Gardner letter questions U S Navy readiness in 1919 era
Representative A P Gardner of Massachusetts releases a public letter to former President Taft criticizing Secretary Daniels and Secretary Roosevelt over naval readiness. He argues the Navy remains underpowered, slow to modernize, and inadequately equipped. Gardner cites ship tonnages, battleship counts, and submarine numbers as evidence of delay and urgency.
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Washington
Taft
A. P. Gardner
Mahusetts
Gardner
Segretary
Ness
Presidnet Garfield
Williams College
Navy
William H. Taft
New Haven
Connecticut
Navy Daniels
Garfield
Daniels
Massachusetts
United States
Williams
Triume Anssreenghinely
Ates
Congress
Garfeld
President Wilson
Roosevelt
Daniela
Wilson
House of Representatives
Meyer
Mr. Daniels
Archangel Gabriel
General Board of the Navy
Ussing
Rew
Hampton Roads
Allanee
Kerts
Naval Affairs Committee
Sterling
Panama Canal
Sterlingtra
Fiske
United States Navy
Navy Department
Jae
Fletcher
Committee On Naval Affairs
Rks
Admiral Fletcher
New York
Rhode Island
Admiral Pletcher
North Sea
Army and Navy
A. . Gardner
Stomach Trouble For Five Years Relief From Thedford’s Black Draught
Pomerayton Ky A J Hughes writes that five years of stomach trouble and severe headaches eased after three months of Thedford’s Black Draught. He praises the herbal remedy’s gentle, safe action and urges households to keep a package on hand. The note emphasizes the medicine’s value for stomach and liver complaints and its affordability.
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Pomerayton, Ky
A. J. Hughes
Thedford
Reward Offered for Davidson Escape from Philippi Jail
Sherif A F Bennett of Philippi Barbour county offers 100 reward for the arrest and detention of Howard Davisson who escaped from the Philippi jail in February after a criminal court conviction for cattle theft. A full description is printed in the notice as search efforts continue with no clues found to date.
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Sherif A. F. Bennett
Philippi
Barbour County
Howard Davisson
Daviston
Suffrage congress scene stirs crowd at Tilbury
Report on a suffrage congress with English women ready to back sons in war and German delegates, led by Jane Adams, fails to gain broad support. Mrs Rostka Schwimmer leads a silent prayer as delegates stand in reverent stillness.
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Congress of
Bie
Ark Treet
Ted
Tilbury
The
Hungarian Women's Suffrage Assorelation
Coal mines to resume full operation under big orders
FAIRMONT May 1 The Murray Meadowbrook and Two Lick coal mines will be put into full operation again by Consolidation Coal Company after new orders for several hundred thousand tons to be delivered promptly in the Lake districts. Another mine may resume soon, as contracts require immediate delivery, potentially employing 1,000 miners. The Meadowbrook and Two Lick mines had run partly to supply Baltimore and Ohio Railroad engines.
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Fairmont
Murray
Meadowbrook
Two Lick
Consolidation Coal ComPany
Iake
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Harry Hi. Watson
West Virginia
Consolidation Company
Say Horse Buy ers in Fraud Case at Clarksburg
Maxwell and Houston, residents of Taylor county, were arrested in Clarksburg on May 1 for passing bogus checks to buy horses from Marion county residents near Glady Creek. Sheriff Conway and two deputies seized them. horses valued at 150 to 250 dollars were involved, and the fraud was uncovered before their departure.
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Fairmont
Maxwell
Houston
Taylor County
Clarksburg
Conway
Marion County
Glady Creek
Harrison County
Sol Vincent
Samuel Linn
Lloyd Williams
Steen Vincent
Brushed corpse found in Monongahela river near Hoult
A bruised American man about 38 was found in the Monongahela river below Hoult government locks near Fairmont. He had been in the water about four months, was unidentifiable, swollen and bruised, and clothed in a black shirt and striped trousers. Coroner Lloyd investigated. In a separate note, West Virginia beat Duquesne 7 to 5 as Sweeney starred for the visitors.
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Fairmont
Monongahela
Hoult
Lloyd
Varsity
Pittsburghers
Pittsburgh
University of West Virginia
Duquesne University
West Virginians
Duquesne
Harenski
Sweeney
Joseph Jefferson, Jr. Appeases Movie Goers In Rip Van Winkle
Moving picture fans packed Grand Theatre last night to watch Joseph Jefferson Jr in Rip Van Winkle. The star led a strong cast with notable supporting players as excellent sets and screen attraction impressed audiences.
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Joseph Jefferson, JR
Movin Goers
Rip van Winkle
Grand Theatre
Mr. Jefferson
Women’s Mission Convention Set for Mannington
The eleventh annual convention of the Women's Home and Foreign Missionary societies of the Grafton Presbytery will be held at Mannington on May 4 and 6. Leading members of the local Missionary society will attend.
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Mannington
The
Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
Grafton Presbytery
Missionary Society
West Virginia Patents and International Peace Session Notes
Patent office records show over 4,000 pages of recent West Virginia patent filings led by Wheeling patent lawyer Dunlap. The list includes names like Charles J Ad ar d Hatfield and Leonard N Sal g ow from Fairmont and Bretz with boxes such as garment stretcher and mail box as well as trade mark registrations. The Hague and Mrs Amy Lil lago figure in a broader international context referencing the dove of peace as a related note.
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Dunlap
Wheeling
Patent Office
In- Elkins
Wast F
Rec- Virginia
Charles J. Ad
Keenan Frank Slagow
Bretz
H. Woeffel
Point Pleasant
the Hague
Mayer
Scott
Sena
Dove’ of Peace
J. L
Amy Lil'ago
Will Probifel & Sons
Decoration Day in Grafton Might Draw Crowds this Year
May 20th falls on a Sunday this year and observers may honor fallen heroes on May 29 or 31. J C Lewetten of Reno Post G A R urged city officials to fund a ceremony at the National Cemetery in West Virginia, but city funding is uncertain. Local leaders say a small spend could attract a large crowd and provide worthwhile town publicity.
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Gratton
National Cemetery
West Virginia
J.C. Lewetten
Reno Post
City Commission
Tory
Grafton
West Virginia University wins interstate oratory contest
Wilford J. Booker of West Virginia University won the interstate oratory contest held at McCoy Hall under the Intercollegiate Peace Association. Leo A. Cobb of Loyola College placed second for Maryland. Saddler of Atlantic Christian College spoke on The City of Refuge, while Paris of the University of Virginia presented The New Empire. The Virginia contestant argued Surest Way of International Peace. The winner will represent the South Atlantic Group at the international contest at Lake Mohawk in late May.
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Baltimore
Wilford J. Booker
West Virginia University
West Virginia
McCoy Hall
Intercollegiate Peace Association
Maryland
Leo A. Cobb
Loyola College
City of Refuge
Saddler
Atlantic Christian College
North Carolina
New Empire
Paris
Univeristy
Virginia
South Atlantic
Lake Mohawk
Writ of Mandamus Against B&O Granted
In Charleston on May 1 Judge L Judson Williams of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued an alternative writ of mandamus against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. The order compels the company to comply with the Public Service Commission by maintaining the 2 cent passenger fare in the state. The writ is returnable May 11. The railroad had planned to implement the 2 cent fare on May 1 after the commission had ordered a suspension pending a public hearing on reasonableness.
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Charleston
L. Judson Williams
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
Wife fatally shoots husband then kills self in court house
Louis Schweiger, president of a construction company, was fatally shot by his wife in the county courthouse corridor in Kansas City. Mrs Schweiger then shot herself. Schweiger had just obtained a divorce last week and his wife had gone to the courthouse to file a motion in the case.
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Kansas City
Louis Schweiger
County Court House
No Aches or Pains Peruna Cure Claim
Mrs Thomas M Morgan of Wadsworth Ohio writes that lingering stomach cramps sick headaches and near fainting spells vanished after using Peruna following a physician’s advice. She credits the remedy with a full recovery and notes she would never be without it.
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RF. D
Wadsworth, Oso
Chicago's Unemployed Army Grows in May Day Strike
Chicago May Day reports show 32,200 union workers idle due to strikes and lockouts, with 13,000 carpenters and 1,200 structural iron workers among them. Iron workers’ strike broadens idle ranks to 125,000 across allied trades. carpenters' talks are pivotal. Elevated and surface transport unions plan wage talks next week, while garment workers seek higher pay as their contract expires.
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Chicago
Firat
Peace In Europe Through International Congress Proposed
Philadelphia May 2 Lowes Dickinson of Kings College Cambridge outlined a plan for peace led by the United States. He urged a European Congress with all states represented, a treaty for arbitration backed by force, and a U S leadership role to end European alliances and militaristic diplomacy. In Virginia Tom Coles, a colored man, pleaded guilty to criminal assault and was sentenced to death, with execution set for June 4 at the state penitentiary.
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America
Philadelphia
G_ Lowes Dickinson
Kings College
Cambridge
England
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Wilson
Congress
Neutra
Dickinson
Europe
Sinceraly
United States
Boydton
Tom Coles
William R. Barksdale
Mecklenburg
Clarkaville
Barksdale
State Penitentiary
Richmond
Coles
Petersburg
Evansville man found dead in alley murder theory grows
Evansville Indiana May 1 Joseph Beeles a 62 year old transfer man was found dead with a bullet wound in his head early yesterday morning in an alley. Police pursue murder clue amid a battered derby hat and torn clothing suggesting a struggle. Beeles owned real estate a transfer line and stakes in moving picture theaters. A revolver lay near his hand and an empty pocketbook lay nearby.
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Evansville
Ind
Joseph Beeles
Beeles
Wheeling
W. Va
Woodlawn
West Virginia
Three killed in Lan su de disaster at Baudeaux launch
In Baudeaux France three people died when the battleship Lan suedoc broke from the slipway at speed. The vessel struck and crushed a lighter on its bankside run, fatalities occurring aboard the lighter. The Langue doc is a superdreadnought of 36 24 830 tons costing 13 212 000 dollars, 674 feet long, armed with twelve 13.4 inch guns twenty four 6.5 inch guns and six torpedo tubes.
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Badeaux
France
Children Recover From Lightning Strike Tragedy
The two daughters of Charles W. Boyd, badly burned and shocked when lightning struck the Boyd home killing Mrs. Boyd, are not seriously injured and attended the funeral. They stayed with their uncle at Lost Creek overnight and will live nearby once a new home is prepared.
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Charles W. Boyd
Boyd
Lost Creek
Lof
Laird of Seibo Announces Big Gift to Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh April 30. Announcement of an additional 2,700,000 gift to the Carnegie Institute and Institute of Technology by Andrew Carnegie. Two leading speakers at Carnegie Music Hall exercises commended a cohesive moral strength among nations of the hemisphere against the rest of the world.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute and Institute of ‘Technology
Andrew — Carnegie
Carnegie Music Hall
Contractors and Manufacturers Scouting High School Site
Columbus contractors and brick manufacturers visited the site for the new high school, reviewing data beyond plans to bid on the project. Officials expect several bidders, likely keeping prices fair. A separate note from Cumberland reports William H. Tyler, 23, of Washington, jailed two years for forging a $6 check.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cumberland
William H. Tyler
Washington
Henderson
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