Grafton Royal Arch Masons Elect Officers
At a stated convocation of Cope stone Chapter No. 12 Royal Arch Masons last evening in the Masonic Temple the annual election of officers was held A large number of Masons attended the session and enjoyed the spread after the work was completed by Most Excellent High Priest R L Sawyer Officers named Most Excellent High Priest W U Sawyer Racellent King Jed W Robinson Excellent Scribe Robert Hooper Secretary S M Musgrove Captain of the Host J B Leamon Principal Sojourner W Merle Watkins Royal Arch Captain W O Bolin Master of the Third Veil E W J Doll Master of the Second Veil Arthur G Yates Master of the First Veil Fred B Watkins Tiler Jesse T Beall
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Copestone
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
R. L. Sawyer
W. U. Sawyer
Jed W. Robinson
Robert Hooper
S. M
Baltimore & Ohio to hold Deer Park meeting for rail line officials
President Daniel Willard considers another Baltimore & Ohio gathering at Deer Park, Md., with over 500 officials invited to share ideas for improving service. Past meetings in Deer Park have led to notable operational enhancements and a push for strict sanitary practices across the system.
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Baltimore
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Deer Park
Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Hach
E. M. Parlett
Safety Committee of
T- 19
Bryan resigns from Cabinet amid Wilson dispute
Bryan resigns after irreconcilable dispute with President Wilson over policy toward Germany. He plans to issue a statement outlining his stance on the matter and advocates submitting the question to an investigating body while Americans avoid taunting ships with contraband. Wilson opposes surrender of rights, aiming to test public sentiment as policy develops. Bryan departs State Department at 12:20 PM to brief the White House.
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Bryan
Wilson
Germany
Austria
Belegium
Japan
Berlin
United States
Ind
Washington
State Department
Mr. Bryan
White House
Public warns on artful safety devices at railroads
A quoted traveler urges living up to standards for proper and good reasons in economic and aesthetic terms. The public is quick to condemn yet ready to applaud innovations in safety devices or comfort a railroad may inaugurate.
Laughing Gas Victims Flop Their Arms in Deaths
New gas reported by chemist Enos Curtin, returned from Lorraine service, is described as fatal in nearly every case. Three gases used by Germans include chlorine and bromine. the unknown gas, called laughing gas, requires pure oxygen as antidote though not always effective. Victims collapse, limbs stiffen, and bodies flap their arms while dying.
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New York
Enos Curtin
St. Louis
Lorraine
Curtin
Monongalia Court Approves $75,000 Levy for State University
Morgantown West Virginia June 8 The county court approved a special levy of 75000 to be raised over the next four years for university property and buildings through the state board of control. The plan aims to total 275000 state funds for lands and structures with strong support from Morgantown leaders and board members Lakin McCrum Moreland presiding.
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Morgantown
W. Va
State University
State Board of Control
James 8. Lakin
A.iss McCrum
Board of Control
James R. Moreland
Loart
Lakin
Nee
Texas Ranger Burdette Killed in Fabens Shootout
Lee I Burdette, a Texas ranger from Austin, was shot and killed near Fabens, Texas, during a pistol battle with three Mexicans. Two Mexicans were seriously wounded and expected to die. a third suspect was being pursued by a posse.
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Marathon
Tex
Daylight Holdups Net Big Haul In New York
A daylight holdup in New York saw three bandits threaten two men driving to deposit at a Bronx bank. They beat the victims and took a satchel containing 38,500 dollars before fleeing via footbridge to an awaiting automobile. Victims were George Listardt cashier and Thomas Boyd supervisor of Warden's Condensed Milk Company branch.
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New York
George Listardt
Thomas Boyd
Warden's Condensed Milk Company
Bronx
Firemen Rescue Chickens at Elkins Home
Elkins West Virginia residents and the city fire department with a new auto fire truck responded at noon to rescue chickens trapped at a local home. The incident drew attention from the Latino community members and the public as crews worked to save the birds.
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Sentinel
Elkins
W. Va
Spic-And-Span Fire Department
Elkins Place
Fire Threat to Chickens in Elkins Coop
Report circulated that a large brood of 300 chickens faced danger as a fire broke out in a frame chicken coop on the Elkins property. Men eager to heroically help aided in the gallant effort, and the blaze was quickly controlled after it started likely from a brooder in the building.
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Elkins
Public warning on belligerent ship travel urged by Bryan
A private citizen argues the government should forbid Americans from traveling on belligerent ships and from carrying ammunition, urging warnings to avoid danger and to support presidential remedies. He cites Taft and Wilson as precedents and notes Bryan reserved other points for future discussion.
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Taft
Mexico
Wilson
Passeng
Bryan
Celebration at Clarksburg 18 Now Being Planned
The biggest Fourth of July celebration in Clarksburg will be held at the new fair grounds on Monday, July 5. Events include three harness horse races, motorcycle and mule races, a base ball game, contests for kings, and more than $500 in purses. Two bands will perform patriotic music, dancing in the Pavilion, refreshments served all day, a big basket raffle, and a greased pig event. The night fireworks display is touted as the largest in this region, with special cars running on all traction lines to accommodate the crowd. Citizens of Central West Virginia are invited to attend.
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Clarksburg
Webster County
West
Virginia
Suffrage Leaders Urge District Campaigns at National Meet
Chicago hosts the midyear conference of the American Woman Suffrage Association as leaders from forty one states push congressmen to back the Susan B Anthony amendment. Dr Anna Howard Shaw warns militancy must be kept from the movement while praising Denmark's suffrage action. Other speakers include Mrs Medill McCormick Miss Alice Stone Blackwell and Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton.
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Chicago
Sui ‘Ocka~ion
Congress
Anna Howard Shaw
New York
National Association
Anthony
Shaw
Tmginéh
Robert
Medill McCormick
Alice Stone Blackwell
Harriet Taylor Upton
Denmark
Joanna Hunter
Danish Suffrage Association
National Congressional Committee
National American Suffrage Association
Rules Committee
McCrum Appointed to State Board of Control
Charleston West Virginia June 7 Senator A Bliss McCrum of Klingwood was appointed by Governor Hatfield Saturday afternoon as a member of the state board of control to succeed William O Dawson who resigned to join the public service commission McCrum a lawyer with Crogan and McCrum will serve until July 1 1917 The appointment is viewed as a reward for administration backing during the recent special session of the legislature
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State Board OF Control
Charleston
W.va
A. Bliss McCrum
Klingwood
Hatfield
William O. Dawson
Public Service Commission
McCru
McCrum
Crogan & McCrum
Will Polygamy Be Legalized in War's Aftermath
Correspondence from Berlin notes a historic idea revived in some circles to replace lost human material with legalized polygamy. It cites a 1660 Nuremberg protocol pondering multiple marriages and social duties to supply manpower amid war and decline of male population.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Ansbach
Nuremberg
Holy Roman Empire
Verdict Leaves No Doubt As Grafton Testimony Speaks
In Grafton testimony readers hear personal accounts of kidney illness and relief from Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs. B. A. Shroyer of Maple Street testifies she suffered weak kidneys and backache, found relief with Doan's Kidney Pills from Jon Drug Co. at 50 cents, and urges others to use the same remedy. Foster-Milburn Co. advertises the product and Buffalo, New York as the source.
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Grafton
Dean
A. Shroyer
Jon Drug Co
Transport Wagons Arrive for Fairmont National Guard
Eight new combat wagons with harness for four horse teams arrive in Fairmont to supply the local national guard. The equipment, destined for the armory, will be assembled and used to haul ammunition, food and company supplies. More guns and mules are expected from the war department for the guardsmen.
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Fairmont
W. Va
National Guard
United States Army
War Department
Horrible tale of a white slave victim in mid-Atlantic era
A Baltimore report recounts the case of Frank Stilitano and accomplices who lured a 14 year old Italian girl named Carmela through a network of towns in Maryland West Virginia to “sell herself” in mining camps. The girl was taken from Hagerstown Cumberland Magnolia and then to mining camps with promises of clothing and jewels. The gang included Italians Poles Lithuanians Russians and others. Stilitano was tried on charges tied to the Mann White Slave law and sentenced to ten years in a federal prison in Atlanta Georgia after a brief verdict. The story describes the manipulation and degradation of the victim and the long criminal trail leading to arrest.
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Baltimore
United States
Frank Stilitano
Maryland
West Virginia
Rose
Atlanta
Suiliano
Joseph H. Mellen
Little Carmela
Young Ap
Haere
Frank Marajodi
Stilitano
Sirlitano
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Nina Forti
Magnolia
W. Va
Frank Marapodi
Wis
Bridgat
Hagers Town
State Grading Board Opens Paper Review in Charleston
In Charleston the state grading board began evaluating June teacher examination papers in the house of delegates chamber. The board of nineteen educators includes principals B R Haifan Benwood and M L Wachtel Martinsburg and several prominent teachers across the state. The process is expected to mirror April’s workload with similar paper counts.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bass
Chamber of the House of Delegates
Capitol
B. R. Haifan
Benwood
M. L. Wachtel
Martinsburg
Minnie Jane Merrell
Hillsboro
Bertha Steisbach
Point Pleasant
P. F. Jones
Island
Hallie McCormick
Sistera
Marie Louise Browning
Dowdy
Sinks Grove
Jen
H. Toler
Pifieville
Willis Fortney
Kingwood
Mattie E
Tudor
Huntington
Eva Echols
Danville
Loran
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