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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1912
Page
1
Testimony reveals emotional pleas from women aboard unearthed in a senatorial inquiry into a maritime disaster. Witnesses describe cries for help as lifeboats filled and rescuers hesitated, while officials note delays in rescue efforts.
Beginning Tuesday evening street cars follow a Dew schedule until completion at Fourth and Pike. Adams and Wittenberg lines use Pike Street and transfer to a loop at Waldo. Despard to Waldo corner runs, East End service, and Main Street routes for Bridgeport Mt Clare Broad Oaks via Main. An extra loop car serves eastern residents.
A man named Freeland shot himself in his shop on a Tuesday morning. The wound is described as serious. His mother, Mrs Freeland, notified and caused a disturbance on the way to the shop before the injured man was sent home.
Fifteen solid silver and copper cups are shown in the Currency Jewelry window on Third Street. They honor Charles S. Smiley of this city for winning the championship at the recent southern regatta in Florida with his boats. The cups attract wide attention.
Baltimore and Ohio railroad completes survey for a proposed freight depot at Paden City in New Martinsville. Construction to begin soon with the freight house located on the west side of the tracks opposite the passenger station.
James Shay aged 94, longtime Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company employee, died at the home of his son John Horan in Glover's on April 23.
Reported by the House on April 23 outlines a resolution to grant Congress broad supervisory authority over senatorial elections. The measure aims to reform election oversight across states and curb irregularities in the electoral process.
The water works and sewerage board met Monday afternoon and elected Truman J. Lynch president for the year. Scott G. Highland was named secretary and general superintendent. No departmental changes were made beyond dispensing with two salaried employees and reallocating their work among the current staff.
Mrs Jarvis arrives this evening from the Philippines where she accompanied her husband Caputin Jarvis in January. She stayed only a few weeks due to climate and will spend the summer with Mr and Mrs A W Rapp and other relatives here.
The report notes a Light Pumper test by Butcher and Company on the Sidebottom Brothers farm producing fifteen to twenty barrels. On Tenmile Creek the Hope Natural Gas Company drilled on the Joseph Barnett farm above Gordon and reports a light gas exposure.
The article profiles William Murray of Willlimeon as the likely next state superintendent of schools. Murray, born 1870s era, earned an AB from Ohio State University in 1895, taught near Gimmington, taught at Marshall Business College, was principal at Tyne Finntington High School, and since 1904 has served as vice president of Williamson schools.
A Harrison County Good Roads Association forms to push better highways. At a Monday night meeting in Waldo hotel, 75 to 100 citizens heard President C. P. Howell stress countywide cooperation and urgent action toward advancing road improvements in West Virginia’s heartland.
In Texas Taft campaign forces clash with Lyon loyalists over delegate selection as Pearl Wight of Louisiana is noted among contenders. The piece traces Lyon’s rise from 11,000 Republican voters in 1896 to 25,000 in 1912 and accuses Theodore Roosevelt and Lyon allies of political hypocrisy. Continued on page three.
Dispatches recount a sea disaster near shore as Lucien Smith and his wife from Morgan Town West Virginia, honeymooning in Europe, are separated during lifeboat evacuation. Smith refuses to leave his wife, later smiling as she sobs, while the lifeboat goes without him and she mourns. The widow remains with five children. Funeral arrangements to follow on Thursday.
The next key move in the political game centers on Massachusetts as President Taft seeks Bay State support after defeats in two states. Roosevelt’s Massachusetts victory would boost his campaign, backed by prominent Bay State figures such as Senator Murray Cran and Representatives Sam McCall and A. Gardner.
Police Chief Harry J. Brooks and officers detained Thomas Murphy a reputed mendicant in West Pike district after a reported incident. Murphy was brought to the city jail for questioning and reportedly resisted during a brief struggle before a judge.
The article notes a leadership change at the head of the meeting department with Mr. Rowland named master mechanic by a specified date. Details describe duties and the move from 2ew Berk L road to a new post, with mention of a transition and relocation timing.
A fire at a city hotel damaged a wooden building and spread to four adjacent structures as a strong wind moved embers. Responders saved other property while crews fought the blaze and secured the site. Local departments coordinated efforts amid the smoke and tense evacuation.
A mediation process begins in New York after the Brotherhood of Engineers declared yesterday, moving discussions forward before the railway committee. Details remain limited as officials seek formal mediation terms.
Fragmentary local dispatch from Parkersburg reports an April incident involving Browng Company and the local agency. It notes missing funds and references accounts and a Wednesday event, but details are incomplete in the surviving text.
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