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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
HOLIDAY
Rule Will Prevail among Rail-
way Men of the Baltimore
and Ohio System.

Announcement is made that the
usual holiday conditions will prevail
on the Baltimore and Ohio, Monday,
on account of Christmas. 1t has
been the custom for a number of
years to eliminate all the trains pos
sible on such holidays and it will be
followed out again this year, with
the result that none Of the way or
local freight trains will be run.
only the passenger and such other
trains as are necessary win be oper-
ated Monday. thus giving the train
men an opportunity to spend Christ
mas at home. 1t was also reported
that the freight offices and ware
houses at the various stations along
the road would be closed Monday af-
ter ten O'Clock. They will be kept
open for few hours in the morning
solely for the purpose OF delivering
perishabIe freight which may come
in during the night before and that
morning.
1t is expected that most of the Of
fees of the Baltimore and Ohio here
will be closed for at least a portion OF
the day. In order to get up with
their work, some of the men may
work for a part of the day, but the
indications last night were that most
of the employees would be on for
most of the day and the rest for at
least half holiday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
VIII SON AND LANSING
CREATEA SENSAT TON
oil DEAL
IS Made at Warrington Involv-
ing an Expenditure of Hall
a Million Dollars.

A half million dollar oil deal was
consumnated Friday in Fairmont
when winfield T. Smith and others. OF
sold their Dents run
holdings to W. W. Hepburn, Of Phtla-
delphia.
The 1870 acres of the Smith lease
brought the price of $5o0,000. There
are several producing wells on the
land, one Of which proved TO be big
flower Thursday.
Another large holder in the Man
nington district was offered half
million dollars for his possessions a
few days ago.
The purchaser of the Dents run
holdings is understood to be a repre-
sentative of the Standard Oil Company
although this fact was not given out by
the men who sold the oil. Thew say
they know very little about Hepburn
except that he is a Quaker City oil
dealer.
Mr.. Smith and his partners have
been operating their wells by the firm
name of Hickman, Hoffman and Com
pany, OF Warrington. Mr.. Smith is
secretary-treasurer H. D. Hickman is
manager, while Lawrence and T. L.
Hoffman are large stockholders.
1t is rumored that more great sales
will be made within the next few days.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
one DEAD
AS Result of Free for All Fight
at a CoIored Dance at
Sutton.

William Lacy, aged 25 years. a we'll
known colored resident Of Sutton, died
at o'clock Saturday morning in u
local hospital from gunshot wound
he received Wednesday night in free
for all fight at coIored dance hall.
E4acy's body was prepared for burial
and taken to his home at Sutton Sat-
urday
From what can be learned of the
affair it is alleged that Lacy
and another colored man had
an argument over colored girl
and Lacy stabbed the other man. With
the knife sticking in his side ana
blood flowing freely from the wound
he pulled revolver from his pocket
and shot Lacy through the abdomen.
Suffering from the gunshot wound
but never daunted Lacy left the dance
hall and secured a large club and came
back into the hall and almost beat the
other colored man to death before he
fell to the floor exhausted from the
loss of blood from the gunshot wound
in his abdomen.
Lacy was brought to local hospital
where he died ut the time stated above.
The other colored man had not been
arrested Friday morning, but 1t is
thought that he will be arrested now
since Lacy died from the effects "a
the gunshot3wound
Lacy was son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Lacy, Of Sutton.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
AN EIGHT HOUR DAY
IS GIVEN SN/ITCHINEN
T0RREQN TAKEN
BY General Francisco Villas
Forces According to the Re-
ports Reaching EI PaSo.

Ell PASO, Dec. 2S-Unconarmed
reports that Torre0n had been cap
tured By francisco Villas forces wero
forwarded to Washington by govern
ment agents today.
The report said the fighting started
early Friday and continued until 1
o'clock in tho afternoon when the
city capitulated.
Santa RosaltR, seventy-five miles
southeast OF Chihuahua City, was
captured December IL by villa
forces. according to message re-
cetved today by an El Paso man who
owns property In Santa Rosalia.
Three hundred Carranza soldiers who
had entrained there to go to chIhua-
hua City were captured and nearly
all, Including their commander. were
aNncnfah
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
-FINE PQSII.I0NI
Given Bernard Wilson, Former
Hotel Man!of This City,
Columbus, O.

DR.. and Mrs. "A. B. Hall received
word Saturday morning from Colum=
bus, o., that Bernard Wilson,, their
son=in-law, had been made manager
of the Deshler hotel, of that city. The
iDeshlerits one of the largest hotels In
the middle West and Mr.. Wilson'S
many local friends will be glad to hear
OF his good luck. \.
Mr.. Wilson was formerly connected
with the Waldo and Gore hotels here.
When he left Clarksburg he went to
Wheeling, where he was employed at
the windsor hotel until last November,
when the Deshler was opened at Coll
.umbus when he became assistant man
ager Of that hotel. The former man
5ager, who was former New York
hotel man, was removed from his po-
sItion by the proprietors of fhe hotel
Friday and Mr.. Wilson was given the
-noSftion
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
In the City of Paris Which Still
Takes Precedence over
All War Talk.
REPRoAcHEs BENG GINEN
AS the Wilson Note Makes No
Distinction in Reference to
Originof the War.

PARIS. Dec. President Wilson'S
note and the statement OF Secretary
Lansing continue to be the sensations
Of the day and take precedence over
everything else In the morning papers.
The presidents action by no means
meets with favor among the commen-
tators, who only vary in the manner
of expressing their opinions.
The principal reproach is in the
words of Stephen Pichon, who, writing
in the Petit Journal, says:
THE note makes no distinction be-
tween the states who provoke the war
and those upon whom 1t was forced.
The belligerents, whoever they are,
see themselves treated in the same
manner by Presidnt Wilson. He does
not rem member either the violation of
Belgian neutrality, the crimes of the
submarine warfare or any OF the
monstrous acts which revolted the
conscience Of his compatriots and that
of the civilized war. Germany its
victims, Belgium, Serbia or France,
it is all the same.
1--WE should be lacking in the first
OF our duties in not holding it up as
an outrage to our honor and our dig
nifty"
Georges cIemenceau, former prem
Ter, in his newspaper, u Homme En-
chaine, says:
The moral side OF the war has es-
capped President Wilson. He puts on
the same footing all Of the belligerents
without asking for what reason each
of them is fighting. Failing to take
into consideration these imponderables
he believes himself just when he
speaks to all in the same terms. He
has not felt that the ends of the war
could not be understood in the same
way by both sides and consequently
it would seem almost blasphen1ous to
hear it said that the objects seem the
same on both side"
Lincoln's answer to the French and
British offers to mediate between North
and South in 1853 is freely quoted and
analogies are freely drawn between
the situation then and now.
What citizen of the United States
would blame US II we would answer
Wilson as Lincoln answered the me-
diators tIien2 2" asked the Echo D. Paris.
The Afatin says:
"The American note is certainly in
spired by high sentiments. 1t is
doubtful whether 1t is opportune. 1t
comes at a moment when it is to every
interest of Germany to stop or slacken
hostilfties 1t comes after the four
ringing declarations Of Sonnino, Pok-
rovsky, BRAND and Lloyd-George."
The journal and the Gaulois think
President Wilson was influenced by
fear of intensifcation Of submarine
warfare and considerations of the con-
sequences of total interruption OF sea
traffic ifsthe Germans should carry out
the project they are reported to have
decided on and send 125 submarines
to American waters. The president
may also have been influenced, these
papers say. by the increase in the cost
of living in the United States.
LET US consider the president
coolly, says the Gaulois, ''and send
him an answer courteous but firm be.
fitting our dignity and our desire tc
safeguard the future"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
Arbitration Board in Its Award
Applies Adamson Law
Principle.
ROADS DIsSENTING
Pay is Increased but Not as
Much as is Asked for by.
the SMftchmen.

NEW YORK, Dec 2s.-The eight
hour day with straight pro rata time
for overtime is granted to the switch
mems union by the federal arbitration
board in a decision today in the swit tchg
mems controversy with the railroads
The award gives an increase of8fYe
cents per hour for both foremen and
helpers.
The switchmen had asked an adj
vance OF ton to twelve cents They hai
demanded also time and half for
overtime work, instead OF the pro rata
basis fixed by tho board
While all six Rrbitrators Signed tflaE
award, j, A, Connors and w A.. Titus,
representing the switchmen, dissentsd
MS to the five cent increase, to the
denial OF time and q half for overtime
and to the award giving overtime ut
the pro rata rate.
b =. Potter and r. w. Evans, the
failroad representatives, dissented to
the award of the eight=hour day.
This decision in the switchmen'B
controversy with railroads has an Inn
portant bearing on the Adamson Law,
IL was stated here today by an ottidial
spokesman for the conference com
Intttee OF managers for the railroads.
It does not o R the Adamson act "a
our opinion. The Adamson legislation
gave the men ten hours pay for efg
hours of work, or an increase Of about
twenty-five per cent in wages. The
award today gives the switchmen onl
work, or between thirteen ana sixteen
per cent in Increased wages We gaf
q great deal of satisfaction out of fiji
award
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
HONG TERM
In Prison is Ended When Re:
movaI of House for a Road
is Begun.

PITTSBURG, Dec. 23.-C Christian
Ltberum, an aged resident of McRees-
port, Pa. was released from Jail. here
years for contempt of court. Liner
um's house stood on ground which
the court authorities decided should
have been occupied by a road J, and he
was ordered ~ Judge Joseph M.
Swearingen to move 1t. LIberum re-
fused on the ground that to do so
would" violate his conscience" and
he was sent to jail for contempt. Ev-
cry effort to secure his release failed
until srecentll 1t was decided to have
the county move the house. The work
was commenced today and Llberum
was released a few minutes later.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
CHARTERS
Are Granted by the Secretary
of State to Two New
Business Concerns.

CHARLESTON, Dec. 23.-Wfth cap
ital of S250,000, the Coils Products
Company, Of Clinton, Ia, has been
given charter by the secretary Of
state 1t will have its operations III
st. Paul, Mimi, and will manufacture
food products. Incorporators are H.
IA. Costello, F. ID. Rock, II. G..
Humphreys, L. A. Forsee and Harry II.
Merrick, all of Chicago.
The Scott Run Coal Company, of
Morgantown, to operate In Cass dis
trict, Monongalia county, also obtained
a certificate Of Incorporation. 1t has
capital of $25:000. 1ncorporators are
B. NJ Chaplin, F. c. Shriver. S. NJ.
Price, Il r. Shriver,. b NJ. Everly and
C. i Lantz, all Of Morgantown.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
CHRISTMAS L!QygR
Demand from Four .sDry"
States Swamp the Express
Companies in Baltimore.
q AssoelAIEe eREsal

BALTIMORE, Dec 23-Christ-
mas demands for liquors OF various
kinds for the dry states of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia and the Car
o1Inas has swamped the express COM
panies from this city, which serves
these sections. Two of the companies
imposed an embargo on liquor ship
ments at noon yesterday until 9 a. m.
today with view to relieving the
congestion.
Express company officials say that
for the last week they have been re-
ceiving and handling an average OF
$4,000 to 10000 packages of liquor
daily. The packages vary In size
from a quart to several gallons.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
GERMANS ARE DIVIDED
ON THE WILSON NOTE.

tBT ARBoctATGp PREBsD
BERLIN, Dec. 23.-The Berlin press
received President wilson's note with
varying views. scarcely any two papers
looking alike at the proposition. She
views range from the enthusiastic
welcome accorded the plan by the
.Tageblatt to the Unexpectedly cynical
quasi acqulescence OF the Yossische
,Zeitung, with the middle ground repre-
sented by the Lokal Anzeiger, whfcn
prefers to await the answer oflthe En-
tente powers to the emperor's note
before deciding for or against.
Gorge Bernhard, in the Vossische
zeitung, views President Wilson's pro
posal as actuated purely from Amer
lean selfish motives. America, he says,
finds itself in the position Of having
passed the heydey point inits financial
operations with the Entente, ana now
wants peace and the cooperation of
England In preparing for what It
alludes to as the inevitable japanese
trouble.
The zeitung declares also that
President Wilson need not deceive
himself into thinking that he can lay
down any precepts for the conference.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
10 Foreign Ports as Result Of
Better Wages and I'm
proved Sea Conditions.
ssr hsseelNrre rssss

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-There are
approximately two and one-half times
as many American sailors now ship
ping for foreign ports than at any time
previous to the war, according to DR..
George s.. Webster. secretary of the
American Seamen's Friend Society. He
attributes this increase partly to the
increased wages being given seamen'
and partly to the improved conditions
under which they are working
DR.. Webster says. The last three
years have marked an almost unbe=
lievable increase in the number OF
Americans who are shipping as sail
ors. At our sailors home on the North
river water front, the men we had pre-
viously cared for were almost entirely
British. Swedish and German. If an
American=born sailor should have
mingled in with this company, he
would, have been more or less con-
spicuous. Today we frequently lodge
American sailors and they are pracd-
cally all men who had not seen service
in the merchant marine prior to the
out tbreak Of the war. tits avery fair
estimate to say that full y two and one
half times as many Americans are now
seafaring men as prior to the war. We
can no longer say that the American
Is 1and=lubber.
I've venture to predict at the Amert-
can Seamen's Friend Society that the
proportion Of the merican-born sail
ors to those OF other national ties will
immensely Increase after theSwar. In
case there Is a slight lapse in indus
trial activity, the seafar1ng life viii
doubtless be of attraction to many
who, have not hereto oiores const stdered II /.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
..GHL.ORiOFORMI
Used by Thieves on Hogs 10
Prevent The Animals from
Squealing

WEST UNION Dec 23sElIt1ard
lBoelschner, a farmer living near here
has been puzzled for several months
because Of ofStheSmystertoust theft OF fat
hogs from his pens at night Three
times the pens have been rafded, with
never 80 much as a gsqueal.
But now Boelschner knows Eight
hogs vanished oYernig ght while q hired
man slept In a nearby barn. But the
thieves left two chloroform bottles be
hind them They had given the hogs
the anesthetic and carried the limp
bodies to5a wagon:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
.MbGNIE[GENI
Jewel is Now Possessed by A.
Nj. 7. Cunningha Past Po-
tentate of Shriners.

Al. M. n. Cunning CHAM is the proud
posessor OF q magnificent oficer's
Jewel, which was presented to him as
a past potentate at the meeting Of
Nemesis temple of the Nob1esf of the
Mystic Shrine this week at Parkers-
burg. 1t Is an elaborate and costly
thing with big tiger claws. a huge
moonstone and a diamond all set In
tbronzed gold.
Mr.. Cunning CHAM was elected q dele
gate to represent the temple at the
next imperial council, to be held in
Minneapolis, MINI.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
MISS JOHNSON DEAD
Popular Young School Teacher
Passes On Following a
LingeFinglllInesS.

Funeral services over the body Of
Miss Florence Teresa Johnson, a
popular school teacher, who died at
8:15 O'Clock Friday night following
a lingering Illness of complication
of ailments will be held at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at the johnson
home at Wilsonburg. The Rev. w.
Il Hueser; pastor OF the st. Marks
Lutheran church, of which the de-
ceased girl was a member will con-
duct the services and the burial wflt
be in the Masonic cemetery.
The deceased woman Is survived
by her parents. MI. and Mrs. August
Johnson. Of Wilsonburg; Bernard,
Earle, and Howard Johnson, all 1iv-
ing at home, brothers. Mrs. Gordon
Burr. of Clarksburg; Misses Vivian
and Mildred Johnson at home, sis
ters.
Miss Johnson taught at the Chief
tain schoolSthis fall and was favor
lite with all her pu pills and those inter
sested in the school work.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
STATES CAN
NOT BE a MEDIATOR
eEr AsaeeIArEe rrrsE,

AMSTERDAM, Dec. % - The even-
ing edition Of the Cologne Volks zei-
tung, IN its comment on the presi-
dents note says:
The game was preconcerted one.
America has put its money in Entente
business and therefore America must
try in the interests of Its debtors to
obtain the possible cond ditions SO that
they may be able later to fulfll their
financial obligations toward the Unit
ed States. For these reasons the
united States is out of the question
as an impartial mediator, not constd-
er1ng President Wilson, who at every
opportunity has shown by his deeds
his weakness for England. and who
in the present note even goes SO far
as to threaten war, which considering
the whole affair can only be directed
against Germany"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
PROPOSES TO BAR LOVE
IN BIRMlM g Ham. FILMS

BIRMINGHAM Ala, Dec. 28
When Arlie Barber was elected to
the city commission here on the So
cialist ticket, he declared for Sunday
moving picture shows. Now he has
In part:
Pictures depicting the following
scenes shall also be barred Love,
murder, domestic troubles. divorces.
gambling houses, resorts OF question.
able character, bar scenes and riots
Movie proprietors declare they
will have to go out OF business II the.
suggestion is made a law.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
MRS. DRUMMoND
Seriously Injured When She F'elI IN
Her Room at Her son's Home.
mrs. .. N. DrunIfInond! p

Mrs. b. NJ. Drummond: aged IS
years, Is seriously i'll 81 the home 81
her son, n. O. Bartlett, at Steafey
Heights; as & result Of q fall ale fe-
cetyed at O'Clock Saturday morning
in her room at the Bartlett Home
Mrs. Drummond wok he tfps at clock
and got up and while wal king around
right arm IS badly sprafned and on
account of her advanced age the In
jury and shock received from the IAN
has caused her; relatives much worry.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
International IEaWy yers VEilEHoIdI
Second Annual eeting ir
CitySof5H HaVana.


WASH1NGT0N, Dec. 23P Plans for.
the second annual meeting OF the
American Institute OF International
Law, comprising i've delegates from!
each of the national societies OF the
twenty=one American states to be held
In l4avana beginning January 22,,a are
well under way. "a Getting surprising
in imp portance even that of last year Is
anticipated. DR.. James Brown Scott,
Alexandra Alvarez. of Chile, secretary
general, who is now In Washington,
are working on the program. which As
expected to be announced shortly.
The meetng IS to be held in Havana
at the ation OF the Cuban govern
ment, which has planned the appropriS
alton of 10000 pesos for its expense.
Many sources OF 9entertainment have
already been arranged, such as a gala
day at the race track and the operasa
trip out through the country. and an
excursion to 9fatanzas. The morning
sessions of the conference are to be
held In the Academy Of Sciences, the
!a6tern0on at the university, while the
evenings aresto be given over tolsocia1
events.
Atthe shrstAm eeting,S VII hichs was held
In washington last year In contuncz
ton with the Pan4Anarican conYen-
ton. the very: Important pronounce.
sment as to the rights and duties Of
nations was drawn up which received
Widespread notice at the time This
provided In the main that states
whether large or small have the right
OF edstence and aetfsd etense, so long
as mel her r1inEed on the rights o8
other states that none Was emit led to
violate fnternRtona law and that e
one did It was fde moral duty Of the
others e protest saaesgs
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
REACH SAFETY.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-Amerf-
cans and other foreigners who fed
from ToTreon few days ago under
the leadership of Thomas O'Hea,
British consular representative there,
have reached what is regarded as a
zone of safety in Mexico, according
to adyfces today to the state depart
ment.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
SERVICES AS USUAL.

Services will be held as usual at the
Pride African Methodist Episcopal
church Sunday with the pastor preach
ing. The morning subject will be-:
@The Birth of Christi The Sunday
school will have Christmas enter
tainment at 8o'clock Monday night.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
TWO GIRLS LIVE. THREE
MONTHS ON PEANUTS

BERKELEY, Calf, Dec. 2S.-Two
girls, students at the University, of Cal
.ifornfa, have concluded an experiment
which consisted in living entirely on
peanuts For three months they ate
nothing else but these nuts. The pea
nuts cost fifteen cents day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
ROBINSON, NOT swIGER.

Henry G. Robinson is to be the of
fee clerk Of the next county assessor.
An error In reporting the proceed
ings OF the county court made the
name read Henry O. swiger.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
JUDGE TAKEs oATH.

At special term of the circuit
court Saturday morning. Judge
Maxwell administer the
oath 81. once to Judg James w. Rob
tnaon. who was reelected judge Of
the criminal court OF the county at
theslast general election
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
TO OBSERVE HOLIDAY.

Banks. barber shops. newspaper
offices and most other business places
will be closed Monday in celebration of
observe the usual holiday hours.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
10 HOLD sERVICEs.

The ReySJ j. r. Carter, arch deacon
of the diocese of the otestant Epis=
copal church Of West Virginia, Will
hold services at III ot tclpck sunday
morning In Christ opal church,
Every one Is cordial inytted 70 at
tend
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
A.BIoU e 8 iU!.llTlII!R I!RRApY.
,syI.,sss,s g = 81. ,.s4ss,l

33faai, stDHth1u 1uoG1NfEni PaE1 %
PARIS. Dec 23=seT The Allieg an
swer to Germany's peace proposal is
almost finished according TO the
Petit Partsten. The paper says Il r.
q rather long document and sets
forth clearly both the grievances OF
thaEA Allies and the crushing responst=
bitttes Of sthef centraIJpowers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-23
TIqKEr IS NAMED.

The Broad Oaks Progressive party
Friday night named G. w. Reager for
mayor. c. ]. Cottrill for recorder and
P. H. Dugan, ]. E. Maple, o. D..
Goodwin, ]. G. Ashley and Nathan
Vance for councilmen.