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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
4
Advertisement notes a small lot near Northview offered for 1 in currency terms with payments of 20 down and 20 monthly, claiming no taxes or interest. It emphasizes owner-occupier purchase and immediate start.
Hardwood finished house in Highland Park sits on a corner lot measuring 322 by 120 feet. Features include cabinet mantels a good well paved streets and cement sidewalks. See owner at once for prices and terms.
Governor Brumbaugh signs a resolution to appoint a three member commission to investigate rising anthracite coal prices. The probe will determine if increases were justified or the result of illegal combinations by operators or dealers. A separate item notes Japan protesting China over anti Japanese agitation.
A. J. Simmons owner of a barber shop residence on West Pike Street was beaten by tenant Fred Sheets after an argument over rent. Officers later arrested Sheets on a warrant and he was tried before Magistrate T. G. Wicewarner, fined and costs. Simmons remained at home due to injuries.
J G Nori former chief clerk at Carlisle Indian School pleads guilty to embezzlement and destruction of government records. He was chief witness against Moses Friedman former superintendent on same charges. Records involved receipts for payments by Indian students.
A Clarksburg resident and retired merchant, L. A. J. Smallwood of 212 Poplar Street, reports relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills for a two year back pain. He bought a box at Wells & Haymaker's Drug Store and notes his back grew stronger and better. The advertisement promotes Dean's Kidney Pills at 50 cents.
State department will investigate reports that Dr Alfred Meyer head of the German army supply service secretly bought munitions in the United States. A second version claims Meyer Gerhard sailed incognito as part of a mission from Count von Bernstorf and returned to Berlin.
Mac Daniels of Pennington New Jersey was elected president of West Virginia Wesleyan College succeeding Dr Carl Gregg Doney. Daniels holds BA MA and D D from Dickinson College and the Crews Theological School. Native of West Virginia born in the eastern panhandle he previously led Pennington School and served twelve years as a pastor in New Jersey.
New York June 1 1919 Count Bernstorff the German ambassador to the United States was away from the summer quarters of the German embassy at Cedarhurst Long Island on Wednesday It was understood the count is on an automobile trip in the Catskills and officials declined to discuss Dr Meier Gerhard's visit to this country Herman A Metz former congressman from New York said he was approached about assisting in negotiating the purchase from the government of 350000 old style Krag Jorgensen rifles but declined to have anything to do with the matter
Chicago experts value the Manufacturers Light and Heat Company property in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio at 22436117 dollars in testimony before federal master FW Vandersvort hearing the appeal of the company from a West Virginia Public Service Commission rate cut. General counsel Alico Weil presented a summary stating property valued at 21749001 dollars. General Manager Sullivan was the principal witness.
Calvin Demarest, former national amateur billiard champion, attacked his wife with a knife on Wednesday in Chicago. He slashed his own throat while his mother was cut trying to restrain him. Both were hospitalized in serious condition, Demarest later moved to the infirmary of the house of correction.
The Butte Miners Union declares it withdraws from the Western Federation of Miners after alleging twenty years of contributions of 31,000,000 with no benefit and accusing federation officers of strike fund irregularities. The union orders its charter returned to Denver, signaling renewed friction within the federation.
Representatives of electrical companies and water suppliers appeared before the public service commission to oppose proposed rules regulating public utility corporations. Water firms protested compulsory meters, arguing the move would cost over 1.5 million dollars and be impractical in many cases.
On Wednesday morning Harry McAtee of the county road gang was slightly burned when tar poured from a tar tank into a bucket exploded and tar sprayed his face. A physician treated him and officials say the tar was not hot enough to cause serious burns. cause of the explosion remains unknown. Mestee was jailed but can work tomorrow.
Three Mexican workers were killed when a rock fall trapped them in the Dartha Tooth drift of the Butte mine at Chitwood, a Joplin suburb. The accident occurred Wednesday and no other men were injured.
A London despatch reports Zeppelin X01 reschedulings from the Count of Bertin hat and states the Count is unable to keep an imperial visit appointment. The report oddly mentions locations including Amsterdam Stuttgart and a potential serious event.
Whitaker Glesner iron plant at Martins Ferry and associated corrugating works and bucket shop restart after a three week idle period caused by union difficulties. Local workers returned to the plant as management announced resumed operations in Wheeling.
An uncertain report notes several men named James DeMoss George Lepole Clyde Duefore and Albert Newman were escorted by a police officer to the city limits after agreeing to comply with a mayoral order. The fragmentary passage implies local enforcement action but lacks full context.
Judges from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals and the Northern District sit in Fairmont to hear Thomas F. Haymoth’s petition to declare Fairmont’s charter unconstitutional. An order refuses the petition pending a state supreme court ruling on a related Marion county case. Haggerty says the city will appeal. Also noted is a correction that James T. Payne is not the same individual charged in the prohibition violation case.
The Arizots super-dreadnought nears completion as a mighty warship designed to be launched on June 19 and christened by a named figure. Owned under government control and linked to Russia, Sweden prepares massive timber and wheat reserves as strategic food stock.
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