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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-17

islands city Of second commercial
importance and the former capital,
CANDIDA"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-17

bully and liquor magnato draws him
temporarily into the camp OF the tenn
Derance workers, where, to his con
siderable surprise, he finds himself a
bowling success that. within fort
night. he has driven the brewery out Of
business. received telegram Of con
graduation from the Great Chautau-
guam, created a nationwide demand
for temperance beverage vailed
Nearly Beer" and married tho lovely
daughter of the minister.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-17

John Craig. manager Of the Castle
Square theater, in Boston. is to pro
duce series Of new plays in New
York in conjunction with the Shu-
berts. The productions will begin in
January.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-17
Conquest of America
Is Pictured on Screen

a part c: the Boston-Brooklyn worlds
series baseball games.
Wednesdays feature. Through the
Wall" i've act production starring
Nell Shipman and William Duncan,
will be one OF the Bijou's big presen-
tations OF the year. 1t is a great mys-
terry story with keen detective work
and clipety-clip action. This play is
more absorbing than any novel you
ever read. One act OF comedy will be
added
At the Grand today the feature at
traction is Viola Dana in late Metro
wonderfully, THE Light OF Happiness. =
The added attractions are a Metro
Drew comedy and the latest Pathe
News.
Wednesday. Lasky will present Lop-
Tellegen in The Victory OF Con-
science" The added attractions to-
morrow will be another episode Of the
Beatrice Fairfax stories and the Bur-
ton Holmes Travels.
The new vehicle for fearless Helens
daring is "a Lass of the Lumberlands,'
iifteen-chapter story made under j.
p. McGowans direction by the Signal
for distribution by the Mutual Film
Corporation. The first episode will be
released to the screen October 49, an
episode a week to follow for fourteen
weeks. Miss Holmes says it is the
best and biggest thing she has acted
in before the camera, because II affords
greater number OF peril chances"
than other pictures she has done.
"A Lass OF the Lumberlands" is a
vivid story Of the oppression of small
timber holders by the giant trust
q topic new TO the screen. The char
acters both the evil and the worthy, |
are big, virlle The situations are a
succession Of thrills, without any OF
the marring effect of improbability
which fogs so many melodramas.
Thomas II. Ince presents Norma
Talmadge and an all-star Broadway |
cast in THE Social Secretary" a
five-act society masterpiece today
at the Orpheum theater. The drama |
is both unique and very interesting.
Miss Talmadge is seen in the role |
of a beautiful young woman who is
forced by circumstances to earn her
own living, and is annoyed by the
unwelcome attentions of every man
for whom she works. Finally she
accepts a position as social secre-
tary for very rich lady and here
is where she finds the beauty in life,
that she has been seeking, and also |
is introduced to the man she after
ward marrles. Miss Talmadge is
very fascinating in this play and her
pretty ways and beautiful costumer
together with the clever acting OF
the special cast, make highly en-
tertaining photoplay A fast Key
stone comedy, The French Mill |
ner," is the special added attraction.
John Craig. manager Of the Castle
Square theater, in Boston. is TO pro-
duce series Of new plays in New
York in conjunction with the Shu-
berts. The productions will begin in
January
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03
A. B. & A. MAKES $3.50 ROUND
TRIP FARE To BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
ACC CUNT
ANNUAL REUNION
United Confederate Veterans
Specially Arranged Train Service Equipment May IS to 10
Inclusive
lifted Confederate Veterans
SCHEDULE VIA A. B, & A, ALL THE WAY
Specially Arranged Train Service and Equipment, Ma
Inclusive.

Leave Fitzgerald 1926 p.r--Ar. Birmingham 1O:25 am
SCHEDULE VIA ATLANTA AND CONNECTING LINES
Leave Fitzgerald 1910 a. m. 1925 pm.
Arrive Atlanta 7:1Op m. 6:1O a. m.
Arrive Birmingham 600 GIN 1910 Pm
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03

Europe which these represented
has produced a marvellous change
in this country's financial rela-
tons with Europe, and as it con
tinues will add to the financial
strength and commercial power OF
this country with every passing
week.
Taking part pay in our own
valuable securities for the prod
ucts of the soil, the output of the
mines, the mills, the shops and
factories, the labor of this coun-
try, securities which in the hands
OF foreigners were obligations to
them, but in the possession of our
own people become resources of
our citizens and can be classed
as wealth OF the nation, is a first
class stroke OF business.
This movement is of a magni-
tude, so far as values are con
cerned, that cannot fail TO exert
a most powerful influence upon
international finance for many
years to come.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03
HOG THE BEST WEAPON

The hog is one of the very best
weapons under the sun for fight
ing the boil weevil with. Good
hogs-blooded Ttogs-are much
better than razor-back and piney-
woods rooters, just as a new hoe
is whole lot better than one that
cuts only half the grass and
weeds it touches.-Albany Her
aid.
Ben Hill county farmers are be-
ginning to believe the hog stories
and they are putting faith in their
mortgage-raising ability. With
the assistance of our farm dem
onstration agent, the farmers of
this county will be ready when
MIR. Weevil comes to town.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03
PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW A
FAILURE

There is no occasion for these
failures; the law should be SO
amended SO as OF cut them out
entirely. 1t was better to cut out
local tax entirely than to run it
as it is now operated.-Carroll
County Times.
We don't know what the trou-
bic is in Carroll county, but here
in Ben Hill the law operates all
right. True, there are times when
we ourselves think that better re-
suits should be had or the amount
OF money spent, but then this is
a matter to be remedied at home.
Secure better teachers and closer
supervision.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03
THE CRISIS IN ENGLAND

Between the inSiStence of her
Allies and the obstinate refusal OF
her manhood to enlist Great Brit
am faces the most serious crisis
OF the war. The demand from
france that England shall come
to the rescue is now something
more than mere hint. 1t is
openly voiced by the press and
people OF France. The eyes of
trenchmen are opening to the
callous sclhshness of England.
Words, fine words, but no help
promises, explanations, excuses,
but no soldiers to fight at Verdun.
England brags that she has rails
cd armies. Where are they? If
they exist, their idleness while
France bleeds is the shame of
England.
In the per6dy with which Eng
land calmly sacrifices her own al
lies lies the seed of disaster to the
British empire. This war is
merely the prelude. of another. in
which the lineup will be greatly
changed. When Russia and Eng
land come to grips hereafter Eng
land cannot count upon deluding
France again, if there should be a
France.
I'VE are fighting your battles -
says ENGLAND to the United States
when protests are made against
her violations of American rights.
1t is false. She is not even fight
ing the battles of her own sworn
allies. She is Skulking out of
battles; her people refuse to en-
list. Dry rot seems to have at
tackled the empire at its heart. Its
chief role has been aggression
against undefended and peaceful
neutrals. 1t will not or dare not
face its foe in open manly bat
ties.
What a change from the Eng
land of old What a fall from the
old heroic days! 1t is little Won
der that the remaining bold and
determined spirits in England are
in revolt. The empire is being
weighed in the balance. If it does
not shake off its sloth and fight
with all its might, it will go
down. The issue in England now
is whether the old spirit will as
sert itself or whether the shut
fling and haggling Asquits and
Greys will be suffered to run the
country to- Observation-Disclosures
ington Post.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03
BUYING BACK AMERICAN
SECURITIES HELD BY
EUROPEANS
From the Washington Post

From the Washington Post.
One of the most encouraging
items for general business in the
United Staets was made public
Yesterday in the report of the
holdings of common stock in the
United States Steel Corporation
At the beginning of the Euro
pean war foreign holdings of the
common stock amounted to l.
ZSo,o3o shares, or about Is per
cent of the entire issue of thai
class of stock.
The foreign holdings at the
present time are estimated at but
o54,4o9 shares, or less than one
half OF what they were about &C
months ago.
these shares transferred to this
country represent so much wealth
accumulated by our people here
and at the same time they repres-
ent so much indebtedness that
was held abroad as now paid and
Cancelled, so far as commercial in
ternational obligations are con-
Cerned.
These shares computed at the
price of Mondays closing, $S5 a
share, show that the people of the
United States hold nearly S54,-
VOO,OOO more of the stock of the
steel corporation than they did on
July /, 1914, and that the people
ot Europe have had their readily
convertible assets reduced by that
amount.
This showing as to the lessen
ing of the foreign holdings OF
steel shares and the building TN
of holdings in our own country IS
an index as to transactions in
nearly every other industrial
.2ilway, municipal, state and nat
tonal security of the United
~tates that was held abroad at
The opening of hostilities.
The absorption by investors
ilere of these securities, the solid
substantial and sound addition tc
the wealth of this republic, and al
the same time the cancellation OF
the huge sum of Indebtedness "a
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03


Franks throat was cut by a fell
low prisoner, and about which
Hall talked very Interestingly
after being transferred to the
Dodge county camp in Novem-
Der last.
Hall is about IS years old and
was reared in Wilkinson, being a
member of a prominent family of
that county. His wife, who pre-
vious to her marriage was Miss
Tindall, of Twiggs county, re-
sides with her four children at
Chauncey, ten miles from East
man.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03
WIFE and AUTO AID IN
LIFE COAVICT'S ESCAPE
|. B. Hall, Sent Up From Triton,
Made Getaway

Eastman, May FL. B. Hall, a
white convict on the Dodge coun-
ty chan gang, made an easy get
away yesterday afternoon, escap-
ing from the camp, it is said, in an
automobile that was occupied by
TWO other men. The camp at
which Hall was confined is iocat-
ed at Mt Airy church, about II
miles from Eastman, and its in
mates were engaged in work ON
the public roads of the county.
1t is said that after leaving the
camp, the automobile provided
tor Halls escape made a straight
dash for Abbeville, in Wilcox
county, at which place his wife
had provided supply of Citizens
clothes, and which Hall lost no
time in getting into Hall is said
to have left Abbeville Immediate
ly thereafter for parts unknown
aid no further trace of him has
been found.
Killed Dennis Hall
Hall was sent to the state pen
ltentiary for life for the murder
OF Denis Hall, at Triton, several
years ago. He was first senten-
ced to hang, which was later COM
muted to life Imprisonment by the
prison commission. He was sent
to the state farm at Milledge-
vile, was there at the time Leo
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03
NO MYSTERY

One campaign manager says
he doesn't know how to treat the
southern delegates. The way to
treat any southern delegate is to
ask him what he will have
South Georgia Progress.
That might have been the way
to the delegates heart before May
lst, but it leads to the changing
now.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03
TROLLEY
LINES ARE T|ED UP
Thousands of Persons Walk or
Ride to Work in Autos
or Drays

Pittsburgh, Pa, May Thou
sands of persons were compelled
to either walk or ride in automo-
biles or big drays to work today
as a result OF the strike of street
car men which began shortly af-
ter midnight. Operations were
completely suspended on all lines
of the Pittsburgh Railways COM
pany in Pittsburgh and vicinity
and the Washington and Charles
ton Interurban lines, as we'll as on
the Beaver Valley and Washing
ton lines.
Pres. J. D. Gallery announced
that no attempt to operate cars
would be made today.
The Pennsylvania, Baltimore
and Ohio and the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie railroads put on extra
local trains in order to handle the
increased crowds, while all the
downtown department stotres
and other business houses sent
automobile delivery trucks to va
rious sections of the city to gath
er up their employees,
The strike order was issued by
T. ]. Ward, president of District
'85, Street Car Mems union. at
midnight and shortly after nego-
tiations between the employees
and officials of the company had
been broken off. No disorder
marked the start of the strike and
within two hours after the order
had been issued, traction service
had been tied up.
Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong
attempted to prevent the final
break, but was unsuccessful. He
conferred with representatives of
both sides in an effort to induce
them to submit a new proposition
but both sides remained firm.
The strike affects 5000 con-
ductors and motormen and about
800 other employees of the COM
pany. The men first demanded
80, s. and SO cents an hour, for
respectively, the first, second and
third years service, but later
yielded to 80, 80 and SO cents.
The company refused to pay
more than - cents as a miximum
wage, 2 cents above the present
rate.
Vice President J. H. Thorpe.
OF the union, this morning issued
an order instructing strikers to
keep away from saloons. He said
he anticipated no trouble.
A strike of stone cutters, stone
masons and brick layers was
averted today by the announce
ment last night of the Allege-
heny county executive committee
OF the Stone Cutters union that
their demand for an eight-hour
day with no reduction had been
granted.
Announcement was also made
that there will be no general
strike of BARRIERS, 176 out of 2O8
employers having already signed
a new scale.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03
AMERICA TO RALLY
FOR HER PRINCIPLES
SHOULD WAR CONE
President Wilson Says If Test
Comes Americans Will Unite
to Defend Principles

" ashington, May president
Wilson, speaking at the opening
OF the National Service School
training camp for women here to-
day, said:
God forbid that the United
States should be drawn into war,
but if she should be America
would shake herself out of a
dream and say to anyone who
doubts the spirit of the new
world that she still speaks the
voice of humanity"
The president spoke before sew
eral thousand men and women in
the open in the midst of the en-
campment where young women
are learning the rudiments of mil
ltary life. With squared jaw he
asserted his belief that if the test
came America would rally toge-
Their to the defense of the prin-
clples for which the nation has
stood since its birth.
Only One Allegiance
Declaring that there was only
one allegiance "conceivably pos
sible for Americans" he said the
number of people of really divid-
ed allegiance in the United States
was very small. He spoke opti
mistically of the stand Americans
Of foreign birth would take in
case of war, and added that the
few who failed to be loyal would
be cast out.
The president predicted that a
spirit of regeneration would come
out of the present war His words
were enthusiastically appplauded
by the crowd whichsincluded Sec
retaries Daniels and Baker and
many officials of the government
and army and navy officers.
The address was devoted al
most entirely to the European
war, and the audience plainly
had diplomatic negotiations be-
tween the United States and 9th
.er countries in mind.
Purpose Of United States
The war, Mr. Wilson said, had
made America rcalize-danger
which its people never thought
existed. He declared the United
States was established to see that
Justice and liberty should belong
to America and to all mankind.
The nations engaged in the pres
ent struggle, he said, were being
brought into feeling of national
unity, and that America was get
ting the benefit of that sugges-
ton. Before the war Americans
were bent upon seeking many di-
verse objects, he added, but the
war has brought them together. /.
God forbid" said the president,
that we should be drawn into
war, but if we should be, Amer
lea would be seen once more to
shake herself out OF a dream to
say, Did any man deem that we
were asleep? Did any man deem
that we had forgotten the tradi-
tons of America? Did any man
deem that he could tamper with
the honor or integrity of the
United States?' In the great
voice of national enthusiasm
which would be raised all over
the world would stand once more
thrilling to hear the voice of the
new world asserting the stand
ards of justice and liberty"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03
LEADER-ENTERPRISE PRINT
ING PAYS.

Have you seen the new base
ball park? The old park has
been enlarged, fine big grand
stand built, fence put up which
will prevent side door passes"
and some bleachers in the course
OF construction The outheld has
been filled in and the inheld is a
lot nicer, too.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03

In the batting practice at the
Dali park yesterday most of the
players knocked the balls over the
fence about twice out of three
times. This looked very nice but
was kind OF hard on the BOYS who
had to chase the balls.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-03

Pullman tourist sleeping will be operated leaving Way
cross tor Birmingham, via Manchester night 10TH
and leaving Birmingham for Waycros evening of May
18th also standard sleeping if there demand for
The lower berth from Fitzgerald will be StSad So
Tourist $125 -
Tickets will be sold May inclusive and for trains
scheduled to arrive Birmingham before o. m Nav 18th
Return limit May 25t 1916 uni extended June by de-
post OF ticket at Birmingham May payment of
fee of so F~' -
Further information will be cheerfuly furnished by A. B.
A. Ticket Agent W. W. Passenger Agent At
lanta, Ga.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-23
CENSUS OF 1916 LUMBER
PRODUCTION TO BE TAKEN

The census of the lumber produc-
tion of the country for 1916 will be
undertaken by the Forest Service in
cooperation with the National Lum-
ber Manufacturers association The
information to be obtained by this
work, il is stated, will be of i'm
mense benefit to the lumber industry
the Forest Service and other branch
es of the government.
1t is estimated by the Forest Ser
vice that there are more than 10000
sawmills in the country and it is
planned to have the investigation
reach every sawmill in operation.
Each of these will be asked to make
a detailed report of its production.
Information is sought as to the total
quantity of each kind of wood sawed
the number of lath and shingles man
ufactured and the average mill value
for each species. Printed schedules
designed for use in different regions
of the country will simplify the col
lection of the figures and make ii
easy for each man to send in COM
plete report. The work, it is stated,
will be directed by the office of in
dustrial Investigations of the Forest
Service in Washington, but the west
ern part of the country will be COW
cred by the district offices of the For
est Service located in Missoula. Mon
tana; Denver, Colorado; Albuquerque,
New Mexico; Ogden, Utah; San Fran
cisco, California, and Portland, Ore
gon. The officers in charge of these
districts. being nearer and thorough.
ly familiar with the scene of opera
tons, are able to secure returns and
compile results in less time than if
the work were all handled from
Washington.
1t is intended that preliminary
statements showing the production
of the principal species, such as yell
low pine, Douglas fir, white pine and
oak, and also the production of the
leading states, will be issued as soon
as the figures are available The inn
portance of these annual statistics,
Forest Service officials say, is appar-
emily not fully realized by all of the
sawmill men, since past attempts to
gather similar data show a large
number often fail to reply promptly
or neglect to make any report. A
better response has been received
from the lumber trade in late years
and the officials in charge of the
work believe that with proper CO.
operation on the part of the lumber
men, final figures showing the total
production can be announced by June
l, 1917.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-23
VETERAN COMSTOCK EDITOR
PASSES AWAY In TEXAS

Capt. John l. CHM, veteran news
paper man OF the West, died Tuesday
IN El Paso, Texas, according to tele-
graph dispatches.
The death of CHM recalls to the
minds of the pioneer Comstockers the
early days of Virginia City, when the
camp boasted of the greatest news
paper men and the greatest newspa-
pers in the country.
Col. William Sutherland of Reno
who was in Virginia City in the days
When 1t was the center of the mining
world, remembers CHM well. He was
a practical printer, according to
Col Sutherland, and prior to Nav
1875, was part owner and editor ot
the Virginia City Chronicle, which
was then the evening paper of the
camp and did not rank as high as
the Virginia City Enterprise.
CHM sold out his interest in the
Chronicle to Dennis Mccarthy. who
conducted the paper for several years
He was veteran of the Civil war
and would have been 81 years old on
Christmas Day.
According to the telegraphic dis
patches, he has been connected with
the El Paso papers for several years
and at one time was connected with
the San Francisco Argonaut
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-23
THOMAS f. OSBORNE KILLED
ACCIDENTALLY AT HAZEN

Thomas F. Osborne, who for the
last Is months has been in the em-
ploy of the Western Ore Purchasing
company under the name of Clark,
was killed yesterday morning at 1925
at Hazen, says the Sparks Tribune.
Osborne leaves a wife and child liv-
ing at 2531 Sutter street, San Fran
cisco, California.
For the last several months Os-
borne has been acting queerly and
yesterday morning especially his
companions noted that he was IRA
tional. He was continually talking
and muttering and acting in a queer,
dazed way. He was believed to suffer
from periods of insanity.
He was sitting on the ties under
meath a string of cars when the ac-
cident occurred. He was about 200
yards east of Hazen and the extra
1854 came along and struck the cars,
throwing Osborne and his neck was
broken.
He was a man about As or so years
of age.