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THE WEATHER
Kair Sunday and Monday.
SUNDAY TELEGRAM flep^
EXCLUSIVE ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE BY PRIVATE WIRE.
VOL. 1, NO. 23.
CLARKSBURG. W. YA., SUNDAY, MAY 2. 1915.
FIRST SECTION
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TWO ALLIED STEAMERS SUNK
SUBMARINES OF GERMANY
GET TWO MORE VICTIMS
But England Remains as_CaIm
As Ever, Though the War
is Brought Closer.
GERMANS RAID BALTICS
Renewal of Fighting Along
Eastern Prussia Frontier
and in Poland.
(?Y *MOCI*Tfe ?flti
IiOXIJOX. Mny 1. T1h> British
steanM-r. Ivdnlr. from the rirrr I'late.
Hotith America, for Knjli^h e\|K?rts. ,
\r?5 sunk In a submarine I wl?i off the;
Scillj inland". All of the cn-w Wi
wvfd.
Thf Kdale was n ^oaiwr of 2.CMJO
tons net. ajid r.as :K25 feet Ion*;. '' wa
owned by the T>ale Strarasbip Oim
Ivan}. of >1 irtdlwbronRh, Eng. Tlw
KdaJe w.'rt built in 11MII. ft sailed
from Montcvid-o, Iruguav, for Eng
land Martb 39.
ASSOCIATCG MUS)
SCIIJuV ISLANDS, England May 1.
?The crpv of wenty-foar of the
British steamer. Edale, which was
sunk off tbepe islands by e submarine
today. while on a voyage from the;
rlrcr. Plate. Sout?> America, to Man
chester with !i cargo of grain, hare
been landed here by a British patfot
boat. They say thai the Edale was
torpedoed without notice and thatj
? hey did nut see the submarine an
il after they were in their lifeboat?. J
A patrol boat Is reported to have,
been Btruck and severely damaged
by a shell fired from the submarine.
EFFORTS ARE TO COMBAT !
BLOCKADE OF ENGLAND
t?v a9?cciatco rrtts
LOXDON, May 1.?Gorman sui;
mariner, which for a couple of \roeh
had been confining themselves to th
Xorth sea. \rh<*re they sank a nuui
ber of trawlers. "agaili have made their
?pp?arant" on the trade routes off th
west coast of Ireland and Knpland
and caught two victims. They were,
the British steamer. Edale". which
was sunk off tbe.SofPy inlands, and
ihte Russian steamer. Edele. which
was attacked off the Blusket island".
Ill both cases the crcw? were ??ved.
This, taken in connection with the
warning issued to American travelers
on traas-Atlantfc- liners, doubttles
means another attempt with <1 greater
number or submarine? 10 combat the
blockade by England. It is only jus'
announced by the English papers -fhat
the admiralty has found a means of
dealing with submarines and the peo- .
Pie In view of the latest attacks upon '
steamers are awaiting the result with .
considerable interest.
In face or these subt-.arine attacks '
Zeppelin raids and the bombardment
of Dunkirk, which brings the war
closer home. England remains a? calm
as ever. There are some, of course,
who feel .anxiety over the westered
battle line but generly the feeling is'
one of optimism, based on th?- suc
cess with which the allies have with
stood former attempts of the Ger
mans to get through to the coast
ports.
Dunkirk Bombard men t.
The bombardment of Dunkirk,
which was repeated yesterday and.
which has resulted in considerable
loss of life, has caused many women
and children to leave the town. The
Germans can repeat this bombard
ment whenever they desire with the
big guns which formerly were posted
on the coast to ward off the attack of
the allied fleet and which have beet!
moved up in the direction of Nieu
portt. Still there is confidence that
the navy and airmen will find a way
of dealing with the guns.
On the rest of the western front
things are comparatively quiet, a1-"
though the French appear to be still
on the offensive between the Mouse
and the Moselle rivers, tue Gorman.,
claiming to have repulsed att::ck>
there. Gonsequently. with the sit
uation at the Dardanelles established '
interest has turned again to the eas
tern front and particularly to the.
ltnssian Baltic provinces, which ar>
being raided by the Germans.
\o Evidence of Big Battle.
The extent of this new raid has
not been disclpsed. Althouch iho
Germans announced that the Rus
sians evacuated and burned Sza-.vi.-.
and retired toward Mita there it no
evidence of any l/ig battle beinjj
fought and the Russians express con
fidence in their ability to deal with
this new diversion.
Along the East Prussian frontier
4iid in central Poland there has been
a renewal of the fighting which the
spring floods interrupted, while
the Carpathians, where the ground
is drying, the Russians and Austrian*
pre again contending for L'zsok pass.
>"or the moment the Russians have
turned from their offensive against
that pass to attack the Austrlans
who were threatening their commun
ication in the direction of Stry and'
have, according to their report, won
considerable success, capturing two
heights and a number of prisoners.
They also claim to have repulsed an
p.ttack by the Germans, who hold
a line near Wyzkow. further to the
eastward. It is expected that a big
offensive will soon be undertaken on
the eastern front, probably by the
Germans, who have been feeling their
way toward the Russian position?
around the East Prussian frontier,
although this may be a feint to hide
a movement on some other part of tbe
line.
There is evidence !n despatches
(Continued on pace first sect ion 1 '
ARKANSAS SPONSOR AT U. C. V. REUNION [
Genera) J.- R--Gibbons, commander-in-chief of Arkansas division. U. C
V., has chosen for sponsor to represent Arkansas at the annual reunion of
Confederate Veterans in Richmond, Va., in May. Miss Martha Hill of Fort
Smith. She is the daughter of Hon. Joseph M. Hill, former chief justic? of
Arkansas.
CONGRESS OF WOMEN
TO SEND DELEGATIONS
+ +.
?* FATAL WOl'NI* IS +
+ I>FLH'TED BY WIFE. +'
?r +
* ? Uv Associated Press. > -r'
* KANSAS CITY. May I.? o]
?i* L;iuis SchweZger, a contractor. 4v
+ shot by bis former wife +t
* while standing in the corridor + j
* of the county court house here +:
* today, died tonight. After fir- +
+ ins fi-e shots into the body of *
+ her farmer husband. Mrs. Clara ?i*i
+ So.:\\ !-i?:ei- turned vthe weapon +'
?fr in hen t'If and'pay sicians said +j
+ tonight she w?ll die. an *fr!
+ ..nte mortem statement late to- *i":
-?? nay- Scntroiger declared his + '
"$? wife had threatened to shoot
?5" hfcif. +
+ +
Storm Quits
After Doing Great Damage
with a Steamer Still Adrift
and Missing in Paciffic.
? Y AfBOC>*T? mmC?fc
SAX KF.AXCrSCO. May 1.?The Pa
cific coa:" >;or:i. which sent the
s-ietjrner. Victoria, to the bottom. dis-|
.iblrd the iiner. Xcrth Pacific, dam-;
aged the passenger steamer Harvard'
aiie kep- scores of vessels, big tind
liule. o~jt at sea for many hours,^ had
subsided tonight.
Two b:g steamers. the^. Pennsylvania |
and the .J. 1- I-uckenbach. and a
stream of small craft, have comc into
port.
The Xorthern Pacific, which vital
35? passengers aboard had been drift-;
ir.c before the storm off Point Arena.
1 ' ? miles north of here, sent word late
, today that the steam steering gear
which was disabled had ibeen repaired
and it was expected to come into port
under its own power.
Anxiety is bc-ing felt regarding the
Norwegian sh!p. Aggi. which lift hero
Thursday on tew of the steamer. Ed
gar H. Vance. Yestwdav <hirin= the
storm the rowing l-.ne broke and .-ince
then the Aggi has been adrift and no ]
word has coice from it.
TO CALL OI T SWISS.
'?V - ?OOATIO PUCK*
BERNE, Switzerland, via Paris, ]
May 1.?The federal council decided
toaay to call out the Sixth division of
the Swiss army.
[To Heads of Governments to
| Demand Immediate Cessa
tion of the War.
THE HAGUE, via London. May ].
Tbe international Congress of Wo
uien concluded its session^ bere today.
At tile final meeting there was adopt
ed a proposal to send delegations rep
resenting the congress to prsldent
of the United States, and to the heads
of all tbe European powers for the
purpose or demanding immediate ces
hation of the war.
-Mrs. Rossika Schwinimer, presi
dent of thu Hungarian Woman's Suff
rage Association, moved this resolu
tion. She was confronted with the
sharpest opposition in furtherance of
which man parlimentar technicalities
were resorted to. This precipitated a
clash which threw the gathering into
the greatest confusion.
"We are here not only to talk but
to show'the way to action." said Mr*.
Schwimmcr. "We wish to take posi
tive steps to end this terrible war."
Mrs. K.innie Andrews, of Boston,
read a manifesto covering all the
points dealt with by the congress.
This manifesto which will be issued
among women throughout the civiliz
ed world, declares that "this must be
the last war."
A permanent international commit
tee was formed. It will make recom
mendations for conferences at The
Hague and arrange for a peace con
ference of women to be held at the
ssriiv time and place as the peace con
ference at tfie end of th war.
SEAMEfPlED OP
By a Schooner on Its Way to
Tree for the Youngster,
boats.
:?r AKftOCtATC9 MlltJ
SAIN DiEGO. Calif.. May 1.?Eleven
momhe>-? <>f the crew of the steamship,
Victoria, which founderod off the Cor
onado islands iate Friday, were picked j
up by the schoonar. Flyer, today on its
way to their rescue. They had taken
to the lifeboats shortly before^ the Vic
; toria sank.
The men chose to remain on the;
, leaking vessel hoping to save it when .
the fifteen passengers were taken off;
last night by the American-Hawaiian
steamer American.
| The men suffered from exhaustion i
and exposure during their voyage in:
the- open boat but none was in ? sfr
jions condition. t
CHINA TURNS
JAPAN DOWN
ROSE JUMPS
FROM TRAIN
Most of the Latter's important
. Demands are Rejected in
the Note of Reply.
ALL CONf^RENCES ENDED
An Ultimatum by Japan Will
Mean An Appeal to the
Four Powers By China.
isr askociatco
PEKING. May 2. 2:30 a. m.?
China has replied to 'ho Japanese de
mands in a note which, -while com
plying with some of the demands,
nefinitely refuses to accede to oth
ers. including the most important,
embodied In what is known as
Group 5. i
China also has furnished to the
Japanese minister. Eki Hioki. a list
of further concessions which she ts
willing to grant but after persuing,
the note and the list M. Hioki de
clared that it was far from complying
with the twenty-four demands as
presented by his government.
Oenoral I>eniand Kefnsed.
This action was iaken after Presi
dent Yuan Shi Kai had thoroughly(
discussed the entire situation witn
the members of his cabinet and his
advisers since last Monday. The
Chinese plenipotentiaries met the
Japanese pleninotentoarles by ar-;
ran cement on Saturday at. the foreign
office and presented China's reply;
which in substance refused the so-,
called general demand of Japan.
M. Hioki asked whether these wern
China's maximum concessions and
tiienv whether he should cable his,
government.
I*u Chang-Hsiang. the Chinese for-'
eign minister replied that these were
China's maximum copcessions and
that the Japanese minister could so
inform his government.
?lajinn Withdraws Pr. posnl
The conference terminated with,
neither the Japanese or Chinese ask
in? for another meeting. Should the
Japane.se government now present an
ultomatum or occupy further terri
torv in China it Is intimated that
the'Chinesc would appeal to the four
powers which a're pledged to China's
independence
CRTperceiving that the Chinese re-;
ply failed to agree to the demands or;
his government the Japanese niinia~
ier declared the withdrawal of Ja
pan's proposal to return to china
Tsing-Tatt. which was conditional on
China's deferring no longer the ac
ceptance of Japan's demands.
CHINA'S REPLY DULY
PRESENTED TO JAPAN
?BY *JSCCI*T?0 ft*?' ^ j
PEKING. China. May 1?The Chi
nese government has definitely re
fused some of the most important
demands made by Japan. On learn
ing of China's decision, the Japanese
minister. Eki Hioki, said to the Chi-J
nese roreiRu minister. I-u Cheng-]
Hsiang: "I am sorry. I believe^ my i
government will be disappointed.
The Chinese foreign ministry at a
meeting today of representatives or
rh^ two governments presented
China's reply in the shape of a for
mal note. This note announced
China's rejection of Group ^ of tnfi
? Continued on page 2. first section)
DAVIS ELKINS
MAY ASK FOR i
NOMINATION
For Congress in the New See
on District at the Hands of
Republican Party.
LEADERS ARE FOR HIM
And a Tentative Understanding
Looking to United Support
is Being Perfected Now.
(SnCIAL TO ?Mr TCLI6RAH >
CHARLESTON. .May 1.?A quiet
rumor that uives the tone of being
well founded and coming from sources
indicating that gives strength to it
is the report that Davis Elkins, of
-Morgan town. will be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for Con
gress in the Second congressional dis
trict, which under the new apportion
ment consists of Monongalia. Preston.
Barbour. Randolph. Tucker. Pendle
ton* Grant. Hardy. 'Mineral, Hamp
shire. Morgan. Berkeley and Jefferson
?a great big district hut one that
r;.any politicians declaro gives both
parties an equal chance of election,
especially as long as Junior Brown
continues to hold the reins on the
Democratic side.
The same breath that said Davie
Elldns would be a candidate also de- :
dared that tho man whom Governor
Glasscock gave the title of senator
as successor to the late Stephen B. i
Elkins would have the united support
of the Republican leaders of that <Ms- i
trict, and that a tentative understand- j
ing to that effect is now In course
of perfection. ,
f
PHILADELPHIA WOMAN SEES SUCCESS
OF HER MOVEMENT FOR MOTHERS' DAY
Miss Ana Jarvis Cright) and white card&tions for observance of Mothers'
day. May 9.
White carnations, symbolic of. maternal devotion-will be the national
flower on Sunday. May 9. Mothers' day is to be observed in the churches
and elsewhere on that date. The Mothers' day movement was started six .
years ago by Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. Observance of the day
has now become -world wide.
GERMANY'S WARNING
TO SEA TRAVELERS
) To Bring No Action on Part of
Government Unless Com
plaint is Made.
-?r MsociATto w?r?:
WASHINGTON. May 1.?The state
department has not decide^ to take
any action so far as could be learned
here tonight in regard to the German
embassy advertisement in numerous
newspapers warning American travel
ers of the risk they ran in traversing
the war zone in merchant vessels be
longing to Germany's enemies.
Scretary Bryan said the matter had
not been brought officially to his at
tention. It was understood, however,
that both ihe British and French em
bassies had mentioned the advertise
ment today to departmental oftfcials,
though in an informal way and with
out making any specific complaint or
reuest in regard to it.
The attitude of the state depart
ment is understood to be such that it
may take no notice of the advertise
ment. unless formal complaint is
made.
Count Berastorff. the German am
bassador. was absent from "Washing
ton for the day and none of the em
bass staff would discuss the matter. It
was explained however that the ad
vertisement was inserted in compli
ance with general Instructions from
Berlin and was what it purported to
be a warning to American travelers.
Embassy officials of the allied coun
tries also were silent on the subject.
COLONFIRE
Results in the Death of at
Least Ten Persons and
Causes Desolation.
<.?? ASVOCfATKO
CO!<OtN, May 1.?The city of Colon,
half of which was destroyed toy fire
yesterday, presented a scene of deso
lation today. According to the police
records ton persons lost their lives,
two of whom were Panuma police
men. and many -were injured. The loss '
is still estimated at
aCuntles speit>oun are homeless and
are wandering about the streets. Busi-1
ness i?? almost at a standstill although;
merchants are making an effort to'
resume. Brea dlines have beeoi es-'
tab Li shed and the homeless women
and children are being cared tor as
far as possible. A huge teat elry to!
shelter them has been erected under
the auspices of the American military
authorities. 1
+ +
+ XJtSSKL IS SENT +
+ TO REStTE FIVE. *
+ +
4- (By Associated Press). +
+ WASHINGTON. May I.? +
[?fr Admiral Howard, command- 4
? ingr the Pacitjc fleet, v.-as di- +
? rected today to senu a vessel ???
+ to the Guaaaloupe islands off 4>
4- the Mexicau coast. 300 miles +
4- south of San Diego. Calif., to +
+ rescue live San Francisco +
4> citizens shipwrecked and *+
4? marooned en the island. No +
4? details of the shipwrecK were ?>
+ given by Senator-elect Phel- 4>
4* an. of California, who made 4
?fc. the request. ?
4? 4*
? + + *4- + + * + 4'** + * + *'i' +
Six Shells
From Big German Guns Fall in
Dunkirk at Intervals of
Only Ten Minutes.
ASSOCIATED WS?1
FOLKESTONE. England. May 1.?
[?Refugee sarrivincr here from Dunkirk,
France, report that six shells from the
German iT-tnch guns fell in Dunkirk"
Friday evening at intervals of ten
m'nutes. Considerable damage was
done to the town. The women and
children of Dunkirk are leavins in
large numbers.
This is the second bambordrnent of
the port, the first .having -been reported
yesterday as having occurred on
Thursday.
FLEET BOMBARDS
Nagara Violently, Says Athens!
Correspondent, But the
Forts Do Not Reply.
1JONDON", May 3.?The Athens cor-I
respondent of the Exchange Talograp* |
Company sends the following despatch
regarding operations at the Darda-;
nplles:
"The fleet violently bombarded Xa-:
gara but the forts did not reply
"The Turks are unable to pass over j
to the Asiatic shore on account of;
the Indirect fire of the allies.* Thej
Turkish troops at present are concen- i
1 rated around .Maldoi." j
And Escapes in Woods after
Being Cornered and Caught
by Posses.
HOUNDS AGAIN ON TRAIL'
Harrison County Dogs Do Fine
Work Tracking Murderer
of Police Chief.
?*
+ Bm-K FOILS POSSE.
+
Deputy Sheriff Laco Wolf ?
+ telephoned from a point in ?
? Webster county to Sheriff -Stout ?
? here Saturday night that the ?
? .posse was hot on the trail of H- ?
j+ F. Rose., escaped murderer oil ?
; + Gassaway's policc chief, hav- ?
; ? !ng once come within sight ?
| + of him just as he had crossed ?
! + iHolly river in a john boat Tlie + ?
| + posse had to go down the river +
, 4? about a mile and a half before ?
! + ii could cross and ihis gave ?
| + Rose a better start. Mr. Wolf ?
! + said the cscapcd man was. giv- ?
j 4? ins out and would likely bo ?
i ? soon captured. ?
;? ?
After being captured as the result of
; fiiie work by the pair of man-tracMug
bloodhounds owned by Sheriff .Ross F.
| Stout, of this city, H. F. Rose, wanted
, by Braxton county authorities for
fatally shoct'nc Police Chief G. O.
i Thompson Friday morning at Gassa
; way. made his escape by jumping front
a railroad 'rain at Ccntralia. that
county. Saturday morning and running
into the woods.
The toloodfconnds. in charge of Dep
i uty Sheriff Laco Wolf, of this city,
! were immediately taken to the Cea
rralia section and latest report* by
telephone arc to the effect that the
dogs are ana in on the man's trail
with a bis posse in hot pursuit.
Caught Star Kr bacon.
?Rose was captured about an hour
after midnight Saturday morning sev
eral miles north of Erhacon about on
the Braxton-Webster county.line, after
the bloodhounds bad successfully fol
lowed his trail southwest since early
the evening before. .Members -of the
posse telephone ahead and the flee
ing man was finally cornered between
another posse buried ly formed a few
miles south and the one with the
bloodhounds. Seeing that the game
was up lie surrendered without a fight.
.Members of the posse then took the
man to Erbacon and started with him
on the morning Baltimore and Ohio
train to Sutton. Xcar Centralia. as
the Main was moving along at a pretty
socd speed. Rose slyly eluded his cap
tors and jumped off. Before the train
ccruld be stopped he had disappeared
in nearby woods.
Dogs Taken Back.
In the meantime, deputy Sheriff
Wolf with the bloodhounds had re
turned northward, to the Coal and
Coke railroad, being nearer to -it than
to the 'Baltimore and Ohio branch*
wheu informed that Rose had been
captured. Just as he was leaving
Sutton homeward bound members of
the posse that had come down the
Baltimore and Ohio from Erbacon be
j seeched lrim to return with the dogs
and aid them in a further search, tor
the man in the Centralia. section. At
Orlando. Mr. Wolf got off with the
cioge. telephoned the situation to Sher
.i(T Stout here and was instructed by
the latter to return on the next south
jbound train and join the posse.
Splendid Tracking.
; When Mr. Wolf left Clarksburg with
? the bloodhounds Friday afternoon, he
? went to Orlando where Braxton conn- .
| ty authorities had provided a special
: train for the purpose of taking him
j and the dogs to Gassaway. When the
. dogs were placed on the trail, it was
; something iike ten hours old. yet theT
readily picked up a scent and started
out across the country and through
woods in fine shape. The?.' stuck clone
1 to the trail from that time almost
steadily "with the result that the posse
| was enabled finally to locate the
; pursued man.
Xuinerous compliments were be
i stocwed upon Deputy Sheriff Wolf for
' the splendid work of Sheriff Stout's
bloodhounds and many persons who
were skeptical about the ability of
hounds to follow the scent of a man
declared that the work of this pair
of dogs had removed all their doubts *
In that respect.
For Passing Bad Checks.
The alleged offense for which Police
Chief Thompson attempted to arrest
Rose was the passing of bogus checks, i
lie purchased a bicycle recently, it
Is declared, and went to Loyland's
grocery store in Gassaway in an at
tempt to sell the wheel when the po
lice cricf came in to arrest him. He
Is said to have given a bad check in
payment for the bicycle.
Rose fired seven shots altogether,
then rushed ont of the store and took
to the mountains. D. K. Ccipner. who
went to Chief Thompson's assistance,
was wounded in the right leg. but
not seriously. Both wounded men were
rushed to the St. Francis hospital at
Charleston, where the police chief
died Friday night. as previously re
ported in the Telegram. Xot roach,
hope was held out for Thompson from,
the start as the bullet passed entirely -
through his body, entering near the
heart and passing out through the hip.
Rose is alleged to hacve had an
accomplice in the passing of the
checks and this person was captured
(Continued on page t, toft section),.