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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1916
Page
2
A two day search near Lamp's Landing, Kanawha County, fails to locate Jean Cronos, the Chicago anarchist and supposed poisoner, despite reports that he sought refuge in Wood County. Police and local residents follow leads, while Kanawha Republican committee meets to select registrars and ballot clerks amid internal party divisions.
The late David T. Watson of Pittsburg dies recently in Atlantic City and probate is filed today. His estate, valued around £2,600,000, goes to widow Margaret H. W. Watson. A 1912 council invalidated a plan to fund a crippled girls scheme on Sunny Wish farm with $2,000-1000 if the widow predeceased the husband.
Washington reports submarine K-6 en route for maneuvers off the east Florida coast has engine trouble and will be towed to its destination by the naval tug Péoria and coast guard cutter Tampa from Key West. The destroyer K-1 stands by. K-6 sits near Jupiter inlet, 100 miles north of Key West. The incident follows a recent similar malfunction aboard another submarine during a voyage from New York to Key West, with earlier boats indicating persistent issues. The Péoria and Tampa were sent because destroyers lack towing capability.
A damaged advert shows Burke Drug Store promoting Nerv Worth tonic with a Weston customer Emma Burnside praising its effect on nerves and digestion. The misspelled copy touts better sleep and appetite while urging others to try the remedy amid enthusiastic local support.
In February, 16 accidents were reported across industries to the workmen's compensation commission. There were 32 fatalities, over 1,100 claims paid in full, 259 partially paid, and 35 percent disallowed. This week 455 accidents were reported, twelve of which were fatal.
Hutchinson Coal Company officials met Saturday night at Hotel Gore to improve contact with general officers. Attending were J. J. Ryan Mepzibah general superintendent C D M Kramer Clarksburg coal factor J F Cole Fairmont auditor D B Bailey Fairmont bookkeeper J B Moore Fairmont first assistant bookkeeper Nalter Kramer Charlen Damino Mount Clara J L Thompson Reynoldsville Kramer Meade Wboro H C Collins Hepzibab and H B Carpenter Dola.
Winding up a week of oil and gas field work shows producers tightening in old districts while new areas draw attention. In West Virginia and southeastern Ohio, multiple drills report small yields and rising gas demand, with several properties changing hands and new tests under way from Wetzel to Monroe counties.
Miners from western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois will push a fresh attempt to settle terms on Monday after a new offer to coal companies was rejected. The plan calls for a three to two ton rate rise in western states and four and a half cents in Indiana, with prior demands cut from ten percent to five to six percent for yardage and daily wages. Both sides seek an interstate agreement rather than state by state contracts, with talks postponed to Tuesday to attempt a uniform price.
Clarksburg Council No. 28 United Commercial Travelers elects officers for the year. New slate includes Senior Councillor W. Heimer, Past Councillor C. M. Goodwin, Junior Councillor L. W. Annon, Secretary-Treasurer N. Longhaueh, Conductor Fred Malone, Page C. Finer, Sentinel Jiny D. Peterson, and re-elected executive committee A. I. Wagner, E. F. Hood, W. F. Duncan, Floyd Carmichael. Delegates to grand council: C. M. Goodwin and H. J. Lynch. Installation planned March 18. memorial service April 5. centennial banquet May 6.
Irene Spencer, a cashier at Lasky’s store, was found unconscious in her Parkersburg bathroom. Physicians ruled heart trouble as the cause. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs J W Spencer two sisters Anna and Mabel and brothers Frank and Henry.
St Louis report On the two day Mayors conference on National Defense the group adopted resolutions pushing universal military training and a navy to make the United States the leading naval power. They also urged locating arsenals away from coasts and borders and mobilizing national resources while standardizing war materials and transportation. A Gompers letter supported preparedness with equitable costs.
Addition al testimony in the divorce proceedings of Harry K. Thaw against Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was taken today before Master John W. Thomas behind closed doors. Names of examinees were not released with some likely from New York. The hearing may end tonight, after which the master has 30 days to file recommendations with the court. Nearby, farms in Morgan and Muskingum counties report oil tests and rigging activity by several companies in various townships and formations.
Washington March 4 Louis D Brandeis law partner B McClennen faced three hours of cross examination before the Senate sub committee probing Brandeis fitness for the Supreme Court. Opponents pressed Lennox bankruptcy case with a demand to produce stenographic notebooks of conversations about the Brandeis law office. McClennen maintained he saw nothing reflecting on Brandeis professional conduct.
Washington March 4 The Joseph A Holmes Safety Association formed to honor the first director of the U S Bureau of Mines organized today with officers named Van H Manning director of the bureau president Charles D S Walcott of the Smithsonian institution and Samuel Gompers as vice presidents a secretary to be named
River readings report varying water levels at multiple stations as of March 4. Dam sites show 5.7 feet and 8.1 feet at Davie Island and Steubenville, with several locales listing falling trends and clear conditions.
C W Caldwell president of Caldwell Manufacturing Company received from Louisville a typewritten letter signed Verein threatening destruction of the New Jersey plant and the death of its workers over the use of certain acids. The letter mailed from New Albany on March 2 arrived in Evansville and was forwarded to Caldwell in Louisville where he said he is on business. The firm operates plants in New Jersey and West Virginia, locations not disclosed.
The West Virginia Laundrymen's Association closed its annual meeting in Huntington electing W. J. Lydie of Fairmont as president P. L. Shaw of Parkersburg as vice president W. J. Parkhill of Clarksburg as secretary and treasurer and T. W. Helronemous of Grafton as sergeant-at-arms The 1917 convention site was not chosen.
New York March 4 Baby Week begun in the United States under public health civics and some economics committees of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The campaign aims to teach parents proper child care and to bring home to communities facts about babies and the need for permanent welfare work.
Children recount stories of child welfare weeks as mothers learn their role extends beyond rearing. They grasp that feeding, bathing, and clothing affect a baby’s future and national well being. Elders stress cold clean milk and quiet days to reduce infant crying and illness. Authorities say preventing poor birth and neglect would nearly end infant mortality.
Advice on infant care emphasizing pasteurized milk after weaning, clean feeding implements, borax for nipples, boiled water or gruels, regular feeding times, and daily baths. Recommends cold boiled water twice daily, ample indoor fresh air in winter, outdoor time in summer, tepid baths, and elbow-temperature testing.
In the earliest months of the baby's life breast feeding appears to be the only safe method for 900000 annual infant deaths in this country. Eighty five percent are artificially fed. Mothers must realize the deadliness of dirt and the need for cleanliness in the baby's food, especially milk. If a woman takes proper care of her health before birth, the baby will likely be born strong and healthy.
Chicago reports the first trainload of what is described as the largest trans continental sugar shipment. The Hawaii sugar, valued at 25 million dollars and weighing 250000 tons, will go mainly to New York refineries. Freight charges total about 3 million. The project needs 6000 freight cars or 120 trains and spans three months due to Panama Canal block.
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