The daily telegram. [volume], January 19, 1915, Image 1

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ALONG Wl
?!' VESSELS
M-: Heavy Artillery Fighting is Go4"
ingph Af ound Ypres Where
Kg Germans Take Offensive.
pFRESli BRITISH TROOPS
^ Germans Forbid Population of
pf- Ghent^to Discuss the War
Sfisir . i Under Severe Penalties.
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.SEBA8T0P0L, via Petrograd, Jan.
10.?A detachment of Russian torpedo
boats has entered the bay ot
Slnote, a Tnrlttsh port on the Black
sea in Asia. Minor, and has sent to
the bottom a': Turkish steamer and
three sailing vessels. ' The crews ot
all four, ships were saved. *
'" The name ot the steamer appears
to have been (fie Meorges. No date
Of this engagement Is given. The
news Is trustworthy.
AN ACTIVE OFFENSIVE
BY GERMAN TROOPS
k - .? 1ST HNCIATU M..M1
AMSTERDAM, via London, Jan.
IB.?"Heavy artillery lighting has
been .going on since early Monday
ardund Ypres, where the Germans
have taken an active offensive," says
A'Sllus ^ correspondent. "Their efforts
to'occupy Ypres have thus far
been unsuccessful. Many fresh British
troops have avlved at thlB front."
. A correspondent at Sclzacts near
Ghent wires that the Germans have
issued proclamations forbidding the
ihhabitants to discuss the war .under
penalty.'of a heavy fine or long Imprisonment.
Some of the Inhabitants
'have already been punished," the cor respondent
says. "In tact, the prisons
Ore filled, not with ordinary criminals,
but with citizens who have unwittingly
been guilty of some Infraction'
of the numerous German proscriptions."
CHANGES ARE SLIGHT
IN.THE WAR DISTRICTS
Wf MMCIATID rauu
: * LONDON, aJn. 19.?Though both
the British nnd French press continue
to discuss the probability of a fresh
PP German attempt to break through
[> the French , line, barring the way to
Paris {be Germans so far havo failed
.. to follow u ptbelr success In the region.
of Solssons. The German
troops are remaining more or less
inactivebeyond the Alsne and the
? only.activity in the last 24 hours has
jjjgfj. been the bombardment of St. Paul.
" . No. one believes, however, that the
i ' IgAtlng at Solssons is over. Both
sides apparently are bringing up rev
enforcements and some stiff oncounfi.
ters soon should develop.
; . There also has been no change to
speak of in the eastern arena barring
?; : . some Russian gains on the central
>'; Poland front. The Russians claim to
I ' ' have obtained a good foothold in
P Transylvania. As the Russian nienj*..
ace to Hungary becomes more of a
? ... reality, reports that Hungary is seek??,
Ing a separate peace are being revlved
In London. None of these reports,
however, can be confirmed. The new
gfc'j: Austro-German offensive against Ser1';:."
via has not materialized thus far but
reports, persist .that Austrian forces
k .' are being concentrated on the Ser&
. vian frontier and that an offensive
movement is imminent. The Servians
P;:V "In the meantime are said to be prefb
j' paring strong entrenchments.
psipyiD
p At Parkersburg as Murderer is
K- Wapted Here but Sheriff is
Mot Notified.
B:;;. A Parkersburg newspaper pub
ushes an Item ttTfne^nect thil U&l'l
pf?: Ferae, a foreigner, hod been arrested
In the east end there, under sus
plcton of being Frank Grafllce, esy
caped murderer wanted here for
I- ' killing Joseph Lupo Saturday after*
cv noon at Oespard. Feme answers
bri':': -to the', description of the escaped
B? ."V It Is . also stated by the ParkersB;'
v burg newspaper that police authorlI
ties there had notified Sheriff F.
. Stout of. the man's, arrest and that
l| mNKATG
r CLO .
p As Result of a Run Caused byj
g? the Condition of the Money
p- Market, Says McGraw.
- maiiKumnmi 1
' .. omaFONV Jan. 19;?Tho Grafton
Bank, a state Institution, failed to
B open for business todhy hut no state*
DEp' r''n*njt was- made by representatives of
B the state banking department, who
T. McGraw, one of the
B prJndpaJ stockttoldere, said that the
t condition of tbe money market had
B started a run on the tasUtutiosr and
I It wa?-deemed best to close for the
IKIZ
TH THREE
IN BAY (
BAJLLE
With Stones and Guns is Engaged
in by Strikers and
Police Officers.
MV ASSOCIATED AS ESS)
RC03EV?1LT, N; J. Jen. 19.?Fourteen
men were tfhot, four of them being
mortally wounded. In a pitched
battle between 250 striding laborers
and ItTty deputy sheriffs at the plant
of the American Agricultural Chemical
Company here' today.
The- tight occurred: wtoen the strikers
stopped a_Ceatral Railroad of New
Jersey train from Evisaibettoport to
see if the train brought strfkefbreakors
iaj wie piftm. luvre were uu buisr
breakers aboard. .Bet a few office employes
who were passengers started
an outcry apparently ibelJevfag that
the strikers intended to hamt them.
In answer to the call fifty deputy
shoilffs armed with rifles and revolvers
ran 1o the scene from the company's
plant, where they had been
stationed for the last two weeks. A
general encounter between the deputies
and the strikers fc'Sowed. At first
only stones were used. Then someone
fired a shot. This was the signal
for a fusillade which came apparently
from both sides. None of the deputies
was Injured but many of the
strikers fell. Most of. the wounded
men were shot through the legs as
the deputies fired low.
The strikers dispersed, some ot
thorn carrying the wounded men
away. The four most seriously
wounded were taken to a hospital at
'KTizaibeth not far. away. It was sold
thai these men probably would die.
the man would be kept in jail there
until word was received* from the
sheriff. The notification appears to
have been somewhat belated, as up
to Tuesday afternoon Sheriff Stoul
had received no word from Parkeraburg
authorities regarding the man's
arrest and detention.
INSURANC
ASSEM]
i
Agents Gather at Local Hotel
for a Series of Conferences.
Thomas B. Sweeney, of Wheeling,
West Virginia, manager of the
Equitable Life Insurance Society ot
the United States, Is having a conference
today with his agency force
of the northern part of the state in
the assembly room of the Waldo.
Mr. Sweeney, who succeeded his
father, the late -John Spreeney, ot
Wheeling, has been the manager for
twenty years, and the business of
the society In West Virginia has
steadily increased since his assumptlln-of
the management. There Is no
more courteous, affable and genial
manager in the - life Insurance business
than Mr. Sweeney, nor la there
a man more beloved by the agency
force.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
was organized In July, 1869.
It has stood the test of wars, pestilence
and financial panic, and has
paid all maturing claimB with a
promptness that has not been surpassed
by any other life Insurance
company In he world, and has tollntr
tnnwa itinn (caa aaa aaa OOOoffl
UOJ lUWIO iUHU VVW|VVV|VWV WDSVM
and a surplus of over J80.000.000.
It has Invested In the various Industries
If West Virginia over $5,000,000,
and, by its maturing policies
and death claims, is paying the
policy-holders, widows and orphaiV
'thousand dollars every year.
The meeting today is a'school of
instruction and the agency force is
favored with the presence of Leslie
M. York, assistant superintendent ol
the agency, who delivered an address.
Charles C. Hazell, of Baltimore.
supervisor of the southern
associations is also present and Is
conducting the school of instruction.
Harry S. Gierhart, the Wheeling
agency superintendent, is . assisting
J. K B. Sweeney, the assistant manager,
of Wheeling^. in explaining the
various Improvements that have been
RAFTON
ITS DOORS
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bank was closed temporarily by order
of the banking department of the
state. He stated that the bank would
resume business as soon as the assets
could be converted into sufficient
money.
Some of the leading men In the
bank state the bank is solvent and
will be able to reopen within thirty
days and that the bank will pay out
in fun.
The bank has been pressed for
funds it is said, on account of the
stringency of the money market for
the past several months. .The capital
of the bank is $100,000 and deposits
are approximately $600,000.
SAILING
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Hi; ^TSfficSSSSfilaKwj&P^QSS&L
VIEWS OF INTER
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.,. ^v, 5 ?.''.' ' -.'. /,.-v.- ".._'
, ''op, panoramic view of Avezanno,
of Prince Torionia, the richest m
street in Avczzano.
The Italian, earthquake took
perished. Nearly pU the civic offid
priests,mpnks and'nuns perished.
E MEN
BLE HERE
h : rmaue
in policy contracts.
The following agents have arrived
and will be here until tomorrow
at noon: F. C. Neikirk, if Hunt
Ington; Miss Anna Russell, of Fairmont;
0. C. Butcher, of Parkersbiirg;
Guy ,Clayton, of Mannington';
R. L. Finlayson, of Shinnston; Captain
George C. Steele, of Morgantown;
C. S. Jarvls, of Falrmint; J.
M. Farrell, of Belington; J. D.
SWrkey, of Parkersburg; W. P. Williams,
of Volga; Carl Sexton, of
Buckbannon; W. R. Smith, of Weston;
W. C. Hofner, of Burnsvillet
G. R. Sprigg, of Sutton; H. C. Shaw,
of Thomas; Eugene Brown, of Terra
Alta; L. D. Reed and T. H. Wetrich,
of Kingwood, and A. E. N. Means, of
Grafton. Leon C. Holtheimer and
Charles D. Johnston, local agents of
the society, are also present. Senator
A. K. Thorn, of this city, who
haB represented the Equitable for
nine years and who is now A member
of the society's Veteran Legion,
has been invited to be present and
to deliver, an address.
The Wheeling agency of the
Equitable Life has always led alt
over the country in,volume of new
business delivered and paid for. The
total pald-for production in 1914
was $2,366,000.
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For Smaller Amount is to Be
; Fixed by the Court in the
Weil Bribery Case.
( V ASSOCIATKDPAtSS)
CHARLESTON, Jan. ' 1?.?A. Leo
Well, Indicted yesterday by a special
' grand Jury on a charge of attempting
, to 'bribe C. H. Bronscn, member of the
. public service commission, will re|
main under 125,040 bond until tonnori
iw, according to an aigreeimeut
reeobed by bis counsel and ProAedut1
log Attorney Towns end, A new
bond for a smaller amount will be
fixed by the count at tbat time when
the date' of trial also -wild be set probably
for this term.
NO MORE TlQUOR
Can Be Legally Shipped into
West irginia Says State Proj
hibltion Commissioner.
CHARLESTON. Jan. 19.?Fred O.
Blue, state prohibition commissioner,
saya:
"Tbave just'telegraphed ..'to; the
agents of all express companies 1n
i every" important town In West Vif1
ginla, that the delivery of intoxicat.
tag liquors .to any person in the state
i of West' Virginia Is absolutely illegal
and forbidden, and must be, stopped
^
OSE MARRIAGE LICENSE.
A marriage license has been Issued
to'Walter L. Lambert and Elizabeth
Ilarrla.
A Colorado mining company recently
shipped a. ton ot ore In 50pound
packages by parcel post
. .
IOR ITALIAN TOWN WHI
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Italy; bottom left, palace-In Avezanno
an hi Italy; right, showing Mensicana.
i its ^hesmest toll in tlw^interior town
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iifMi
Of Bread is Recommended by
Efficiency Board of National
Bakers' Association.
i
<?rv umcmtio nitm
. CHICAGO, Jan. 19.?Manufacture
of a ten cent loaf of-bread throughout
the United States was recommended
at a meeting here yditerday
of the efficiency board of the National
Bakers Association: The board is
made up of bakers from twenty-six
cities. They believe this action is
necessary as a result of the high
price of wheat. Bread weighing
twenty-six or twenty-seven ounces
can be produced for ten cents a loaf
at a profit, it was said, whereas a
loss must be 'faced in the manufac:
ture of a five-cent loaf weighing
IWBlVtJ UUUVODi , iUQ lOyuit VI U1G
efficiency board, it was said, will
show that at thai normal price flour
comprises seventy-three per.cent ol
the manufacturing cost of bread.
STRONG EA1
OCCURS I
Entire Population of a City and
Other Places Flee and Are
Afraid to Return.
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(BY ASSOCIATED PRUI)
ROME, Jon. 19.?Ncwb reacher bert
today that a strong earthquake hat
occurred) in CaJlatrria, especial!)
around Oosenza, the capital of the
(Province. It is not vet known whether
there has been loss of .life or serious
damage to property.
POPULATION AFRAID
TO RETURN TO PLACE
(ST ASSOCIATED BRASS!
COSEXZA, Jan. 19.?The entirt
population of this cltv as well as th(
inhajbtaunts of Pacta, Amantee, Cas
! trovfltart and Rassano left thedi
houses when the earth shod
ocounm rurouutM.Bijr mtuu ?no w
victims In those -towns. The people
however, cannot be induced to returi
to their dwellings. '
' "
OaJlBbria is in the southwestern extremity
of Italy commonly called' the
"toe" of the mainland of the kingdom
It is a mountainous region and disastrous
earthquakes have been fre
quant there.
TO OPEN MARKET HERE.
Joseph Becker, proprietor of t
grocery Store at Fairmont, hah rent
i ed a store, room in Hoffman Hal
on Conrt street and is. preparing
- to open a general grocery '*?d pro
dace store there, which he says wll
i be in the nature of a public market
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BILL
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ire earthquake took
.
of Ayeg^^^It^^^a^, tj^M1
messenS
DYING C
CIRCUIUOURI
Is Busy with Gases of Various
Kinds and Final Action., is
Taken in Some of Them.
A judgment for $33.22 was given
D. H. Feltner against Walter Sedwick
and others in the cirouit court
Tuesday.
Final order was entered . in the
Senator Sfephen B. Elkins as disthe
- Clarksburg News and Novelty
, Company. .
Final order was entered in the
case of E: Asbury Davis against the
Clarksburg -News and Novelty Company.
Trial of Charles S. Parr's suit
against Calvin F. Howell was on.
R.THQUAKE
N CALABRIA
PUT TOJEATH
Are Thncn Whn QnpoaH' Hrioii.
niw >imv?v imu w^rvMi viimu
, thorized News Reports Con,
cerning War Operations.
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( V ASSOCIATED PRESS)
LONDON, Jan. 19.?A despatch
Iron Athens declares, that the authorities
ait Constantinople are suppressing
the news of Turkish defeats
in the Caucasus. They have ordered
the execution, he. says, of anyone
spreading unauthorized news reports.
The mlHtiry rule, in Constantinople Is
stricter .today' than ewer before. Revolutionary
rumors are numerous.
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j FIFTY'BARREL WELL.
j The Demo Oil and. Qas' Company
: drilled In a good well on the Charles
I Davlsson farm on Big Rock Camp
, Monday. The well made fifty barrels
, In rtin fln.l. 1
I >MU (ttuu kil uulij'iuuk 11UUIO ?UU!
promises a better showing when shot.
This is the second good well drilled
. In-by this'company recently. ;
receiver:
for mr. '
i
, Whose Assets Are Three Jimes
His Liabilities Which Are 1
1 Seven Million'Dollars.
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*MOCI*TtD WKW I
UNIOMTOWN. Pa., Jan. 19.?
-Judge J. Q. Swearingen anjl Judge
sFsMiTj
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wnapder of the carbineers, parish 1
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Negro, Trailed to Basement, is 1
JailedforShootihg Sixteen- '
Year-Old Lad.
William Kittle, a sixteen-year-old '
messenger boy employed at the West- J
I ern Union telegraph office, is lying at ;
the point ot death at the Kessler hospital
with a pistol wound through, his '
abdomen and Lloyd Miintord, a negro :
employed at the Gore building, Ib a ,
prisoner in the county Jail awaiting '
[ legal action as the result of a shootI
ing scrape at 10 o'clock Monday night
in front of a negro dance hall and
pool room on Mdntlcello avenue hear ,
Maud Btreet. .it is alleged, that'Mud- !
ford quarreled.with a negrcss, shot at ,
her with a Xhrolver and struck the
.boy, who was accidentally in tbo line .
1.61 Are. The' negress is satd to, b,e
Tlllio Willis.
- After the shooting Munford fled to .
the Gore building and hid. under n j
stairway in a corner of the basement. ,
where he was found an hour or two ,
later by officers, headed by Laco. (
Wolf, deputy Sheriff. Munford point- ,
ed/at revolver at the officers - when ,
fouilcf hut was cowed by a revolver .
heldTjy the deputy and surrendered. ,
JThe /negro's revolver was afterward ,
Wound to be empty. . -.. .
There is widespread grief over the
Bhooting of the,Kittle boy, as he was ]
a'bright and promising young man;
very popular among his own associ- ]
ates and among , business men of the
citl. He.'fs a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Kittle, residing in Levy court. ,
which "opflJS -into Montlcello avenue.'
The fathar/hsM'been working at Was
ton for,some time past/* The hojfte
said to have been- walking toWardi
his home when tke shooting occurfad. j
BRITISH REFUSE
To Permit Dacia to Proceed to
Rotterdam under Safe Con'
. ':?i?t- ' - -k '
auci wnn us uargo.
WASHINGTON, Jan; 19.?The {
British government will not colIBint ;
to allow tte^stEhmer^ TJacla, recently ;
dam unaSr^'safe 'conduct' with bdd?
cargo of cottoh, the state department
was notlflpd-^'od^ylfrom^ljomlon.
S CHO S E N
THOMPSON
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filed by John Mi Fryman, of Pittsburg,
who said; the proceedings were i
necessary to take care of the' unsecured'
creditors of .Thompson, whose
claims amount to approximately f7.
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m i
i
vbere such sewage la now dumped I
nto streams from which water is I
he proposed law lheI>sta'te board ora
lealth is glyen additional powers
ind In fact will have absolute'oofiflH
rol of the disposal , of all
.'arrish is as- follows: I
>y preventing,the poluUon and prehe
state, giving to the sVai. n
if health supervision and control?
iver the public waters, sewage, I
rades wastes and refuse -r^fiSW
iisposnl thereof, providing for the I
instruction, alteration and operaion
of plants or works for thecbflB
octlon, transportation; and, for thjgS
>urlflcation of said products,'^QmH
lonlrol of the dlscharr
nto any rivers or streams of
tate; conferring upon cities, town|H
nuncipallties and countiei^^^^^H
sr to raise funds for siftd products
md to use, when necessary, the pub^fl
Ic highways, and the rlgbt^tfrsl^H
iroprlate private property for said
mrposes, by . making. compensX#8|B
hereforfe; prescribing penaHlet^lggW
iolations of the provisions or this ?
ict and the orders and regulatidh^J|
>f the state board of health made n
toder the authority of this^; . I
er 160 of /aid code in the 01
n which they appekr thereto from 31
I.to 102, both inclusive and adding?9
o Mid. chapter sections 103 to" 136.?^
>oard of health shall have generalli
lupervislon and control over all. of SB
he waters'" of' and within tha' alaHBW
n so far as the sanitary and JpttygfiM
ml condition, thereof my affecfc^SBM
lubllc health and comfort, and shstiH
iave an ogice at Charleston, maklngfjH
requent analysis "of all- waters frojpja
vhich waters are - taken to sniH|
iny town or city, but - noS charraM
hall be made for such test. Itp?p*ffl
rides that Inspections shall be' madqjS|
leml-annually of all rivers, la
>onds, reservoirs and stre%ms9|^^H
he point 'of Intake to- the . sou
rom which wafer Is taken for do-tag
nestle use, and the appolntmenti*$?9B
sompetent resident inspector in I
County oourU-ana cut council* .
ire given authority to provide onigj
or more lystemB ot disposal works
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and may lawfully t>e Sf^mvRed