The daily telegram. [volume], December 11, 1916, Image 1

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ESTABLISHED 1861.
PRE?
CABINET
I HANDS
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Arrd Receive Their Seals of Office
from Him in Buckingham
Palace.
LLOYD GEORGE NOT THERE
Statement of the Government's
Policy is Not to Be Made in
Parliament Till Thursday.
fcv ASSOCIATED fUCEG)
DON-DON. Dec. 11.?Premier Lloyd-:
George is ill. He was unable to go
to Buckingham palace Monday with j
members of his cabinet to receive the]
seals of office from King George.
Official announcement was made that:
the premier was suffering from a severe
cold.
Andrew Bonar Law and the other
members of the ministry, who are not
required to seek re-election on as-;
sumption of office, and also the lords
who are co-opcrating with the new;
administration went to the palace at
noon "Monday, kissed the hands of the
king and received their seals of office, j
The members of the cabinet, who
must be re-elected unless the House
of Commons passes a bill making this
unnecessary, and the ministers who
are members of neither house, for
whom seats must be found, are taking
over their offices and will conduct them
as though all official formalities had
been complied with. These members,
however, will not be able to appear
before the House of Commons Tuesday
and it is expected the session will be
a formal one.
The statement concerning the government's
policy to be made by Mr.
Lolyd-George or Mr. Bonar Law in the
House of Commons, and Lord Curzon
in the House of Lords probably will
bo postponed until Thursday -when
the vote of credit Is moved.
Premier Uoyd-Oeorge has sent the
following to all members of the House
of Commons:
"The king has entrusted me with the
task of forming a government. I have
carried out the command. I had hoped
to make a statement to the House on
Tuesday. I now find it to be Impossible.
On Tuesday Mr. Bonar Law,
as leader in the House, will move adjournment
until Thursday.
"The one predominant task before the
government is the vigorous prosecu- j
tion of the war to a triumphant conclusion.
I feel confident the govern-J
meat can rely on your support as long
as it devotes its energies to that end."
aENTENTE FORCES ARE
ON THE ADVANCE NOW
tBY AISOCIATCD FKII91
SALOXIKI, Dec. 11.?An advance by
the Entente forces on one sector of
the front northeast of Monastir is announced
in a Serbian official statement
issued Monday as follows:
"Sunday there was artillery firing
and local infantry fighting.
"AVest of Suhovol the Allies drove
the enemy back several hundred
yards."
TEUTONIC FORCES DRIVEN
BACK BY THE ROUMANIANS
( V ASSOCIATED PRESS)
TlOiNDON, Dec. 11.?The stand made
by the retreating Roumanian armies
cast of Ploetchie in eastern Wallachia
resulted in the driving back of the
Teutonic forces a distance of several
kilometers, according to a Petrograd
I despatch relayed in a wireless message
from Rome Monday.
In the course of the Roumanian attacks
two hostile squadrons are said
to have been annihilated.
TEUTONIC AIR SQUADRON
BOMBARDS A STATION
i .
| (BY AVKOCIATtD PIIIC?
BERLIN. Dec. 11.?"An Austxo-Hungarian
naval squadron on December 6
bombarded very successfully the aviation
station at Belgena and the batteries
of Swobba," says an Austrian
admiralty statement Monday. "Direct
hits were scored upon three hangars.
All the machines returned undamaged."
ftPRMAN A FRfl PI AMFS ARF
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BROUGHT DOWN BY FRENCH
Or ASSOCIATCO PRIM)
PA.PTS. Dec. 11.?Four German aeroplanes
were brought down Sunday,
two on the Verdun front and two In
the Champagne, the war office announces.
' Intermittent cannonading occurred
south of the Somme Sunday.
f FIREMEN BURIED.
f?V AtflOCUTKD PSFtli
TOLEDO, O., Dec. 11?Four firemen
were buried in debis in the basement
of the Paddock Merchandising
Company's bui1 ding which was totally
destroyed by fire Monday. Two men
were caught when the roof collapsed.
So far as known none is dead. The
loss is ?95,000.
MURDERER ELECTROCUTED.
'?? ?MOC1AT(D RRIII)
. BELLEFONTE, Pa.. Dec. 11.?Joseph
W. O'Brien, of Montgomery, who
was aged 40 years, was convicted of
killing Israel G-oldman, a twelve-yearpld
Philad lphia boy,' at the White
Marsh golf course two "years ago. He
went to the chair without "making a
statement.
AlvaRobinson, was 'here Monday.
Jfrom Wallace.
Moses E. Shaver, of Brown, is in the
city.
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MEMBERS
i OF ENGL
+ + + + '* + * 4
* +
+ TO STUDY DISEASES. *
+ ? +
4? MtOCKTIO M??) >)i
+ PITTSBURG, Dec. 11.?The *
4? bacteriological Infections of +
* wounds and diseases among +
+ soldiers on the French front +
* will be studied by Dr. William +
+ L. Holman, associate professor *fr
+ of bacteriology and\bygieno at *
?* the University of PlttsTsurg. who +
+ is now enroute to the European +
< war zone. Dr. Holman has
+ been granted a leave of absence
+ for research work and will be
+ assigned to one of the Axneri- +
* can Hea uross Hospitals In *
*fr France. +
+ +
to vote *
Tuesday Are 400,OCX) Coal
Miners for Officers of Their
international Union.
f?r MtociATie
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 11?Members
of the United Mine Workers of
America, numbering 400.000 coal
miners in the United States and Canada,
will vote Tuesday for officers at
the biennial election of the union.
John P. White, president, who Is a
candidate for re-election, is opposed
by John H. Walker, of Illinois. William
Green, of Ohio, secretary, also a
candidate for re-election, is opposed
by J. L. Sims, of Linton, 111. Frank ,
J. Hayes, vice president, has no opposition.
Returns of the vote from 3,800
local unions will be tabulated in
the international headquarters here.
The result of the election will be
known about January 1.
salarTbasis
For Evangelists instead of Part
Salary and Part Subscription
is Recommended.
rmy *?eociAT?0 ? *?
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 11?A salary basis
for evangelists instead of the
present system of part salary, part
subscription systematically solicited
and Dart free-will offering. is urged
by the commission on evangelism of
the Feleral Council of Churches in
I Christ, in a report submitted to the
quadrennial convention of the council
at Its session here Monday.
| "The present system," says the report,
"insures the evangelist an income
far in excess of the earnings
of equally gfted men In any other department
of religious effort, and
gives an altogether hurtful prominence
to the commercial side of
evangelism."
REED IS AB
. FOR AN E
.Officers Get Him after a Long
Automobile Chase Out ofCity
of Pittsburg.
( V ASIOCUTtO PKISA
PITTSBURG. Dec. 11.?Arrested after
a long automobile chase Monday
James Reed was being held by the fed
eral authorities here in' connection
with the explosion Sunday night at
the Fort Pitt plant of the Aetna Chemical
Company, which cost the lives of
three men. Meantime fe'deral agents
were hunting for three otaer men,
who, they say. are suspected of having
been concerned in explosions in other
parts of the country and more directly
with the explosion at the Oakdale plant
of the Aetna company, September lo,
when Ave men were killed.
Reed had as his working companion
in the Aetna plant a federal agent who
had been watching him since early
in the afternoon when, it is alleged,
Reed tried to gain admission to the
Port Pitt plant. Reed, was employed
in the Oakdale plant.
' Samuel C. Jamison, coroner of Allegheny
county, after visiting the ruins
of Sunday night's explosion expressed
the belief that the building had been
blown up by a bomb.
Federal agents who had been investigating
explosions in chemical and
munitions plants throughout western
Pennsylvania were looking into a report
among the workmen that ten minutes
before the explosions at Oakdale
and the Fort Pitt plant every light in
the plant was extinguished for fully a
minute. The men said they believca
this was the signal for confederates'
of the plotters to leave the works.
Reed, who was being held at Central
police station, was said by the
government authorities to have resided
in New York, from which place he
went last summer to Uniontown. Pa.,
where there were a number of explosions
in powder factories, and from
there he. went to Oakdale.
AX EXPLOSION.
(1Y ASSOCIATED SMEM1
PETERBORO. Ont., Dec. 11?An
explosion in the engine room of the
Quaker Oats plant here Monday blew
down the walls of the building, burying
as yet an unknown number of the
employes in the ruins, which caught
fire.. Twelve j have already been:: rescued
and taken to a hospital severely
DAI]
EXCLUSIVE ASSOC
CLARKSBURG. 1
LLO
i KISS
JSH KING
REVOLL
OUT I,
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it* + *t + + + + * + *J
+ TO AiTEKICAMZE. +|
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(?V AftBOCIATtO PRCSO t
YOUNG STOWN, O.. Dec. 11.? +
Social organizations of this city
working in conjunction with tho *
+ chamber of commerce have ,
+ started a movement to Amer
+ lcanizo the 50,000 foreigners +
here. The movement will be
supervised by an expert in such
work. The plan will be worked
out through teaching the for
elgners English, developing +
+ trade schools, introducing safe
+ ty first methods^ bettering
+ housing conditions and estab
llshing a legal aid society, *
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"dress"
Rehearsal Will Rp HpIH TnninM
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by the Masonic Merry
Minstrels.
All Is in readiness for the Masonic
Merry Minstrels to be presented on
Tuesday evening at the Masonic auditorium,
by the local Masonic clubs.
Under the guidance of Coaches A. J.
Smith and Douglass B. Williams, the
last and finishing touches will be applied
to the entire production tonight
when a full dress rehearsal is to be
held.
Gregory's famous First "Regiment
band, which will be converted into a
full fledged minstrel band, is ready
for the occasion as is the Kember orchestra,
which has completely mastered
all the music of the show. Hall
Corbin and his scenic and electrical
effects are in readiness and all is lovely
for the initial attempt of the local
Masonic boys in fun making.
A packed auditorium will undoubtedly
witness the performance, which
is to be given* only once. The ticket
sale at Sturm and Wilson's drug store
on West Main street started with a
rush Monday morning. A large part
of the house has been disposed of but'
there still remain many good seats.
Seats may be reserved by telephone
but must be called forbefore 5 o'clock
Tuesday evening. After this time the
seats will be disposed of at the auditorium.
irested
xplosion
WOODYARD
Drops His First Bill into the
Hopper of the House of
ReDresentatives.
<?r?CI*L TO TMC TKLKORAM)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11?To provide
a monthly pension of $50 for
William C. Leonard, of Ravens-wood,
is the text of a bill introduced in the
House today tfy Congressman H. C.
Woodyard. It Is the first bill that
the new member from West Virginia,
has dropped into the hopper.
Similar bills by Congressman
Sutherland have been introduced in.
behalf of the following persons: W.
P. Robinson, Miami, Fla., formerly
of West Virginia, $30; James W.
Toothman. of Big Chimney, $50;
Enoch Roberts, of Adam, $50; Oscar
N. Greer, Point Pleasant, $50; J. P.
Marling, of Clay, $40; B. N. Satterfteld,
of Grafton, $40; Lee J. Cochran,
$30; Mrs. Anna Bates, of Ravenswood,
$20; Benjamin Taylor, of
Ayers, $40; J. C. Ogden, of Gaines,
$49; to correct the military record
of John W. May, of Barboursville.
Notices of pension increases from the
pension bureau have been received
by Congressman Sutherland for the
following: Hezeldah Robinson, of
"Dnaorrt P P Qfrnnf nf Wftlf
IVVOVUlUUb ? A. A t W* WUV# Wfc * . 1
Summit; H. M. Smith, of Burnt
House; Benjamin Kinffin, of Princeton;
Isaac Boyce, of Fairmont.
"CLEAR GUI"
*
Violation of Germany's Pledge
Complete Information Shows
the Marina Case to Be.
mim ouvrmiiv
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11.?Announcement
was made; at the state
department Monday that complete information
now. at hand covering;; the
case of the British horse ship: Marina,
torpedoed with the loss of six Americans,
makes it appear to be a "clear:
cut" violation of Germany's: pledges
totthe United' States: Pull' information
aiaiUd iTmadn
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LATED PRESS SERVICE BY P
W. VA., MONDAY, DECE
YD-G
TAKEN HOME.
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Mr**. Howard Conner, who underwent
an operation in St. Mary's hospital
two weeks ago for appendicitis,
was removed to her homo at Simpson
Sunday morning, having recovered
sufficiently to make the trip.
Her complote recovery is assured.
fT/ON Bi
N THE /i
Of the Cycfades in the Aegean
Sea Telegrams to London
Announce.
GERMANS ARE DRIVEN BACK
Four Germain Aeroplanes Are
Brougfit Down by French
on Somrne Front.
( T AMOCIATCD ?? ? >
LONDON, Dec. 11.?Telegrams received
here Monday from Athens say
that a revolution has broken out in the
Cyclades, a group of Greek islands in
the Aegean sea.
The Greek battleship Hydra, which
is under the control of the Entente
Allies, has Intercepted wireless messages
from King Constantine addressed
to Berlin.
Ail the Greek communities In Egypt
have renounced their allegiance to
King Constantine.
nOliMOK MAN
ASSAULTS OFFICER
When He Tries to Arrest Him on
a Warrant Charging Felonious
Assault.
Constable R. J. Bartlett and other
county officers are at Meadowbrook
today searching for Albert Baxter, who
Is wanted on a warrant charging him
with . feloniously assaulting Clyde
Davis, another resident of the same
place, and also for resisting and assaulting
an officer in the discharge of
his duties.
The assault occurred Saturday night
or early Sunday morning and Sunday
Constable Bartlett went to Meadowbrook
to arrest Baxter. He had his
man and had a handcuff placed on one
of his hands when he jerked loose
'from the officer and struck him In the
face with the hand on which the handcuffs
were hanging, It is charged. The
blow dazed Constable Bartlett and before
he recovered Baxter had secured
such a lead on him he could not capture
him.
Constable Bartlett returned to the
city and Monday morning accompanied
by other county officers went to Meadowbrook
in search of Baxter.
MAKS1LALL SCHEDULE.
HUNTINGTON. Dec. 11.?Marshall
College football team will play Washington
and Lee at Lexington. Va.. on
September 28 according to an announcement
made here. West Virginia
Wesleyan, it was also announced, has
opened negotiations with Marshall
which is expected to result that the
teams from those institutions meeting
next fall. Darts and ISlklns, Morris
Harvey, Marietta, Ohio Northern arid
Otterbein will also be on the local
school's schedule. *
PEGG FUNERAL SERVICES.
Funeral services over the body of
Miss Olo 'May Pegg, aged 18 years, of
Uniontown, Pa., who died Saturday
evening at the home of her sister, Mrs.
W. G. Neutzling, in Dodge Court, were
held Sunday evening at the Neutzling
home. The Rev. C. W. Wise conducted
the services. The body was taken to
Uniontown Monday morning for burial.
PDAlin 1AAI
UIVHIVIi VVI
CITY XA
H
Clarksburg Theater Becomes a
Member of the Leading Circuit
in the Country.
WILL CONTINUE PICTURES
Important Theatrical Arrangements
is Made with Theater
in Nearby City.
As the average attendance at the
different; theaters. of Clarksburg totals
29,999 persons every week, exclusive
of holidays and special occasions,
or more than a million and a
half a year, a large number of the
"community -will be Interested In the
announcement by - Claude Robinson,
manager of the Robinson Grand1 theater,
that in the near" future It will be
included in the largest vaudeville cii>
cuit In the country.
Breaks Big Cities.
Ne goti ations have been nearly completed^
between the management of
.the Robinson Grand; and the manage.ment
of another theater ; in a nearby
city, by> which: the leading'/vaudeville
circuity attractions will be presented
R1VATE WIRE
MJBER 11, 1916.
rEORi
WORDLES!
OF THE
REAKS
SLANDS
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I <? PAPER. PRICE PROItE.
^ or akociatid pkimi 4*
WASHINGTON?, Dec. 11.? *
The Inquiry Into all conditions +
that affect newsprint paper +
prices to be made by the federal +
trade commission at a public ?
hearing hero Tuesday, it was
announced Monday, will go Into
the reasonableness of contracts *
and current prices, cost and +
profits of paper manufacturers. *
gross profits of Jobbers, factors
+ affecting tho supply and de
tnand and remedies for tho +
situation.
+
++ +* +* ++
TUfilJHEFT
Is Charged against Frank Cunningham,
Colored, and He
is Cnnn+v Jail Prisoner.
Charged with the theft of five turkeys
from the storehouse of the West i
Virginia Provision Company on West i
Piko street near the corner of Fourth,
Frank Cunningham, colored. Is In the i
county Jail, awaiting a trial before
Magistrate R. Edward Kldd.
When arrested Sunday night In
Traders avenue on a charge of being
drunk In the streots, Cunningham la
said to have had live turkeys in a bag.
Officers Yates and Foltz, who maae
the arrest. Investigated and learned
that the' provision company's storehouse
had been robbed.
Monday morning A. W. Rapp, manager
of the provision company, swore
out a warrant against Cunningham,
and after the latter had paid a fine
of $6.60 in police court for being drunk,
he was turned over to the county authorities.
DAI LIGHT I
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Coal Mininn is fn Bp TripH for
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the First Time in Western
Pennsylvania.
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(mv AS?ociatco pkcss)
WASHINGTON, Pa., Dec. 11.?For
the first time In the history of the
western Pennsylvania coal region '
"day light coal mining" is to receive
a trial. Two thousand acres of coal
land in the Burgettstown region have
been purchased by a newly formed
company. The coal in this locality
lies at a depth of from fifteen to ninety
feet and the company proposes to ' |
strip the ground down to the coal except
where high hills are encountered.
It is estimated the stripping process,
which has been used in Eastern Ohio,
will save 11,00.0 worth of coal an
acre, which can not be removed by
shaft mining.
PRITCHAltD FUNERAI/.
Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth
Prltchard, who died Friday night
of diseases incident to old age, were
conducted at her home on West Pike! |
street at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon
by the Rev. W. B. King, pastor of
the First Methodist Episcopal church,
of which the deceased woman was a
consistent member. Interment was in
. the Odd Fellows cemetery. /
ILL HAVE
t w r?m i w?
LUULVILLE
arrangement puts Clarksburg in the
big city theater class and. it; is- an.
achievement that many cities much ^
larger than Clarksburg; have attempt- .
ed -without success.
Mr. Robinson states that the Rob- j
inson Grand will .continue ,its present '
moving picture policy in connection J
with the high class . vaudeville, thus ,
giving the people of Clarksburg > the
same , kind of programs the leading
theaters of the kind in the big cities
have., This means that the Robinson ,
Grand -will.continue as a Paramount!
Picture Service house; and that, the
other famous films now.;shown there, J
including the Metro' and: Fox produc
tions,' will be continued as heretofore.
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To Book Stage Shows. .
As in the past, it Is the intention
of the management to interrupt the.
vaudeville and; picture service whenever
the- opportunity presents itself
to present; the beet' stage attractions.;
This arrangement-will go into .effect
as soon as the theater? In .' the nearby a
city can adj us|t its plans. A telegram "<
received; today by, ,Claude Robinson 1
! from.; Reuben Robinson in" Wheeling "
i anndunces that^the latter will pass j
through this clty^Wednejdar for th. ,
purpose of completing the nego*
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LAM |
^R IS
5 STORY I!
: SORROW
: )
* OAT XiniSERY FUND *
+ GROWS TOO SLOWLY. *
+ Tho local day nursery is a +
+ splendid humanitarian institu
+ tlon as haa boon fully oxplninnd +
from time to time and tho
people of Clarksburg along with
the suburbanites really ought to +
take more interest in it and gtvo
+ bettor support than thoy do. It
is a sad reflection that during
the several weeks a fund has +
boon open for this institution +
so small an amount of money
has been contributed. Previous
to this report tho total amount
was only $81.50. This amount
has Just bcon increased to +
+ $86.50 with a contribution of +
$5' by Mrs. Frank L. Grove. +
+
"rnpr
Of Chinese Coolies into United
States into Canada is un
der Arrest.
( T AfVOClATtD
DULTTTH, Minn.. Doc. 11?An alleged
plot to smuggle Chinese coolies
in largo numbers into the United
States from Canada is snld by federal
officials to have been uncovered
by the arrest here of Richard Blalkie,
an alleged deserter from the Canadian
army. Blaikie was employed on
the stoamer Superior and was taken
off the vessel on its arrival here from
Cleveland.
Federal immigration officers assert
that Blnlkle, with several othr
men, conspired to bring Chlneso
across Lake Erie near Buffalo in
small boats. Blaikie denied the
charges. He will be held for the immigration
bureau at Bulfalo.
LOCAL TRAVELERS
Can Now Return from Eastern'
Cities Two and One-Half
Hours Earlier Each Day.
The new winter schedule of the
Tlnltlmnro and Ohln rntlrnnd crlvAfi
Clarksburg travelers a new train to
get home Trom eastern cities on and
arrive here two and a half hours earlier!
^
Train No. 53, formerly No. 11,
leaves Baltimore at 8 o'clock in the
evening and arrives at Grafton before
No. 31. the accommodation
train which arrives here at 7:30
o'clock leaves Grafton. The pullman
which formerly went from Grafton to
Fairmont will be attached to No,- 31
ind brought to Clarksburg. ThiB will
allow Clarksburg travelers to leave
Baltimore at 8' o'clock in, the evening
and be home at 7:30 o'clock the next
morning with pullman accommodations
all the way.
On the old schedule No. 3, which
arrives at 10 o'clock/ was the earl lest
possible train for Clarksburg travelers
to get home from eastern cities
on.
EPoOfl GUILTY
Arid the Court Gives Him a Stiff
Road Sentence and Fines
Him $125.
, ????
John Epson was found guilty in the
criminal. court Monday on a charge
of having sold liquor. He was given
six'; months In : jail and on the roads
and fined $125 and coBts.
Ernest Cox was placed on trial
charged with a violation of the prohibition
laws.
SHOT IH LEG
Is Meadowbrook Man in Fight
over Whiskey and tfe is in
a Hospital.
Frank Powell, a resident of Meadowbrook,
Is a patient at St. Mary's
Hospital with a bullet wound In a
thigh received shortly after midnight
Sunday morning in a fight there oyer
i pint of whiskey. Sheriff's officers
have been unable to 'find his assailant
after a thorough search of Meadowbrook
and Its vicinity.
Powell- wastaken to the hospital
by the officers, who .were summoned
to Meadowbrook. Sunday,,- morning,
rhey made an Invest!gtal on: of the
shooting and; as a result, a charge of
bootlegging ' whiskey has. Jbeen filed
against; PowelL He will be tried before
a magistrate as soon as he re:
covers. At the hospital it.is stated i
that; his wound is hot serious and that !
be will recover dn. due "course; unless
anforseen.complications set in.
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TO GIVE CONCERT.
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There .will he Atconeert Thursday
aighhad the *Mnity^Methodhst>EpisWalker
will have charge^ of
the Telegram Is more than double I
the net pah" circulation of the I
other Clarksburg paper. 1
PRICE THREE CENTS.
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5 TOLD I
S OF WAR I
I By Women in Mourning and
Men with Solemn Faces at
the Postoffice Windows.
THIRD CHRISTMAS-TIME I
United States Will again Be vll
Santa Claus but Not Very I
Much to Some Abroad. |
<av A*?oei*no mui)
TV"ASH'TiNGTON", Doc. 11.?"Women in. fl
mourning garb and men with solemn I
faces, waiting: In line thes days ail I
over the United States before postoffice
windows where foreign money
orders are issued, toll a wordless story fl
of the sorrows of war's destruction
reaching across the seas to America.
A third Chrlstmas-tlmie of world
conflict has seen long lines of happy folk,
radiant with holiday spirit at the fl
prospect of sending something "home
to tlio old folk," tnrned into silent H|
parties of mourners, sending back B
money to alleviate suffering and flllea fl
with nnxloty and distress with the uncertainty
of Its safo arrival. There Is ..
also the grave uncertainty that when ^B
a gift reaches its destination no one fl
will bo there to receive It.
Postal clerks have been quick to -' ;::^jS?B
noto the change. Veterans In the ser- j./ajfl
vice who have been Issuing Christmas -"3?B
money orders to all parts of the globe W fl
for years say they no longer hear fl
eagerly told stories of the gifts the fl
money was to buy. They hear only ' fl
hopes that It may arrive safely to pro- fl
vldo^food, clothing and Are or perhaps |,s|
The line Is a llttlo shorter and the If
people average much older this year fl
fhan formerly. Its decreased numbers
is attributed to the fact that the government.
despite determined efforts, j|
Is unable to guarantee safe and speedy
delivery of money orders in the war
zone. Old age has taken Its place In i . ,
line because the sons of many are now
across the seas on the fl eh tin glfrori?iS|^BH
Through tho postal money order de- g|j
partment tho United States will bo
Santa Clnus to far more people of t?e fl
Entente Allies than of the Central aB
powers this year. Delivery of orders
In Dnglond and France have been in-,
terfered with only slightly. No dellv- |g
ery Is being made In Austria, and German
points receive their orders la
if indeed, they get them at alI.;Virttwj|S
Iy no orders are being sent to Russia,
largely because Wat-saw, which
the central station; for the payment; of
orders, now Is in the war zone. This
situation has affected tho money on
receipts in this .country greatly, too, Rvj
for in former years (Russians In the
United States led all the remaining [
foreign-born, citizens in sending 'money
home at ChristmaB time. |||?
Prisoners of war will receive many kij
money orders this Christmas. This is f *
particularly true In England, where |
delivery is good. By an agreement?
made several years ago ln a cony^^mifl
of various countries to effect afnwBlwB
agreement, it was arranged^that ordmltted
free of charge, and
States is living up to the agreement
Business Decreases.
Submarine activities have had much Hfl
Asaista t ^Postin tor ^jeneral | uociccfy. |^B
?^$~5
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