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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-01


ny the earnest request Of many friends
have decided to he candidate for Jus.
ticc OF the Peace for Clark district, located
in Industrial and Union Heights, as We
have three voting places and never have
had nm officer elected ort here. / have
served six years MS Justice os the Pence in
Barbour county, before I came here. and
am Notary Public today. I have Ind n
great deal " experience in law, We do
ask the votIrs to give us nm officer ONT
here to help to guard Us and to helm TO
protect our interests as citizens Lat Ms
divide the offices so not to have them ali
in town.
JOHN i. MASON.
Notary Public
/ am candidate for the RepuhlIc,n
nomination for Justice of the Pence for
Clark district, subject 10 the primary cleo
ton, June Q. 1918, and respectfully solicit
your support.
A. VI. DoSoHrE,
l15 West Main street CnrksburG, ", Va
am candidate for Justice OF tho
Peace for Clark district, subject 10 the
approval Of the Republican voters nj the
primary to be held June O. 1915 I ihnnk
Won in advance for your support and in
fluence.
GEORGE c. MCKINLEY.
232 Maple avenue.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-01
DISTRICT OFFICES

Bristol, TenmIle district.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-01
For As.rnnnr.

CIarksburg. ". Va.
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10


Then Manley's senses came back to
him, and rolling over into the open
roadway. he took the camera from his
pocket and held it between him ana
the disappearing touring car. he
pressed the spring, knowing that
his telescope lens would carry to the
waiting film the secret of that mys-
terious cars license number.
The Arrows of Confiagration.
Jules Legar, in his role as a master
of underworld activities. was both
adroit in his engagement of the serv-
ices Of others and painstaking in the
preparation of the field wherein they
should labor. Like the humble weasel.
he held that every warren should have
both an exit and an entrance.
So when Legar and his scientific
friend, DR.. Herman Stein, engaged
their triple-fioor office suite at the top
of the Central Tower building. they in
sisted on certain structural altera-
tions in those Offices. Not only was
one of the largest windows comman-
deered for the installation OF a
strangely complex apparatus used In
STEMS electric wave-projector (which
was announced to be the latest I'M
provement on wireless). but the upper
and lower floors of the suites were
connected by a smooth-walled shaft
which, it was explained, would make
easier the passage back and forth OF
chemicals and apparatus needed by
the illustrious Doctor Stein in his
carefully guarded experiments.
Equally well prepared was Legar's
second base of activities, the secret
subcellar beneath the Owls Nest. This
second warren. deep as it stood un-
derground. was also provided with a
secret passageway leading into a wa,
ter-gate opening on the East river IT.
self.
1t was from both these points that
Legar was conducting his campaign
against his old-time enemy Enoch
Golden. And both of these points
might have remained as well hidden
as their user still dreamed them to be
had it not been for the casual agency
of a pocket camera. For less than an
hours work in the office of the regis
ter of automobiles had duly shown
Manley that license No. 6249 belonged
to one Prof. Herman Stein of AZ Maple
avenue. Yet Manley, armed as he was
with the knowledge of this cars iden
tity, showed no undue haste in inter
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10

"Oh, sir, what had you hoped fort"
she managed to ask.
Il hope for nothing" was the
broken mans reply. But once / had
a daughter, and lost her."
How did you lose herr"
She was stolen from me. as
child"
And what became of herr"
God only knows! Yet, for q mo-
ment l was mad enough to think, to
hope. But / have no longer any right
to hope" he added with sudden pas
sion. "All ask is that once before l
die l meet face to face that one-armed
devil with his scar Of shame!"
"One-armed, and with a SCARF" cried
the startled girl, leaning suddenly for
ward in her chair.
Golden wheeled about at her cry.
What does that mean to your"
why, it was a one-armed man with
SCARED face who kept me a pris-
oner! 1t was he, Legar. who always
told me my parents were dead"
"Legar!" repeated the bewildered
millionaire. "Legar? But my mans
name was Palidori." By this time
Golden was once more on his feet, his
excitement increasing every moment.
yet men have changed their names.
And this man had every reason to
change his"
Even his quiet-voiced visitor was in
fected with that sudden excitement.
for she rose to her feet as Golden
rounded the desk which stood between
them.
Girl, let me see your arm!"
With trembling fingers he thrust up
the flimsy sleeve, staring breathlessly
at the milk-white skin. Then a groan
Of disappointment broke from his
throat
"No the mark Is not there!"
What mark" asked the wondering
girl.
my daughter carried scar on her
right arm. My men. when she was a
child on Windward island, caught and
killed a shark. The child. when no one
watched her, thrust hand in between
the brute's jaws. Those dying jaws
closed on the flesh, and an iron bar
had to be used to open them again
And they said that scar would always
stay with her."
The girl. wide-eyed. dropped back
into the armchair.
why, / seem to remember" she
said staring before her. 81 seem to
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fering with it's movements. For still
another hour of cautious shadowing
on the part of Golden's private secre-
tary provided him with the knowledge
that Doctor Stein was in the habit Of
motoring from Maple avenue to the
Central Tower building, and from that
prosperous skyscraper to an humble
point within block of the Owls Nest
itself Thirty minutes later found
Manley in a telephone booth. talking
to his employer.
Have you received any message
from that man Legar?" asked the
younger man. after impatiently ex-
planning who he was.
Il have received a message, but
don't know it came from Legar."
Then how did you get it,"
1T was thrown through my house
window folded up in a beer bottle"
'Will you please read me that mes
sage. And quickly. for this is impor-
tant"
Here it is" answered thes bewil-
dered voice over the wire. "'You are
keeping Blonde Casey a prisoner in
your house Unless you liberate her
within an hour your house will go up
in flames. And after that house. your
next house. and the next 1t is signed
The Cookson Gang But what am |
to believe? What am to do? And
what is the answer to all these mys-
teries?"
Whatever you do, don't let them
get that young woman away from
you!"
Family the listener could hear the
sound of sudden calls, of quick ques-
tions and answers and counter-ques-
tion. Then the voice of Golden was
once more frantically calling him over
the wire
"Manley. SIanley. is that you?
You've spoken too late. Wilson. my
butler. has just hurried in to me here.
Ten minutes ago a stranger claiming
to be a meter inspector got entrance
to the house. Do you hear me. they've
taken that girl! She's gone!"
Gomez" echoed Manley. Then
haven't time to stand here talking"
Yet. Enoch Golden. even as Manley
himself, had little time for talking
over that strange abduction. For two
minutes later his still furried butler
announced the arrival of James Girls
wold, the president of the Union.
Traders bank. on urgent business.
Golden" began that visitor almost
as soon as he had crossed the thresh.
old, Il have counted myself among
your friends. But when / receive q
note like this. threatening me and my
business. regard it as about time to
see you, face to face"
Golden took the sheet Of paper from
the bankers hand. He stood regard.
ing it with troubled eyes, For it read /:
You are a friend of Enoch Golden
the oppressor of the poor. the scaven.
ger Of unclean gold. The blow that ID
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10

q paper nOop.
A minute later the conspirators
were after him. But Manley, rolling
through a clump of shrubbery and
doubling rabbitlike on his pursuers,
lodged under cover By the time he
had recovered his breath and his wits
he slipped unobserved from the
grounds, rounded the block and
climbed into his waiting taxicab.
Police headquarters" he told the
driver.
Brief as was Manley's. visit to police
headquarters, that call resulted in
sudden and startling movement from
the great gray structure in Center
street. For the mysterious fires were
now breaking out even in crowded
tenements ON the East side. keeping
bewildered fire department shut.
Ting impotently back and forth.
Legar and Stein. Manley felt sure,
now that their suspicious were
aroused, would lose no time In get
ting back to the Tower, which stood
as the center Of their campaign of
destruction.
The attack on Legar's skyline quar-
ters was a feverishly hurried and yet
a surprisingly orderly one. 1t was not
until the police reached the top floor
that the elevator came to q stop.
At the same moment that they
poured out into the narrow hallway q
mechanician in his shirt sleeves
opened the door leading from Legars
private workroom and started down
the hall. Before he could retreat or
slam shut that door the lieutenant's q
revolver was covering him. Reach.
ing back to his hip. his hand was al
ready on the butt Of q bluemetaled
automatic. Before he could whip out
that, weapon. however. the lieutensnrs
quick eye comprehended the move
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10

remember years ago. rows and rows
of sharp teeth and the sudden pain as
those teeth came together"
But the scarf" cried Golden.
There is no scarf"
Il seem to remember about that,
too. 1t was long ago. after Legar had
brought me across water. and then
miles and miles in a railway train. |
remember him taking me to a man
who wore round eyeglasses, and show
ing him my arm. This man gave me
something to make me sleep. But
when / wakened my arm was sore
again, for weeks and weeks. And
when 1t healed the scar was gone. |
remember" But she stopped sud
denly, for the telephone bell close be-
side Golden shrilled out sudden call.
Mechanically the man at the desk took
up the receiver, his eyes still on the
girl facing him.
This is Eastman of the central Of
Iice speaking" said the voice over the
| wire. "A short while ago a young
| woman was seen entering your
| house"
We'll, what of it," was the impa-
tient inquiry.
| Our office merely wants to warn
you that the girl is Blonde Casey, the
| come-on for the Cookson gang. She's
the smoothest swindler in the busi-
ness. And as long as that baby-eyed
she-crook is in your house, Golden.
your bouse will be in danger!"
| Golden hung up his receiver and sat
studying his desktop. Then with his
grim mouth fixed he crossed to the
rear door and opened it, stepping out
into the hall and peremptorily called
for his butler as he did so
Manley, returning from his errand.
at the same moment stepped into the
room from another door. He stared at
the girl as he stopped to pick up his
| pocket camera.
| who are you?" he pertly inquired.
as Golden re-entered the room.
But his eyes. the next moment, we're
on neither Golden nor the girl. His
gaze passed beyond those two strange
ly diverse figures to yet third. the
crouching figure Of an eavesdropper
clinging to the wistaria vines that
framed the huge window on the far
side of the room.
Manley, crossing the room on the
run. took the window, glass and all. in
one leap. He landed on a hydrangea
bush even as the burly eavesdropper
dropped to the grass beside him. The
next moment the two men clinched
The fight was an uneven one, but
Manley stuck to his man. He stuck
to him until that worthy. with a sud-
den blow on the jaw, sent the 1.-the
bodied young secretary staggering to
the ground.
Before Manley could recover him.
self. the mysterious eavesdropper
broke away, vaulted to the street and
signaled to waiting automobile.
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10

her hair and dressed herself in a girl
ish little frock which she found al
ready laid out for her. And the won
der was still in her eyes as the masked
stranger smuggled her quietly dowr
through the house. and. as the aged
millionaire bent low to unlock the bot
tom drawer Of his desk. motioned heI
noiselessly into the library and into
an armchair facing the desk.
BY the time Golden had raised his
head again the mysterious stranger
had slipped out of sight.
Golden. as he sat upright, stared fol
several moments of silence at the
strange figure in the armchair.
Who are your" the grim-faced old
financier finally demanded. But the
girl remained silent.
Golden. studying her more closely
rose unsteadily to his feet.
How did you get here?" he asked
And passing a hand across his mois
tened brow he asked still again: who
are your"
Il don't KNOW" answered the girl.
Golden rose to his feet, and still
staring hungrily at that mild yet cloud
ed face. crossed to her side.
He held her face between his hands
peering into it. Then, with a weary
shake Of the head. he dropped his
hands.
1T was too much to expect" be
huskily murmured. TOO much to hone
for!"
His grief-stricken face touched the
girls heart
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10

ment and his own frearm spoke first
The shirt-sleeved figure fell In .,
heap. where he had stood in the open
doorway.
At the sound of that shot. from
within could be heard sudden calls
and shouts and hurrying steps.
That's Legar." cried Manley, as he
caught sight of the one-armed figure
side by side with q bespectacled Ger
man striving and fighting to push
shut the intervening door. But the
fallen mans body lay in the way. and
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10
Electric Fact and Fancy.

The radioactive mind of Charles p.
Steinmetz does no. lead him into ro-
mantle excursions dealing In a Flam-
marion or Tesla vein with the future
of electricity. He sees ahead Of the
present development Of lighting sys-
TENS and power plants an evolution
sufficiently wonderful without
startling innovation. Here, for in
stance, Is a lamp which will give light
by power made as 1t Is held In the
hand, and here is fiashlight which
will facilitate the autobiography Of
shy forest denizens. Many are the
devices for destroying the monopoly
that night has held in the absence OF
the sun. The moving picture is to
gain from improved ways Of produc-
ing and projecting the illumination.
The motOrcar and the railway train
have much to gain from intensive ex-
pertinent. In the constructive era
that must come after the devils
carnival of demolition" electricity will
take a leading role. This is no time
for man to plume himself that he has
"harnessed the lightning" He has
merely begun to apprehend the poten-
tiality of the twentieth century magi-
Ledger.
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10
SECOND EPISODE
The House of Unhappiness.

me fNouoc OF OHndPpiHcoS.
Enoch Golden, with all his millions.
was q hard man. Those closest to him
oontended that he had experienced
much to make him hard.
The one person who stood in any
way intimately and personally con-
nected with Golden was his young pri-
vate secretary. David Manley. For
young Manley. often enough known to
his associates as "Davie," was both
incorrigibly youthful and engagingly
irresponsible. Golden, oddly enough.
secretly liked this youth for his foo:-
ishness. 1t brought breath Of hu-
manity into his granite world Of greed.
This youth was too much of an easy
going idiot, Golden held, ever to think
seriously of his own self-interest. He
was indolent and his office hours were
erratic He was brazen in his retorts.
and often enough laugh-provoking In
his antics. Yet with all his levity. this
same millionaire had found Manley's
judgments were sound and his discern
ment often startlingly keen.
THAT boy keeps the moss OF my old
bones" Golden admitted, when. con-
trary to q lifelong habit Of reticence.
he asked young Manley into the
gloomy splendor of his uptown home.
The thought had even entered the
close-fisted old flnancier's head that
some day Manley might fall heir to his
useless millions. il only that disap-
pointingly facetious youth would once
become solemn enough to attend strict
ly to business.
For the boys a fool! There's no
doubt of that. And IL don't look after
him, heaven knows what may become
of him!"
Golden smiled little as he stepped
into his massively furnished library
and found young Manley curled up
In one of the great leather chairs
intently working over pocket
camera and quite oblivious of the tele-
phone bell shrilling from the rosewood
desk beside him. Golden, as he seated
himself at this desk and curtly an
swered the phone call. blinked with
mock disapproval at the youth bent
over the camera.
1t was not until he heard Golden's
great fist smite the rosewood desktop
that Manley looked up. The man Of
millions was frowning over the letter
still in his hand.
The condition of these tenements
is shameful. Times are hard, and
many, we find, are out of work. II you
insist on raising the rents. as you
threaten. our settlement workers claim
that hundreds of the poor will have
to leave their homes. So, for the sake
of the mothers and children alone.
implore you to reconsider your earlier
decision.
Sincerely,
AMOS SCHOFIELD. d. D."
THE fools!" said Golden aloud.
"They know as much about business.
Manley. as you know about bond is
sues! Not raise my own rents!
guess Enoch Golden still knows enough
to run his own business"
He stopped and looked at Manley.
whats that gim-crack you're vast
ing your time on?" he demanded.
"Gim-crack?" laughed Manley. IT'S
the neatest thing in cameras that ever
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10

A Wolff telegram from CONSTANT
nople published In the German press
states that special committee has
been appointed to work out the details
of central scheme for the organixa-
ton of the Turkish food supply. and
especially of the grain harvest, the gov.
ernment having recently set aside q
sum of f30,OO0000 for the. establish.
ment of the department. Municipal
authorities have already received In
structions to buy up stocks and to have
them distributed to the population In
certain quantities at modssste priceA
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10
External and Internal Use.

"Yes," he said, 1--WE must cut down
and ecOnOmize. I've brought home .
sample bottle of very cheap claret,
which l think l shall have to drink
In the future
"Good!" she responded. "And ]
have made a pint of furniture polish
from an old recipe, ever so cheaply.s
1t was a few days afterward that
the breeze arose.
'How was / to know" he stormed,
"that you'd put your furniture polish
into a wine bottle? Great wonder I'm
not poisonedw I
"And how was to know / was pol
ishing the table with your old claretr
she fired back. Anyhow, 1t answered
very well, and when you drank the fur.
niture polish you said 1t was very
good wine for the price !''-Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10

came into America. That's a new
Swiss telescope lens I've just been ad-
justing to 1t. Take q snap Of q flea
biting your ear eighty PAGES away!
And your income on those tenements
BY the way, amounts to an annual re-
turn Of Just 43 per cent of the capital
invested"
well. supposing turn them over to
you and see what you could make out
Of them!"
Manley ignored the sneer in the old.
or mans words.
"Td at least try to make decent
homes out Of them." the younger man
said.
young man. don't hire you to hint
shat my money 70 dirty money!"
Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10
SYNOPSIS.

On Windward island Palidori intrigues
Mrs. Golden into an appearance of evil
ture the Italian by branding his face and
crushing his hand. Palidora opens the
dyke gates and floods the island and In
the general rush to escape the Hood Kid
maps Goidens slx-year-old daughter Mar
CORY. Twelve years later in New YORK
one calling himself "the Hammer OF
God" rescues an eighteen-year-old girl
Erom the cadet Casavanti to whom Jules
xAgar had delivered her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-26
DOPE FIEND TERRORIZES JAIL
Joseph Smith, Wanted Here for At
tacking Marine, Goes "Wild"
in Camden Prison

Keepers and turnkeys at the Camden
County Jail had their hands full today
when Joseph Smith, 90 years old, an alleged
dope fiend, confined in a cell on the upper
tier, suddenly awoke and began to destroy
his cot. His screams and kicks against
the bars aroused the other 40 prisoners
who thought there was fire in the prison
The prisoners stood in front of their cell
doors and pleaded to be released,
Smith was arrested few days ago at the
request of the Philadelphia police. He is
wanted in connection with the stabbng Of
a marine of the Philadelphia Navy Yard
Since being locked up he has been under
treatment.
A phone message was sent TO the Cooper
Hospital requesting that a physician be sent
to the prison The hospital replied that the
physicians were busy on other cases. The
prison physician. DR.. Il. A. V. Schellinger,
who has been treating Smith, is away on
his vacation.
While the excitement prevailed Wilfred
s. Latch. SO years old of Haddonfeld. n. j..
who was arrested for embezzlement and
who occupied cell next to Smith, tainted
Finally, the keepers succeeded in getting
Dr. Alexander S. Ross, of Camden, to come
TO the prison, He gave sedatiye to Smith.
Once Smith fell asleep the excitement ended.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-26
CHILDREN IN CARNIVAL
ON RACE STREET PIER
Music, Games and Exhibition of
Handiwork Features of
Entertainment

A musicale and carnival was given
by the children of the Race street Pier
Recreation Center this afternoon The en-
tertanment was opened by the entire
chorus of ch ldren singing The Star Span
gled Banner" This was followed by n
drill by the Girl Scouts, ending In their
scout song and pier Yell an Irish reel and
fancy dance by the Dancing Club. "A lit
tie bit of Dixie" by the Pickanninny Club
and addresses by the members OF the Board
OF Recreation.
A series OF athletic events followed.
including a basketball throw, Il three.legged
race. bag race. spoon race and peanut ace.
After these came an exhibition Of paper
toys, sewing and wicker work. which have
been made by the children under the tut
tion Of their older preceptors, these being
In many cases clever both i'm their Concep-
tion and execution. OF special note among
them were two houses made Of cigar boxes
and wooden pegs The larger one is a
product Of the boys handiwork. stands three
feet high and cost 40 cents while n smaller
one made by the girls cost % cents, the pen
nies for both being contributed by the chill
dren from their savings.
Upon the suggestion of Harry a.
Schwartz who guided the boys and girls
in their work. both these miniature houses
and all the other toys will be donated to a
childrens hospital
The company Of Girl Scouts. whose drill
was one of the features of the entertain
ment. consists of % members. They have
been drilled three times a week for the last
month under the direction of Maurice
Sasta and Mrs. Anna Summer. teachers on
tho pier.