Bluefield Day at Fair Draws Enormous Crowd and Air Show
Bluefield day at the fair drew an unprecedented attendance with traffic jams and shop closures as crowds filled the grandstand and hillside vantage points. Swiss-French aviator Jean Dominiose performed two monoplane flights, looping over the city and thrilling thousands despite passing showers.
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Bluefield
Appalachian Power Company
Bland Street
Princeton Avenue
Jean Dominiose
Princeton
Graham
Fair Grounds
Clinch Valley
Ready built armor plant not to be purchased
Washington hearings before Secretary Daniels and the navy board on locating a proposed 11,000,000 armor plate factory closed with about 125 cities requesting the plant. A purchase of a ready built plant was rejected, and only two potential factory properties were deemed unsatisfactory.
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Washington
Daniels
General Board of the Navy
General Board
Washington Steel and Ordnance Co
Ashland, Ky
Congress Destroyed by Fire Off Coos Bay Liner
The Pacific Coast Company liner Congress, a 7,955 ton steel steamer of 424 feet, burned off Coos Bay with 255 passengers and 170 crew aboard. Rescue vessels ferried people to safety. no lives were confirmed lost. Fire raged as the ship drifted toward the bay, with hope of further assistance from Yellowstone and other steamers.
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Nik
Cousins
Congress
Coos Bay
Camden
N. J
San Francisco
Seattle
Michie
North Bend
Marshfield
Ore
Yellowstone
Vesel
Des Moines Patent Case Lets Polk County Win
A federal district court in Des Moines ruled in favor of Polk County in a patent suit involving Edwin Thacher of New York and about fifty sea suit patents valued near one million dollars. Judge Wade granted the defense, ending the infringement claim.
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Des Moines
Federal District Court
Henry E. Fanson
Edwin Thacher
New York
Polk County
Wade
Patent Suits Continue Across States Including West Virginia
Ongoing legal action involves multiple patent cases with proceedings in several states. other suits are pending in addition to those in West Virginia, reflecting broad litigation activity surrounding the patent.
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West Virginia
Prohibition Violations Probe Leader vows expanded inquiry
Attorney General W. L. Martin announces a full investigation into liquor law violations in Montgomery and Mobile after a conference with Solicitor Selbies. He says violations are openly occurring and plans prompt action.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. L. Martin
Movile
Selbies
Why Wilson Should Not Be Continued In Office
Taft criticizes the Wilson administration in a letter to the Hughes National College League. He argues for a consistent and intelligible policy during wartime and says the Democratic administration cannot provide it.
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Wilson
New York
Hughes National College League
Imade
William H. Taft
Taft
Tennessee Troops to Border
Orders issued at Camp Rye direct two Tennessee infantry regiments to Fort Clark while Chattanooga units, the field hospital corps and ambulance company, proceed to El Paso. Troops to depart before next Monday.
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Tennessee
Nashville, Tenn
Camp Rye
Department of the East
Fort Clark
Chattanooga
el Paso
One Pound Shell From Black Tom Explosion Bursts
In Jersey City today a one pound shell recovered from the Black Tom Island blast ruins exploded when struck with a hammer. The incident mildly injured three workmen and follows the July disaster that killed several and caused about 20 million dollars in damages.
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Jersey City
N. J
Black Tom Island
Entente Forces Press French Advance Near Combles
Despite heavy fighting across the front, French lines hold near Combles with Le Priez farm captured and British positions solidified west of the village. German attempts to retake the transport route along the Peronne-Bethune road failed, while bombardments and limited French advances continue south of the Somme. In other theaters, Teutonic allies push in Dobrudja while Roumanians attack Hermannstadt and Russians clash in the Carpathians with high losses.
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Comiles
Somme
France
Leuse Wood
le Priez
Rancourt
Combles
Peronne-Bethune
Bouchavesnes
Paris
Balley-en-Santerre
Belgium
Dobrudja
Roumania
Berlin
Sofia
Transylvania
Hermannstadt
Vienna
Carpathians
Smotree
Ludova
Kapul
Elks Reunion Ends with Bedford Home Visit
West Virginia Elks and guests, over seven hundred strong, traveled by special train from Bluefield to Roanoke and Bedford City for the Elks National Home tour. A luncheon followed an address by Hon. Fred Harper, with a band concert and moving pictures capturing the day’s events.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
Roanoke
West Virginia Elks
Roanoke Lodge
Bills
Norfolk and Western
Jefferson Street
Magic City
Bedford
National
Fred Harper
Lynchburg
National Flame Commission
Harper
Benjamin Rosenbloom
Wheeling
Order of Evks
West
Bedford City
Virginia
Lowden and Dunne Dominate Illinois Primary Returns
From Chicago dispatches and downstate precincts, Frank O. Lowden led the Republican gubernatorial race and Governor Edward F. Dunne topped the Democrat contest. Incomplete Cook County and downstate tallies reflect early statewide margins.
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Chicago
Cook County
Frank O. Lowden
Edward F. Dunne
Election returns hint at Dunne plurality near seventy five thousand
Early returns indicate Dunne leads ver Brinton by about 75 000 votes while Lowden is ahead of Hall by roughly 85 000. In the sixth district William Lorimer, ex senate, lost the Republican nomination to Arthur W. Fulston by 15 097 votes and also failed to win his home precinct.
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Dunne
Brinton
Lowden
Hall
William Lorimer
United States
Congress
Arthur W. Fulston
Lorimer
Three-masted Vessel Europe Sunk Off Fecamp
The three masted ship Europe of 366 tons gross, formerly in the Newfoundland fisheries trade, was sunk near Fecamp France on September 14. Eleven crew members were landed.
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Fecamp
France
Vest
Europe
Ammonia Tank Explosion Kills Five At Newark Plant
Five men die and three are injured when an ammonia tank explodes at the Interstate Milk and Cream Co. plant in Newark New Jersey during a pre use test. Samuel Botkin president and Tallis Mankowitz brother in law among the deceased. A small fire is put out quickly.
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Newark
N. J
Samuel Botkin
Interstate Milk and Cream Co
Botkin
Tallis Mankowitz
British Make Progress on Somme Front North of Ginchy
London reports the British have advanced north of Ginchy with further gains on the Somme. The official note says the general situation remains unchanged and cites artillery bombardments south of the Ancre, near the Pozieres windmill, and south of Thiepval. A raid near Souchez yielded prisoners.
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London
Somme
Ginchy
Ancre
Pozieres
Thiepval
Souchez
Ford to Support Wilson in New York Speech
Henry Ford announced at Democratic headquarters in New York that he and his neighbors would back President Wilson for re election. The endorsement underscores Ford's support for the Democratic ticket in the state.
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Ford
Wilson
New York
Henry Ford
Detroit
Democratic
Marshall Accepts Democratic Nomination for Vice Presidency
Thos R Marshall formally accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president in Indianapolis. He framed his bid as support for Woodrow Wilson, praised the president, and criticized Republicans for foreign policy slogans while arguing the real issue is whether Wilson can maintain peaceful international leadership.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thos. R. Marshall
Woodrow Wilson
Republic
United States
America
No Plan for Border Patrol Takes Shape
Major General Tasker H Bliss to testify before the American Mexican commission in New London as border patrol plans remain undefined. American officials aim to explain military aspects of border plans to the Mexican commissioners, with Bliss likely the sole witness in the joint session.
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New London
Conn
Tasker H. Bliss
United States Army
General Bliss
No Eight Hour Day For World Leaders Says Dr Smith
Lexington Va Sept 14 Special There is no eight hour day for world leaders says Dr Henry Louis Smith in his welcome address to Washington and Lee University students. He argues success requires effort and monotony and notes enrollment may reach about 420 with late arrivals. A reception for new students is planned Friday night at the Carnegie Library.
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Lexington
Henry Louis Smith
Washington and Lee University
Lee Memorial Chapel
Y. M
Carnegie Livrary
West Virginia Forest Group Forms County City Branches
The tenth annual West Virginia Forest Game and Fish Protective Association convention completed its final sessions with a push to organize county and city branches across the state to boost forest fire protection and wildlife conservation. Leaders praised state efforts, elected H M Lockridge as president and H V Viquesney as secretary treasurer, and adopted resolutions praising cooperation with Bluefield citizens and local clubs.
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The
West Virginia Forest, Game and Fish Protective Association
Walter R. Cook
Cook
Ane
Association
D. R. Young
J. E. Woodson
Lee Hunt
W. B
D. C
Peters
H. M. Lockridge
Huntersville
H. V. Viquesney
Belington
Bureau of State Co-Operation
West Virginia
Sympathetic Strike Threat Amid New York Traction Dispute
James P. Holland, president of the state federation of labor, predicted a sympathetic strike of 70 000 trade unionists allied with the striking street railway workers if Mayor Mitchel and the public service commission do not secure an amicable settlement before Saturday night. A mass meeting followed a parade of the traction men and supporters.
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New York
Mitchel
Public Service Commission
James P. Holland
State Federation of Labor
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Vance
Dobrudia
Shady Grove
Pred Harper
Home Commission
Elks National
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elke
Interstate Wilk and Cream Co
Col. Roosevelt
Bliss
DR. Smith
Washington & Lee University
West Virginia Association
Frea
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