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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1915
Page
13
Two vacant lots 30 by 120 feet each offered near Tacobs area at 750 dollars with options to pay inside price and differ ence. Hartland seven room house with bath pantry basement on level lot finished in oak cabinets priced at 2800 with 1000 cash and remainder in one or two years. Two story frame dwelling with bath and basement priced 2850 with half cash and rest in one or two years.
In Sendleton Oregon on June fourth Joe Hays survived a shooting by George Ackley after a silver dollar in his shirt pocket deflected a bullet aimed at his heart. Hays and Isidore Patrinskis had visited Ackley’s restaurant and a quarrel ensued with Ackley claiming Hays restrained him while Isidore tried to knife him. Ackley fired a revolver and the coin halted the bullet.
Readable text indicates a Tuesday special featuring Lamb Stew offered as a meal option. Limited context prevents full menu details or venue identification.
An advertisement extols Yellowstone National Park as unlike any other destination. It invites vacationers weary of sea and land travel to explore the unique scenery, promising a distinctive route through the region and offering travel agent contact for planning.
Report states German forces hold in Gfesopotamia with steel barges in action. It notes the Turkish army, demoralized, may be unable to mount serious resistance to a further British push in the theater.
The French minesweeper Casa Bianca struck a mine at the entrance to a bay in the Aegean Sea. The captain, one officer, and sixty four sailors were rescued by a British destroyer. Others may have reached the coast and been captured by Turkish forces. The vessel carried 123 men.
Turkish war office reports that Allied forces on the Seddul Bahr front were driven back in disorder with heavy losses. A right wing counterattack secured the gains as sunborn fighting continued on the line near Constantinople.
Serbian forces press into Albania from two fronts and nearing Scutari after capturing Straova and Galobardo. They report control of Basi and Ljuma as they meet little opposition in the central region. The dispatch cites a report from Scutari dated June 7.
London June 7 A Petrograd dispatch reports naval clashes at the Riga gulf entrance sinking German transports and a large vessel while Russia lost one auxiliary ship. The despatch notes most German ships had moved from Kiel to the Baltic, and Petrograd believes Germany may try to land troops on the Russian coast again.
Report from Udine notes a broad Italian advance across the Isonzo from Caporetto toward the sea about forty miles. Fighting centers at Gradisca and its environs as Italian columns move from Cormons Palmanova and Cervignano. Tolmino remains a key objective, while Austrian resistance tightens. The Italian staff hints at secrecy surrounding operations.
Reporting from the front the Austro German forces claim a significant capture in Galicia seizing 7 000 prisoners 31 cannon and 30 machine guns as they press into the sixth week of the Galician campaign.
Washington June 7 The battleship Arizona built for the US Navy since 1902 will take the water June 19 at the New York yard. Carrying twelve 14 inch guns and displacing about 31,400 tons, it will be the fourth U S battleship launched in New York Navy yards. The keel of the California super dreadnought will be laid after the Arizona launch, with cost estimates around 16 million dollars and major armor and gun improvements reducing manpower and ammunition handling needs.
The Salem college event included a baccalaureate sermon by President B Clark on Mathew 23 27 with the theme Treason to Cut The annual concert followed at 8 PM with Beethoven Egmont Overture on three pianos and a full line of soprano voice solos duets and instrumental pieces by Misses Boyd Nellie Ford Gladys Brown Mildred Lowther Ore Davis Fay Board Susie Seager Eva Ford Lillian Maxwell and others. Local notices report graduates from the music department and community visits as well as decoration Day activities by Woodmen lodges at multiple cemeteries.
Four people, two men and two women, were arrested for disorderly conduct after a Sunday night party. They posted bonds of 10 dollars each for a mayoral court appearance. Police said seven attended, three escaped, and the four named as John Jones Price Frenny May Randolph Elizabeth Smith faced charges for loud and rowdy street noise.
A man identified as John Doe was charged with drunkenness in the streets after an arrest Saturday night. He appeared before Mayor GH Gordon and was fined 6.60, paid to the officer. The incident followed a newspaper editorial suggesting arrests were not made by police. A newborn eyeing a new family addition is mentioned in local notes.
Bridgeport residents hosted guests from Clarkshore Columbus and Flemington. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Gardner and Miss Lindsey, Mr Conner and daughters, and Miss Young. Local trips included health care visits and summer stays, with several residents hosting relatives and guests at homes and hospitals.
June 7 report warns the Bureau of Archives and History will shrink from about fifteen employees to five after June 30 due to limited appropriations. Ten workers face unemployment unless reassigned, with Maud Lewis among those affected and G. A. Bolden currently at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco attached to the West Virginia building.
The Cuban Giants swept a recent series against the Chinese University team of Hawaii winning the majority of games. The park team, composed of the best ball players, has trained through recent rains and is poised for further action.
Members of queen Esther Circle of the First Methodist Church are asked to meet at Lovelock tonight to arrange a Japanese tea and social. The gathering will be at 7 o'clock Thursday evening in the church parlors. D Bryan of Shinnston visited the city Monday afternoon and will spend several days at Detroit and Niagara Falls. Caroline A Danne is on a trip east on General Smelting Company's business. Plans are being executed to double the company's business and plant at Montpelier to meet large orders.
A report from Huntington on the interstate fiddlers convention notes Capter Thompson of Lincoln County winning the high school division amid travel disruptions from a Cozen Railroad crashout. The piece mentions remote mounts from the wilds of Lincoln County and a journey impacted by an event at the Cozen Railroad.
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