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CLARKSBURG, W. VA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 19 12,
Infantry is sent
into nicaragua
by order of taft
POT OF OOLD
w.' ??
Is Found by Mercer County
Farmer under 'Stone.of
His Hearth.
BLUKFJLBLD, Aug. 28.?On ^he ex
outer edge of thlit county, a
farmer whose namo last night was
unobtainable, found under an old flag
ton" of the hearth of the fireplace of
a h?.u-e on a farm owned by William
Wilson In 1306, a pot of gold totaling
$S.."?00. The house waa jbullt in 180f>.
(Ireat grandchildren have hunted in
vain for supposed hidden money, ibut
the old farmer, no relation of Wil
? n, yesterday found it. There are
Ave heirs, who will sue for the money.
One of the heirs Is Mrs. D. 15. French,
of this city.
JEALOUSY
Is Said to Be the Cause of a
? Shooting Affray at
Huntington.
llfNTrSTOTON, AUK. .28?A mys
terious shooting affray occurred
near here last night, when Vivian
Dunklo, city commissioner of streets,
was shot In the side while walking
with n pretty young girl named
Martha Ciaggin, in the vicinity of a
local park. Dunkle, who is married,
said he was approached by an un
known man. who llred at Ulm and
then ran. The police are Investi
gating the affair and suspect that
jealousy may have been the cause
of the shooting. Dunkle is seriously
but tint fatally wounded.
ACQUITTED
In Italian Coal Miner of Unlawfully
Currying Knives.
A Jury Tuesday night in Justice t
TV. P. Camp's court acquitted Frank
Ballot, an Italian coal minor, of un- j
lawfully carrying two paring knives
a few nights ago when he was arrest- (
ed In West Pike street for drunken- j
ncss and disorderly conduct. It was
shown that Ballot bought the knives
at a ten cent store for cutting fuses
in a mine and1 that he was just carry
^hg them home.
?UlltKSTKD FOR BOARD HIM..
Nallian McDcrmott, arrested by
Constable M. S. Morsman. of llpshur
county, about ten miles above Buck
hannon. was brought to Justice G. TI.
Gordon's court Wednesday atfernoon
tor a hearing on. a chargc of trying to
Vat Miss Sarah McCauley out of a
>?ard bill amounting to $19.56. Mc-,
Deraiott paid the bill and all the
costs of the case and was released.
HOME FROM VACATION.
T!h itev. C. B Mitchell, rector of
the Bp'.ie.-opal church here, returned
last nU'ht fro-m n month's vacation
: i t'iit along the lakes In Ohio llshlns.l
or;.] preaching service* will be re-'
?litned at his church Sunday morning, j
Th.' \ Motion proved pleasant and're
cuperative.
PKKKBYTEKY TO MEET.
The Oration Presbytery composed
of the Presbyterian churches of this
? . of the state will hold its an-!
session at French Creek, near
>?' .Tv.innon -Monday, Septemher f.j
hesi-.-iing at 7:30 p. m. The Presby-i
?f i HtMe Synod meets at Buckhan
TMiirsday, October 17, and will
?Kled hy a nui:nber "of local
I'"?!jvu<irlans.
liKTS* PROMOTION.
?
C F Casper, who has been chief
"?i i iliapcteller of the Ohio River
>n of the Baltimore and Ohio
r id for some time, has been des
" >t?'il as division operator In addl
>i"ii to his present duties, relieving
Thomas F. Corcoran, division opera
!l;r of the Wheeling grand division
a (o the duties of the position on
Tin- niiio Hlver division. The change
** lie in effect September 1.
?I.uiies p Tlerney returned borne
Marietta, O., Tuesday night.
* '"re lie .. pent the fast len 3ays vis
? -N'orval D. Ooe. Mr. Goo re
'"rned to Clarksburg with him, and
r'i'l go from here to Weston, where
" *'ill spend several days vislt'ns
"lathes tliero. ^ ??
And Will 'Arrive There within
Forty-eight Hours after
Sailing.
SOLDIERS BURNED
Others Starved to Death in
. 'Dungeons and Women and
Children Are /Attacked.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28?
Tho war department today ordered
the Tenth United States infantry at
Panama to proceed at once to Nica
ragua.
The orders came direct from Pres
ident Tart jUBt before he left Heverly
for Columbus, O. It will embark on
merchant vessels tomorrow and
reac Corlnto within forty-eight
hours.
The Tenth infantry is recruited
to full war strength and Tully equip
ped for campaigning Jn the tropics.
It is to be taken on merchant ships
and rushed to Corinto with all pos
sible speed. It Is to hold the railroad
between Corlnto and Maftgua and It1
Is believed it will afford ample pro-j
tection.
Allegations of conditions bordering
on barbarism and acts even worse
than these which took troops of tho
powers into China during the Hoxer
insurrection have been received at
the state department within the last
twenty-four hours.
Tho burning or soldiers nnd the
starving of prisoners In dungeons
in the latest reports made it plain
that immediate protection for Amer
icans was necessary and probably It
would not be safe to wait for the
arrival of marines enroute who
would not get there for a week,
while the Tenth Infantry can reach
the scene In two days.
?General Altschul, the revolutionist
junta representative In Wash'ngton,
denies stories of barbarities but the
rebel firing on flags of truce borne
by loyal Njcaraguans as well as
American marines Is said to have,
been frequent tile last Tew days. |
Attacks on women and children j
are said to have been frequent. |
The state department has pro-,
ceeded upon the conviction that Itj
has not infringed on the war making
power of Congress or the president. |
? LOCAL FIRM
Of Architects is Awarded Two
Very Nice Contracts in
Competition.
Messrs. Holmbou and iJifferty, local
architects, received word Wednesday
morning that their firm had been
commissioned by the board of di
rectors of a hospital to be built at
Frostbtirg. Md., to furnish plans and
supcrintendo the work of building.
The hospital will cost $2.1,000. The
award was made In compotitlon with
five other architects.
The local firm also has received
word that It has been awarded the
contract, for a high school building
at A'arsona to' cost $30,000.
YOUNG CADDIES
Are Voted Out of Business by
Lawyers 'But They Do
Not Know It.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 28?
Having approved a model uniform
Jaw for adoption by all states to pro
hibit employment of children under
a certain age, tho American Bar As
sociation discovered today that it
had gone on record against use in
any part of the country of caddlcs
under 14 years of age, although It
, W3s not Intended to apply to these
Important adjuncts of golf links.
Walter Green Smith, who intro
duced tho measure, explained that
every effort will be made to have It
generally adopted. His explanation
,of the exit of fourteen-year-old cad-'
I dies was greeted w^th applause.
1 . EMl'KIiOK WALKS.
I
1 CASSEU Germany; Aug. 28.?j
Emperor William was so well today (
that he rose early and enjoyed a long
walk In a park before breakfast. His
rheumatic pains have almpat corned.
THE IU3V. J. .1. l'HILLIl"S.
Pastor of the Rrldgeport charge ol the Methodist Protestant conference
and president of the board of young people's work of that body, who Is
-a prominent figure at the annual meeting; of the conference now In
Progress at .the local church of the denomination on Locust street,
AGRICULTURE IS
ABLY DISCUSSED
By Institute Instructors and
Mr.*Sheets Will Lec
)ture Tonight.
Two hundred nn<l> seventy-seven
persons are enrolled now at the in
stitute In the court house'lierc ftnd
the third day is among the best ot
the InsUtute thus far. Discussions of
agricultural problems featured the
day's proceedings and the various
topics were handled in a very able
manner by the speakers as well as
by members of tha institute in general
discussions Harrison, county teach
ers and others will bo especially in
terested in the lecture to be given to
night in the court house in connection
with th? institute as Earl W. Sheets,
the lecturer, is a Harrison county
man, who was reaVed near West Mil
ford. Mr. Sheets Is now assistant
director of the extension department
of agriculture at the state university
at Morgantowii and ho is making
good. The subject of his lecture to
night will be "Boys and Girls' Agri
cultural Clubs and Their Value to tlw
School and Community." It will be
illustrated.
The institute opened Wednesday
morning with a devotional and song
service led by "Dr. E. B. Hailey, of
Baltimore, one of the Instructors.
H. R. Gers, of Louisville, Ky? in
charge of the scignco male depart
ment of tile Louisville high school
and employed by the federal govern
ment to hold farmers' institutes
throughout the state of Kentucky,
was the first speaker. Dr. Gers dis
cussed the codling moth and animal
tuberculosis, presenting the subjects
In a manner that showed him thor
oughly familiar with what he had
under consideration. The rapt atten
tion of the institute was his. as he
was profound In thought and eloquent
'In speech.
Dr. A. H. Powell, another lnsturc
tor, discussed in his usual clear and
'forceful manner "The Relation of the
Teachers to Each Other, to the Prin
cipal and to tile Superintendent."
At' tiic afternoon session Dr. Powell
discussed "Recitation,' 'and Dr. Gers
talked about "The Economic Value
of-Blrds " Both were fine lessons and
should prove helpful to teachers in
teaching agriculture.
^)r. PoWStT ftellvered a brilliant Iec-!
ture at the Tuesday night session of
the Institute on "King Lear," and
the same was comment Won as one
of Ole test discussions or the play
within the knowledge of the leading
members of the Institute and espec
ially by those who luvp given t!mo:
to literature.
GOES ON VACATION.
I
Miss Margaret Gordon, cashier at
the store of the.N'atlonal Woolen Mills
Company, has gone to Tnlontown.
Pa., her former home on a vacation
and Is attending home-coming-week
festivities there. Mien Luclle Cook is
atclng as cashier at the store In Miss
Gordon's absence.
J10MK FROM TBIP.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Davis and
son. Paul, ot Stealey II. ights, returned
Tuesday night from "a .ir.'p of two
weeks. They visited Atlantic City,
the peninsula of.Maryland and Wash
ington, D. C.
SAYS HEARfBREAKER
HAS LONDON RECORD
Mlu Nellie !ngal, Chicago helreee, and
Thomas Bayley Henry.
That Thomas Bayley Henry, al
leged swindler and heartbre&ker la
Joseph Harold Kendall, who has
serted ter s In prisons In England,
Is tlio information received by Oak
land police. Henry, Is said to h?va
posed as an English barrister and
scion of a prominent family when
ho was arrested In London In 1905
on a charge of grand larceny.
Henry was then an Iron monger.
The charge against htm on the coast
Is fraud on real estate dealt. m Mies
Nellie? Ingal, Chicago heiress," f*v?
him an affectlon?t? farewell when Tkj.
lice took him away,
ODD F'ELLOWS
Will Meet 1 riilaj' Mirht to Arrang<
for Annual Itennlon.
There will be a meeting of repre
sentatives 'of the various ledges of
Olid Fellows In the Odd Follows hal'
here Friday night at 7:30 o'clock for
the purpoge of arranging for the nex
annual reunion of tlio Harrison
County Odd Fellows Association, a'
wlilcli time the time and place wll!
l>e fixed. All lodges in the county
arc urged to bo represented at thf
meeting Friday night and all other
'lit rested Odd Fellows are invited tc
be present.
SK-ltl TI.Y MAjjSlED.
CINCINNATI. O.. .\u T. !8.?Clark
Hanvmrd, aged 12 years, nnd Delln
Davis, .igfil -4 years, Imth of Clarks
W. \ a., were secretly married
al Kentucky's (ironla Green today.
The Rev. Jy N. Holt to Head
Methodist Protestants the
Ensuing Year.
MOSSBURG SECRETARY
Committees Are Appointed
and Report of Year's
Work is Submitted.
The Rev. J. N. Holt, of Parkers
burg, was re-elected president and
the'Rev. J. H. Xlossburg, of Mount
Morris. Pa., was chosen secretary of
the West Virginia Conference of the
Methodist Protestant church, at
\Vedueaday afternoon's session ol
.ts annual meeting in the local
church of the denomination at 055
Locust street. The Rev. Mr. Holt
had no opposition, but ballots were
necessary for a choice of secretary
with the Rev. Mr. Mossburg and the
Rev. Jesse R. JoneB, of Fairmont,
incumbent, as the candidates.
Following the selection of a sec
retary, the stationing committee,
which will assign ministers for the
ensuing year, was taken up. This
committee consists of the president,
two ministers and two laymen.
The permanent roll as reported
at the morning session was adopted.
AuuuiU Report Submitted.
The p'resident submitted a detailed
report of the work accomplished dur
ing the closing conference year, in
which he recommended a continuance
of the assessment of ten cents per,
member, aid for at least one place |
:n eat*I sub-district with the chair-1
man of each sub-district an advisory
member of "the board of church ex
tension, no division of the larger and
wealthier charges uuleBB each part
Is able and willing to support a pas
tor. consolidation oJ come of the
wetoker charges along rillroads andj
trolley Vines, an! the. taking over of,
the Elklns church by the board of,
home missions.
Morning Session.
The conference was called to order (
Wednesday morning by the president,
the Rev. J. N. Holt, of Pnrkersburg. \
The roll of deceased members of
the conference was read with tha
name of the Rev. D. H. Trimbly. of
jlenvllle, added. He died since the,
last conference at his home at Glen
vllie after a long Illness.. On account
of his Illness he had no charge dur-|
ing the year, his service being in the'
hands of the president during Uiat ,
time.
Permanent Roll Called.
One hundreti and forty-two dele
gates answered the premanent roll
mil, which was thenTaken up. 6ev^ ?
enty-one of the delegates are minis- i
ters and seventy-one laymem A mo- ,
tlon to seat the delegates as report
ed from the different charges was de- ,
ferred until the afternoon session ,
iwing to a difference of-'oplnlon re
garding tile work of a committee ap- i
pointed at the last conference to re
vise the manual. The president ruled
that the conference had no manual i
by which to be guided in, tifi seating
of delegates as the committee
not reported. The rulln* -waB w|ttA
drawn, however, \v\ifn tfie committee
Informed He conference that It had
been empowered to collect and re-;
arrange the manual instead of re-1
porting a uew one.
Committees Appointed.
Conferouee committees, as follows,
were then announced by the presi
dent:
Credentials?C. P. Butler, ^1. S.
HcOHrty. E. J. Harris, Henry Dod
rlll, (L. B. McGlnnis.
Pulpit service?L. E. Oldaker, J
T. Phillips. J. M. Wlndom.
Finance?J. A. Selby, L. N. An
il, E. G. Chipps, E. W. Swan. J
Curry.
Unfinished business?E. A. Nich
llson, W. H. Delung, I. L- Jackson, \
Wade (Phillips, W. VV. Harris.
Foreign missions?<3. W. Morris.
Mrs. Mary D. Strlckler. T. J. Hlcklo,
{. F. Smith,.Walter Ireland, T. J.
McClernon.
?Home misions?IT. W. Morrison.
1. I,. Queen. C. N. Nestor. R. R
'lardesty, B. L. Thomas.
Church extension?Joslah Payne,
\t. Steele, R. IB. Harris, R. A.;
Curry. M. R. Htnzman.
Fraternal relations?B. Stout. J.
W. Conaway, M. Ireland, W. W.
Tapp. W. F. Squires.
Oflleial character?D. S. Boggs. J.
'4. Mossburg, W. L. Lloyd, I#. E.
J3utchor, A. F. Harris.
Young people's work?J. J. Phil
lips. S. G. Satterfield, J. P. Turkel
(Contlnued on page Blx.)
CONFERENCE PRESIDENT IS
CHOSEN FOR ANOTHER TERM
NAY LOR BOOSTING
EXHIBIT BY STA TB
? Mattlo B-anam, Monro# Moon. ?
After winning prizes In oounty and j
state cooking contests, Mils Mattta
Branam, ot Eatonton, Ga., la herald
ed as the best cook In the entire
south, Where there are quit# a few ?
colored "mammies" who know a
thing or two about the art. b"he la
a schoolgirl of?fourteen. llouro?
"Moon, twelve-year-old son of the
mayor of Macon, Ga., Is regarded as
the best cake maker In Macon. .
Will Attorney Moon Be and
Will Be Brought Back
ftom Coast.
'PARKERSB'URG, Aug. 28?Rob
srt H. Moon, a leading lawyer of
this city, who disappeared suddenly,
the middle of July, and who went to
U>s Angeles, Calif., will Tie arrested
there and brought back here for '
trial on the charge of embezzlement, '
iccording to information which came '
jut here today. Moon in alleged to '
have failed to turn over Hums be 1
:ollected while here, and his alleged,
shortages are Bald fo be betweea.
3ve and six thousand dollars
A warrant was Issued for
liere and requisition pap**-. 0pp,irpd
the California
itructed to ^*rreat Moon. Thp latter
lB a prominet lodge man and was
secretary of the Civic League here, I
taking a leading part in the local re-1
form movements. An attempt was
made to keep the news that Moon|
was wanted a secret until after h9
had been apprehended.
AGED FARMER DEAD
A. J. Kellison Succumbs to
Cancer at His Home near
'Meadowbrook.
A. J. Kellison, a highly esteemed
farmer, died shortly after midnight
at his homt- near Meadowbrook after
a long illness of cancer of the liver.
He wns 72 years old.
Mr. Kellison was born in Harrison
county and! resided In It all his life.
He was a veteran of the Civil "War.
He was the father of fourteen chil
dren, twelve of whom survive him
together with his widow.
The funeral will take place Thurs
day morning with a service at the;
late home at 10 o'clock and burial at*
the Smith graveyard near Meadow-j
brook.
?PATIENTS IMPROVING.
The three smallpox paUenU urfderj
surveillance of Dr. R. L. Osborn, city;
health officer, are gett'ng along nlce.j
ly and early recovery is expected
with no spread of the disease. The
third case Is that of Mrs. Winnie
Smith, of the Stewart addition. |
CHILDREN BETTER T" ~
MAMMIES /IS COOKS
Board of Trade at the Great
Chicago ^and Show in
November.
Roy B. K'aylor, of Wheeling, aeere
tary of the Wett Virginia Board if
Trade, spent Wednesday here In the
Interest of the state exhibit to be
made at the Chicago land show No
vember 23 to December 8. He also
gave efforts to working up a greater
Interest In the annual meeting of the
board at Morgantown In October.
Mr. Kaylor is making an extenal**
tour. Before coming fcw? he visited
Morgantown and Fairmont and he
went from this city to Parkersburg
where he will confer with the Parlr
ersburg Chamber of Commerce to
night. Then he will visit Hunting
ton and Charleston* ending the week'a>
trip at Charleston.
In speaking of the intended exhlWt
at the Chicago land show, Mr. Nay lor
stated that a section of ten"Booth? had1
been altoted to West Virginia and'the
exhibit will be In charge of a state
board of trade special committee with
I>r. I. C. White, of Morgantown, aad
James K. Stewart, state sepresenta
tlve of the Baltimore and Ohio Ball*
road Company, at its head. The ex
hibit will coat several thousand dol
lars and It la Intended to advert!Ml
West Virginia and its marvelous re
sources as well aa its great oppor
tunities. The special purpose Is UB
Induce? settlers to come to the state.'
The state board has a comprehensive
list of farm, orchard and garden landl
in various parts of thb state for sale>
and is prepared to meet ail inquiries
resulting from the showing mads at
the land ahow.
It will be a general exhibit, Includ
ing garden, fruit and other agricul
tural products, soil, mineral and
timber.
Mr. Naylor stated that he had re
ceived great encoui agement at tha
placeB vTslted and he spoke in tha
most hopeful manner of the exhibit..
TflFT ISJHEEREQ
By a Large Crowd When He
Leaves Beverly for
Columbus,. 0.
BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 28?Prest
lent Taft left here today for Colum
Jug, O., where he will attend the
:entenn!al celebration. He wM
:hecred by a larr8 crowd as ha
Joarded his pr'.vate car.
.loir
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Tells Woman Suffrage Advo
cates in London to Mind
Their Own Business.
LONDON, Aug. 28.?Canadian
Premier Robert h Borden, when he
faced sufferagettes for the first time
toilny told them very emphatically
that he had no power to Introduce a
general measure Sot woman'a suffrage
In the Canadian parliament and do
threats of employment of mllltlan
methods would Influence him. He
said he thought Canadian women were
sufficiently capable hnd intelligent
to Judge for themselves In this mat-'
ter.
'PRUNTY"
Drives Bis Loiler Home Aftef Having
it Rehnllt In Philadelphia.
C. E. Prunty returned home Tue?<
day night from Philadelphia, where
he had his Lozler car repaired after
tho accident at Bgg Harbar several
weeks ago, in which several promi
nent Clarksburgera were injured. Mr.
Prunty had his car rebuilt and re
painted. The car looks flke a new
one and Is practically aa good aa a
new one as every part was repaired.
'Mr. Prunty spent several days tour
ing New ? York and Philadelphia.
Sheriff Percy Byrd made the return
trip with Mr. Prunty.
SFECIAL TER*.
There will be a special term of the
county court next Tuesday to audit
and approve .'or payment county and
district clalmai. * _