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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1916
Page
13
British dispatch reports twenty air battles in a single forenoon on a French sector. German prisoners say only a non commissioned officer heard of the emperor’s peace proposal. German spirits are low as they feel their artillery lags behind Allied fire.
Berlin dispatch reports Teutonic forces driving Roumanians into a narrow square in eastern Wallachia amid heavy rain and soaked roads. Fronts in Dobrudja and Sereth positions shift as Russian efforts retreat south of Babadagh. Western theater holds with Verdun gains dismissed as mere demonstrations. year end 1916 outlook unchanged.
Baltimore and Ohio officials report unusually heavy travel this week with extra coaches attached to all through trains. Snow and cold after warm weather worsen track conditions, delaying trains but operations strive for good time. Express and through trains 29 and 30 run at near capacity most days amid precautions for safety and speed.
One hundred farmers are urged to attend Farmers Week in Morgantown from January 1 to 6 to enable Harrison County to compare favorably with others. Leaving Clarksburg at 2 25 pm, attendees may return the same night after the final session. The urge stresses the county meeting and missed participation risks. The report also notes a Chicago market opening on Lloyd George speech with May wheat at 1.64 and July at 1.36, and a lunacy examination of Kins Bains prompted by a complaint by Frank Spaddfora.
Embargo placed Tuesday night by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad halts all westbound carload freight from connections west of Cumberland Maryland except perishables livestock and foodstuffs for human consumption. Officials say the action prevents serious congestion at terminal points due to shipment accumulation.
The cold spell hit Nebraska with several cities recording subzero readings on Wednesday. Valentine reported 26 below, Norfolk 15 below, Omaha 10 below, while Sioux City Iowa logged 15 below and Sioux Falls South Dakota 22 below.
Berlin reports General Berth elot the French strategist asks recall from the Roumanian front after a lengthy spell of activity. British officers tied to Roumanian general staff reportedly depart for England. A long talk between King Ferdinand I of Roumania and General Alexei of the Russian army discussed the Roumanian military situation.
Washington December 20 railroad officials and shipping representatives met to curb freight car shortages. A key proposal aimed to prevent reconsignment abuse by penalties from 3 to 7 dollars per car. Shippers opposed the plan though tariffs reflecting these penalties were prepared for filing with the state Commerce Commission.
Governor Craig orders three day Christmas parole for state and county prisoners. Convicts must pledge to return by noon December 27 and report to authorities on time. Last Christmas about 800 prisoners were paroled under similar rules and complied.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a clothing stake or stake loss in New York around December 20 with references to forfeiture or broken terms. Details are unclear but imply a financial or property dispute involving a stake or wager and possible forfeiture.
Petrograd dispatch reports Russian troops operating near the Bystritsa region in Galicia broke through barbed wire entanglements in front of Austro German posts and penetrated toward Boho Trodczany southwest of Stanislau. The Germans and Austrians reportedly retreated in disorder, leaving some prisoners in Russian hands.
The Elks charity benefit at the Palace Thursday night features The Ragtime Santa Klaus, a holiday song by Dillebar and Smith. The number will headline the Masonic Club's Merry Minstrels with electrical effects and a Santa Klaus visit distributing presents to all in attendance.
Robbers entered the Oklahoma National Bank at Skintook near Tulsa Wednesday and blew open the safes escaping with about 20,000 dollars in currency and silver. Officials believe the robbers, who had hours’ start, fled toward Skiatook five miles away where wires into the town were cut and Osage hills serve as a hiding place.
Dec 20 Army medical officers join the Penneyi event in Washington as duties prompt a heightened alert.
The 200 Americans detained in Syria and Palestine by Turkish authorities may leave via Beirut after interning in Beirut for one month to absorb military information they possess.
President Wilson traveled to Senator Williams's Mississippi home on Wednesday to discuss Mississippi affairs, only to find Williams well enough to go to his office. Such presidential visits to members of Congress are rare.
Washington December 20 The Senate passed Senator Wadsworths resolution authorizing an increase in water diverted from Niagara Falls to raise American electric power output. The measure seeks to compensate for reduced Canadian power sent home for munition plants and military use.
In San Antonio on December 20 dates for departure of several national guard organizations were set. The Illinois signal company leads the exodus starting Thursday. Also scheduled are Maryland field hospital on December 25, Thirty-first Michigan infantry on December 27, headquarters Pennsylvania brigade, and Sixteenth Pennsylvania infantry on January 1.
London Dec 20 British railways plan to cut passenger trains after the first of the year to free rolling stock for war and food needs. Fares will rise fifty percent, though workmen’s tickets and season tickets for short distances will be spared.
Eight hundred miners at the Edgewater mine of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company near Birmingham were stampeded Wednesday after an explosion killed a slate picker and burned another man. Rescue teams freed workers as they regained control. In Atlanta, a separate blaze at the Jambo Allen department store destroyed the building with an estimated loss of 200000, prompting police to seal off adjacent properties.
George Chuke was tried in Magistrate J A Garter's court on charges of trespassing on lands of the McCormack Coall Company at McWhorter. He was convicted and fined five dollars plus costs. The liquor law case against John Smith was continued to March in the same court.
The report notes a wave of Romanian refugees crossing the Russian frontier into Odessa and Kiev, destitute and needing aid. It details Russia’s struggle to shelter, feed, and assimilate millions displaced by German and Bulgarian advances, amid scarce resources and wartime strain.
Funeral for Donald Edwin Wine aged one, son of Mr and Mrs A Fleming Wine, who died after a brief illness will be held at 10 30 am Thursday. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery Mt Clare. The child fell ill Tuesday morning and failed to recover. The father, Mr Wine, is a clerk at Grasselli Chemical Company plant.
Former Mayor Frank R Moore volunteers for the Elks charity drive at Moore blocks on South Fourth Street. The Elks Club announces distribution for the needy will start Monday morning. A deadline is set for submitting names to Claude H Atzrodt, chairman, at the Stieff Piano Store near the Hotel Garey.
A damaged 1865 New York Herald copy in possession at 978 Middle Street lists local businesses and a mistaken note about a public school teachers’ payment. The fragment mentions Baragesp and various garages near Clarkabure and Hazel-Atlas glass factory amid a Lincoln assassination account.
The readable parts indicate a county level note about state involvement in education, but details are missing. The garbled text suggests a public notice or official record regarding school or education administration with unclear entities.
A derailment and collision near Savannah on a Georgia railway line left one person dead and several others injured. The accident occurred as a passenger train ran onto tracks and was struck, with authorities investigating the cause and identifying those affected.
A fragmentary notice describes an ongoing court session with references to judges Tudges A scabaya Haymond Barnett and others, noting Wednesday afternoon proceedings and unspecified purposes or arguments. The text is garbled and lacks clear outcomes or locations.
Abstract fragment mentions Tod Dba and TeandiStmiio with unclear context. No verifiable facts or events emerge. Further readable text needed to produce a proper summary.
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