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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
1
In Athens on Dat, the blockade of Greece begins at 8 am Saturday. Members of the British naval mission are ordered to embark on the liner King Constantine. The Greek government states that the movements of Greek troops have ceased in response to Entente demands for explanation.
Paris reports German forces driven from trenches at Hill 204 on the Verdun front. In Macedonia heavy fighting continues as German and Bulgarian troops launch three counterattacks near Starivina against Serbian positions, all repulsed according to the war office.
Berlin report states French troops attacked on the Verdun front to retake trenches seized on hill 304 but the assault failed. A separate Russian attack on the Dvina front in the Russo-Galician line gained no ground.
Berlin reports that Russian troops attacked Thursday in the Ludova region and the Trotus valley were repulsed with heavy losses. Romanian forces retreating Cron, Predeal and Altschanz passes were cut off and many captured. In western Roumania Austro German forces pressed the pursuit, taking more than 10,000 prisoners.
Charleston December report shows West Virginia Republican executive committee spending 97,285 through Clarksburg headquarters. Democratic committee spent 8,220, with 372 contributors. Major donors include Republican national committee 25,000, L Highland 22,000, national congressional committee 5,000, Nathan Goff 4,000, and U S Senator W. Chilton 3,643.
Andrew J. Peters says he will resign after March 4 to tend to personal affairs in Massachusetts. Rumors of resignations by McAdoo Houston and Attorney General Gregory circulate, with conflicting White House remarks. A friend of Gregory hopes for a federal judgeship. McAdoo’s resignation is widely discussed. Berlin reports 8000 Roumanians surrender, per war office Friday statement.
Berlin reports the German government defends the transfer of Belgian laborers as a social need not a hardship. It cites British embargoes and rising unemployment, noting 665,000 workers fully or partly without work and 1,660,000 dependents on aid among 1.6 million Belgians needing assistance. the measure is framed as preventing charity and stabilizing industry.
Certificates of incorporation issued by the secretary of state list five new companies. The Elm Grove Mining Company of Cleveland Ohio with 150000 capital to operate in the Tri Adelia district. The Wolffork Coal Company of Pikeville Kentucky with 50000 capital operating in Kentucky and West Virginia. The Batoff Coal Company of Stonewall to operate in Town district Raleigh county with 5900 capital. The West Virginia Beverage Company of Charleston to manufacture nonalcoholic drinks with 200000 capital. The Gem Garage Company of Huntington with 10000 capital. Incorporators named for each.
In Barrackville Jamison mine No 7 inquiry testimony was halted Friday and will resume Monday morning. Officials testified that all safety devices were used and blamed an unavoidable gas explosion. The process is expected to take about ten days. A Switzerland despatch reports Germany and Austria offering land route help to Greece if it declares war on the Entente.
Samuel M Tay lor American consul general at Birmingham England died Thursday night of influenza. He lived in Urbana Ohio before government service began in 1897. He served in Ohio legislature four years and five years as secretary of state. He held posts in Glasgow Callao Peru Nottingham and Birmingham aged 40.
A Zurich despatch to Man reports Chancellor Rink Constantine causes anxiety in Germany. The old wound in the king's side continues to suppurate and remains open. The king's condition is described as very weak.
S.XT DAYS Etta Mathew M. Saunders and Richard Mosby, colored, were tried in Magistrate Jackson V. Garters court and found guilty. Saunders received six months for interfering with an officer and escaped to Pennsylvania, later recaptured and returned to finish, then retried for escaping. Mosby got six months for weapon law violation, escaped, recaptured, finished, then given another sixty day term for escaping. Also Mutheney and others received sentences and escapes influenced outcomes.
Washington dispatches report a new note to Germany on the general submarine issue may arise from recent undersea boat activity. The United States asked Britain for details about the Arabia liner status after a German commander misidentified it as an armed transport. Official State Department data show the ship Marine was torpedoed but not a transport and thus entitled to neutral merchantman immunities. Germany signaled willingness to offer amends if its pledges were violated.
President Wilson commuted at once the contempt sentences of Frederick Ledvinka James Oats Hiram Stephens and Fannie Sellens who were jailed in Philips W Ve on April 25 1915 for disobeying a court injunction during the coal strike. They had served about three months and the president with no opposition from Judge Dayton found their punishments sufficient.
A December Christiania dispatch states the Norwegian ministry of commerce reports November losses of 19 Norwegian ships totaling 2093 tons. A German submarine sank the Greek steamer Iptros of 91,084 tons gross, and Reuters from Stavanger notes the Norwegian steamer Stettin of 412 tons gross was sunk by a German submarine.
An official admiralty statement says two Italian sea planes raided Rome on Thursday. The raiders dropped five bombs on naval sheds and returned unharmed.
The Manchester Guardian reports that Grenier Liord-George is unlikely to pursue an immediate solution via the first strategy for an Imperial conference, suggesting more cautious steps ahead.
Louis Carboni is dead after a pistol duel with Frank Candiloro, proprietor of the Place, over a woman named May Knighton. Candiloro claims self defense, while police suspect jealousy. Carboni and Candiloro were previously arrested in a raid for illegal whiskey sales. An innocent bystander, Salva Nastasio, was wounded in the shoulder as the conflict erupted in a dingy pool room on Baltimore Street near Pitth.
Hepzibah in Harrison County, Va., sees revival as Lyon Improvement Co builds eight houses, twelve cottages rise, an Odd Fellows hall opens, and a new coal mine appears near the Short Line railroad opposite the old Hepzibah Baptist church. William J. Bryan and wife briefly visited Clarksburg after a Washington trip with the President.
Unofficial Beal law election returns show wets won by a small margin in Marietta with 1762 votes to 1677. Of 13 precincts wets carried seven and drys six. Total 3439 ballots, no street celebrations. Drys remain hopeful for future votes as wet supporters express satisfaction.
Chronicle reports King George offered former Premier Asquith an earldom and the order of the Garter. It is understood Asquith asked permission to decline both honors.
The German hundred-mark bill fell another point and a quarter on the Geneva Bourse and by a point and three quarters on the Zurich Bourse. It now quotes at seventy nine francs and seventy eight francs twenty five centimes. The drop is linked to Germany’s mass levy, alarming observers about possible disruption to the country’s economic life. In addition, Lloyds Shipping Agency reports that the Belgian steamer Kelser and the Norwegian steamer Meteor have been sunk with loss of their crews.
The Berlin dispatch reports a claim that Chancellor von Ness to make peace with Germany exposes its weakness. The message suggests a press race at the moment detailing the dispute over peace terms and the state of German bargaining power.
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