making up its mind, ammunition is being shipped
to the enemy. 1t is FIVE days since Carranzas
demand for the withdrawal of the expedition was
made public and still wasting time; the
delay is all in favor Of Carranza. The report
comes again that Villa is dead but he has more
lives than the feline nine, and hardly wait
for confirmation of this happy even though tenn
porary, solution of the Mexican problem. The
National Guard should be ordered out Pershing
should be ordered in within forty-eight hours. The
people are prepared for either course, but not for
indecision and delay that invites disaster.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-17
HISTORY BUILDERS.
A Narrow Escape for Mr.. Dana.
BY DR.. 4, J. EDWARDS,

The late John swinton. who was foI
many years chief OF stan under Charles
A. Dana on the New York Sun, and
who was also for short time a writer
on the New York Tribune when Mr..
Dana was the managing editor. was &C
custOmed to chat reminiscently with Mr.
Dana for a half hour each afternoon.
II was the latteTs habit TO end his days
work about four o'clock in the after
noon. Mr.. SwintOn's responsibilities be-
gan at that time and continued until thu
paper went TO press
Sometimes. when Mr. swinton was at
leisure, he entertained me with the re-
telling OF anecdotes which Mr.. Dana had
narrated 70 him. I was especially i'm
pressed by one Of these anecdotes
MIR. Dana WAS one OF the most tender
hearted Of men and his loyalty to his
friends was unsurpassed by that OF any
other man. said Mr.. Swtnton. Still
his sense OF duty required him occasion
ally to do something very unpleasant.
He told me Of an experience Of that
kind when he was secretary Of war and
OF the curious outcome OF &. President
Lincoln was away for a few dsys-I
think in Philadelphia where he went 20
attend an AFFAIR OF the sanitary com
mission. While he was away a spy was
captured and, after a court-mRrtlsl was
found guilty and sentenced TO be hanged.
The officer IN charge went 10 the war
department in order 10 get the sigma
ture necessary II the sentence Of death
were carried out. II happened that Mr..
stanton, the secretary Of war. was
away. so the officer appealed 10 Mr.,
Dana, then assistant secretary OF war.
He told Mr.. Dana that the spy had been
caught redhande6 and he was one Of
the most dangerous men in the business
II was necessary 70 put him to death
in order to set an example, but there
was a strong probability that President
Lincoln, II he had been at the White
House, would have commuted the sen
tence. The president had commuted
number Of sentences OF spies and this
had led to a considerable demorsliLs-
tion. The officer urged Mr.. Dana 10 sign
the necessary papers.
1T was a new experience for Charles
A. Dana His signature would result in
the hanging at daylight next morning
OF a man. Very reluctantly he signed
the order.
'On the afternoon OF the following
day he met the officer who had urged
him 10 sign the papers and asked him
II the spy had been executed. No, he
had not been executed. The fact was,
the officer said. President Lincoln had
Unexpectedly returned TO the White
House at midnight The friends Of the
spy had appealed Immediately to him
for clemenCy and he had granted Il.
Mr.. Dana could not help feeling re-
Iieved that by the accident OF President
Lincoln's return he had been spared the
recollection that by his official sigma
ture a spy had been hanged. He did not
want any mans death on hts hands"
tCOpyriEht 1916, By z J. EdWardL AL rights
serTedg
The Washington herald., 1916-04-17

Similar secret orders grew up along
side the great KIan. or in States where
Its ''dens" had not been established:
knights Of the White Camellia, Pale
Faces, Constitutional Union Guards, the
White Brotherhood. to serve the same
ends by the same means. The knights
OF the White Camellia, founded in New
Orleans in the winter of lS67-ls6S, spread
their organization abroad more widely
even than the Ku Klux Khan
1t was impossible TO keep such a power
in hand. Sober men governed the coun-
sells and moderated the plans Of these
rowing knights errant: but it was lawless
work at best
They had set themselves. after the first
year or two of mere mischievous frolic
had passed. TO right disordered society
through the power Of fear. Men of hot
passions who could not always be re-
| strained carried their plans into effect.
Reckless men not Of their order malici-
Gus fellows OF the baser sort who did
not feel the compulsions OF honor and
who had private grudges TO satisfy. imi-
tated their DISCUSSES and borrowed their
methods.
What was done passed beyond mere
mummery, mere visiting the gIimpses OF
the moon and making night hideous,
| that they might cause mere fools OF
tion with thoughts beyond the reaches
of their souls" 1t became the chief OBJ
! ject Of the night-riding comrades 10
| silence or drive from the country the
| principal mischief-makers OF the recon-
struction regime. whether white or black.
The negroes were generally easy enough
to deal with: a thorough fright usually
disposed them TO make utter submission.
| resign their parts in affairs, leave the
country-do anything their ghostly visi-
| tors demanded. But white men were
less tractable; and here and there even
a negro ignored or dehed them.
The regulators would not always
! threaten and never execute their threats.
! They backed their commands when need
arose, with violence. Houses were sur
rounded in the night and burned. and
the inmates shot as they fed. as in the
dreadful days OF border warfare Men
were dragged from their homes and
tarred and feathered. Some who defied
the vigilant visitors came mysteriousIy
to some sudden death.
TonorroNs aHIack Frfd.wH
The Washington herald., 1916-04-17

1t was the delightful discovery Of the
thrill of awesome fear. the woeful look
ing for of calamity that swept through
the countrysides as the Ku Klux Khan
moved from place to place upon their
silent visitations. coming no man could
say whence. going upon no man knew
what errand. that put thought OF mis-
chief into the minds OF the frolicing
comrades.
1t threw the negroes into a very ecstasy
of panic to see these sheeted Ku Klux
move near them in the shrouded night;
and their comic fear stimulated the lads
who excited it to many an extravagant
prank and mummery. No one knew or
could discover who the masked players
were: no one could say whether they
meant serious or only innocent mischief
and the zest of the business lay in keep
ing the secret close.
Here was a very tempting and danger
Gus instrument Of power for days OF dis
order and social upheaval. when law
seemed set aside by the very government
itself. and outsiders. adventurers. were in
the seats OF authority. the poor negroes
and white men without honor. their only
partisans
Year by year the organization spread
from county to county. from State to
State. Every countryside wished to
have its own Ku Klux. founded in secre-
cy and mystery like the mother Den
at Pulaski until at last there had sprung
into existence a great Ku KIux Klan. an
Invisible Empire of the South" bound
together in loose organization to protect
the Southern country from some of the
ugliest hazards OF a time of revolution.
The objects of the mysterious brother.
hood grew serious fast enough. 1t passed
from Jest to earnest. Men took hold OF
it who rejoiced to nnd in 1t a new in
strument of political power; men halt
.outlawed. denied the suffrage, without
hope OF Justice in the courts. who meant
to take this means to make their will
felt
They were to protect their people from
indignities and wrongs: to succor the
suffering. particularly the families OF
dead Confederate soldiers" TO enforce
what they conceived to be the real laws
of their States "and defend the consti.
tuition OF the United States and all laws
passed in conformity thereto: to aid in
executing all constitutional laws and pro.
tect the people from unlawful seizures and
from trial otherwise than by jury"
The Washington herald., 1916-04-17

Customs officials have decided to seize the
rize fight films which were made in the United
tstes from motion pictures of the Johnson-Wil-
lrd encounter produced across the border line in
anada, merely upon the ground that the intent
the law prohibiting the importation of prize
ght pictures may not be thus evaded The Gus
'ms officials may win their contention in court,
pnsidering the vital moral issue involved, but
some rich murderer had technicaIity like that
auding between him and the electric chair he
ould be able to take out life insurance policy.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-17

Der OF the guard will be given military
leave with pay. The Chesapeake and po-
tomsc Telephone Company has also
shown fits willingness 70 cooperate with
the guard in furnishing men whose ape
cial training makes them particularly de-
sirsbie recruits. and the Signal Corps is
greatly IN being able 10 secure
trained electricians and linemen. The
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company has
posted one OF the company's notices 10
operators on it's bulletin board.
A smoker will be given by the company
on Tuesday evening. and each member Of
the company is requested to bring a pros
pective recruit A buffet lunch viii be
served. and all instruction Will be sus-
pended as soon as roll-call is over.
Corp. william seaton, whose enlistment
expired April 6, will be with the company
again as soon as he has taken the neces-
sary physical examination.
Frank DeGroot, a former member OF
the company, was a visitor at the quar-
ters Tuesday evening.
One recruit showed up too late 70 70
before the examining surgeon, but has
promised TO report Friday evening and
sign up.
The once Of the captain and nrst
sergeant Is to be moved into the property
room, TO make more room for the class
In radio work
Private Swain has returned 10 town
after an absence OF one month, and re-
ported for drill last Tuesday night.
Former members Of the company are
becoming greatly interested IN the work
OF the company, and several have an
nounced their desire TO re-enlIst
committee will be designated TO wait
upon the leading business houses with
a view TO inducing them TO allow such
OF their employees as are members Of the
guard to attend camp without loss OF
pay.
Former Sergeant George Foster is about
10 re-enlist in the Signal Corps Company.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-17

President Smith, of the Mormon Church. says
he garb Of the modern young woman is mot
nly ridiculous but shameful, suggestive and hu-
niliating to the modesty of honorable men"
However, since the girls modesty appears to be
roof against the prevailing fashions there is
othing for the honorable men to do but to brace
p and look the other way
The Washington herald., 1916-04-17
A Suggestive Case.
Bx JOHN ID. HARRY.

Some friends of mine advertised for woman
to do housework Among the applicants there
were several they would have been willing to
take. One, however, stood out from the others
for her superior qualities, woman past so, we'll
educated, refined, businesslike. What impressed
them most of all was her being so businesslike.
She discussed arrangements with them in way
that a stenographer might have discussed her
work, or dressmaker, or teacher, or any other
self-respeeting wage-earner.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-17

The game of poker has been termed one of
ur great national games, and the bluff associated
nth it as an element of American character -
ays the secretary Of the National Security League
For many years we have sought to bluff the
Iorld as to our military resources, ability and
ower." And if Uncle Sam doesn't want to have
very one of his bluffs called he will have to
how winning hand occasionally, just as in
oker