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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
ROOMS ENGAGED
by National Committeeman
Highland for Delegates to
Chicago Convention.

Virgil L. Highland, West Virginia
member of the Republican National
Committee, is sending out letters TO
the press Of the state, similar to
the one published below
Clarksburg. w. Va. Jan. 81, 1916.
The clarksburg Telegram,
City.
Gentlemen:
On account of our state primaries
being held so near the date of the
Republican national convention and
for fear the delegates elected to the
Chicago convention might not have
an opportunity to engage hotel &C
commodations, have taken the lib
erty Of engaging headquarters and
rooms for the West Virginia delega-
ton at the Hotel La Sale in Chicago
Will you please announce through
you paper that have made reserva-
tions for the delegation so that any
West Virginans not members of the
delegation who would like to en-
gage rooms there can do SO.
Very truly yours,
V. L. HIGHLAND.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
TUBERCULOSIS
Causes Death Of Mrs. villa
Heaton after Three Years
Illness.

Funeral services over the body q
Mrs. villa Heaton, aged 80 years.
wife OF Elias Heaten. an employe 3 {
the st. Mary's hospital, who died n
a local hospital late Wednesday a. K
ternoon. following a three yeafS' M
ness Of tuberculosis, will be held a.
8 o'clock Saturday morning 1t the
church Of the Immaculate Conception
and the burial will be; in The Odd.
Fellows cemetery At O'Neil. Al lpe-
clal street car will be run from the
church to the cemetery and return
to the city.
Surviving relatives Of the decea66d
woman are her husband, Elias Hen +
on; and Lloyd Heaton, = son. Mn
Heaton is also survived BY i've broth
ers and four sisters. who reside 81
virginia and Illinois.
Mrs. Heaton had been critically a
for some time and while her death
was shock to her relatives and
friends, 1t had been expected for
some time.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
JAILER .P0UNCED UPON
AND ROBBED OF KEYS

SYLVESTER, Ca. Jan. 21.-Six
negroes were taken from the jail here
last night by lynching party. They
were being held as suspects in con-
nection with the killing Of Sheriff
Moreland of Lee county. A seventh
negro, James Keith, whom the au-
thorities believe they have the
strongest case against, was removed
from the jail.
Moreland was killed at the home Of
Felix Lake when he went there to
arrest a negro. 1t was reported that
more than one of those in the house
shot him and all were arrested later.
Last night several men drove up
to the jail in an automobile. They
had a negro bound hand and foot,
who they announced to the jailer
they had captured and thought it
best to bring him here for safekeep-
ing. They were allowed to enter and
then bounced upon the jailer and took
his keys.
Within a few moments several
more automobiles appeared. 1t took
only few minutes for the party to
get the six negroes, hurry them out
to the car and start north towards
Sasser, Terrell county, where Sheriff
Moreland Is buried.
Forty or fifty men, acting with pre-
cision, took the five negroes from the
Jail and sped away in automobiles.
Starkville Is hamlet three miles
from Leesburg, the county seat Of Lee
county.
Cutting all wires leading north from
Sylvester was included in the plan of
the party. For that reason the fate Of
the, negroes was not definitely known
until hours after they had been
lynched.
Several automobiles were driven in
front Of the Jail and men in those
Joined them who had preceded them.
All who did not watch the two offic-
ers helped get the negroes who were
rushed out Of the Jail, bundled into
the machines and started north at a
rapid pace. The officers Immediately
attempted to telephone to head off
the lynching party but the wires were
cut.
Four OF the victims were Of one
family-Felix Lake and his three sons,
Frank, Dewey and Major. The fifth
was Rodius Seamore.
James Keith, negro, was the pris-
oner most wanted by the lynchers,
but Sheriff Potts had taken the pre-
caution to remove him several days
ago to sonic other Jail, the location
Of which he has not divulged.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
Away Thousands Of Homes and
Buildings Along the Fox
River in Illinois.
WATER SUPPLY is CUT OFF
An Artificial Lake at Moose
heart above School Build
ing Pouring over Dam.

!.
AURORA, ILL.,, Jan. 21--At 11:1b
o'clock warning Of u probable great
food, which was liable to sweep away
thousands Of homes and buildings
and cripple water supplies Of cities
along the Fox river, was flashed py
telephone and telegraph through the
Fox river valley 10 people living
near the rivers edge.
Already six OF tho seven artesiaii
walls, which supply Aurora, have
been cut of by the river. which +
running over It's banks. One small
well, which is In operation but which
may go out any minute, can supply
water for the city for about five hours
more. The main pumping station
Of the Aurora water department "
just north Of the city and Is on the
river bank. The big air pump there
has been put out OF operation anu
there would be practically no press;
ure to fight fire should 1t break out
In tho city.
AT Mooseheart, national hendquar-
tiers of the Loyal Order or Moose and
seat OF Its Industrial school and
home for orphans, easements Of many
buildings have been flooded. An arr
tihclal lake north Of the school ~
pouring over the dam md there isl
but an intervening ravinc protecting
the Institution. Hundreds VI men
are working frantically tos'livert the
water OF the lake toward the river
through the ravine and small creek.
Warnings that dams at North Ati-'
rora and st. Charles. ILL.,. may go out
have been bulletined. Dams at Ge-
neya and Batavia are. being watched
and strengthened.
The river was up eight feet and q
half at 11;15 and still rising.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
WORST FLOOD
Since 1902 Now EnguIfs the
City Of Joliet in the State
of Illinois.
tsy AssoeIArrp psrsS

JOLIET, Ill.,, Jan. 21.-lThe worst
flood since 1902 engulfed Joliet to-
day. Water ran five feet deep in the
streets. Nearly a thousand persons
were driven from their homes.
Rockdale, a manufacturing town,
reported six feet Of water on the
level and business suspended.
The whole valley Of Des PLANES
river is inundated.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
CONSUL HIGGINS
Is to Be Transferred and Not
Recalled by the Govern
ment at Washington.
.y ..sssi.-ro 'rr,s,

WASHINGTON. Jan. 21--Ar-
rangements to transfer American
Consul General Higgins from Stuff
CART, Germany. to some other coun-
try are being made today by the state
department. Higgins will not be re-
called or granted a leave Of absence.
He has become Objectionable to the
German government because OF al
legged criticism Of Germany and Is
said to be persona non grata.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
TROOPERS
Are Ordered to Washington,
Pa, to Prevent Further
Escape Of Students.
tsy .ssee,.1s 10 ,srss,

HARRISBURG, Jan. 1.-TWO
troopers Of the state constabulary
have been ordered to Washington,
Pa. to prevent further escape OF stu
dents from Wesleyan and Jefferson
College.
Dr.. Dixon, state health commits
sloner, said today that he had or
dered the students, who left for their
homes on the discovery Of scarlet
fever at the college, to be detained ct
their homes for ten days for obser-
walton and state and local authorities
have been notified to keep an eye on
them. IS. d
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
CORONATION
Is Indefinitely Postponed on Ac-
count of Uprising in South
ern China.

PEKlNG, China, Jan. 21.-Corona-
ton Of Yuan Shai-Kai as emperor OF
China has been postponed indefinitely
The reason given officially is the up
rising IN southern China.
The foreign Office notified the var
ious legations today that the Chinese
government had decided that the en-
thronement would take place early in
February but that Yuan Shai-Kai had
issued an order cancelling the ar.
rangements in view of the disturb
ances in Yunnan province. No init
nation was given when the enthrone-
ment will take place.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
GERMAN spy
Writes a Letter Offering to
Surrender Himself on
Condition.

NEW YORK, Jan. s1.-Captain N.
Offley, chief of the local bureau Of
investigation Of the department Of
justice, today received letter from
Ignatlus T. Trenblch Lincoln, the
confessed German spy, who escaped
from United States deputy marshal
last Saturday. in which the writer Of
fered to surrender at once II guar
anteed immunity from prosecution
on the forgery charge which caused
his arrest last August.
Captain Offley declined to make
public Lincoln's letter adding that
the essential part was the condition
al offer to surrender.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
MISS EWING DEAD
Former Resident Victim Of La
Grippe in wheeling Suburb.

Friends here received the sad news
Friday Of the death the same morn
ing at her home at Leatherwood, a
suburb Of Wheeling, Of Miss Emma
Ewing. who, until two months ago
was a resident Of Clarksburg, having
made her home at John B. Hart's on
Mulberry street. La grippe was the
cause OF her death after q brief ILL
ness. \
Miss Ewing was popular among; 2.
large circle Of friends here and all
are much grieved over her death,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
RAILROAD USE
Plans for MobiIizing the Army
Are Being Drawn by Gar
rison and Others.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 21-compre-
hensiye plans for using the railroads
in nobilizing the army are being
drawn up by Secretary Garrison In
co.operation with a committee OF
railroad officials headed by Fairfax
Harrison, president Of the Southern
railway.
day that the committee has been au-
thorized by all the railroads to give
him information as to equipment and
other data.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
HUFFMAN i FUNERAL.

Funeral services over the body Of
R. F. Huffman. who died at his home.
$50 Water street Thursday morning
after an illness OF liver trouble will
be held at 1 o'clock at the home Sat
urday afternoon. the Rev. e. B. Tur-
ner, Of the First Presbyterian church,
will conduct the services and the bur-
ial will be In the Masonic cemetery
at Bridgeport.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
TEACHERS MEETING.

The annual mid season meeting Of
the Harrison County Teachers Assoc
citation wlllsbe held Friday afternoon
and Saturday morning Of next week
at the Washington Irving high school
building here. This Is the most Inn
portant meeting Of the year and q
large attendance Is looked for.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
STORE RoBBERY.

Robbers broke into A. Hamburg
er's clothing store on West Main
street Thursday night and stole . few
articles. The rear door was bored
through and the robbers thus sue
ceeded In unlocking the door and en-
tering. The robbery was not discov-
cred until the store was, opened Fri
day morning for business. There a
no clue. 3 a \ \ +, 1 B
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
NEGRO SAVED
From the ScaffoId in the
State Penitentiary by the
Governor.

MOUNDSVILLE, Jan. 21.-Word
was received here over the telephone
by Warden M. z. White from Cover
nor Hatfield that he had committed
the death sentence Of Elvie Davis, a
negro, Of Mcdowell county, who was
sentenced to be hanged today to life
Imprisonment
Davis was convicted for the muir
der last November of Bertha Gamble.
a 13-year-old negro girl. When the
news of the Communication reached
him Davis collapsed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
TOTAL BOOTY
of the Teutonic Allies Thus Fal
in the World War is
Enormous.
,sy Asseeiarrn rRsss,

LONDON, Jan. 21-An Amster-
dam despatch says that the total
booty Of the Teutonic allies during
seventeen month OF war is sumed
UP in Vienna as follows:
Nearly 100000 prisoners, 10,-
900 guns. 10000 machine guns,
while 100000 square kilometers Of
enemy territory has been occupied"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
Villas CAPTURE
Is Not Yet Conveyed Officially
to the State Department
at Washington.

wASHINGToS. Jan. 21.-The state
departments only information early
today on the reported capture Of Gem
eral villa was in delayed dispatches
from agents at Ell Paso conveying last
nights unofficial report that he was
a prisoner. 5
Another despatch repeated the re-
port from Chihuahua that eighteen
bandits alleged to have been among
those who killed the Americans at
Santa Ysabel had been brought there
and would be executed today.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
COL. DUFF DEAD
Civil War Veteran Of Distinc-
ton in Several Battles
Answers Final Taps.

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 21-Colonel
Levi Duff, 10 years Of age. who
gained distinction in several battles
Of the Civil war, died Of apoplexy at
the home OF his son here today.
Mr.. Duff enlisted in 1851 with the
105th Pennsylvania reserve corps as
as a private. He lost his right leg IN
the battle Of Fair Oaks.
In 1882 he ran, for lieutenant gov
ernor Of Pennsylvania on the indie
pendent ticket but was defeated. His
body viii be taken to Pittsburg for
burial.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
MANY INDICTED.
lRy Assoclated Press.l

WASHINGTON, Ian. 21.-
Attorney General Gregory re
ported to the House judiciary
committee today that seventy
/ three persons and three steam
ship companies had been in
dicted for violations OF Ameri-
can neutrality since The war
began. His report was In re-
spouse to Representative Ben
nett's resolution introduced af-
ter President Wilson In his ad-
dress to Congress assailed tho
neutrality violators and hyphe-
mated Americans. X
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
PLAY PARKEKsBURG HIGH.

The Washington Irving high
school basketball quintet will clash
with the strong Parkersburg high
school Ave on the Washington Irving
high school gymnasium floor at S:15
O'Clock tonight. The game js ex-
pected to be the fastest game Of the
season on the home floor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
JENET1 Killed !.
While Riding to His Office When
Struck by a Train at a
Road Crossing.

I BUFFALO,, N. " Jan. IL
Joshua Jewett, Jr.. member Of the
firm Of Jewett and Company, stove
manufacturers, was killed today
while riding In his automobile on his
way to an Office, when the machine
was struck by New York Central
railroad train at road crossing. Mr..
Jewett was instantly killed and Miss
Martha sebroy, who was in the ma
chine with him, was seriously In
jured.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
ALL BROKEN OFF.

PARIS, Jam, 21.-The Montenegrin
consul in Paris makes the official an
nouncement that all negotiations be-
tween Montenegro and Austria have
been broken of and that Montenegro
has decided to fight to the bitter end.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21

In the Telegram will solve 20
room rent problem quickly.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
|7ALY'FD0LED
As What Was Thought to Be
an Easy War Turns Out to
Be a Hard One.
az hsseeiArsp sssss,

FLORENCE, Italy, Jan Pin nm
address delivered here Antonio Sa-
landra, the Italian premier said:
I'VE thought this would be short
and easy war but It has become a long
and hard one. We had thought all
the hardships would be Of a military
character but we find II difficult even
behind the front okeep on fighting,
However, we are going to do 1t and
we shall persevere until victory IL
won"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
Six Of Them Are Hanged to
One Limb of a Tree and
Bodies Are Riddled.
BODIES FOUND DANGLING
JaHer at Sylvester is Tricked by
Mob Members and Then
POunCed Upon.
tsy ASSOCIATED rsess,

ALBANY, Ca, Jan. 21.-Six ne
groes taken from the Worth county
jail at Sylvester last night were
hanged to one limb Of tree on the
outskirts Of Starkville sometime dur
ing the night. The bodies containing
many bullet holes were cold when
found this morning.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
BIGIYNCfiING BEE HELD
SIX NEGROES ARE LYNCHED
IN GEORGIA IN SINGLE NIGHT
NARROWED BY ICE.
(By Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan.
) 21.-Further attempts are being
made to rescue men marooned
by an ice field on Fire island,
! believed to be Captain Cramer
and his crew of three Of the
} launch Trevler, which has not
been heard from since leaving
Seldova for Anchorage soon
; after Christmas.
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
THE WEATHER

Cloudy and warmer tonight. satur-
day partly cloudy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
RED MEN MEET FOR
P0W-W0X IN HILL CITY
Heap Big Injuns Gather Around
Council Fire to Hear Great Chiefs
Tell of Deeds

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Lynchburg, Va, May 1.-THE sew
entieth annual meeting OF the Great
Council OF Virginia Red Men will as
semole tomorrow morning at the Hill
City Hall at o'clock for sessions
which will last throughout two days.
The public session OF the Great Coun-
Gil Will take place ut o'clock, at
which time welcome will be extended
the great number OF visiting Red Men
by Mayor Roysten Jester and Secre-
tary ". r. Corwith. of the Chamber
of Commerce The responses will be
made by Clifton j. Parrot, Great
Sachem, and Il. NJ. Addington, Great
Senior Sycamore.
large contingent of visiting Red
Men arrived in the city yesterday
from various sections of the State and
last night they were entertained at the
Hnl City Hall by the Haymakers, a
side degree of the order. An enjoyable
Dutch lunch was served to the visit
tors from s TO 10 o'clock, and during
the evening more than one hundred
visiting members OF the Red Men wit
messed the degree of tho Haymakers
conferred on local candidates. the Wis
itors being received into thu society
a honorary members.
During the evening members OF the
degree OF Pocahontas, the ladies or
ganigation. officiating with the Red
Men met in social session in the
parlor of the Hotel Carroll. this being
the first meeting OF their sixth annual
convention
Several hundred members are ex-
pected to attend the sessions of the
two State bodies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
TO GET down TO WORK
ON URBANMA PROJECT
Business Men Outline Plan Of Opera
ton for Making Up of Stock
Subscriptions Needed.
CITY MUST RAISE 100000.
Trade Extension Bureau of Chamber
OF Coxnnseroe and Retail Merchants
Association TO Get Busy On Mat
ter.

Definite plans TO be followed to
raise the necessary amoint for the
construction OF the road between West
Point and Urbanna we're made yester-
day afternoon by the committee of
business men of Richmond. when they
met to consider ways al means TO
assure the building of the railroad.
delegation OF citizens from the
territory to be tapped by rhe road,
headed by Senator J. A. Saunders. of
Midd!esex. appeared before the COM
mittee IN the interest of the road,
and told CT the desire on the part of
the people there to be in touch with
Richmond. The many advantages to
this city were pointed out, and the
delegation said that their people had
already given assistance to make the
road reality. They have subscribed
TO $4,000 OF the stock of the Rich
mond, Rapahannock and Northern
Railway Company. and Urbanna has
given large lot for the erection OF a
railroad station. with the road COM
pleted. which will be eighteen miles,
Urbanna will be placed In less than
three hours Of Richmond.
Plan Of Work Outlined.
IT was decided by the COMMITTEES,
of which T. M. Darlington Is chair
man. to solicit the assistance of the
Retail Merchants Association of Rich
mond to make a canvass of the retail
dealers in the city TO have them CUB
scribe to the stock The Trade Ex-
tension Bureau OF the Chamber of
Commerce will use their efforts with
the wholesale houses of the city to
the same end. and other committees
will be appointed TO see the banking
houses and other institutions and in
dividuais
Mr. Darlington stated that the con
struction of the road would mean to
Richmond several hundred thousand
dollars annually, and that he felt the
business men should respond to the
call for subscriptt ons, sine they would
so greatly benefit by the enterprise
It was stated that no subscription
to the stock would become payable
until contract was signed with Wins
ton & Company for the construction Of
the road, and no one need fear that
they would put their money into a
project that would not rnaterialiye.
number of Richmond buzz n esss
men compose the committee, which
Is working for the road and the sub
scrtptfon OF $780, to make the neces-
sary 100000 before the building can
begin. Among them are c. It. Nor
man. o. J. Sands, L. O. Miller, John
NJ Miller, Jr.. Hugh Antrim, NJ E.
Marcuse.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
NON-RES|DENTS MAY
SOON GET CITY WATER

Citizens living within a reasonable
raoius of the corporation limits may
feel confident OF getting city water
accommodations, If the sentiment of
the Utilities Committee of city Coun-
eli bears fruit
At the meeting of the committee
last night n petition from the Coun-
try Club and IA number of residents
Of the county In that vicinity asking
for an extension of the water main
to give them city water. was looked
upon farorably. In order TO obtain
more details and to get In touch with
the situation the petition was refer
red 10 a subcommittee of three. This
committee, embracing Messrs. JEFF
Powers Nielsen and Batkins, will go
ovcr the situation, and will report
back at the next m citing of the COM
mittee.
The sense of the committee Is to
extend the water service as far into
the suburbs as possible, and with the
proposed enlargement of the city
flume and the basins, the committee
believes the situation may be relieved
to a large extent.
The proposed extension Is 800 feet,
and will cover the territory adjacent
to the Country Club and Richmond
College.
The ordinance proposed by the Ad-
ministrative Board, as suggested by
Assistant Superintendent william
L4awton, OF the water department.
fixing the price of water TO nonresi-
! dents at 80 cents a thousand gallons. g.
slight Increase over the present rate.
was recommended to Council for
adoption. This increase is occs stoned
by the fact that the city has to ray
more for it's chemicals used In the
purifying OF the water.
The committee also recommended
the extension OF mains to property of
A. ", Maynard. along Three Chopt
Road.
Feeling that park Is necessary for
the people of the vicinity. tho com
Inittee recommended the requirement
of the block between kensinston,
Leonard. Tlden and Roseneath Road.
+ Tho proposition OF T. j. Baker to
sell to the city property at tina north
end of Eleventh Street for a dump,
was rejected.
I The committee also rejected the
proposition to purchase property at
, the foot of Chimhorazo Park, for the
E enlargement OF that park,
Those present we're Chairman Nit
ohell. Powers, Ladd. Pitcher, Ba.kins.
Radcliffe and Nielsen.