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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1914
Page
25
Terre Haute man Donn M. Roberts faces grave charges of ballot box stuffing and related election frauds. Circuit Judge Charles M. Fortune leads the prosecution with special prosecutors Jose Roach and Chalmers Hamill. Friends say the case threatens the political influence of former boss John E. Lamb, ousted years ago.
West Virginia narrowly defeated Bellefontaine 2 to 1 in Bellefontaine, aided by strong pitching from Chenoweth and Snyder and solid defense. Dille opened scoring with Long scoring on a two base hit in the fourth, Leatherwood stealing second and scoring on Long’s double in the eighth, while Bellefontaine answered in the second on consecutive hits, with Pott starring at the plate.
Boston and New York games produced high totals with 7 9 12 runs. Cincinnati and St Louis posted decisive wins. Notable batters included Ragan Wagner Pfeffer Gowdy Tesreau Schupp McLean and Lavender Archer West. Pittsburg defeated St Louis 5 3 with Hagerman Snider Adams Gibson on the mound.
In Clarksburg a baseball shakeup grows with one player on hand and several more arriving tomorrow. Manager Shannon will oversee workouts at Union Park next week and weed out candidates. May 2 exhibition game planned at Grafton, with a Pawva circuit season preview and multiple managerial appointments across clubs.
In the American League Detroit visits St Louis while Chicago plays Cleveland New York travels to Philadelphia and Boston faces Washington In the Federal League no further details are provided for today’s slate.
Uniontowns new ballpark will host boxed front grandstand seats at the urging of President Paige. Manager Mack of Cornellsville Cokers releases four players to trim costs while signing several veterans. A new pitcher Hels A J Donnelly from Van Voorts West Virginia joins Uniontown, praised by Ike Rice. Charleroi signs Chicago prospect Charles E Sorenson, ex Logan Squares member tied to Jimmy Callahan. Fairmont Needham plans early tryouts. several local contract players expected by Saturday. Shannon schedules April 29 reporting day amid transportation appeals. Also Minneots supreme court upholds non partisan primary law. Over 400000 acres in Oregon slated for settlement in June.
National League games listed include Brooklyn at Boston and Philadelphia at New York. Also mentions Chicago at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh at St. Louis with unclear teams and venues.
A vintage ad claims Resinol clears pimples and blackheads easily. It instructs bathing with Resinol Soap, applying a small amount of Resinol Ointment for ten minutes, then washing with soap and water. Repeats daily to quicken healing and pore cleansing. Free trial sizes offered by Resinol Baltimore Maryland.
In Washington this week Charge dAffaires Algara, head of the Mexican embassy, said Huerta or any other leader would find it hard to muster an army to attack the United States. He stated that Americans and Mexicans should be treated as brothers and that bearing arms against the U S is unthinkable.
Notice to all water users that sprinkling with city water requires a permit from the office. Those using water without a permit face a two dollar per day fine. Sprinkling must follow street distance limits and nozzles larger than one quarter inch are prohibited unless specified.
Kansas plans to place two women on its Democratic state ticket for the next election. San Francisco marks the nation’s first union labor hospital as a living model for modern healthcare.
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