War Predictions Waver Over Austro Hungarian Reserves Near Warsaw
Amid conflicting reports on Austro Hungarian reserves at Krz nik in southern Russian Poland observers vary from retreat forecasts to cautious notes on Field Marshal von Mackensen’s silence. London and Petrograd debate whether German forces fear exposure on their left flank while Austrians stall a Warsaw advance.
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Dmy
London
Krisnik
Russian Poland
von Mackensen
Warsaw
Petrograd
Noumania
Ti Ja
Bucharest
Hottmanian
Russa
Transylvania
Bessarabia
Pruth
Russia
Rowomania
Repulse of French by German Troops
Berlin reports from London dated July 13 state that in the West a French hand grenade assault on the Souchez sugar refinery was repulsed. German forces advanced 600 yards at the cemetery and captured Cabaret Rouge on the Arras road, taking three officers and 250 men. Counter attacks failed under German fire. Further artillery fighting occurred between the Meuse and the Moselle with the Teprêtre forest attacks repelled with heavy losses.
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Wey
Berlin
London
Souchez
Cabaret Rouge
Arras
Meuse
Moselle
Te Pretre
Germany Stymied by French Army Actions at Various Fronts
Paris reports an official statement detailing German assaults repulsed at multiple fronts. French forces claim decimation of attackers near labyrinth positions with hand grenades and cannon fire in Apremont forest and Regniaville areas. An attempted Vosges bridgehead at Sondernach was repulsed as 35 French planes bombarded strategic German stations causing several fires.
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Amacciaren
Eaton Takes Charge In Wheeling Freight Office
Wheeling July 12 W H Eaton of Uniontown was named commercial freight agent here succeeding H Ft Marsh and has now advanced to district freight agent to assume new duties. Eaton previously held the role at Uniontown and will oversee operations in this district.
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Wheeling
W. H. Eaton
Uniontown
H. Ft. Marsh
Eaton
Unigatows
Noted Western Pennsylvania Physician Dead at 60
Dr. Thomas H. White, prominent western Pennsylvania physician aged 60, was found dead in bed in Connellsville this morning. He had appeared in good health prior to his sudden death, with no prior warning signs reported.
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Associated Press
Connellsville
Thomas H. White
White
Italian worker confesses in assault case in Grasselli
Fist AGHT Lewis Passanto of Grasselli, an Italian worker, confessed to assaulting Peter Pass, a Spanish worker, at Grasselli. Magistrate Jackson V. Carter fined him five dollars plus costs, which he paid before release. The incident began when Passanto allegedly opened Pass’s mail during mail delivery.
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Lewis Passanto
Grasselli
Jackson V. Carter
Peter Pass
Passanto
Grassells
R. J. Bartlett
Carter
Pass
Third Victim in Mannington Train Collision Dies
July 13 reports confirm the third victim of the June 25 wreck near Mannington has died at Miners' hospital. Alvis Toothman of Belmont, Ohio, brother of E C Toothman, perished, leaving Miss Auda Ash of Glovers Gap as the sole survivor of the fatal accident that claimed E C and Lee Toothman when their car hit a Baltimore and Ohio train.
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Fairmont
E. C. Toothman
Lee
Mannington
Alvis Toothman
Belmont, O
E. ©. Toothman
Miners’ Hospital
Auda Ash
Glovers Gap
Bridge worker suffers painful injuries after fall
Kenneth Haught, employed by the Luton Bridge Company, lost his balance and fell about eighteen feet from the south abutment of the Fourth street bridge at 11 Tuesday morning. He sustained bruising to the side, cuts to the head and arm, wrist sprains, and was taken to his parents’ Clay street home for treatment. recovery expected in a few days.
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Kenneth Haught
Luton Bridge Company
Fourth Street
Haught
O. L. Haught
Clay Street
Edison to head civilian inventors board for navy bureau
Washington July 13. Announcement by Thomas A Edison accepting Secretary Daniels offer to head an advisory board of civilian inventors for the navy department bureau of invention and development was received with gratification by naval officials. Romne July 13. Indications point to one of the best fruit crops in the belt with a heavy peach yield and superior quality due to recent rains boosting sap.
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Washington
Thomas A. Edison
Daniel
Bureau of Invention and Development
Navy Department
Naval
Romne
Income Tax Receipts Expected Between 85 and 90 Million
Washington July 13 Final figures on the personal and corporate income tax receipts will not be ready until mid August but treasury officials on Tuesday expected the total to fall between 85 million and 90 million dollars.
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Rociatee Faeie
Washington
Treasury
Bavarian order caps dealers at one year for price gouging
Munich July 13 reports the general commanding the frat corps district issued a rule setting a maximum of one year imprisonment for dealers who charge excessive prices on daily consumption items including food, eating and lighting substances. Similar orders have spread to the entire Kingdom of Bavaria.
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Associated Press
Munich
Bavaria
London
Kingdom of
Holmes Dead Pacem Aims at Washington Miner Leader Dies
Joseph Austin Holmes, director of the federal bureau of mines in Washington and renowned geologist, dies at his Denver home from tuberculosis at age 51 after months of illness. He had recently moved there for health reasons.
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Denver
Colo
Joseph Austin Holmes
Federal Bureau of Mines
Washington
Father of Bureau of Mines Holmes hailed in Washington
In Washington on July 13 Dr J A Holmes, regarded by government associates as key to reducing underground deaths through education and experimentation, helped launch the national "Safety First" campaign and movement.
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Jac Sumotimes
Reese Washington
J. A. Holmes
Governnment Service
Be nevolent and Protective Order of Elks Sees Growth
The 1915 annual session reports robust finances and rising membership. For the year ending April 1915, 43,085 men joined, total membership reaching 442,658. 16,228 dropped, 232 expelled, 7,843 dimitted, 4,701 deaths, net increase 44,081. Ten new lodges brought total to 1,326. Grand lodge treasury shows a surplus of 694,547 while subordinate lodges hold assets of 26,515,739.
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Aewodayecome
Los Angeles
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Grand, Lodge of the Order
Fred C. Robinson
Charles A. White
Chicago
Board of Grand Trustees
Committee On Auditing
Grand Lodge
Letters Threaten Disaster as Pierce Writes Again
New Orleans July 13 two more letters signed Pierce threaten disaster to British merchant and mule ships. The writer demands the release of Hans Halle held over a receipt of a similar letter. Police Chief Reynolds says the letter is taken seriously and some observers think it imitates last Sunday night’s message.
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New Orleans
Pierce
Mal
Hans Halle
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Ijarea
Postoffice Blown Up in Salina Near Pittsburgh
Dispatch reports Salina post office in Apollo near Greensburg damaged by blast during the night. Stamps and cash seized, with about 800 dollars in stamps and 750 in money tokens taken. Authorities pursue burglars in connection with the incident. The blast site lies in the western Pennsylvania area.
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Apollo
Salina
Greensburg
Double guard placed over Braxton jail in Griffiths case
A double guard surrounds the Braxton County Jail at Sutton after the confessed murderer S. F. Rose alias Griffith, linked to the Thompson murder, fled from pursuers. The court term will begin soon and he faces indictment and expedited trial to prevent another escape. Rose Griffith was hunted for weeks across the region before arrest in Youngstown, Ohio, and return to Charleston.
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Braxton County
Sutton
S. F. Rose
Criffith
Ord Thompson
Gassaway
Fried Grifith
Thompson
Rose Or Griffith
West Virginia
Youngstown
Ohio
Charleston
Railroad Open Recreated Beneath Washington
American Consul Silliman at Vera Cruz telegrams the first cable message reached Mexico City yesterday and the first through train from Vera Cruz to the capital is expected today. Large work crews repair telegraph lines and communications should improve rapidly with thousands of accumulated messages. full effectiveness awaits tomorrow.
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Pere Washington
Silliman
Vera Cruz
State Department
Mexico City
Comunicaion
Choctaw Sinks After Collision in Lake Huron
Captain Charles Fox and crew of the steamer Choctaw of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company were aboard when a heavy fog caused a collision with the Wahcondah of Canadian Steamship Lines off Presque Isle. The Choctaw sank. the Wahcondah, with a punctured bow, remained afloat due to water jet compartments and reached Sarnia, Ontario, where the crew arrived aboard the Wahcondah.
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Port Humon
Mich
Charles' Fox
Choctaw
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
Prescus
Lake Huron
Sarnia
Ontario
Stamter
Wahcondah
Canadian Steamship Lines, Ltd
Local Elks Elect Secretary at Tonight’s Lodge Meeting
The Elks hold an election at 3 o clock tonight after the resignation of secretary Will H Coles was accepted. Two nominees are named for the post amid high attendance expectations. Coles will remain in Randolph county for several months with a hog company connection.
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Hiks
Will H. Coles
Coleia
Randolph County
Kualnean
Ofice
Dean Hoge Not Ready To Commit To Senate Bid
Charles Edgar Hoge of Point Pleasant, former dean of the state university law school, is a busy lawyer in demand in the region. In Weston and at the Waldo hotel he faced questions about a Senate run, replying that he is not an enthusiastic candidate though many acknowledge he would look well as a senator.
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Charles Edgar Hoge
Point Pleasant
Law School
The
State University
Weston
Dean Hogg
Dean Hoge
United States Senate
William E. Chilton
Waldo Hotel
Contempt ruling delayed in Ogden case in Wheeling court
Arguments on the motion to quash the contempt rule against H Ogden publisher of a Wheeling newspaper resumed in the U S district court in the northern district. The contempt case stems from the Manufacturers Light and Heat Co appeal from a West Virginia public service commission decision. Attorneys outlined that a ruling may come late, with Wall contending that the company ceased to be a party once the contempt call was issued.
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Penn. Elkins
H. ©. Ogden
Wheeling
Wadde
United States District Court
Manufacturers Light and Heat Company
Public Service Commission of West Virginian
Leo ‘Well
Pittsdry
Navy consults officers on citizen inventor advice program
Secretary Daniels discusses leveraging military expertise to gather civilian invention insight. He notes resignations of Lt Col Odus C Horn and Maj William A Phillipe from European conflict duties and anticipates future plant construction aiding national needs. Garrison Daniels and Admirals Griffin Taylor Strauss join to shape ordnance and engineering guidance, inviting further advisory participation.
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Washington
Count Jay
Son
Odus C. Horn
William A. Phillipe
Horney
Phillips Mes
Garrison
Daniels
Griffin
Taylor and Strauss
Cca
Daniele
Purple Carnation Innovation by Morgantown Grower
Morgantown July 2. Earl McCay after three years of crossing a dark red carnation with a sleet pink variety claims to have produced the first purple carnation in the world. He describes persistent effort yielding the new color, named the purple Dicom, in this local agricultural advance.
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Morgantown
Earl McCay
McCay
Mrs Gattrell of Point Comfort Dies After Illness
Mrs Columbia Gattrell wife of Thomas Gattrell of Point Comfort died at 11 Tuesday morning after six weeks illness from complications of diseases. Survived by husband three sons two daughters three brothers and two sisters. Sons are Harvey Gattrell Weston James and Thomas Gattrell of this city. Daughters Mrs C A Moore Harrisville and Mrs O B Kennedy of this city. Brothers John Gabert Pennsboro Luther Gabert Indiana George Gabert this city. Sisters Mrs Martha Heflin Pennisboro and Mrs Susie Preston this city. She had been seriously ill for days and all children were at her bedside. No funeral arrangements yet.
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Columbia Gattrell
Thomas Gattrell
Point Comfort
Harvey Gattrell
Weston
James
C. A. Moore
Harrisville
O. B. Kennedy
John Gabert
Pennsboro
Luther Gabert
Indiana
George Gabert
Martha Heflin
Pennisboro
Susie Preston
Gattrell
British Ambassador Escapes Attempted Highway Ambush
Washington reports Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, was not disturbed during an attempted ambush near Glencove Long Island on the night of J P Morgan's shooting. The party blocked no lights or numbers, and the ambassador continued to Willard Straight's Greendale home.
Few German troops in Dardanelles aid Turks
Berlin reports a German force aiding the Turks at the Dardanelles totals only about 300 men and 30 officers. The Frankfurter Zeitung notes two German admirals in the area, Ashom Pasha and Mer ten Pasha, with several officers recently promoted to vice admiral. Admiral Souchon operates in the Black Sea against Russia while Admiral Hipper led the German cruiser in Dogger Bank actions.
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Meetaren
Berlin
Dardanelles
Frankfurter Zeitung
Ashom Pasha
Merten Pasha
Souchon
Black Sea
Hipper
Dogger Benk Aght
Canadian Premier Zandon Doubtful War Food Policy
CANADIAN PREMIER ZANDON July 13 telegraphed the imperial government warning that if there was war with the empire Canada would regard it as an act of war. Reports from Vera Cruz indicate abundant resources and orders being forwarded to the capital as the empire seeks to restore order.
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Zandon
Tharews
Canada
Galveston
Robert Borden
Mexico
1St & Tunchéon
House
Commons
Gonzales
Vera Cruz
President Wilson Delves Into German Note Details
President Wilson devoted a day to studying the German note amid ongoing background noise. He consulted the official text and ordered quiet while receiving routine mail from Washington, remaining focused on the diplomatic matter.
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Pmener
Cornish
N. H
Dent Wilson
Grayesa
Washington
Four survivors tell of sinking by German submarine
The British steamer Victorian arrived in Newport News with four sailors from the mule ship Arimu fan, who survived a June 28 attack by a German submarine that killed over twenty lives. The rescuers reported German sailors allowed the swimmers to be picked up after attempting to scramble aboard. Survivors named Thomas Hardin of Baltimore and W Durin of South Boston, plus Thomas Green and William Ross of Richmond, Va.
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Newport News
Van
Arimu
Fan
Ives
Thomas Hardin
Baltimore
Wdurin
Boston
Thomas Green
William Ross
Richmond
Harvest Likely Large Crop Output Across Germany
Reports from Cologne indicate Germany will see large harvests of rye wheat and barley in the western and central regions. Sugar beets are said to be richer than usual and a bountiful fruit harvest is anticipated as summer progresses.
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Assocated Press
BERLE
Germany
Cologne
Receiver Appointed for Instone Company in Elkins Court
In Martinsburg in July, more than fifty bondholders petitioned for a receiver for the Instone Company. Judge Dayton of the federal court at Elkins appointed the receiver after the company faced public issues involving the Greensburg public service commission. The action reflects creditors seeking court supervision amid financial distress.
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Martinsburg
Haa
Ot Instone Company
Daytons
Elkins
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Wales
Britain
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ELKS
United States
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Glencove
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