Eastern Front Dominates War Effort From Baltic to Dnieper
Allied dispatch notes massive German operations across eastern Europe from the Baltic to the Dniester. Von Buelow commands the left wing toward Riga with cavalry on a scale unseen. Osowiec halts Eichhorn on the right while Gallwitz presses along the Narew and Bzura lines. Western front quiet. Italian actions in Trentino rise. South Wales coal strike worsens, with government control viewed as likely.
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Cnr
London
Baltic
Dniester
von Buelow
von Kluck
France
Riga
Berlin
Petrograd
von Huelen
General Eichhorn
Ossowetz
von Hichhorn
von Gallwitz
Prznanysz
Narew
Rawka
Bzura
Warsaw
Lublin
Poland
Russia
Dardanelles
Hearings Set For Saunders and Parisi Aliases Fearless
Magistrae T G Nicewarner schedules hearings for Joseph N Snod grave Solomon Saunders and Joseph Parris alias Fearless on Friday at 7 30 PM. The men clashed with Constables Hopset Noon and Bartlett at the Saunders home on Baltimore Street during an attempted arrest of J N Saunders. Four warrants exist for Joseph N Saunders including assaulting and beating Mrs James Saunders and two for interfering with Constables Bartlett Noon. Farris faces charges of interfering with Bartlett and is free on bond. Saunders are jailed.
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Magistrae
T. G. Nicewarner
Joseph N. Snodgrave
Solomon Saunders
Joseph| Parris
Fearless
Hopset
M- Noon
Teuben J. Bartlett
Saunders
Baltimore Street
J. N. Saunders
Joseph N. Saunders
Que
James Saunders
Bartlett
Noon
Farris
Relatives Claim Bodies of Two Women Shot Near Bridgeport
Relatives claimed and buried Mrs. Stella Beverly and Miss Martha Harris after they were shot by J. L. Beverly in Geneva, a suburb of Bridgeport. A brother claimed Beverly’s body. funeral services were held at Bingamon. John T. Harris claimed Martha Harris and funeral services followed in Fall Timber.
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Stella Beverly
Martha Harris
J. L. Beverly
Geneva
Bridgeport
Beverly
Af Bingamon
John T. Harris
Fall Timber
Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi sunk south of Sicily
An Austrian submarine torpedoed and sank the Italian armored cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi south of Sicily. The ship, 7,234 tons, 484 feet long, was launched in 1898 with a crew of 60. The attack left the Giuseppe Garibaldi to founder within fifteen minutes.
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Vienna
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Ragusa
Prisoner Leo Trank Succumbs To Delicate Wound?
Physicians in Milletteville report Leo M. Trank in prison with a severe throat wound deteriorating. His fever rose to 102 and delirium recurred as guards note his assailant William Creen remains silent in irons.
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Newucinten
neRat Milletteville
Leo M. Trank
Frank
William Creen
Just a Scheme Reading
Pa July 19 Harry F Westbrook went to a railroad tower near Altoona with pipe and twenty six pounds of dynamite found on the tracks He was arrested and confessed he devised the plan hoping for a reward He said the idea came after reading of Frank Holt The bomb held enough dynamite to destroy a city block
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Reading. Pa
Harry F. Westbrook
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Westbrook
Frank Holt
Minister Resigns After Ten Years at Central Christian
The Rev. W. M. Long, minister at Central Christian church, submitted his resignation to take effect November 1. He noted two or three options in view but has no definite plans. Ten years ago about sixty members attended. now the church counts 425. The current building, admired as one of the city’s finest, embodies a strong, active congregation. His departure is widely regretted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Long
Central Christian Church
Oil Boom in Martinsville Area Drives Idle Wells Activity
July reports pulse through Kingsley and Hope Natural Gas wells. Kingsley well streams about 30 barrels per hour while the Hope company well yields just over 250 barrels in the first day. Most oil and gas firms hold leases on properties slated for development.
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New Martins
Kingsley
Hope
Sons of Revolution Meet on the Coast
Delegates from every state Hawaii and the Philippines gathered in Portland Oregon for the twenty sixth annual session of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. President General R C Ballard Thurston urged a permanent hall of archives in Washington and officials planned to seek congressional aid with the American Historical Association.
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Portland
Ore
Lvery
Hawaii
Philippines
Society of the Sona of the
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Young America
R. C. Ballard Thurston
Louleville
Washington
Sons of the Ravongton
Congress
American Historical Association
Lumber chief cites ruinous pine market during war era
Charles 5. Keith president of the Southern Pine Association told the Federal Trade Commission tour that yellow pine lumber sales collapsed after 1914, with prices dropping from 18.42 to 11.83 per thousand feet and production costs at about 13.75. He warned wages rose while hours and output fell, causing a 45 million annual tree waste and a loss of over 11 million in lumber value since 1909, urging production limits under supervision to avoid restraint of trade.
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Chicago
Charles
Keith
Southern Pine Association
Federal Trade Commission
Burea
Lsw
Heavy losses in Dardanelles force total 42,484
London July 10 The total casualties of the Dardanelles expedition to date, including naval and military branches, stand at 42,484 officers and men. Premier Asquith told the House of Commons today. The aggregate figure shows 17,? casualties among officers with the rest among enlisted men.
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London
Dardanelles
Asquith
Murdered in Prison Se Ammodiated Enten Reading Pa
In Reading Pennsylvania July 19 Frank EnGh teenee county prison inmate Hager and a cell mate cut the victim's throat. The wounded man died and the other prisoner hanged himself hours later. A watchman distributed knives at 4 am. Bed breakfast meals followed. when the tragedy was found both men were dead. No scuffle was heard by prisoners nearby.
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Reading
Frank
Last Idle Mill Reopens in Wheeling District
July 19 Riverside plant of the National Tube Company resumes partial operations as workers return. Two weeks needed to restart all departments and restore jobs for about 5,000 men idle fourteen months.
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Prion
Wheeling
Riverside
National Tube Company
Motherhood as Finest Art Warns at Purity Congress
Catherine Booth-Glibborn, daughter of Salvation Army founder, told the International Purity Congress in San Francisco that motherhood is the supreme art and essential to civilization. She warned society glorifies women as versatile professionals while neglecting the vital task of bearing and guiding children.
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Ay Amepciatad Press
San Francisco
Catherine Booth-Glibborn
Salvation Army
William Booth
London
International Purity Congress
Charlesworth
Lord Kitchener
Greece
Rome
Augustus
France
Belgium
America
United States
Wilson Seeks Stronger Note to Germany on Submarine War
President Wilson returns to Washington to confer with Secretary Lansing and other officials. A forthcoming note to Berlin will state the United States will not remain passive after future attacks on unarmed American ships, outlining a firm assertion of rights on the high seas and signaling a more emphatic demand.
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Rhemm
Washington
Wilson
White House
Lansing
Germany
United States
Nps
Berlin
Peretotgne
John Dowd Dies in Parkersburg at George Street Home
John Dowd prominent local business man died at 2 o clock this morning at his residence on George Street. He is survived by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
John Dowd
George Street
Pacific Conference Opens At Exposition Grounds
The First Pacific Conference began at the San Francisco exposition grounds under the Asiatic Institute. Notables including Dr Charles W Higgin, David Starr Jordan, Mabel T Boerdman, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Sidney L Gulick will contribute as organizers consider a Pacific Congress in early 1926. Honolula is proposed as a host city with representatives from Pacific nations.
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San Francisco
Jnly
Asiatic Institute
Congress of the Pacific
Pacific
Leither
Perton
Charles W. Hifch
Harvard
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Mabel T. Boerdman
Cheirman
American Red Cross
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Sidney L. Gulick
Honolula
Eliot
Submarine Reconnaissance Makes Austrians Withdrawn
A telegraph from Rome reports two Austrian submarines sent to reconnoiter the Italian coast have not returned and are believed sunk. One submarine carried twenty crew, the other forty. Their supply caches were only enough for four days.
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Paris
Rome
Man Killed Near Dis Yieville On Baltimore and Ohio Tracks
A man named J Gallagher was found dead on Baltimore and Ohio tracks near Dis Yieville. He wore only a small amount of money and was en route to Clarkeburg, Oklahoma. authorities suspect he was returning home. Remains examined in Patton and Neal parlors with uncertain identification. Clarksburg may be his home and a brother there is noted.
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Parkersburg
J. Gallagher
Baltimore and Ohio
Dis Yieville
Clarkeburg
Patton and Neal
Sind
Tulsa
Okla
Oklanomts
Clarksburg
Tela AE Patton
Neal
Ciburg
Albany Jury Foreman Quoted On Thaw Case Outcome
July report from Albany cites foreman David Robinson stating the jury that declared Harry K Thaw sane did not believe he could be boss of insanity. Deputy Attorney General Hecker to investigate the matter as the Keysher district notes possible manipulation. In state farming news West Virginia peach crop projections reach 3600 cars with 3000 cars destined for shipment, while Baltimore railroad routes to Mtburg and Petersburg face similar direct lines.
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Cos
Cee Benayed
Albany
Statamie
David Robinson
Harry K. Thaw
Don
White
Hecker
West Virginia
Virginia
Mtburg
Petersburg
Minietha's Mother Dead
Mary E Mitchell died Sunday noon at 75, mother of Rev Clarence Mitchell. Services conducted Monday at 2 oclock by Woodley, Long, and Ayvin. Body sent to Piqua, Ohio for burial. The report misreads several details in this fragmentary obituary.
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Mary E. Mitchell
Clarence Mitchell
Bclock Aim
Messrs_ Woodley
Buthany
Long
Clarkaburg
Ayvin
Fairmont
Piqua, C
Puriah
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Piney Fork
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New York Assembly
State Department
Washington Guard
Charlie Frank
Arisie Gabbert
Jack Robinson
Willie White
Straits
Charles S. Keith
Dardanelles Straits
Frank Snawley
High Seas
Accordande
Lansing Fint
Agnes
Wayne Riddle
Will Oldaker
Union Heights No. 2
R. Edward Kidd
Johson
W. MM. Cain
Riddle
Oldaker
Razor
Rescus
Cain
Theas
Davisville
Minietha
Philadelphia
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