Veteran of Two Wars Seeks First Class Call to Colors
George Ellison of Greece born, aged 28, waives draft exemption to join U S military. A Balkan War veteran wounded twice, he fought in Laonnina and Petsova before settling in Rocky Mount and later here. He urges Uncle Sam to grant him first class status due to his war experiences.
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Greece
Sherman
George Elison
Commercial
Ellison
Legal Advisory Bearch
United States
Sam
Rocky Mount
N. C
Turkey
Land of the
Helllenes
Ivery
Laonnina
Hipios
Boy’s head torn away by shotgun blast near Tazewell
Sidney King, 18, allegedly shot Gratton Harman Jr., 11, at the Harman home after Harman refused to hunt. King fled to the mountains, was later captured and jailed in Tazewell County. Coroner’s inquest held. Harman died soon after.
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Gratton Harman, Jr
Sidney King
Harman
Tazewell
King
Young Harman
Bluefield
Gratton
Court House
King Boy
Germans Driven Off in Raid Attempt Near London
German troops yesterday tried to raid a location near London but were driven off by defenders. The action reflects ongoing hostilities in the area as forces clash and battles continue with limited details available.
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London
British Positions Near Cambrai Front Reported
The War Office announced today that British positions southeast of Epicy on the Cambrai front were either held or driven off by enemy action during the latest engagements.
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Epicy
Cambrai Front
War Office
Austro-Germans Driven Back After Piave Crossing
War office reports Austro-German forces that crossed the Piave at Piave Vecchia were driven back over the river. In the Asiago area they breached Italian lines at Baso Monte Valbella but halted before reaching the Italian rear, where counterattacks are yielding satisfactory results.
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Rome
Piave
Piave Vecchia
War Office
Asiago
Baso Monte Valbella
Munitions From Bolsheviki Found Aboard Russian Freighter
Federal officials in a Pacific port uncovered packages of ammunition hundreds of rifles and revolvers loaded as hides on the Shilka a Russian freighter with Bolshevik crew. Cartridges bore German slug markings and investigators suspect the arms were intended for the Industrial Workers of the World to aid a raid in the United States. Captain Boris Dogal and crew members face internment as searches proceed through vessel and cargo.
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Pacific
Shilka
Industrial Workers of the World
United States
Boris Dogal
Two Boys Charged With Murder in Kentucky
Pikeville Kentucky December 24 Moscow Jelcher sixteen and Spurick Bing eighteen were jailed for the murder of Nel R Matner a citizen they met on the road in the Lick Creek section The youths allegedly shot the man after a feud between them and the victim.
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Pikeville
Moscow
Jelcher
Spurick BingaAem
Nel R. Matner
Lick Creek
Matner
Alleged Pro German Propagandist Departs for Manila
Gilbert Reid, an American accused of pro German propaganda and sympathy, has been deported to Manila at the request of the Chinese government.
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Peking
Gilbert Reid
Haseen
Manila
Fourteen Die As Streetcar Plunges From Tunnel
Pittsburg reports fourteen killed and 114 injured when a Knoxville streetcar loses control in a tunnel. The low-floor car hurtles onto Carson Street then rolls and skids along sidewalks before hitting a pole and stopping near Smithfield Street. Eight of the dead are women and many injuries are severe.
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Pittsburg
Knoxville
South Side
South Hills
Carson Street
Smithfield Street
Allright
Red Cross Flags Glow as City Boosts War Effort
Red Cross service flags brighten Bluefield homes amid Christmas candles. Daily Telegraph to expand its ten star flag to twenty, with a white center star. Paper funds redirected from a banquet to war activities and yarn for Mercer County knitters. Rock district adds 2700 new members. Northfork reports 350 new members as counts rise citywide.
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Red Cross
Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County Relief Association
Rock District
Lanner
Northfork
Tipple Fire at Maitland Coal Yard Suspect Held
Fire of incendiary origin destroyed the Maitland tipple of Houston Collieries in McDowell county between 4 and 5 am. Estimated loss reaches 100000 dollars. A Mexican miner seen fleeing was arrested as detectives pursue the case.
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Houston
Maitland
McDowell County
Coal Company
Barnwell Coal and Coke Company
Logan County
Leke Superior Coal Company
Kaledines
Petrograd
Der
Bolsheviki
Weather forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia will be cloudy and colder with a cold wave Tuesday into Wednesday. Virginia will be fair with rain in extreme southwest, colder in the afternoon, and by Wednesday cloudy and cooler in the southeast.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Roosevelt endorses war time prohibition nationwide
Theodore Roosevelt writes in support of war time prohibition for all workers vital to the war effort including soldiers railroad workers miners factory and shipyard staff. He agrees with restricting food grain use at the war outbreak and urges health not be wasted on drinking during this period.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
C. True Wilson
National Temperance Board
Disaster At Shepherdsville Trains Collide In Deadly Front End Crash
Louisville authorities report a rear end collision between two Louisville and Nashville passenger trains near Shepherdsville last Thursday. A board of inquiry cites negligence by a flagman and conductor for not protecting the rear of their train and by the following engineer for excessive speed. The flagman, conductor, and a station employee were killed, while the Shepherdsville operator is exonerated.
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Louisville
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Shepherdsville
M. Starks
Louisville and Nashville
Board of Inquiry
Five Million Dead Weight Tons Estimate
Washington reports five million dead weight tons as the ships output for 1918 based on builders estimates. The government program aims for 8,246,308 tons, with a 3.2 percent progress toward completion. Plans include increasing labor shifts and tri shifts across yards to speed production.
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Washington
America
May Outline Definite Military Policy
Washington December 24 Secretary Baker may outline a definite military policy before a congressional committee on military affairs likely the Senate committee Some members from both houses including battle veterans urge a clear statement of the war department policy with figures on future manpower Mr Baker has been advised of this
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Washington
Baker
Congressional
Senate Committee
War Department
Paker
Swedes Aid Germany Ship Captured in Mines Off Africa
A Swedish vessel aiding Germany in laying mines off the South African coast was captured. Seven crew members believed to be in German pay were executed, according to W. tdrey, head of a Capetown trading concern, who said the executions occurred five days before his departure from Capetown.
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Germany
San Francisco
W. Tdrey
Capetown
Salvation Army Ghriotmas Basket Fund Tops Total
The Salvation Army Ghriotmas basket fund surpassed its goal as crowds gather at the Law and Commerce building to assemble dinners. Donations include a boy with thirteen pennies and Mae Field Bakery with four hundred loaves, while Capt Frazee and assistants prepare baskets for distribution beginning seven this morning.
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Salvation Army
Maefield Bakery
Law and Commerce
Raleigh Street
Mrs. Frazee
Assistant Superintendent Fells From Wreck Car At Wilmore
Assistant Superintendent R H Smith of the Pocahontas division was injured while supervising a freight wreck cleanup at Wilmore. He was knocked from a wreck car by a boom hook and rushed to Bluefield Sanitarium with possible skull base fracture. Doctors reported he remained semi conscious as of last night.
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R. H. Smith
Wilmore
Pocahontas
Tully
Smith
Drs. Fox and
St. Clair
Sanitarium
Bluefield
H. ¢C. Weller
Mr. Smith
Radford
Kaiser to Make Peace Declaration Rumor Controls Headlines
A report from Rome claims Germany may issue a peace declaration on Christmas Day with proposals and that Emperor William may announce terms. The motive is uncertain and could be a maneuver to shift responsibility for the war onto the Allies.
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Kaiser
Rome
William
Baroness Zollner Held For Federal Grand Jury
Baroness Jona Zoller of New York is held without bond and incommunicado in Chattanooga after two days of hearings on espionage charges. She was arrested with Lieut. J M Spalding at a local hotel on vagrancy charges. Spalding testified that he aided her, funded travel, and supplied a code to monitor his movements as he awaited possible redeployment. Bedford Shope, her sixteen year old son, testified for the defense.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Jona Zoller
New York
United States
Sam McAlester
J. MM. Spalding
Sixth Infantry
Ft. Oglethorpe
Bedford Shope
Spalding
France
Convict labor to cut wood for Virginia fuel plan
Washington reports that the Virginia fuel administrator Harry Flood Byrd has arranged for all thirty convict camps in the state to produce 100 cords of wood each for public use at about two dollars per cord. This effort supports the fuel administration push to substitute wood for coal where feasible.
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Washington
Virginia
The
Fuel Administration
Harry Flood Byrd
Banker Rudolph 4. hi Held After Expired Time
Rudolph 4. hi, partner in the banking firm of Chandler & 9, once an alien enemy, was released on bail and sent back to Ellis Island today after his three week grace period expired.
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Ellis Island
New York
Rudolph
Chandler &9
State tax education campaign under war revenue act
Parkersburg reports a West Virginia campaign under Collector Hays to educate taxpayers about the 1917 war revenue act. The program aims to inform citizens on tax amounts and administration while minimizing hardship and maintaining business. The article notes debates on the act and emphasizes its importance for national and allied funding.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
8. A. Hays
Battle Lines Shift Across Fronts in 1917 War Year
British casualties ease as Italian fronts fall back from Isonzo. heavy shelling drives changes from Baltic to Black Sea. Western fronts see raids near Ypres Verdun. Allenby advances along Mediterranean coast toward Jaffa. Russia discusses peace terms in Brest-Litovsk as winter halts major operations. Continued fighting expected along northern Italian front.
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Italy
Venetia
Yesteryear
Catile
Baltic
Black Sea
Isonzo
Verdun
Eallouts
Asiatic
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Reichstag
Brest-Litovek
Rom Assage
Piave
Ypres
Ypres--taden
Allenby
Mediterranean
Jaffa
Nahr-Eluja
Baron
Nahr-El-Auja
Rome
Countess Pani 9 Found Guilty in Petrograd Trial
In Petrograd on December 24 Countess Pani former minister of public instruction in the Kerensky cabinet was found guilty of misappropriating public funds. She was sentenced to imprisonment until the money is returned and to public censure by the popular revolutionary tribunal.
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Bolsheviki
Petrograd
Pani
Kerensky
Popular Revolutionary Tribunal
Nicholas
Petrograd Workmen
Bolsheviki Court
Ministry of Public Instruction
Paui
Constituent Assembly
Epeak
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George Ellison
Bulvela
Petsova
Macedonia
Gratton Harmon, Jr
Fittsburg
Aonnal Daily Telegraph
Tipple
Tol. Roosevelt
Sun. & Mon
James Orden
Cotas
T. H. Claggett
W. Woodrem
Ee Anderson
J.D. Foote
Norwood Davis
J. W. Anderson
Bailey Lumber Vannne Aides
C. Jenkins
Summit City Shoe Company
WaGegks
Isee
SE Ekberg
Hi. Thomas
Bramwell
Oecar Sreter
Cas Loo
Clint Bailey
William D. Ord
Landcraff
Loyal Order of Moose
C. Warren
Margaret Frazer
Mraser
A. F. Kinedon
L. C. Ayres
Baroness Zollner
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