Bluefield Red Cross Campaign Surges Toward $15,000 Total
Bluefield and Mercer county Red Cross efforts push toward a $32,000 county goal as divisions in Bluefield race to top the other. Friday and Saturday receipts bring city total to $14,470.23. county report shows $13,271 in Princeton and Bramwell with two days left. Local teams meet Monday at the chamber of commerce to submit final reports and hear from neighboring towns.
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Princeton
Bramwell
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Bluefield
Rinceton
Mercer County
John W. Ruff
J.T. Thornton
Pramwell
Washington
America
War Council
Division A
J. T. Thornton
Rev. H. 5. Mabie
Dr. H. G. Steele
Ll. A. Jackson
P. J. Kelly
B. Hancock
John W. Rutt
S. M. Bernard
W. ©. Pollock
C. A. Bradshaw
the Universal Appeal of the Red Cross
Leonard Wood
Montgomery
Ala
Army
War Department
The
Henry Dunant
Dunant
Solferino
Geneva
Society of Public Utility
United States
Aisne Front Holds Against German Attacks as Italians Gain Monte Ortigara
German crown prince leads assaults near Chemin-des-Dames while French defense holds. Italians capture Monte Ortigara in Trentino as Austrian artillery losses are announced. Russian forces show morale revival and readiness to strike anew. Four Austrian guns seized by General Cadorna’s troops.
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Aisne
France
Chemin-des-Dames
Laon
Froivement Farm
Russia
Trentino
Monte Ortigara
Cadorna
Submarine Sunk by American Merchantman Gunners
The navy department confirms that an armed American merchantman gun crew sunk or damaged a German submarine. Chief Boatswain's Mate O J Cullickson reported no further sign of the submarine after the engagement, noting the submarine may have been sunk.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Department
O. J. Cullickson
Russia Seeks Firm Peace as League of Honor Hailed
American Commission head Elihu Root meets Moscow workmen and soldiers while Russia pledges democracy in the war. Root delivers two addresses to citizens and the municipal duma as Petrograd reports on council dissolutions and the push for a general peace amid growing support for the provisional government.
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Moscow
Root
Washington
Russia
Bakhmetieff
Senate
House
League of Honor
Marshal Joffre
Balfour Thre
Echo
Petrograd
Council of the Empire
Council of Deputies of
Duma
American Commission
Elihu Root
Workmen and Soldiers
Proletariat
Municipal Duma
Sebastopol
pan-Russian
Congress of Councils of Deputies
Congress
Peasants’ Congress
Robert Grimm
Amur Cossacks
Ukraine
Porro Declares Allied Training Stance With Cossacks
Porro stated his countrymen would fight side by side with the Cossacks until Germany was beaten into dust, signaling a pledge of united resistance in the war effort.
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Porco
Germany
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia shows partly overcast conditions with a likely fair Monday and little temperature change. Virginia forecast calls for fair southern areas with possible local thunder showers in the north, followed by fair conditions Sunday and Monday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Explosion at Havana fortress magazine kills and injures dozens
An explosion at the Cabanas fortress magazine in Havana at 9 p m shook the city. One dead and many injured including two people blinded by the flash. Several harbor ships damaged as a bomb is said to have been placed against the magazine.
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Cabanas Fortress
Havana
War Is But Beginning Says Lord Northcliffe
Lord Northcliffe, British War Commissioner, argues war is only starting and urges raising as many humanity dollars as possible to support the effort. He emphasizes every donation matters in sustaining the fight.
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Lord Northcliffe
Bluefield Leads WV in Red Cross Campaign Totals
Washington reports the Red Cross $100,000,000 campaign totals. Wheeling tops West Virginia with 163,843 at 110 percent of its 150,000 quota. Huntington reaches 50,100 at 100 percent. Bluefield collects 19,824 at 126 percent of 15,000. Parkersburg 19,688 at 66 percent of 80,000. Clarksburg 16,549 at 32 percent of 50,000.
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Washington
Red Cross
Wheeling
West Virginia
Huntington
Bluefield
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Red Cross Campaign Urges Surge in Donations for War Fund
Washington reports $80 million pledged in six days as the Red Cross campaigns mobilize in American cities to reach a $100 million goal. Lord Northcliffe urged full effort and conservation of funds while committees anticipate closures Monday night amid leading totals in New York Chicago and Cleveland.
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Washington
Red Cross
America
Lord Northcliffe
United States
Henry F. McFarland
District of Columbia
Cleveland
Chicago
New York City
New York
West Virginia
Virginia Bankers Adjourn at Old Point Session
Virginia Bankers' Association adjourned its annual session this afternoon at Old Point after electing officers yesterday. President W. Meade Maddison of Richmond, vice-president J. R. Vaughn of Lynchburg, and secretary W. Vaiden of Farmville were named.
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Virginia Bankers
Newport News
Virginia Bankers’ Association
Old Point
W. Meade Maddison
Richmond
J. R. Vaughn
Lynchburg
VY. Vaiden
Farmville
War on Wheat Becomes Front in World Struggle
Ida M Tarbell argues in Washington June 23 that bread supply relies on a no return policy urged by the Commercial Economy Board and the Council of National Defense. Bakers overstocked shelves waste four percent of bread. women shoppers must adapt by ordering for twenty four hours and reducing waste to aid soldiers and allies.
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Ida M. Tarbell
Washington
Council of National Defense
Commercial Economy Board
Government Economy Board
Washington City
Woman's Committee
President Wilson to unveil Staunton memorial
Memorial to the president's father Reverend Joseph R. Wilson will be placed in the First Presbyterian Church of Staunton Virginia. Reverend Wilson served as pastor there when the president was born in 1858.
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Richmond
Wilson
First Presbyterian
Staunton
Joseph R. Wilson
House Passes Food Control Bill Amid Prohibition Clash
Washington report says the House approved the administration food control bill by 365 to five, with prohibition provisions added to bar foodstuffs for alcohol and authorize war takeovers of liquor on hand. The measure moves to the Senate with hopes for conference by July 1.
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Washington
House
McLemore
Slayden and Young
Texas
Meeker
Missouri
Ward
New York
Food Administration
Berkley
Lenroot
Kelly
Pennsylvania
Italian dealer Cocchi confesses murder of Ruth Cruger
Alfredo Cocchi, the New York motorcycle dealer, confessed to killing Ruth Cruger after earlier denials. He described jealousy over her rejection and detailed burial of her body in the cellar, prompting questions about accomplices among motorcycle police and possible graft schemes.
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Bologna
Alfredo Cocchi
New York
Ruth Cruger
Zucconi
Cocchi
Miss Cruger
Wadleigh High School
Misa Cruger
Rome
Faurot
Woods
Italy
Call for Bank Statements by Controller of Currency
Washington June 23 The comptroller of the currency announced a call for reports on condition of national banks to be issued within forty eight hours These are the last reports to be made completing reserves under the federal reserve act before its recent amendment.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
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