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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
1
Paris reports a violent attack near Grunishte on the Macedonian front was repulsed by the Serbian forces. In London rumors say Asquith may reshuffle the cabinet to inject new blood while a conference with the King leaves next steps unclear.
Vienna dispatch reports the great battle in the wooded Carpathians as Trussians press to break through into Transylvania and Hungary. An official war office statement says the fighting is ceaseless.
Austro Italian front reports intense artillery exchanges as lines clash near Assocater Peees Vienna. Austrian war office confirms heavy bombardment with ongoing fighting and exchanges of fire across the contested frontier.
Bad weather has interrupted major operations on the Serbian front, according to a war department statement issued in London. The report covers actions up to Friday and notes adverse conditions affecting ongoing activity.
British forces repelled two small enemy raids in the Souchez area after a heavy trench mortar bombardment. The official Western Front report says shelling and artillery action were active north of Ypres and near Gueude.
Associated Press dispatch from Berlin reports renewed fighting in Roumania with Russian and Romanian forces clashing south of Pinsk and along Bukowina and Moldavian borders. The Austro German army, moving from Campulung, defeated Romanian lines and captured more than 6,000 soldiers and 49 cannons.
Petrograd reports Russian forces have taken the western section of the Tchernavoda bridge over the Danube. South of Bucharest Teutonic troops are pushed back as the villages of Tzomana and Gostinara are recaptured.
Superintendent M P Shawkey completes the state school classification distributing 84000 to regular high schools and 4000 to teacher training schools. First class schools receive 665, second 475, and third 275 dollars. Twelve schools added to first class. fourteen new schools to third class. Harrison county listings include Clarksburg and several others. AL Gump of Hikins attends Waldo.
A December 9 hearing in the federal building at Charleston will guide the federal farm loan board in drawing the twelve land bank districts under the new rural credits law. Members include William G. McAdoo and George W. Norris, inviting WV farmers to discuss farm loan needs, credit access, interest rates, and tenant borrows.
New York reports the illumination of the Statue of Liberty from torch to base at tonight’s dedication ceremony. President Wilson will signal the lighting. The feature is funded by a public subscription started by the New York World. Ruth Law will fly above the statue in an illuminated aeroplane bearing the word Liberty.
Football claimed fifteen lives during the 1916 season ending with Thanksgiving games, figures from the Associated Press show. Names listed include William A. Jones of Munhall Pennsylvania Edwin Young of Pittsburgh Harold B. Watson of Meadville Wallace Rowland of Weirton and Boggs Campbell of Pittsburgh.
The Rev. S. R. Ludwig will lead worship at 10 o clock Sunday morning at the United Brethren church in Gypsy. He also serves as pastor of the Northview church of the same denomination.
Mrs. Jesse Willis of Glen Elk was held to the grand jury at a Friday hearing in Magistrate R Edward Kidd's court on a charge of robbing Nicholas Stoniker of 45 dollars. A separate charge of selling whiskey was dismissed. She was remanded to county jail in default of 500 dollars bail while authorities seek information. Secretary McAdoo predicts banks will be ready to loan early in 1917.
The state compensation department grants weekly or monthly payments to sixteen recipients including Ethel Meadows widow of Thomas Meadows Glen Morgan and others. Payments vary by individual from 4 to 33 dollars weekly or monthly amounts for widows disabled or injured across multiple towns including Superior Berwind Wheeling Vivian Kimball Charleston Marfork Crown Hill Monongah McMechen Dana Havaco and North Fork.
In Wesleyville Pa during a quarrel at a boarding house W F Peaseley a carpenter shot and killed M P Derr an Edison General Electric employee. Mrs A H Cowell owner witnessed the tragedy Peaseley notified the police and was jailed locally.
John Newell 72 a noted operator and hotel proprietor died at his Pittsburg home from injuries suffered when struck by an automobile in front of his residence Wednesday night. He had been hospitalized since the accident.
The examination into Otto Moffatt’s mental condition at Union Heights was continued by the bounty lunacy commission until 4:30 o clock Theaday afternoon.
Negotiations have begun by the Brazilian government for requisition of German merchant vessels in Brazilian ports. Debates in the chamber of deputies disclosed that twenty eight German and four Austrian ships are in port with an estimated value between 15 and 20 million dollars.
Overnight dispatches from Brigadier General Bell in El Paso say Villa forces number 2 500 to 3 000 and Trevino commands about 6 000. The War Department, after review, states no increased menace to the border or Juarez safety based on refugee reports from Chihuahua City. Also notes Carl Haymond visiting from Livingston Montana and a Norfolk schedule change at the Baltimore and Ohio station effective December 10.
Oscar Fowler and Claude Seares pleaded guilty at Friday night arraignment in Magistrate R Edward Kidds court to burglary at the Standard News Company's West Pike Street store. They were held for the grand jury but released into parental custody. Also reported, Major General Sir Stanley B von Donop is replaced as master general of the ordnance by Major General William T Purce on the British general staff.
Charleston report states Judge Tra EB Robinson, a late Republican gubernatorial candidate, will practice law this winter in Charleston and may open offices there or in Wheeling. The note mentions other international items including a Lloyds report on a British steamship sinking.
Funeral services for Wilson Bayne aged ST years who died at home after illness will be held Sunday in Athens. Surviving relatives include numerous sons daughters and siblings. Intervening ministers and a armistice accord are noted in the same report.
Dr. W. W. Reynolds opens offices in the Prunty building for dental surgery. His equip ment is new and modern. He is a National Dental Association member and charter member of the state dental Society. Reynolds has long practiced in Weston for fifteen years and comes to Clarksburg highly recommended.
State Tax Commissioner Fred C. Blue issued a circular to sheriffs elect and county courts explaining the county salary law taking effect January 1. It shifts sheriff compensation to a salary basis with no fees for sheriffs or aides, tied to the duties and importance of the office. Expenses in transporting defendants will be county funded, and sheriffs may pay assistants a reasonable amount.
Broaddus Institute alumni and friends gather at 7:30 this evening in the First Baptist church to discuss advancing Broaddus to junior college or college status. Speakers include A M J Findley Taney Harrison and Mrs Burr Bassell. The plan aims to raise 150000 in a fundraising campaign with a potential 50000 building gift from a prominent unnamed donor.
Harrisburg bulletin lists films deemed unsafe including safecrackers tramps stealing watches and drug themes. It condemns about sixty titles and twenty five by unknown manufacturers for content such as heroines tied to tracks and thrillers, affecting moving picture exhibitions statewide.
Dec 2 reports say Admiral du Fournet arranged an armistice after King Constantine agreed to surrender batteries to the Allies. Greek and French forces exchanged fire. casualties include civilians and two Greek colonels. The king ordered a ceasefire as French marines stormed a wireless station and fighting paused in the city.
At a regular meeting the council directed the street committee to act on Cherry avenue and modify West Main to prevent running under owner property. The water and sewerage boards discuss pace. Fouts’ crew works over twenty one and a half hours. wage revised from twenty two and a half hours. An order from November 7 is rescinded. J C Clarkes is hired. All members present except Stout and Lawman.
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