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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
TRIES 70 KILL Sci
WHEN He IS TAKEN
BY Private Detectives But
Floyd Allen is Landed
Safely in Jail.

ErIlUsvILUE, Va, Mar. 10
semblauce of order followed the ar
rival here this morning of twenty
private detectives all heavily armed
and under temporary commission as
state officers.
One Of their first acts was to ar
rest Floyd Allen, who had been
wounded in the court house fight
ing yesterday and been left behind
by his brothers. He attempted to cut
his throat while being taken to the
Jail which is heavily guarded.
No organized attempt has been
made to pprehend the other ALIENS
and their companions. The detec-
tives are waiting for the arrival OF
achievements this afternoon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
mrs. ASSET TAKEN
BY ANGEL or DEA III
Prominent Woman, Lifelong
Resident Here, Passes
from the Earth.

Mrs. Martha Ann Basel, wife OF
the Honorable John Basel, died in
her home on West Main street at an
early hour Friday morning.
Mrs. Basel was daughter Of the
late Judge Charles and Mrs. Ann
Lewis, of this city, and she was born
June q, 1874. Her marriage to 0ir.
Basel was solemnized February 81,
1867.
The death of Mrs. Basel is the
ending Of a beautiful. active, capa-
bic and useful life. She was forward
in all works Of charity and religion,
and was always ready to ameliorate
the condition of any one in distress
OF In need. She was prominent
member of Christ Episcopal church
for many years and from the organs
ization Of the parish aid society to
the close Of her useful life she was
president of 1t and was deeply inter
ested in charitable works. She was
devoted to her family and friends
and filled all the duties of her
crowded life as an earnest Christian
woman, always ready to help those
in trouble and sorrow. The poor
have occasion to remember her with
great compassion.
Mrs. Basel had been an invalid
several years and she passed gently
and quietly from the earth as one
who sleeps after a long vigil,
Mrs. BASEL is survived by her
husband, two sons and five daugh-
ters. The sons and daughters are
Edward, Mrs. John w. Da-
Wis, Mrs. W. Percy Golf. cornelia,
Mrs. Philemon NJ. Watson, of In
dianapolis; and Martha.
Notice of the funeral will be given
after the arrival of her daughters,
Mrs. John w. Davis, at Washington,
Mrs. Philemon NJ. Watson, of Endian-
apolis, aud her sisters, Mrs. George
K. Smith and Mrs. Ellen Graham, of
Columbus. o.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
IS
INDUSTRY OF
TRIs COUNTRY.
Great Expansion is Shown by
the Statistics Of the
Railroads.
MARVELLOUS ADVANCE
May Be Conceived 10 Some
Extern BY Che Commits
sioner 5 Compilation.

BAITIAIoRE, Mar i5-The enor-
nous expansion 81 American Industry
as wen as the development Of the
railways in order o equip Thorn to
handle the couptrys commerce are
comprehensively forth n g re-
cent compilation Of figures showing
the revenue Of the roads under the
various headings Of railway earninga
during the last twenty years The
figures combine tie earnings Of an
railways lines as reported Officially
to the Interstate Commerce COMMITS
sion.
In the year 1889 Tie total earnings
from freight transportation on the
American railways is reported 20
the Interstate comiasrce commissioE.
amounted to $500, OK. while Tor
the fiscal year ended June 30 80.
the revenue from this class service
had Increased to s1,e2 5.55sOse, or
1926 per cent IN seventeen Years.
The earnings from passenger travel
in 1893, on all American railways,
totaled ssO1,4sl,sI6i and &C the close
OF the fiscal year 1910 tie passenger
revenue was s62a, $40. an increase
Of 1OS.7s per cent during DE Same
period Of years.
The amount paid 70 ne ralwayn
Of the country Tor Tie transportation
Of mail matter Nas 2s,4f5 o5S "a
1893. and at the close 81 he fiscal
year 1910 the government disbursed
s4s,g46.o5s to tie Railway Tor haul
ing postal matter THIS increase
during the period IN which the com
parsons are made was .O7 per cent.
Census figures nf the growth Of
population from 1898 70 lel0, ths
periods of comparison In raiINas rey-
enue, show that ii tie former year
there were IS Inhabitants a
the United States, ana at the Close
of the year 1910 The population Of The
country was si.g7ei2s6. This was an
increase Of 1896 per cent
Reduced to a unit Of population, OF
per capita. the average freight revs-
nue. Of the railways Increased es.oe
per cent and mail revenue 2a,5o Per
cent during 1lkesperiod.
. .aas
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
PRIVATE.
Williams Of Local FRI criitina
Office Sent To- Columbus
Barracks for treatment

Sergeant James A. g1rlsby 81 tie
local recruiting station sent two now
to Columbus barracks Friday
morning for service IN tie field ar
tilIery.
The new men we're George rpmich
and Joseph MarkoYitzss both Of
Homestead, IA James Gaze, Of
servla. w Va. was also accepted
but viii not be sent 70 Columbus Tor
several days. Private Williar
who has been asslstin Sergeant
Frisby at the local station, was ssnt
to the hospital al coiumbds Briday
morning for treatment. He wiz s.
gone for two weeks.
First lieutenant Charles d
swartz, Of Parkersburg who 81
cepted the recruits returned 20 Par
kersburg Friday morning after vs.
ting the stations here and d Fair
mont.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
BIGAMIST
Confesses in the Criminal
Court and Gets Sentence
of Three Years.

In the criminal court Friday at.
ternoon Samuel N. Fisher alias
Samuel NJ. Conrad confessed to big
amy and was sentenced to serve
three years in the state penitentiary.
All jurors were discharged until
Monday. The judge will hold a
session tomorrow morning
In the criminal court Friday Jim
Johnson entered pleas Of not guilty
of two misdemeanor Indictments and
his trials were set for March %.
George criss. confessed to a mis-
demeanor and was fined $40 and
costs.
Pleas of abatement in the county
audit cises we're rejected and mo-
tons to quash were overuled. The
state rendered its bill of particulars
and the trials were tentatively set
for March %.
Joe Papandrea was found guilty
Thursday evening OF second degree
murder for causing the death of Joe
GuarasclO, a fellow Italian, March 2
in the Montpelier addition to the city,
to which place the men went to fight
a duel after quarrel over pay for q
watch. In the fight a knife was
plunged through the heart Of Guaras-
clio. Papandrea was given seven years
in the penitentiary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
BIG hEBGER
OF TROLLEY
LINES IS ON
Movement under Way to Con
solidate Three Fraction
Systems.
LOCAL ONE INCLUDED
Monongahela Valley Traction
Company with Large
Capltalis Proposed.

7FAtREMoNT. w. Va, Mar BE
The greatest Industrial merger that
has taken place in this state for
many days VIII be the consolidation
of the Fairmont and Clarksburg
Traction Company, the Fairmont and
Northern Traction Company and the
clarksburg and, Weston Electric
Railway Company. a meeting OF
the directors Of these companies
held here this week resulted in the
call for a special stockholders meet
ing to be held May 16 for the pur-
pose of consolidating. The new
company will be known as the Mo-
nongahela Valley Traction Com
pany and will have a capitalization
Of s7I5Oo,oOO.
The consolidation of these COM
panies, the capital stock, the fran
chises and the properties pass into
and under control of the Mononga-
hela Valley Traction Company.
The new company is being formed
for the purpose of raising money to
complete the construction of the line
to Weston, undertaken by the
clarksburg and Weston Electric
Railway Company, to complete the
Northyiew line and possibly to con-
struct line to Salem in the Clarks-
burg district and to construct addt-
tional Fairmont lines. The COM
pantes that form. the merger haze
exhausted their bonds and In order
to finance the proposition of build
ing these lines, 1t is necessary to sell
additional bonds.
The Fairmont and Clarksburg
Traction Gompany is capitalized at
s5.OOo,oo0. OF this stock two and
a half millions is common and a
like amount is preferred. This COM
pany has issued and sold bonds to
the amount of two and half mil
lion dollars.
1t will be the purpose of the NO
nongahela Traction Company to use
two and one-half million bonds to
take care Of the two and a half mil
lion outstanding bonds. issue of the
Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction
Company, also one million bonds to
take care Of the collateral loan of the
CANA on,n0anv for ono million dol
lars and further sale OF one and a
half million bonds for available
funds with which to carry on future
extension work already planned.
There Will be ten million bonds in
the treasury to be sold If needed and
these will be available for future
railroad construction.
The building of the Weston line
will cost three-quarters of a million
dollars.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
NO COURT
Will Be Held by the Com
missioners of the Coun-
ty Tomorrow.

The county court met again today
but it will not be in session tomorrow.
1t hopes 70 adjourn the March term
some time next week sine die.
Charles Q: Wolfe qualified as a mo-
tary public,
The will of Elizabeth Sommerville
was probated and Claude CASTOR
qualified as administrator with will
annexed. He gave bondof s2,4OO with
], H. and G. D. sommerville sureties.
The appraisers are W. 3. Burnside,
D. y. Underwood and s. sommervIlle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
DR.. WILEY RESIGNS
AS HEALTH CHIEF
Will Devote His Time to Lee
turing to Establish Health
Department.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 10
DR.. Wiley. chief of the bureau of
chemistry, sent his resignation to
Secretary Wilson today.
Or. Wlley's resignation followed
long session with Secretary Wilson
today and it is effective Immediately.
1t was announced to President Taft
at the cabinet meeting, that for the
present, DR.. Wiley will lecture and
devote his time to having the gov
eminent establish department OF
g4SNN
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
DREsB.AcH
And the +. and G. Ten Fin Team
Leave for Chicago.

MI. and Mrs. Earl G. Dresoach
went to Falrmont FRIDAY where Mr..
Dresbach will join the e. and G, ten
pin team and after playing the Fair
mont ten pin team tonight they viii
depart for Columbus, where they
will play the Bond team and leave
Columbus with the Wheeling
bowlers for Chicago where they will
bowl In the American Bowling Tour
ney next Tuesday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
FULL AMOUNT
For the Purchase of the
Southern Farm is Soon
to Be Reached.

Another mass meeting of citizens
is to be held in the Waldo hotel
Monday night at S o'clock under the
auspices of the Harrisburg Board of
Trade Land Company for the pur-
pose of completing the subscrip-
lions for the purchase OF the South
ern farm. In the meantime solic-
itors expect to raise a neat amount.
1t is believed that the full amount of
SIS 900 will be raised Monday night.
AT the meeting last night $4,000
was pledged bringing the amount
thus far subscribed up to $4,000.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
SELL STOCK
Remaining at Wallace Store
as Assignees to Mr..
Hall.

N7AdliACE, Mar. 15-F. Z. and
L. E. Robinson, assignees of the
Wallace cooperative Store Com
Dany. have sold to %, b. Hall the
stock Of merchandise remaining on
hands belonging to the company.
Mr.. Hall will continued the business
in the old stand and will be in a po-
sItlon to give his customers the best
of service,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
Miners STRIKE
Is Outlook at Beginning Of
United Mine Workers
Convention.

WHEELING, Mar. IA strike
of $4,000 miners in the fifth and
sixth sub-districts of Ohio. which in.
clude counties of eastern Ohio and
northern West Virginia, is forecasted
by the delegates assembled here to
prepare demands similar to those OF
other sections of the United Mine
Workers.
The delegates say they will insist
that operators sign a new scale to
become operative April /, and are
open in the declaration that they
will not compromise.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
SOCIALISTS
At Salem Complete Their
Ticket for the City Elec-
ton There.

SALEM, Mar. 15.-Thc Socialist
party has completed its ticket by
nominating for council in the First
ward Stanley Hickman, and Joe Hall
for council in the Second ward. Writ
Hickman is the nominee for street
commissioner and Sherman Mann for
school commissioner.
Deco vanHorn is their candidate
for mayor. H. L. Bee for recorder aud
Farley Davis for chief of police.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
No AGREEMENT
Between Hard Coal Opera
tors and Miners and a
Strike Seems Certain.

NEW YORK, Mar. 15-'All nego-
tiations with the anthracite coal OPP
orators are off," declared President
John P. White, of the United Mine
Workers at the adjournment of a
conference this afternoon, in which
the miners declined tho operators
counter proposal. 81 look for a gen.
eral suspension of work in the mines
April l." he added.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
ROOSEVELT GETS
Solid Delegation Of Ten Men
from the State of
Oklahoma.

GUTIERREZ, Okla, Mar. l5.-.At the
end of an all night session the Re-
publican state convention decided to
send a solid delegation Of ten men
Instructed for Theodore Roosevelt 10
the Chicago convention. At the close
of the session, Delegate S. S. Denison
dropped dead from excitement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
BUYS PROPERTY.

Through the agency Of Wilson
ana pennison, Mary n. connelI has
purchased the George H. Stansaeld
residence property on Jackson street
FOR $500. The lot has a nice two
story frame house on It.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
TO RECOUNT VOTES.

MANNNGToN, Mar. ia meet
lug of the town council will be held
Saturday night when the votes on
license. cast. at last Mondays cleo
ton will be recounted. On the face OF
the returns the drys won, 292 to 29i.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
PASTOR RESIGNS.

MoRGANTowN, Mar. 15.-The
Rev. DR.. James H. Clarke has re-
signed as pastor Of the Methodist
Protestant, church in order to look
after local business interests.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
TAFT CLUB
To Be Formed by Martinsburg
Republicans at Meeting
Saturday.

MARTINsBURG. Mar. 15.--Not to
be outdone in organizing for the Taft
fight in this state, Republicans Of
Berkeley county have called a big
meeting to be held here Saturday
night for the purpose of forming a
Taft club. Indications favor the clubs
having large enrolment the first
day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
DEATH CALLS WOMAN
AT AGE OF 1Ol YEARS.

HUNTINGTON, Mar. 15.-Nirs.
Elizabeth Floyd, the Oldest woman in
southern West Virginia, is dead, at
her home at Cox Landing, at the
age Of lO1. Her death was sudden.
being due to heart failure.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
LAF0LLETTE
Is to Campaign in Three
States for Convention
Delegates.

JAMESTOWN, N. D., Mar. 15-
LaFollette announced here
today that he would campaign in
Nebraska, Oregon and Washington
for presidential delegates prior to
the primaries in April.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
GLAsswORKBR INJURED.

Berkley Maxson. roller boy at the
Modern window glass factory at
Salem, had his right arm severely
cut when a roll Of glass bursted,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-15
A MARRIAGE LICENsE.

A marriage license has been Issued
to Earl +. Poe and Bessie Keesling.
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TIE WEATHER

Rain nnd SHOW tonight ond colder 1ll
Saturday AR WIN cold saye
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-26
600 STRIKE
AT PRoVlOENT MINE OVER DIS
CHARGE OF FOUR MEN.
Eviction Of Strikers Threatened and
colored Men VIII Be Imported
for Work.

sr--ial uiFuatch 20 the IutsIfieencer
-. CLAIRSVILLE. O.. June Is
Because Superintendent Thomas Of
the PrOvideS Coal company refused
20 employ Iur Iiorwats. about 600
men walked o',t Of the mine. which
IL located about a mile north Of this
place. this morning. and declare that
they will not work until the men are
employed. There are n great num-
Der Of Hotyats employed by the com.
Dany. and as they have controlling
vote In che local union can call a
strike AZ any time
Superintendent Thomas declares
that he has no place a. present 10
employ the men and that tho union
cannot force him 10 employ them
Reliable reports from headquarters
state that all Horwats now IN the
employ % the company may be- dis
missed and so families 81 negroes
imported from West Virginia In their
place
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-26
BOND SALE
sAxI or DoHDsL
Baiss Of Bonds for Btrss< Improve
Haut To- a.

Hsnt No. ="
.S. sss sersss sssa tina. ap sss
ins. entitled I-An Ordinance Providing
ns o. .ls n n. . c,y or
wheeling: from the southeriy line OF
stone bridge over wheeling Creek TO
me soasn.rly linz OF a7sh street q, ss ss
ton 5sa OF the Charter OF the City of
Wheeling. and for issuing bonds TO pay
TOT said improvement as provided In
curbing and Improvement. passed May
IL 1919. and approved May IL. 1919. will
on THURSDAY thursday the 18th day of July,
a m. and O'Clock y. m. at the Office
81 thu Mayor OF the City of Wheeling
IA the city. OF Wheeling. West virgini.,
bonds OF said city. authorized by said
ordinance. TO an amount not exceeding
Twenty-Five thousand ave hundred dol
fer Street improvement No. a. and to
be OF the denomination OF $4,000 each
and TO be numbered from los to 15s In
elusive: but no more of said bonds will
he sold than Is necessary to complete
said Improvement, not exceeding 81 IN
number; all OF which bonds ara TO be
payable on or before the nrst day OF
June, 1921. ct the Dollar savings a
Trust Company. IN the City OF Wheel
ing. West Virginia with interest at the
rate Of fve per centum $50 per an
rum. payable annually on the FIRST DAY
OF June. 1918. and on the FIRST day OF
June in each year thereafter until and
including the year 1921. at said Dollar
Savings a Trust Company, for which
interest coupons In proper form are at
tached to each bond Such bonds will
he sold only for cash. to the highest
bidder. approved by the Undersigned.
and none OF said bonds will be sold for
less than the principal thereof with the
interest accrued thereon. The bonds
Hereby advertised for sale are to be re-
deemed at their bar value, with interest.
II any. Accrued and unpaid. on the first
day II June. 1922. and the City of
Wheeling. by said ordinance. pledges
and obligates itself to redeem. on
the frat day of June. 1912. all OF said
bonds. then outstanding and unpaid. at
the said Dollar Savings & Trust Com
pany In the City OF Wheeling.
Correspondence relative to Bonds
must be plainly marked on outside of
envelope For Information" or Sealed
| Bids" and addressed TO James p Max
well. Clerk OF the Street Improvement
Loan
JAMES p. MAXWELL.
GEORGE HOOK.
| LOUIS r. STIFEL.
Commissioners OF Street Improve
| ment.- Loan No. 4.
Je-1S-2s.tly-S-1o-17.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-26
LEGAL NOTICES.

ne ro.a Of wswooS Sele ps on sI sss Tan n
meeting. The foiiosins re.oiu,ien wo a.
proposed and offered 70 said council:
Whereas. II Is deemed expedfent by
said Town having a population OF over
Loco. TO provide for the sew ering OF that
section OF the Town known as Giennova.
and which is now within the Corporate
limits OF and a part of said Town OF
Wsrwood. the same to be paid for by
Now therefo-e. be IL resolved by the
council OF the Town OF warwood. that
said sewer hereinafter described. IL nee
wool which prior to the incorporation
tnereof was called and known as Glen
nova said sewer TO be constructed In ac-
and estimates AMI profiles thereof now
der OF said Town OF warwood- Said
plans, specifications. estimates and pro-
files show the proper grade, depth and
location OF said sewer after the compile
ton thereof with reference to the prop
erty AUDITING thereon. which plans. spec
ificauons. estimates and profiles have
been and are nov opened 20 the inspec-
ton OF all persons Interested. and refer
ence - here made and had TO said plans
specifications. estimates and profiles for
more detailed minute and specific de-
scription of said sewer. said sewer IL tn
De combined system OF surface and
sanitary drainage constructed of crock.
/ earthen ware or material OF like kind
Ihe sizes OF said sewer and the streets
upon which the same shall be located.
as well as the depth OF said sewer are
fully and accurately set out and de-
scrtOedftn said plans. specifications, esti-
mates and profiles, which are hereby
approved as the plans, specifications.
| estimates and profilee for the sewer de-
scrioed and proposed In this resolution:
| And be IL further resolved by the coun-
4 ell OF the Town OF wsrwood that the
method OF paying for thu said sewer. as
thereof or connected Herewith, snail be
paid by the issue and sale OF bonds OF
4 the Town Of Warwood, which shall be
issued in anticipation OF the collection
OF special assessments TO be made
| against the AUDITING property owners as
provided in section OF chapter OF the
! extra session OF the West Virginia Leg
islature OF 1908. Said assessments shall
| be payable IN ten installments as pro-
vtded for In said section 2 of said acts
| OF the extra session OF tie West Virginia
Legislature OF 1908.
Thereupon Frank Marsh, a member of
! the council Of the Town OF warwood.
moved that same resolution be adopted.
said motion was duly seconded by John
| NJ Murphy another member OF said
council OF the Town OF warwood and
! theI eupon an Aye" and Nay vote was
| taken which was as follows:
Ayes" 8. hays" o. said resolution
having received all the votes present. the
| same being more than three-fifths OF all
the council OF said Town OF Warvood.
| was declared adopted.
4. CHARLES r. Miller, recorder of the
| Town OF Warwood. do certify that the
| annexed and foregoing is a true and cor
| rect copy OF a resolution passed by the
| council OF the Town of warwood, at a
regular meeting held on June 14th. 1912.
| CHAS. b. MILLER.
Recorder Of the Town OF warwcod-
je-ls-r