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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-19
TWO THOUSAND NOW
or MORE NARROWED
.++++++ ++++++++++
LAND OVERS PAY.
(By Associated Press.

DL PAso, Tex, Feb. 49,
; The Carranza government, ac-
; cording to Noises Saenz, direc-
, tor Of education in the state of
Guanajuato, is compelling large
} land owners throughout Mexico
to pay the principal cost of
; educating the rural population
; OF the country. These land
; owners, Mr.. Saenz stated, sup
; plies text books and other re-
quisites.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-19
And as the Result the Turks
Are EvaCuating the City
as Fast as They Can.
HUGE GERMAN MOVEMENT.
Train with Artillery and lnfan-.
try Running Along Railroads
to the West and South.

PETROGRAD, Feb. 10-A tele-
gram from Selastopol reports the
lWmbardment Of Vitzef.i on the Bhck
sea, fifteen miles cast Of Trebixond.
The Turks are evacuating.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-19
RUSSIANS BOMBARD
CITY ON BLACK SEA
t+++++++++++++s +s
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
INV Associated Press. J

PErRoGRAD. Feb. 49,
George II. Marye, United States
ambassador to Russia has re-
ceived notification from the
state department at Washing
ton that his resignation is ac-
cepted, He is requested, how
ever. to remain at hispost until
tho arrival OF the new first sec
retary OF the embassy, Fred NJ
Dearing, who is on his way
here from Madrid.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-19
THE CIRCULATION

d the Telegram Is more than doublo
the net paid circulation OF tho
other Clarlssburg paper.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-03-30

IL was mid afternoon The sand,
country road that made the highway
through this particular section Of the
ChoctaW country lay like an orange rib.
Don, tangled in and out among the brown
poles OF the trees, tapering to a fine gold
like thread over the green rise in the
distance. The big trees stood up sturdi-
y and the sunlight filtering through
their leaves danced over the underbrusb
like golden fairies in the maze of some
mystic dance. 1t was very still and ex-
cept for the far off baying of a hound
or the occasional piping Of woodland
oird, the only sound was the mysterious
murmur OF the trees as their tops sway
ed ever so lightly In the upper air. The
hurried scurryings of the little live
things In the strawberries and the mo-
notonous tapping of an Industrious wood
pecker but merged themselves in the
general murmur that was never still but
gave the effect of vast silence.
But soon sound came family through
the distance, the muffied pad of horses
feet on the sand of the highway. and he
fore long over the wooded mound a par
ty OF Indian men came riding gravelv.
frightening the woodpecker into a short
silence. The men rode, two by two. and
while they seemed to be at home in the
saddle, there was no enthusiasm in their
bearing. Those who headed the caval-
cade were elderly men, with rounded
paunches and fat, sagging cheeks. They
spoke to each other but seldom, and then
only in their own language and in SEN
tences as short as the Choctaw tongue
permitted. They answered each other
with grunts and mods. Behind them
were five other men, four Of them going
two by two, with stalwart young man
In the center of the road, riding with no
companion by his side Each of these
men were in the habit of speaking to
each other In English, except In cris-
is like this and then they invariably re-
verted to their own tongue, seeming to
derive strength and consolation from its
gutteral, interrogatory syllables.
The event Of today was one which did
not happen frequently, especially in their
particular part of the nation, and the day
was fraught with much meaning for each
of the riders. For in their center there
rode young man, with a green leaf
pinned over his heart And the green
leaf, token of spring and gladness and
life, was to the Choctaw the symbol of
death. The men were returning from the
council house of the capital, and there
but short time before the wearer Of the
green leaf had been condemned to death
by the tribal council For third time
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-03-30

the many rocks which made a natural
protection for the walled-in spring, and
when Minnie saw the act she, too, sat on
a rock SO that she might not seem lack
ing in courtesy. Then the two pair of
dark eyes met
The rounded lobe of the tall hill shut
them off from view of Minnie's home
which perched just on the other side of
the rise which was densely covered with
small trees and creepers. In the val
ley below them the cotton plants glisten-
ed olive in the sun and beyond the field
another wooded rise lured with magnifi-
cent stretches of untitled wildness. The
air was clear and filled with the wine dis
titled from the heart of growing things.
A little stray breeze from the top of the
hill stole down and flirted with the sun
scorched rocks and the dust gray tan
gled grass, kissing the flushed cheeks of
the girl and the youth as they looked in
to each others faces. without knowing
they did so, both stood up.
Even in the excitment of the moment.
however, when his arms were straining
to hold her and his heart was beating
so fast that he could hardly breathe, and
his whole being was filled with the Joy
OF her close presence, back in his inner
consciousness there hammered the
thought that Minnie was not glad and
that her eyes held traces of tears
But in the eternal exhuberance OF
youth, young James thrust aside these
things and remembered only the wonder
of his love for the girl. Minnie, Min
ME-" he said at last and his voice rang
with the fervor of youth and love, 81
am here. You know why. You see,
love you. You can read it in my eyes.
My hands are shaking as the hand of
young Choctaw never shakes except when
he struggles with love- Look into my
face, little birding and answer with
yours eyes"
His hands reached out to clasp her
and he had not the strength to draw
hem back so shaken was he, by the
mighty surge of feeling which swept
Ike tide over his whole body, and made
II his habitual calm a raging volcano
II emotion But even as his soul SCARED
ito the heights, and he would have TAX
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-03-30

words. The eyes of the youths met AnG
one watching would have marvelled al
how alike they were, those two boys who
regarded each other so gravely. There
was the same straight frame taller than
the average Choctaw, the same brown
tinted face, with the long lines of health
and youth, and lacking the sagging flesh
which gave the older men the look of
grossness. The same open brow, and
firmly curved lips, and the same flashing
black eyes The two did not cease to
look at one another until the rider had
gone too far to see without turning his
head. The hunter also kept his eyes on
the condemned youth until the little par
ty OF horsemen had passed the turn In
the road and were hidden from his sight.
Again 1t came to him, as it had so
many times before how much like him
self was the horse thief, John Cohee.
The knowledge Of this resemblance gave
him an inward pang and angered him at
the same time. But he did not dwell up
short pause he crossed the road and
struck off through the trees with the
dead turkey dangling from his shoulder
The elderly man riding in front by
Temples James side turned toward his
companion, when they had left the young
hunter behind, and made this enigmatic
remark.
If 1t were your son Lewis with the
green leaf over his heart there would be
no need for the Choctaws to fear for
their honor"
Temple James said no word in reply,
but the look on his face was the same as
If he had acquiesced. Only the soft pad,
pad, of the ponies feet broke the silence
Minnie, STOPPING to fill her pail at the
old spring by the side Of the hill, saw
stalwart young James come striding to-
ward her out of the foliage of the trees,
but she pretended to be gazing only into
the cool, clear water when she heard his
footsteps behind her on the stones. The
green moss felt like softest velvet to her
fingers, and she let her hand press it lin
geringly as she drew up the dripping
bucket. Then she turned and faced the
Intruder, without rising from her knees
AS she saw him looking down at her she
blushed, but her face went pale in a mo-
ment when she remembered how sad she
was. Young James sat down on one of Il
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-03-30

he had committed the objectionable sin
of that day and that country; he had
stolen another mans horses. Twice be-
fore had these other eight men ridden in
to the capital when John Cohee the wear
er Of the green leaf, had been stripped
and whipped for the grave offense, but at
the third breaking of the law, each knew
there was no reprieve. The crime must
be condoned by death. There was no 9TH
er way to pay. They had heard the SEN
tence passed and had seen the leaf pinn-
ed to young Cohee's bosom; Each knew
that in one month from that day the con-
demned man was to ride back to the
council house and with the leaf over his
heart stand up bravely and like a Choc-
taw, for the bullet which was to take
his life In the meantime, he could come
and go and do as he pleased, free as any
other Indian who roamed the woods or
sat before his door in the summer gloam-
ing.
The horses had fallen into a monoto-
nous jog, and the men were silent, the
condemned man sitting straight in his
saddle with his eyes fixed on the deep
wheel rut beneath him, which slid by
with fascinating twists On his face
there was less of concern than had fixed
itself upon the countenances of the 9TH
ers. His eyes did not hold the somber
light that gloomed in those of his COM
panions.
Then, at once and startling close there
sounded shot upon the air, which shiv-
cred the silence of the wood, like the
crash Of breaking glass The piebald
Indian ponies did not CULVER, but the
head Of each man turned in the direction
of the sound. Presently, as If to reward
their curiosity, there came breaking
through the tangled creepers tall young
Choctaw with a gun across his shoulder
and wild turkey hanging limp across
his arm, magnificent black and bronze
bird with blood still dripping from
wound In the head. At sight of the men
on the horses, the hunter stopped and his
eyes flew to the face of one Of the men
In the front, Temple James, his father,
as If to ask the question which his lips
JAILED to form. The fathers eyes soften
I'd as he looked upon his son, but he
yave him no word of greeting
The hunters eyes Travelled slowly from
lis fathers face and fell unon that ofhar
'oung man and the green leaf on his
'reast told the story better than any
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

win had been seen lurking in the sha-
dow of the Washington Arch for few
days, presumably in search of local
color, but Mr.. Gibbs had not been
around at all.
Mr. Merwin, of course, is not genu-
inc New Highlander. A New York imml,
grant from the Middle West, he lived
for several years in Greenwich Village
He moved to Concord early last fall be-
cause he thought it a quiet place TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Effect of Peace RumOrs on Wall Street, 9lo

write and a convenient place, in normal
years, to get to the worlds series.
Samuel Merwin is Victorian moral
istw Mortified Greenwich Villager re-
marked to me one evening. After | left
him recalled reading criticism writ
ten by simple but superior person who
professed to find Mr.. Merwin rather
naughty. Tk next morning, as it hap
pened, received a letter from Mr.. Mer-
win in which he stated emphatically
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

that the craft of the novelist should be
absolutely aloof and detached from all
considerations of morality or immoral
ity as such. In this incident turks a
moral for critics.
But. after all, the tales the thing. If
Mr.. Merwin's new story--I haven't seen
it vet-can hold the readers as effective
" as its title should catch them, ne
needn't worry about the skeptics in
Washington Square.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Swcepings from Inkpot Alley
Continued from Page T'wo

his story. "The Trufflers," was running
in "The Cosmopolitan" they expressed
great amusement over the fact that the
author lived in Concord, Mass, and inc
illustrator, George Gibbs, lived in Phila-
delphia. What, they asked, could such
bucolic persons know Of the complex
soul of the Village? They pointed out
that before he wrote the book Mr.. Mer-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-07-14
WILL IMPROVE
|. TENTH STREET
CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZES THE
CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH
CRAWLING TO THE ARMY CAMP.

Tenth street from Elizabeth street TO
l~iingsuld and the remaining in~tervcnin.
connections Go the military camps il The
northeastern part ~ tic. city, viii be
improved IL on'c i! the city Tor militia
~ purposes ANNOUNCED City Manager
Williams thiS morning
Gravel WAS ordered from sam For
d!ce where II Is now being loaded with
the expectation ol il arrival ia Browns
vale Tuesday or "Wednesday Of next
week. The improved street and road
WI! Will nave a total length of slightly
more than a mile will DC gravclcl
throughout and oiled ami viii b. avail
able within a very brief period for haul
ing military material and supplies 10
and from The Virginia infantry and the
Fifth Field Artillery camps.
The work was aI1 horizc,l bv the city
commissioners III a resolution adopted
Al the regular session of the city council
Yesterday afternoon.
Upon recommendation of City Mana
ger Williams the commission passed 10
their first reading ordinances f~orbidding
the use a. a hAck stand Of that section
oi Washington street between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets, authorizing the use
of that part of Lcvce street between FL
cvcnth and Thirteenth streets IN 4 hack
stand and the creation OF two sidewalk
districts. 10 be- designated rs Districts
Nos. | and p. The first district iucludrs
blocks 81 10 - inclusive and the second
district includes blocks 20. IL to - in
elusive. 90 To a inclusive and block : n.
All sidewalks in the first district front
ing Lcycc. Elizabeth and Washington
streets must have Il uniform width Of 10
feet and hose fronting ON Tenth To
Thirteenth streets, inclusive. must have
q uniform width Of six feet. All side
walks in the second district fronting on
Levcc Washington and Elizabeth streets
must tx 10 feet wide and those on the
mtcrSct ing streets six feet wide.
An ordinance was introduced provid
ing that Amos Rich he appointed collcc-
tor Of delinquent taxes and that his
commission be fixed at 10 per cent. This
ordinance passed the first reading.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-07-14

~ course when We consider nv r@roirrts wr
must carry the subject further Cn into thp
matter ~ the prices we get and thr prices
we must pny fnr finished products We SHAH
trnnne our consideration. tao. tp those products
which have their origin on the farm either in
the raw state or finished sui manufactured
into edible or wcarahle articles
let ne take wheat. for example. We ail
know that the war has pui the price ~ wheat
way Ill Nrry wrti-tLis means that thr
whole country city. town and rural population
IS well are paying more far their fDur-fhcrc-
fore the wheat raiser should ihcnrttirHii III W.
getting rrh IN n product which ~ costs him
10 more - raise than formerly and for which
he gets more money.
nut wait \ minutc-fhrrr rrr other things
20 consider IN this matter - grow nr RIB 60
~ to- war. Cotton and wool aul meats nUI
farm machinery ann sugar hHve rrur up fnn
This means that while TIE wheat raiser l
getting more ~ his prrlur' rs Or also paying
sanir other REriruIfHr st more fur hiA r%rrlnrt
TAla flts down aaFaFWhr nn thp prHni. thN
war IS bringing 81 ihe farmer Then o. would
seem That the heHf why fn keen ahHHi ~ ftr
game IVY fnr fha farmer tn rHv thH farrurr uh8
raiseS Iz necessities fhe Increased frrrH fhnf
the var has brought nismf anil whnn iuf ng
III. Injuries Nh fanse things fhHt arr rnt hnr
necessities X Ife z, Yirk aII cuoY~e from
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-07-14
Queen.

Pauline Frederick. whose marvellous
character representations in the Famous
Film Company's production Of "Zaza' and
"Bella Donna" have placed her in the pos
ition Of the screens foremost emotional
artist. departs IRON her customary role IN
the company perturbation Ut Mary John
ston's most popular novel. audrey" n
the Qneen today. Audrey il q simple. TN
sophisticated girl 81 the woods. who has
been re-cHed by the Indians when a child.
made the household drudge Of a hypocriti
cal minister and his wife. and IL finally
nearly drowned by a mob that believes her
70 ~ ~ the power "a a witch, being re-
cucd from the fanatics only by the de
votion Of 4 young Lord Harvard. who I'M
der-taud- the girl. impulses and emotions.
The friend IMP OF Harvard and Audrey
develop into tender hut stirring romance
which makes II a thoroughly absorbing ard
thrilling photoplay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-07-14
TOTAL ECLIPSE
OF THE MOON
WILL BE VISIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT IN
ALL PARTS OF The UNITED
STATES-OCCURS 9:l8.

WASHINGTON, ID. g., July li.-As-
tronomcr- al the United States Naval
Observatory here. like their fellow ,cien-
lists IA other parts Of the country. are
printing their instruments for observations
during the almost total eclipse of the
moon, which Us "a occur Friday night.
The eclipse will be- visible IN all parts
al the United Statc-, wherever the weather
conditions are favorable.
The moon NIlI enter The shadow of the
earth al 9:lS +. VI. Eastern standard
time. tins being tile beginning uf the
eclipse. No difference ia its appearance
will hr noted at this time except that il
viii gradually lose part of it, brightness.
while retaining Am circular shape. The
carih'S shadow. however, viii gradually
cncruuch un the bright disk until nj IL :iG
nearly 80 per cent Ut the surface will be
covered. The shadow viii then begin to
pas off. the eclipse proper ending at l:12
a. NJ.
The average distance NJ the moon from
the earth In about $4,000 miles. and the
width WI THE shadow uf thr earth through
which thc moon pa~-c~'at the time Of an
eclipse I- iit.lcm ore than 300 miles,
or about tw" tlird- tunes the diameter Of
the mrun. THE average length M the
earth shadow I- oJ1 .UuO miles. w tlat II
ut,uIiurtarN space were Ishtly dusty
Ur would WV Y long. black shadow taper.
rg uii from thr earth tu 4 point some
So 1000 miles distant. But a- lntcrpian-
.ciarl T.uc i- uot dusty, wc rnu only infer
thr presence WI INV carIh'- shadow from
t- effect uu tic moou M Tbs time of an
Eclipse.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-07-14
River Begins To Put
On Heavy Rise Here

Reports received by authorities al the
international ferry this morning Of an
eleyen-fo1t rise of the Rio Grande nj Rio
Grande City, were closely followed by a
rapid increase in the rate M which the
river was rising at this point. 4 rise Of
nearly three feet was reported here he
tween lite yesterday afternoon and day
break today or n stage Of about eight
fec. above the low water mark Of 4
week ago. The little island near the
Mexican side just below the ferry. usual
~ several feet in the clear. was totally
submerged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-07-14
Two Carloads Corn
Are Shipped To Mexico

Manuel lglesias. a merchant of Mon
terrey. Mexico. was the first To avail
himself NJ this point of the recent order
OF the American government lifting the
embargo on food and clothing for exp0r;
IL Mexico. Tie shipped two ear loads N
corn across 70 MatamoroS Yesterday ar
trrnoon and arranged for other ship
mcntS 10 follow. The commodities vii
20 to Monterrey over The Maiamoros
branch Of the National Railways. Mr.
lgle>in> left hy the international ferr,
this morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-07-14
MUSEMEN
Oittnann.

THE Soul OF q Woman. at the Ditt
mann TO-DAY. The story
StandiSh, an artist. USES MarN. hi>
wife ~ the model Tor his printing of
The Madonna When the CounoisScur
and the l'ari~hiuncr come To- inspect the
picture the touuois>cur recognizes W.
the model a former intimate aud tells
the husband -. The husband. sur
priscd SAYS the model j. the vile of 4
dear friend ~ his. The ,uuuui>~cur
and the rAri>hi"ncr bay the picture.
After shrir departure the husband az
braidS his wife. Sh, tells him ut length
Of her acquaintance with the Commons
sour aud how. for tN. years she hc
hcved herself lcgall, married 70 him
But The husband viii not forgive Che
wife and puts her and her baby out into
the street.
The wife leaves the baby on the steps
of a monastcr! with a CruciliN bearing
her name ia the childs hand. The wife
joins the inmates Of the gay cafe called
The House IT Lost Souls" and becomes
its rCigning queen Seventeen years IN
t'r the hsA i a novice m the monastery
Before becoming 4 monk he wants ID ~,r'
the world. Father Anthony gives his
consent. The boy Nandcr> into TIL,
House Of Lost Souls II which hi> mo
Their i now thr pruprictrrS>.
There the To-, meets Rum. A,ar-
lee. Passion and Beauty. They IT., their
wile> in vain. Finally he >uecumhS t.
Beauty. The others put a fonl>clp GA
the boy and are dals ing around him
when the proprieirr>> comes in She
stops the ribaldr! and takes the boy t.
her room. There she sees the c~rucitiN
and knows that the boy II her son. With
out disclosing her identify She tells him
u - back. A. her old associates rush
in she brcak> her associations with
them. After they leave She falls faint.
ing. Eish Years later the boy j. =
parish priest. III 4 fearful storm an old
drah enters the church. II i the moth
er. She sees above the altar the paint