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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20
West Virginia Briefs

CHARLESTON: A revival of the
rumor that the New York Central
Railroad Company is negotiating for
the purchase of the lines and equip
ment of the Virginia Railroad Com
pany has caused considerable spec
ulation in Charleston railroad circles.
The New York Central. 1t is said de-
sires to acquire the Virginian in or
der that 1t might have direct line
from the seacoast to the great lakes.
This system now owns the Kanawha
& Michigan and the Toledo & Ohio
Central railroads and controls other
lines operating In the great lakes
region. and the virginian Is all that
is now needed to make the desired
connection.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
Thedford's Black.Drausht.

McDuif, ya.-'T suffered for sever,s
years." says Mrs. ]. B. Whitaker. ID
This place, with sick headache. and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago friend told me 10 frv
Thedford's Black Draught, which / did.
and found II to be the best family medi.
cine for young and old.
keep Black Draught on hand an ths
time now, and when my children feel q
little bad, they ask me for a dose. and Il
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have long spell Of Sick
ness In our family, since we Commenced
using ck-Draught."
Thedford's Black Draught Is pureIv
vegetable, and has been found 10 fee,i.
late weak stomachs, aid digestion, Re.
lieve indigestion, collie, wind, nausea.
headache, sick stomach, and similar
symptoms.
1t has been In constant use for more
than 10 years, and has benefited more
Than million people.
Your druggist sells and recommends
Blaek-Draught. Price only Csc. Oct a
package to-day. NC IA
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Wonders for Me-"

II have been a sufferer from stom-
ach trouble for a number OF years,
and although l have used a great
number of remedies recommended for
this complaint. Chamberlain's Tab
let's is the first medicine that has
given me positive and lasting relief"
writes Mrs. Anna Kadin, Spencerport.
N. Y. "Chamberlain's Tablets have
done wonders for me and I value
them very highely." Obtainable every
where.-Advertisem
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

HUNTINGTON: This city has a
new postmaster in the person OF Col
onel J. H. Long. publisher of the
Advertiser. whose appointment by
President Wilson was confirmed by
the Senate Monday. Early in April
Postmaster Dingcss offered his resig.
nation. to be effective May 90. 1t was
understood at the time that Senator
Chiffon would recommend the ap'
pointment of Colonel Long, and the
plan of succession which was worked
out in the beginning went through
without hitch.
MoRGANTowm: The wireless sta
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

Strong and practically freproof
artificial sandstone has been made
in the Philippines from beach sand
and volcanic tufa.
Electricity has been adapted to
forty-eieht different purposes about
n household.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

CHARLESTON: When the ten
miles of street paving now being laid
has been completed. Charleston will
have constructed almost as much
paving since October first. 1914. rs
was laid during all the previous years
OF the city's history. according to the
statement by City Engineer Clark.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

GRAFTON: The pottery plant OF
the Consolidated Manufacturing Com
pany has ben sold for s39,500 to
spcidel s. Bachman. bond holders.
They will loperate the plant.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

Mica is produced commercially in
eight states, North Carolina leading
in the industry.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

Eleven miles of paving and much
sewerage work, amounting to $780,
600 were completed last year. This
year miles OF paving costing $780,.
900 Will be done.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

MoRGANToWN: With the idea
OF securing complete and accurate
data relative to the capacity aud cap
ability OF industrial concerns turning
out supplies Tor the United States
army in the event of an emergency,
the war department Is now sending
out blanks to all industrial concerns
in West Virginia. this work being in
charge of State Geologist l. c. White.
The information requested is of q
confidential nature, and for use sale
ly Of the United States government.
1t is being compiled with the object
Of placing the government in position
to be able to Immediately select
plants for the manufacture Of army
supplies and war munitions, In the
event of necessity arising. All blanks
after being filled in. are to be sent
direct to Professor White. who, in
turn, will transmit them to the war
department.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

WHEELING: Owing to the heavy
volume OF business in the Ohio river
trade negotiations are now on to havo
larger boats replace the present ones
and TO inaugurate a daily schedule.
With the steamers Tell City, Reuben
Dunbar. Ruth and Liberty on the
Ohio. there is enough freight being
shipped up and down the river to
justify the opertion of more boats.
These boats have been hauling 20
their capacity for some time.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

tion at West Virginia University dis.
tinctly heard the wireless telephone
tests. presumably between Arlington
and Honolulu, n recent morning. Dr.
G. w. Wagner says that the boy
scouts of Morgantown who have
wireless stations can hear these tests
and that the tests will probably be
tried again.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

WHEELING: An overturned oil
stove in the home Of Charles McCoo,.
Neffs, o., Belmont county. caused 4
blaze destroying tire homes with loss
of $40. 900. Mrs. McCool. frantic with
a toothache. accidentally upset the
stove. The other homes were owned
by Frank Pompi and James Coleman
The Bellaire fire department was
called
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

BERKELEY SPRINGS: Hancock
In Morgan county has a cat that fish.
es. Different from felines that have
been known to stand on the bank and
try to grab fish with their claws. this
tabby wades boldly amid-stream and
awaits prey The other day. says the
Martinsburg Journal. the cat was
fishing in the little creek that runs
through Hancock near the old East
ern or Gilleece hotel property. empty
ing into the Potomac through a Gull
vert under the canal at that point
The cat stood 'motionless for several
minutes and then pounced on fish
with both paws. The fish jumped
several feet out Of the water, its bod,
shlmmering in the sunlight. 1t wa
then really caught by the cat which
waded to the shore with its dinner II
It's mouth. This particular tabby ha
obtained quite reputation as fish
| err.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20
Southwest Pennsylvania.

Allegheny county has the best pro-
ducers in the local fields. In the Red
path district, Ross township, Mellon
and Company's test on the Mcclure
farm has increased its production to
seventy barrels and HARRISON and
Company's well on the Goss's sixteen
acres, to forty barrels day.
Greene countys late competitions
consist of two gassers and one buster.
On the headwaters of Toms Run. in
Jackson county. the Philadelphia Com
pany drilled a test on the Thomas
Smith farm through all sands and
found nothing but light gas pres
sure in the Big Injun formation.
On Harris Run, near the state line.
Springhill township, Braden and
Fletcher drilled test on the Emanuel
Warrick farm through the Big Injun
sand. The we'll is fair gasser with
an estimated capacity of 100000 cub
ic feet day. In the Mt. Morris dis
trict, Greene township. Jesse L. Gar
ard has Dunkard sand buster at No.
% on the A. Y. Garard farm.
rr.o nn Nf.,r,.x.
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HUNTINGTON: His fiancee SER
iously i'll of typhoid fever and her re-
covery doubtful. L. NJ. Hoffman. a
salesman from Baltimore. Md. and
Miss Viola Daginella, of New Haven,
Conn, beautiful fashion model,
were married in the Frederick hotel,
here. by Rev. John s. Douglass, rec
tor of Trinity Episcopal church. The
wedding is the elimination of an in
teresting romance in which parental
opposition played part.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

Blue Creek, Elk district, Kanawha
county, the South Penn OIL Company
drilled test on the H. D. Nichols
farm through the Weir sand. 1t is a
buster and will be abandoned. On
Miracle Run, Battelle district. Mon
ongalia county, the same company has
drilled No. on the Sabina Sutton
farm into the Fourth sand and 1t il
! showing for producer.
Southeastern Ohio.
In. the deep sand territory. in the
Union Furnace district, Starr town
ship, Hooking county, o., the Preston
OIL Company has drilled No. 3 on the
X. b and N. c. Longstreth farm
through the Clinton sand. 1t is a gas
well. located IN the northeast quar-
ter OF section "a. In the northeast
quarter OF section II, Green township,
the Fisher OIL Company completed No.
on the William Lemon farm and 1t
shows for a twenty or twenty-five bar
rel producer.
Shallow Territory.
b. NJ. Eagler and Company drilled
their test on the Charles J. Eagler
farm. located In the Macksburg dis
trict, Jefferson township, Noble coun-
ty, o.. through the Macksburg 500-foot
sand and it shows for ten barrel pro-
Queer. This showing is above the av-
erage in that district. In the same
township, c. E. Hammond and Com
pany completed No. IS on the John
Ritterbeck farm and have three-bar-
rel pumper in the Buell. Run sand.
Three miles south of the Saybrook,
well in Ashtabula county. the CONNER
cial Oil and Gas Company is starting
another test located on farm adjoin-
ing the Drurey farm, on which a gas
we'll was completed last fall. There
is good deal Of talk about starting
new work in Ashtabula county. but
that is as far as 1t has gone. Some
leases taken after the Saybrook well
came in have been allowed to lapse
without test.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

HUNTINGTON: Mrs. Myrtle Mars.
aged 16. says she does not want a
forser for husband. and five weeks
following her elopment with Ang Il
Mars. she has filed suit for divorce
in the circuit court. Mars was ar
rested Immediately after their MAJ
riage and it was discovered tina:
among the many bad checks he dis.
tribured was one to the minister as
his marriage fee.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-20

CHARLESTON: According to a
report just finished by L. L. Friend,
state supervisor of high schools.
Parkersburg ranks first in West vir-
ginia in high school enrolment with
793. Wheeling is second with 755.
Other cities of Importance show sthe
following enrolment: Huntington.
T2l; Fairmont. SO: Charleston, 474,
and Morgantown. 469.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16
ENTIRE LEGION
LOST IN CHARGE

LONDON, Feb. 2.-(By
Mail. )--"Nothing more was
ever heard Of them. They
charged into the forest and
were lost to sight and
sound. Not one of them
ever came back. Sir Ian
Hamilton's report.
1t is the talk of England, the
greatest mystery of the war, the
charge of the Fifth Norfolks, the
kings own servants, at Anafarta
The story of how these 260
ardent souls" charged on
through the village and COM
pletely vanished into the forest
of death" beyond. is history that
some day may take its place be-
side that of the immortal tale of
Balaklava.
The Lost Legion" II is called
today, but until the war is over
the fate of the man who went TO
battle from the kings Sandring-
ham estates cannot be told. The
king personally had instituted
every possible inquiry.
The American embassy in Con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16

City and county detectives
lraidedy the Cascade Grill, col
ored Joint at 24O9 n Pacific av.
at a o'clock this morning, and
lconfiscated five quarts Of whisky
and gin as evidence.
Reeee Lee, one of the proprie-
tors, was arrested on a charge OF
selling liquor illegally. Harry
Robinson, Roza' Bozman and
Beatrice Robinson, inmates of
the grill at the time of the ar
rest, we're booked on disorderly
charges.
Proprietor Escapes.
"Shake Walker, the other
proprietor, is said to have en-
gased Detective Huckaba in con-
vofsatipn while he was guarding
the entrance and escaped while
the officer had his back turned.
At o late hour he had not been
found
The Cascade has been operat-
ing on. lower Pacific for about
six months. 1t was formerly To-
Gated In Opera alley.
County detectives have been
watching the place for some
time. They believe the supply
has been brought from Seattle
by the suitcase route In weekly
consIgnments.
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ments were contradictory.
Fleury claimed the industrial
insurance commissioners made
an offer to him whereby they
we're to split $3.50 on an injury
claim.
Turned Him Down.
Because l had not evidence
against Gillies, Gov. Lister paid
no attention to my charges"
said Fluery today. "He has re-
fused to search for any OF the
witnesses whose names I gave
him. But ! expect to start some-
thing before / am through"
The announcement of Gov.
Lister that he intends to conduct
full investigation into the In
dustrial insurance department
together with the hasty search
made by the Gillies defense for
Fleury, has caused considerable
comment at Olympia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16
Says He'll
Tell About
.higher-ups

While Pierce county sheriffs
are searching for him to serve a
subpoena on him as a witness
for the defense in the trial OF
John f. Gillies in Olympia, J. d.
Fleury is right In Tacoma today
ready to be subpoenaed.
He is ready also, he says, to
repeat the charges he made sew
eral weeks ago that two men,
bers of the Industrial insurance
commission had attempted to en-
tice him into scheme of robbing
the state funds.
Pm right on the spot, II they
want me-" he said to Times re-
/, porter this morning. I'm will
ing to tell the facts in the case
on the witness stand"
Had Affidavits.
Fleury bobbed up some time
ago with affidavits against two
commissioners who, he claimed,
4 were higher ups" in the loot
Ting case.
He declared he met Gov. Lister
and Assistant Attorney General
Wilson by appointment at the
Tacoma hotel and told them of
the alleged attempts that he said
had been made to induce him to
enter q conspiracy.
Both officials discredited HIS
story. declaring that his state
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16
COUNCIL HANDS WALL0P
TO WATER FRANCHISE

compromise" by agreeing that
the Fuller franchise should expire
in 10 years. This would give the
company 10 years extra fran
chise. in case the Fuller franchise
is found invalid by the court.
City Attorney Stiles recon-
mended today that the council
adopt a similar compromise, only
limiting the franchise to 10 years,
thus giving the private company
five extra years.
Mayor Fawcett held that the
city would be simply giving the
company five years. franchise for
nothing II it followed Stiles adj
vice, and the council agreed with
him. Stiles was ordered TO
prosecute the suit to cancel the
perpetual franchise, and to for
get about all compromise schemes
of the company.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16

stantinople, has asked the Turk
ish government.
The forest through which the
Lost Legion swept on in CALI
poll has been searched time aud
time again
There have been found no
bodies, no graves, no sign,
except two small pocket
books, the property of Capt.
William Beck, who COM
manded the Legion, Capt.
Beck is missing with all Of
his command.
Meantime scores of cottage
homes in the royal Sandringham
estates OF West Norfolk are In
mourning. Wives, sweethearts
and mothers are wearing crepe,
but despite all this there is ever
the hope that some day the boys
will come marching home.
Perhaps they are prisoners
of the Turks; perhaps they
weren't killed at all, and per-
haps"-it's the hope against hope
of the women of West Norfolk.
But in the meantime it Is a COM
pletely Lost Legion"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16
mil ITIA GUNS R0UT GAMBL ERS
Run Them FromState
at Point of Bayonet;;
Destroy Devices

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. / s.
-Gambling is on the run in
Louisiana-routed at the point of
the bayonet.
State militiamen are burning
thousands of dollars worth OF
gaming paraphernalia, destroying
hundreds of dollars in poker
chips, dice and cards-all under
order from the governor, Luther
e. Hall.
And Halls political opponents
are gathering evidence and de-
claring the governor Is playing
politics."
100 Caught.
In the Jefferson parish raid,
100 gamblers were caught, includ-
ing 3 employees. The latter were
acquitted at the trials, because OF
insufficient evidence-of 100 wit
nesses 80 gave fictitious names
and addresses.
Joe Hyland had the principal
Jefferson parish resort. Half a
dozen hours before the raid the
grand jury turned in a sensational
report, charging DR.. Charles Gelb-
Ike, leader of the reformed
crowd of democrats in Jefferson,
with having accepted $3.50 graft
from Hyland for protection.
1t was charged also that Gelbke
demanded $1,000, and that when
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16
RUSSIANS
WIN BIG
VICTORY

PETROGRAD, Feb. 16.-Nine
forts defending Erzerum. principal
city of Turkish Armenia, have
been captured, it was announced
officially today.
The Russians charged up the
mountain sides in zero weather
under intense fire, and stormed
the forts. The capturing of the
remaining forts was a severe task.
The fall of Erzenum will pave
the way for the Russian spring
advance through Armenia and
perhaps force Turkey to sue for q
separate peace. Erzenum Is one
OF the strongest fortified cities in
the east.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16

1t was refused he withdrew the
alleged protection.
Clean Out Three Places.
With the democratic state pri-
mary over and the governors
candidate, Lieut.. T. c. Barret, pro-
hibitionist, swamped by Attorney
General Ruffin G.. Pleasant, the
governor has brought about an
other raid-this time In st. Ber-
nard.
Three places were Cleaned
out"-the Phoenix saloon, known
as the Bucket of Blood; Louis
Bagneris' saloon, and John Zim-
mermans. Nearly 200 negroes
and whites were caught. Heaps Of
paraphernalia were burned in the
streets at midnight.
The troops tell OF startling
crooked" games.
In one place you didn't have a
chance 'rollin' the bones,' they
said. Under a big dice table the
troops found an electric wire coil
and steel plate, which served as a
magnet. The number on the dice
were inset In steel.
after you made couple OF
passes and were shooting the
pile the electricity was turned
on. the magnet worked and the
dice Topped
"YOU LOST"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16

A scheme of the Tacoma Va
ter Supply company, privately
owned concern supplying water
to the Point Defiance peninsula,
to obtain q "comprimise" on fran
chise litigation now pending be-
fore the superior court, whereby II
! would obtain from five to ten
years additional franchise,
caused near-deadlock in the
city council today.
At the elimination of a heated
argument, the council turned
down the so-called compromise
emphatically.
Mayor Fawcett declared that
the proposition was an "iniquitobs
scheme bv a dying company to
extend its franchise ~ that it
could demand a big pI e when
ever the city got ready to pur-
chase it," He criticised the atti-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16
BY SARA MOORE.

Special Artist Correspondent n Europe
Holland the home big
importance preparing for and the the
negie beace palace!
fight blinded Ford
to
soldiers halls
the Holland soldierhe
youth playing soldier American national
lie s a shade
his than soldier territory
The girl a gentle She displays coquey
nc Is more openly loving than other
soldier sweetheart night
of the queer little lamps in shadowy twisting street. is
enougllto reduce a cynic to tears.
threatening
each
S digging trenches like the being
Dutch be buried,
trained o SWIM
Along the strip between the Hague and Bergen
= ar OF rude-lOOking
plhtf bikes
flooded off advance of enemy, these platforms
With population entirely against neghbor the
extraordinary
man as strict neutrality allows it to be.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16
FLASHES

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Hulse
handling nitroglycerin near here
today, was blown to atoms. A
house was completely destroyed
and a one-ton truck demolished
when the explosives blew up.
NEW ORLEANS-Two women
were drowned today when water
broke through the Mississippi
levee near Newellton.
PARASITIC British steamer
Ashby is on the rocks off the
Oussant island.
BERLIN-Three British at
tempts to regain the lost
trenches near Ypes failed today.
WASHINGTON - Count Won
Bernstorff presented Secretary
Lansing with another draft of
the Lusitania controversy.
CRESTON, Ia.-John Malone
and Fred Kelly, two boys, ar
rested last night attempting to
set fire to the st. Malachy
school, confessed today of firing
the public school building last
week.
NATCHEZ-Mo than $4,000
acres are submerged near here
as a result of the floods. Hun
dreds are marooned.
OLYMPIA-The examination
of Frank Stone, in connection
with j. F. Gillies second trial,
apparently will drag on for an
other day. Stones testimony dp-
held the contention that the
claim on which Gillies is being
tried is fraudulent.
WASHINGTON, d. Com
Gals were acquainted today with
the Illustration of a plot by Car
ranzistas to blow up the battle
ship Kentucky at Vero Cruz.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16
CARRANzA Is
TN BAD WAY

WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. ,6.
Mexico is seething with u
threatened uprising, which only
needs strong leadership to send
the Carranza government to OBJ
livion, said semi-official mail
Information sent to the state de-
partment today.
The Carranza government il
reported to be crumbllng rapidly.
The regime has lost vast ground
within the last two months, and
Is apparently facing serious
financial troubles. Three con-
suls In America are In arrears
for office expenses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16

tude of City Attorney Stiles, who
recommended that the "compro-
mise" be adopted.
Has Two Franchises.
The Tacoma Water Supply cont
pany is operating under two fran
chises, the Mullen" franchise
and the Fuller" franchise. The
Mullen franchise expires in five
years. The Fuller franchise Is
claimed by the company to be
perpetual.
City Attorney Stiles recently
started suit to cancel the Fuller
franchise, on the grounds that
perpetual franchises are prohibit
ed in Washington. The case comes
up for trial Feb. %.
A few days ago the company
sent letter to the city hall, de-
claring that it would not offer
any objection II the council would
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-16

Caught In
Mountains

SEATTLE, Feb. 15.-Deputy
sheriffs last night captured
Charles McDaniels, wanted In
Portland on a charge of arson.
They found him in a rocky can
yon on Cedar mountain, IS miles
from Seattle. He tried. to escape
and his brother displayed re-
volver, but the deputies guns
forced him to submit to arrest.
McDaniels is charged with
Tom Pattison and Hugh Priest
with an attempt to burn the Uni
versity single mill at Portland.
The other two we're convicted
and are serving 10-year terms.