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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
For New York Central Train
Wreck Which Occurred
near Amherst, o.
cav snsaeiarEp rptsst


Ci4Er BLAND, March 81. That both
sections Of train No. Sc were late and
we're rs"Ing to make up lost time was
testiheg 70 by F. q. Bausch, night des-
patcher on duty when the wreck Of the
three New York Central trains
occurred near Amherst early wednes-
day and an allegation that the block
system was defective testified toby
Albert H. Ernst. signal towerman,
were the principal features developed
Friday at the first formal hearing by
state and federal authorities into the
causes that led TO the disaster.
Bausch also gave testimony to the
effect that the road had experienced
difficulty several times during the last
winter principally in bad weather,
when the signals either failed to work
or did so ineftictently. Ernst stuck to
his story previously related in which
he asserted 1t was impossible that he
could have been to blame for the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
POINT SCORED.
By Race When States Witness
Makes an Admission on
Cross Examination.

FAIRNoNT. march 31.-Cross exam
inatlon OF s. r. Miller. a witness fol
the state in the case Of il. g. Race, or
trial charged with aiding and abettine
j. r. Linn, cashier of the defunct Cit
liens Dollar Savings Bank, in the EN-.
bezzlement of sum approximatins
$2s, 1000. was continued in circuit court
Friday. The defense scored point
when Miller admitted that the direc.
tors OF the bank knew that the per
sonal accounts OF Race had beer
charged to the smith-Race Grocery
Company, OF which Race was manager
and had acquiesced in the matter.
q. F. Morgan. member of the pub,
lie service commission Of Charleston
and director of the bank, also 9
state witness, admitted that the direc-
tors knew Of these transactions also
Both the bank and the grocery com
pany are insolyent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
For the Selection of Big Four
Delegates and AIternateS to
Chicago Convention.
DISTRICT CONVENTIONS
Republican Gathering at Park
erSburg is large, Harmon
iouS and Enthusiastic.

PARElERsBURG, March 31.-The
Republican state executive committee
in meeting here Thursday called a
state convention to be held in Wheel
ing May 4, at which time four dele
gates-at-large To the Republican ma
tIonal convention ut Chicago will be
nominated. with four alternates TO the
Same conventions prescribed rules for
the holding OF district conventions for
the selection OF delegates for the sew
eral districts. and endorsed the Ropub-
lican administration and the Repubii-
can policies enacted into law at tho
last session OF tho legislature.
Chairman Thomas j. sherrard
called the meeting to order at 1880
in the afternoon. Behind the thirty
members OF the state committee Re-
publIcans to the number OF about 400
crowded the auditorium Of the Chan
cellor hotel. The roll call showed
twenty-nine OF the thirty-three mem
bors present. Judge T. A. Brown, of
Parkersburg, offered resolutions out
lining the method of choosing the dele
gates.at-large and district delegates
National Committeeman Virgil I.
Highland offered another set, practis
Cally the same,
Herschel @. Ogden, of wheeling
moved that a committee be appointed
to consider general resolutions. and
Highland suggested committee %
consider those on the selection Of dele
gates. Judge Brown, Capt Melvin q
sperry, OF Clarksburg, and Mr.. Ogden
were appointed on the latter, and Paul
Grossoup, of Charleston, Virgil y
Highland and Howard Harper, Of Me-
Dowell county, on the former
The resolutions IA returned to the
floor and relating to the selection 81
delegates and alternat g-atslarse pro
yided that these shall be chosen ~
the state convention ia Wheeling
that conventions shall be held M thc
several c0ngfesslon districts May q
under calls issued by the congres
slonaI committees and under tic
rules Of the county committees thc
delegates. however, TO be selected o.
least twenty days before the con
ventlons,
Notices of contests IRE TO forward
ed to the secretary OF the state CON
fnittee at Charleston &C least ton
days before the state convention. 1ihe
state convention win thus elect the
big four and the county committee
Will provide for the election OF dele
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
CARRANzA GARRISON is
WHIPPED BY VILLA
nyAfgoelATRp ~rsp


Ill PASO, Tex, March 31.-Fran-
cisco villa has recruited his forces
to formidable numbers In his flight
before the pursuing columns of
American cavalry, it is reported, and
81 cornered will be in a position to
give stout resistance.
AdViees received here Friday by
Mexican officials stated that Villa and
his men had spundly whipped the
Carranza garrison at Guerrero under
the command OF General Cavazos,
whose forces were said to number
only hfty soldiers. Villa, according
to the Information obtained by Mex
ica9 Cons Garcia, still occupied
information In the hands Of Major
General Funston at San Antonio and
made IubIic Thursday night was that
Villa lad killed 172 men-everyone
In the Guerrero garrison, and that the
bandit was now near the headwaters
otsthe Santa Maria river. Since pass
ing sotthward of Namaquipa, having
temporarily :eluded his pursuers, Villa
is reported TO have adopted every
means to strengthen his command
which earlier in his flight he had
scattered in small bands because the
American cavalry were hot on his
trail.
Reports that Villa was headed east
ward toward his old Headquarters at
Sanders were current Friday. If the
bandit had turned east or north the
American troops may be able to en-
circle him and cut of a further re-
treat To the south while General
Gutierrez, operating toward the west
with the carranza troops from Chi
huahua, would be in a position to
confront Villa and force him to give
battle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
Seventh Cavalry of the United
States Army is Engaged
in Battle.
VILLA WOUNDED IN THE LEG
Five Hundred Villa Forces Lose
Their Commander and
Thirty Men in Fight.
~ AnnaelArEp rREaa,

ELL PASo, March 31.-Mexlcan Con-
sui Garcia announced Friday that he
had been informed by General Gavira,
Carranza commander at Juarez, that
the latter had received word that the
American troops had been engaged in
battle vi it'll Villa forces.
According to General Gavira's in
forma on, which was supplied in a
telegrau from Lieutenant Colonel Re-
fugia aYila at Casas Grandes. the
fight COX place Thursday at San
Geronimo. between the Seventh cav
alry and 500 Villa forces, the latter
losing 1eir' commander Bladeo Fer
nandez and thirty men. The Aneri-
cans suffered several wounded.
Colonel Davila also wired General
Gayira, according to Consul Garcia.
that confirmation had been received
that Villa has been wounded in the
leg in the last fight and is in hiding
north Of Guerrero.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
MESSAGE TO ARREST
GRADY WEBB IS SENT
While the Manin Jail in Atlanta
as a Train Bandit is a
Harrison Brother.
tsrAsseelhrss patsi,

ATLANTA, Ca. March 3l.-Post-
office inspectors mere who for weeks
have been trying to arrest members
of the so-called Harrison gang In
connection with several train robber-
les. Friday announced that the man
in jail sherefand known as Jim Bohan-
nan really is Charles Harrison, one
of the three brothers under arrest.
Henry Grady Webb. well-known
young man Of Birmingham and At
lanta, left Birmingham Just before
the inspectors expected to arrest him
Thursday. A message to arrest Webb
Friday was sent throughout the
South.
Inyestig OF the robbery OF the
Baltimore and Ohio train near Gem
tral Station, w. Va, October IS, i 10,
In which several thousand dollars in
unsigned bank notes were stolen, led
the officers from Grand Rapids 10 New
Orleans. II resulted in the arrest OF
jess Harrison 10 San Antonio Rich
ard Harrison. at Grand Rapid Carl
Rentz, d nephew Of ne Harrisons. 90
tGontfnued ON page 80
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
Declares He Got His lnstruc-
tons to Go Aboard the Ship
and Blow It Up.
QUITE A DARING EXPLOIT
viii Likely Be Taken to British
Possessions in the West In
dies to Be Tried.
an A,rnelArrn rnr.n

IEWES, Del, March 31.-The young
German who captured the British
steamer Matopp6 and terrorized its
crew of hfty-six men on Wednesday
night shortly after the ship had sailed
out OF New York narbor with railroad
supplies for the Russian government,
declared Friday that he was a spy for
the German government. Ernest
Schiller, the prisoner, weried from all
the excitement he had undergone in
his efforts to escape from the steamer
Thursday after he had held the crew
in his power with pistols all OF We'd
nesday night, threw himself upon a
cot in the Lewes jail early Friday and
sought sleep.
"Yes. am spy for the German
government" he said. you can be-
lieve 1t or not-it makes no difference
TO me. got my instructions from the
German government to go aboard the
ship and blow 1t up to prevent it's car
go from reaching Russia. could
have blown 1t up but the captains
plea for his wife and daughter was too
much for me and hadn't the heart
to do It. am ready to take the com
sequences but ask that they keep me
ashore instead OF sending me back to
the ship for the captain could take
me in charge"
Schiller had been told that as his
daring exploit occurred outside the
three-fnIle limit he would in all likeli-
hood be taken to British possessions
in the West Indies for trial for piracy.
Federal Authorities and represen-
tatives from the British government
came here Friday to examine Schil-
Ter and to decide what to do withIh him.
An examination into schil1er's
mental condition will be made. Those
who have talked with him believe
that he is irresponsible and that his
story OF his career Is not true.
Captain Richard Bergner, Of the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
PROBE
of Coal Mine Horror in Which
Eight Lives Were Lost is
Officially Begun.

YOUNGSTOWN. Pa, March 31.-state
mine inspectors Friday began an in-
vestiEation OF the explosion in the
mine Of the conemaugh smokeless
Coal Company ut Seward, which
Thursday cost the lives Of superinten-
dent George Waddell and seven other
miners. All the bodies were recovered
except that of Thomas Hoover, which
was believed TO have been blown into
q water filed pit at the foot OF the
shaft. State and federal mine experts
called here are nystihed concerning
the explosion rs the mine was new
and equipped with the modern I'm.
nrnYernnfta. ~
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
WAITE indicted
For First Degree Murder for
Poisoning His Father-in-
Law, John e. Peck.
tRv ASSOCIATED PaEss1

NEW YORK, March 31.-The grand
Jury returned an Indictment charging
murder in the first degree against DR.
Arthur w. Waite. accusing him Of pois-
on1ng his father-in-law, John E. Peck
The Indictment contains two counts
one that Waite administered arsenic to
his father-in-law on March 10 "in-
tending wilfully to kill and murder
him." the second that on the same day
he administered to Peck "a certain
deadly poison to the said grand jury
unknown"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
LAGK OF TOOLS
viii Compel $500 Men En-
ployed in Shell Shops 10
Quit Work Soon. a
% Asaoeltftp 81

pITTsBURG. March 31-Un1ess
the strike Of the tool repair men
III the plants OF the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany is settled by Saturday night. it
was stated Friday, $500 men ein-
pioyed in the she'll shops will be
compelled to quit work because OF q
lack Of tools. Eight hundred men
were directly affected by thursdays
waikout which was precipit when
the management refused an increase
OF ten per cent in wages and double
time for extra work, Sundays and
holiday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
NO ACTION
Will Be Taken by the United
States until Complete Evil
dence is Received.
tnY AaaaeIArEn pass,

WASHINGTON, March S1.-Fol-
lowing Fridays cabinet meeting Off
Gals said complete evidence had not
been received in the cases of vessels
carrying Americans attacked recent
~ but action would not be taken by
the United States until such facts
were received and that no action
leading to serious consequences
would be taken at all unless conclu-
sive evidence was established that an
attack had been made by German
submarine contrary to international
law.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
FR ENCH RETIRING
BE FORE GERMANS
AT fhk Vil|aoe Of sMaIancourt
Wilkre a Fierce Night At
taekEiss Made.
Lht aEkaeIai q enlrr,

PARtIs, March 81-The Germans
delNereH q fierce lght attack on
three Sides Of the village OF Malan-
court says the French oficlaI state
nient issued Friday and the French
retired from the village proper, which
Jras n ruins. but continue TO hold It's
outsliTts.
Fierce infantry aghting lasted for
the entire night, before the French
Withdrew from the untenabla posi-
iions in the village OF Malaneourt,
the oliciM statement adds.
Tho Germans again tried to carry
by assault the positions which the
French had Won back In the Avocpurt
wood. but they were repulsed. Fast
or the Meuse the might was calm.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
GR0P STUFHNG
of Live Poultry Will Be Official
ly Barred in the City of
New York.
mr A,,aelA1rp rnt,n

NOW YORK, March 31.-An order
forbiddlnE the sale Of live poultry
with food In the crop at the time Of
sale will be put into effect Monday ia
New York City. The order was or
dered by John j. Dillon. state com.
missioner OF foods and markets, who
says that several million consumers
suffer in health and purse from the
widespread practice Of stuhing the
crops of birds to increase the weight
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
SUBMARINE
Situation is Gone Over by Stone
and Flood with Secretary
of State Lansing.

WASHINGTON, March 31--Chair-
man Stone, OF the Senate foreign re-
latlons committee, and Chairman
Flood. of the House foreign affairs
committee, went over the submarine
situation fully With Secretary Ian
sing Friday at an early conference,
The altuntlon with Germany was
described officially as not being I'M
ninent" md twas said that the two
committee chaIrmen had not come to
the state department by appointment
but had come separately seeking In
formation for the guidance of mems
beers Of Congress.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
MAsONS TO MEET.

A special communication of Hermon
lodge no. 6 of the Masonic fraternity
will be held at z o'clock this evening
in the Masonic temple for degree work
and the transaction of important busi-
ness. Members are urged to attend.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
SOCIAL. POSTPONED.

The lat social which was to have
been given tonight at the home of
Mrs. Harry Green by the progressive
board the African Methodist Episcos
pal church has been postponed until
further notice.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
FIRST CONFLICT
WITH VILLA MEN
r *++++++++++++
DIVIDENDS INCREASED
By EMPIRE NATIONAL.

Three per cent dividend
checks will be mailed to all
shareholders Of the Empire
National Bank tomorrow. That
splendid institution takes this
step as the beginning of n
twelve per cent dividend basis.
Dividends thereafter OF three
per cent will be paid quarterly.
Since its organization, the
Empire National has been pay
ing at the rate of six per cent
divedcnds a year. payable semi
annually. At the same time 1t
has built up a surplus of $780,
600 which amount equals It's
capital stock. The record made
by the institution as we'll as the
step taken increasing the divt-
dend rate speaks volumes for
the success of the institution
and its splendid management.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
YOUNG GERMAN SAYS
HE IS REALLY a SPY
Signal Towerman is
AbsolDed from Blame
MAIL is BURNED.
tnY AtpoelArEn rREss,

NEW YORK, March s1.-Flre
which broke out in the mail
room of the Holland-AmericaD
line steamship Veendyk, while
that ship was lying in the
Downs on March ID partially
destroyed and damaged sixty
nine bags Of parcel post. des-
tined for Canada and Japan, It :
was learned Froday from ofiic-
ers OF the ship which arrived
here late Thursday from Rot
terdam.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
CONVENTION FOR
WHEELING MAY a
: = = + 800 = = I. : = I. = =
70 DECLARE DIVIDEND.
csv assoet.rrO pWEsU

UNloNTDWN. IA. March 81
Recover John II. Strawn. OF
the dCfunct First National
Bank Of uninntown. has sent
10 Washington. u. c.. for sig
nature OF the comptroller Of
currency $500 checks for a ten
per cent dividend 10 be paid the
dGposItors. AZ soon Rs these
checks are returned from
Washington they will be sent to
tho depositors.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
rs coNvAnEscINe.

Mrs. Jasper g. Ritter, OF Maxim,
who underwent a surgical operation
~ 81 Mary's hospital q few days agol
e rapidly convaieseing Her many
friends VIII BE glad 70 learn this.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
An EARLY BIRD.

william r. starcher. justice
of the peace. enjoys the distinc-
ton OF being the first candidate
to file formal application IN the
Office OF the circuit court for a
place ON the June primary cleo
ton ballot as required by law.
He announces himself for re
nomination.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
MEDICAL SOCIETY MEETS.

The Harrison County Medical So
ciety held we'll attended meeting
Thursday night at st. Mary's hospital.
Papers were read on "Etiology. dog
nosis and Treatment Of otiitis
Media" by DR.. g. @. Jarvis and on
1.-THE Significance of Pain in the
Region OF the Heart" by DIR. G. A.
Willis.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
tsY AssoelA4rp parss,

CHARLESTON, March 31.-
In an ettort to relieve the car
shortage which has seriously
hampered the West Virginia
coal situation for several
months the public service COM
mission Friday entered an or
der permitting all railroads in
the state to increase demurrage
rates tom 81 to So a day. The
order becomes effective April
a and will continue in force
until June is.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-31
WALDO ON TRIAL.

Art Waldo is on trial in the crimI-
nal court, charged with selling IL
auor.
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Continued on page 81
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fcontlnued pn rage a.D
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Nar1am tonight
arhy cloudy.
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OF the Telegram 10 moro than double
the net paid circulation Of the
other Clarksburg paper.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-20
ATLANTA DOCTOR.
SAYS HIS wife.
GAINED IS POUNDS.
Dr. L. E. Brantley Says He
Is OBLIGED to Think Well
of New Medicine

DR.. J l., T. Brantlcy practiclng At
lRnta physician, residing at COS South
Pryor street. went into Jacobs Phnr
macy last Saturday TO purchase another
bottle OF TRnlHc for his wife "rd mad
the following statement regarding the
benefits she had derived from the mcdi
cine.
I'm obliged 10 think well Of med-
cine that accomplished what Tnnhc has
M my Wifcs case. She has gained all
"i ililc"n pounds on three bottles. and
Us now well woman iu every respect
Sh" has suffered from indigestion
ana nervousness since 1909 She could
not retain ANYTHING scarcely on her
Nomach and WAS troubled n great deal
by the formation Of gas She suffered
constantly with headaches and back e.
aches and was nRuseRtcd more or less all
the time She couldn't sleep OF rest Mt
all well on account Of her nervous con
dtion, and she became very weak and
thin
II decided TO buy Tanlac for her, be-
cause II WAS highly recommended for
troubles Ike hers. and I'm glad to say
the results have been most gratifying
She eats anything sho wants now and
her stomach is all right Gas has stopped
forming and she rctHins and digcsts her
food properly and has built up wonder
iullN. The headaches and pains IN her
back are broken up and she sleeps well
every night | consider her improve
mcnt most remarkable, and | can now
rccQmmrud Tanlac for what II hfs done
FOR her"
Thulac IL sold In Oklahoma city by
Westfall Drug Co.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-20
RAILROAD Man
GAINS 68 POUNDS
TAKING TANLAC
Got Down to Only lO3 Lbs.
Says He Now Weighs III.
Never Felt Better.

MY name Ia n Watson and nv
home is in Mobile, Ala am thirty.
nine years old and by profession am a
railroad engineer. have n regular run
on the work train between Selma and
Mobile.
Up TO only n few months ago-that
49, up To the time / started taking Tan
wc my health was broken down COM
p'''eS' When ] commenced taking Tan.
lac Only weighed one hundred and three
pounds aud hadn't been able to work Tor
uIleeh months. Now, after taking only
ihfee and ne-hslf bottles OF Tanlac. I
weigh one hundred and seventy one
pounds and have actually gained siSty-
,,Eh' POUNDS, ana never felt better in my
~ suffered for several years with the
worst KIND OF stomach trouble and con-
stlpaton' ! kept dropping down In
weight and losing strength and finally
broke down completely. had several
attacks OF what was called acute pJison-
ing OF the stomach. and obody knows
how I suffered
II took treatment at the Marine Hos.
pltai at Algiers, La. and at Tulane Hos
pital New Orleans also took treat
mcnt az Hot Springs, Ark, and Lookout
Mountain. TO tell YOU the truth, | tried
everything you could think OF and spent
HH'" 'NN w u'llhltt Dul lUs' kept HO-
Ing down hill, and for fifteen whole
months ! was unable TO run my engine
or TO do any other Kind OF work
"Of course | was awfifre discouraged
about myself M | could see but little
hope Of ever being well again. While I
was sick and unable to work brake
man gave me n half bottle of Tanlac I
took II and ! began to feel better right
away. My stomach felt better and | got
so ! could eat and enjoy my meals.
when this WAS gone | bought an.
other bottle. ana after finishing II I felt
SO much better | went hack to work on
a switch engine. | could just feel my
self gaining In weight and getting
stronger every day. and after taking my
second bottle | went hack TO running an
engine on the main line.
Now. since taking three and one-half
bottles ! am working regular. running
work train between Selma and Mo-
lil" the swampie3t country In this sec.
tiuu - the state
Sow. what I have told you is the
truth and hundreds OF people who know
ny and who know how | looked before
,iOok Taulac will tell YOU the same thing
Another thing YOU can see from my pic.
turc which had taken while | was sick,
hoy much stronger and healthier ] look
noN than | did then.
"Thcy can say what they please about
| Tanlac and patent medicines, but | can
! truthfully say that Tanlac is the only
medicine that ever did me any good, and
! | want everybody 10 know about H. II
| people don't believe you Just tell them 10
come and look Rt me now and then look
Al my picture that was taken while I
was sick | will show them mighty quick
! what Tanlnc has done for me"
Tanlnc is sold In Oklahoma City by
Westfall Drug Co.