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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1914
Page
1
President Wilson and cabinet members pressed for swift steps as Huerta forces and Constitutionalists face off. Plans include seizing Vera Cruz rail links and restricting arms imports while weighing militia mobilization and broader war-revenue measures. American casualties or evacuations remain unconfirmed.
Private dispatches warn of anti American mobs in Mexico City and officials move to enforce border embargoes. U S authorities, led by the War Department, order troops to be ready and halt arms shipments while Carranza protests the Vera Cruz seizure and the embargo state remains unsettled.
Associated Press reports in Washington on April 23 that Carranza's demand for withdrawal of American forces from Vera Cruz as a violation of Mexican sovereignty alarmed the president and cabinet. The White House declared the U S would not recognize Carranza or seek reparations and would deal with authorities in control of the territory. Charge O Shaughnessy has passports handed by General Huerta, and 800 to 1,200 Americans remain in the city protected by legation guards.
April 23 report says General Maas, former Vera Cruz commander, intends to advance on the city with reinforcements from Puebla. The alert notes preparations to strike Vera Cruz, signaling a potential siege or assault as forces assemble for the move.
In Booth Bar Fairmont on April 23 officers arrested Ruby Stout a sixteen year old of Clarksburg for adultery along with Charles Bartholow and W R Riggie. They were fined $20 each plus costs totaling $47 which Booth paid. Stout was taken to the Home of the Good Shepherd at Wheeling by Officer Bartholow. Booth, a married man, allegedly deserted his wife and eloped with Stout. They sought lodging under assumed names, were confessing to the charge, and fined. Stout had prior ties to the Wheeling home and lived with her mother in Clarksburg. The article mentions Mrs Claries Farrer and Mrs Lynn Horner visiting and indicates a general social context.
Washington April 22 The army reserve and state militia will be called for service in Mexico and along the border. West Virginia’s national guard ranks to be among the first, praised for efficiency from coal-field service. Adjutant General Elliott reviewed plans with the War Department to enhance equipment and readiness for a 400 ton force quota.
Joe Cone was jailed by Judge James W. Frobingon Thursday for six months for carrying a revolver. He was fined $50 and costs. William Smith was discharged, with war arrest orders issued elsewhere. New tubia were granted Tony An gottini, Joan Bilas, John Hebed and Thorntos Sutton. Dora J. Davis renewed her recognition. Indictments against multiple listed individuals were dropped including Mike Fagan dio cases, Frank Minl eon, Bram Johnson, Darius Joe, May Pantine, Edgar W Davie, Javeret Westfall, Robert Me iung, Peirson Fornash, Henry Turner, Laco Banks, George Brown, Mary Wells, Mazie Smith, Joe Chi cerelli, Teddy Mounts, Albert Ap plebee and Albert Appletree.
Agnes Hanson of New York sues Walter Posten of Elkins for breach of promise seeking 20000. Hanson testifies she met Posten in 1911 while employed as a housekeeper for John T. Davis in Elkins, and says they became engaged until autumn 1915 when he broke it and she lost her Davis employment.
An entertainment titled Tom Thumb Wedding and White House Tea at Pride African Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Doors close at 8 30 for the wedding. Everyone is invited.
Washington April 23. A report that no branch reserve banks will be set up east of the Mississippi is widely believed. The east banks are seen as central to the territory they serve, with plans to extend branch banks only to the coast. The move would block Richmond area expansion and hurt Huntington Charleston Parkersburg and Fairfield in their bid for a regional bank. In Steeler Heights Mrs. Cooper Lanham and Mrs. W H Parker were bound over for six months on peace warrants after a neighborhood dispute over chickens. Each paid half the costs.
At Clarksburg Camp No. Woodmen of the World regular meeting in the hall on North Fourth street discussion centered on wartime service. Members debated volunteering for federal regiments, three applicants were elected for membership, and initiation was planned at the next meeting amid high attendance reflecting wartime patriotism.
Washington April 23 A bill to grant a new pension to Gylvanus Davis of Clabee County was introduced in the House by Representative Sutherland He filed a petition bearing signatures of over 100 from Grant county favoring the measure A note records a county naming change from Bur to Taylor and mentions a prior office named Burk with a suffix added leading to the rechristening.
The article reports on Representative S. H. Avis of the Third District proposing a substitute to authorize the United States to use armed forces to enforce demands on General Huerta. The substitute asserts the president may employ military means within constitutional powers to defend the dignity of the United States and protect the nation from affronts and indignities. Avis supported the Tecate, yet believed the resolution should differ.
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