World War Fronts Report Across Europe and Near East
London reports German Austro-Hungarian advances push toward Warsaw and Galicia while Russian defenses hold in the north. Gallipoli actions near Achi Baba dominate headlines as French and British forces push on the southern peninsula. Italian activity on the Isonzo line grows with more troops and guns but no decisive gains yet.
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Achi Baba
Dardanelles
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Guila Lipa
Vistula
Bug
Dublin
Argonne Forest
Meuse
Vosges
Vienna
Isonzo
Russians Repulse German War Fleet at Windau
Petrograd reports that German warships including a patrol cruiser four light cruisers and torpedo boats bombarded Windau and attempted a landing but were repulsed by Russian forces. A hostile torpedo boat blew up on a mine as torpedo boats engaged the cruisers and forced the Germans to retire.
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Petrograd
Windau
General Headquarter
French War Office reports quiet night. several German attacks repulsed
Paris July 1 The French war office reports a quiet night in the north with activity around Arras Champagne and Metzeral. German assaults near Benarbille road and in the Argonne were checked with heavy losses.
Four Fishermen Die in Surf Off Ocean City
Four fishermen drowned and three narrowly escaped when their boat capsized in the surf at Ocean City. The dead are George Williams and Charles McLank Octantry, Luther Hitchens of Snow Hill Maryland, and Robert Timmons of Borjin. Seven men were aboard a boat that became uncontrollable in the breakers.
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Ocean City
Mit
George Williams
Charles McLan
OctaniCty
Luther Hitchens
Snow Hill
Robert Timmons
Borjin
Prohibition Enforced as Saloons Close Nationwide
Montgomery Ala July 1 statewide prohibition took effect with all saloons and dispensaries closed last night. The transition proceeded with marked orderliness under the Merritt-Denys bill enacted in January.
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Sey agencaTes Pres
Montgomery
Ala
FOWLER LOSES FRED FOWLER PARKIRSburg OFFICE TO M H MARS H
Announcements reveal a change in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad division freight office at Parkersburg. Fred Fowler, longtime head, is promoted to assistant general freight agent with headquarters in Baltimore. H H Marsh of Wheeling will replace him as division freight agent, effective Thursday.
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Parkirsburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fred Fowler
Baltimore
Fowler
H. H. Marsh
Wheeling
Mareh
Baltimore and Ohio
Hell
County School Boards Plan Annual Meetings Monday and Tuesday
Harrison county boards of education schedule annual meetings on July 5 and 6 to appoint teachers and trustees for the new school year. Some districts will move the meetings to Tuesday due to the national holiday.
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Boards of Education
Harrison County
Tornado Kills Six in Ottawa County Oklahoma
A tornado in Ottawa county northeastern Oklahoma last night reportedly killed six people with three deaths verified. The rural areas near Miami were hard to reach and telephone lines were out of commission.
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Muskogee
Okla
Ottawa County
Oklahoma
Miami
Evelyn Thaw Absent From Trial Amid Health Doubts
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw refuses to honor a subpoena to testify in the sanity trial of her husband Harry K. Thaw. She cites poor health and fear for her life, offering a doctor's certificate if required, as Malone officials plan to seek a writ to compel attendance.
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Thaw
Malone
Attorney General's Office
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
New York
Harry E. Thaw
West Virginians to Attend World's Christian Endeavor Meet
Several West Virginians will travel to Chicago next Tuesday to attend the world’s Christian Endeavor convention opening Wednesday and continuing a week. Attendees include Miss Nelle V Layman Mrs Sarah Lloyd Miss Flora Lloyd Miss Sadie Lloyd Miss Maud Clear Kenneth Barnes Dalton Van Fleet Cecil McDonald of Fairmont Miss Lena Tutencutter of Clarksburg Miss Mary Ogden of Salem Mrs Verty McKinley of Burnsville Miss Florence Hamilton of Grafton and Mr and Mrs Louis H Black of Parkersburg. Mr Black is president of the Christian Endeavor Union.
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West
Italian Shoemaker in Northview Held on Serious Charge
Luigi Chiodi, an Italian shoemaker of Northview, is jailed awaiting a hearing before Magistrate W. E. Starcher on charges of criminal assault against eight year old Florence Persice. Warrant and arrest were carried out by Northview police with Chief J. J. Lambert. bail not permitted.
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Florence Persice
Northview
Luigi Chiodi
W. E. Starcher
C. L.ford
Chiods
J. J. Lambert
Starcher
Italan
First shares open Saturday for Security Savings and Loan
Officials announce that the new Security Savings and Loan Association will open Saturday. Subscriptions may be made now but formal opening occurs on Saturday. The Gof Building houses the association offices and its officers are prominent city business leaders.
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New Security Savings and Loan Association
Gof
Idea of Gray Silver on Virginia debt provokes law issue
Honesty Kinchel oe reports that Gray Silver a former West Virginia state senator argued that Virginia debts should not be assumed by the new state. The 1861 Wheeling convention provision and 1883 constitutional insertion tied the debt to the commonwealth. Lincoln’s approval is questioned amid West Virginia’s admission. Commissioners named continue on page six.
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Kincheloe
Telegram Fm
Gray
State Senate of
West Virginia
Virginia
Wheeling
Commonwealth of Virginia
Lincoln
New County Superintendent Carl S Lawson Takes Post
Carl S Lawson became county superintendent for four years succeeding A P Morrison, a Democrat who did not run last fall. Morrison will lead Shinnston High School as principal with a lucrative salary. Lawson, a Republican, is described as a practical educator with progressive ideas. Mayor G H Gordon was notified by the International Association of Chiefs of Police that he is an honorary member, a distinction he takes pride in.
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Carl S. Lawson
A. P. Morrison
Lawson
Morrison
Shinnston
G. H. Gordon
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Bonor Conserre
Case against Huerta officials postponed in El Paso
The case against Victoriana Huerta Pascual Reyes and four others on charges of violating United States neutrality was postponed to July 12. Defendants remain on bond as prosecutors seek organized evidence and key witnesses.
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Presm
EL Paso
Tex
Victoriana Huerta
Pascual Revo
United States
Crawford
Two hangings loom as governor may intervene
In Moundsville on July 1 William Thomas, an Ohio country Negro, convicted of murdering his wife, and William Stuart, a Greanbrist county Negro, await execution at the state penitentiary. Both are set for the gallows tomorrow unless Governor Hattela intervenes. Invitations for the ceremony have been mailed.
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Moundsville
William Thomas
Ohio Country
William Stuart
Greanbrist County
Sum Down
Hattela
Eleven Americans Among Those Killed by German Submarine
Repairs and ballast contracts set for Monongahela Valley Traction Company lines in Fairmont Mannington Clarksburg Weston. 6,000 cubic yards of crushed stone awarded to John Hunter of Mannington and Keeler Brothers of Clarksburg to ballast tracks between Fairmont and Mannington and between Fairmont and Clarksburg. Weston line repairs completed. total improvements exceed $25,000 plus a new $100,000 track in Fairmont. Safety and comfort of patrons highlighted to maintain punctual schedules.
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Monongahela
Fairmont
Mannington
Keeler Brothers
Clarksburg
Viropa
Traction Company
Ing-ko
Fourth of July Picnic and Baseball at Union Park
The colored boys brigade plans an all day Fourth of July event at Union Park with baseball games at 10:00 am featuring Clarkeburg Stars, first and second brigades, and a 3:20 pm match, plus a 4:00 pm game. A picnic in the grove offers baskets and refreshments. Night dances start at 9:30 pm in the Glen Pythian hall with music by a local orchestra. the public is invited.
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Colored Boys’ Brigade
Union Park
Northview
Clarkeburg
Clarksburg
Colored Pythian Hall
Glen
Armenia Sinks After U Boat Attack Off Cornwall
Avonmouth July reports eleven of the Armenian crew dead as German submarine torpedoes the Leyland line freight steamer Armenia near Trevoes Head. The ship, laden with cargo including 1 422 mules for French armies, carried seventy two crew and ninety six aboard. Survivors reached safety in lifeboats then by steam trawler.
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Wan Avonmouth
England
Ami
Leyland Line
Trevoes Heid
Cornwall
Hic Se
Avonmouth
Vensel
Am ‘Esha
S . Fhe
Amnesre
Menian
Tel’ Ter
Megaphone
Armenia
British Bark Thistlebank Sunk Off Fastnet Ireland
The British barque Thistlebank sailing from Bash Blanca Argentina on April 26 with a wheat cargo to Queenstown was torpedoed yesterday by a German submarine near Fastnet or Ireland. Some crew members were landed at Baltimore a small port forty seven miles west of Cork.
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London
Thistlebank
Bashi Blanca
Argentina
Queenstown
Fastnet
Ireland
Baltimore
Cork
Forfeits Bond In Prohibition Raid Case At Water Street
Madge Hall, arrested by Sheriff Ross F. Stout and posse in a raid on an alleged house of bad repute on Water street, failed to appear in Judge Carter's court. Bond set at 500 dollars, Daily search ongoing for Hall as she is believed to have fled. Joseph B. Knowles accepts R J Sullivant's running match challenge for Fourth of July at the fair grounds, promising a 60 yard start after a 40 yard dash if Sullivan adds gingerbread and buttermilk.
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Madge Hall
Ross F. Stout
Water Street
Prohibition
Tenney
Hay O'Clock
Joseph BE. Knowles
R. J. Sullivants
Fair Grounds
Knowles
Sullvan
Sullivan
Masons Vote Ratifies Bond For Broad Oaks Streets
Broad Oaks will gain paved streets after Herman Lodge No. 6 voted 246 for and 53 against a $23,000 bond. The election, held Wednesday, ratified the proposal. Only five ballots were rejected. The meeting, at 7:30 pm in the Masonic temple, followed by a social session.
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Broad Oaks
Herman Lodge
Ajons
Sojourners
Masonic Temple
Election Board
Prisoner Captured After Prohibition Warrant
T. O. Clark, colored, jailed in county custody after two months on the run from a prohibition law warrant. He was captured at Fairmont by Chief Phil Hart and brought to town for arraignment before Magistrate T. G. Nicewarner. Also notes a garden party at First Presbyterian church and bond reductions for Thomas J. Parrish. Public service commission to meet Charleston August 3 to discuss consolidation of state telephone systems.
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T. O. Clark
Focal
Cmcs
Fairmont
Phil Hart
C. Q. Stout
T. G. Nicewarner
First Presbyterian Church
Despard
East Main Street
B. M. Despard
Public Service Commission
Charleston
Satate
Charles W. Evans
Fairmont Chamber of Commerce
Messrs
Morgat
Dawson and
Billiott
Evans
Boards of Trade
Business Omions
Taléphone
Mnovement
Im Pairmott
Huntington
Trial Postponed in Goff Shields Case
The trial of Goff Shields, set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Magistrate Jackson V. Carter's court, is postponed until 5 p.m. Saturday. Shields was recently arrested on a warrant sworn out by G. Moneypenny, charged with failing to pay board.
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Goff Shields
Jackson V. Carter
Shields
G. Moneypenny
Secretary Lansing Awaits Full Report On Armenian Tragedy
Secretary Lansing announced that full reports are awaited from Ambassador Page in London regarding the torpedoing of the fish liner Armenian. Americans lost lives. the United States would take action once complete reports are received.
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Washington
Jary Lansing
Ambassador Page London
United States
Sunday Convention Opens at Bridgeport First Methodist Church
Simpson district workers hold annual Sunday convention at Bridgeport First Methodist Church from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. President M D Teter delivers opening remarks on the aim of the convention. Speakers include Jens G Lawson Cleon Hugh Rob Bray and others as attendance grows.
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Bridgeport
Simpson
M .D. ‘Teter Aade
Jensa G. Lawson
Cleon
Hugh
the Fey
Robert Bray
Oaxle Laiweonu
B. B
Soldiers killed and captured near Laredo Tex
A chaotic incident near Laredo involved hundreds of Carranza soldiers and civilians killed and wounded during a clash with military trains near Monte Morelos between Tampico and Motul. An American observer, who arrived from the interior, reported the event ten days earlier, noting numerous casualties and captures.
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Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Geveral
Monte Moreios
Tampico
Interior
Wife Slayer Verdict in London Jury Trial
A London jury returned a guilty verdict in a murder case accusing Gorge Smith of killing his multiple wives. The crown stated the killings were premeditated and driven by greed, with evidence detailing the wives’ deaths during improvised crime scenes.
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London
Gorge Smith
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Gallipoli
Germany
WAR Office
Alabama
Oklahoma State
Evelyn
Sierren Mite Missionary Society
Woman's Mite Missionary Society
Pride African ‘Methodist Episcopal Church
Velma MecCor
Samuel Lassiter
William Lewis
Mattie Lassiter
Benjamin Smith
Fred Bowyer
Edward West
M. J. Lynch
Lynch Osborn Undertaking Company
Clay Street
Lagrippe
Lynch
World’s Christian Endeavor
Chicago
New Savings and Loan Association
Gray Silver
Huerta Cae
State Penitentiary
Shell
Ue Siddersea
Public Service Board
Thomas J. Parrish
Rymer Parrish
N. Parrish
Lansing
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