West Virginia Senate and House Returns From Wheeling Race Totals
In Wheeling on August 7 results from counties across the state show Watson leading Chilton for the U S Senate with a 1263 vote margin as counts come in from Kanawha river northwards. Second district Republicans and several other statewide contests indicate varied leads across districts with key counts still incomplete.
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Charleston
Fairmonter
Kanawhan River
Wheeling
Watson
Highland
Elkins
George M. Bowers
W. Taylor George
Ben H. Hiner
Pendleton County
R. KE. L. Cillen
Monongalia
Niles
Ernest Randolph
James R. Robinson
Clarksburg
Stuart H. Bowman
Huntington
Harry P. Camden
Parkersburg
M. Steele
M. A. Stybert
Moundsville
James L. Simpson
Floyd Chapman
Moore
State Senate
Layne
Conner
Harvey W. Harmer
Lohm
Kanawha River
Chilton
Tearbour
Perkeley
Braxton
Cabell cc
Evecees
Calhoun
Wooldridge
Fayette
Gilmore
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Dkeedes
Saoriven Yebicacet
Tackson
Eileen Vue
Léwia
Lincoln
Lee Sass
Wat Ee Mercer
Sai
Americans Cross Vesle River to Drive Germans From Fismes
A Daily Mail dispatch reports American patrols wading the Vesle west of Fismes and crossing from the north as they push toward the German positions. American forces shell strongpoints while advancing, taking Fismes after a desperate street fight and continuing to clear machine gunners left in the area.
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London
Vesle
Fismes
Daily Mail
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Representative Davidson Dead in Washington at 60
Representative James H. Davidson of Oshkosh Wisconsin died last night in Washington. He served on the house military committee and was in his ninth term in Congress. He was sixty years old.
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Davidson
Washington
James H. Davidson
Oshkosh
Wis
House
Congress
British Regain Ground on Bray Corne Road Fight
British forces regains ground southwest of Morlancourt along Bray-Corne road north of the Somme after an early morning attack. The action follows German gains reported yesterday in the same sector.
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London
Morilancourt
Bray-Corne Road
Somme
Diamond Shoals Lightship Sunk by German Submarine
The Diamond Shoal Lightship No. 71 anchored off Cape Hatteras was destroyed by a submarine. Twelve crewmen escaped to shore as the sub appeared within a half mile of the North Carolina coast. Officials say the act aims to hinder commerce while no villages or lighthouses were attacked.
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Washington
Diamond Shoal
Cape Hatteras
Atantic
Atlantic
Navy Department
North Carolina
Daniels
Despondent German press foresees no end to war
Dispatches from The Hague report editorials in Dusseldorf Nachrichten Vorwaerts and Bremer Zeitung warning that Germany cannot see an end to the conflict. They condemn false optimism, urge acceptance of war seriousness, and note vast sacrifices in the fifth year without liberty or relief.
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London
Holland
Daily Mail
Hague
Dusseldorf Nachrichten
Russia
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Major General Graves to Lead American Siberia Expedition
Washington announces General William S. Graves will command American troops sent to Siberia with a core from the 27th and 31st regular regiments in the Philippines, later reinforced by U.S. units. No allied commander named, mission limited to Wilson’s announced objective, not an eastern front, with sailing details yet undisclosed. General March notes western front conditions along the Vesle and Isne rivers as allied forces observe the front.
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Washington
William S. Graves
Camp Fremont
Cal
Siberia
March
Philippines
United States
Wilson
State Department
Graves
Vesle
Woevre
Toulon
Marne Salient
Epieds
Fismes
Wesle
Eight Narrowly Escape Death In Bridge Collapse
Eight passengers on a Painesville interurban car were injured when a section of the Grand River bridge between Painesville and Fairport collapsed. The car plunged twenty five feet into twenty feet of water after colliding with a motor truck. All victims were taken to a Painesville hospital with no deaths reported.
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Cleveland
Painesville
Terestchenko Assassinated in Potava Farewell Shocker
Foreign Minister M. I. Terestchenko was assassinated in Potava, Paris reports say. The German Fremdenblatt and Paris papers cite the event but do not reveal the attackers identities.
Doubt Lingers Over GOP Congressional Nomination in District
Returns from most counties show W W McNeal as Democratic candidate for Congress with Republicans still nominating unclear figures. Sanders leads Campbell for state senate, while Wysong Ferguson and Ritz are named by Republicans for the legislature. Complete results limited by incomplete counties and pending canvass.
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Sanders
Campbell
Wysong
Ferguson and
Ritz
W. W. McNeal
Mingo County
Wels Goodykoontz
Repultcan
Shott
Goodykoontz
Summers County
Monroe County
Mercer
Lincoln
Wyoming
Metrowell
Welch
Tug Fork
McNeal
Dr. Campbell
Monroe
Hartley Sanders
Ferguson
Weather forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia expects fair Thursday and Friday with mountain thunder showers. Virginia warns of local thunder showers and cooler temperatures. Thursday and Friday look mostly fair with moderate temperatures.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Five Miners Dead and Five Hurt in Harmarville Mine Blast
A gas explosion at the Harmarville mine near Pittsburg killed five miners and seriously injured five others. The mine, reclaimed by Consumers Mining Co, had not operated for eighteen years. Rescue teams worked to recover two bodies buried at the shaft bottom as victims were treated at a local hospital.
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Pittsburg
Harmarville
Consumers Mining Company
Allied Offensives Blasten German Hopes for Militant Victory
Zurich reports the Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung notes the recent Allied advances in Amiens and Paris undermine German hopes for a decisive military end before American arrival. The paper says ground gains and a new Allied leadership morale erode Germany’s leverage and the prospect of a quick victory.
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Zurich
Arbeiter Zeitung
Vienna
Amiens
Paris
von Hindenburg
War department releases record army marine casualties
Washington reports 1014 total casualties overseas with 722 soldiers and 292 Marines. Killed in action total 150 (Army 99, Marines 55). Wounded severely 437 (Army 404, Marines 33). Missing 113 all soldiers. Recapitulation notes seven Army lists and one Marine list with several Southern state names among the fallen.
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Washington
Army
Marine Corps
War and Navy Departments
Marne- Aisne
Marine Army
Cadrps
Stenemee
Dweines É Pogegebin
Two West Virginians Wounded In War Casualty List
The War Department released its second casualty list listing 142 names of killed and wounded Americans. Earl B. Burris of Wheeling West Virginia is noted as severely wounded along with Walter L. Currey of Grafton West Virginia.
British Hit Germans Hard Blow in the Lys Sector
New York reports extreme heat with all time high of 101 degrees, another degree rise, and a forecast of no drop below ninety. Six deaths and hundreds of prostrations marked the day as tens of thousands sought relief in parks and at beaches. City services, transit, and even vendors mobilized to cope with the heat and crowds.
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Lys
New York
Hylan
Coney Island
Correspondence Seized From Deer Zeitgeist Offices in Chicago
Federal officials raided Deer Zeitgeist offices in Chicago at the request of Philadelphia agents. A suitcase of correspondence and documents was seized. Dr Michael Singer, former editor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung, published the newspaper.
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Chicago
Aue
Deer Zeitgeist
Michael Singer
Philadelphia
Singer
Mlinois Staats Zeitung
British Casualties in Week Ended Today
British casualties reported in the week ended today total 9,866, down from last week’s 12,893. The breakdown shows killed or died of wounds: officers 105, men 1,609. wounded or missing: officers 373, men 7,778.
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London
Anti Bolshevik Revolt in North Develops Rapidly
In Washington on August 7 officials note rapid growth of the northern anti Bolshevik revolt linked to the formation of Archangel government. British and French commands limit to military moves while American forces guard stores and avoid political interference. Entente and American efforts may foster relations with the genuine Russian government.
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Washington
Russia
Holshevik
Kandalaska
General March
Kola
Murmansk
Francis
Americans and French Cross the Wesle East of Braisne
American and French forces push east of Braisne after heavy fighting. They secure positions and gain all held objectives as the battle continues along the Wesle line.
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Wesle
Braisne
Resistance Overcome and Ciry Sassogne Taken
British Prime Minister Lloyd-George said Allied forces advanced across the Vesle and Rheims sectors, with French and American troops crossing the Vesle and holding gains near Soissons Rheims and Laon. He praised American troops and noted over 150 submarines destroyed as the war effort progresses.
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David Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Associated Press
Soissons-Rheims
Montdidier
Flanders
Lane
Clarence Rivers
Braisne
Vesle
Soissons
Rheims
Rethel
Laon
Rheims-Soissons Salient
Aisne
City- Sassogne
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Lys
la Bassee
Haig
Lawe
Bethel
Aisne-Marne
French Take Prisoners Near Montdidier and Vesle
French forces gained ground south of Framicourt and southeast of Montdidier in the Montdidier area. They repulsed German attacks along the Vesle between Braisne and Soissons and captured 100 prisoners east of Braisne. Germans countered south of Auberive in Champagne but were repulsed, while French troops seized the City Sassogne station near the Vesle bend west of its turning toward the Aisne.
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Paris
Montdidier
Framicourt
War Office
Alon
Vesle
Braisne
Soissons
Auberive
Champagne
Sassogne
Vegle
Aisne
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Elkins and Highland
Diamond Shoals
Susnarine
Braves
Huw Paper
Nerlin
Praycorbie
Soissone
Rock and Me
North
Archangel
Ciry Sassogne
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