German Prisoners in Siberia Reorganized Threaten Pacific
Tokyo reports German and Austrian supplies in the hands of Siberian prisoners aided by Bolsheviks. Japan may renew a request for U S consent to a Japanese expedition into Siberia as Washington and the State Department refuse to discuss details.
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Siberia
John Edwin Nevin
Washington
Japan
Tokio
Pacific
United States
White House
State Department
Mrs Georgia Mobley Sentenced Six Months In Workhouse
Mrs Georgia Mobley pled guilty to keeping a bawdy house and drew six months in the workhouse. She has lived in the city forty years and separated from her husband for five, claiming illness and three surgeries. Logan urged leniency citing police actions reducing bawdy houses. The report notes other defendants: Thomas Stowe got one year for copper wire theft from the B&O railroad. Tony Monico six months for unlicensed liquor sales. Harry ONeill fined costs and paroled a year.
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Georgia Mobley
City
Emery
Thomas Stowe
Baltimore and Ohio
Tony Monico
Harry O’neill
Dis
George W. Muse
Samuel W Dana Nears Ninety as Lawrence County Lawyer
Samuel W. Dana, elder member of the Lawrence county bar and longtime New Castle resident, will turn 90 on March 14. Despite age he remains active at his office each morning, with son Richard F. Dana handling most court work. Born March 14, 1828 in Amherst Massachusetts, Dana studied law there before moving to New Castle and joining the bar in 1853. He has practiced continually since, living on the north side of the public square and occupying his current office since 1857. His partnership with James W. Johnston helped establish early local legal prominence.
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Samuel W. Dana
Nestor
Lawrence County
New Castle
Richard F. Dana
Massachusetts
Mr. Dana
Amherst
Mass
Amherst College
Dana
James W. Johnston
Y. W. C. A. Build
George Von L Meyer In Serious Condition
International News Service reports a sharp decline in former Secretary of the Navy George Von L Meyer. Doctors say he has not responded to treatment and remains in critical condition after several days of deterioration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
eGorge von L. Meyer
Henry B. Lawton Enlists in Army After Draft Board
Henry B. Lawton, once a noted Pennsylvania railroad man, returned from Thunderer Bay Canada and presented himself to the city draft board. He passed physicals and departed for Pittsburg then Camp Sherman Ohio. He may join a railway engineers regiment leveraging his railroad experience.
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Henry B. Lawton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thunderer Bay
Canada
Pittsburg
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Forsbrey Re-Captured After Short Escape
International News Service reports Rey nolds Forsbrey known as a monster criminal was recaptured in Locke Cayuga County 25 miles from the escape site. He was cornered by officers in Lehigh Valley railroad yards and returned to Auburn prison after a brief, resistance-free struggle.
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International News Services
Albany
N. Y
Reynolds Forsbrey
Auburn Prison
Locke
Cayuga County
Forsbrey
Lehigh Valley
James M. Carter
Lehigh Valley Road
Auburn
Big Knox fire truck moved to Croton avenue shop
The Knox fire truck out of service was moved yesterday to the Croton avenue tool house where the master mechanic will install a rebuilt engine and new parts once arriving from the factory. Officials hope the big truck returns to service within a week or ten days. Elmer E. Rice of Crawford avenue remains critically ill with pneumonia.
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Big Knox
Croton Avenue
Elmer E. Rice
Crawford Avenue
War Department Faces Casualty List Disclosure Debate
Washington officials pursue a compromise to publish American casualty lists from France with names and enlistment cities only, to avoid revealing unit affiliations. The Creel committee blocks public release, arguing the lists cause unnecessary worry and carry no military value. Dozens of men share names in the current lists.
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International News Service
Bulletin
Washington
Committee On Public Information
War Department
France
Creel Committee
Adjutant General’s Department
Robert Cunningham Accepts Government Post in Detroit
Robert H. Cunningham of Hazelcroft Avenue has accepted a government position and is currently in Detroit Michigan. His wife Mrs Cunningham will join him once he is permanently located there.
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Robert H. Cunningham
Hazelcroft Avenue
Detroit, Mich
Mrs. Cunningham
Death notices list local residents and ages
Death notices record Silas S. Stevenson 73 Hilwood City Pa H W Ferrer 34 Sharon Pa Mrs J H Conn 20 North Wayne Street Joseph Loving 60 North Apple John Thornton 82 West Washington Street extension
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Silas S. Stevenson
Hilwood City
H. W. Ferrer
Sharon
J. H. Conn
North Wayne Street
Joseph Loving
North Apple
John Thornton
West Washington Street
Hillsville Leads In Thrift Stamps Drive
County Superintendent Leslie and Shields mobilize thrift stamp sales in schools. Hillsville pupils lead with about 50 percent participation and $257 in stamps purchased by March 6 under Principal R T Dicks.
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Leslie
Shields
Hillsville
R. T. Dicks
Automobiles Gasoline Tank Explosion Injures Local Man
Joseph Stewart of 1819 East Washington street was badly burned when a lantern on the running board ignited gasoline as his car tank was filled. He was taken to Shenango Valley hospital in very serious condition after the blast in the Stewart garage.
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Joseph Stewart
East Washington Street
Shenango Valley Hospital
Stewart
Boiler explosion kills fireman in Plum Township
Pittsburg Pa March one fireman died and three workers were injured when a boiler on a stationary engine exploded at the Robit Sharp plant in Plum Township last night. Fireman John Remley, 45, was fatally struck by debris as other workers suffered blast injuries and were treated at the scene and local hospital.
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Pittsburg
John Remley
Robit Sharp
Plum Township
Americans Face Liquid Fire Attack
American patrols in France captured four German liquid fire projectors abandoned in No Man's Land during a raid north of Toul. Germans reached American barbed wire and began to deploy flames before American sharpshooters opened fire, causing the party to flee and leave the apparatus behind.
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Henry G. Wales
France
Toul
Senser
No Man’s Land
Germans Launch Major Belgian Attack Repulsed by British
British war office reports a night bombardment and a one mile Belgian front attack repulsed at most points. Germans entered Poelderhoek briefly on a 200 yard front before a strong British counter attack drove them back. In Neuve Chapelle Fleurbaix area British raids followed.
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International News Service
London
Belgium
War Office
Poelderhoek
Ypres-Menin Road
Howe vs City of New Castle Warms to New Hearing
Mrs Ellis sues the city of New Castle workmen compensation board after a Harrisburg patch prompts a new hearing. She claims her late husband Robert Ellis died from hydrophobia due to dog bites in his city duties, while the city cites natural causes. Referee Christley grants Mrs Ellis a rehearing and the city seeks one as well. Rehearings are also granted in cases from Volant and New Wilmington.
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Howe
New Castle
Patch
Harrisburg
Ellis
Robert Ellis
Dogger
Christley
Jessie Sipe
Volant
William Garrett
New Wilmington
Prosecutor Audra Dombeck Sentenced After Grand Jury
Audra Dombeck, prosecutor in an assault and battery case, was sentenced by Judge Emery this morning to pay the costs following the grand jury’s failure to return a true bill. The sentence aligns with the jury’s recommendation.
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Audra Dombeck
Emery
Auto Struck and Run Over Man After Street Car Dispute
Police report a Washington Street incident in Mahoningtown where two men argued after alighting a street car near Hanover Shoe. J W McClusky struck David Jenkins Jr, who was then run over by a following auto that fled. Jenkins rushed to New Castle Hospital. McClusky claims self defense and says he lives on Hillcrest Avenue. The car owner’s license number is known and police will pursue.
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Mahoningtown
Hanover
Washington Street
J. W. McClusky
David Jenkins Jr
Jenkins
Jen
Kins
New Castle
McClusky
Shinango
Hillcrest Avenue
Tin Milk
Mal
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