The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-27

IclAlm was that OF Mrs. Frances Pat
terson. OF Carpenter. and the PEN
sion officials have finally agreed to
It. Mrs. Patterson is TO receive $12
month and the accrued pension
from the time OF the Ming OF her ap-
plIcatlon, December "a, 1912.
A fourth class postmaster's COM
mission has been issued to Ebert S.
Anderson, of LOchgelly. w. Va.
Captain NJ. II. Thorp, n Civil war
veteran who has been employed in
various departments of the govern
ment since 1867. died at his home
in this city ut the age OF 70 years.
He was born at Little Hooking, O., a
village seven miles south Of Parkers-
burg and has relatives in that neigh
borhood. He was prominent In the
| Grand Army Of the Republic. Ma
sonic and other fraternal assocla-
tions.
Representative Nicely presented
the following to the House:
Petition OF citizens OF McWhorter,
w. Va, urging the enactment into
law OF House joint resolutions 81
and 85; also, petition OF citizens Of
Wheeling protesting against the pass
age of House bills Ga, SO and 491.
o. o. Sutton, OF Sutton, has been
the cause Of series Of suits which
has interested financial circles Of the
capital during the last week. Mr..
Sutton, who claims to be a stock
holder In the First National Insur-
ance Company, of this city, which
company owns the big Southern bus
mess building. started the series with
suit to compel the insurance COM
pany to open its books to him. On
the heels Of this came a suit to lay
bare the transactions of the South
ern Realty Company. corporation
which had taken over the Southern
building and compel an account
ing. The latest chapter was the filing
of charges by the insurance company
alleging that Mr.. Sutt0n's suits were
not instituted In good faith. In the
meantime, the defendants filed bills
telling their side of the transactions
surrounding the alleged transfer OF
the big million dollar ONCE building
to the Southern Realty Company. 1t
Is explained that the latter company
is only holding company and that
the title 10 the valuable property
had never passed from the insurance
company. nor was that the intention:
1t was plan to keep the assets OF
the insurance company more "liq-
uid."
Mr.. Sutton is not the only West
Virginian who is a stakeholder in
the First National Insurance Com
pany. A year ago. during a fight be-
tween two factions at stockholders
election to get control of the corpo-
ration. It developed that, at that time
there were in the neighborhood of
$500 citizens of West Virginia
whose names were on the stock books
Of the company.
Adjutant General John Bond left
today for Charleston to proceed with
all despatch to get the state militia
In readiness to answer a call for
troops TO go TO the Mexican border
to repel INVASION" which Is as far
az presidential order to the ma
tional guard OF the states can legal
~ 60 General Bond expects moth
Ing else except n call to the colors
and he expects 1t to be made within
very short time. He predicts It
Will be the next step in the Mexican
development, and while here was
busy pulling the wires at every influ-
ence which might avail to give the
West Virginia guard preference in
/ being ordered to the border among
the first. General Bond declares
that his soldiers are ready and an
xious to go to the front, and expresses
confidence that he can mobilize his
forces within forty eight hours after
the call is issued. Major Wallace,
U. S. A., who Is inspector of the state
militia, seconded General Bond in
that assertion. Major Wallace came
to Washington with General Bond.
visiting friends while here, while
General Bond Joined the national
guard lobby that has been assembled
here to back up the Hay military es-
Enlistment bill, which passed the
House with flying colors Thursday.
All the West Virginia congressman
voted for 1t except Mr.. Llttlepage.
who was at Charleston the day the
vote was taken. He favored the
passage OF the bill, however, and
was so paired"
Friends Of W. Taylor George, the
Barbour county lawyer and politician
who had the distinction OF being
speaker of the house OF delegates In
1913, are in daily communication BY
phone with the Baltimore hospital
where the stricken Philippi man was
taken several days ago In an effort
to save his life. Mr.. Georges con-
ditIon Is desperately critical, and
there Is little hope OF his surviving
long unless there is miraculous
change for the hotter in his condi-
ton. At the time he was stricken
he was figuring AZ a potent factor In
the Republican party situation in
the Second congressional district and
was prominently mentioned as con-
gress!onal candidate.
An interesting figure in the city this
week was Senator Ben Rosenbloom,
the virile, vitrolic and valiant Repub-
lican representative OF the Ohio county
senatorial bailiwick in the upper story
OF the states lawmaking factory. He
interested folks here. because OF the