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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
SUTHERLAND TO TAKE
UP SEA MAIL HOLD-UP

years have received their letters reg
ularly by registered mail and have
in return written them regularly, reg
istering every letter SO that it would
be certain to reach them. have sent
them a number Of registered letters
during the last twelve months and, al
though the United States government
is willing to tax me ten cents extra
on each letter in order that it may go
safely TO its destination, yet it permits
England to steal these letters that cam
not be Of any value to her whatever.
my experience Is only one of hum
dreds of thousands of just as loyal
American citizens as Washington, Lin
coin, or even Woodrow Wilson ever
dared TO be.
81 frankly ask you this question:
Are you and all the other representa-
tives in Washington doing your duty
that under oath you obligated your
selves to perform and for which you
are drawing good salaries, when you
sit idly by and permit a crime like this
to be practiccd against hundreds Of
thousands Of our own citizens who
have sent you there 10 look after their
interests?"
The Clarksburger who wrote the
above made a wise choice when he So
lected Congressman Sutherland 10 lile
his complaint with for he began work
on the matter at once, and within less
than twenty-four hours after receipt
OF the letter, tho Clarksburger Will
have reply, stating what is proposed
to be done. and asking to be furnished
with additional Information he may
have or can procure. He will also
learn that while the offense charged
may be as he says 1t is, he is the first
person In the entire state Of West Vir-
ginla 10 make such complaint to the
congressman who represents tho en-
tire state. To him belongs the entire
credit for being the first to bring this
matter to tho notice Of Congressman
Sutherland. 1t is very probable that
this is the grst protest Of tho kind
that has been made to any member OF
the state delegation in Congress.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
CAPTURED
Is the Bremen According to
Statement Of British Mer-
chant Marine Officer.

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-The New
York City News Association quotes
an officer of the British merchant ma
rine, who arrived here Friday aboard
the White Star steamship Baltic, as
authority for the statement that the
German submarine Bremen has been
captured by the British and thirty
three of its crew of thirty-fve made
prisoner. The Bremen, according 10
the account, was captured In the
straits of Dover in a steel net on
August Q. Two members Of its crew
lost their lives
According to the officer the British
government has maintained silence In
regard to the capture as another
German transatlantic submarine, the
Amerika. was said to be on the way
here and it was hoped to capture it
also.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
BURGLARS RANSACK
PEEL TREE STORE
Burglars RanSaCk =,
Escape with $50 in Cash and
Merchandise Valued at
Twice That Amount.

Burglars Thursday night broke into
and robbed the general store Of w. D:
Criss at Peel Tree Of $50 in cash and
over 500 worth Of merchandise .
Rloodhounds we're put on the trail
Friday morning but with what success
if was not known late Friday after
noon. The hounds were secured from
Thomas Everson, of the New Far
Grounds addition
The intruders gained entrance to the
store through second-story window
access to which was gained by the use
Of ladder. They went to the first
floor, demolished the cash register with
some heavy instrument and took the
$50 which was inside. About $50
worth of pocket knives were taken
Mems hosiery and other articles stolen
will probably total $50, making the
total loss in merchandise 800
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
will Introduce Resolution Ask
ing for Full Information
from BurIeSOn.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Congress-
Sutherland has under consideration
some form of action to bring the at
tentlon Of Congress to the matter of
the Interference on the high seas with
the United States mail. 1t Will prob
ably take the form of a resolution OF
inquiry addressed to the postmaster
general asking him to place in pos
session Of the House all he has bearing
upon the subject, how long it has been
going on. to what extent what action
OF an executive nature has been taken
to stop it, and Information Of a like
nature
The interest OF Mr.. Sutherland in
this matter was enlisted by a promi-
nent and wealthy citizen Of Clarksburg
whose letter made a deep impression
upon the West Virginia representative,
The high character Of the complain
ant insured prompt interest on the
part of Mr. Sutherland, and directed
him to at once start a thorough inves-
tlgatlon Of tho question OF interfer-
ence with the mails by foreign Coun-
tries, especially Great Britain. The
result will doubtless be the intro
ductIon by Mr.. Sutherland OF a res
olutlOn Of inquiry as stated afore-
said,
The Clarksburger's letter to Mr..
Sutherland which has set him to work
on this matter, says in part:
"Dear Sir: For long while have
watched with great interest the man
ner in which our foreign mall problem
has been handled by tho present ad-
minlstratIon. What puzzles me Is not
the fact that the president has for
nearly two years permitted England to
steal our mail; that would be expected
OF him from the way he has been ia
voring them since the beginning OF the
war, but the fact that the representa-
tives in Congress whom the people
send 10 Washington to look after their
interests have done nothing whatever
to put a stop to this lawlessness, Is
what cannot understand.
at is generally understood that the
United States mail Is the most sacred
thing in this country and that a man
committing murder has a far better
chance to go unpunished than the one
who tampers with the mail. Why
should we be so strict with our own
citizens and then permit foreigners to
rife our mails and at the same time
tell us that II we don't like 1t we can
lump it?
"Is It not about time for Congress to
step in and take hand in the matter?
Is 1t being neutral to compel one side
to do whatever it pleases the president
to make them do and then permit the
other side to violate every internation-
al law in existence?
81 have, or rather l had year ago.
a good old father and mother living in
Germany. hope and pray to God
that they are still living and that they
are able to exist through this war; but
inasmuch as they are past eighty years
Of age and as I have been unable to
get letter from them for Just one
year, naturally cannot but help be-
ing uneasy about them. For years and
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
POSTAL
Affairs Of This State as Just
Passed on in the City Of
Washington.
trPucrAL TO rpE rELEenAw

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-RObert
Lee Selle, of Charleston, has been
recommended for appointment to a
cadetship in the United States Naval
Academy by Congressman Adam b.
Littlepage.
An order to discontinue the post
Office at Jeffrey Boone county, has
been rescinded upon request Of Con-
gresham Sutherland, and an inspec-
tor detailed to examine into the suit
ability OF applicants for postmaster
there. a.,
Evidence in the form of afldavits
was Aled today with the pension
commissioner by Mr.. Sutherland in
sunport of the application OF William
T. Anderson, of Milestone, for on In
crease of pension. ~,
Joseph e. Webb, of Boliver, W..
Va, came to Washington yesterday
and enlisted in the District guard; he
was sent to Camp ordway, Va where
the local troops have been getting IN
shane for a long-expected trip to the
Mexican border.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
GERMANS LOSE HEAVILY
IN BATTLE WITH FRENCH
French and English Advanced
Lines Are Now Within Two
Miles Of COmbIeS.
GERMANS ARE REPULSED
Heavy Smelling Of the German
Line at LaSSigny and ROye
Continues.
NV Aauoe,Arrp ee.aO


PARIS. Aug 2O.-The Fronch
gains on the Sommo front IN the VI
cinIty Of Maurepas Thursday were
followed by heavy German counter
attack Thursday night. The Official
report issued Friday says the GER
mans were repulscd with heavy loss-
cs.
The German assault was uellVeFeu
against hill l9l'
Heavy Smelling OF the HerInun llnu
continues in the region Of LnSsgny
and Royo.
On the Verdun front the Germans
attacked Freury In the nlght OuI were
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
PYTHTAN BODIES ARE
TO MEET NEXT WEEK
day evening in the Hippodrome the

day evening In the Hippodrome the-i
Reports of the officers VIII dis-
close that during the fiscal year end+
ed June 80 last, West Virglnia
lodges have gained 1856 members.
bringing the total membership to-
22,027. Eleven new lodges were in-
stituted. According to statement
by the grand keeper of records and
seal the West Virginia grand lodge
leads in Pythian knighthood. For
the past biennial term its gain IN
new members was 1888, with psnns
sylvanla ranking second and Ohio
third.
Officers of the grand lodge ares
Past grand chancellor, ]. B. ArhenAs
Wheeling; grand chancellor, Q. We
West, Auburn; grand prelates
Thomas R. Ollie, Morgantown; grand
keeper Of records and seal. 5. !.
Montgomery, Kingwood; grand mas
ter at arms, James w. RobinsoiiS
Clarksburg; grand master Of exS
cheQuer, w. w. Long, Keyser; grand
inner guard, 3. W. Bush. Huntln
ton; grand outer guard. w. w. Qu
Eight RunlIhanpoIl,.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
In the City Of Huntington and a
Large Attendance is AntiCi-
pated. There.

HUNTINGTON, August 25.-The
annual meeting of the Grand Lodge
West Virginia Knights Of Pythias
and the Grand Temple Of Pythian
Sisters, will be held here, Wednes-
day and Thursday, August 30 and
81. Arrangements are being COM
pleted for the entertainment Of sew
eral hundred members Of the orders.
Headquarters for the grand lodge
will be established in the Hotel
Frederick and the sessions will be
In the auditorium, while the grand
temple will have It's headquarters
and hold It's sessions in the Hotel
Huntington.
The rank of page will be exempli-
fed by Glendale team OF Charleston
on wednesday evening, and the
parade will take place Thursday at
ternoon. A ceremonial session Of the
ID. o. X. X" will be held Thurs
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
AGED MANS MILLIONS
VANISH TO STRANGERS

other cities, Attorney Houllhan de-
clared, women we're brought to see
him and new characters introduced
to keep his fortune dwindling,
Search OF the refuses quaint old
two-story home- in which 1t was
thought he had concealed vast sums
of money, revealed $11.7S in cash
and n bunch of old papers, cancelled
checks and notes,
In one package almost 100 II. o.
U S" written in various hands but
unsigned and which totalled some
thing over S15O,OOO were found. No
trace Of deeds, titles and other rec
ords of ownership to property re-
puted to be worth $6,0O0,0OO were
found. Investigation into the affairs
Of Morrison has shown that James
r, Ward, counsel for the aged man,
is holding more than 100000
worth of property conveyed to him
by Morrison.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
SEVEN NABBED
BY Squad Of Officers under
Charges Of Selling Boot
leg WhiSkey.

State and county officers rounded up
seven men under charges Of bootleg
ging Thursday night and had warrants
issued against them in Magistrate w.
F. Starcher's court, where they will
have trials, or hearings, next Monday
afternoon. They are Sweather Ander-
son, Harry Anglin, alias Spider Riley;
Sidney Rymer, Butcher Clark, alias II.
F. Clark; William Post, Thomas Waldo
and Harvey Modispaugh.
Anderson, Anglin, Post and Waldo
later furnished bond and were re-
leased The others remained in jail in
default
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
EMBARGO
Is Placed by the British Gov
ernment Upon American
Table Glassware.

PITTsBURG, Aug 25.-Glass manu-
facturers in the Plttsburg district were
notified Friday by their London agents
that an order in council had been is
sued placing an embargo upon Ameri-
can table glassware, Shipments leav-
ing the United States before August
10, the cable stated, would be accepted.
While tho order was made to read
table glassware, manufacturers were
OF the opinion that all kinds would be
affected, except possibly lighting glass
ware, Of which England buys a con-
siderable quantity in this country.
PIttsburg has always sold q Quanti-
ty Of table glassware in England.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
Representatives OF the En-
pIoyerS See the President at
White House in Forenoon.
TRAINMEN THERE LATER
.DiSSenSiOn is over New OeVeI-
opmentS Growing Out Of the
Presidents PPIan.

WASHINGTON Aug. 25.-President
Wilson summoned representatives OF
the employers and employees involved
in the threatened railroad strike TO
the White House Friday for confer
ences TO discuss proposals which have
developed out of his original plan OF
settlement
Arrangements we're made for the
representatives Of employers to see
the president at lO;3O o'clock and for
the Representatives of the employees
later.
"The situation Insofar as we are
concerned. A. B, Garrettson, spokes-
man for the employees, later said,
rs absolutely unchanged. No com
plete concrete proposition to which
the railroads will agree has been
rendered us. Our position is exactly
the same as it was when we accept
ed the presidents plan. We have
deviated from it in no way whatso-
ever.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
DAVIS FUNERAL.

Funeral services over the body Of
c. 7. Davis who met a tragic death
at Cumberland, Md. last Monday
will be held at o'clock Sunday after
noon at the home Of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jefferson Davis, 1913 Walnut
street. The Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, of which the deceased was
a member will have charge OF the SER
,tinnn
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
Many Unsigned 81. 0. U.s." Are
Found but Only S11.73 in
Money in His Home.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Edward w.
Morrison, the SO-year-old recluse
whose vanished millions are a sub
ject OF investigation before Judge
Landis in the United States district
court, was declared Friday to have
lost property valued at $j,OO0,OOO
TO a coterie Of strange characters
within the last twenty years.
Francis ]. HOulihan, counsel for
Morrison's creditors, declared that
unscruplous lawyers, women and
habltutes of ChIcago's underworld
came into the life of the aged man,
whose wealth Is estimated from 3d.
100000 to $4,000, 900 to obtain his
-onnay. BE was taken on trips to
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
WARRANT DISMISSED.

A warrant charging John Thorn, l.
OF Meadowbrook, with violating 'nv w
prohibition law was dismissed py
jackson V. Carter at inc ,
close of a hearing held in his court
Thursday night. The prosecuting a.
torney failed to prove the charges
made in the warrant. Thorn was
arrested several weeks ago when ne
was mixed up in a free Tor all fight
and a shooting scrape.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
ANOTHER BIG DROP
Is Shown in the Number Of New
Cases and Deaths in the
Plague Epidemic.

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-The cpl
demlc Of infantIle paralysis showed
another big drop Friday In the mum.
Der of new cases and deaths reported
and health experts were more conf
dent than ever that the disease was
being controlled. In the twenty-four
hour ending at 10 a. m. there were
only twenty-five deaths and ninety
four new cases, the lowest number in
a month. Thursday there were thir-
tv-one deaths and 109 new cases.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
STAMP TAX
On Insurance Policies is Struck
Out Of the Emergency
Revenue Bill.

WASHINGTON Aug. 25,-DeWU-
Gratis of the Senate finance commit
tee Friday yielding to protests from
all parts of the country struck out
of the emergency revenue bill the
proposed stamp tax on insurance pol
icies, which proposed a tax of one
half cent on each dollar of premium
on all policies, Including life insur-
nnrp.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
TEUTONS REFUSED
BY CZAR'S SOLDIERS.

PBTROGRAD, Aug. 26.-AUBLtu-
German forces before Kovel, in Vol
hynia, attempted to take the offensive
Thursday but the war Office report
says they were repulsed. Small ac4
tions further north In the sector be-
tween Wilma and Baranovtchi also
are recorded in the statement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
sERBIANS SUCCESSFUL
AGAINST BULGARlANS.
,uv AsvoerArrO roas0

LONDON, August 25.-sucoesSes
against the Bulgarians all along the
line of the Serbian front In Mace
donla are reported in the Serbian Of
fetal statement Of August %. The
statement says that the Bulgarian
center was yielding to the Serbian
pressure and that the positions
previously designated for Serbian oc-
cupation were being seized and held
by Serbian troops.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
CONDITION is CRITICAL.

The condition of William 7, Ross,
of Bristol, Civil war veteran, aged
rs years. who is patient at the
Kessler hospital, Is very critical. MI,
Ross sustainer paralytic stroke at
his home Thursday and second
stroke Tuesday at the hospital.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
Deutschland
Is Preparing to Make Another
Voyage to the United
States Soon.

BERLIN, Aug, Preparations
Tor another voyage of the subma-
rine Deutschland to the United States
are we'll under way Freight is being
received for this trip. The amount
Of cargo now ready is larger than had
been expected, the Overseas News
Agency says. All the members of the
rev have expressed readiness to sign
for the next voyage.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
IrNnERGOES DEPRIVATION,

Miss Eleanor Rider, daughter Of
Mr., and Mrs. Ernest G. Rider Of
Broad Oaks, underwent a surgical
operation Friday in st. Mary's hos
pital. She is resting easily and 1t
appears that the operation was sue
cessful.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25

TO CHECK SOARING.


. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-
: Senator Hitchcock, Democrat,
. has prepared an amendment TO
. the revenue bill intended to
. check the soaring prices Of
nows print paper. He said
. Friday he would bring 1t up in
. the Senate when certain Sec
; tlons Of tho bill we're reached
. for debate. Mr., Hitchcock is
. himself a newspaper publisher.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
RUSSIAN ADVANCE
RESUMED ON FRONT

pETRoGRAD, Aug. 25.- II Is an
nounced that the Russians have re-
sumed their advance along the en-
tire AsRtic front. ,,.u.
The Turks have evacuated Bitas.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
RUSSIANS START
A NEW OFFENSIVE.

PETROGRAD, August 25.-The new
offensive movement of the Russians
in southern Turkish Armenia is be-
ing developed energetically. The war
Office reported Friday that the Rus
sian troops are continuing the at
tack west of Lake Van. The re-
capture Of Mush in this district was
announced Thursday night.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
COURT WILL ADJOURN

The county court will adjourn its
June term at the end Of today.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25

Miss Ida NJ. Higley. a city school
teacher, is visiting at East Orwell,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight. Warmer in
east portion, Saturday fair.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-25
THE CIRCULATION

OF tho Telegram Is more than double
tho net paid circulation OF the
othCr ClRrkSburg paper
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-14
TWO BASEBALL
 MINES WILL BE
 ORGANIZED HERE

In order that the fans of Juneau may not be entirely left without baseball this summer. two teams will probably be organized in Juneau one to play under the standard Of the Elks and the other under the Arctic Brotherhood
 So far Treadwell has ignored the challenge issued by the Juneau ball team and thaF being the case the Juneau team has clamed the cham pionship of the channel by default. Juneau team has claimed the cham for over Q month and ready to play ball. They issued a challenge to Treadwell through the columns Of The Empire, but no response was received
 At tonight's meeting of the Elks the question of a ball team from that organization will be taken up and decided. either for or against. The Arctic Brotherhood has team nearly complete and is ready to play ball at any time. if they can receive some opposition
 Leading Juneau fans. in both or ganizations. have been considering the matter for several weeks and have concluded that Juneau needs baseball. There is a strong probab- ility that Juneau will be called upon to play against teams from Skag. way, Ford Seward, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert before the summer is over, and they will be in no shape to do that unless they are kept in practice.
 The Elks team will probably have Fry for a pitcher with some other good ball players making up the rest Of the field, while the Arctic Brotherhood will have to depend on Malloy for the twirling. The major fly of the Juneau team are mem. bers of the Arctic Brotherhood al- ready Enough good material is on hand in Juneau to organize two fair ly good teams. They will probably mot put up as good baseball. from a professional standpoint. as the first team would, playing against some outside organization, but the game will be played entirely by home boys on both sides. and, with the two largest organizations of Ju- neau behind the teams. some good spirited rivalry is certain to result.
 Tom Radonich and Dolly" Gray are prime movers of the baseball question in the Elks, while Pat Scott Moose" Baxter and others are or ganizing the A. B. team.