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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
MORE BODIES
Are Found Floating in New
York Bay as a Result of
the Great Explosion.

JERSEY ClTY,N j. August =
Agents of the city commissioners
were sent today to terminals of all
railroads entering this city to put
into effect the order of the commits
sion placing a ban on the storage Of
ammunition in cars upon piers in
this city and upon It's shipment
through this city to steamers going
to Europe This action was taken
because of the great explosion at
Black Tom island Sunday morning,
The order becomes effective to-
morrow afternoon.
Two more bodies we're found to-
day floating in New York bay with
in few rods OF the scene of the ex-
ploslon. One Of the bodies was iden-
tilted MS that of Capt. Cornelius Ley
den, chief of the LehIgh Valley rail-
road police and previously reported
missing.
The finding and Identification Of
Leyden's body paves the way for the
prosecution Of those who may be
found responsible for the explosion.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
Suffrage Speaker Appeals to
Working Men to Help Sis
ter LabOrerS Get Vote.

Miss Eudora Ramsay, most elo-
quent equal suffrage speaker and well
and favorably known in Clarksburg,
addressed over a thousand men and
women in front OF the court house last
night. Although she has been heard
in this city before, Miss Ramsay never
fails to attract big audience when
ever she speaks here She is so thor
oughly informed on her subject that
there are no repetitions and the same
persons are delighted to hear her and
are never bored
Miss Ramsay possesses the divine
gift Of oratOry She is able to think
while on her feet and is never at loss
for a reply nor for an apt application
of her points. She has mind at once
/ lucid and logical and is controversial
to the point that she drives home the
I full force Of her argumnet, yet she
does it with such winning charm that
even the "antis" are disarmed.
Last night Miss Ramsay was In ex-
cellent voice and spirits and held her
large audience for more than an hour.
/ She advanced many new arguments in
support Of the pending constitutional
amendment and was frequently inter-
rupted by applause. At the conclusion
OF her address she received an ovation
and held an impromptu reception on
the court house steps. She made her
/ strongest appeal to the laboring men,
| asking them to aid their sisters in the
ranks OF the employed to attain the
same independence as they themselves
possess. She made a most favorable
| Impression and many pressed forward
to give assurance that they would re-
member this argument on election day.
/ Miss Ramsay will be in the city for
| She has been in this state since last
| fall and has achieved wide reputa-
ton in her advocacy Of the vote for
women. Last year she was engaged
in the Pennsylvania campaign and
every county in which she spoke re-
/ turned a favorable majority. She is
highly educated, having obtained mas
ter Of arts degrees from both Hollins
college, Virginia, and Columbia Uni
versity, New York. She won her
/ b. A. at Richmond, Va, college, an
institution for men, in 1911 During
the time she was working for her de-
grees she was not idle. For three years
she was either the head or the assist
ant in English at the Greenyille, S. @.
womcn's college. For four months she
was on the editorial staff Of the Green
vile Daily News.
mss Ramsay will be in the city for
several days and will be the recipient
! Of much social attention.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
BREAK
With Great Britain is Desired
by a Congressman from
Massachusetts,.

WASHINGTON, August 2,-Repre-
sentative GallIvan, OF Massachusetts,
introduced a resolution today propos-
ing that a Recommendation be made
to the president that diplomatic rela:
lions between the Unied Staes and
terminated at OncedtPae; 3orshrdluup
Great Britain be terminated at once, y
because of tho exclusion from Eng,
land Of Thomas Hughes Kelley, OF
New York, treasurer of the Irish Re
lief Fund, and ''lmpudent and insult.
ing acts of Great Britain toward
American commerce"
AS a matter, Of course, the resolu-
ton went to the foreign relations
committee, .---.-----.----.----.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
ROGER EASEMENT
Still Remains UnCOnCerned as
the Hour for His ExeCu-
ton Approaches.

LONDON, Aug. 2. = Roger CASE
ment's solicitor. Gavin Duffy, Of Dub
lin, had not received word this morn
ing Of any change in the plans for
the execution by hanging at 8 O'Clock
Thursday of his client at Pentonville
prison.
Easement, according to Solicitor
Duffy, who sees the condemned man
frequently, remains unconCerned. He
no longer looks detected or depressed
and betrays no emotion as the hour
for his execution approaches. He
eats well, favoring fruit and iced
drinks.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
Robinson Grand Theater Gets
a Chance to Book Russian
Symphony Organization.

The management of the Robinson
Grand theater received a telegram
from the directors of the Russian
symphony orchestra, Modest Altschul-
er, conductor, "Wednesday morning
wanting to know whether tho people
of Clarksburg would be interested in d
performance here Of that wonderful
organization.
The Russian Symphony Orchestra
composed of sixty to seveng-dye
the most accomplished musicians %
the world. If tho proper lnteres
ahnwn. u vii. inlay =. pastsiasa
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
GERMAN STATEMENT
OF WAR OPERATIONS,

BERLIN, via London, August 2,-On
the high road between Maricourt and
Clery in the region Of the river Somme.
French troops penetrated ito our COM
pletely demolished trenches" says the
official statement issued today by the
German army headquarters. The Ger
mans captured a hill in the salient
northeast of Fort Souvlle in the re-
gion OF Verdun,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
C0RONER'S JURY
Recommends That Richards
Be Held for the Murder
of Gerard.

A coroner's jury which conducted an
inquest over the body Of George Ger
rard, who was murdered near O'Neil
late Saturday night, finished its work
late Wednesday afternoon and rem
dered verdict that Gerard came to
his death at the hands Of Otis Richards
and recommended that Richards be
held for the action Of the next Grim
inal court grand jury.
Dr.. S. N. Mason, coroner, presided
over the sessions of the inquest and
asked the large number Of witnesses
many questions pertaining to the quar-
rel between the two men previous to
the fatal fight, in which Gerard re-
ccived the injuries which are alleged
tn have caused hiR death
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
RUSSIAN STATEMENT
OF WAR OPERATIONS.

PETROGRAD, via London, AUG z
Announcing that attempts made by
small German detachments to attack
the Russian positions on the west
ern fronts were repealed by rifle fire,
the Russian official statement issued
today said:
"An enemy aeroplane bombarded a
transport containing wounded near
Dusitchi on the acknowledgements
Iutsk route killing one and injuring
twenty already wounded men. The
same aeroplane also bombarded the
divisional hospital in Dutschi, killing
one and injurlng eight hospital or
derlies.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
BANDITS
Are Being Searched For in
Clutches and CanonS by
American Troops.

Ell PAsO, August 2,--Tho troops OF
the Eighth cavalry under command OF
Captain William Kelley, Jr., are scour-
ing the gulches and canons between
FinIay, Tex, and Fort Hancock about
seventy mites east Of here, in search OF
bandits.
The cavalry is supported by bat
talon of the Twenty-third Infantry
rushed from I'll Paso to Fort Hancock
early today in response to reports
TO General George Bell, Jro Command
ing the FL Paso military district that
bandits in large number had crossed
the Rio Grande in that vicinity.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
The National Suffrage Leader
Addresses Delegates and
Makes Impression.
SUFFRAGE PLANK MAY WIN
State Leaders Predict That
Amendment Will Carry
by Big Majority.

PARKERSBURG, August 2--Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president OF
the National American Woman Suf-
rragc Association, addressed the
Democratic state convention In this
city this afternoon. No woman in
the history of the state has received
so enthusiastic u greeting at the
hands Of a political gathering rs did
the brilliant head Of the equal suf-
rrNgc movement Mrs, Gait was IN
fine voice and spirits and her splen-
did stage presence added to the Inc
pressivencss of the message which
she delivered.
The speaker was granted thirty
minutes in which to present her case
to the convention and she made SO
good use of her time that when she
had finished many urged her to cons
tinuc longer. Every point made BY
the distinguished orator was greeted
with applause and at the end she Y
ceived an ovation such rs has never
before been accorded to any but
presidential candidates.
BY the courtesy Of the state cone
mlttee and the delegates q large
block OF seats were reserved Tor the
sulfragists, who gathered from al
parts of the state. Their presence
added the needed touch Of color q
the usually sombre aspect Of Hiaie
convention OF men. They Wqte lu|I
Of enthusiasm, but 1t was obsorfad
that they did not lead In Therein 1rt
able demonstration given the poat
err. There was no need ofaslpndnl
The ovation was as spontaneun aa
IT was enthusiastic. It began amQns
the delegates and was taken NJ ~
the vast audience and CONTINUED n
several minutes,
Old time attendants at stats cp
vcntions said they had never e'
anything like 1t since the war
the younger generation offpolfc|n
looked on in amaZement aud end
by joining in the Demonstration
officers Of the wOmen's state as
alton and the members q tAc
lrage campaign committee ore
ly pleased ut the reception
their national leader, Mr.
Yost, of Morgantown, state
man, said that with Woman
endorsed by the nations a
Of both great parties, enq
reception as was today iger
Gait, there is no long
the pending amendn1ent w
West Virginia. II VIII g.
bered, she added, that To
can state convention
thuslastiC over q simil8f
Mrs. Antoinette Fun "a
looks now as II the einen
carry unanimously.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
Orchestra EngG sment
Put Up to Local PeOpL

within Tie next six weeks, but e
propo interest will have to be shqN
in ofa % secure this wonderful q
gam ion.
5 Ell this interests local mus
lovers they should get in conlmunic
tibnifh the management Of the Grftu
f6 at IS the only way that this
yelous attraction will be brougn TO
Cafksburg. II there are eIopgh Joe a
people interested and making NQf' b
while for the management IA pr'n4 20
lhi itya company Of arts te 'a
odeit shall be done, osheFB y N
All that is asked otitao f'a
sted Is to pledge an''a'' ''
hls Wo seats for this 2 .'' ''.' ''
lhe sponse .lssw1rt iN1'e IT. '''
i6ni "a ~,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
CARR
Divides the sls's
Sons and DsHgNIa
One Grand slIa

The will Of e1a Carr
been probated Belora dad c0u
court. She leaves $50 1 0 a.
daughter, Mabel Carr 'N0
father, Charlie Elnes| carr
received the gfeao nar OIL l|
of the estate beior Ie died Aar
M. Carr, a foh having como
Georgia to cafefpr lIa IaIne1 1|
the latter's filn and later h.
taken care invalid btothef
A. S. Carr iYen 1000 in ap1I
citation Of tina Service. All or
property except te furniture, whia
goes to the two dau ehters, is giyen
Homer s. Carr Gertrude Ma o'
Blanche and Joseph L, e.
sons and dauehters. NJ. NJ. Carr
named Is eutor Of the will.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
AUSTRIANS DEFEATED
BY ITALIAN FORCES,

ROME, via London. August =
TheAustrlans suffered a severe de-
feat in Mondays engagement in the
Astigo valley, the war office an
nounced today. Their attacks on
the Italian lines at Monte Seluggio
in Castelletto and Monte Cimone
were repulsed with extremely heavy
losses for the attacking forces the
Official statement declares.
The Italian aero squadron drop
ned four tons of high explosives on
the Whitehead torpedo and subma-
rlne works west of Fiume In Hun
gary yesterday seriously damaging
the plant, the announcement adds.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
WHITMAN FUNERAL,

Funeral services over the body Of
Mrs. Virginia Whiteman, aged So
years, wife of John B. Whiteman, Of
Wilsonburg, who died at her home
there at o'clock Tuesday morning
after a fifteen years illness, the last
ten years OF which she was an inva-
lid, will be held at o'clock Thurs
day afternoon at the home. The Rev.
A. S. Arnett, of Adamston, will have
charge of the services. The burial
will be in GreenIawn cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
PLAGlJE
Kills Forty-One More Children
and Many Cases are Re-
ported in Manhattan.

NEW YORK, August 2.-Forty-one
children died and 166 were stricken
in the greater city during the last
twenty-four hours in the epidemic OF
infantile paralysis. The seat Of tho
plague shifted to Manhattan borough
today and there were more deaths and
new cases reported in that borough
than at any previous time since the
inception of the plague,
Jersey City reported three more
deaths and two new cases.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
WOMAN'S CIVIC CLUBS
REPORT FOR THE YEAR

ed to lecture by Mrs. Daniel shep-
herdson on "a Birdseye View OF
Europe"
Part OF the regular meetings are
given to literary program on sub
jects pertaining to health, sanitation,
prison reform, the city beautiful, pa
triotism, feminism and subjects now
occupying the public mind and inter
est.
Under the auspices of the club DR..
Harriet B. Jones gave two lectures
before the high school boys and girls
on Health and Hygiene" and anoth-
er lecture by Mrs. Lee was given on
Across Siberia" to the public.
Cooperation with all organiza-
lions for the betterment of town and
CONTINUED on page s. first sectton)
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
BEES PARALYZED
In ohio and a Federal Expert
is Sent There to Look into
the Epidemic.

COLUMBUS, O., August An ep-
ldemlc resembling paralysis has
broken out among the Ohio bee col
onies and threatens to reduce mater
Ially the states output of honey, ac-
cordlng to an announcement We'd
nesday by N. Z. Shaw, state bee in
EpeCtor The federal government is
sending DR.. Z. f. Phillips, its chief
bee expert, to the state to inVesti-
cate the case.
Bees attacked by the disease quit
work, 20 off to a corner of the hive
and lie there until they die, says Mr..
Shaw.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
SHIPS SAILING PLANS
ARE GUARDED SECRET,

BALTIMORE, Angus 2-The sail
Ing plans of the Deutschland were a
carefully guarded secret, but when it
left Baltimore there was belief that
it would proceed directly to Newport
News.
On the other hand there was an
expectation in some quarters that
the submersible would seek a quiet
cove or inlet somewhere in lower
Chesapeake bay and there await IA
vorable opportunity to make a dash
through the Allies blockade off the
Capes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
Shows a Vast Volume Of Noble
Work Done for Welfare
of the Community.

The Woman's Civic Club, of
Clarksburg, an organization Of nearly
hundred women, has been doing
work along civic and benevolent
lines during the last year, and makes
this report to its friends and help
crs, so they will know what is being
done by this organization,
Duying the year Just completed,
twelve regular monthly meetings
were held, besides the executive and
called meetings and social, or par
Tor, meeting at the home of Mrs, H.
B. Curtin, where the members listen
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
Belief is That Newport News is
the Present Objective OF
the Vessel.
MAY SEEK A QUIET COVE
Is Likely to Wait for a Favora-
BILE Opportunity to Dash
through Blockade.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, August 2
The German merchant submarine
Deutschland was sighted off Tangier
sound at 6 O'Clock this morning. II
was still heading tower the lower
bay at high rate of speed. Tangler
sound is about seventy-fve miles
above the cape.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
ICE WAGON IS USED
FOR POLICE PATROL.

When Officer Ice, OF the local
police force, Thursday morning
arrested a foreigner on West
Pike street who was too drunk
to walk to the police station, he
stopped the first vehicle which
came along, which was the
large truck Of the Clarksburg
Ice and Storage Company and
John Doe, as the man is regis
tered at the police station, was
given free ride to the city
lookup on a three hundred
pound cake Of ice. The man
will be tried before Mayor Cor
don Thursday morning.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
RETURNS HOME.

Friends of Mrs. William Warne
will be glad to hear that she returned
home Monday to her residence on
South Chestnut street, after sur
gcal operation performed at st.
May's hospital two weeks ago.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
TREMENDOUS OVATION Is A
GERMAN MER CHANT SUBMARINE is
GOING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED
+ ++*+#44%+*++*+
WILSON STUBBORNLY
HOLDS TO POSITION.
10Y ASSOCIATED VRIss'

+ WASHINGTON, August q
4 President Wilson has not
!. changed his position that the
+ woman suffrage question should
! be dealt with by the states, 1t
i. was announced today at the
+ White House. The statement
+ was brought forth by the state
i. ment yesterday Of Charles E.
+ Hughes, the Republican nom
i. inee, that he favored an amend
i. ment to the federal constitution
i. giving the vote to women.
L I. 4 s. L 4 L 4 4 1. 4
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
FRENCH TROOPS GET
GREAT GERNANFORT
MISS RAMSAYHAS
AUDIENCE OF 1000
BANDITS KILLED.


LAREDO, Tex, August q
. Nine constitutionalist soldiers
, and several bandits were killed
: when 200 bandits attacked q
. northbounl national lipcS
. train at Gonzales Junction,
Mex. ON July IS according 10
reports rCcei'cd at Nucvo La
redo Wcdnesul'. seventy five
soldiers aboard1the train dis
pcrscd the Attackers.
L L 1. L L 1.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses have been issued
to Aida Ray Exline and Winnifred
Peck, and Jewenal Roland and The
rese Boschman.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
STATE CONVENTION GOES
WILD OVER GREAT SPEECH
SPECIAL PENSIONS.

WASHINGTON. August Q
Two special pension bilISwhich :
were introduced in the upper
branch Of Congress by Senator :
Nathan Con, have passed that :
body The bCnclciarics are
George w. Dawson who il to
get a pension of $l7 n month :
under the bin when it isa law,
and Eliza Jane Mccoy, who is
to receive $50 u month Both
reside near Parkcrsburg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-02
THE WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and Thursday
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-22
ONLY LOCAL TRAINS OPERATED,
Southern Railway Can Not Say When
Service Will be Resumed ON Main |
Line. "A

Greenville. July 17.-Through trains
on the Southern railway for this di-
vision have been annulled and only
local trains operate from Greenville
now. The railway does not state when
through service can be continued over
the main line. Schedules are badly
disrupted. The Greenville & West
erh road. which operates to Riverfalls.
was forced to cancel trains for Mon
day because Of a large landslide. Ser
vice between Greenville and Colum-
bia continues over the Columbia and
Greenville line to Newberry, thence
to Columbia over the Columbia, New
berry & Laurens. Crop damage is
said to be :, very great in the bottom
lands. No loss of lives is reported,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-22
UNKNOWN NEGRO KILLED.
Pickens Sheriff and Deputy With
Grcenvine Deputy In Pistol Duel
With Fugitive.

Greenville. July ia negro man
whose name Is unknown. but who
bears bad reputation. was almost in
stantly killed in pistol duel this
afternoon with three officers who went
to arrest the negro on charges of as
sault and battery and highway rob-
berry. The three officers taking part
In the shooting are Sheriff Roark Of
Pickens county. Deputy George King
and Deputy Bruce Of Greenville. The
officers say that the negro when or
dered TO halt drew his pistol and be-
gan firing at them as he was walking
away. The fire was promptly return
ed and one bullet struck the negro in
the back Of the right schoulder, Iodg-
ing In the skin near the heart. Which
officer fired the fatal shot is not
known. The negro walked some 19
PAGES before falling. He died In a
few minutes. The inquest will be held
Tuesday morning. The negro was
armed with late model pistol. 3S
calibre.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-22
PARALYSIS IN GREENVILLE.
Tive Positive Cases Repurtea and Two
'tt Suspected.

Tive Positive Cases Repurtei and Two
'A Suspected.
Greenville, July ia special
meeting of the city board of health
was held this afternoon, 10 consider
plans for taking care of a number of
cases of infantile paralysis, which have
been discovered in Greenville.
Four cases have been under investi-
cation for some days. Physicians do
not believe the disease, as it has so
far appeared in the epidemic form, but
the board of health expects to take
immediate measures for prevnting the
spread of the disease. a..
. Two positive icases of. ihfantile pa
ralysis haves been reported: and there
are two suspected cases, one case dis
covered at Greer.
The board of health passed resolu-
tons requesting parents to keep their
children away from public gatherings
and also a motion that the superin-
tendent of health instruct, the moving
picture shows to refuse to admit chill
dren under 16 years of age.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-22
SENATE FOR SIXTEEN CRAFT.


Eight Of Capital Ships for 1917 Likely.
Washington. July 17.-DiscussIon of
the naval building programme In the
senate today brought out indications
that the committee recommendation
for construction Of 16 capital warships
within three years. eight of them I'm
1917. probably would be approved
Without material amendment. Ad-
ninistration leaders hoped tonight to
pass the bill before adjournment to-
morrow.
Such opposition as developed today
came from both sides Of the chamber
Senators Thomas and vardaman
Democrats. and Senators Works ana
Norris, Republicans. leading the at.
tack on the building programme. Both
Democratic and Republican leaders
defended II and an amendment by
Sehator Norris to delay construction a
OF any of the f6 capital ships until
after the close of the European war
and after failure OF efforts to create an
International peace tribunal was ta-
bled. IS to IL.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-22
CHIMNEY ROCK DESTROYED.
Extent of Disaster to Mountain Village
Yet Unknown.

Spartanburg, July 1S.-The village
of Chimney Rock, ~ c., has been de-
stroyed by high water, according to re-
ports reaching here tonight. The no
tel and several of the dwellings of the
town are in the bottoms, fourteen
miles below. on Broad river near the
Cox plantation.
There has been loss of life, but the
extent is unknown. The buildings
haven't been reached, but with the ex-
ception OF Il GcG on the roof of one
there is SO sign of life. There was a
population of $50 at Chimney. Rock.
The Chimney Rock highway has been
destroyed. Chimney Rock is twenty
five miles from the nearest railroad.