Russian Advances and Allied Skirmishes Reported
Berlin ignores Russian push toward Konigsburg as German defenses crumble slightly. French sea coast progress near Dunkirk to Arras. English aviators drowned near Ostend and Zeebrugge. Reports place Russians at Tabriz with conflicting claims. Turkish defeats at Baskeuli and forces clash near El Kantara and the Bitter Lakes.
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Basle
Ostend
Zeebugge
Strait of Dover
Tabriz
Azaebijan
Paris
Chol
U S Officials Reject Philippines Sale As Peace Price
Washington officials rejected Hobson of Alabama claiming the United States would abandon the Philippines for peace with Japan stating the charge was entirely false. The remark by the congressman drew denial from administration spokesmen in a January 30 briefing.
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Washington
Hobson
Alabama
United States
Philippines
Japan
Auto Bandits Rob N Y Pawnshop of $50,000 in Jewels
Four automobile bandits entered the Adolph Stern pawnshop at third avenue and eighty fifth street bound and gagged three clerks and fled with jewels valued near fifty thousand as two customers arrived. Detectives pursued the area but no trail has been found. Clerks described the robbers as dark skinned and the store contacted police who dispatched fifty detectives.
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N.Y
New York
Adolph Stern
Third Avenue
Eighty-Fifth Street
Washington Forecasts and Trials Stir Week News
Washington speakers at the Chamber of Commerce session include President Wilson and Secretaries Hirman McAdoo and Redfield. A Senate hearing on Ge n ging s arms export ban is set for Wednesday. William J Ryan to address Indianapolis meeting. Lorimer trial in Chicago opens Monday for alleged bank fraud. Burke bribery trial in New York to follow with Taft, Goethals, and Roosevelt as witnesses.
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United States
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Hiengeck
Wilson
William J. Ryan
Indianapolis
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
William Lorimer
la Salle Trust and Savings Bank
United States Senate
Chicago
Lorimer
Taft
Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Roosevelt
John Burke
Canal
New York
Special train carries troops to Pacific Exposition
A seven car special train of soldiers passed through last night en route from New York to the Pacific Exposition at San Francisco. The Baltimore and Ohio line ran the train, which departed Cumberland at 11 o'clock, with President Daniel Willard of the B and O Railway returning east on his own train and choosing the cut off route.
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Baltimore Rio Railroad
New York
San Francisco
Daniel Willard
Cumberland
Intermediates and Business Logs to Meet YMCA Secretary Baxley
The Intermediates and the Business Logs plan a conference tomorrow at 3 PM with Secretary W. H. Baxley of the Y M C A. Everyone is urged to attend. Elkins Industries to Resume in Elkins West Virginia plans to reopen February 1 affecting about 600 men from Elkins Refrigerator and Fixture Company Elkins Pail and Lumber Company and M M D Brown mills after months of closures.
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W. H. Baxley
Elkins Industries
Elkins
W. Va
Elkins Refrigerator and Fixture Company
Elkins Pail and Lumber Company
First Baptist Church monthly issue on Bedford Street
The First Baptist Church on Bedford Street releases the first number of a monthly bulletin with local church news and religious items including notes from Central V.M.A.
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First Baptist Church
Bedford Street
Te Central v. M
German Blunder Devastates Woevre Infantry Company
Paris Jan 30 German forces in the Woevre region suffered heavy losses when mines placed under trenches to be evacuated were triggered by mistake. The explosion destroyed an entire infantry company and killed hundreds of German soldiers in a tragic misstep.
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Paris
Woevre
Two Basketball Games Tonight at Central YMCA
Two basketball games are scheduled at the Central Y M C A tonight. First Federals play Academy and second Tri State B C face Mit Savage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Y. M. C
Federals
Academy
Tri-State B. C
Mit Savage
Boiler explosion at Keystone Lumber line injures none
In Petersburg West Virginia on Thursday a boiler burst at the Keystone Lumber Company near Eugene Hyre’s place. Fireman Floyd Slayton and six or seven others plus a team of horses were nearby but escaped injury. Robert Luzier was knocked down but unharmed.
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Petersburg
W. Va
Keystone Lumber Company
Eugene Hyre
Floyd Slayton
Robert Luzier
Town Lad Tries Unlawful Red Paint Protest
A local youth attempts to paint a town red challenging rules and provoking authorities. Neighbors report the act as a defiant display amid ongoing disputes over municipal laws and public decorum.
Wilson Outlines Four Rules Of The Business Game
President Wilson told the American Electric Railway Association that a new era of enterprise is near. He listed four rules: publicity so the public knows business actions, value for money, conscience ensuring honors are earned, and a spirit of service guiding top quality.
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Washington
Wilson
American Electric Railway Association
Democratic Congress
Another Wife of Snyder's Found in Tarentum
Ada Snyder of Tarentum reports Ward M. Snyder killed a Houston woman believed to be his wife then died by suicide. The Tarentum woman, 44, says Snyder married in St Louis on February 2, 1911, and they lived together until two years ago. She has heard nothing from him for months and is caring for boarders with her parents. A St Louis telegram confirms the marriage 1911.
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Pittsburgh
Ward M. Snyder
Houston
Tex
Ada Snyder
West Seventh Street
Tarentum
Snyder
St. Louis
Peter Carr
Tulsa
Okla
Cousin Dies in Austrian Army Action Near Belgrade
Max von Schlegell editor of the Martinsburg World reports his cousin Lieutenant Max Muller of the Austrian army was killed in a brilliant Austrian drive toward Belgrade. Mr Von Schlegell is nephew by marriage of Otho Alburtis, dean of Cumberland printers on Goethe street.
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Max von Schlegell
Martinsburg World
Max Muller
Muller
Belgrade
Mr. von Schlegell
Otho Alburtis
Cumberland Printers
Goethe Street
PRESIDENTS NIECE IN THE MOVIES
Miss Margaret Vale Yale niece of President Wilson has been signed by William Fox to play ingenue roles. The South Carolina born authoress and painter is athletic and once played golf with her uncle at the White House. She declined White House christening invites due to her acting career.
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New York
Margaret Yale
Wilson
William Fox
Vale
South Carolina
White House
Owig
Stieg Vale
Fifth Avenue
Missing Words Cause Contests to End
The Ireßs Educational Missing Work Contest ends after Page 1 and 2 final insertions on January 22. Page 1 omitted synonomous from Smiths Tenderfeet Shoes ad and Page 2 left out disparaging from Burton The Tailor ad between a and manner.
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I’ress
Smith
Burton
Miller Executed for Accepting German Money
Belgian forces seized a wind mill near Aerschot after spotting erratic sails used to signal the enemy. Inside they captured a German officer and a private with a mitrailleuse. The miller, found with 1250 in German currency, was executed.
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Miller
Antwerp
New York
Aerschot
Brunswick ministerial association plans union evangelistic drive
The Brunswick Ministerial Association, sued by laymen from each congregation, plans a five week union evangelistic campaign starting May 10 conducted by E. C. Miller of South Bend. A fund is being raised to build a tabernacle and a committee of Rev. C. W. Hess Rev. J. I. Winger and Prof. Oscar M. Fogle will select the tabernacle site.
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Brunswick
Brunswick Ministerial Association
E. C. Miller
South Bend
Ind
C. W. Hess
J. I. Winger
Oscar M. Fogle
Rockefeller gets brickbats from John R Lawson
John R Lawson of the United Mine Workers testified before the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations in New York describing violence against Colorado miners. He criticized John D Rockefeller Jr and the Rockefeller foundation and asserted miners were shot at, homes wrecked, and hundreds dumped in the desert without food or water during strikes.
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New York
John R. Lawson
Colorado
United Mine Workers of America
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller Foundation
Lawson
Rockefeller
Colorado Fuel and Tron Company
Wheat gains as May futures advance in early trading
Chicago January 30 free buying at the opening pushed May wheat to 149 7/8, up 1 1/2 cents from last night. The market showed an overnight rise as traders watched early action at the stock exchange.
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Chicago
The
Stock Exchange
24 Initiated Into 1 O F at Chosen Preends Lodge
Twenty four candidates received the third degree in Odd Fellowship at Chosen Preends Lodge No 34 I O O F last night. Degree Master Clarence Avers presided and Noble Grand William C Walsh presented watches to T B Cessna Mt Savage George W George Cumberland and C A Jewell Ridgeley for excellent membership work.
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Chosen Preends Lodge
Chapel Hill Lodg No
Clarence Avers
Noble
William C. Walsh
T. B .Cessna
Mt. Savage
George W. George
Cumberland
C. A. Jewell
Ridgeley
New
Odd Fellows’ Temple
South Mechanic Street
George M. McCracken
Harry B. Sampson
John Rhind
Cleveland Taylor
Albert Neff
Germany Sends Reinforcements to Konigsburg
London dispatches report Germany hurrying reinforcements into East Prussia to halt the Russian advance toward Konigsburg as Moscow's army presses from the south. Trainloads of German troops move from Flanders toward the German front while Paris confirms Simms tours Belgian lines. Night air raids by French aviators target German camps near Laon LeFere and Soissons as British forces report renewed actions near the Aisne and Alexandretta.
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London
Berlin
Koenigsburg
Guabinnan
Seacoast
Dunkirk
Arras
Germany
East Prussia
Peregrad
Almsterdam
Belgium
Flanders
von Llindenburg
Austria
Gulf of Danzig
Thorn
Simms
Boletam
Pombe
Laon
LeFere
Soissons
Varis
Aisne
County Salaries Law Passed by West Virginia Legislature
Charleston January 30 The county salaries bill passed the House with no dissent after a late Republican conference. Clerks will move to straight salaries starting January 1 1917 and sheriffs at term end. Salaries range 1500 to 5900 for sheriffs and 1200 to 4000 for county clerks, with all fees to county treasury. The Blue amendment to prohibition was adopted by the Senate with a 78 to 6 vote and takes effect in 30 days. Legislature adjourned to Monday.
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Charleston
House
Senate
Wirt County
Kanawha County
Calhoun
Kanawha
Pendleton
Monroe
Shafer of
Cabell
Walters Woman Indicted for Poisoning Children in Bronx
New York January 30 Bronx county grand jury indicted Mrs Su Walters on two counts of murder in the first degree for poisoning her two babies and then poisoning herself. Larry Elton Rogers, her husband, helped as he faced a penal code violation charge and posted bail. Rogers' spouse Mia Caro line Giddings Rogers filed for divorce with summons in county clerk’s office.
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New York
Bronx County Grand Jury
Su Walters
Larrys Elton Rogers
Rogers
Mia
Caroline Giddings Rogers
Franklin Henry Giddings
Columbia University
Pittsburg waitress dies after ingesting carbolic acid
Pittsburg on January 30 Margaret Hart a 19 year old waitress from McKees Rocks drank carbolic acid in a Pittsburg restaurant and died shortly after at the Homeopathic Hospital on Second Avenue. She went into a side room around 3 pm and was found hours later by other employees with an empty bottle.
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Pittsburg
Margaret Hart
McKees Hhocks
Homeopathic Hospital
Second Avenue
Smoot Talks All Night in Senate Filibuster
Senator Smoot spoke through the night in the Senate against the Shipping Bill, continuing filibuster after nine fifty until morning with only brief pauses for glass of water, as Republican tactics extend the debate.
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Smoot
Senate
Washington
Smoott
Sutherland
Utes
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Czar
Konigsburg
Vabriz
Petrograd
Baskeuli
Alashgird
el Kantara
Suez
Bitter Lakes
U.S
Hirran, McAdoo
Redfield
Vention
Chamber of Commerce
Secu
Baxley
Church Monthly
Pour Fiffex
Margaret Vale
Frostburg
Consolidation Coal Company
Hoffman
William Clark
Wilaim Phillip Simms
United Press
France
Simm
Battlefront
Ines
Snes
Egypt
Alexandretta
Asiatic
Turkey
Walters
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