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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
1
Emerson Ernest of Brown Street Kel ley died Thursday night at 10 30 following a brief illness. Funeral services will be Sunday afternoon at 2 30 at the home of the bereaved with Rev Houser of the Lutheran church officiating. Burial will be in Elkview Cemetery.
Marriage licenses have been issued to Warren Blee and Beatrice Wilkinson, William H. Davie and Nora M. Walker, Saverio Rao and Sabella Scalise. The county court will convene here Monday.
A British steamer Alum Chine loaded with dynamite exploded in Baltimore harbor causing massive damage. Seven crew members were confirmed dead and many others aboard the collier Jason and on the Alum Chine were injured. Dozens more were hurt or unaccounted for as debris and fire spread to nearby vessels and buildings.
Fifty mutinous Arab soldiers in Turkish regiments guarding Gallipoli were executed as an example to deter others. Most guards from Asia Minor reportedly mutinous due to extreme cold, claiming numbness prevents fighting. E R Clayton of Wendell visits in the city.
Democrats in the Senate chose Senator James Clarke as pro tempore over Senator Bucov in a surprise caucus vote. The decision follows expectations that Senator Bacon would win, marking the caucus selection as decisive for the chamber's leadership.
The House Ways and Means Committee opened its tariff work for the Sixty third Congress. Leaders plan to ratify a measure from the last session and place it before the caucus at the extra session on April 1. The aim is to defer broader appointments and focus on two supply bills that failed previously while tempering any tariff reductions.
The death of Chapin Waite Harrigan is reported at the home of Mrs. Guy Webster in York Pennsylvania. He was the son of the late William G Harrigan and Mary Bartle with ties to the state supreme and circuit courts. The body will arrive Sunday morning en route to Weston for burial at 12 30 o clock in the Mausoleum cemetery.
A grand jury returned felonious indictments against Jesse Riley, Charlie Carron for theft of skunk hides from Jonathan Golden, and Bishop Rohrbaugn for burglary at East Coast Coal Mining Co store. Other charges include rifle theft from United States Express in Wilsonburg, embezzlement from Victoray Aid, felonious assault, and disturbing religious worship. Trials set for March. additional cases involve merchants operating vending machines and miscellaneous assaults.
W M Vannort left Kessler hospital Friday morning after a three month stay. His health has improved and he can be at home with his niece Frauke Peck on West Plarbet.
London report on Joycn Locke, militant suffragette, sentenced to eighteen months in prison for setting fire to a pavilion in the botanical gardens on February 20. At arrest she resisted removal to a cell and hurled a look at the magistrate. court also ordered payment of costs and a $1,000 bond to secure good behavior for two years after release.
Special to the Telegram from Charleston reports a military commission opening trial for Mary Jones Paulson Boswell Batley and forty seven others charged with conspiracy in the death of Fred G Bobbatt at Mucklow. Rioting and coal-field suppression tied to Kanm uy region. Prohibition writs debated as trials proceed over several weeks.
Washington dispatch notes President Wilson advocates publicity policy after cabinet session.Chicago senate panel probes wages for women in stores and shops subpoenaing department store and mail order house heads to learn wage scales and living costs.
The Clarksburg Maroon soccer team travels to Morgantown to face the Sabraton squad. Management is by Walter Shakespeare as the team, with many supporters, leaves Saturday morning at 10:30 by interurban streetcar line.
Nicholas Mars Peter Suntack and Michael Hebroc serve five day sentences for defaulting fines of one dollar and trespassing on Baltimore and Ohio railroad property in the county. They boarded a Parkburg train to Clarksburg without paying fares. The son of Mr and Mrs Ray Cowthrop of Marsville died Thursday after a few hours in the hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Dan Friedmann accepts invitation from a Tuberculosis Teutonis group in the city to demonstrate bio treatment. He is expected to arrive in Montreal from New York the following morgen.
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