The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-28
Events Of Washington. D. c.,
Are Reported by TeIegram'S
Correspondent There.

Correspondent There.
WASHINGTON, Aug. There
has been no federal aid Of the food
sufferers in the Kanawha yet There
will not be until Secretary of War
Baker. who has been campaigning in
Maine, returns and passes on the
case himself report is on file at
the war department quoting Governor
Hatfield as declining assistance from
the national government This re-
port Is vigorously denied by Governor
Hatfield in a telegram sent to Con
| gressman LittlcpaEc in reply to an in
curing wire sent to the governor by
Mr.. Littlepagc.
A report submitted to the war de-
partment by Major T. II, Jackson, of
the engineer corps, stationed at
Wheeling, after stating that Captain
Lee had made personal investlga-
ton of the stricken region, says, par
agraph 3: From this Information
it is believed that federal aid is not
needed. The governor of West Vir-
gnia stated to Captain Lee, as the
latter was leaving the district, that
federal aid had not been asked and
that it was not necessary"
1t was this which caused Congress
man Littlepage, who was the author
of the relief resolution passed by
Congress, to rush telegram to Gov
cmor Hatfield, which read as fol-
lows:
Captain John C. H. Lee of the
corps Of engineers of the war depart
ment, who Investigated conditions in
the flooded district of Cabin creek and
Coal river. has reported to the war
department. that while he was leaving
the district the governor of West Vir-
gnia had stated to him that federal
aid had not been asked by the state
and that it was unnecessary Please
wire me Immediately whether he
quotes you correctly"
The prompt reply from Governor
Hatfield to the above. read;
on August IL wired senator
Chiffon that we would be appreciatiye
Of any service the federal government
might render, Such pests as Captain
Lee, who came into our state and
without calling on the governor or
adjutant general, who are familiar
with the situation, attempts to cover
1000 square miles of flooded area in
a two day period. paying a hurried
call on the governor as he was leay-
ing the district would, feel, tend to
disgust the officials of any state. as
well IS those who have been so un-
fortunate as to be food sufferers. /
can do no better than TO repeat TO
You my message to Senator Chiffon
that the unfortunate people would, I
am sure, be grateful for any contribu-
ton to them the federal government
cares to take. was not quoted cor
rectly to YOU
Upon receipt of this telegram from
Governor Hatfield, Congressman Lit
tIepage took it Immediately to the Of
hcials at the war department. lie
demanded immediate federal help as
provided in his resolution, which the
President signed last Thursday. The
conference was heated at times Moth
ing was done, however, with Mr.. Lit
tlcpa ge's demands except TO defer
them until Secretary Baker returns
from Maine He was expected to be
at his desk here today
; The president has sent to the Sen
ate the name of Norman Randolph
Price of West Virginia, appointed
first lieutenant in the Medical Re-
serve Corps, L. S A.
Mrs. Leona NJ. Bonar has been ap.
pointed postmistress at MurraysvilIe,
Jackson county. succeeding Eva G.
Wallace, resigned
4 Commissions have been mailed to
the following fourth class postmas-
tors: Ethel Cook at ReXallia: Crock
EFT y. Morgan of Nanny; Ebenezer o.
Morris of standard; and Bert Shan
non. of Stark
The postotIlCe at Monarch, Kanaw-
ha county has been discontinued
also ut Wildel, Pocahontas county.
Congressman sutherland has sent a
sharp note oftnQuiry to the postohice
department TO ascertain why W. A.
CARROTS appointment as postmaster
at ottawa. W, va, is withheld. His
average leads the list
The president has signed the spe,
cfal pension bills which we're orig
inally introduced in the House by
I, Congressman Littlepage and which
are now laws, in behalf of the fol
I lowing persons:
george schultz, Of Spring Hill, IA
nawha county, $50 a month; Marthf
]. Hovey. formerly of St Adams, $2r
: a month; Gus Born, Of harrington
: $17 a month; Lena Grissee, Of Char,
: lesion, 512 a month and 81 a month
0 for each Of her minor children
G Through the pension bureau, an N
|. crease for John W. Lanham, Of Char