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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1916
Page
3
The Willing Workers monthly meeting is at Mr Charles Lawson’s 29 Mechanic Street on Tuesday at 5:30 PM. A Dollar Social is planned for Thursday evening with members urged to bring dollars to share the program and light refreshments.
Colonel Cosby and Col Spencer Osby investigate the deadly new poison gas used by Germany in France. Reports describe its effects in Champagne and along the front as military attaches seek data for policy, with warnings about extreme danger in direct testing.
An American attaché reports on a deadly gas incident amid wartime operations near Salonika. Descriptions detail chemical containers, vapor releases, and the effects on troops including stinging eyes, breathing difficulties, and temporary paralysis. The account notes three types of inhaled hazards and warns of the long term harms to allied soldiers.
A garbled report recounts dubious skin soin remedies, a goaded poison anecdote, and a dramatic laryngitis attack on Colonel Cosby. It notes fear of a deadly form recently revealed by German scientists and mentions the Tunisian ambassador in whispered fear.
Paris July 17 A bloodless duel once a fixture of French honor between former minister Joséph Caillaux and Louis d Aillieres ended as war loomed. Caillaux fired in the air while d Aillieres shot at the ground. An interme diary officer later died from shell fragments. Public sentiment blamed bloodshed and the sacred union of parties for the duel's end.
Two young men sparred in a busy cafe, trading sarcasm and blows as onlookers shouted random slogans. The manager tossed them outside where spectators jeered, and both fighters prepared to resume the quarrel. Two postwar hypotheses up for debate arose amid the unrest.
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