davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
COALITION
Of Miners and RaiIroaders
Said to Be Disapproved
by President White.

NEW YORK, Feb. Labor lead.
ers here say that a movement is I'm.
derway to bring about concerted ac-
ton among members of the four great
unions of railway employees and Of
the United Mine Workers in their de-
mands for increased wages or shorter
working days. 1t is stated that u
this plan were put into effect II
would bring about combined action
by 100000 men, and arrect the min
ing fields of Pennsylvania Colorado,
and the South.
The movement is said to have the
approval of w. S. Carter, president
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
ginemen and Firemen and OF w. G.
Lee, president OF the Brotherhood Of
Railroad Trainmen. Representatives
of the railroads unions are said to
have been sent to Mobile, to confer
with the United Mine Workers Of
America, who are gathering there
for conference with the operators
tomorrow.
1t is reported here that John p
White, president Of the United Mine
Workers of America, has disapproved
the proposed coalition.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
MRS. MARTIN DEAD
Wife of G. M. Martin, a We'll
Known Farmer OF SyGa-
more, Passes Away.

Mrs. ortha Martin, aged IS years,
wife of G. N. Martin, well known
and prosperous farmer of Sycamore,
died at 1920 o'clock Sunday morning
following long illness of compli-
cation Of diseases. The funeral SER
vices will be held at II o'clock Tues
day morning at the Sycamore Method
list church and the burial will be in the
Sycamore cemetery.
Surviving relatives Of the deceased
woman are G. NJ. Martin, her hus-
band; Cullin S. Martin, of Pittsburg,
Pa, a son; Mrs. Cecil Coffman, OF
Sycamore, a daughter. c. f. and I. r.
Harbert are brothers and Mrs. Anna
McCarty and Mrs. Clara Fortney, are
sisters.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
DEAL SAID TO INVOLVE
MILLIONS. OF DOLLARS

NEW YORK. Feb. Tt was stat
ed Monday that William +. Corey.
chairman of the Midvale company and
his associates had taken over the op-
ton on the majority of the Cambria
stock held by w. H. Bonner, who rep
resents syndicate of which II. ..
Frlck is member.
The total outstanding Cambria
stock amounts to $4,000 shares and
tits believed that the deal involves in
the neighborhood of $50, 100000.
The announcement follows closely
upon the failure of the negotiations
for a merger of the Cambria Steel
Company with the Lackawanna Steel
Compan and the youngstown Sheet
and Tube Company. The price at
which Cambria stock was to have
gone into this merger was reported
to be $50 a share.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
STATE BOARD
QUITE ACTIVE
CASRATE IS BOOSTED
IN WESTERN SUBURBS

feet by virtue OF a franchise contract
obtained by the Hutton Gas Company
which the former some time ago pur-
chased. The contract ran out Few
mcnths ago, but tho raise In the rate
was made on the postcard statements
sent out to consumers the first OF
this month, being effective from the
first day Of the year.
Consumers alleged that the light
and heat company has no right "a
raise the gas rate without first OBJ
tanning permission to do so from the
state public service commission. II Is
also complained that no notice OF an
intended raise was made by the light
and heat company On the other
hand, the light and heat company
holds that 1t has the right to boost
the rate to the sane rate charged
other consumers lnasmuch rs the
contract 1t had under the Hutton
Gas Company's franchise has ex-
pired,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
NO NEW DEMANDS
LANSING ASSERTS

July 81. I doubt II DR.. Zimmerman
ever made the statement that new
demands had been injected because
he must know that 1t is utterly
false"
Secretary Lansing would not 80
Into details or discuss DR.. thinner
mans statement further When DR..
Zimmerman's statement was publish
ed in this country, however, his re-
ference to new demands was taken
to apply to possible construction
on the word illegal" IN the propos-
ed form Of settlement The only
ground American officials could md
for constituting that as embodying 2
demand was the possibility that It
might be considered applicable not
alone to the destruction Of neutrals
on the Lusltania, but also As to the
methods by which twas sunk
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
Offensive Movement against
the City of Soloniki Seems
Not to Have Begun.
TEUToNS ARE MAssING
An Important Offensive by Ger
mans is Expected to Begin
in the West Soon.

While recent reports OF the actual
opening OF an offensive movement by
the 'feutonic Allies against Saloniki
appear to have been premature, the
cables continue to bring accounts of
various troop movements held in mil
itary quarters to indicate that such
an offensive is probably not far dis
tant. Athens dispatches today tell
OF continued concentration OF Ger
man, Austrian and Bulgarian forces
on the Greek frontier, together with
the transfer of heavy artillery south.
ward from Nish.
With such movement in the Bal
kans in prospect, the reports that
come out Of Roumania command in
creasing interest. Auvices from Al
lied sources declare that the fric-
ton between Roumania and the
Central Powers has increased and
that Roumania. supposedly in view
of the reported threatening attitude
of Germany and Austria, has collect
cd fdfces close to the Austrian from
tier.
There is paucity Of news Of ac-
tive operations in any of the war
1ields, probably for the good reason
that few important movements are
now actually in progress. The chief
capitals OF the Entente Allies, how
ever, appear to be impressed with
the idea that an important offensive
is shortly to be begun by the Ger
mans in the West. The belief is
prompted by the military movements
noted in recent days, considered to
presage something out OF the ordi-
nary.
The latest official bulletin from
Constantinople reports improved con-
ditions for the Turks, who apparent
ly have recently been under extreme
ly severe pressure by the Russians.
Although the Ottoman forces around
Erzerum seemingly have not been
successful In undertaking an often
sive they have been able to repulse
all the renewed Russian attacks,
they declare.
No change in the situation in Mes
opotamia is indicated, the British re-
lief army still being stalled on the
Tigris some distance down the river
from kut-el-Amara, it appears.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
AN ENGINE GOES
THROUGH BRIDGE

Of sight in the water which was
within four feet Of the rails.
About sixty feet of the bridge
went down with the engine and 1t IS
thought that traffic on the line Will
be suspended for two weeks.
Physicians and health officials who
assem- bled here Monday were urged
to prepare for possible work in the
medical corps OF the army. The oc-
casion was the annuai congress OF
the council on medical education and
the council on health and public in
struction of the American Medical
Association. The Federation OF
State Medical Boards of the United
States and the Association Of Ameri-
can Medical Colleges.
DR.. Arthur Lean Beyan, presented
the preparedness" topic to the meet
ing, He said steps for placing the
medical profession on basis Of eff
| ficiency and preparedness not only
for peace, but for war will probably
be taken at this meeting.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
GRIEF OVER MOTHERS
DEATH PROVES FATAL

The fell unconscious while walking
about at his home and never regained
consciousness from that time until
he passed away.
Surviving relatives OF the deceased
man are Lewis Fleming, his father,
who resides at Central Station; James
Fleming, of this city; Walter Fleming.
who resides in Arkansas; and George
Fleming, of Lumberport, brothers; and
Mrs. A. T. Brown and Mrs. G. N.
squres, of Central Station, sisters.
The body has been prepared for
burial and will be taken TO Central
Station Tuesday morning on Baltimore
and Ohio accommodation train No. II
which leaves the local station at 1880
o'clock, and the funeral services and
burial will be held on the arrival OF
the train. The burial will be in the
Pleasant Grove cemetery at Duck
worth,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
INDICTMENTS
To Be Returned against
Thompson Are Being Con-
sidered by Grand Jury.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 1.-THE federal
grand jury, which last week inyesti.
gated the affairs Of the closed First
National Bank OF Uniontown. reas-
sembled here today to pass upon the
indictments which Judge Orr ordered
District Attorney Humes to prepare
in accordance with the presentment
Of the jury against J. v. Thompson
former president Of the bank.
While the investigation has been
completed, 1t was said the jury might
not be able to pass upon the ind;ct-
ments until late tonight.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
GERMANY AGREES
That Reprisals Must Not Be d.
rected against Other Than
Enemy Subjects.
,sv Assoe,.rsD .rsss,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Germany
has agreed that reprisals must not be
directed against any other than enemy
subjects. This expression is offered
by Germany to take the place OF the
word illegal, which was incorporated
in the draft of the Lusitania agree
ment now under consideration.
It also became known that Germany
expresses the hope that 1t may have
the opportunity to cooperate with the
United States in some action looking
towards the freedom Of the seas before
the end of the war. This statement is
taken in high diplomatic circles to
imply that the Berlin government sees
no occasion to wait the end OF the war
before settling that issue.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
FAIL TO AGREE
Do a Rear Admiral and an Ad-
miraI on Number of Men on
the Atlantic Fleet.

WASHINGTON, When Rear Admiral
Boue, chief of the bureau Of naviga-
ton, told the House naval committee
Monday that the Atlantic fleet went
South for winter drills with an excess
of nearly 200 men in It's enlisted per-
sonnet, Representative Britten pro-
duced radiogram from Admiral
Fletcher stating that the fifteen battle
ships were short nearly 1000 men.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
Two Cents Added in Adams.
ton and GIenWood and
Protest is Made.

Domestic consumers Of natural
gas that is supplied by tho Clarks-
burg Light and Heat Company in the
suburbs of Adamston and Glenwood
have had their gus rate boosted two
cents thousand feet by the COM
pany. us a result OF which complaint
has been made to the Clarksburg
Board of TRde for action through
1t by the West Virginia Public Ser
vice Commission. Consumers have
been advised by officials OF the trade
board that the matter is being taken
up by that organization.
The light and heat company fur
nlshed gas to domestic consumers Of
the two suburbs mentioned at the
rate OF eight cents thousand cubic
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
ACCIDENT VICTIMS
FUNERAL TUESDAY
l.. E. Moore, Who Was Killed at
Wallace Saturday, Will Be
Buried Tuesday.

Funeral services over the body OF
81. E. Moore, aged SO years. an en-
ploye of the South Penn water
works at Wallace, who died there
at 1880 o'clock Saturday afternoon
of injuries he received at 4 o'clock
when he was struck by Short Line
passenger train, which ran into an
open switch, will be held at ] O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist
Episcopal church at Wallace. The
Rev. Mr.. Norris viii nave charge OF
the services and the burial will be In
the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Mr.. Moore was returning to MS
home after his days work. He was
walking on the railroad track. Hear
Ing the fast train coming behind him,
he stepped off the main track upon a
side track, thinging he was out Of
danger. The switch leading to the side
track was open and the fast train ran
upon the siding fatally injurlng Mr..
Moore and crashed into two empty
cars standing on the side track, de-
molishing the cars and badly damag-
ing the engine of the passenger train.
Persons standing at the station
waiting for the train saw Mr.. Moore
struck by the train and rushed to his
assistance. He was removed to the
station and medical aid called, but he
died in few minutes. Passengers
on the train were badly Jared, but
none was injured. The train was
deloyed about an hour at the Wallace
station until another engine could be
secured to take the train on to New
Martinsville.
The deceased man is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, ana
four brothers. He was a member
of the Menear Lodge, Knights Of
Pythians at Wallace.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
KITCHENER TO LEAVE
BRITISH OFFICE OF WAR

LONDON, Feb. Changes Of great
Importance in the direction of the war
are contemplated, says the Daily
Sketch. 1t asserts Earl Kitchener
probably will leave the war office.
The Sketch also says Sir William
Robertson, now chief Of staff, probably
will take over active direction of the
war without Interference except from
the cabinet as a whole and that civil
ian Of real ability for organization
will become secretary for war.
In event that Earl Kitchener leaves
the war office, the Sketch adds that he
will undertake work of. an important
character elsewhere.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
FEEDING PROBLEM
In Belgium and Northern
France Temporarily Solved
by Belgium Government.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE problem
Of feeding the people OF Belgium and
northern France, which had been
gravely imperilled lately by inability
to charter sufficient shipping to car
ny the relief food, has been temper
arily solved by the Belgian govern
ment requisitioning al the request Of
the relief commission all ships flying
the Belgian flag.
The Belgian government has pass
ed a law, which mas been signed BY
King Albert, compelling all Belgian
ships to enter the immediate service
Of the commission no matter what fu-
tllre charters they may have accepted.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
sToRK LEAVES BOY.

John ]. siegrist, we'll known and
employee of the Clarksburg
Electric Company, did not work to-
day. In all probability he Will not
work tomorrow, nor the next day, nor
the next day after that. The stork
Maid a visit to Mr.. siegrist's home on
South Chestnut street Sunday after
noon. leaving nine-pound boy baby.
Mother and babe are doing nicely.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
On Vincennes Branch of the
BigFour Railroad and
Two Are Drowned.
,,y ...ee,.rsp ,...s

y1NcENNEs. Ind, Feb. Two
eneinemen, were drowned today when
the engine hauling Big -Four passen-
ger train No. 40 on the Vincennes
branch went through a bridge on the
Indiana side Of the Wabash river
south Of here. The dead are:
FRANK LANCASTER. age go. OF
Mt. Carmel, III.
OLIVER HAzELToN. 40, Of Mt.
Carmel. III.
owing to the hign water the train
was making the approach to the
bridge at slow pace. The bridge
gave way as soon asthe engine got
on 1t, but the engine broke saving
1.-THE remainder Of the train. X
IL The engine sank completely out
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
MINERS ESCAPE
From Foul Air in Coal Mine by
Passing Out through an
Auxiliary Shaft.

UtNIoNToWN, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE
lives of $50 miners employed in the
Struthers mine near Fairchance were
endangered Monday morning when
The boiler house was destroyed by fire
with loss Of 10000. The miners in
ignorance Of the fire continued work
hut the fans were put out Of operation.
and only when the air became foul did
they leave the mine through an aux
Hilary shaft.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
DENTISTS MEETS.

The Monongahela Valley Dental
Association decided at a meeting
held at Grafton Saturday night to
hold It's next meeting Saturday, April
/, at Fairmont. A movement to be-
gin oral hygiene lectures In West
Virginia was launched. Following
the meeting a banquet was served ut
the Willard hotel.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
When He Speaks Of the Berlin
Despatch Quoting German
Under Secretary.
t.y A,,oelArsp ralss,

wAsH1NGToN, Feb. 7.secre-
ta,y Lansing today fatty denied that
now demands had been made In the
Lusitania case at a time when the
German government considered the
negotiations practically were at an
end. He was speaking Of the Berlin
despatch quoting the references by
DE- Zimmerman, German under secre-
tary Of foreign affairs. to new de-
mands.
This government" said Secretary
lansing. "has not Increased demands
made In Lusitania case as set forth In
tie notes OF May 10, June and
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
ENGINEERS
Are Ready Now to the Number
of $4,000 to Enter Army
Officers Reserve.
,.Y AssoerA-rD .srss,

WASHINGTON, Feb. Civil,
mechanical, mining and electric en-
gineers Monday told the House mill
tary committee that $4,000 technical
ly trained men in their organizations
were ready to enter an army officers
reserve corps for national defense,
but that II the country waited until
war was declared 1t might BIO too late
to utilize their services.
you would get the wrong men
in the wrong places then" William
Parsons, of the American Society of
Civil Engineers. testified.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
TEIPERFRE[D
Without Bail on a Charge Of
Fhst Degree Murderin HaVs
ing Killed His Mother

BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. ohm
Edward Teiper was arranged before
Justice Louis w. Marcus In the s'i-
preme court here today on 9 charge
OF murder In the first degree IN hav-
ing killed his mother, Mrs. Agnes N.
Teiper, January 80. Motion to admit
the prisoner to bail was denisd
The condition Of Grace j. TeiDer
showed no Improvement today and
little hope was held out Tint sho
would ever be able to tell The lorY
ftAeS Orchard Pssk tragedy
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
GERMANS CONCENTRATE
ON GREEK FRONTIERS

MILAN, Italy, FEB. A GCs-
from Athens says that French avia-
tors report continued concentration
of adversary forces on the Greek
frontiers. German e-enforcements
are advancing from Uskup to the
northwest Of Giegeli, fresh German
regiments having arrived at Moias-
tir and Austrian forces are concen-
trating around Tchekivoko, Bull
garian frontier is confirmed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
BIG FINE
is Levied on the People Of the
City of Wilma Because OF
Great Fire There.
,sY .ssee,Arso ,.rs.,

LONDON, Feb. IA fine Of 49,
900 marks IS said by Reuters Petro-
grad correspondent 10 have been
levied on the people Of the city OF
wilma by the German authorities on
the ground that the recent great fire
there was of lncendlary origin. The
flames reached the headquarters Of
the general stan Of the German army
operating on the front between Wilma
and Baronobichi.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
DRY" Amendment
IS Considered Several Hours
by Judiciary Committee of
the Federal Senate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator
Sheppard's national prohibition con-
stitutional amendment was considered
several hours Monday In executive
session of tho Senate judiciary COM
mittee but no conclusion was reached.
An amendment was proposed by Sem
ator Dillingham; to provide that whis-
key should not be shipped beyond the
confines of any state, which permits
It's manufacture.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
ARTILLERY BUSY.

tsyAssoelArEo rRssD
BERLIN, Feb. ARTILLERY engage
ments of terrific intensity have been in
progress in the sector between La
Bassee canal and Arras in northern
France and south of the river Somme,
German army headquarters announced
today.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
MERGER
Of Concerns is a Deal Believed
to Involve in the Neighbour
hood of $20,000,000.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7.-control
Of the Cambria Steel Company, of
Jamestown, Pa, one of the largest of
the independent steel concerns, has
been purchased by the Midvale Steel
and Ordnance Company, of Philadel-
mia. Announcement to this effect
was made today by W. II. Bonner.
president of the Cambria Company.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
HERO DIES.
"a. AaseelA,sD Press,

PARIS, Feb. 7.-General Nicholas
Victor Delmotte has died from illness
contracted at the front. He was one
Of the heroes of the retreat from Char
leroi during which he commanded the
rearguard brigades Of the French
Seventeenth army corps.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
v1LLAoN DEFENSIVE.

' Ell PASO, Feb. General Fran
cisco Villa, with about twenty-five
men in on the defensive in Nidos
canyon of the Santa Clara ranch, &C.
cording to official advices received ut
military headquarters in Juarez Mon
day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
SUIT DISMISSED.


py ASSOCIATED rsrss,
CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-THE suit OK
the Federal League against organized
baseball filed year ago under the
antitrust act was dismissed today by
Judge X. NJ. Lands in the United
States district court.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
: ++++++++++* ~
NOT APPROVED.
(By Associated Press. J

tBy Associated Press.)
) WASHINGTON, Feb. e
Secretary Lansing today told
the Colombian minister. Julio
Batoncourt, that President Will
son had not approved the pro-
posed amendment TO the Col
ombian treaty to cut the in
demnity the United States is
} to pay from $25.000,O00,O00 to
} S15,OO0,O00. ad tho make the
expression Of regret for the
partition of Panama mutual by
the United States and Col
ombia.
3. Z !. 4. = 4 . q 1. 4 1. i. i.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
ROUINANLA IS READY TO ENTER
CIRCUIT COURT,

c. A. osborn's suit against Stealey
Heights for services az civil engineer
is on trial In the circuit court. Il. b,
Templeman's suit as trustee for the
Exponent against c. o, FlNharty was
on motion Of tho defendant.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
CENSORSHIP LIFTED.

The Mexican government advises
that messages are no longer subject
to censorship and that the telegraph
service is now subject to normal con-
ditions.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07

REAL NAVAL DEBATE.
lRy Assoclated Press

WASHINGTON, Feb. u
} In tile first real naval debate
) Of the session in the House
J Monday, Speaker Clark took
the floor and to enthusiastic
applause from both sides spoke
! for faster progress in increas-
!. ing the navy. He declared that
J II 17-inch guns were being
placed on foreign ships, the
United States sshould have
, them as we'll or the best guns
available now or hereafter.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07
MANY PERISH
When an Explosion Wrecks
Great Skoda Armament
Factory in Bohemia.

NINA. Italy, Feb. IA Buchar-
est despatch to the Secolo says that
in the explosion at the Skoda arma-
ment factory in Bohemia, 1876 work
men persisted. Three buildings were
blown up, including the one In which
the famous 12-inch hydraulic cannon
we're made.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-07

A Rome despatch, dated February
6. said that according to the corre-
spondent OF the Messagaro the great
Skoda works at Pilsen had been part
" destroyed as result of an explo-
sion
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-09-29
FAIR DIRECTORS
To MEET TO-DAY

The regular meeting the board of
directors of the Escambia County
Fair Association will be held this aft
ernoon at four o'clock, in the offices
of the secretary in the Brent build
ing. All of the members are urged
to be present, as the short time be-
fore e fair renders it imperative
that some of the details be completed.
General Manager N. J. Lillard is ex-
pected in from Molino this morning,
and after next Tuesday will probably
be in the office here every day to
meet exhibitors and carry on the ex-
ecutive work of arranging the
grounds.
Mr.. Lillard visited the grounds last
week, and stated that all of the re-
modelling and repair work is progress
ing rapidly.