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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-08
DAY IN CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Deo. T.
SENATE;

Met at noon.
Resumed debate on corrupt prac-
tices bill.
Discussed Hoke Smith bill for re-
ttrement Of federal judges who
reach 70 years OF ago,
William j. Bryan opposed execlu-
sive federal regulation Of railroads
before joint railroad investigating
committee.
Adjourned at $3.50 p. m. until
noon Friday.
HOUSE:
Mct at noon
Secretary Baker advocated diver
sion Of waters 70 American side OF
Niagara Fails before Foreign AZ
fairs Committee.
Condderntion Of omnibus Ash hat
cherries bill resumed.
Adjourned at 2:43 p. M. until noon
Saturday,
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Hatfield Certifies
. The Election of
Bowers and woodward

CHARLESTON. ". Va. Dec. T.
Governor Hatfield today issued pro-
CARNATIONS certifying the election TO
Congress of George VI. Bowers and
Harry C.. woodward. Republicans, OF
the Second and Fourth districts. re-
spectively. The former won over
former Senator Samuel v. Woods by
S6l. The latter won over Thomas
4. Null by 2S4:
The vote in the Second District
800. ,s rol1nu.S.
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VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

PARlS, Dec. /. a:10 p. m.--The cham
ber Of Deputies by Il vote. nf 3ti to 160
tonight passed Il resolution expressing
confidence in the government. in its
conduct of the war. d.
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ALLIES WILL:
=;
BLOCKADE ALL J.
CREEK PORTS
u. S. TO PROTEST THE
VENIZELOS TREATMENT
Rumanian Army Still Falling
Back All Along the Line
Little Fighting.

PARIS, Dec. Z, 6:O5 p .m.-The OH.
cial journal will publish tomorrow a
decree proclaiming blockade of the
Greek ports
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Rain Friday, colder at night; Saturday
partly cloudy and much colder, prob
ably snow near Lake Erie. ~
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CONTINUED on PaSe Ten)
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-30

dead. Your Honor. Mr.. Langdon has
declared the defence to be depressed
psychosls'. and under those circum-
stances I declare the present testi-
mony to be irrelevant. and request
that 1t be stricken out"
My defence is still depressed psy-
Ghosts, your Honor. retorted Langdon
quickly. but call the attention Of the
court to the statement made by DR..
Foster, that II Miss Page was suffer-
ing from that when David Pollock was
shot, she would not have known wheth-
er her own or another hand fred the
fatal shot. Your Honor. 1 am endeav-
oring by this witness to bring to light
some obscure facts In this case, and
crave the leniency of the court to con-
unue the present testimony Ills
tone was earnest and the justice of
what he asked was evident to all.
II think you may continue, Mr..
Langdon." said the Judge after a mo-
ment's thought. 81 cannot sustain the
objection OF Mr.. Dallas
With shrug of resignation the
Prosecutor dropped back into his seat.
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that-thnt things didn't look as bright
for the little girl as I had imagined.
1t looks. in fact. MS II she was UP
against II hard AS if-unless some
thing is done she'll go 10 the chair"
And he calmly pulled his cigar.
mol MOI" cried Langdon with a
shudder. "Never that. 1t won't cgme
to that. can promise you. They can't
prove her guilty. but there are lots of
different degrees of murder. and es-
Gaping the chair doesn't mean setting
her free"
The two men sat silent for n long
time. facing each other a. ross the desk.
antagonistic. yet linked by some
thought that neither would put into
words. AT last Daniels spoke.
I'm no snitcher." he said hoarsely.
Il don't believe in telling NIL you know
and stirrin' up n lot OF mud when you
Amt sure 1t will do any good. But I'd
do a lot for Mary Page. She's on the
level. She didn't shoot Dave Pollock
I'm dead sure OF that. And won't
see her Harmed II 1 can stop 1t, no
matter what the price is."
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AN ANCIENT ROMANCE.
The Story of Ruth and soaz and rru.
Human Kindness,

Truman NtndneSS.
The book Of Ruth IS the greatest mas.
toral idyl in literature. 1t is founded,
according to the Christian Herald, on
loving kindness, the loving kindness of
the Moabites revealed to her family
and the loving kindness of Boaz, the
wealthy 1sraelite, to Ruth, his kins.
woman. 1t also contains the germ Of
that great heartedness which il the
center Of the gospel of Christian love.
1t Is book that opens with tears
and famine and ends with the sound of
wedding bells. The story turns upon
the straightforwardness of Boaz. who
showed kindness and manliness to
Ruth, member Of nation that wasl
lsrael's foe, and in that Kindness found.
cd new house, the house of Jesse and
David, the royal line that be-at n
greater than David.
Boaz is immortal among Bible heroes
for his Kindness, his plain, everyday
generosity, his sense of protection and
care for the lonely, unprotected Moab.
itish girl, his dead kinsman's wife
who in her poverty Cleaned in his har.
vest field after the reapcrs. Boaz gave
orders to his reapers that they should
allow her to CLEAN even among tho
sheaves Of barley and by his large
lieartcdness gained wife and, more
than that, made place for himself in
that immortal company which, is re.
nowned for nausht but for being kind.
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INDELIBLE MARKING.
Advantages of Using Jus. Ordinary
BLUEPRINT Solution.

Blueprint Solution.
There are many occasions upon
which it Is necessary to mark linen or
wearing apparel indellbly with ones
name and address, yet the ink sold for
this purpose is not always convenient
to use or attractive in appearance, says
the American Boy.
A very good substitute is the ordi.
nary blueprint powder, sold by any
Photographic dealer, n thick solution
being made and used Just as the ordi.
nary ink would be. Instead Of fixing
this by the use of hot iron. 1t is made
permanent simply by washing In sew
eral changes OF cold water. When thor.
oughly fixed the writing will appear In
very pretty shade of blue. Should
You prefer. rubber stamp NAV be
used instead Of pen. In this case a
little glycerine should be mixed with
the solution. which should be spread
upon clean cloth or blotter. This Is
then used as an linking pad for the
stamp.
Aside from its convenience marking
with blue print solution has the advan.
tage that traces of the writing or any
stains caused by It may be removed II
desired by the application Of solu.
ton Of tannln.
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DANIELS TO DEFY Hoopoo
TO REOPEN THE CONVICTION
Defyins the Theatrical Hoodoo Which
the superstitious Declare Hangs
Over the Famous Old covinston
Theatre, Mr.. Daniels Announces
That Plans Are Now Under Way to
Reopen the Playhouse Early Next
Month With Musical Comedy.
WILL ANNOUNCE
NAME OF PLAY LATER.

With little whistle OF surprise
Langdon dropped into his seat and
scanned the article. which was an in
terview with Daniels. Its details were
non-essential. dealing mostly with the
question Of the superstition clinsing
about theatres connected in any way
with tragedy. but the main fact stood
out boldly. Daniels had secured fresh
backing and was to start again.
With the paper crumpled in his hand
Langdon stared out OF the window,
trying to flt this new fact into the in
tricate puzzle that had grown out Of
the death OF David Pollock.
Everyone knew now that Daniels
himself had lost all he possessed and
had also lost the money Pollock had
promised him through the death Of the
latter
Who. then, was the new angel. whose
name did not appear in the carefully
worded announcement from Daniels?
Was II not possible. after all. that
Daniels had secured more money from
Pollock than anyone knew OF. and
chose this method OF using It to avoid
clashing with the lawyers OF Pollock's
estate?
He had got no further than this
point in his soliloquy. when the oriice
boy appeared at the door. little flush
ed and apologize.
81 know you don't want to be dis
turbed. Mr.. Langdon," he said I'M
easily. "but there's man out here in
sists on seeing you. Says he'll wait till
it's convenient for you to talk to him.
Tell him I'm very busy now. and
must go into court soon. Ask him to
talk to Mr.. Barrett or Mr.. Rogers"
The boy went out. but IN a moment
or SO returned.
He says they won't do. sir. He must
see you. He says to tell you his name
is Daniels and he has come about the
trial"
Langdon lifted his head quickly.
"a short fat MANI" he queried, and
the boy nodded "Tell him to come
in," said the young attorney. and
smoothing out the crumpled morning
paper he laid 1t back with the others
and smiled: a trifie grimly.
Prosperity had already laid Its hand
upon Danieis-at least his clothes
made that evident. He was sprucely
dressed, and recently shaved and car
ried cafie. There was indeed an as
sumption of jauntihess about him that
would have deceived almost anyone.
but Langdon's keen eyes saw the
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Thank you." said Langdon. but
Daniels frowned.
You've got no cause to thank me-"
he said. 81 just wanted you to know.
want TO be kept posted. don't want
to tell anything that amt necessary.
but II the worst comes to the worst, by
God I'll tell it ALL"
rs that your profnise?"
Yes" Abruptly Daniels put on his
hat. and without n word of parting
marched out OF the door leaving Lang
don staring through narrowed lids aft
er his retreating form. as he reached
for the telephone.
He was late getting into court, but
whatever conflicting emotions tho
promise made by Daniels had reused
in him were hidden by the smiling
mask of confidence and ease with
which he reassured not only Mary but
the spectators.
To Mary. that smile and the deep
abiding tenderness in his eyes were
the two things that made 1t possible to
bear with patience the weary strain OF
the passing days. The first shuddering
horror of the tragedy had passed, It is
true, and in spite OF Its occasional re-
turn in the quiet of sleepless nights, It
had given place to n less poignant
though bitter enough suffering.
With the passing OF the acute agony,
However, the little things at first sub
merged came to the surface and be-
came a source of daily martyrdom
The hard bed: the coarse food; the
lack of privacy: the limited conveni-
ences: the roughness OF the police and
the suffocating sense Of being n pris-
oner; OF being denied the fresh air and
the sunshine and the right to go where
she pleased, seemed almost unbearable.
Yet she knew that the agony of her
suffering was doubled by that Of
Langdon; that he went through vicari-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-30
THE FIRST sKYscRAPER.
It Wa. Designed by Savoy Arehi..e.
Three Centuries Aao.

threo Centuries Ago.
Credit for the first skyscraper built in
this country is generally conceded to
Chicago. 1t was built in the loop dis
trict" Of that city in 1856. from plans
by Holabird & Roche. The ifrst exar--
pie OF lofty building In New York city
was the structure at 80 Broadway, de.
signed by Bradford Lee Gilbert in
1883. A few years later both these
wonders became insignificant and prac.
tically forgotten because they were SO
greatly outdone by succeeding sky.
scrapers. But these were not the in.
itial efforts. for skyscraper was de.
signed nearly three centuries ago.
many generations before the discovery
Of the steel cage system of this day.
jacques Perret, an architect of
Chambery. Savoy, is the accredited au.
thor Of plans for IN eleven story build.
Ing, 361 feet In height, which must
have had twice the space between
floors, for today eleven stories are
crowded within height of $50 feet.
Perret's building was planned to be
1G6 feet long and 40 feet wide, with
supporting walls twelve feet thick at
the base.
While never executed, the project of
Perfect in many ways was a remark.
able prophetic vision. Evidently 1t was
intended for dwelling purposes, for in
describing the project he wrote, "This
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-30
CHAPTER KIN.
paniels' Promise.

r ANGDoN surveyed the huge pile
of mail on his desk with a
half rueful half whimsical
smile. Despite the fact that
he had worked half the night, his cold
plunge and a cup of strong coffee had
sent him down town early. filled with
energy. and he had planned to clean
up" his letters at the ONCE before pro-
ceeding to Court.
He had not. however. counted upon
the sympathy and the antipathy that
the now famous trial OF Mary Page was
arousing.
Nor had he counted upon the pro-
pensity Of the American public to
write letters. and in consequence it
was not few hours work. but the la
Dor of days that lay before him in that
multitudinous array of envelopes.
Beside the letters lay the morning
papers. all of them. with the accounts
of the trial marked heavily with blue
pencil. ready to be clipped and pasted
in the office scrap book. As Langdon
drew out his chair and sat down the
headlines Of the topmost paper caught
his eye.
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+, and Langdon, turning again to Nc.
Clone who looked bewildered by the
battle OF the attorneys, said quietly:
Il will repeat my question, Mr.. Nc
Clone. Did you ever hear anyone
make any threats against Mr.. Pol
lock?"
We'll, rs said4"
But this time 1t was his Honor who
interrupted.
You must remember, Mr.. McGlone
i that in answering questions. you must
use only the direct yes or no. Do not
digress or say why such threats were
made. That question has not been
asked YOU"
"rhen-yes," grumbled McGlone. "I
heard fellers make threats against him
twice" "a
"where?'
I'm front Of the bar. He was mixed
up with some men that didn't like the
way he run things. He treated 'em all
like dogs. and I thought that sometime
when one OF EN- was full OF whiskey
he'd probably carry out the threat.
Did you warn Mr.. Pollock?"
Yes"
What did he say?"
"oh. Dave just laughed and said he
knew Of four people who would like to
see him get his, and,he wasn't exclude
Ing the fair SEX
A whisper Of excitement ran through
the room and Mary shuddered. Had
he meant her? Surely not. But the
words brought frown to Langdon's
face and a grim smile to that Of the
prosecutor.
Did he." the question raped sharp
ly. SAY that he took any precautions
against attack"
Yes. He told me he packed a cou-
Pile Of guns that would make any fool
who got after him. bark up the wrong
tree.
ne carried two revolversas
YES"
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On the contrary. he seemed somewhat
pleased with his Importance and
answered Langdon's first questions
with n glibncss that held q touch of
the pompous.
He was he said, owner and proprie-
tor OF n large retail liquor house" and
had formerly been ION the force"
did You ever know David Pollock 90
asked Langdon.
''Surci knew Dave well. ] bought
most Of my fancy wines through him.
and lie used to drop in occasionally
when he was passin', just to say
howdy."
did he ever bring friends with
hlm?"
"oh, sometimes. Not often" There
was a conversational tone in the wit
ncss's voice.
Did you ever hear him quarrel with
anyone while in your saloon?"
mo. Dave was sharp with his
tongue when he'd been drinkin', but
everybody knew he didn't mean it. He
was q generous Teller. too. always
made up for his madness in a free
handed way. Besides, / wouldn't stand
fer no fightin' in my house. It was n
respectable place, I'll have you know!"
"And yet" broke in Langdon sharp
ly. isn't It true that you twice warned
David Pollock that he had better look
out or somebody would get him'?"
McGlone shifted uneasily. and his
pompous air faded.
Yes" he said. That's true. but It
wasn't particularly Dawes quarreling
that made me soy It."
did you ever hear anyone make any
threats against Mr.. Pollock?"
Yes. You see. Dave was mixed up
in some dirty work"
81 objecti" interrupted the District
Attorney. leaping to his feet. Not
only to the question of Mr.. Langdon,
but to the endeavor on the part OF
tho witness to traduce man who is
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Copyright. 1915. by Meclur. Publications.

ousiy all she endured as well as bear
Ing his own burden. and SO for his
sake she bore up. drinking in cour-
age from the love that enveloped her
whenever his eyes met hers.
For Just as the trial and what had
gone before It had stripped her of her
woman's subterfuges and coquetries,
so had 1t stripped Langdon's love OF
the masculine dread of publicity. and
ne cared nothing even II all those in
the courtroom read the secrets of his
heart.
on this particular morning. however,
Mary fancied that there was n new
meaning In his smile. and q light OF
hope in his eyes. and there was keen
Interest in her own gaze when the first
witness was called.
John McGlone!"
He was a burly man in n loud waist
coat. with hair that grew low on his
forehead and was parted In the middle
into two careful curis in fashion
popular with certain type Of bar
keeper and barber.
He showed no signs of nervousness.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-30
'Did you ever See them7.

did you ever see them?-
Not as remember. He said they
were beauts. and that they couldn't be
duplicated on this side OF the Attain
TIC"
Suddenly the prosecutor leaned for
ward alertly. He saw in an instant
where this testimony was leading, and
waited. breathless, for the inevitable
question that would follow.
Mr.. McGlone. were those revolvcrs
mates? Was II, in fact, a pair of pis-
tolls that David Pollock owned?"
Il couldn't say for certain. He used
to call EN- the twins. but never saw
them meself."
That is all, thank you. Mr.. Nc
Clone" said Langdon. and sat down
triumphantly. while the jury, leaning
forward, stared down at the revolver
from which that fatal shot had been
fired. n-Dayid Pollock had owned a
pair Of them. who could say whether
the one found on the floor was or was
not the one that Mary Page had put
into her bag at the theatre!
ITO be eontinusd.J
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fered to give me a chance to put over
a musical comedy"

fered to give me chance to put over
q musical comedy"
"Who is in the syndicate?"
"'They don't want the names known.
They are men pretty high up in poll
tics and don't mind telling you. in
the liquor interests. That sort OF fell
low loves to take flyer in the show
business. and for once was Johnnie
on the spot" He laughed. and pulled
out cigar. You don't mind II ]
smoke, do you? Have one?"
Langdon declined, but produced box
of matches for his visitor.
I'm very glad. for your sake. that
you were.' said Langdon drily: then,
ed across the desk crying harshly.
Has that anything to do with your
testimony in court? Was that the real
reason you came back to the city,"
Daniels WINGED That's what came
to see you about" he said huskily. II
admit 1 didn't tell everything that ]
might have on the stand. What held
back may have nothing to do with this
case. held 1t back he added sig
nificantly. for several reasons. some
Of which you may know
What I know or don't know. has
nothing to do with the matter" re-
torted Langdon. but with a change OF
tone. you haven't answered my
question yet"
"Tm not going to answer #" said
Daniels after long pause. Maybe
I'll have to later on. but not now. Only.
see here. Langdon. I've got to know
one thing: has Mary got the ghost of
chance to-get off? Do you think
that whats-its- psychosis will
get her out of prison? I amt got weak
nerves or anything; but don't mind
saying that this thing has got my
goat. For while 1 didn't read the pa
pers. but yesterday 1 did and I found
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-30

Mary PdBe. actress, n accused Or the
murder OF David Pollock and IL defended
by her lover. Philip Langdon. Pollock
was intoxicated. At Mary's trial she adj
mits she had the revolver. Her maid
testifes that Mary threatened Pollock
with II previously. and Mary's leading
man duplicates Langdon. How Mary dis
appeared from the scene of the crime Is n
mystery. Brandon tells Of strange hand
print he saw on Mary's shoulder. Further
evidence shows that horror of drink pro-
duces temporary insanity in Mary. The
defense Is depressed psychosis.' Wit
nesses describe Mary's flight from her In
toxicatcd father and her fathers suicide.
Nurse Walton describes the kidnapping of
Mary by Pollock. and Amy Barton tells
of Mary's struggles to become an actress.
of Pollock's pursuit OF her and OF another
occasion when tho sinell of liquor drove
Mary insane. There Ii evidence that Dam
iels. Mary's manager. threatened Pollock.
Mary faints on the stand and again goes
insane when n policeman Offers her
whisky. Daniels testines that Pollock
threatened to kill Mary and Langdon and
actually attempted TO kill LanEdon. Two
witnesses describe Mary's flight to the
street from the hotel and her abduction
by men from gambling place near by.
Further evidence seems to incrimlnate
Daniels.
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The following allegory is told among
the Turks:
Every man has two guardian angels.
one on his right shoulder and one on
his left. In doing good the angel on
the right shoulder notes It down and
sets a seal upon 1t, for what Is done
Is done forever. When evil Is com.
mltted the angel on the left shoulder
writes It down, but he waits until mid.
night before he seals It. II by that
time the man bows his head and says.
Gracious Allah, have sinned; for.
give mel" the angel blots out the fault
but II not he seals It at midnight and
then the angel on the right shoulder
weeps.
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harsh lines ut the corners Of the mouth,
ana the sombre anxiety in the rest
less eyes.
You didn't expect to see me. did
you. Langdon?' lie said MS tho lawyer
rose to greet him. Philip smiled.
NO" he answered. 81 didn't hope
for anything so opportune. ! was just
wondering where 1 could get you on
the phone. I've Just seen this morn
ing's pnper." he added significantly;
and Daniels shifted uneasily in his
chair.
You. mean about the thcatre2" he
said. well. it's kind of good news for
me. lost about all I had on the Page
venture and was beginning TO feel
the rocks when this new syndicate Of
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other WAY Round.

Circumstances alter cases" said the
lawyer gravely.
YEP" said the client. "But in my
case it's the circumstances that I'm
hiring you to alter" Detroit Free
Press.