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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-18
AUTOS KILL IL THIS MONTH
Coroner Blames Many Fatalities on
Youths Driving Cars

Statistics of the Bureau of Police show
NAT Il persons have been killed thus far
ms month by automobiles. These are
nfee times as many fatalities as occurred
sanhs the entire month of January last
eOfoner knight, when his attention
~ called to this alarming increase i'm
s1sins due to automobiles, said that 80
~ cent OF the drivers of the cars were
,s less than q years old. To reduce
-. ..s lumber Of accidents the Coroner ad-
s.ses strieter examinations for auto
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15

tiles responsible for the examination
of mails are brought to the attention
of the governments Of France and
Great Britain the latter will prepare
as they have always been to deter
mine the responsibility and take the
requisite measures in conformity with
the principle of law and justice from
which 1t is not and never has been
theis ntepAion to depart"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations In
West Virginia, PennsyI-
yania and Ohio.

DEVELOPMENT work al the close OF
4bo ,,ool, IL az o,y,or,, oolt., ,.os
utmost ieatureiess ana not thueh net
Ter during the early part The usual
number of wells were completed In
all the districts but with few ex-
ceptlons light wells ruled. The
prospects tor increasing production
have not improved. Operators in all
fields are making a very strenuous
effort TO find now production and pro-
ducres are leaving nothing undone
10 get as much from the old wells as
possible. The last ten cent advance
in the market. bringing Pennsylvania
crude up to S2.5O. and indications
fayuring further advances. will en-
c0rraEe operators 10 make stil
greater effort TO find new producing
territory and Il closer development
Of The old fields. At the present time
operators are drilling in territory
that is not capable Of furnishing bet
ter than two-barrcl pumpers. The
rounding out or the year promises to
he the most active in number OF
years.
on Elk Fork. Harper district
Roane county. tn United Fuel Gas
Company drilled a test on the II. NJ.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15

2 nthe Cynthia and r. s. Bannon
farm. The well flowed seventy bar
rels the ensuing twenty-iour hours.
No. on this farm Is holding up at
sixty barrels . day. The Columbus
OIL and Fuel Comp9ny'y Nos. and
. on the George Madden farm are
producing fifty and seventy barrels.
respectively.
Southwest Pennsylvania.
Few competitions are reported in
the southwest Pennsylvania tields.
Near Campbell station. Aleppo dis
trict. Greene county. snyder and
Dunn have completed and shot No. 4
on the s. Barnnart farm and II shows
for Hve-barrel rumpcr. on Ten.
mile creek. the philadelphia Com
pany has fair gaBscr at MS test on
the T. T.. Elakcr farm At Burgetts.
town. Washington county. the PEG.
Pies Natural Gas Company and IN.
Burrefiatown oil Campany's Nos. ?
and . On the S. Z. and w. Scot. farm
are producing 100 and ll5 barrels.
respectively.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15

gress. They came from the people,
They know when these things were
suggested in Congress that they would
be held inexcusable II they did not sus-
tain them.
Only upon one conspicuous occas-
ion did the contrary happen, when the
Republican monopoly was able to COM
pei a majority of its members In the
House Of Representatives to vote that
American citizens had no right to
travel on the high seas. If their lead
crs believer in the rights Of American
citizens why don't they follow it? II
their leaders are so stiff to see that
Americans get their rights everywhere
why do these men vote that AmerI-
cans shall get their rights nowhere?
"One OF the most regrettable incl
dents of American history is that there
should have been found men in the
Congress of the United States willing
to vote in that sense.
Sore at Senate Republicans.
But it is another story in the
Senate of the United States. There
serene confidence obtains in the
private conferences of the Senate. /
have never been admitted to their
privacy. but l have seen their per-
Torrance, and the most reactionary
men in America absolutely controlled
the action OF the minority in the
United States Senate except for a few
examples Of independence by dis
tinEuished individuals who did not
care to be mastered and owned by
anybody. But their number was so
small as to be negligible"
Refers to Mark Hanna.
1T made the whole thing very
much simpler. | admit, because you
never had to speculate how the Re-
publicans were going to vote in the
United States Senate. You knew that
beforehand by calculations estab-
lished through 4 whole generation
men who could not see the light of
a new age, who did not desire to see
it, who wished the old methods to be
resumed; not the methods of Abra-
ham Lincoln, who listened to the
voice of the people. but the methods
OF Mark Hanna who listened to the
voice of the interests. They have
been uneasy and little unshepherd-
ed ever since Mark Hanna and Sena-
Q
tor Aldrich passed from the stage. It
was so much easier to be told what
to do. 1t was so much simpler to
get orders.
Now these gentlemen are in OBJ
vious and undisputed control OF the
organization OF the Republican party.
1t is they who are counselling their
leaders TO say as little as possible
and TO say it in as confused way as
possible so that nobody may know
how to calculated their orbit from
day to day.
Several gentlemen who are sup
posed to be spokesman of the Repub-
lican party have in public professed
to condemn invisible government but
in private they have counselled and
aided and abetted it,"
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HUGHES

Continued from page !, first section.)
---~-----------------
spending my life In maintaining the
institutions Of peace. desire in that
way 10 promote international peace.
Who can think without horror Of the
ravages Of war? Who can desire war?
do not desire war. do not desire
petty wars. do not desire war in
Mexico To satisfy a personal yindic-
tivoness against disliked ruler.
don't like that kind OF war
Il believe in correct policies. They
will keep us out of war.
We wish well TO all people; We do.
sire 10 have prosperity throughout tho
world bui VIC have particular caro-
here. Unless we take care Of our
own, we shall never serve humanity.
Unless We develop the great oppOrtun-
tiles " the United States, We will servo
no one whatever. am for America
first, and America efficient
Cheerful for Blind.
Our friends on the other side sccm
10 think that everybody who disagrecs
with them wants war Well. that
would be a very cheerful way FOR q
blind man 10 consider the situation
Our friends on the other side cer-
tainly have not got monopoly on
peace Let us look a little At the
record They tell MS they are so
strongly for the preservation OF peace,
that II any one critics what they have
done he must be q mllitarist.
Safeguard Oi Peace.
~ maintain that thc most important
thing for the purpose Of safeguarding
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15

pei majority of its members in the
House of Representatives to vote that
American citizens had no rights 10
travel on the high seas"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15

in the matter OF road construction.
When the Republicans came into
power in West Virginia twenty years
ago, we were noted abroad o. IF
snake hunters. Since then we have
acquired national reputation as the
! most rapidly developing state in tho
union.
"The Republican party in West
virginia has been the party of pro-
gress and we propose to continue to
progress. As candidate or as gov
ernor, l am opposed TO a single back
ward step. We want greater state
reputation and we want to grow in
efficiency and all things that make
for human good"
AT Union this afternoon Judge
Robinson talked to one of the most
enthusiastic audiences he has adj
dressed in this campaign. Congress-
man Edward Cooper also made
brief address.
The promotion of the general wei
iare throughout the governmental
agencies Of the state at the least pos
sible cost consistent with efficiency
and without burdening the people,
mas been the keynote of all of Judge
Robinson's speeches during the last
week. There is every evidence that
he has the confidence of the people.
The impression is always left behind
tnat ne Is absolutely independent of
al influences that might thwart the
advance Of the state in the line OF
public good. His slogan continues to
be Equal rights to all and special
privileges to none"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15


eXcitingly varied but they are easy
OF analysis. The most interesting ele-
ment Is that which is most vocal.
The representatives of the element
are confidently telling us, though
none OF them is . candidate for office.
what the party viii do if it is given
the power to do anything.
..p,,, a.. 49,, 49,. ,,,,ira,oa sa,.
oga .,'oau m"T ~ n', s",.i noa
-. - ti Az 49, ~ 800, III
.,a.,,, ~, " - w III -. -.
..e.,sIs p'"..t,seS, III -. "UtnS'
i't''''@ ~ 80 I''Si' :.
y. i,o.ls nus " no MN 49, w i'o' ~ vi
p''1'"' u "S' ''" OV"'''
Therefore. those Of us who are in
Quoted into the secrets OF the craft
Know that the tax Is in vain, ana
that the real counsels Of the party are
in that other element which is in alb
solute control Of the organization OF
the party in Congress and out of II
and whose control has never for a
moment been disturbed, never been
shaken.
'Fniy for Pr0greSSiNcS.
Tho contest at Chicago four years
ago and the contest nj Chicago this
years were for the control Of machin-
cry Of the party | don't mean out Of
the rank and file OF tho Progrcssivcs
for. ms fellow citizens. no more earn
est and sincere body OF men were ever
assembled than assembled in those two
Progressive conventions al Chicago,
and no more sincere and earnest men
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15
SNAKE HUNTERS
CONTINUED from page /, first section.)

It remains under the control of the
party as it now is. will be a govern
mental agency that will protect the
interests of the people against abuses
OF extortion at the hands OF corrupt
power.
Recently our state government
has begun TO prosecute agricultural
extension work and we are waking
up to the great necessity of state aid
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15
WILSON'S WEAKNESS


"l6OOiN ~ NNGihiNtNAOO
Continued from page l, first section)
------~-s----~---------~-
Republican machine was able to COM
pei majority of its members in the
House of Representative to vote that
American citizens had no rights 10
travel on the high seas.
Attacks Progressive Leaders.
He added III their leaders be-
lieye In the rights OF American citt-
gems why don't their followers? If
their leaders are so stiff to see that
Americans get their rights, why do
these men vote that Americans shall
get their rights nowhere? One of
the most regrettable incidents of
American history is that there should
have been found men in the Con
gress of the United States willing to
vote in that sense"
Mr.. Wilson reiterated his advocacy
OF = league of nations 70 preserve the
peace of the world and attacked the
leaders of the Progressive party.
who. he said. had betrayed the rank
and file.
He also declared that the selection
OF a Congress is just as important as
the election OF president, because
the real source OF action and the
real machinery OF obstruction is IN
Congress. He asserted mat the
forces OF reaction are IN control OF
the ltepuhllcans IN Congress.
vance {. McCormlcR' chairman oil
the Democratic national committee
presided at The meeting, aud \.
Mltcheil rainier DelhoCratlc natloh-
~ coIiliIlll,es rom lehnsNlNahia'
ih,rouuceI Mr: wilson
ne uelesatl0h, Whlch cam" mere
"u GlEl't SPtt'1i Trains constituted
~ i"' 80 ""N'enSe "t'leh 'ldS HehiH
w ~. - ts'le.' sl,'.H -. .'t",oM i'a"ii'
- ' spere.' ~ pl.s'".i' Stoo"
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-. 49,, -. !" y, i' .. ~ -. i,'s Speecii
-, - %, ny
~ ~ ~" '.'. IN s,'u ~ go you,
w ~. iiie SuS .iial gu Gspeeiu'ls
So" ~ ~ ~ 'eva use siie'p W
so,'e ..'nsa "inn pein ,ia FenhSyi,
Nahia ~ "le I'loi qu"l'Iou 70 IN
% , tl"t '"E ~ u'ilei Peupie ~ tne
~ 49, 9,"l.s' ii'eS " pe.Iti Pual1
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~ 49, i''e"lls y N'li.'l w pul-
'oaea ., ~. psop.e IT Soille'l,'i'.S uts-
tea1''' " lue'l EoN 8 li'iieh', ntIdusr
!, NnoM nov y = 'hat ,ne peop'e y
IehhSyINanl" nave asalh anu asalh
attempted 20 aelnonstr",e 70 the resi-
OF NE UNION 'nat tIltS Delleleu that
We had com, mo = NJ" ase' tha1
tneS n'I'eNea tn"t lhia He "se
qulfe' new elements OIL poilcS' that
they desired men 70 leau mem VINO
"oulu leaa tnGm 70 the light ana NOT not
again ar"E lhe"l mo the 5uot'r-
faneah passages Oh private influence
ana therefore thliiH y WIN y taslS'
70 eNpouhd inns campaign 20 femnSS!-
ranians than to anybody else. Ihere
are 2 great many things that you
VIII understand without my putting
Complains of Home State.
And the same thing Is happening
in New Jersey. Six years ago had
the distinguished pleasure OF exhibit
ing the government of New Jersey 10
the people Of New Jersey, in its true
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15
CITY TAXES

The city treasurer's books will be
ready for collection of city taxes
Wednesday, October 1S. at the treas
urer's office in the Colonial building
on West Main street. y discount OF
2ls per cent will be given all who
pay their taxes before December /
1916.
L. HARPER ROGERS,
Collector and Treasurer City Of
Clarksburg.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15
SPECIAL NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
IN TOWN OF NORTHVIEW

~ ~ " " VT .NVINITIN IFIW,
All parties owing taxes to the
Town of North View will be given a
discount of az per cent II paid be
fore the 3Oth day Of November, 1916.
at the mayors office in the town OF
North View, where the tax books are
all ready.
After January 1, 1917. TEN PER
CENT INTEREST MUST BE ADD
ED.
No partial payment can be accept
ed on taxes.
Yours very truly,
A. L. MATTHEW,
Mayor of Town of North View.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15


. UNCLE SAM
| Continued from page !. first section.J
TINT he Emitted States already has
agreed that examination OF private
postal correspondence to ascertain
whether II contains contraband IN
permissible, the note SAYS: 1T ia
evident that this examination which
necessarily entails the opening Of he
covers IN order to ascertain their con.
tents. could not b. carried out on
board without involving great deal
oil confusion. without causing serious
/ delay to the mails, passengers and
cargo and without great risk OF or.
ror. loss or non-dclivory. II was for
. these reasons that the Allies have in
/ itiatcd the removal of the mail baga
and their despatch to points pio-
/ Eidcd with the stan and material
1 requisites for prompt and regular
handling. In all this. the Allied GOV.
eminent have no other purpose but
/ that OF diminishing by All means IN
I their power the Inconvenience thai
/ The legitimate exercise OF their bel
I ligeront rights in regard to any mail
might cause to inonensive neutral
correspondence and TO neutral ves-
scis."
After asserting that the United
+ Suites and the Allies are in agree
ment on principles but differ as TO
their application, the near reply to
: Secretary LANDINGS dncIg tfop tbat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
UNA FURTOSA BATTAGLIA
PEI POSSESSO DI KOVEL
l Gil Austro-Tedeschi, Rinfor-
zati, Tentano di Ricacciare
Russi ad Est dello Stochod

Una nuova furlosa battaglia e. impegnata
ad ovest del flume Stochod ira russi e
austro-tedeschi che dfendono gil approcci
ALA fortczza di Kovel Telegrammi da
Petrograd dcono che | tedesch hanno
ricevuto notevoi rinforzl col quail sperano
di mpedire resecuzone del piano russo dl
sparare completamente sulla fronte russa
gil eserciti austriaco tedesco, ed eggiungo-
no che ! russi fanno strage dele legloni
tedesche con lie loro batterie poste sulla
riva orientale del fume. A Petrograd 81
rltiene che. sara possible raggungere
10 scope di separare gil eserciti teutonlci
alleati lie armate austriache saranno
virtualmente annientate non potendo esse
sostenere rurto del russi senza l'attiva CO.
operazione delle armate tedesche IL morale
degli austriaci daltronde e. assai basso
dopo lie recent gravi sconfltte.
Teegrammi da Baltimore dicono che II
sottomarno mercantile tedesco Deutschland,
che attraverso rAtlantico con un carico di
colori e. partto da quella cltta perrItornare
in Germanla. Navi da guerra inglesi
francesi 10 attendono al largo al di la
delle tire miglia di acque territorial ma
sembra che finora II sottomarino non sia
uscto da questo limite d acque territoriali
che vaggi lungo lie ccste americana.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
VTOLENT ATTACCH
AUSTRIACI RESPEITI
DALE IRE TOFANE
Inutili Tentative Fatti Anche
Contro Monte Cimone Sui
pAltopiano del Sette
Comuni
VILLAGGI BoMBARDATI

ROMA, 2 Agosto.
Ecco II testo del rapporto del generate
Cadorna, pubblicato Teri sera dal Ministerc
della Guerra ed annunziante la conquista
di Paneveggio, nella vale del Travisnoio
Nella valle delrAdige rartiglieria
nemica ha continuanto a spiegare la
sua attvita'. ma lie nostre batterie lie
hanno risposto efficacemente.
Nella valle dell-Astco nella sera del
81 luglio II nemico attacco' lie nostre
posizloni sui Monte Cimone dopo una
intensa preparazione di artiglieria, ma
fu prontamente resplnto dale nostre
batterie dale nostre truppe di fan
teria.
Un altro inutlle ed infruttuoso at
tacco II nemlco opero' contro lie nostre
posizloni n sud-ovest di Castelletto,
sul'altoplano del Settle Comuni Anche
qui fu respinto con perdite.
Nella valle del Travgnolo moi alb
biamo occupato II villagglo di Paneveg-
gio.
Nella zona delle Tofane durante la
notte del 80 luglio IL nemico bombardo'
intensamente lie nostre posizioni del
bosco di Forcella e dopo opero' un at
tacco In forze per rtoglercl lie poslEloni
da moi recentemente occupate. III nemco
fu dapprlma respinto poi contrattac-
cato violentemente sof ferse gravi
perdite.
Tn bombardamento da parte delle
batterie nemiche ha causato alcuni in
cendli nella vale Degano Gil incendii
sono stat, pero prontamente circoscrlt-
Il spenti.
Sulla fronte dell'1sonzo non 81 ha
nulla di lmportante.
UN PROCLANIA DI JOFFRE.
sono statl. pero' prontamente circoscrit-
Telegrammi da Parigi dicono che II gen.
erale Joffre, commandante in capo dele
forze francesi. rlcorrendo ieri II secondo
guerra europea, ha lanciato allie sue truppe
i seguente procama:
Soldau della Repubblica.
e. cominciato II vostro terzo ammo di
lotta. Per due ami vol avete soppor-
tato con incrollabile forza IL peso di un
implacabile confitto. Vol avete fatto
fallire piani del nemico. Lo avete
sconfitto sulla Marna 10 avete arrestato
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
TIE-UP OF ALL TROLLEY
LINES IN NEW YORK CITY
] NOW SEEMS INEVITABLE
Extension of Walkout Through
out Metropolis Certain, Un-
less Both Sides Con-
$ cede Points
GUARDS TO AID COPS

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.--City officials. aid
cd by State authorities prepared today fol
the worst in New Yorks street strike
situation. They were convinced they said
that the most disastrous tie-up in the cty's
history is inevitable unless both sides con.
cede points which UP to date each has per-
sstently refused to consider.
The Public Service Commission began to-
day formal inquiry into the situation
Representatives of employers and employees
were summoned.
The 10000 miitiamen, including coast
In the State after New York's quota had
gone to the border, were prepared for
instant call. At the first hint of need for
them Governor Whitman will send them
INTO New York to augment Police Com
missioner Woods's 10000 bluecoats.
The strike car companies today con-
sidered the situation so desperate they APP
pealed for the publlcs sympathy in full
page Advertisements in all local newspapers.
These advertisements carried the charge
that the employees ARE being threatened
and intimidated by the Amalgamated AS
eociation of Electric Street and Railway
Employees, an organization with interests
In various parts of the United States
The company also announced 1t is ready
TO talk grievances with it's men individually
or through their own representatives. It
Will not recognize any committee affiliated
with the national union.
II was estimated today that about 5000
men are now out in New York, 1000 from
the Third avenue system in Manhattan. and
1900 from Bronx lines Only 80 out
OF the usual sos Third avenue SYSTEMS
cars were operated today. One hundred
out OF S52 regular cars were running in the
Bronx.
All cars today were under heavy police
Slord. Strikers today collected figures
showing maximum wages earned by carmen
In New York to be less than in many other
large cities of the country, although the cost
Of living is higher
The maximum in Chicago was given as
30 cents an hour in Philadelphia, 81 cents,
and in Boston Detroit. Cleveland. Albany
and Troy "a cents. The highest paw in
New York Is 29h cents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

sun'Yser 10 batteste nelrArtois nelIa
Champagne quando esso cercava Ia Wit
torla sui pianI della Russia. Poi la vos-
ira vlttoriosa resistenza nella battaglla
di cinque mesi devant a Verdun ha
spezzato 10 sforzo tedesco.
Grazie al vostro indomito coragglo, le
arnate del nostri alleati hanno potuto
produrre armi delle quail II nemlco
sente II peso oggi su lutte lie sue 'front.'.
II momento 81 avvlcina quando. soto
la forza della nostra avanzata, Ia po-
tenza mllitaire della Germanla dovra'
cadere.
Soldati di Francia, vol potete essere
superb di quanto avete gia' fatto. Vol
siete decsi ad andare flno in fondo.
La vlttorla e. nostra
JOFFRE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
HELD AS DRUG THIEF
Edgar Ruthman Accused of Taking
Drugs Worth $4,000

Charges that he had stolen n quantity of
morphine, cocaine and opium valued at
$4,000 from the laboratory of AschenbaclS
e. Miller. at 346 North Orianna street, were
preferred against 20.year.old Edgar Ruth
man, of 622 North Twelfth street, when
he was arraigned before Magistrate Beaton
today. He was held in $500 bail
The drugs were stolen on the night OF
June 23. That day Ruthman had been
hired to work in the laboratory and the
next day he failed to appear for work.
Detectives Mccarthy and lie Strange and
Special officer Laird arrested Ruthman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
RAILROAD STRIKE VOTE ENDS
AUGUST z, LEADER DECLARES
100000 Ballots in Referendum to En-
power Calling Out Men

NEW YORK. Aug 2.-Counting Of the
strike vote of 100000 railway trainmen,
which may prec pitate the greatest labor
war this country has ever known, will be
completed August z, Timothy ID, Shea. who
has charge of the count, announced today.
The railroads affected by the count today
opened a campaign of education of the
public through newspaper advertisements,
putting forward their side Of the contro-
versy.
The strike vote, II II results as all predic-
tions Indicate. will authorize the heads Of
the four greatest railroad brotherhoods to
call general strike II in their opinion n
strike is necessary to gain for freight and
yard men their demand for an eight-hour
day and time and half for overtime.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
philadeIphia Man FATALLY Hurt

CHESTER, Aug. Phillip Williams, Of
Philadelphia, Is in the Chester Hospital, In
a. dying condition, as the result Of being
hit by n Pennsylvania shifter late yester-
day in front Of the Belmont Iron Works.