Riots Vary London German Areas Attack Citizens
Anti German rioting flared in east London with mobs attacking Germans and property. Police stretched thin by wartime drafts, Germans sheltered by some officers as shops and homes were smashed. Russian Jewesses sought protection while alien enemy internment and segregation plans drew attention in Parliament.
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London
East End
Teutons
Worland
Bradford
Lusitania
East India Docks
Lord Gyarles Beresford
William Joyeson-Hicks
House of Commons
Funeral services for Earl Wells in Coolville Ohio
Funeral services were held for Earl Wells age 19, son of Mr and Mrs J W Wells of Coolville Ohio, who died at his home from morbid hemorrhages after a kick in the abdomen during a fight. The Rev W C Taylor conducted the service at Lynch Osborn mortuary chapel and burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery. An assailant is reported to be jailed in Coolville on murder charges. The body and relatives arrived Tuesday.
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Earl Wells
J. W. Wells
Coolville
Lynch Osborn Mortuary
W. C. Taylor
First Baptist Church
Greenlawn
Wells
Memorial Service Proposed for Lusitania Victims in London
A committee of Americans in London consulted Ambassador Page about a memorial service for Lusitania victims. Page favored the plan if no speeches are given. The service is likely to be held at St Pauls.
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London
Provisions for Miss Gladys Price Health Fund
Huntington May 12 Provisions for a health fund for Miss Gladys Price of 1622 Ninth avenue an employee of United Woolen Mills Co store are made in a letter from W A Hersch president of the company received here today. Price will receive five dollars weekly for a year and may relocate to a mountain resort to recuperate health with outdoor living and wholesome meals.
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Huntington
Gladys Price
Ninth Avenue
United Woolen, Mills Company
W. A. Hersch
Miss Price
Card found on bridge requests help for wife
A card dated May 7 with the message I'm going of Please tell my wife good an nouncement was found in the Ohio river bridge framework by two Williamstown glass workers en route to Marietta. It bore the inscription EM F and address 102 School Street Clarksburg West Virginia. On the reverse is Braddock liquor store ad. The card was given to a patrolman who left it with the police chief for follow up.
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Marietta
Ohio River Bridge
Williamstown Glass
Marietten
School Street
Clarksburg
W. Va
Braddock Liquor Store
Homer Wolfe
Chief Putnam
Sheriff opens Saturday tax payments through June
Sheriff Ross F. Stout announced Saturday night office hours from 7 to 9 to collect taxes through mid June. The delinquent tax list will be prepared in late May and published on the first Monday in June. taxpayers are urged to pay before that date to avoid being listed.
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Ross F. Stout
Sheriff's Office
French Gains, Loos Counterattack Alter Front Progress
The French War Office reports gains north of Arras with a night counterattack at Loos reclaiming part of daytime gains. Artillery engagements occurred along the front yesterday while Mrs. H. A. Davidson of Morgantown visits sister Mrs. J. W. Woollen.
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Crg Aproceares Eee
Paris
French War Office
Arras
Loos
British Hopeful of the Outcome
London reports a promising turn in the Allied offensive in Flanders and northern France as German reinforcements retreat from Lene and Douai. British and French forces advance toward Lille while Russian fronts show divergent reports, keeping experts cautious about final outcomes. Washington dispatches fuel optimism on possible U.S. stance under President Wilson.
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German War Office
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Ypres
Jons
Lille
Fetrograd
Berlin
Washington
America
Wilton
Globe
Mrs Biggs Dead After 36 Yearmarried Life
Mrs Biggs widow of Joseph Hise longtime Clarksburg Light and Heat employee dies at her brother C M Shinn home Stealey Heights. Survived by husband two children four brothers and a sister including Ruth Jessie Martia Lillian and Chas Biggs. Funeral at 2 30 Thursday at Reorganized Latter Day Saints church Stealey Heights Elder Richard Baldwin of Sharon Pa to preside. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Ida
Joseph Hise
Clarksburg
Mallasta A. Shinn
Adamston
Whm
Latter Day Saints
Stealey Heights
Richard Baldwin
Sharon
Grenlawn
Corbin Dead In Fairmont At 69
Charles Jacob Corbin 69 prominent citizen and head of the wholesale grocery arm of Charles J. Corbin and Sons died at his Monroe street home. The notice notes his leadership role and local prominence in Fairmont.
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Fairmont
Charles Jacob Corbin
Charles J. Corbin and Sons
Monroe Street
Long Hiness
Chicagoans Lost on the Lusitania
Chicago women perished during the Lusitania disaster as early newspaper notes recount the tragedy and its victims from the city.
Greatest Week Night of Dr Hamilton Campaign
Impressive demonstration favoring National Prohibition. Evanglist at his best with Masons and Eastern Star in attendance. Wednesday night features Masonic night with sermon on Shelter. Thursday night at the fair grounds includes a sermon titled A Personal Call.
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DR. Hamilton
Nex Feir Grounds
Wilson Demands Strict Accounting for Lusitania Losses
The United States demands strict accounting for the Lusitania sinking and for violations of American rights in the war zone. The note seeks guarantees against repetition, financial reparations, and adherence to international law, with the aim to prevent further noncombatant deaths. The action is to be sent to Berlin and communicated through the German government, not to an individual.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Imperial Government
Lusitania
Berlin
White House
Tumulty
William Bot
Wilson
May 20 Adjournment Date Set for Pennsylvania Legislature
May 20 was agreed as the final adjournment date. House approved the general appropriation bill for the state department at 32,497,405 dollars. The constitutional convention bill was defeated. Senate passed the Crow bill to allow county solicitors for mid size counties and supported free open aid schools. A loan of 15 million dollars for road improvements was proposed for voter approval in November 1918.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
State Department
Sproul
Tela
Vetoed Tremp er Bill Blocks County Canal Plan
Willis on Wednesday vetoed a bill approved by both houses that would have allowed Ohio counties to participate in a proposed Lake Erie and Ohio river canal project. The veto reason cites conflict with Ohio tax limitation laws and alignment with a Pennsylvania statute on the same subject.
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Willis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Outlaw Rose Still At Large After Killings and Bank Fraud
F S Rose or W H Griffith is a fugitive charged with two murders. Constable Jeff Goff was killed near Gassaway while pursuing him. Rose allegedly forged checks and fled across counties. Ferguson is jailed in Sutton. Bloodhounds and marshal efforts failed to catch him despite multiple leads.
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F. S. Rose
W._H. Griffith
Creston
Wirt County
Cutton
Brayton County
Griffith
Jeff Goff
Sutton
Bank of
Gassaway
J. J. Ferguson
E‘mm. Layman
Ord Thompson
Rose
Thompson
Charleston
D. K. Comer
Comer
Ferguson
Grifith
Ritchie County
Goff
Burning Springs
Scale ratified by Ohio miners in Cleveland scale vote
In Wheeling May 12 in front of thousands of miners the United Mine Workers of Ohio ratified the Cleveland scale of thirty nine cents a ton for loaders and eight cents for cutters. The scale committee will meet operators in Cleveland within forty eight hours to sign papers ending the year-old strike. John P. White and William Green urged acceptance though some favored forty cents for loaders and seven for cutters. Laborers work in many mines cleaning rock in preparation for an early resumption.
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Wheeling
United Mine Workers of Ohio
Sfro
Cleveland
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
William Green
Final Efforts Queenstown Recovering Lusitania Dead
May 12 report from Queenstown says a lifeboat with bodies of three women and two boys has run ashore near Baltimore on the south Irish coast. Seventeen dead are brought in. no American first cabin passengers. Admiralty patrols and beach watchers scour the area to recover more bodies as large scale efforts continue. Mr and Mrs Harry B Curtin arrived home from New York Wednesday morning.
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Lusitania
Bltimore
Lusitazia
Fox
Stormcock
Admiralty
Ireland
National Prohibition Night Demonstration in Clarksburg
A large turnout marked National Prohibition Night led by the Woman’s Temperance Union with four White Ribbon representatives. The parade formed at the BE Paul Methodist Church, moved along Cheatnut Street to Pike and to the tabernacle, featuring songs, boosters, and a sermon on salvation and assurance. Fifty three decisions were recorded, bringing cards signed to 1175, with plans for another week of meetings.
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Clarksburg
Woman's Temperance Union
BE |Paul Methodist Episcopal
Cheatnut Street
Pike
Tabernacles
Boosters
Temperance Legion
Woman's Christian Tem. Union
Hemlock
Welch
White Ribboners
Hamilton
Evangelist Hamilton
Knights Templar
Knights
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