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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
PLAGlJE
Kills Thirty-twO More Children
and Eighty New Cases Are
Reported.

NEW YORK, July PA further
decrease in the number Of new cases
and slight increase in the number
of deaths were shown Friday In the
health departments bulletin on the
epidemic of infantIle paralysis. Dur
ing the last twenty-four hours thirty
two children died of the disease and
eighty new cases were reported in
the greater city. This compares IA
vorably with Thursdays report which
showed fatalities numbering thirty
one and new cases 119. Since the
beginning of the plague on June rs
there have been 2,526 cases and SIG
deaths.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
SPECIAL VOTE OFFER
IS MADE IN CONTEST

YOU will this one as they are mislead-
ing you. We are anxious for you to
get as many votes as you are able 10
get for the business you turn in aud
you can rest assured that the above
statement is true and final.
If you will only appreciate the value
of the short time in which you have to
work, you will make every minute Of
the day count for big business as 1t
will take this sort Of work to put you
over. Remember that your COMPETE
tors are all busy and you must work.
too, in order to keep the pace
The special vote offer Is as follows
For every club Of SIS that you turn in
by Saturday night at 9 o'clock, you
will receive a bonus vote certificate
for 10000 extra votes. Try to get as
many Of these as you possibly can, as
these extra votes are all in addition
to your regular vote.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
THREATS OF AIR RAIDS
ARE MADE BY GERMANS

BERLIN, July 21.-Threats oil ali
raids on open French towns as meas
ures of reprlsal are made In an OIL
fetal statement issued here Friday
The statement says the French ar
men have bombarded towns IN the
BLACK forest, which are outside the
zone of field operations, while the
German air attacks have been up 10
now directed exclusively against
fortresses or field work. In one oil the
French raids 1t is said that woman
and four children were killed
1--WE shall now be forced" says tne
report, ITO use our strong Dattie
squadron for the purpose of rePrisai'
A great number of peaceful French
towns outside the zone of field opera
lions are within the reach OF our air
squadron.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
00DMEN
Will Go into Annual Camp at
ParkerSburg the Week of
AUGUST u.

Alex Foreman, of Morgantown,
state manager Of the Woodmen OF
the World, has been in Parkersburg
making arrangements for the en-
campment Of the uniform branch of
the order in the state which will be
held there. -.
From indications now there will
be from eight to ten companies in
camp there, among which will be
those from Fairmont, Clarksburg,
Mouudsvllle, Morgantown, Hunting
ton and Parkersburg, and others
which have not been indefinitely
learned as yet. The Fairmont COM
pany is expected to take drum
corps Of eighteen members.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
THREE AMERICANS ABOARD.

PORTLAND, Me-, July 2l.-Three
Americans, George Ivey, Of Philadel-
phIa; Richard Neligan, Of Boston, and
Davis Rosseneau, Of oldtown, Me-
were members OF the crew OF the
British steamship Yer, reported FRI
day from London MS having been
sunk. The Yer carried cargo OF
257,73O bushels OF oats and was COM
manded by Captain William Hunter.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
CASE is DISMISSED.

Charges of disorderly conduct
against Mack Peoples, Second street
restaurant keeper, were dismissed
Thursday evening in police court
when his wife, daughter and a waitress
in his restaurant, who he is alleged to
have beaten Wednesday night, failed
to appear in court to prosecute the
case, according to Chief Of Police
Harry L. Brooks.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
SECOND READY
At Least for Service Major
Wallace Reports to the War
Department.

CHARLESTON, July 21-MaJor
william Wallace. United States army.
Friday reported to the war depart
mcntt that the Third battalion of the
Second infantry was reasonably
equipped, thus completing the equip
ment OF the regiment with the exceD-
tIon of the headquarters company,
which is still awaiting orders to be
mustered into the federal service.
The appointment Of regImental adj
jutant is also being delayed. Major
Keatley, OF the medical corps, was
relieved from duty at Camp Kanaw-
ha, having completed all physical ex-
aminatlOns.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
TO DISREGARD
of Tho Hague Convention
as to Turkish Hospital Ships


LONDON, July 21-A Reuter- Pet
rograd despatch says that the Rus
sian minister of foreign affairs has
Informed the Turkish government,
through the ambassadors Of the
United States and Spain, that Russia
will henceforth disregard the prInci-
plies of The Hague convention as far
as Turkish hospital ships are con-
cerned.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
REQUEST
Is Made for Additional Details
Regarding Attach on AmerI-
can Tank Steamer.

WASHINGTON, July 2l.-The state
department Friday received from Aus
tria-Hungary through Ambassador
PenfieId at Vienna request for add
tiopal details regarding the attack by
an Austrian submarine upon the Amer
lean tank steamer Petrolite. Mr.. Pen
fields despatch gave no indication as
TO whether the Vienna government in
tended to comply with the American
demands for an apology, punishment
of the submarine commander and rep
aration for the damage done by the
submarines shell fire.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
WARRANT IS WITHDRAWN.

George Abraham, a Despard mer-
chant, Friday withdrew a warrant In
Magistrate R. Edward Kids court
he had sworn out against Samuel
Mustaffo, of that suburb, charging
assault and batter when the two
clashed over a purchase at the store.
They agreed to settle the matter out
Of court, .L
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
BOXING BOUT CANCELLED.

The boxing bout which was sched-
uIed to be held Mt Norwood park Sat
urday night between Brooks Banks,
of this city, and Jack Farren, Of Sis
tersylle, has been cancelled by or
ders from Prosecuting Attorney A..
Judson Findley, who claims that res.
idents of Norwood asked him to pro
hIblt boxing at the park.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
BIG GAS lime
Is to Be Laid from Boone Coun-
ty to Either Salem or
CIarkSburg.

One OF the mist important protests
OF the year in the gas development
OF West Virginia Is the report, not
confirmed, that tho Columbia Gas
and Electric Company will soon con-
struct forty mile line between the
Roane county gas producing fields
and either Salem or Clarksburg con-
Meeting with the lines Of the Hope
Natural Gas Company.
The proposed new line will be
built Of pipe twenty inches in diam
eter, It Is said.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
ATTEMPT TO BLOW HOUSE.

TRINIDAD, Colo, July 21-An at
tempt was made to dynamite the
home of Charles o'Neil, superintend-
emit of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company's mines at stockvllle, near
here. Friday. Two mon sustained
minor injuries from flying pieces Of
glass and plaster, -,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
FOOD RIOTS
Which Breaks Out in Belgium
Are Being Suppressed by
German Soldiers.
uv ASSOCIATED rWGsu,

ROTTERDAM, July 81. -- Food
riots broke out in Belgium have been
suppressed by the German military
authorities, according to reports re-
celved here. The Quelling OF the riots
In the populous centers hes been fol-
lowed by the compulsory evacuation
from the cities by the German author
tiles Of large sections Of the indus.
trial centers, does not make the peo-
pie desire any further drain on their
limited resources.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
G30LD
Shipment Negotiations Are
Given as the Cause of the
DeutSChIand'S Delay.
tSr AsseeIAHEp raEsn

BALTIMORE, July 21.-Negotia-
lions now said to be pending between
the Eastern Forwarding Company
and lone Of the largest American
banking institutions" for a big con-
signment of gold to be sent back to
Germany on the submarine mer-
chairman Deutschland were given as
the cause Of the delay in the under
sea liners departure from Baltimore,
according to an official Of the subma-
rine's American agents Friday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
COMMENT
On a Note Purported to Have Been
Given Out is Refused.

WASHINGTON. July 21.-While
It was admitted at the state depart
ment Friday that a note had been
received from the defacto govern
ment of Mexico under date Of July
IL, proposing the appointment OF a
Joint commission to settle border diff
ficultIes, officials refused to comment
upon the statanent given out at Mex
leo City Friday night, purporting to
present the text Of the communica-
ton.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
GERMANS ARE DRIVEN BACK In DISORDER NOW
BILL NOW
AT LAST STAGE
: *+++++++++++4
EXTRA DIVIDEND.


PITTSBuRG, July 2l.--lt be-
came known here Friday that
directors OF the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie railroad Thursday
declared an extra dividend Of
ten per cont and voted to in
crease the capital stock from
$3O.OOO.OOO to S6O,OOO,OO0. OF
this new stock $6,OOQ,OOO is to
he issued to stockholders Of
record at the close Of business
July 81 at its par value Of $50,
each stockholdor being allowed
twenty per cent OF his holdings
at that time in the now socurl-
ties,
L L 4 4,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
FATAL COLLISION.


ROANOKE, Va, July 21.-Two
persons were killed and six injured
early Friday in a collision at Bell
Springs on the Norfolk and Western
railway. fifty miles west Of Roanoke,
between a work train and freight.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
FINGERS CUT BY FAN.

William E. starcher has two
fingers Of his left hand in bandages
as the result Of having their tips
nearly cut of when he accidentally
ran them into a revolving electric
fan.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
Vigorous Counter Attack at
Night by the Germans is
RepuISed by French.
ACTIVE ON vERDUN FRONT
French Have More Successes
at Various Points in ReSump-
ton of SOmme Battle.


PARIS, July 21.-Positions cap
tured Thursday by the French south
of the Somme were subjected to a
vigorous counter attack during the
night. The Germans charged the
French line south Of Soyecourt, the
war office announced Friday, but SUI
fered heavy losses and were driven
back in disorder.
A strong German detachment,
which advanced to the attack in the
Chaulnes region, was repuised with
the bayonet.
Trench is Cleared.
Between the scissors and Rheims
French penetrated a German trench
clearing it of its defenders.
On the Verdun front the artillery
was active on both sides in the vi
entity of Chattancourt and Fleury.
French aeroplanes successfully
bombarded stations at Contains
Mars-la-Tour, Longyon and Brieul-
les.
Somme Battle Resumed.
The resumption of the battle OF the
somme in the French sector has
greatly enhanced the general conf
dence in the situation.
Tho nrotracted halt of operations
m more than A minor scale was be-
ginning to make the public fear that
the first results have no morrow and
that as in the case Of the Champagne
offensive a year ago, there might De
a reversion to the old trench war
fare.
Thursdays bulletin effectively re-
moved this impression.
Fine Piece of Work
A particularly fine piece OF WORK
from the French point OIL view was
accomplished in the new sector at
tackled south of the river.
East of the old French tronl Wnlch
ran from the east OF HerbeviIle 10
half way between that village and the
Observation-Disclosures ROAD,
the Germans had constructed by
months of patient toll an under.
ground Notifications on the slopes OF
a hill. There we're ninety trenches
on the hill very deep with two series
of underground shelters in which the
soldiers lay snug during the hottest
bombardment.
stouter Resistance.
80 o,d IN the
the germe Gsoo nr,t ro %To where
Boileux and ooyeco ',nd ~ ,ps ; ,O
their posltlonS az lo' ntfered stouter re-
maze OIL t rem eisowbare on the long
slstance tnan I p"t The French troops
line OF attacn p ,.oI for tie their work and
carefully pr pre- are o MI W. won every
skilfully lea, noo n 4n'i their gains and
where but helu S Uhto t Jou 1igbt to
were preparing Llu tSan
sun luat .I. do u that Thursdays
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
TREATED AS ENEMIES
GERMANS ARE TO BE-


ROME, July PA minister
ial decree was issued Friday
placing the persons and prop
erty Of Germans on the same
footing Of those Of Austrians
and Hungarians.
The decree does not directly
mention Germans but states
that allies Of Austria are to be
treated as enemies and their
subjects and goods are liable
to sequestratlon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
KAlSER'S ARMY
LOSES HEAVILY
less than eighteen days in preparation
for the attack of July IL.
BRITISH LINES PUSHED
FORWARD AT F0UREAUX

LONDON, July 21.-The BRUSH
line north of Bazentin and LongueVai
has been pushed forward to FoureauX
wood, the war Office announced FIJI
day, c,,,a,,
The British drove the Germans
from the wood but lost part OF this
position subsequently.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
STEAMER SUNK.
CBY ASSOCIATED FRIss)

(BY ASSOCIATED FNLbb
LONDON, July 21-Lloyds reports
that the British steamer Yer mas
been sunk. The Yer sailed June 10
from Portland, Me-, for Cette, France.
Its gross tonnage was about $500.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
MESSAGES SENT.

WASHINGTON, July 21-Personal
messages were sent by President VII
son Friday to European rulers urg--
ing their cooperation in getting food
supplies from the United States to
the starving people Of Poland.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21

held in the Bridgeport Gas Company's
office. A. D. Fitzhugh presided and
D. H. Gawthrop was secretary. The
delegates to the county convention
from this district were instructed for
Charles H. Sutton for Judge OF the
criminal court
John W. Carpenter presided at the
Tenmile district convention which
was held at Salem, and j. w. John
son was secretary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
THE CIRCULATION

OF tho Telegram Is moro than doupls
the net paid circulation OF the
other Clarksburg paper.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-21
THE WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and
Saturday.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-05
Ruby-Crowned KingIet
(ReguIus caIenduIa)

Length, about four and one-fourth
inches. Olive green above, soiled whit
ish below, concealed feathers on head
(cresD bright red.
Range: Breeds in southern Canada,
southern Alaska, and the higher noun
tains of the western United States;
winters in much of the United States
and south to Guatemala.
Habits and economic status: In
habits and haunts this tiny sprite re-
sembles a chickadee. 1t is an active,
nervous little creature, fitting hither
and yon in search of food, and in
spring stopping only long enough to
utter its beautiful song, surprisingly
loud for the size Of the musician.
Three-fourths of its food consists OF
wasps, bugs, and flies. Beetles are
the only other item of Importance az
per cent?. The bugs eaten by the
kinglet are mostly small. but, happily.
they are the most harmful kinds. Tree
hoppers, leafhoppers, and jumping
plant lice are pests and often do great
harm to trees and smaller plants,
while plant lice and scale insects are
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-05

initiative powers, the hooking bird is
the most renowned singer of the west
ern hemisphere. Even in confinement
1t is mastery performer, and former
ly thousands were trapped and sold
for cage birds, but this reprehensible
practice has been largely stopped by
protective laws 1t is not surprising,
therefore, that the mocking bird
should receive protection principally
because of it's ability as a songster
and its preference for the vicinity Of
dwellings. Its place in the affections
of the South is similar to that occu-
pied by the robin in the North. 1t is
well that this is true, for the bird ap-
pears not to earn protection from a
strictly economic standpoint. About
half Of it's diet consists Of fruit, and
many cultivated varieties are at
tackled, such as oranges, grapes, figs,
strawberries, blackberries, and rasp-
berries. Somewhat less than fourth
of the food is animal matter, and
grasshoppers are the largest single ele-
ment. The bird is fond of cotton
worms, and is known to feed also on
the chinch bug, rice weevil, and boil
worm. 1t is unfortunate that it does
not feed on injurious insects to an ex-
tent sufficient to Offset it's depreda-
tions on fruit
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-05
Nonsensjcal.

A naval officer said in naval argu-
ment at Washington reception:
Some Of these naval critics show
such appalling ignorance of the sim
plest sea terms-their criticisms be-
come in consequence such arrant non
sense-really, 1t reminds me of the
recipe for shirred eggs.
THE humorous recipe for shirred
eggs runs:
"'Shirred eggs: Take six eggs, peel
carefully, remove the yolks and haste
the whites with No. 40 cotton. Cut
yolks into quarter sections and sew
them to the white at regular inter-
walls, fastening with knots of orange
silk. Gather top edge with pink twine
and draw to q circle. Roast before
open gas jet
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-05

benefit to man. The food is of the
same general nature as that of the
upland plover, but is more varied. The
killdeer feeds upon beetles, grasshop
pers caterpillars. ants, bugs, caddis
flies, dragonflies, centipedes, spiders,
ticks, oyster worms, earthworms
snails, crabs and other crustacea.
Among the beetles consumed are such
pests as the alfalfa weevil, cotton-boll
weevil, clover-root weevil, clover-leaf
weevil, pine weevil, billbugs, white
grubs, wireworms, and leaf beetles.
The bird also devours cotton worms.
cotton cutworms, horseflies, mosqui-
toes, cattle ticks, and crawash. One
stomach contained hundreds of larvae
of the saltmarsh mosquito, one of the
most troublesome species. The kill
deer preys extensively upon insects
that are annoying to man and injuri.
Gus to his stock and crops, and this
should be enough to remove it from
the list of game birds and insure its
protection.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-05
Kilideer
(Oxyechus vociferus)

Length, ten inches. Distinguished
by It's piercing and oft-repeated cry
kildee.
Range: Breeds throughout the Unit.
ed States and most of Canada; win
tiers from central United States to
South America.
Habits and economic status: The
killdeer is one of the 3est known of
the shorebird family 1t often visits
the farmyard and commonly nests in
pastures or cornfields. 1t is rather
suspicious, however. and on being APP
preached takes flight with loud cries.
1t is noisy and restless, but fortunate.
ly most of it's activities result in
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-05

row. Hence it behooves the farmers
boy to provide boxes the entrances
to which are about an inch in diameter,
mailing these under gables of barns
and outhouses or in orchard trees.
In this way the numbers of this useful
bird can be increased, greatly to the
advantage of the farmer. Grasshop-
pers, beetles, caterpillars, bugs, and
spiders are the principal elements OF
it's food. Cutworms, weevils, ticks. and
plant lice are among the injurious
forms eaten. The nestlings of house
wrens consume great quantities of in,
sects.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-05

Mrs. Ronald Mclean, past-president
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. is sail to be sinking rap
idly at hospital in Baltimore, Md.
Count Max Lynar Louden, at one
time hunted by the federal authorities
as an alleged German spy, in state.
ment to the assistant district attorney
at New York outlined the details of a
proposed invasion of Canada by Ger
man army recruited in the United
States.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-05

with wholly whitish underparts that
lacks a light line over the eye.
Range: Breeds throughout the Unit
ed States Except the South Atlantic
and Gulf States) and southern Can
ada; winters in the southern United
States and Mexico.
Habits and economic status: The
rich, bubbling song of the familiar
little house wren is one of the sweet.
est associations connected with coun-
try and suburban life. It's tiny body,
long bill, sharp eyes. and strong feet
peculiarly adapt 1t for creeping into
all sorts of hooks and crannies where
Turk the insects It feeds on. A cavity
in fence post, hole In tree, or a
box will be welcomed alike by this
busybody as a nesting site; but since
the sNvent of the quarrelsome Eng.
Iish sparrow such domiciles are at a
premium and the wren's eggs and
family are safe only In cavities having
entrances too small to admit the spar.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-05
Mocking Bird
lMimus poIYaIottosl

Length. ten inches. Most easily dis.
tinguished from the similarly colored
loggerhead shrike by the absence of a
conspicuous black stripe through the
eye.
Range: Resident from southern
Mexico north TO California, Wyoming.
Iowa, Ohio and Maryland; casual far
Their north.
Habits and economic status: Be-
cause of its incompatible medleys and
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-05

the worst scourges of the fruit grower
in fact, the prevalence or the latter
has almost risen to the magnitude of
a national peril. 1t is these small and
seemingly insignificant birds that most
successfully attack and hold in check
these insidious foes of horticulture.
The vegetable food consists of seeds of
poison ivy, or poison oak, few weed
seeds, and few small fruits, mostly
elderoerries.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-05

lifted up" II so,
it should be at
once set aside, for
the evangelist in
terprets the words
for us: This he
s a d, signifying
w h a t death he
should die"
In three other
places in Johns
gospel this ex-
preston Gifted
up" is used. In the
third chapter, the
fourteenth verse,
where we read:
las Moses lifted
up the serpent in