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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Deputies Rise Up Like
Ghosts When WhiSke.y
Passes in Dark Alley

officers sprang upon them. At the
same instant, they declared, Allen
let loose of the bottle as though 1t
were charged with electricity.
The officers had not especially fig
ured on getting Jackson and Allen,
but they had concealed themselves at
a place particularly well adapted for
a little bootlegging transaction In
hopes that something Of the sort
would take place. They had nosed
out the right place. for 1t was not
very long until Jackson and Allen
slipped in there for private consul
tation, Jackson raising Ned, accord
ing to the officers, because he had
been hunting everywhere for Allen
and couldn't find him.
Jackson Is to be charged before a
magistrate with Bookkeeping and AL
len with haTIng whiskey in his pos
session.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
spread the typhus epidemic, which is
prevalent in parts of Mexico. .
BERNARD DURAN NOT
MURDERER OF AKERS
Gay ASSOCIATED pscss,


YSLETA, Tex, Jan. 22-Douglas
Downs, survivor Of the attack by
Mexican cattle rustlers in which his
companion, Bert Akers, was killed
yesterday, declared tonight that he
had gone to Juarez late today and
had seen Bernardo Duran, the man
who is said to have confessed the kill
ing and that Duran was not the man
who pursued him and Akers on the
fatal chase after they appeared at
the Duran house to demand the re-
turn of the stolen cattle.
"They let me see only Bernard
Duran, and he was the man who con-
fessed to having killed Bert" said
Downs. But l am convinced that
he is not the man who killed Akers. .
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
DAY IN CONGRESS


WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-The Sen
ate was not in session. 1t viii meet
Monday.
The House met at noon. General
debate, was continued on the shackle-
ford bill to appropriate $25,O00,O00
federal aid to states for HIGHWAY
construction.
Immigration committee considered
literacy test provision of the immi-
grafton bill.
Insular committee considered the
Philippine bill without action.
immigration committee decided to
incorporate In pending immigration
bill a provision barring Hindu as well
MS Chinese immigrants and restrict
ing Japanese immigration.
Lever bill for license and inspec-
ton Of warehouses for agricultural
products favorably reported by agri-
cultural committee.
Adjourned at 1880 p. m. until
Monday.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
PERSONALS

Ira c.. Post, of Romine's Mills, VS.
tied the city Saturday evening.
John C. johnson was here from
Bridgeport Saturday evening,
Charles Roy; OF Brushy Fork. was
in the city Saturday evening.
Houston L. Roy, OF Philippi, was
here Saturday evening. -
Cary c. Hines is here from SUIT
ton.
F.. o. stalnaker, of Sutton, is here
on a business visit.
Mr.. and Mrs, C. C. zenor and son,
of West Union, are visiting in the city.
c. D. Sommerville is here from
-Shinnston. y
Mr., and Mrs. ]. M. Hamilton, Of
nfcWhorter, are visiting in the city. i
2 CD. Goodwin, Of Weston, is a city
business visitor. in,f1t n = n
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
F|FTY.FOUR FIRES
Are Reported to the State Fire
Marshal for the Month
ofDecenber.
lsprelAL nj rar rllEesas.

CHARLESTON, Jan. 22-Fifty-
four fires were reported to the state
fire marshal for the month of Decent
Der according to that officiars report
Just made. The financial loss was
s94.124 and the insurance on the
property destroyed or partly de-
stroyed was s161.425 while the value
OF the same property is given as
s240,72d.
The heaviest loss was sustained in
the destruction Of a hotel at Clarks-
burg owned by Judge Charles w.
Lynch. The loss is given as S17,25o
with St4,525 insurance while tho
value of the property is given as
S22,500.
Defective flues or cause I'M
known were the causes of the great
majority of the fires.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
PERSIA
CONTINUED from page |, first section).

Continued from page /, first section).
pedoed was contained in the aiIidavits
mention of the fact would have been
made before this time by the British
government
A rejolnder to Austria's latest reply
regarding the Ancona case has been
held up pending the possible receipts
of more information regarding the
Persia. Officials consider that there
is a possibility the situation may so
develop as 10 warrant mention OF the
Persian in the rejoinder but the An
coma negotiations probably will not
be delayed much longer on that ac-
count.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
NO CHARGES TO PRESENT
TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY
uy Assoel.rro Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-United
States Marshal James NJ. Power, of
the Eastern district of New York, in
a statement issued tonight comment
ing upon the dismissal of Deputy
Marshal +. J. Johnson, declared he
had no charges to present to the dis
trict attorney in connection with the
escape of Ignatius T. T. Lincoln, the
German secret agent who was in
j ohnson's custody. II have made a
thorough investigation" he said,
land have reached the conclusion
that escape was due to nothing more
than carelessness."
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
FARMERS MEET
WITH THE AGENT

and among those who gave talks
were Flavius b, DAWSON, of Bridge
port; Ferdinand Gore, of Adamston,;
Ira c. Post. of Romine's Mills; and
Claude Maxwell and J. D, Mickey
nolds, of the city. Reports were
made of the work of the farmers
meeting at Morgantown and all
talks were helpful.
Farmers will meet every Saturday
hereafter in the court house at 10
a. m. and 2 p. III. unless notice is
given to the contrary.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
JOHNSON Removed
From Office for Permitting
Self-Confessed German
Spy to Escape.
tsy Assoc,.rgo PRESS,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-F. ].
Johnson. deputy United States mar
sal, who WAS in charge OF Ignatius
4. Lincoln, confessed German spy,
when the latter escaped from custody
in Brooklyn last Saturday, was re-
moved from office today by direction
of Attorney General Gregory. Depart
ment OF justice officials after exam
lining a report on the circumstances
of I.incoln's escape decided that
Johnson had been unduly negligent.
Lincoln was being held pending ex-
tradition to England to answer n
charge of forgery.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
"A Sort Of Halloween Affair
Lands Two Negroes in the
County Jail.

Strickland jackson and Wise AL
len, negroes, were the two. most sur
prised persons In Clarksburg Satur-
day night when two deputy sherlffs
suddenly sprang before them from
hiding places in dark spot in Ira
ders alley. A bottle of whiskey fell
to the ground when the deputies
made their unexpected appearance,
and 1t and the two negroes were
taken along to the county jail and
locked up.
!. The deputies-Laco Wolfe and
Clarence Vannort--said they saw
Jackson make sale OF the bottle of
whiskey to Allen and that just as
soon as Allen took the bottle the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
CONV|CTS
Are Believed to Be Surrounded
in Tangled Thicket by an
Armed Guard.
t,r A,.eel.1.p ,arss;,

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Jan. "a
Armed guards from the state convict
farm at Cummins tonight surrounded
a tangled thicket several miles from
the farm in the belief that two Of
the twenW-four convicts who escaped
Wednesday night had taken refuge
there. Ten of the escaped men had
been captured and returned to the
farm tonight.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
w1I1.yG FOR MERGER.

WESTON, Jan. 22.-The proposed
plan to merge the Consolidated Tela
ephone Company Of West Virginia
and the Bell telephone company was
submitted to the subscribers Of both
companies here, resulting In vote
OF ninety per cent in favor of. the
consolidation Of the two companies.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
JURY HANGS.

NEW MADRID, Mo-, Jan. 22.-Af-
ter being out twenty-eight hours with
the cases of Dan and George Ryals,
two of several score of alleged Might
Riders" now on trial here, the jury
failed to agree on n cerdict and was
dismissed tonight. The case of Noah
Willoughby was given to another jury
tonight.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
JUDGE RALsTON DEAD.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan, 22.-Judge
Robert Ralston of the common pleas
court OF this county, widely known
as jurist, soldier and writer on legal
topics, died at his home today, from
complication of diseases, resulting
from an attack Of pneumonia. He was
So years old.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
APOLLO SUNK
But Another Steamer Rcscucs Sixteen
Men Of the Crew.

LONDON. Jan. 22.-The Dutch
steamer Apollo Of 100 tons was sunk
last night near Galloper lightship, &C.
cording to a Central News despatch
from Flushing, The steamer Juliana
rescued and landed at Flushing sixteen
Of the crew. four of whom were in
jured. Three Of the crew were drowned.
cd. .,.t-.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
MIR. WEIGH IMPROVING.

Frank ]. WEIGH, member Of the
drug firm of Welch and Fullerton, is
improving at his home on jackson
street. He has had Ia grippe sever
al days. He was able to be out OF
bed Saturday, the first time since he
was taken ill.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
GETS YosT LAW SENTENCE.

James Yancy, the negro who was
arrested several days ago on charge
of selling whiskey, was found guilty
at a trial Saturday evening in Magis-
trate R. Edward Kidd's court and
drew the minimum Of sixty days in
Jail and 800 fine.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
SON OF KENTUcKIAN.
uy ASSOCIATED raEss,

HORSE CAVE. KY, Jan. IA.
Bert Akers. killed by Mexicans yes
terday at San Lorenzo, Chihuahua.
was son of P. B. Akers, prominent
farmer near Horse Cave. Young AK
ers went to Mexico seven years ago.
When he was 81 years of age.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
SHIPS ARE SUNK.
tar ASSOCIATED pRusO

PETRoGRAD, via London. Jan. "a.
Russian torpedo boats in the Black
sea. it was announced here today. have
sunk two Turkish ships loaded with
war supplies. The crews were made
prisoners.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

c. II. Duling, Of Charleston. Is here
on a brief visit. ,Sisj
Miss Alma Janet Arbuckle, OF Glen
Vile, and Miss Ethel Morris, OF Wal
lace, are visiting in the city.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
SEES ZONE.
tsy ASSOCIATED pREss,

b ALIENS, Jan. 21.-via Paris, Jan.
20, IL noon (delayed)-The Greek
government, according to announce
ment here, sees no objection to the
Temporary establishment of the Serb
ian government at Corfu. rlr=
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
COUNTY PRISONERS.

+ The population Of the county Jail
at present is thirty-eight Of the num-
Der, thirty are eligible for work on
the county roads.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
BANANA TRUST I.
IL SUIT is DECIDED
FOR DEFENDANT
! : 44+a4+4+++++*
EIGHTY BELOW.
(By Associated Press J

SEATTLE, wash, Jan. %
Richardson, Alaska. sixty miles
from Fairbanks, reported eighty
degrees below zero today, ac-
cording to dispatches today
from the far north territory.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-10-28

and great care is necessary to avoid
confusion In gathering the leaves and
berries, for very small number OF
leaves Of the wrong kind will material
ly affect the quality of the finished
product.
The leaves of the myrica acris are
from three to five inches In length.
The round berries are about the size
of n pea and contain from seven to
eight seeds. The bay rum which Is
made from combination Of green
leaves and berries is of q better quail
ity than that distilled from dried
leaves or from the leaves without the
berries. The berries are very difficult
to gather however, and they cost
from Is to 20 times as much as the
leaves.
The basis of bay rum is Jamaica or
st. Croix rum, made from the skim
mings of the sugar boilers, scrapings
of sugar barrels, and the washings
from sugar pots.
For number of years much of the
bay rum of American commerce has
been manufactured In this country.
the ingredients usually being about
one-half the bulk alcohol, one-sixteenth
Jamaica rum. 40 drops of oil of bay
to the pint, 20 drops of oil orange, a
few drops of oil of mace, and the re-
mainder distilled water. all of which
is allowed to stand for several weeks
and Is then filtered through magnesla.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-10-28

the Tollman case. It required some
weeks to find her. When she was To-
Gated It was found that Tollman was
not with her. He had been there un-
til the night before. They had quar-
relied and he had gone away. The
cause of their quarrel was the fact that
Tollman had no money. She had cast
him or as dead husk. She did not
know his whereabouts.
In practically every case OF other
wise well-executed crime these devel-
ops some element of unexpected folly
the criminal does some one thing
that seems, from what would be sup
posed to be his standpoint. inexcusably
stupid. Gard was therefore not sur
prised when It developed that Toll
man had not SO much as thousand
dollars out of all he had taken from
the bank. He had made no provision
for the time which he must have
known would inevitably come when he
should be detected. This, however.
was not the browning folly from
criminal standpoint. Despite the dash
and cunning and the determination he
had evinced in his lootings, he lost his
nerve when his woman threw him out.
He purchased, with the proceeds of
pawned jewelry, ticket to Balm
bridge. Mass. went there, and gave
himself up to the police. His nerve
was broken.
The theory Of find the woman" was
applied in the case of the third of the
offenders, John r. Mansfield, the Bos-
ton gambler. The apartment Of Mrs.
Siddons where the faro game was.
upon occasion, set up, and the woman
herself, who was suspected Of being
particularly intimate with Mansfield,
were watched. The watch was not ef-
fective, however, for the woman dis
appeared with no one seeing her.
The janitor at the apartment house
reported that in going she had taken a
particularly heavy trunk. Special
Agent Stephens undertook to follow
that trunk. He canvassed half the
expressmen of Boston before he found
the man who had taken the trunk
away. This man stated that he had
taken it to the Back Bay station at
certain time, and that it had been
weighed and found to be in excess of
the baggage a passenger might carry
free of charge. This singled it out
from the mass of trunks. The ex-
pressman remembered that it weighed
225 pounds, and that the baggageman
had marked it for 60 cents excess.
According to the rate book this would
have been the excess charge for that
weight to New York. The trunk was
thus located with sufficient definite
ness that its number was procured!
In New York it was found that the
excess trunk had been sent on to
North Philadelphia with the charge c.
o. d. Here the record showed that
the trunk had been called for by a
Mrs. Price, living at an address on
Broad street, and the agent remem-
bered that she had been accompanied
by man. At this address a Mr.. and
Mrs. Price were found to be living.
Special Agent Stephens watched the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-10-28

with whom Walls was known to have
been friendly, and who had part in
the activities of the faro gang This
woman's correspondence was watched,
and 1t was soon discovered that she
was sending letters to and receiving
letters from a man in Detroit, Mich.
Tracings of the mans handwriting
were made as the letters came through
tha post office, and when compared
with that OF Walls, the resemblance
was convincing.
The writer OF these letters gave his
address as lock box. A special agent
went to Detroit, but the box had been
given up. Two months later more let
tiers came to the same woman from
Grand Junction, Colo, and also from
lock box. The postmaster was able
to describe the man holding the box
and the description suited Walls. But
he moved again before a detective got
there to identify and arrest him.
There was chase of six months on
such clues, always through the same
woman, but Walls was still at large.
Eventually there appeared among
death notices in New York the name
OF Edward T. Walls. Subsequently
Mrs. Walls went from her boarding
house in Boston and took charge of
the body. Suspecting that this might
be a trick to throw them off their
guard, the special agents took every
precaution to identify the body. Event
ually they were convinced that the
man they had pursued so diligently
was dead. The case was closed.
The three principals in this case,
Tollman. Kelliner and Mansfield.
were given 10, IS and 10 years re-
spectively. After their conviction
both Tollman and Kelliner talked
Freely to Billy Gard of the whole case
and threw some interesting sidelights
upon 1t. Kelliner told particularly of
the inception of the plans of the faro
gang. He said 1t came into being at
Atlantic City where he and Mansfield
and Walls happened to be spending a
week end. Kelliner at that time al
ready had line on Tollman and 9TH
er possible victims were deemed
ready for the plucking.
With these prospective victims in
mind the faro gang was organized.
Money had to be raised for the fitting
up OF the establishment In Twenty
eighth street, which was only used
when victims we're in tow. This alone
cost $4,000. Then there was the nee
essary expense money of the members
of the gang while they were develop
ing their victim. There must be cash
in the bank to be won when those vic
Tins made their first appearance. Al
together It was business that had
to be capitalized for something like
100000 before it could begin opera
lions. But, as 1t afterwards turned
out, 1t was profitable investment II
viewed from the standpoint of Toll
man alone; and there were other vic
Tins.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-10-28
BAY RUM FROM WEST INDIES
Only Real Genuine Extract Made From
Trees That Are Cultivated Only
on Danish Islands.

After SO years OF negotiations. and
Mt cost Of $25,OOO,OOO. the United
States Is on the threshold Of achieving
the ownership of the source of all
genuine bay rum.
1t is true that we are not buying
the Danish West Indies primarily be-
cause they are the group made famous
by the refreshing toilet preparation,
nevertheless the American people will
feel more "at home" In calling the Is
lands ours when they recall that II 1t
weren't for st. Thomas, st. John and
st. Croix. freshly shaved faces would
be unsoothed by the universally popu-
Tar product Of distilled leaves.
The bay tree Of glory Is the Taurus
nobilis. while the bay Of rum has the
caustic name of myrica acris. The pc
culiar species Of aromatic bay which
supplies the distinctive Ingredient Of
bay rum Is closely allied In appear
ance to several other varieties Of bay
growing on St John and St Croix.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-10-28
TALES OF HOTEL REPORTERS
Good Old Days When the Imagl-
nation Had Free Rein.

IF n man physician named DIR. John
DIR. Mary Smith, how shall they regis
ter when they go on their bridal tourf
Shall they register as "Dr. John Jones
and wife," or as "Dr. John Jones and
DIR. Mary Jones'? Shall they call them
selves "Dr. and Mrs. John Jones'" or
"Drs. John and Mary jones'?
All, for the old days when ''hotel re-
porters used to give Chicago silly-sea-
son problems like this one, which Is
now thrown into the New York news
papers, says the Chicago Post.
Those were great times, my masters.
The "hotel reporters" never had enough
to do. Their superiors knew 1t, but
they knew that the fact would stimu-
late the imagination. 1t did. Every
afternoon the bored reporters would
gather, with no news and nothing to
write. Inevitably, they would ''make
up" something-this was before the
day when people began to say "frame
up"
They would have 'Dfr. Zero" Of Med
icine Hat PACED on the hottest day Of
the year. They would pull the old one
about the bellboy who called "Mr.
Smith" In crowded lobby and had
eighty-five men spring up and answer
''Here." They would spin interviews
with strange people who just happened
to drop into town and drop out again
before the city editor or any rival news
paper could check up on them. Charles
Dillingham;, the theatrical man, was a
hotel reporter. So was Joseph Medili
Patterson. So were eddie" Westlaks
and many others.
The work they did was just plain
foolery. like the sublimely unimportant
question of how Doctor Jones and wife
should register. We don't doubt that
Dillingham; and his generation printed
that same query. 1t is too bad that
this innocent humor Is gone from the
papers. 1t never did anybody any
harm. 1t offended but the strictest Of
truthtellers.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-10-28
-FOUR THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS" HE. SAID.

mitted: Find the woman" The re-
suits obtained indicate that there may
be much in the theory. In the case
Of Tollman the connection with the
Gatewood woman was soon estab-
lished. She was not about her old
haunts in New York. No trails were
Immediately found. II was developed
that she had originally lived In Kan
sas City. When any individual has
got into trouble there is always q
strong probability that he will return
to his old home, another detective the
Org to which Billy Gard subscribed. II
IL particularly true with references
to such serious crimes as murder,
but II II to . material extent true In
all cases that nscessitate fight.
Upon this theory Gard went to Kan
sas City to look for the woman In