Campaigns End as South Africa Campaign Opens
The war dispatch reports that the campaign in German Southwest Africa ends, enabling reinforcements to shift to other fronts. Austria and Russia show shifting fortunes with Austrians retreating near Lublin and Russians gaining ground in southern Poland while Britain and France repel German assaults near Souchez. Controversy grows over ministry resignations and munition policy as Kitchener and Lloyd George are drawn into the debate.
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London
Africa
South Africa
South African Union
East Africa
France
Imblin
Russian Poland
Petrograd
Archduke Verd
Krasnik-Lublin
Field Marshal
von Mundensen
Heinz
Vienna
Lublin
Poland
Paris
Pilsen
Souchez
Viscount Haldane
David Wrood George
Stanley von Wolton
Ordnances
Lloyd Gearso
von Donan
Ci2
Lord Kitchener
Myscerioneabinet Munitions Committee
Baltic
Germans Surrender in Southwest Africa
Pretoria July 9 General Botha, commander of South African forces, accepts the surrender of all German military forces in German Southwest Africa after suppressing a rebellion and leading operations against the territory since February.
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South West Africa
Africa
Wey Absociated
Pretoria
South Africa
Sbotha
Union of South Africa
Southwest Africa
Botha
Marriage License Awarded to Lewin and Guing
A marriage license was issued to Jessé J. Lewin and Lillian Guing, both listed as colored.
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Jessé J. Lewin
Lillian Guing
Out of Work Fear Debate at Anti-Labor Convention
Atlantic City July 9. Charles Stelzle, New York sociologist, criticizes liquor foes for exploiting workers fear of unemployment. He argues saloon closure would not ruin farmers or railworkers, noting small liquor impact on freight and suggesting other industries gain from shifting trade. He asserts more jobs exist while saloons stay open due to patronage.
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Atlantic City
Charles Stelzle
New York
Anti-Labor League of America
United States
Mquor
Formal apology from Austro Hungarian government to US ambassador
Vienna July 9 formal apology has been made to United States Ambassador Frederick O Penfield for an abusive article in the Neues Wiener Tagblatt attacking President Wilson and the American people in connection with the second note protesting German submarine warfare. The episode followed informal inquiries to the foreign office about whether the article reflected official government opinion.
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Prem Vienna
United States
Frederick O. Penfield
Neues Wiener Tagblatt
Wilson
Penfield
Foreign Office
Fire Mastered as Minnehaha Reaches Halifax Harbor
The Atlantic liner Minnehaha, carrying 15,000 tons of war munitions from New York to London, with an explosion possibly caused by an infernal machine linked to Frank Holt, steamed into Halifax harbor after a fire was largely extinguished. Flames were confined to No 3 hold, where cordits, shrapnel shells, cartridges, oils, and other inflammables were stored.
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Ates
Halifax
N. S
New York
London
Frank Holt
J. P. Morgan
Halifax Harbor
Claret
No. 3
England
Storm claims dozens as Cincinnati river toll climbs
Cincinnati July 9 Twenty nine bodies recovered after a violent Wednesday night storm. A score or more remain missing and until confirmed no precise death toll. Among the missing are six crewmen of the towboat Convoy sunk by a pier strike on the Ohio River. Other missing are believed to be in wrecked buildings or on river craft. Searches continue among riverfront wreckage and shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Southern Railway
Miners Freed After Warrant Hearings in Glen Falls Case
Warrant actions against Frank Bolin and Matthew Snety were dismissed at Thursday hearings before Magistrate R Edward Kidd. All defendants, coal miners at Consolidation Coal Company’s Glen Falls mine, were released from county jail after confinement while awaiting trial.
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Matthew Snety
Frank Bolinsky
Bolinsky
Matthew
Thomas Snety
R. Edward Kidd
County
Consolidation Coal Company
Glen Falls
Stramer Sunk Near German Waters
London reports the Wilson line ship Guido sunk off the German submarine zone. All crew members were saved.
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London
Wilson Line
Guido
Hulifax Archangel
Russia
Bowman is punished for a street drink in Northyley
Carl Bowman a teamster for James Tazington was fined and sentenced by Magistrate William Stareher after admitting to drinking whisky in a public street in Northyley two days ago. Bowman recently moved from Elkins and faces two months on county roads and in the county jail.
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Northyley
Carl Boman
Jamen Tazington
Wan
William B Stareher
Bowman
Elkins
Mount Clare social notes and local visits
Mount Clare notes report Bassel improving after illness while several residents share visits and short travels. Mrs. Anna Richmond returns from Fairmont, Mrs. Griffin visits W. Law, Edna Nickelo and Miss Newcombe guests from Grafton, Nina Lowther and Edna Douglas return from Lost Creek. Mrs. Guy Davis guests Clem Beverage, a new business building near the old Hansford is nearing completion, Ladies Aid and Willing Workers groups plan events, and E G Vincent family attended a picnic near Fairmont with Hutchinson Be Company.
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Anna Richmond
C. E. Davisson
Fairmont
Griffin
Salem
W. 3. Law
Edna Nickelo
Newcome
Grafton
Nina Lowther
Edna Douglas
Warren Douglas
Lost Creek
Guy Davis
Simpson
Clem Beverage
G.F. Rogerson
Hansford
Gcb-Davisson
Ladies' Aid Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
Nora Simons
Methodist Protestant ‘Church
E.G Vincent
Hutchinson Be Company
Sunny
High School Furnishings Study Trip Underway
Walter S. Harvey president of the Clay district board of education and A. J Morrison principal of the high school are on an inspection and purchasing trip. They have visited several days among high schools in the middle west and northwest to study the latest gymnasium and domestic science equipment for the local high school.
West Virginia Gas Men's Association Board Meet Tonight
A meeting of the West Virginia Gas Men's Association board of directors, newly organized in Parkersburg, will be held at 8 o'clock tonight at the Chancellor hotel in the assembly room. Thomas Garteland of Parkersburg arranged the details for the gathering amid expectations of important matters on the agenda. Mrs. B L Roberts, ill from a blood poisoning bite on her middle finger, has been moved to her cousin J W Roberts at 332 Mechanic Street and remains in danger as the poison remains active in her system.
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West Virginia Gas Men’s Association
Chancellor Hotel
Parkersburg
Thomas Garteland
B. L. Roberts
Pike Street
Bruce Goodwin
J. W. Roberts
Mechanic Street
County agents collect soil samples for analysis by Professor Bear
Zinn and Professor Firman E. Bear tour the county taking soil samples this week. Bear will analyze the specimens to determine what amendments are needed, following outreach programs from a Chicago theater. The text notes Riley Wilson, a West Virginia entertainer, as a headliner at a Hippodrome venue, with scattered details about his presence in the state.
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Zinn
Firman E. Bear
Bear
Chicago
Riley “Wilson
West Virginia
Hippodrome
Wille
Wilson
Half Year Dividends Declared by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
At the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company board meeting in New York on Thursday, semi annual dividends of two percent on preferred stock and two and one half percent on common stock were declared. Dividends payable Sept 1 to stockholders of record July 3 1915. The year’s operations showed actual figures for 11 months with June estimates. After preferred dividends, $8,292,935 applies to $152,000,000 common stock, leaving $636.32 to surplus. Transport expenses fell by $5,627,416 with the year’s ratio at 7.42 percent, down from 40.32 percent the prior year. Equipment maintenance costs declined $1,193,583, with a slight advance anticipated in the prior year’s ratio. Maintenance of way for 1914 carried a charge of $2,112,000 due to the 1973 floods. excluding this, other maintenance decreased $1,286,3au.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
New York
Motor boat firm asks estimates for war speed boats
The G C Smith Boat and Engine Company announced that British French and Russian officials have asked for estimates to build over 150 powerful motor speed boats. The crafts must carry two or more light guns and be capable of ocean operations to seek German submarines near England France and the Baltic Sea.
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New York
G. C. Smith Boat and Engine Company
England
France
Baltic Sea
Pledges sough for Chautauqua tickets in today’s drive
Campaigners pledge $2 tickets to the Chautauqua season as 100 tickets are secured early. The Harrison County Sunday School Association and Business Men's League coordinate efforts with Miss Josephine Harmer and George Nial among organizers in Shinnston and nearby towns.
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Chautaugua
Coin Chautangia
Swol School Association
Shinnston
Toor
Josephine Harmer
Velcot Sopher
Associated
Tieson
J. W. James
Business Men's League
Guardian Qualified as Guardian for Howard 4
The Glarksburgh Trust Company was qualified as guardian of Howard 4, with Roscoe R. Hansford named and one bond required. An operating ratio for the year stood at 69.66 percent, improving from 76.03 percent in 1914.
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Glarksburgh Tust Company
Howard
Roscoe R. Hansford
Faithful Flunkies Rewarded for 1911 Senate Vote
Charleston July 9. A score or more of the Democratic members of the legislature of 1911 who voted for Chilton and Watson for United States senators have been rewarded with political appointments. Postmasters revenue tax collectors and other federal positions have been given to members who betrayed their constituency and backed the Watken Chilton ticket.
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Charleston
Chilton
Watson
United States
Watken-Chilton
John T. McGraw
John Ot Holt
Senator
Prohibition Arrests Mentioned in County Hearings
A local report outlines arrests of Richard Alien and his wife for alleged whiskey sale at their Hosenshine flats. Magistrates, led by Chilton and Watson, set hearings for Saturday afternoon, amid broader notes on State Senate politics and party appointments in 1911.
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Richard Alien
Magi Williary
Starcher
James Simms Onie
H /Tenney
Chilter
Ton
Watson
State Senate
Henry Zilliken
Eels
Chilton
Hein
Posttias
Tereat Wellsburg
German Reply Arrives Next as Tension Rises Over War Text
Washington July 2 The German reply to the American note on submarine warfare is expected to arrive at the state department tomorrow or Sunday. President Wilson plans to read the text at a White House meeting Tuesday. Officials indicate tension remains over the content, with unsatisfactory terms possible and political maneuvering continuing at high levels.
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Washington
United
Guarters
Plea for Jarrell Sparks Hope Amid Executions
Moundsville is center stage as attorney Mia W. Brown travels from Charleston to plead with Governor Hatfield for Matt Jarrells condemned for Vance’s murder. Esk Jarrell’s aged mother learned of the case last night as the court prepares to carry out the sentence at sunset.
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Moundsville
Jay
Ginla
Mia W. Brown
Inet
Charleston
Governs Hatfeld
Matt Jerrells
Os. Vance
Esk
Gerard reply to American note on submarine warfare
The July 3 report states James W. Gerard, based in Paris, delivered the reply to the American note regarding the sinking of ships and submarine warfare. It notes the timing as occurring last night but contains garbled wording.
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Dey
Eee
Isos
Theodore Euero Ne
Cleveland
FIRE
Frank Morgan
Stramer
Mount Clare
MT. Clare
Bassel
Clay
Riley
Liberty Bell
Pennsylvania National Guard
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
City of
New York Company
Guardian
Heavnasae
Wilsons
America
Jarrell
Gerard
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