Red Cross Drive Second Day Surpasses First in Mercer County
Mercer county’s Red Cross fund drive nears the halfway mark toward a 30 000 goal with Bluefield Bramwell Princeton and local teams reporting strong totals for day two. Bluefield leads among teams as Colored Citizens report for the first time. county total 16 149 73 for two days and daily 7 622 65.
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Mercer County
American Red Cross War Fund
Princeton
Bramwell
Bluefield
J. T. Thornton
L. A. Jackson
P. J. Kelly
C. B. Hancock
John W. Ruff
S. M. Bernard
W. C. Pollock
C. A. Branshaw
J. L. Alexander
R. E. Lazenby
C. A. Bradshaw
State Defense Council
Huntington
Defense Council
West Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Two Negroes Electrocuted in Charlottesville Murder
Richmond June 20 Hamilton Cosby and Robert Jones both Negroes were executed in the electric chair for killing Policeman Meredith A. Thomas during a ham theft at a Charlottesville store. Judge A W Dabney told a mob to stand down and troops guarded the trials.
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Richmond
Hamilton Cosby
Robert Jones
Meredith A. Thomas
Charlottesville
A. W. Dabney
Balfour reports on Anglo American wartime stewardship
Arthur J. Balfour outlined the success of his mission to the United States in a luncheon with the Empire Parliamentary Association. He credited deep shared ideals and broad American sympathy for Britain and France, saying cooperation will endure beyond the war.
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London
Arthur J. Balfour
United States
House of Commons
Empire Parliamentary Association
Britain
France
America
England
Hundreds of New York Girls Reported Missing Since January
More than 800 girls aged ten to twenty have disappeared from New York homes since January 1. Police Commissioner Arthur Woods announced the start of an extensive inquiry into police conditions, the broadest since the Rosenthal case.
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New York
Arthur Woods
Rosenthal
President Wilson Declares June Recruiting Week for Regular Army
Washington June 20 President Wilson designated June 23 to 30 as recruiting week for the regular army and urged unmarried men aged 18 to 40 with no dependents to enroll for war service to reach 70 000 volunteers. Officials warn enrollment lags behind hoped totals with about 70 000 lacking to reach full war strength.
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Washington
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
War Department
France
Department
Town of Kirkpatrick Burning After Oil Car Explosion
Reports from Indianapolis indicate Kirkpatrick in Montgomery county Indiana was burning after an oil car exploded. Communications to Kirkpatrick from Indianapolis and Lafayette were cut off.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Kirkpatrick
Montgomery County
LaFayette
Allied Forces Break German Positions East of Arras
British troops recaptured key ground east of Arras while Canadians seized trenches near Lens and resisted German attempts to retake losses. Italians on the Asiago plateau advance, taking strong positions and inflicting heavy Austro-Hungarian casualties. Macedonian front activity rises with intensified artillery on multiple sectors.
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France
Ford Marshal Haig
Arras
Champagne
Monchy-le-Preux
Ailette
Moulin-De-Laffaux
Lens
Coal City
Asiago
Trentino
Rome War Office
Cerna River
Monastir
Bulgarian King Ferdinand May Lead Greece War Entry
A Balkan news agency reports King Ferdinand of Bulgaria impressed by Constantine’s abdication and predicts former Greek Premier Venizelos will head a Greek government push Greece into war against Bulgaria King Ferdinand plans to visit German high command for aid. Sofia reacts with consternation.
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Geneva
Paris
Balkan
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Constantine
Venizelos
Greece
Sofia
Pershing Confers With Joffre In Paris June 20
Major General Pershing the American commander held a long conference with Marshal Joffre in Paris regarding American affairs. He planned to visit an army engineering depot tomorrow then a large airdrome and a school teaching use of armed motor cars.
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Pershing
Joffre
Paris
Marshal Joffre
General Pershing
Heavy Artillery Fights Continue on Aisne and Champagne Fronts
Today’s official statement reports heavy artillery fighting on the Aisne and Champagne fronts. Early today German bombardment struck French positions near Lauffaux mill and Mont Camillet, but the German attack was dispersed.
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Paris
Aisne
Champagne
Lauffaux Mill
Mont Camillet
Italians Resume Offensive on Monte Ortigara
Rome reports the Italians resumed the offensive yesterday and captured Austrian positions on Monte Ortigara with 936 prisoners taken. The war office notes the breakthrough enhances ongoing operations in the high Alps theater.
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Rome
London
War Office
Monte Ortigara
Baron Moncheur Pays Tribute to Mr Hoover
Baron Moncheur head of the Belgian relief mission expressed Belgium’s deep gratitude for American aid and Hoover’s relief work. He praised U S entry into the war as a new ally and steadying force amid misery and suffering, noting confidence in an early victory.
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Washington
Baron Moncheur
Belgium
America
Herbert Dc. Hoover
United States gratitude to Hoover on Belgium aid work
The speaker pledges sacrifice and tears to ensure a lasting honest peace. He praises Mr. Hoover for directing the relief effort in Belgium and expresses gladness that a man so able and experienced will handle future challenges.
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United States
Hoover
Belgium
Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
Virginia forecast calls for probably fair skies Thursday and Friday with little temperature change. West Virginia expects local thunder showers on Thursday with Friday likely fair and somewhat cooler temperatures.
Red Cross Campaign Passes 9 Million in Subscriptions
Washington reports 9 million dollars in subscriptions to the 100 million fund as of today with total Humanity dollars around 43 and a half million for three days. New York City leads with 19.5 million and the rest of the country at 24 million. Ohio cities boost central states while Pennsylvania leads middle Atlantic as firms and officials employ novel methods to solicit funds.
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Washington
Red Cross
United States
Humanity
Red Cross War Council
New York City
North Central States
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Central States
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Toledo
Pennsylvania
Middle Atlantic
Stamford
Conn
War department invites bids for 35000 army trucks
Washington June 20 eighty seven motor firms nationwide submitted bids for 35000 army trucks as the war department opened offers The total bids vastly exceed the government needs with prices from 1031 to 4600 per vehicle Some firms offered to build the full 35000 while others proposed smaller lots or cost plus ten percent profit Output plans varied from ten trucks daily to one daily with no cap on total bids
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Washington
War Department
Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company
Hurlburt Motor Truck Company
Nash Motor Company
Food control bill may pass in two weeks in Congress
Washington reports say public sentiment is shifting against food control opposition as debate continues in both houses. House aims for final vote by Saturday with five minutes rule. Senate may take up amendments next week before final passage possibly by July 1 as President Wilson desires.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Chamberlain
Kenyon
Gore
Reed
Vardaman
Borah
Meeker
Missouri
Hoover
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Kahn
California
Belgium
Parker Acquitted In Draft Conspiracy Case At Trial
New York June 20 a federal jury acquitted Eleanor Wilson Parker a Barnard College senior and charged with conspiring to induce men not to register under the selective draft law The jury found Parker did not know the final contents of a pamphlet titled Will You be Drafted The other defendants Owen Cattell and Charles F Phillips await jury deliberations as the court ruled pre May 18 actions were legal
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New York
Eleanor Wilson Parker
Barnard College
Owen Cattell
Charles F. Phillips
Columbia
Miss Parker
Mayer
Bankers coal trial sees more evidence on bunker coal
In New York, June 20, prosecutors press to keep bunker coal dealings from the federal trial of Virginia and West Virginia coal firms and individuals accused of conspiring to fix prices. W H Adams testified that Crozier Pocahontas Coal Co handled output for several Pocahontas coal firms to meet large orders, while Borton Covel described buying 40,000 tons in 1916 and reselling at a profit, including sales to the British admiralty.
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New York
Virginia
West Virginia
W. H. Adams
Crozier-Pocahontas Coal Company
James A. O'Gorman
United States
Adams
Pocahontas
Crozer-Pocahontas Co
Borton Covel
Northern Coal Co
Boston
British Admiralty
German U boats Sink Thirty Two Ships In Week
British shipping losses in the week ending June 20 show twenty seven vessels over 1,600 tons and five under that size sunk by German submarines. Naval officials say admiralty methods against U boats are improving and more boats escape capture.
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London
Admiralty
War information campaign urged to unite US people
Atlanta June 20 A keynote urging a nationwide drive to educate Americans on all phases of World War I and the reasons for U.S. involvement. Pomeroy Burton pressed for a vast public information campaign using media, posters, schools, churches, and public spaces to awaken individual responsibility and support for a massive war effort.
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Atlanta
United States
Pomeroy Burton
Rotary
Burton
London
Lusitania
Merchants’ Association of New York
England
Union
America
Belgium
Roumania
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MR. Hoover
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