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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
13
Claude B. Outright of this city fell through a trestle on his farm near Buckhannon on Wednesday evening and his right leg was badly injured. he will be brought home tomorrow.
Vienna reports enormous losses as Russia claims a rout in western Galicia. London broadcasts note of British and French advances on Gallipoli. Russia reports success against Austria in Bukowina. rioting in England and South Africa grows. The US note to Germany on the Lusitania is readied for publication with formal delivery to come tonight.
Paris May 13 The French war office reports brilliant successes Wednesday evening and night north of Arras. We captured Notre Dame De Loretta fort and chapel, and dominated the quad where ferocious counter attacks occurred. We seized Carency and the Bill No 105 area, killed hundreds of Germans with bayonet, and took 150 prisoners including officers. We gained ground near Neuville and took trenches several hundred yards long, with house to house fighting in the center of Neuville. In Le Preire forest we established a new German trench line.
May 13 reports describe violent anti German riots denouncing German and Austrian establishments. Police intervened but were nearly overwhelmed, with disturbances persisting around several buildings.
Dispatches from Tarnow Galicia indicate the war front along the Vistula region and Galicia borders is nearing a conclusive phase as observers in Cracow and London await a decisive outcome against the Russian forces.
May 13 in London Premier Asquith told the House of Commons that all male enemies over military age will be repatriated and that women and children may be repatriated in suitable cases. He described government plans to segregate adult male enemies for safety. Also mentions Joan Kelley, a street car man, seriously ill with pneumonia at his West Main Street home.
Frank Kunick, serving ninety days in Marshall county jail at Moundsville, files a writ of habeas corpus in the supreme court. He argues that the Yost prohibition law section deeming transportation of more than half a gallon of whiskey without proper labeling as a crime is unconstitutional.
Safety gates at Baltimore and Ohio railroad crossings in Baltimore Ma will be painted white to provide a clearer warning to travelers on state highways and other roads. The railroad issues a standard color notice to its forces and pledges cooperation with road officials and automobile clubs to display timely warnings and signage.
Rain and rough seas hindered the Queenstown search for Lusitania dead on Thursday. Six additional bodies were recovered nearby amid life raft debris and laid on a cot for transport to Queenstown. P W Morris, former editor of the State Journal in Parkersburg, was touring the area en route from eastern West Virginia.
A posse began a search today for the slayer of three brothers named John Anund and Stren of Mittones, whose bodies were found last night on their farm near Lowery Minnesota. Authorities pursued clues as the investigation unfolds.
Members of Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star hear Evangelist Christ as a shelter, the basis of a powerful sermon by Rev. Dr. Ham Hamilton at the temple tonight.
Thursday night at New Fair Grounds sight and sermon A Personal Call. Friday meetings include 3:00 p m mass at Irvin Stealey’s grove where Mr Snyder speaks at 7 30 p m on Seven Devils. Delegation from Bridgeport expected. Hazel Atlas night discusses Where Are You To Sunday. Special service for old people at tabernacle 2 30 p m. Men only session 2 30 p m at First Methodist. Miss Daisy Birt evangelist speaks at Broad Oaks M E church also featuring Ai Gangher. Tabernacle hosts 7 30 p m mass meeting.
Detroit May 13 street cars ran late as a strike by Detroit United Railway conductors and motormen began after the company refused to reinstate a motorman fired for alleged careless handling. The vote was nearly unanimous and police guarded against disturbances while workers reported 1 to 3 hours late.
Philadelphia report states orders to state fisheries wardens enforce a new law prohibiting fishing by unnaturalized foreign born residents and similar hunting ban. Violations carry fines or prison time with residency rules set for ten days and penalties start within a year of offense.
United States District Judge John Clarke rules for John Rockefeller in his tax suit against Cuyahoga County assessors who sought more than a million and a half dollars on a 300 million dollar stock and bond personal property valuation. An injunction blocks further collection by the assessors.
Charleston officials say the new weights and measures statute, approved last session, will not be enforced until July 1 due to lack of funds for administration. Letters were sent to involved parties by J. H. Nightingale, commissioner of labor.
William Barnes took the witness stand in the New York supreme court to testify for himself in a libel suit against Theodore Roosevelt. His counsel planned to question him about alterations Roosevelt made on the stand and to present his version of several incidents.
Governor Hazeldlick calls 1415 WV lawmakers to meet next Tuesday to pass revenue measures and consider bills on insane hospital costs, Public Service Commission salaries, road bonds, game and fish law changes, prohibition enforcement, and procedural reforms while trimming nonessential staff.
Clarence Matheney, a county prisoner trustie, escaped from the road convict crew on the Bridgeport road east of Tin Plate Thursday noon. Sheriff Ross F Stout offers a $30 reward for capture or information leading to capture, valid until Sunday. The Water Street Public School colored grades hold an operetta The Fairy Shoemaker Friday evening at the school auditorium with free admission.
London reports the British battleship Goliath torpedoed in the Dardanelles. Churchill announced 500 feared dead, 20 officers and 60 crew saved. He said submarine E-14 crossed into the Sea of Marmara sinking two Turkish gunboats and a transport. Turkish authorities threaten to move war zone subjects to Gallipoli.
London dispatch reports an official statement from a territorial authority naming Allen of Parkersburg and noting city business. The fragmentary text references capture and PapeociaTEs with limited corroborating details.
The traffic bureau announces further street car improvements to take effect Saturday morning. Three Graselli line cars run every 15 minutes from 5 30 p m to 11 15 p m, replacing half hour intervals. An extra Despard line car serves Stealey Heights twenty minute service. Norwood and Broad Oaks keep ten minute morning and evening service, fifteen minutes otherwise. Additional improvements are under consideration.
In Harrisburg on May 15 the Senate record was halted on a Lusitania measure as Jenkins urged immediate action and Care pushed it to elections. A McGee storage reservoir bill at the headwaters of the York River passed, along with an air rifle sale ban to minors under 18. The House opened with a first reading calendar of 100 bills including 60 appropriations.
May 13 in Charleston reports William T. Tuttle a former deputy sheriff of Kanawha County was killed by a train near Chelwyn. The brief item notes two trains were involved and places FaIrmont as a related date reference May 12.
Despite threatening weather a large Masons and Eastern Star attendance filled seats for a tabernacle service led by Evangelist Hamilton. Twenty five adults made definite decisions after the sermon Shelter from Noah's Ark. A business women’s luncheon at the Masonic temple hosted over 200 attendees with ministers and evangelists as guests. Continued on page 2.
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