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The Daily Telegram

Location

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1914

Page

10

Bacillus Col Present In Office Report

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Miner Dies After Mine Accident at Richard Mines

In Morgantown on January 2 a miner named John Scutall died after being struck by a motor at the Richard mines of the Alkins Coal and Coke Company. His left leg was broken midway and bruised. investigators deemed the injuries not typically fatal, but shock and fear of fatality preceded his death. He was a young foreign worker employed at the Richard mines.

Morgantown Richard Alkins Coal & Coke Company John Scutall

Call’s Dispatch to Feature Prohibition Effects Sunday

Aloysius Call of the Pittsburg Dispatch will publish Sunday a statewide prohibition feature with a Governor Hatfield statement and firsthand observations from seven cities and towns visited. The article signals the steel smelters union in England pressing for an eight hour day as miners’ wages rise recently.

Pittsburg Aloysius Call Steel Smelters’ Organization England

Baltimore and Ohio Launches Broad Safety Reorganization

The Baltimore and Ohio announces a wide safety program for 1910 to cut accidents and improve sanitary conditions. A seven member general safety committee will devote full time to safe operation with an advisory panel and a designated Safety Day each month for inspections across terminals yards shops stations and property.

Baltimore Baltimore and Ohio System General Safety Committee Alont Lines Daniel Willard G. Panghorn BR. Rk. Scoville Transportation Department Johnn Fate Sergion W. McC. Bond War Department J. & Campbell Safety First J. F. Tearney Relief Department Safety Committee Ita

Safety First movement praised by Baltimore and Ohio officials

The general safety committee report on car 3213 notes a 20 percent reduction in accidents amid a rise in train frequency. Vice-President Thompson says the Safety First push benefits employees and company alike, aiming to build public confidence and justify sustained safety efforts by all staff.

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Weather Bureau rejects wireless flood warning along Ohio River

Washington January 2 The Weather Bureau will not establish wireless telegraph service along the Ohio River for flood warnings. The Signal Corps may undertake such service but is unlikely. Rep Sutherland pressed for wireless warnings for cities in the valley but the Navy and Army roles under Roosevelt era agreements offset Bureau responsibility. Additional telegrams reach Charleston and Point Pleasant with daily river data to aid forecasts when wires fail.

Washington, D. C United States Weather Bureau Ohbio Signal Corps United States Army Sutherland Weather Bureau Ohio River President Roosevelt United State Navy Oceans Signal Corps of Army Ohio Signal Corps of the Army Wireless Service Charleston Point Pleasant

B&O Notes Decrease in Fatal Accidents in 1913 Review

Baltimore and Ohio Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton system reports a 20 percent drop in fatal accidents in 1913 as train mileage rose with busier operations. Magnon cut-off work advances about forty percent, including converting Doe Gully tunnel to an open cut. Newark Ohio B&O employees circulate a petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking freight rate increases.

Baltimore Baltimore and Ohio Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Central Safety Committer Boletin Doe Gully Newark O Interstate Commerce Commission Eastern Tommission

Rail freight rate hikes urged to fund improved service

The article notes rising costs for materials and supplies and higher freight and passenger rates on foreign railways while U S rates fall in many cases. It quotes travelers and merchants arguing that higher rates would fund better equipment, safer travel, and improved service, benefiting sales and prosperity in the long run.

Baltimore United States

Three Drunks Arraigned Before Mayor Cole

Three drunks were arraigned before Mayor Will H. Cole in police court this morning. Two paid fines to the city treasury, while the third, unable to pay 20, received a warning.

Will H. Cole

Arrest for Fighting In Glen Bin Last Night

Two young men, C. RR. Poet and H. 4H Martin, were arrested by Officer Sappington in Glen Bin after a Friday evening altercation. They are held under $5, likely pending arraignment in Galen police court around 7 o'clock Friday. The report reads like a rough OCR with many garbled phrases.

Glen bin C. RR Martin Tr Ap|earanes Midgor A. Galen Sappington

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