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Newspaper

The Daily Telegram

Location

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1915

Page

3

United States Fuel Supply Announces Gas Pipeline Plan

STATE GAS CINCINNATI July 20 It is announced that United States Fuel Supply Company of Charleston West Virginia will soon begin to build pipelines from Charleston to the Atlantic seaboard supplying Washington Baltimore and a dozen other cities in Maryland and Virginia including Richmond with natural gas for light and fuel W Cartwright vice president of the United company controlled by the Columbia Gas and Electric Company of Huntington West Virginia and Cincinnati is now in the East letting contracts for the pipe laying

Cincinnati United States Fuel Supply Company of West Virginia Charleston W. Va Atlantic Seaboard Washington, D. C Baltimore Maryland Virginia Richmond W. ¥. Cartwright United Company Columbia Gas and Electric Company Huntington

Axe Murder Suspect Tied to Nationwide Slayings

Chicago reports police across cities study a chain of axe murders linked to a suspect, Castmer Arelzewski, who allegedly confessed to killing Jacob Mislich his wife their daughter and Mrs Mary Mansfield in Blue Island on July 5 1914. Blue Island police head toward Buffalo for custody as detectives pursue a wider pattern from Colorado Springs to Villisca Ill Monmouth and Boston. The Erie Island homicide raises total victims to thirty one.

Cmv AssociaTio Chicago Jones Blue Island Buffalo Castmer Arelzewski Jacob Mislich Mary Mansfield Blue Island, Jr Arelzewski Mislich Colorado Springs Husworth Kan Monmouth Ill Villisca Boston Tye Erie Island

Flint man escapes German camp and reaches London

Charles B. Pray of Flint Michigan submitted an affidavit to the American consul general in London alleging he was detained in a German concentration camp from October and forced to perform hard labor after being misidentified as English. He escaped on May 11 and traveled across Europe to Avonmouth then walked to London, taking odd jobs to live.

Tay London Charles B. Pray Flint Mich Robert P. Skinner Skinner State Department Washington Bray Germany Mauenfeldt Wurtemburg Pray Wurttenburg Europe Avonmouth Here

Dunn doubles down on dynamite plot tale

Fairmont July 20 Roy Dunn reiterates the sensational dynamite plot story against the Watson families, declaring the Friday report true while saying fear compelled Saturday denial. He affirms the earlier account and cites intimidation as the reason for the changed stance. Germany leads in the matter of ablications and e books.

Fairmont Roy Dunn Watson Germany

Diarrhoea Quickly Cured by Remedy Advertisement

A Buford North Dakota resident recalls a severe diarrhoea attack lasting over a week and credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with fast relief after the first dose. The ad notes the remedy is obtainable everywhere.

W. C. Tones Buford N. D Chamberlain

Robinson Declines Governor Run for State Supreme Court

Indee ira Robinson of the state supreme court states he is not a candidate for governor. He says he will remain on the bench and not engage in political contests. He expresses interest in constructive state development, better roads and schools, and reducing tax burdens, rather than personal ambition.

Charleston Robinson Tts West Virginia

Japanese Day at San Diego Exposition Scheduled

Japanese Day will be observed July 31 at the San Diego exposition with sixteen local associations of the Japanese Association of Southern California assembling at the fair. Special events are being planned by association representatives and Mesars Kondo and Hayashida. Japanese concession fires with extensive exhibits will be showcased, and the exposition and Japanese of San Diego will host visiting Nipponese attendees.

San Diego San Diego Exposition Southern California Kondo Hayashida

Dreaded An Operation More Than Anything

Mrs Mary Franse of West Point Nebraska writes of nearly avoiding gall stone surgery ten years ago by using Fruitola and Traxo. She says one dose of Fruitola eases congestion and dissolves hard fragments, then Traxo taken several times daily rebuilds the system. The Monticello Illinois makers report many letters praising the remedies and distributors in Clarksburg. HF Burke corner of Third and Pike Streets handles sales.

Mary B. Franse West Point Nebr Mira Franne Pinus Taporatories Monticello Ill Clarksburg Burke Third and Pike Streets

Petrolia II Explodes at Rockland Dock Killing Cook

The gasoline distributing boat Petrolia II exploded at its Rockland Maine dock. Cook Fred Wilson was killed while Captain Tooley and crewman Martin Day and others were seriously injured. The Standard Oil Company owned the vessel and the cause remains unknown.

Associated Press Rockland Petrolia II Fred Wilson Tooley Martin Day Standard Oil Company

Strike cripples Standard Oil plant in Bayonne

About 900 workers in the barrel and case department of Standard Oil at Bayonne New Jersey walked out on Monday demanding an eleven percent wage rise. It follows a previous walkout by still cleaners seeking fifteen percent, threatening to halt operations and affect up to six thousand workers overall.

AssociaTao York Standard Oil Company Bayonne WN. J

Flood Submerged House Rescue Near Kenton

Fifteen persons stood in water up to their necks and were rescued early Monday from a flood submerged house in the Scioto marshes near Foraker a Kenton suburb. Officers and civilians used a rowboat as the water rose six inches during the rescue amid Sunday night rain renewing last week's inundation.

Kenton Scioto Marshes Foraker

British probe on German Detroit man over Windsor property raid

Washington July 20 The British government informed the state department it has evidence that a wealthy Detroit German resident supplied money to persons in Windsor Ontario used to destroy Canadian government property. Britain inquires if fully substantiated case may be a breach of neutrality and pending investigation the accused man’s name is being withheld.

Washington, D. C State Department Detroit Midh Windsor Ont

Gompers Moves to End Bridgeport Arm Plant Strike

Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor begins efforts to end the Remington armature strike at Bridgeport Connecticut. He links the unrest to foreign influence aimed at blocking American arms exports and cites failed longshoremen and seamen strikes as part of a broader plan.

Ey Ansocia Tan Rmaany Washington Samuel Gompers Te American Federation of Labor Remington Bridgeport Conn Gompers Europe

Reproof Letters From Washington D C July 2

Letters of reproof written by officials in Washington D C dated July 2 outline disciplinary steps and admonitions within a government department. The document references corrective action, formal reprimands, and procedural steps affecting a set of unnamed employees. The memo emphasizes maintaining official conduct standards and accountability across the agency.

Washington, D. C Secre

Man Arrested After Alleged Rail Bomb Scheme

Pa July 20 Herry F Westbrook last week went to a railroad tower near Altoona with a pipe containing twenty strings of dynamite and claimed to have found explosives on the tracks. He was arrested Sunday night and Monday, police say he confessed to inventing the scheme for a reward. Westbrook cited Frank Holt as inspiration for the plan. The bomb allegedly contained enough dynamite to destroy a city block.

Reading Herry F. Westbrook Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona West Brook Frank Holt

275 For a 50x200 Foot Lot

Advertisement promises a 50 by 200 foot level lot for 275 dollars with 10 dollars down and 31 dollars a month. The copy urges buyers to act quickly to avoid high living costs and warns against neglecting insurance.

Drowned in Kanawha River Visit Ends in Tragedy

Parkerburg July 20 Robert Clark of Detroit who had been visiting his mother Mrs John Bohen here for two months drowned while swimming in the Little Kanawha river though an expert swimmer he was seized by cramps and went under the bay recovered in about a half hour

Parkersburg Robert Clark Detroit John Bohen Kanawha

Advertisement for Poisonous Acid Loaded Shells Angers Cleveland Company

Letters to J P Brophy general manager of the Cleveland Automatic Machinery Company call the advertisement atrocious. The missive also notes the American Machinist trade magazine in New York carried the ad and shipped copies to Cleveland on Monday.

Tary Redfield Cleveland = Automatic ‘Machinery Company Cleveland American Machinist New York J. P. Brophy

Yuma Indian Band At San Diego Expo

The Yuma Indian band of twenty eight from the Arizona reservation plays daily at the San Diego exposition. Conducted by Prof. Bion E B Mills and overseen by L J Odie, the troupe travels by modern motor cars across desert and imperial valley. Camp life and native demonstrations attract visitors as the band performs concerts. Some granite withstands 40 000 psi and a flea bite is one twelfth the needle’s diameter.

Calif San Diego Exposition Yuma Reservation Arizona Exposition Grounds Bion E B. Mills L. J. Odie San Diego California-Arizona Imperial Valley

Charleston Interurban seeks line shutdown over jitney boom

Charleston July 19. The Charleston Interurban Railroad Company asks the public service commission to allow discontinuing traffic on two lines, one of them an interurban, claiming jitney buses have seriously affected its business.

Associated Press Charleston Charleston Interurban “Railroad ~ Company Public Service Commission Trafic

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