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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-12
CASE. CONTINU!E.D.:
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tnY9AG1ocIArR15 PREsHI EH.
CHARLESTON. Dec. 2. Argument
on the petition OF Senator Fred u Fox
for a writ OF mandaInus to prevent the
legislative clerks from Incorporating
III the journal OF the last day of the
recent special session certain parts Of
the registration bill on, the ground that
they had been added Illegally, was
Tuesday continued in the supreme
court until Wednesday.
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REICHsTAG is TOLD
OF THE PEACE OFFER
a. .seee,.rse rrrss,

LONDON, Dec "A wireless des-
patch from Berlin says that In his
speech before the Reichstag Tuesday,
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Ho llweg an
nounced that Germany. together with
its allies. conscious OF their response
biltty before God. before their own ma
lions and before humanity, have pro-
posed to the hostile powers to enter
into peace negotiations.
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-pRINcRroN. Dec. 12.-I.nrl-- a

PRINCETON, Dec. TIN a
suit for $4,000 damages result
ing from a controversy over q
nickel a jury In the circuit
court here awarded the plaintiff
$51 darnag es in the case Of Mrs. +
ID. M. Hogan versus ]. " Fork.
ner. At an auction sale con-
Quoted by Forlner, who Is g
merchant, set OF dishes was
Knocked down to ME-. Hogan for
ten cents, but in making change
for quarter, the plaintiff
charged, the defendant gave her
back only ten cents. When she
complained, according to the
evidence, Forkner called her
liar, and the suit resulted
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3EXTRA DIVIDEND.

NEW YORK. Dec. 12.An extra diYfs
dcnd OF 100 per cent on the common
stock was declared Tuesday by thesiH
w. Bliss Company. The company is
extensively engaged in the! manufacz
ture OF war munitions.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-12
AUST;RIA'Sz STATEMENT
THE. PEACE TERMS
o. A,naaelArrnIrnrnrl- \

- tnT A8soclATEbI FREEBlE
LONDON. Dec. 12An official
Austrian statement. referring to the
peace offer, says:
When In the summer of 1914 the
patience of Austria Hungary was eS-
hausted by system Of systematic
and ever Increasing provocations and
menaces, and the monarchy after
almost fifty years of unbroken peace
sword. this weighty decision was ami
mated neither by aggressive purposes
nor by designs of conquest, but sole
lys bu the bitter necessity of self-de-
tense.
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the all-important finance committee,
and was chairman of the committee
that had in charge the work Of re-
districting the state.
Mr. Parrish's loyalty to the Re-
publican party, his friends assert.
cannot lie questioned. In the recent
campaign he, as chairman of the
Harrison county executive commit
tee. devoted practically all of his
time totthe campai gnf with the result
that the county gave splendid ma
jorfttes for the national. state and
county tickets The victory In the
county. they say, was in great meas
sure due to the executive ability OF
Senator Parrish and to his suntlring
zeal and laborious efforts for the
party.
a Leader In senate.
AS a parliamentarian. hackers OF
Senator Parrtsh's boom declare, the
Harrison county senator is peculiarly
fitted for the position
Although the BABY member of
the last Senate, Mr. Parrish showed
a wisdom IN dealing with legislative
matters that marked him as one OF
the Republican leaders in that body.
Friends of Mr.. Parrish over the
state are working hard in his be-
half. He Is one OF the ten hold-over
senators from the last session. and
the president of the Senate is always
chosen from among the hold-overs.
The Telegram is of the opinion
that the Senate could not make a
better choice than Senator Parrish,
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his commanding generals of Ger
many's peace offer and has informed
.themHit is still uncertain whether the
offer will be accepted. Until that un-
certainty is ended the message says
they are to fight on. The message Is
quoted as follows
Soldiers: In agreement with the
sovereigns of my allies and with the
consciousness OF victory have made
an offer OF peace to the enemy.
Whether it Will be accepted is still
uncertain.
fight on
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-12

government towards possible peace
terms remains. as frequently enunci-
ated by the foremer premier nd for
eign secretary.
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DEPORTED BEL CLANS
ARE WELL TREATED
SUIT OVER NICKEL.

!. J. !. J. =. !. J. !. !. !. !. 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-26

Boys, when you speak of your father
don't call him "the old man" OF
course you are older now than when
you were taught to call him father.
You are much smarter than you were
then, you are much more manly look
ing, your clothes fit you better, your
hat has modern shape. and your hair
is combed differently, in short, flyer"
than you were then. Your father has
a last years coat. a two-year-old hat
and vest of still older pattern. He
can't write such an elegant note as you
can. and all that, but don't call him
"the old man." Call him father. For
years he has been rustling around to
get things together. He has been held
to the thorny path of uphill industry,
and the brightest half Of life has gone
from him forever. But he loves you,
though he goes along without saying
much about it. therefore be not SO IN
grateful. - Spokane Spokesman Re-
view.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-26

wish more things were like the
English sparrow. How 1t thrives, al
though every mans hand is against it!
But we must spray fruit and use a
serum on meat animals and doctor the
soil which produces the cereals. It al
ways pleases me to visit a patch Of
wild plums; they get along without
bothering any one. What a fight man
is compelled to make for the apple,
and what free gift the wild plum is!
I once rode through the country in a
motorcar. and the road was lined with
wild crab apple trees. The crab apple
trees were in full bloom and very
beautiful, but no one had sprayed them
or trimmed them. They were free
gift Of nature. Are the English SPAR
rows. the wild plums and the wild
crap apples so healthy because they
have never been reformed Ed Howe
in New York Independent.
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There are throughout the world ~.
sralsparcels Of no mans land, delim1t-
ed and guaranteed by treaties. One
Of these curious strips Of neutral terri
tory stretches across the isthmus chat
connects the rock Of Gibraltar with
Spain. 1t is about half q mile wide,
and British sentries and the Spanish
sentries face one another by day and
by night, year in and year out, from
opposite sides. The territory In be-
tween these two chains of sentinels
belongs neither to Britain nor to Spain.
Another similar strip of no mans
land exists in North America between
the United States and Mexico. Al
though only sixty feet wide, it is 700
miles in length, extending from Ell
Paso, in Texas, westward to the Pa
cific ocean.
Altogether there are In the world
about fifty Of these neutral zones, vary
ing In width from a few yards to as
many miles. and the sum total Of their
areas would make quite respectable
minor state. All the rest of the land
surface Of the globe Is, nominally at
all events, in the possession Of some
power or the other.-Pearson's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-26

Eree-for-An at the
Bangor Fair Friday

horses. The horses were taken in
front of the grandstand and judged on
the track. There were some fine-look-
ing animals in the lot, better than in
past years, on the whole, for as Maj.
Harding, superintendent Of the horse
department says, tho farmers are not
bringing in many horses because OF
the large amount of work to be done
on the farm but the horses that are
brought in are the best of the string.
Tried to Get His Watch
AS a young man was coming out of
the grandstand Thursday night, he
felt tugging at his watch chain and
becoming suspicious, let go of his girls
hand and reached for his timepiece,
just in time to catch it as it was drop
ping to the ground. The chain had
been broken off near the watch. He
says four or five fellows were very
close to him at the time he noticed
the tugging at his watch chain. AL
| though he felt like going after the fell
lows. the young man thought better
of ii and resumed Lis journey to the
midway.
Bonnet Was Arrested
c. c. Bonnet, the balloonist, whose
balloon landed on a Mrs. Rowland s
clothes line on Larkin street Wednesday
afternoon, was arrested Thursday after
noon late on the complaint of the wo-
mans attorneys, who were asking for
damages. 1t was either pay the damages,
get $500 bond or spend the night in Jail,
! so Bennett paid out s25 to cover the dam
: nd fhn af Ia
was somewhat wrought up over the affair
and did not think the damages amounted
to as much as assessed. He left on the
early morning train Friday for Water
vile. where he will make ascensions next
week
Got in Way Of Aeropiane
One of the most foolhardy escapades of
the week at the fair grounds was the ac-
ton of man driving a horse attached
to top buggy Thursday afternoon, when
he drove the animal across the baseball
diamond right in the path of the Farnum
Fish aeroplane as the aviator was about
to alight. The horseman started across
the lot when Mr.. Fish was a good dis
lance up the field, but there was no ex-
cuse for his doing so, as all people in the
vicinity had been warned to leave a clear
path for the airman. The gentleman
with the horse evidently forgot the warn
ing or thought his horse was fast enough
to get out of the way, for he went d.
rectly across the lot. When he was but
half way across the aviator came down
to the ground and was approaching the
buggy at a high rate Of speed. The people
near there all shouted a warning to the
driver who whipped his horse and only
by few feet got out of the line of the
aeroplane. Many people held their breath
and expected any minute to see the air
machine crash head on into the buggy. If
such had happened there would probably
have been fatality. for the aviator was
coming down the field at a terrific rate OF
speed. as is always the case when one
| Of the aeroplanes is landing.
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OAKLAND
Local Tent Daughter of Veterans
Receives Cash Gift from
Waterville Man
LATE NEWS EVENTS AND
PERSONALS

At the regular meeting Of Sarah
Sampson Tent, No. 6, Daughters Of
Veterans. held this week, announce
ment was made of a cash gift received
from Comrade James L. Merrick of
Waterville. This gift will aid the new
Tent in the purchase of supplies. At
the next regular meeting Of the Tent
which will occur Sept. IL, silver COL
lection will be taken to procure funds
to purchase flags for the use Of the
color bearers. The president Of the
Tent Miss Louise Benson, left Friday
night for Kansas City. Mo-. to attend
the national convention. Miss Benson
is a member of the National Council
and will also act as stenographer to
report the proceedings Of the conven-
ton.
Paul Sargent and Eugene Sawtelle of
Augusta are visiting friends in town.
Mrs. George H. Vinegar. while sweep
ing off her porch Thursday, fell and
injured her knee so that she is con-
fined to the bed.
Roland Graves Of whitinsville, Mass,
is in town passing a few days visiting
friends.
There will be Catholic services at
Memorial hall Sunday at $50 A. NJ
Charles Rush Of WinsIow will speak
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PITTSFIELLD
New Teaching Force for Village
Schools Announced-Pomo-
ma Field Day
PROF. JOHN TORLEY GOES
TO NEW YORK SCHOOL

The fall term Of the village schools
will open Sept. II and the rural schools
Sept. 4. The teachers in the village
schools will be as follows:
Grammar, Grade TX, Lila c. Wood of
Corinna; Grade VII, Harriet E. Straw
or NeWteld; Lancey street. Grades v
and VI. Ann Farnsworth; III and w.
Blanche Foster of Burnham: and
ii, Effie Lord of Detroit; Riverside.
and VI. Josephine King; III and w,
sa Jackson Of Sangerville: I and II,
Aiisia Carvell. Hartland avenue, ~
V and VI, Florice Foster; I. II and
III. Lena Spencer. Rural District No.
3, Leo Runnals; District No. s, Donnie
Getchell: District No. 6, Eta Gray;
District No. 8, Alice Leadbetter; Dis
trict No. 10, Ruth Runnals.
Rev. Charles H. Johnnett Of Hamp-
den and Mr.. and Mrs Louville A. Cow
an Of this town were in PALMYRA Fri
day afternoon to attend the funeral
services of Mr.. Johnnett's and Mrs.
Cowan's brother, the late Edwin John
nett. who was killed by lightning on
Wednesday. The services were held
from the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G. Johnnett at o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos J. Melvin have
returned from a two-weeks outing at
Ocean Point.
Irving futile Of Auburn, who was
in town Wednesday to attend the re-
union Of the Johonnett-Tuttle families
in Palmyra, has returned home.
Mrs. Josie E. Mathews, department
president of the Women's Relief Corps
Of Maine, left Friday for Portland to
join the Maine delegation Of the G. A.
r. to go to Kansas City, Mo-. where
the 5oth annual encampment Of the G.
A. r. will be held from Aug. IS to
Sept. .. Mrs. Mathews was accompa-
MED by Mr.. Mathews.
II A good number of local members of
the East Somerset Pomona Grange at
tended the annual field day held at
Richard Tibbetts' home on the Hart
land road Friday. The exercises began
at 1890 A. NJ. and a fine program was
given.
Harry Condor, clerk at the local
postofiice, returned Friday from a two
weeks vacation passed at Ocean Point.
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COMING EVENTS
more a. Last Liver

Aug. 1s'2s-campmeeting at East Liver.
Aug. 1s-2e-squirrel Island fete waek
aug. l9-Sept. accompanying at IaEe-
grove Campground. Weber Pond
Aug. 2CMaine Brigade, Uniform P.n,,
n. OF T. leaves for annual encamn ra q n n.
at Nashville. "iiipineht
Aug, 2s-3o-Governor and corno,,
monthly meeting. council,
Aug So-Pennell Reunion at 1e,,;s
Shordon nome. Buxton. -
Aug. 3SHearing by governor and cou,
Gil on four pardon petitions, Augusta
Aug. 3l-Campaign speech for Coiona,
Roosevelt. Lewiston Noioiiei
sept. annual meeting Of National so-
ciety, Bracket Family. Falmouth Fore
Sept. 5supreme Court, Penobscot
county. criminal term, Bangor.
Sept. 6-Supreme Court, Aroostoot
county. civil term, Caribou
Sept. 5-Superior Court, civil and crinoi-
nal term, Augusta.
Sept. 6-14th annual session Maine State
Detective Association, Lewiston.
Sept. 6-7-Annual Fish Fair Eastnort
Sept. 7-Public Utilities Commissions
hearing at 10, Cumberland county court
house. Portland.
Sept. 7-s-Charles E. Hughes, Republi-
can candidate, in Maine.
Sept. 7-9-Somerset Central Fair. Show
hogan.
Sept s-24-2s-Maine Regimental AssocIa-
ton annual reunion. Auburn.
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REPUBLICANS ATTACK
Continued from Page One)

their output: stocks deprecated, three
million wage earners were out of en-
ployment, the largest percentage since
1S94-1s97; freight cars to the number
of $50, 900 were idle as were the loco
motives and engineers. freight hand
lers. firemen and others depending upon
their operation; 60 per cent. OF the
railroad mileage of the country was
in the hands of receivers; dividends
were passed; railroad gross earnings
dropped one hundred millions in the 10
months, or ten millions month; bread
lines were the longest ever known and
there was the greatest demand Tor
| charity. When we predicted these
things We were called Calamity howl
ers,' but am reciting history now.
"Purely Psychological"
| disappointed and suffering citizens,
grown desperate by these conditions,
when they ventured to ask for relief
| were told by the President that the
apparent distress was purely psyche
| logical
by June. 1915, our trade balance
was wiped out and reversed, showing
imports of two hundred and thirty-three
millions more than our exports. The
record is certainly terrible indictment
| against the Democratic party and 1t
/ does not require a great stretch of the
| ina gination to predict that never again
will such an industrial character as
was brought about by this minority
| elected administration
| Senator Weeks attacked the pro-
! posed doubling of the income tax which
he said was designed originally to be
used only in a great emergency, and
Senator McCumber sought through ex-
| port statistics to show that had it not
been for the war in Europe the bust
| been demoralized. Senator Wards
worth criticized the principle OF the
revenue bill. asserting that if it should
be followed in future it would develop
into an effort on the part of congress
men to tax commodities which would
least affect their own constituencies.
The New York senator called attention
to the fact that suggestions of the
President for emergency taxation made
in his opening message to Congress had
been entirely disregarded.
Among the commodities, he said which
the President suggested were Gasoline,
automobiles and iron and steel products,
none Of which are taxed in the pending
bill.
Senator Jones advocated a section of
the pending bill proposing to prohibit the
admission of halibut and salmon from
the north Pacific ocean through Canada.
except in bond from an American port.
The Democrats of the finance committee
today agreed to strike from the bill the
proposed stamp tax on insurance policies,
against which there has been flood of
protests. An amendment to the bill by
Senator Hitchcock proposes a graduated
tax on news print paper selling for more
than $45 a ton to check the advancing
price Of the paper. Senator Overman In
troduced amendments to provide that the
proposed per cent. tax on manufactures
Of materials entering into the making of
munitions, and especially into gunpowder.
should not apply to agricultural products.
The amendment Is designed especially to
exempt cotton.
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Gardiner, Ne, Aug. 25.-(SpeciaD.-
2 The Republicans of Gardiner turned
out in force Friday evening at the Col
iseum to hear Congressman a. P.
Gardner of Massachusetts, and Frank
T. Southland Of Augusta, the speakers.
1t was the first real Republican rally
of the campaign and the enthusiasm
Of the audience, following every point
with closest attention was a pleasing
forecast of the part Gardiner will take
in the coming elections.
A parade led by Hazards Band
preceded the rally and was watched
by large crowds along the way.
Among those seated upon the stage
were: Or. G. j. Bragdon, D. S. Nc
Nauehton. +. +. McCausland, c. A.
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Winthrop Baseball
Team Comes toCrief
at Hallowel on Friday

HaIlowell Me. Aug 25.-The Win
throp baseball team came to this city
Friday afternoon to try to increase their
lead in the Trolley League standing, but
the local team was here with the same
idea. with the result that the stone
Cutters came out of the battle with
seven men crossing the plate to Win
throps three
Hallowell started off in the first when
Murray walked, Duncan singled, Board
man sacrificed them along and Murray
Winthrop was held safely in hand until
the sixth, when Gale singled, Fuller
drove the ball to the swamp in left field
for home run, Wilson walked. Kelley
singled, Maxwell sacrificed, Williams
walked, Bradford sacrificed, scoring
Wilson. Pagan ended the fireworks by
going down by the Acknowledgment
route.
In Hallowells sixth inning. Board
man was out Pagan to Wilson, Aube
singled Hayford walked, Condor hit to
Wilson, Chapman singled. scoring Aube
and Hayford. McAlone singled but
Chapman was caught at third trying to
make it from first.
Again in the seventh Lindstrom flied
out to Gale, Murray walked, Duncan
singled Boardman doubled, scoring
Murray, Aube was safe on an error by
Reddington, Duncan scoring, Boardman
going to third. Hayford was safe when
Maxwell threw to Bradford getting
Boardman. Condor singled. scoring
Aube and Hayford. Chapman hit liner
to Wilson. ending the scoring.
The features of the game were Nc
Alones all-round playing, getting seven
put-outs, one assist AIN two singles.
Duncan's hitting. Lindstrom's pitching
and Wilson's all-round work. Pagan
was touched up for IL hits by the local
boys, one of which was long two
Dagger by Boardman. Bill Hayford
caught in his usual fine form and sew
eral hard fouls were smothered in his
big nit. After the seventh inning
Souanto's Braves lost courage and
failed to get a man past second base
But three men faced Lindstrom in Win
throp's half of the ninth. The sum-
mary:
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Bangor, Me-, Aug. 25.-Wendall Wood
heat of the free-for-all at the Eastern
Maine State Fair today and lost so
home, Johnnie Wilkes finishing first.
Aside from this, the Strongwood geld
ing had it all his own way, and his
second heat in 2.14a was the fastest of
the meeting. Lady Booker had the
speed of the field in the 2.29, although
Twilight gave her a smart race. Sum-
maries:
FREE-FOR-ALL MIXED-PURSE
$500.
Wendan Wood, Big. by Strong
wood (Pottle) .................. l ! 5 l
Johnnie Wilkes, chg by Wilkes
4. Burrlll) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. b L 5
Prince Alden, ros (StewarD ? ? 8 4
Altissimus, Big (Holmes) ...... 2
John VriGen, bg CNincenD 500. 8 70
Walter Pichman, be Qreland>. 6 no
Tire-2.1 10; 2143l; 2.15.
229 CLASS MINED-PURSE $40
Lady Booker, BIN, by Dobson
(N2sh) L i
Twilight, brn, IeavitO ....... 3
Moke Grattan, blkg Gone -. 8 :
Peter Mantle, bg (WescotD 5
Tarratina, big, (I<imball-Pot-
tle) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Moko Forbes. brs (Jarvis) 100.
no, dr.
Time-2.25; 2.2412; 2.23A
CONSOLATION RACE-PURSE $50:
(Heat Winner to Draw
Miss Columbo, BIN, by Columbo
Miss Peter Bell, BIN (Worthen 3 !
S. E. Todd, brm, Rowan) ........ .
Time-2.25A; 2.27.
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\ Eo,yNUGUSTUS p GARONER,
NJ ,IrNor1 nF- onkCRCSS MASS,
~ HARRIS 6 EWING
. WASHINGTON, &C.

President Wilson. feel as if little
pressure at this particular time might
not he amiSS.
Referring to the European war the
congressman said: Wilson nearly
bungled this country into war and
some people are praising him for it.
If the President hadn't taken a wob-
bly, stand from the very first. he
wouldn't have got into so much trouble
and wouldn't have been obliged to pa SIS
year writing humiliating notes. The
Democrats say that Wilson has kept
the country out of war. If that is so, |
suppose that we must have been wag-
ing peace" not war down in Mexico
when American troops were shot down
lat Vera Cruz and Carrizal
Il took jitney in Portland the 9TH
er day. The jitney driver nearly ran
the car head on into an auto truck. I
suppose that my Democratic friends
would say that the jitney driver kept
Gardner out of death. That would be
no more fantastic than claiming that
| wilson kept the country out of wa.
just because he reversed his single
track mind quick enough to avoid
bungling us into war.
In the interest of multitudeS vet
unborn | am glad that President Will
son was not King of Belgium in 1914
He surely would have kept Belgium
out of war and civilization would have
paid the bill"