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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
MIR. HITE HERE.

William r. Hite, prominent Hunt
ingtnn citizen. Ia here In the interest
OF his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for the United States
senatorship. He will go from this
city to Mnrgantowr and then to Mar
tinsburg and other points In the east
ern part Of the state. He Is In fine
spirits and talks pleaslngly of the
outlook for the success Of his candl-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
BOX CAR BURGLA AR
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
HARD HIT.

. ROME, March 2.-Wur has
hit very hard the Alpt ApuAni
; district. especially In the neigh
; borhood Of Carrara, where
Etaly'S best customers for
; marble Ia Quarrled. France and
Belgium were ltaly's best cuE-
; toners for marble before the
; war. Germany being n close
; third and England fourth.
; There has been no expectation
; to France. Belgium and Ger
many for over a year, and now
; 1t Is announced that England
; has decided not to allow any
further importation OF this type
of luxury.
d + = q 1. y r. r p = 4 r + r
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
Parsonage Wedding.

Duffy Carnes. of this city, and Miss
Emma S. Kelly, of Buckhannon. were
married at 3 o'clock Wednesday af-
ternoon in the parsonage Of the First
Methodist Episcopal church. The
Rev. w. r. King. pastor OF the church,
performed the ceremony. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carnes will live here.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
Mrs. Reedr Tnkes Cllarrn.

Mrs. James Beedy. proprietor of the
Burton millinery parlor ut GOT West
Main street. announces to her many
friends that she has taken charge OF
the parlor and that she will=operate
the same, owing to the illness of her
mother, Mrs. Walter p. Burton, who Is
recovering very nicely from an oper-
alton performed Monday at st. Mary's
hospital.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
CONTINUED on page g.,
COILS SOLD
BY Sheriff Ross +. Stout at Fancy
Prices In New York.

Sheriff Ross f. Stout. harness
horse breeder OF this county. wired
home Wednesday night from New
York that he had sold at Madison
Square Garden sale of harness horses
two ten-months' old colts by San
Francisco, for combined price Of
$500. One Of the youngsters
brought $500. while the second
was disposed Of at $4,000. The tele-
gram from Sheriff Stout did not give
the names of the purchasers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
1uTHERAN SYNOD coaIaiI1rEn

The committee on ministerial
Education OF the Lutheran Synod
OF West Virginia. held its session at
Grafton Tuesday. The Rev. r. III.
Crissman. of Elklns. and the Rev. w.
l.. Heuser. Of Clarksburg, were guests
OF the Rev. "A, +. Richardson at the
Lutheran parsonage there.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
To Be Hostess.
Mrs, BENJAMIN F. Thompson will
HOW to Prevent rrorID.

When the child is subject to at
tacks of Group, see to it that he eats
a light evening meal, as an overload
ed stomach may bring on an attack,
also watch for the first symptom
hoarseness, and give Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy as soon as the child
becomes hoarse. Obtatnable every
where. Advertisement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
Parish Aid To Meet.

The Parts Aid Society of Christ
Episcopal church will hold a meeting
at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon in the
parish house. All members arc
asked to be present as business Of
Importance will be transacted and
arrangements made for the Easter
sale,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
LILLY IN CITY.

"A. A. Lilly, of Charleston, attorney
general OF the state, who is a candidate
for the Republican nomination for gov
ernor, visited the city Wednesday
night and Thursday morning in the
interest Of his campaign which he de-
clares is proceeding satisfactorily to
him. He met a number of Republicans
here. -.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
LuNCH WITH KING.
nv Aa,oeiArrn raFss,

LONDON, March .. The Ameri-
can Ambassador, Walter III Page. and
Mrs. page took luncheon Thursday at
Buckingham palace with King George
and Queen Mary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
HARTMAN NANIEp.

fnf IAH1oefATtp FHFtHl
WASHINGTON. March oliver
Bishop Hartman or New York, has
been appointed secretary Of embassy
at Berlin to succeed Alexander Com
stock Kirk, OF Chicago. who has been
transferred to the embassy at Con
MIR. Kirk has already
left Berlin for ConstantInople.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
rHANGEs POSITION,

Mike McAndrew, for some years
a member Of the engineering depart
mant OF the Consolidation Coal Com-
pany. and located here, has resigned
to accept an engineering position
with TIL Watson Coal Company, Of
Fairmont.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
Social and Per sonal
Items for department welcomed They may s,s
ephoned to the Telegauas editorial department Tsephon
$780, Home
TO Hold Reception.

A CONGREGATIONAL reception will be
given by the Parish Aid Society of
Christ Episcopal church at the rec
tory from z to IL o'clock Thursday
evening. All the members and
friends of the congregation are are
cordially invited to attend.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
NOTED NEGRO COMING.

Richard B. Harrison. colored, has
announced his visit to CIarksburg for
April H.. He promises q grander en-
tertainment than before in dramatic
recital.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
Call Maetinr.

"A call meeting of the otterbein
Sisters of the United Brethren church
of stealey Heights will be held at 1880
o'clock Friday evening in the F. l.
Day building on the Milford road.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
To Entertain

The Royal Netghbors will entertain
new members and the Modern Wood
men of America In the knights Of
Pythlas hall on Third street at 1880
o'clock Friday evening. A full at
tendance OF the membership of both
organizations is requested.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
Civ n'f,InclE ninnnr,

Mrs. John G. Biddle. Of Adamston,
entertained at delightful 6 o'clock
dinner Wednesday evening in honor
of Mrs. John B. Weaver, OF Manning
ton.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
Ladies, Aid Meets.

A very interesting meeting of the
Ladies' Aid Society of the Lutheran
church was held Thursday afternoon
in the home OF Mrs. E. r. Davis on
Dale avenue.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
MAILS DETAINED.

nv AEHnelffFp aHEaal Z
THE HAGUE, Mrch 2-The Brit
fish authorities have detained. The
mails on board the Dutch steamer
sommelsdljk. which has arrived at
Rotterdam from New Yor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
ONE MARRIAGE INCENSE.

A marriage license has been Issued
to pnEfY Cnrnea and Enlma 1. Kelley.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
For Newly Married

For Newly Married.
Thursdays Parkersburg News con-
tanned the following item Of interest
here:
The dinner given on Wednesday
evening by Mrs. G. L. coffman at her
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
be hostess of the Five Table Card
Club from to 5 o'clock Friday at
ternoon in her home on Maple ave-

nue..
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
State Bank Resources Up.

Showing that the total resources of
the 275 state banks in Washington
May 1, 1916, were approximately $15,-
100000 in excess of the total deposits
May 1, 1915, while the overdrafts have
been reduced $4,000, State Bank Ex
aminer W. e. Hanson issued his quar-
terly statement.
Bona fide deposits increased during
the year from $91, ,536,037 to $103,377,-
239, while money due to banks, which
is classified as deposits, totaled $3,-
S92,311 in 1915, and $6,745,735 in 1916.
This brings the total deposits on May
1, 1916, up to $110,122,974
The report shows the average re-
serve Of the banks reporting May 1 to
be 27 per cent. Total resources in
creased from $116,651, ,915 in 1915 to
$131, ,405,S29 in 1916. Liabilities are
noted the same as resources. Increases
were made in all items classed as re-
sources with the exception of the over
drafts.
Two banks were added to the list in
1916, as 275 answered the recent call
of Examiner Hanson, compared to 273
reporting May 1, 1915.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
kinq Georges Honor List.

London.-S Cecil Arthur Spring
Rice, British ambassador to the Uni
ted States, is made grand command
er of the Order of st. Michael and st.
George in King Georges birthday hon
or list recently. Sir Gilbert Parker
becomes a privy councillor, and Baron
Reading, lord chief justice Of England,
who recently visited the United States
as chairman of the commission which
negotiated the ,Anglo-French loan, is
given the title of viscount. The honor
list is unusually large this year and
the rewards are chiefly for national
services of various kinds in connec-
ton with the war. Six new peers are
created, with IL baronets and 81
Knights and there is long list of pro-
motions of military and naval officers.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
BRITISH CRUISER HAMPSHIRE,
CARRYING OFFICIAL PARTY,
SINKS WITH ALL ON BOARD.
BRITISH MINISTER OF WAR
Was on Way to Russia-LittIe Hope
for Any Survivors-Sir Robertson,
His Chief Of Staff, Was
in London.

London, June Admiral Jellicoe,
commander of the British grand fleet,
has reported to the admiralty that the
British cruiser Hampshire, with Earl
Kitchener, British minister of war, and
his staff aboard, has been lost off the
West Orkneys. Four boats were heen
to leave the Hampshire, but a heavy
sea was running. Only capsized boat
and some bodies have been found. Earl
Kitchener was on his way to Russia,
Admiral Jellicoe reports there is little
hope that there were any survivors.
The names of the members of Earl
Kitchener's staff have not yet been
learned. Sir William Robertson, chief
of staff, is in London.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
YUAN SHI KAI, PRESIDENT,
DIED in CHINA TUESDAY

President Of Chinese Republic Sue
cumbs After Brief Iilness-Vice
President viii Succeed Him.
Peking, June YUAN Shi Kai, pres
ident of the Chinese republic, died on
Tuesday. Premier Tuan Chi-jui imme-
diately advised Lii Yuan Hung, the vice
president, of his succession to the pres
idency.
Yuan Shi Kai had been ill for several
days with stomach trouble, which was
followed by a nervous breakdown.
Quiet prevails today in the capital.
The death of the president apparently
solves the heated political problem. Ii
Huan Hungs succession to the presi-
dency meets the demands of the lead
ers in the southern provinces.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
SPECTACULAR FIRE
AT SAN FRANCISCO
Freight, Coal Barges and Steamship
Blaze Sunday The Loss
Will Be 100000.

San Francisco, Cal.-Five thousand
tons of freight from the orient, which
we're un1oaded Saturday from the
Shinyo Maru No. 2, a Japanese ship,
and a concrete pier recently erected
by the state at the mouth of Islais
creek were destroyed in a spectacular
blaze of unknown origin Sunday.
The Shinyo arrived May 81, but the
cargo was not touched until Satur-
day, when it's owners, the Toyo Kisen
Kaisha company, granted the demands
of the striking longshoremen. The
boat was emptiad at II o'clock Satur-
day night, three hours before the fire
started.
From nearby cities and from far out
at sea the sheets of fire and the glare
could be seen. The blaze was the
most spectacular and destructive that
has visited the waterfront in years.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION SOON BE ON

Ollie James, Permanent Chairman
Pres. and V.-P. to be Nominated.
Washington.-Pre Wilson has
approved the tentative selection of
Senator Ollie James of Kentucky for
permanent chairman of the democrat
ic convention at st. Louis. This as
sures the election of the senator by
the convention.
President Wilson and Vice President
Marshall are to be nominated as the
democratic party standard bearers for
the presidential campaign some time
early June IL at the final session of
the democratic national convention.
Preparedness and foreign policies
are to be the principal planks written
into the platform.
That President Wilson will sketch
the main planks is the understanding
of certain members of the subcommit-
tee on arrangements of the national
committee which held another meeting
Saturday.
The tariff and monetary questions
have been settled, according to the
committee members and they will be
only lightly touched on in the plat
form.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
LUMBER AND WOODWORKING.

w. A. Anstie, who returned to Rev
elstoke, B. c., from Minneapolis, con-
firmed the purchase for the Forest
Mills Of British Columbia, Ltd of the
Arrow Lakes sawmills and more than
1.000,000,000 feet of standing timber.
The deal represents about $1,000,000.
Five hundred men will be employed
A report Of the lumber shipments
and cut for April, as compared with
April, 1915, was mailed this week by
A. w. Cooper, secretary of the West
ern Pine Manufacturers association.
This year 40 mills reported. In April,
1915, 81 mills reported. Shipments
for the month were 4,715 cars, an in
crease of 2S9 cars over April, 1915,
and the cut was 109,084,662 feet, an
increase Of 57,245,544 feet.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09

Bruenn, 8 years old, judgment for $5,-
600 damages against the North Yaki-
ma school district for injuries sustain
ed last November while playing on
school apparatus. The guardian filed
a $10,361 claim against the school
board and sued for $4,000 when the
claim was rejected. Testimony showed
the child was playing on a teeter board
removed from the standard and placed
across swing. The case will be ap-
pealed If the verdict is sustained, re-
moval of all apparatus from the pub
lie school Fairgrounds is certain.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
TRAIN HITS ROCK SLIDE;
TWO HILLYARD MEN DIE
Enoine Goes Into kootenai River at
The Montana and Idaho
State Line.

Train No. 4 on the Great Northern
dashed into a rock slide near Katka,
Idaho, 12 miles west of Troy, Mont,
at 2 o'clock Saturday morning, killing
two of the train crew and slightly in
juring three.
The Dead:
IT. A. McGinn, engineer, of Hillyard.
Leaves widow and five children.
Edmond Dempster, fireman, OF Hill
yard. Single man.
The Injured:
BENJAMIN l.. Stumpf, mail clerk, OF
Spokane. Bruised and shaken up.
Frank ]. Gerke, mail clerk, OF Spo-
kane. slightly injured. Bruised and
shaken up.
R. A. Morrison, baggageman, Seat
tie. Slightly injured.
The engine and tender were thrown
from the track and plunged beneath
the turbulent flood waters of the Koo-
tenai, going completely out OF sight
and carrying with them the engine
crew.
The baggage and mail cars were de-
rallied, but remained on the grade, and
the passenger coaches and Pullmans,
six in ALL did not leave the rails.
Little hope is held out for the i'm
mediate recovery Of the bodies of the
engine crew.
The Kootenai, which is now under
flood, is turbulent and full of eddies
at the point where the wreck occur
red.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
PACIFIC COAST NEWS

Open water in Bering sea was visi-
BILE at Nome Saturday for the first
time since November IL.
Council City was almost completely
swept away by floating ice cakes from
the Neukluk river recently.
Ernest Bryant, age 81, for 1S years
bookkeeper of the First National bank
of Corvallis, Ore, shot himself Sun
day. He was respondent.
Prospects of a settlement of the
strike of longshoremen which has tied
up shipping in all Pacific coast ports
are more favorable this week.
Drunkenness caused the arrest of
427 more men and women in Portland
in May, 1915, than it did in the cor
responding month just completed this
year.
Ten persons were injured, two per-
haps fatally, when large touring car
in which they were riding turned tur-
tie on the Independence-Salem road in
West Salem, Ore, Sunday.
Forty sticks of dynamite, more than
a year old, we're found recently buried
in the embankment of the levee pro-
tecting Marysville, Calf, from the
flood waters of the YNba river.
By resolution adapted recently the
Oregon conference of the United
Brethren church voted to indorse a
proposed initiative measure to prohibit
the importation Of all liquor into Ore.
gon.
The business session Of the grand
council of the United Commercial
Travellers of Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia closed Saturday at
Bellingham with the selection of Ev'
erett. asj the place of the next annual
meeting. The new grand councillor is
G. F. Gardiner of Victoria.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEMI-
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO
LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED FOR BUSY READERS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings in
This Country and Abroad That
Are of Legitimate Interest
to All the People.

One Mexican was killed and another
wounded in an engagement Saturday
with Apache Indian scouts near Las
Varas Pass.
The democratic national convention
which assemblies in st. Louis on June
IA will be the first political convention
to he held in the ST. Louis Coliseum.
President Wilson has signed the ar
my reorganization bill, first of the i'm
portant preparedness measures pass
ed by congress during the present ses-
sion.
Saturday was King Georges birth
day, but the only official celebration
was a general hoisting of flags on gov
ernment offices and other large estab-
lishments.
Republican organization leaders Sat
urday said Charles E. Hughes would
get more votes on the first ballot for
the presidential nomination than any
other of his competitors.
A divorce will be granted on July 1
to Mrs. Peck Waite, wife OF DR.. Ar
thur Warren Waite who recently was
convicted in New York Of the murder
of Mrs. Waite's father, John %. Peck,
of Grand Rapids, Mich, who Is to be
eIectrocuted during the week OF July
TO-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
Old Clothes the Vogue, London.

London.-"Don't be ashamed to wear
old clothes in war time" the exhor-
tation placarded all over London, has
not fallen on deaf ears Few new
spring suits are seen, even on sunny
days. Navy blue is worn by nearly
every one who is not in mourning. A
practical plainness seems to be aimed
at by the majority.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
MANY KILLED AND INJURED AL
READY HAVE BEEN Ac-
COUNTED FOR.
STRUCK SEVEN SMALL TOWNS
Northern Part of State Swept by Tor
nado of Great Force-Wichita, Kan.
Is Flooded and the People Flee
to Higher Land for Safety.

Little Rock, Ark, June 6.-Fifty-
nine persons are reported killed and
more than 100 injured in series of
tornadoes which swept Arkansas Mon
are crippled and it is feared the
list of dead and injured will be great
ly increased by later reports.
Many Towns Are Hit.
The dead thus far reported are as
follows:
Judsonia, White county, Is, known
dead and so injured
Heber Springs, 1S dead.
De Lark, Dallas county, four dead.
Cabot, White county, five dead.
Hot Springs, four dead.
Morrillton, one dead.
Greenland, Washington, county, two
dead
Northern Part Is Hit.
North Arkansas appears to have
suffered most severely, although the
storm was general throughout the
state.
At Judsonia one-tihrd of the town
was said to have been swept away.
Twenty-Five bodies and so injured
already had been taken from the ruins
at 10 o'clock, reports said.
Four Dead at Hot Springs.
Hot Springs, Ark, June 6.-At least
four persons were killed and half a
dozen others were injured seriously
in tornado which swept across Car
land county late Monday and struck the
southwest portion of the city. The
electric light and power plant here
was put out of commission and tonight
the city was without lights or car SER
vice. Many houses were demolished.
The dead:
T. Lee Parker
Dock Parker.
Jim Brown, negro.
James H. Jordan.
Storm From Southwest.
The storm came from the southwest,
touching the city first in the vicinity
of Oaklawn. There a Methodist church
was blown down. Then the wind
crushed few frame buildings across
from the Oaklawn track entrance.
Farther on several small houses were
lifted and crumpled until the wind
rtached the Majestic park which is
the spring training home of the Boston
Americans. That was swept clean.
Then the electric power plant was
struck and damaged. From that point
the wind swept path through to the
northeast, where many homes were
damaged and much property was lost.
Flood DeIuges Wichita.
Wichita, Kan, June 6-Packing
house whistles sounded warnings to
citizens to flee to high ground Every
policeman in the city, the entire fire
department and every available moat
and motor car was pressed into SER
vice to rescue families marooned along
the creeks in the northern part of the
city.
The Little Arkansas river left it's
banks and is flooding a large portion
of the city as result of heavy rain
fall here Monday. The rainstorm was
general throughout western Missouri,
eastern Kansas and Oklahoma.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09
Gigantic Auto Combine.

Toledo, Ohio-Immediately after
John WHY'S, president of the WHY'S
Overland company arrived from New
York Saturday, he issued statement
officially confirming reports of organ
ization of a $2OO,OOO,OOO motor car
combine.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-09

The state department of weights
and measures of Wisconsin has TN
der consideration a bill which will be
presented to the state legislature for
enactment into law, which, if passed,
will compel dealers to sell eggs by
the pound instead of by the dozen, as
at present.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-03
Albion News.

H. J. Reidel and family have moved
into their new modern home in the
northeast part Of town.
Perry Wiley expects 10 work for Ros-
coe Fiscus this year.
There will be many changes in this
vicinity this spring. George Hamlin
moves to the farm formerly occupied
by Frank Leonard. Charles Elliott
moves into the George HamIin home.
Joseph Leonard will occupy the place
from which Elliott moves. Charles
Buchoiz takes the C.. J. Alderman place.
and Alderman moves into his own
home vacated by Joseph Leonard.
Lloyd Dawson has moved to the farm
known as the "old mill property" which
his father purchased.
Stanley's mill which has stood as a
landmark for many years. has been torn
down.
Prof Clarence Smith. Of Cornell Col
lege, will give an address in the Meth
odist church Sunday moraing. In the
evening there will be a candle light
service.
Harold Dawson and Mrs. o. Anderson
are both very Ill of pneumonia.
The Study and Social Club met with
Mrs. C.. A. Robinson Tuesday afternoon
The lesson on Graphic Arts was pre-
sented by Mrs. John Grouse. A most
enjoyable afternoon was spent.
c. A. Robinson and Rollo Augustine