Views of Lloyd George and Asquith on conscription crisis
London reports indicate a possible understanding between Lloyd George and Asquith to calm sensational press efforts over conscription. A public letter from Lloyd George urges a government lead, warns against delay or precipitate action, and argues the issue hinges on demonstrable facts about voluntary versus compulsory service.
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London
Lihoud-George
Asquith
Wiltshire
Neight
Lloyd George Jone
Britain
Great Britain
Europe
Federal court operates without bailiffs in West Virginia
Judge Alston G. Deyton presided a session of the federal court in Martinsburg without bailiffs and court criers for the first time. The Attorney General’s August 15 order replaces deputy marshals with salaried deputies to improve efficiency and economy. If successful, the method may expand nationwide.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Alston G. Deyton
Federal Court
Northern District
West Virginia
Gregory
United States
Significance of Moses Face Shining Inspires Revival Efforts
Last night at Mc Kendree M. & Church on North Centre Street Rev Chauncey I Withrow preached on The Significance of the shining of Moses Face. Prayers by Rev J H E B Carter Keyser W Va Rev C S Briggs and Rev McEdy. Twenty four conversions reported. Withrow to speak on Ezekiel Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones.
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McKendree M
North Centre Street
Chauncey I. Withrow
Moses
J. H. EB. Carter
Keyser
W. Va
C.S. Briggs
McEdy
Mr. Withrow
Zekiel
Valley of Dry Bones
100000 Cans A Day In Phillips Can Plant
In Wierton West Virginia on September 22 a large force of workers is turning out 100000 tin cans in a Phillips Can company shop. The cans will be used in fill i order for condensed milk for ced armies in Europe.
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Wierton
W. Va
Phillips Can Company
Europe
Fire boss killed in gas explosion at York mine
Charleston West Virginia September 22 a blast at the York mine of the Hutchinson Company in Reynoldsville near Charleston killed Richard Addcock the fire boss who was alone inside. Officials say natural gas seeping into workings from nearby wells caused the explosion.
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Charleston
W. V
York
Hutchinson Company
Reynoldsville
Richard Addcock
Harford Democrat Editors Face Libel Indictments
Belair Maryland September 22 the Harford county grand jury adjourned and returned indictments against J Granville Heaps and Joseph M and G Gover Streett editors of the Harford Democrat for libel. Heaps wrote a letter accusing William S Forwood Jr of violating the Corrupt Practices act by dispensing liquor at the St Marys tournament. Forwood was exonerated by the jury.
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Belair, Md
Harford County
J. Granville Heaps
Joseph M
G. Gover Streett
Harford Democrat
Heaps
Democrat
William S. Forwood, Jr
St. Mary’s
Forwood
Age 80, She Fishes Every Day
Cleveland witnesses a remarkable octogenarian fisherman. Mrs. M. J. Helmer, who turns 80 next month, fishes daily off Edgewater park pier. For a decade she has drawn bountiful catches, reputedly more than any other Great Lakes fisher. Her grandchildren often help haul the day’s prize catch home.
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Cleveland
M. J. Helmer
Edgewater Park
Grafton Bank wrecking drew editorials in Sentinel
The Grafton Daily Sentinel September 20 editorial defends upholding the law after the local bank wrecking. It condemns mob hatred, asserts duty to chronicle daily events, and states officials must answer for acts while the paper bears no blame for their situation. It condemns silence as moral cowardice.
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Grafton Daily Sentinel
the Sentinel
Grafton Bank
Marriages Reported In Greensburg and Brooklyn
Foster S. McVicker and Mildred Louise Stowers wed at the bride’s home in Piedmont with Rev. John H. Jeffries officiating. The couple will reside in Greensburg where the groom works as a cashier for Adams Express. Also announced is the Brooklyn marriage of Thomas Leslie Lashley to Helen Evelyn Lushmore, linked to a local bank and flour firm. Hugh Utterback and Mable Middleton eloped during a Sunday excursion and were married on the return trip from Virginia caverns.
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Foster S. McVicker
Greensburg
Mildred Louise Stowers
Charles Stowers
Bellevue Street
John H. Jeffries
Methodist Episcopal Church
Piedmont
Brooklyn
N. Y
Thomas Leslie Lashley
Thomas B. Lashley
The
Commercial Savings Bank
Helen Evelyn Lushmore
Hugh Utterback
Mable Middleton
Luray
Brown on Trial for Misconduct in Maryland
W Howard Brown of Woodstock Md former House of Delegates member stood trial in the Circuit Court for Howard County on a charge of misconduct with Mary Young then 15 in June 1914. The girl testified for much of the day, living in the Brown home at the time and now in the Brown Aid Society.
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Ellicott City
W. Howard Brown
Woodstock
House of Delegates
Howard County
Mary Young
Brown
Brown Aid Society
Feast of Tabernacles Begins Worldwide Tonight
Feasts begin at sunset as Jews worldwide observe Suceeth or Feast of Tabernacles. The festival marks rejoicing after harvests and is celebrated by reform and orthodox communities with elaborate services and social greetings.
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Tabernacles
New York
Largest American Flag to Lead Grand Army Parade
Washington September 22 The largest United States flag will be a feature of the upcoming Grand Army parade in the capital. Owned by Canton Ohio and donated by McKinley Post it measures 120 by 53½ feet and was formerly the largest flag in the Post Office building. Parade will include 150 Sons of Veterans carrying the Canton flag.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Canton
Ohio
McKinley Post Cast
Sons of Veterans
Power line accident kills Charlestown man near town
M D Thornton, about 30, an employee of the Northern Virginia Power Company, was killed near Charlestown on September 22 while using a private telephone. The wire allegedly touched a high tension line. He leaves a wife and two small children and was a native of Danville, Virginia.
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Charlestown
W. Va
M. D. Thornton
Northern Virginia Power Company
Danville
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Agency For
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National Cemetery
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Cumberland
Western
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Falk
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