Campaign of Importance Thus Ended In German Africa
London reports the surrender of the entire German force in German Southwest Africa closing a pivotal World War I campaign. South Africa plans to redeploy forces, potentially integrating the territory with the union. Russian dispatches describe a hopeful position near Lublin, with Austro German advances halted by logistical and transport constraints. Vienna concedes retreat in the Lublin region as German reinforcements move to the western front.
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Wey
Pmean
London
Wast Africa
Africa
South African Union
Lublin
Russian Poland
Warsay
Petrograd
Commissariat
Archduke Ferd'n-anola
von Munckensen
Iing
Vienya
Poland
Vistula
Kstvis
Warsaw
Holland
Paris
Brince
Pillen
Souchez
Viscont Haldane
David Lloydree
Sianz2y von Tanon
Ordnances
Lloyd Gears
von Donop
Vna
Whlld
Lord Kitchener
Cabmet Munitions Committee
Baltic
Almoat
British Army Stores Destroyed in Arrasn France
Remnants of British army stores at Arrasn France have been destroyed by continued German bombardment and fire, according to Overseas News Agency. Instruction from a cathedral disrupted British artillery observation and forced a position change.
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Meveingan
Ose
Berlin
Arrasn
France
Germans Surrender In Southwest Africa Reported
A brief dispatch from Pretoria via London notes that General Botha and South African forces in the Southwest Africa region have surrendered or ceased active operations, signaling a major turn in the campaign. Details remain fragmentary, but the surrender is portrayed as imminent and decisive.
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Wey Aemoei Kyem
Pretoria
South “Africa
London
Botha
Forces of
The
Union Ec
Out-of-Work Fear vs Liquor Prohibition Debate
Atlantic City discussion centers on whether banning liquor costs workers their jobs. Charles Stelzle argues fears are exploited by liquor interests who claim abolition will devastate employment. He notes small impact on freight and farm markets and suggests open saloons, not closures, affect workers’ fortunes.
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Atlantic City
Charles
Stelzle
New York
United States
Lahor
Ssiapall
Formal apology from Austria over anti Wilson article
Vienna officials issue a formal apology to United States Ambassador Frederick Penfield after a Neues Wiener Tagblatt piece attacked President Wilson and the American people over German submarine warfare strategies. The government censored papers and informally asked foreign dignitaries if the article reflected official Austrian view, issuing apology and reprimand.
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Vienna
United States
Frederick On Penfield
Neues Wiener ‘Taghiatt
Wilson
Aimbssender
Penfield
Fies
Fire Engulfs Atlantic Liner Minnehaha in Halifax Harbor
The Atlantic transport liner Minnehaha carrying 15,000 tons of war munitions from New York to London caught fire Wednesday. An infernal machine allegedly planted by Frank Holt may have triggered the explosion. By Thursday morning Captain Claret reported the blaze mostly controlled and no further danger, confined to No hold with cordits shrapnel shells cartridges and other inflammables aboard.
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Halifax
Minnehaha
New York
London
Frank Holt
J. P Morgan
Halifax Harbor
Claret
No. Hold
England
Storm Toll Mounts as Cincinnati River Disaster Continues
In Cincinnati on a stormy Wednesday night twenty nine bodies were recovered and many remain missing. The death toll cannot be fixed yet as authorities search wreckage along the Ohio River for victims and crews from the Convoy towboat.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Southern Railway
Thaw on Stand Retells Killing of Stanford White
Harry K Thaw, on his second day of testimony, revisits the White murder tale and denies paying Susan Merrill large sums to keep Silent. He says he shot White after seeing a hand move toward his pocket and questions arise about payments to Merrill and others. Prosecutors abandon plans to bring Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw to testify due to illness.
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Prasmy
New York
Harry Kthaw
Stanford White
Susan A. Merrill
White
Clifford W. Hartridge
Susan A- Merrill
Merrill
Cook
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw
Mra. Thaw
Chateaugay Lake
National Prohibition Tied to State Ratification Drive
Atlantic City July 9 The Anti-Saloon League of America national convention unanimously adopted resolutions urging Congress to refer the prohibition question to state legislatures for ratification as a joint resolution proposing a prohibitory amendment to the federal constitution. The resolutions call national prohibition the supreme temperance issue before the American people.
Funeral for eleven victims after the storm in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on Friday a funeral service was held for eleven storm victims. Five caskets carried members of the Meyer Tennebaum family while six others contained Mr and Mrs J Cohen and their four children. The families were closely related.
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Tee Paees
Cincinnati
Meyer Tennebaum
Ofrs. J. Cohen
Tennebaums
Cohens
Food Withheld in Occupied Belgium Reported
Report from Rotterdam via London states German military authorities in Belgian provinces are withholding civilian food supplies. The Belgian relief commission notes disruption, including a halt in Malines where rail mechanics refused to labor in railroad shops.
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Rotterdam
London
Army of Occupation
Belgium
Malines
Faithful Flunkies Payback in Chilton Watson Era
Fragmentary clipping notes political rewards for 1911 legislature members who backed Chilton and Watson for United States senators. Appointments to postmaster, tax collectors, and other federal roles followed, with references to the 1931 legislature and figures like Senator Henry Zilifkean and Senator George B. Slemaker.
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Archangel
Russia
Scotland
Charleston
Chilton and Watson
United States
Watson-Ghilton Rombtassiany
John T- McGraw
John Ho Holt
Ghee Ai
Sonmedtan
Chuy Yon
Watson
State Senate
Henry Zilifkean
Chilton and
Baltimore and Ohio declares half yearly dividends
At its July meeting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad board declares semi annual dividends of 2 percent on preferred stock and 2.5 percent on common stock payable September 30 to stockholders of record July 31 1915. The year reported a lower operating ratio of 59.66 percent versus 79.03 percent in 1914 with expense decreases across transportation maintenance and other items.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohioe Railroad Company
Opera
Strong
Unconscious Coffman Injured in Gas Well Explosion
Allison E Coffman of Dola suffered a gas well explosion concussion near Brown at 10 am Friday. He remained unconscious at home four miles away by afternoon. No bodily injuries reported. He is brother to Charles G Coffman, who summoned a local physician to the bedside.
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Allison E. Coffman
Dola
Carnegie Gas Company
Brown
Siaia
Coffman
Charles G. Coffman
Pledges for Lincoln Chautauqua Season End Today
Lincoln Chautauqua supporters rush to pledge 660 tickets at $2 each before the day ends. By early morning 100 tickets had been pledged as organizers, including George W. Duddersr and Join Sopher, coordinate pledges from the Board of Trade rooms and associated charities.
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George W. Duddersr
Board of Trade
Sopher
H.W. James
Oldest West Virginia Woman Dies at Beckley Home
Charleston July 9 report Elizabeth Matheny aged 100 or older, claimed as the region's oldest woman, died at her Beckley home. She leaves eighty children, twenty three grandchildren, thirty two great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren.
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Charleston
Elizabeth Matheny
West Virginia
Beck Tey
Federal Court Session Reveals Sentences and Pleas
Federal court held its first regular session with a large crowd. Vincent Trimpolt received forty five days in county jail and a 26 dollar fine with costs for perjury. David Steinbaugh pleaded guilty to breaking into a railroad car and was sentenced to six months in Morgan County Jail plus 25 dollar fine and costs. John W Snyder and E R Snyder pled guilty to using the United States mails to defraud and were sentenced to two terms of one year each in the Moundsville penitentiary.
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Vincent Trimpolt
Elzo
United States
David Steinbaugh
Morgan County
D. E B. Cuppett
Thomas
Willam A. Arnold
Hikins
John W and
E.R Snyder
Martinsburg
British French Russian asks for 150 war speed boats
The GG Smith Boat and Engine Company reports that British French and Russian officials seek estimates for more than 150 powerful motor speed boats. The craft would carry light guns and be deployed to hunt German submarines near Regland and France and in the Baltic Sea.
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New York
GG Smith Boat and Engine Company
Ger Pian
Regland
France
Baltic Sea
Warrant Sworn Out Over Whiskey Sale Dismissed
All warrants issued by Matthew Suety against Frank Bolin sky and by Bolinsky against Matthew and Thomas were heard by Magistrate R. Edward Kidd and discharged. The miners from Consolidation Coal Company at Glen Falls were released from county jail after trials. Mrs. F. L. Roberts, 657 West Pike, remains critically ill with blood poisoning from a bug bite and is improving slowly while staying with her cousin J. W. Roberts at 3232 Mechanic Street. Bruce Goodwin died recently from the same disease and was mourned by the community.
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Matthew Suety
Frank Bolin
Sky
Bolinsky
Matthew
Thomas
Suety
R. Edward Kidd
Consolidation Coal Company
Glen Falls
L. Roberts
West
Pike Street
Bruce Goodwin
J. W. Roberts
Mechanic Street
Roberts
Warren Lumber opens new mill at Raymond Pocahontas
The Warren Lumber Corporation opened a new Raymond mill in Pocahontas County with a daily capacity of 75 009. The firm owns about 15 000 acres of timber in Pocahontas and Highland counties Virginia, which will take about fifteen years to harvest.
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Elkins
Warren Lumber Corporation
Raymond
Pocahontas County
Corporation
High‘land County
German reply awaited as US tensions rise
Washington July 3 officials announced Germany’s reply to American demands on submarine warfare would be delivered by Sunday. President Wilson planned to view the text at the White House and press advisers weighed possible U S responses as officials warned the tone might be unsatisfactory. The pending communication stirred renewed concerns about German U boat policy and US Germany relations.
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Associatssreise
Washington
Germany
Auiberia Gerard
Berlin
Dent Wilson
Cornish
Germai
United States
Germany's Reply Translation Delayed in Telegraph Dispatch
In Berlin via London the note is being translated today. Paragraphs of the German offensive are patched to Washington but sections will not be transmitted before late afternoon. The communiqué acknowledges long passages amid translation delays.
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Berlin
London
Washington
Holt Letter Ties NY Police to Terror Plot
A July report states Frank Holt, accused of leading a terror program, and his associates in Ithaca have been investigated by police. No single fence connected to Holt’s alleged network was found, leaving the extent of his operations unclear.
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New York
Sveanly
Jarrell Must Hang Resolated Moundsville Speculation
Moundsville July 9 convicts at the West Virginia penitentiary were involved in a disturbance with mol collected by them yesterday Attorney W Brown left for Charleston to confer with Hatfield regarding Matt Js awaiting execution for the murder of Nance town marshal The aged mother of Jarrells arrival followed by Kanawha county reports indicate court actions will proceed unless relief is granted
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Moundsvilue
Ginia Penitentiary
W. Brown
Ixst
Charleston
Hatfield
Matt Js
Governor declines to interfere in gas case
Mountaville library today reports the governor declined to interfere in a gas case, as unclear details circulate about official action. The terse notice emphasizes no further intervention from state leadership.
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Hatfield cc
Appeal Filed Over Vehicle Engine Fine Dispute
Howard Hart appeals to the criminal court from a decision by Mayor G. J. Gorton imposing a fine of 34 60 on Gert for the engine in his automobile. The case notes a carriage issue linked to a roadside dispute and a protest dated seven Grina.
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Howard Hart
G.J. Gorton
Ini & Fine
Gert
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Chilton
Burlin
James W. Gerard
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Federal Court
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