Mayor Carter Shot by Beaver High Student in Bluefield
Mayor Carter lay mortally wounded after a shooting at Mrs Mildred Young’s Princeton avenue apartments. Seventeen year old Bessie May Young said she fired in defense of her mother and herself after Carter threatened them and insulted her character. Mrs Young and Bessie were arrested on malicious wounding charges and police pursued further details as doctors reported grave condition and no operation planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kk. EK. Carter
Bluefield
Mildred Young
Princeton Avenue
Bessie Young
Howard B. Lee
Carter
Mother
Miss Young
Mr. Carter
Mr. Lee
William Linkenhaker
Mercer
Mayor Carter
Linkenhaker
John Russell Ellsworth Vanata
Vanata
Young
Linkenhoker
Beaver High School
Submarine Destroyed by Steamer Kroonland
An Atlantic port report says the American steamship Kroonland rammed and sank a German submarine after two U boat attacks as the merchantman fought off the U boats. The Kroonland lost a propeller blade, and an accompanying account notes two torpedoes glanced off the steamer. No official confirmation of the U-boat sinking was given.
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Atlantic
Kroonland
United States
Hhe
Organized Labor Backs Food Control Bills to Cut Prices
Washington June 13 organized labor plans to support the food administration and urge immediate passage of food control measures in Congress. A conference tonight with labor leaders outlined the aim to reduce U.S. prices by about thirty percent through the new administration.
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Congress
Herbert C Hoover
Food Administration
Mr. Hoover
American Federation of Labor
Washington
United States
Labor
War Budget Bill Cleared Senate To Go To President
Washington June 13 The 3 billion war budget cleared Congress and goes to President Wilson for signature It largely funds army and navy needs and includes 750 million for an American merchant marine built by the Shipping Board under Major General Goethals who must remain in charge despite a senate doubt over the wordage.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Shipping Board
Goethals
Senate
General Goethals
House
Illinois completes regular army volunteer quota
Illinois completed its quota of war volunteers for the regular army, the eighth state to do so since April 1. By yesterday's close the state had 11 226 volunteers against a quota of 11 276, with daily recruiting well above 100. nationwide 114 044 have been accepted since April 1 with about one in five examined.
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Washington
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
War Registration Progress Near 9.5 Million Mark
The provost marshal general reports 39 states and the District of Columbia finished war registration with 7,776,434 enrolled, about 92 percent of the census estimate of 8,415,852 eligibles. If the remaining states hold the same rate, total registrations could surpass 9.5 million.
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States
District of Columbia
Washington
Fire at Brooklyn Refinery Leaves Multiple Dead and Missing
A blaze at an eleven story refinery building on the Brooklyn waterfront caused two deaths, two critical injuries, fifteen serious hospital cases, and about twenty missing after a condenser explosion. The American Sugar Refining Co. plant was involved.
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Brooklyn
American Sugar Refining Co
One Day Notice on Unpaid Subscriptions
A local notice warns that all subscriptions not prepaid will be discontinued on the morning of June 16. City subscribers may pay thirteen cents a week if desired but must cover arrears. Out of town subscribers should check their label for the due date and remit by June 15.
Unsettled Weather On West Virginia and Virginia Thursday
West Virginia expected showers followed by clearing and cooler conditions Thursday with Friday turning fair. Virginia may see showers and thunderstorms Thursday, then cooler nights and Friday with fair, cooler conditions.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Autopsy Finds Natural Death For Wm Heycock In Knoxville
In Knoxville on June 18 a city autopsy on Wm Heycock, who died at Bluefield West Virginia days earlier, concluded death came from heart disease and chronic Brights, with a superficial scalp wound and no skull fracture or brain clot.
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W. J. Heycock
Knoxville
Tenn
Wm. Heycock
Bluefield
W. Va
Bright
Tremendous Liberty Loan Drive Fails to Reach Full Subscription
Treasury officials report the Liberty Loan is about 342 million dollars short of full subscription two and a half days before closing. Returns from reserve banks show 1.658 billion subscribed, with New York exceeding its maximum while other districts lag far behind minimum allotments.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
Cleveland
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
German Air Attacks Kill Many as Pershing Arrives in Europe
London raids by German planes kill nearly 100 people and wound many more in the heaviest air raid yet on England, while General John J. Pershing lands at Boulogne and travels to Paris to lead American forces. A Russian and an American mission also reach Petrograd and a Pacific port, signaling wartime diplomacy amid limited front action.
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England
France
John J Pershing
London
East End
Essex
Pershing
Boulogne
Paris
United States
Elihu Root
Petrograd
Belgium
Craonne
Macedonia
Londontown
Viscount French
General Pershing
Pershing Arrives in Paris with Allied Welcome
General Pershing landed at Boulogne and reached Paris with a formal reception at the quays. French officials including General Pelletier and Commandant Hue led the greeting as destroyers hydroplanes and balloons escorted the vessel, while bands played The Star Spangled Banner and The Marseillaise. The American Mission headed by Elihu Root arrived at Petrograd on June 13.
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Boulogne
Paris
General Pershing
Pelletier
Hue
General Lucas
Dary
Lille
Somme
Rene Besnard
Commandant Thoutellier
Marshal Joffre
Ronared
Navy
Pershing
Parliament dissolves under presidential mandate in China
Peking June 13. The acting premier Chiang Chao Chung signed the mandate dissolving parliament after accepting the post, following Wu Ting Fang's resignation as ambassador to the United States. The move sparks fear of civil war as southern leaders report they no longer recognize Li Yuan Hung's authority despite the president's justification.
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Peking
China
Chiang Chao Chung
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Li Yuan Hung
Rich manganese find near Bluefield undercut by rail delay
R B Miller controls 80 000 acres of mountain land near Bluefield where surface manganese runs 40 to 92 percent value. He markets two carloads daily at $1 000 but a two week halt on shipments left him losing about $2 000 daily. He visits Washington with secretary Ray Hawley and Sen W P Hawley to seek relief from railroad car allocation through Fairfax Harrison. They plan to press the National Defense Council's railroad committee for permission to ship.
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Charles Brooks Smith
Washington
United States
Bluefield
R. B. Miller
Geological Survey
Miller
Ray Hawley
W. P. Hawley
Edward Cooper
Fairfax Harrison
National Counsel of Defense
Bank Seeks Record Liberty Loan Subscriptions
The First National Bank of New York applied for subscriptions to the Liberty loan totaling $100,000,000 for itself and its customers. It marks the largest subscription from a single source to date.
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New York
First National Bank of New York
Liberty Loan
America's Bid to Dominate Air War in 1917
Washington reports the Aircraft Production Board plans a national program to secure air supremacy for the Allies within a year. Howard Coffin says Congress will be asked for hundreds of millions to fund aircraft production, arguing air dominance could end the war. The plan, backed by leading builders, targets turning the scales next year.
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Washington
Europe
National Defense Council
Congress
Howard Coffin
Cofflin
United States
Germany
America
Leyland Liner Anglian Sunk by German Submarine
The Leyland liner Anglian was torpedoed and sunk after leaving Boston for Liverpool. The crew were reported saved, though Leyland Line officials had no confirmation of the attack or the sinking location. The 5532 ton British steamer, built in Glasgow in 1896, carried a general cargo and was valued around two million dollars.
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Leyland
Boston
Anglian
Liverpool
Leyland Line
Lawrenson
Glasgow
No Regrets in England Over Constantine Abdication
London reports that Britain's view of King Constantine has soured since the war began a fact not accompanied by regret over his abdication. Once popular in English resorts with his family he lost support after pro German actions during the conflict.
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England
London
Constantine
Russian Mission Lands Arrives at Pacific Port
The Russian mission to the United States led by Boris A. Bakhmetieff has landed at a Pacific port with about forty members. They will stop in Seattle before proceeding to Washington for official engagements.
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Washington
United States
Boris A. Bakhmetieff
Pacific
Seattle
Wash
Liner Sequana Sunk With 190 Men Lost
The South Atlantida liner Sequana carrying 660 passengers was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic. A detachment of Sengales rifles was aboard among the passengers.
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Sequana
Paris
Atlantic
Sengales Rifles
Coal Regulation Bill Introduced by Senator Tomerene
Washington June 13 a joint resolution to regulate coal production sale and distribution and to empower the president to fix a coal price at the mine or elsewhere was introduced today by Senator Tomerene
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Washington
Tomerene
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Young Home
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