Birdseye View of New Charter Reforms in Pinefield City
The Pinefield charter bill passes with 26 amendments changing officer terms and salaries, tightening tax and assessment collections, expanding city territory, and appointing new financial controls. The mayor gains executive power over police and suspensions, while bonds for council members and officials are set or adjusted, and audits shift to July.
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Pinefield
Senate
Council m
Mercer County
South Bluefield
Hawley
Howley
Bluefield
Crisen
Bluefield Charter Bill Passes with Minor Amendments
Senator Coulter reports the Bluefield charter bill passed in substantially the original form with Hawley and Bowman amendments added. He expresses hope the new government will satisfy the city, and notes Hawley’s recovery to resume duties.
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Coulter
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Messrs
Hawley
Bowman
Japan seeks greater influence in China amid open door concerns
Tokio reports Japan has explained its demands to friendly powers including the United States. Some in Tokyo expect Japan to extend influence in China while preserving the open door policy. In London, Foreign Secretary Grey refused to publish the text of Japan's demands, citing confidential information.
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Tokio
Japan
China
United States
London
Kinochow
Grey
House
Dr C A Johnson Passes After Prolonged Illness
Obituary notes Dr C A Johnson a Mer cer county native and Bluefield practitioner who died after three weeks in Bluefield Sanitarium. He faced illness calmly, diagnosed his condition as hopeless, and urged God’s will be done. Funeral planned for Saturday afternoon.
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C. A. Johnson
Mercer County
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Johnson
McKinley
Nine More Ejectment Suits Filed in Buchanan County Lands
Nine additional ejectment suits against Buchanan county landowners were filed in federal court by the Virginia West Virginia Coal Company of Charleston. The action targets 129000 acres of coal and timber lands with about two thousand defendants named across the suits.
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Lynebourg
Buchanan County
Virginia-West Virginia Coal Company
Charleston
W. Va
Buchanan County Coal and Timber
Formal Opening Of Fair Grounds Third Of July
Officials outline a summer schedule for Bluefield fair activities with a July 8 opening and labor day racing. The 1915 plan includes a middle September interstate fair from the 14th to 21st and a Southeastern Baseball Association expansion seeking a Bluefield ball park lease. Hugh Shannon of New York indicates ripe conditions for a Bluefield team contingent on site terms.
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Real
Southeastern Baseball Association
Telegraph
Oak Hill
W. Va
Bluefield
Bluefield-Graham
Danville
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Johnson City
Knoxville
Bristol
Staunton
Bluefield-Graham Fair Association
Hugh Shannon
New York
The
Baseball Association
Fair Association
Shannon
House Shipping Bill Blocked By Senate Compromise
Washington February 18 Democratic and Republican senators reached a gentlemen's pact to move appropriation bills and table the ship purchase bill to conference until February 27. The deal aims to avoid a filibuster and extra session with March 4 set as a final deadline. The arrangement preserves a chance to renew debate if an agreement emerges.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate clears ship bill for conference amid pension debate
The Senate met at noon to send the ship purchase bill to conference after defeating all amendments. Leaders planned steps for appropriation bills while a committee pressed testimony on alleged influences. Adjourned 7 p m to 11 a m Friday. Debates resumed on the pension appropriation bill as the fortification measure, valued above six million dollars exclusive of the Panama canal, was reported.
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Senate
Panama Canal
Consular Agent Seized by Carranza Troops Near Death
Washington reports say consular agent W. O. Jenkins of Puebla was seized by a Carranza squad and nearly executed. A timely officer arrival saved him as the U S government protested and demanded punishment for those responsible. Jenkins held property interests in Mexico and endured earlier arrests and assault amid shifting control of Mexico City.
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Washington
Mexico City
Carranza
State Department
Obregon
Mexico
Zapata
Villa
Fct
Mazati
W. O. Jenkins
United States
Puebla
United St Tes
Jenkins
Japan May Have Abandoned Some Demands In China Talks
Washington February 15 China instructed her ministers in the United States Great Britain France and Russia to deliver a memorandum of the Japanese demands for concessions and privileges in exchange for restoring Kinochow to China Kai Fu Sha presented the memorandum to the state department The Japanese and Chinese versions differ on seven or eight points Officials considered an informal inquiry to compare bases of negotiation but the plan was unlikely to proceed due to growing publicity of the demands Continued on page six.
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Washington
China
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Japan
Kinochow
Kai Fu Sha
State Department
Tokio
Peking
West Virginia and Virginia Forecast Weekend Fair
The forecast calls for fair weather in West Virginia and Virginia on Friday and likely Saturday. Expect mild temperatures and clear skies with light winds across the region.
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West Virginia
West Virginia House Debates Debt Settlement and Rail Bills
Charleston dispatch reports the WV House actions on debt settlement measures and a set of railroad and Locomotive headlight bills. The full crew bill and railroad experience bills were killed in committee. The debt commission bill passed the House, creating a five member panel to place state debt in the governor’s hands. The Gregory libel bill was rejected. The Princeton charter bill advanced, becoming law if not vetoed. Budget items and nominations were discussed in the Senate executive session. May Restore Capital Punishment also moves forward in Olympia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
Hawley
Department of Archives and History
House
Menure
Princeton
Honaker
Mercer County
Olympia, Wach
State Senate
Death of Frank James Last James Gang Survivor
Frank James aged seventy four died at his farm near Excelsior Springs Missouri from an apoplectic stroke in the late afternoon after months of illness. A Civil War era outlaw, he and his brother Jesse haunted the frontier and aided by Cole Younger were blamed for many postwar robberies. Detectives once bombed their home in 1875 causing the death of their mother and injury to Archie James.
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Exccelsior Springs
Frank James
James
Here
Jesse
Lawrence
Kansas
James-Younger
Cole Younger
Lee's Summit
Kearney
James Brothers
Archie
James Boys
Frank James Pardoned After Tuberculosis Battle
The article recalls how Frank James, brother of Jesse James, surrendered in Jefferson County Missouri after Jesse James’s 1882 death. He was sentenced to life in prison but later pardoned by the governor due to tuberculosis symptoms.
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Jesse James
St. Joseph
Bob Ford
Frank James
Jefferson County
France Determined to Prosecute the War
Paris reports Premier Rene Viviani reaffirming in the chamber that France will press the war to victory for the Allies. He vowed to restore Belgium and retake Alsace and Lorraine and crush German imperialism, praising French resolve and trench courage amid occupation brutality.
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Paris
Rene Viviani
Chamber of Deputies
Belgium
Alsace
Lorraine
M. Viviani
Viviani
France
Charlies Chaumet
Jules Guesde
Marcel Sembat
London
M. Chaumet
Germany's reply heightens concern over neutral ships
Germany's note to the American warning increases U S officials concern about potential complications in the new sea zone. It disclaims responsibility for neutrals in the danger area and warns of mines around Britain and Ireland, risking further disruption to U S commerce. Washington awaits full text, with Holland and Scandinavia also seeking U S guidance.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Ireland
Wilson
Bryan
Associated Press
Amassador Gerard
White House
State Department
Holland
State, War and Navy
Seaport trade of Great Britain goes on as usual
Report from London notes that despite Germany's submarine blockade and Allied naval precautions, Britain’s seaport trade largely continues. The Adriatic sailed from New York with regular schedules, while German airship activity and naval tensions prompt cautious crossings and curious diplomatic responses from the United States. Heavy fighting rages in the Carpathians and western front offensives show gains for Allied forces at visible points, with Russia regrouping near the Niemen and East Prussia.
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London
Germany
British Isles
North Sea
White Star
New York
Irish Sea
Denmark
Eingland
East Prussian
Vilna
Grodno
Perograd
East Prussia
Augustowo
Russia
Warsaw
Germay
Carpathians
Bukowina
Czernowitz
Turkey
Greece
Constantinople
Paris
War Office Today
Oise
Arras
Rolincourt
Aisne
Rheims
Champagne
Perches
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Grim Reaper
Bluefield-Graham Association
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