Austria Checks Italian Advance in Piave Battle
Allied forces hold the Piave line from Asiago to Venice with fierce fighting along the Montello and Zenson loop. Austrian reports claim gains but Italy and allies say they repulsed all major attacks and captured prisoners and weapons as Western Front actions remain at a standstill.
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Italy
Cadovna
Julian Alps
Piave
Venetia
Save
Ips
Asiago
Piave River
Adriatic Sea
Zenzon
Fossarta
Cou
Cap Sile
Venice
Italian War Office
Montello
Possalla
Mestre
Austrian War Office
Zenson
Conegliano
France
Ancre
Albert
Serre
Montdidier
Aisne
Marne
Ohio Fuel Supply declares regular and extra dividends
Pittsburg June 18 Directors of the Ohio Fuel Supply Company today declare a regular dividend of two and a half percent and an extra dividend of two percent payable July 15 to stockholders of record June 2. Holders of under one hundred shares receive the extra dividend in cash with a recommendation to invest in war savings stamps.
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Pittsburg
Ohio Fuel Supply Company
War Savings Stampe
Compensation department admits several Charleston firms
State compensation department today admitted a list of employers including Handley Coal Company of Huntington Brinton and Kent concrete contractors St Albans Dunbar Flint Glass Company of Dunbar and other entities to the program.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Compensation Department
Handley Coal Company
Huntington
Brinton and Kent
St. Albans
Dunbar Flint Glass Company
Glass Manufacturers
Dunbar
Alleged Monopoly Sparks War Photos Film Exhibit Debate
Washington hearing before the house ways and means committee on the new War revenue bill hears Patrick A. Powers of Universal Film Company allege a monopoly in official war photographs. Powers claims Creel controls news reel rights and distribution for pictures from France. Eastman Kodak is cited for raw film monopoly and tax passes. Brady warns against higher admissions tax risking small theatres.
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Washington
Patrick A. Powers
Universal Film Company
House
Ways and Means
Powers
Signal Corps
France
Cree
Creel
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester
N. Y
Rainey
Illinois
William Brady
Brady
Wheeling Plans Census Campaign to Grow Population
Wheeling West Virginia moves to boost its census count for 1920 with a Rotary Club backed plan. A general committee will lead the effort to annex surrounding Ohio County territories, aiming to add about 86 000 people to the city’s current 50 600 population.
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Wheeling
W.va
Rotary Club
A. W. Paull
Terre
Ohio County
WVU Star Kester June Joins Cleveland Americans
Kester June, WVU baseball's star pitcher and captain for three seasons, left Morgantown for Cleveland to join the Cleveland Americans. His home is Spencer, West Virginia.
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Cleveland Americans
Morgantown
W. Va
American Troops Not Coming But They Have Come to Front
London reports Chancellor Bonar Law announces 500 million pound credit and notes continued Austrian assault in Italy. He says after three days of fighting the attack has failed and confirms American troops are fighting in the war, not merely joining later.
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Austria
London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Italy
America
House
Senate approves permanent navy personnel rise to 131485
The House voted to raise naval personnel from 87 000 to 131 485 as part of the naval appropriation bill. Debate over creating lieutenant general and major general ranks for the Marine Corps drew sharp opposition led by Representative Butler and Representative Keating. Secretary Daniels defended General Barnett amid charges of propa ganda, while Padgett supported the increase and cited naval needs for new ships and bases at Indian Head and Key West.
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Washington
House
Senate
Marine Corps
Butler
Pennsylvania
Representative Keating
Colorado
Warnett
Daniels
Keating
France
Lamin Bava
Barnett
Representatives Flood
Virginia
Ritten
Illinois
Meeker
Missouri
Flood
Congress
Britten
Barnet
Indian Head
Key West
Fla
Padgett
Naval Committee
Chile
Norfolk
Benson
Palmer
Bureau of Navigation
New Rate Order Sets Higher Freight Tariffs
Washington June 18 the railroad administration ordered new export and import freight rates effective July 2. The move raises rates by more than 25 percent in many cases replacing the prior order that applied domestic tariffs to these traffic. If fully carried out it could produce increases of 300 and 490 percent.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
German Patrols Smashed by American Fire on the Marne
German patrols trying to approach the American line in the Marne sector were repelled by American machine gun fire. One patrol was nearly wiped out as fighting continued on June 18.
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Marne
Associated Press
War Savings Day Proclaimed by Bluefield Mayor
Bluefield designated June 28 1918 as War Savings Day urging citizens to dedicate the evening after eight to buying War Savings Stamps and pledging to save to the legal limit. Mayor C. O. Stahlman signs the proclamation.
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Bluefield
Secretary of the Treasury
Stahlman
Birth of a Nation barred by West Virginia defense council
Charleston WV June 18 The state executive council of defense bans the film The Birth of a Nation saying it would arouse hatred between white and negro races and hinder war work cooperation. The action bars any similar picture or show during the war with Germany.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Executive Council of Defense
Barre
West Virginia
Germany
Shadow of Complicity in War Contract Scheme Widens
Washington reports trace the illegal profiteering on war contracts to many business figures in major cities. Lieutenant James C. Staley was arrested in New York for taking money from Traefit Raincoat Co. in a plan to procure a contract for 50,000 raincoats worth nearly 250,000. Staley confessed and faces court martial. raids extended to Washington New York Boston and other locales targeting officials and intermediaries in the procurement web.
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Washington
New York
James CC. Staley
Traefit Raincoat Company
Department of Justice
Raincoat Company
Joshua Rosenthal
Louis ‘Wener
Staley
Commission
Boston
Congress
Army
Governors propose talks on state debt settlement
Governor Cornwell of West Virginia asked Virginia debt commission to meet the West Virginia commission at White Sulphur Springs to arrange a final settlement of the debt controversy at a convenient date.
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Richmond
Cornwell
West Virginia
Virginia State Debt Commission
West Virginia Commission
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia Weather Forecast Brief
Fair in West Virginia with warmer conditions expected on Thursday after Wednesday. Mild temperatures and light winds noted with no precipitation forecast.
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West Virginia
Old Confederate veterans honored at Mercer County reception
Daughters of the Confederacy hosted 41 veterans from Mercer and nearby counties at the Elks' rooms with Old Virginia dinners and a program featuring readings, songs, and an address by Senator French. A poignant moment came when J. A. Vaughan and Jim Wall, former Camp Morton prisoners, reunited after 21 years, embracing in tears.
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Daughters of the Confederacy
Elks
Emma Lee Phelps
Rovyer
Lee Fretwell
Ruth Bodell
Bluefield
Mercer
Giles County
I. R. Johnston
A. J. Vaughan
C. W. Shannon
Joe Cooper
Narrows
J. A. Vaughan
Narows
Jim Wall
Mercer County
Virginia Infantry
Camp Morton
Indiana
Elks' Opera House
Austro-Hungarians Claim 30000 Prisoners in Italian Front
Vienna reports via London that the Austro-Hungarians have increased their prisoner tally to 30,000 in the northern Italian front drive. The capture includes 120 guns.
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Vienna
London
O Leary pleads not guilty in treason and espionage case
Jeremiah A O Leary Sinn Fein leader charged with conspiracy to commit treason and espionage arrives under guard from Gaza to face federal indictment in New York. Testimony focuses on his mental state and physical decline as he enters the not guilty plea and is remanded to Tombs prison.
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New York
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Sinn Fein
Gaza
Wash
John O'Leary
Jeremiah
Arthur L. Lyons
Sinn Feiner
Jeremiah O'Leary
Gail
Tombs
Lyons
Ireland
Five WVU graduates named to Phi Beta Kappa
Five West Virginia University students who earned bachelor degrees last week at the 1918 commencement have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa. honorees include D. A. Christopher Morgantown resident Pauline Brewster Weston Helen Carle Wheeling H K Berisford Masontown and Anne Traubert Weston.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
meni+ berehio
Phi Beta Kappa
D. A. Christopher
Kentucky
Pauline Brewster
Weston
Helen Carle
Wheeling
H. K. Berisford
Masontown
Anne Traubert
Stock in Water Works Offered to Local Investors
Bluefield and coalfield investors are targeted as primary buyers for a $600000 water plant purchase. William McCarthy leads the effort to offer stock to local citizens with no ground-floor guarantee, aiming for broad small- and large-investor participation and avoiding municipal ownership at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Bluefield
Coalfield
William McCarthy
Grace Lusk Found Guilty in Second Degree Murder
Grace Lusk of Waukesha Wisconsin was found guilty of second degree murder for killing Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts wife of Dr. David Roberts former state veterinarian. A board of alienists declared Lusk sane and Judge Martin Lueck sentenced her to nineteen years in prison.
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Grace Lusk
Waukesha
Wis
Mary Newman Roberts
David Roberts
Tod
Martin Lueck
War Savings Drive Gains Rapid Traction in Counties
War savings drive intensifies from June 24 to 28 with county chairmen and committees forming to solicit pledges. Bankers and firms are tapped for pledges under a $2 billion war savings plan, while a state telegram urges churches to host a June 28 sermon and all counties to finish the drive strong.
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Robert L.archer
United States
Howard Sutherland
G Jmne
Virginia
West Virginia
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T. O. Wilson
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H. A. Lilly
Philip Kleiman
K. Y. Umreer
H. S. Mable
BE. M. McCulloch
R. W. Honaker
W. H. Thomas
Ray Evans
W. C. Easley
John T. Wilson
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
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Mra
B. H. Stegar
Ernestine White
Rowena Snyder
Wetek
Pooth No. 2
Thornton's Corner
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Margaret McLaughlin
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Honaker’s Corner
J. H. Dicks
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