New Portuguese President Proclaimed Amid Turmoil
General Antonio Eito was proclaimed president of the Republic of Northern Portugal by a Democratic congress at Lamego. The period since the 5 assassination of Carlos has seen dissension, royalist agitation, and a contentious move to form a new cabinet amid widespread political strife.
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Portugal
Congress of
Democrats
Associated Presay Indon
Antonio ‘Eto
Northern
Lamego
Cording
Tore Hoday
Fabra
Madrid
Badajoze
Republic of
Poru
Carlos
Hasen
Lisbon
Fac
Paris
Democratic Party
Debet
Gritty Crew Report From Incomplete Page
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a crew continuing journey near Havre and far from Un Vouraine. The text mentions distance and location hints with broken phrases and unclear structure.
Rotterdam Stands by to render aid to La Touraine
A wireless from Queenstown reports the steamer Rotterdam standing by to assist La Touraine and transfer passengers if needed. The ship Cornishman and others were told assistance was not required. An S U S was picked up by a British patrol and the Rotterdam proceeded at top speed to aid the burning vessel until safe navigation is assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacer Slondon
Aj Burther
Touraine
Queenstown
Rotterdam
Swanmorean
Stanford
Atlantic
Silas
la Touraine
Art
Steamer Touraine Passengers Safe in London Cables
Reporters note French line agents in New York learned from London cables that the steamer Touraine is in close contact with a relief steamer and passengers are not in danger. The Touraine carried 290 crew and 4459 cartridges plus weapons for defense and medical staff, with eight first cabin and forty six steerage passengers aboard. Captain Gaussin commanded the vessel with three doctors and nurses en route from New York to Virginia.
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Brees
New York
Mar
London
Oscar S.cauchois
New Re
Gaussin
Ners
Starvation Fears Rise as Mexican Crisis Reaches New Orleans
Mary 6 passengers arriving from Vera Cruz describe food price hikes and a government bread line in Mexico City, with poorer classes facing starvation. They report censorship and fear of arrest for press correspondents, noting no American papers allowed recently.
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Associated Rmess
New Orleans
Mary
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Carranza Attack on Villa at Monterey Intensifies
Report from Brownsville says Carranza forces pressed Villa in Monterey with heavy artillery and fighting in multiple directions continuing through yesterday and today. Local town scenes described with continuous bombardment.
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Monterey
Villa
Brownsville
Tex
Carranza
Villa Ronce
Sity
Heaviest Snowstorm Hits New York City
The winter storm swept New York causing one death and numerous minor accidents. The Weather Bureau reported five and one-fifth inches of snow with traffic disrupted and snow melting as the system moved eastward.
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Associated= Press
New York
New-York
Weather Bureau
Travelers reach California after misstep at Manzanillo
A voyage from Guadalajara to California encounters a delayed path as the steamer departs upon arrival at Manzanillo. The group then takes the first train to resume the journey following the accident.
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California
Manzanillo
Guadalajara
Two Desperadoes Captured After Wilmington Pistol Battle
In Wilmington Delaware a running pistol battle left one policeman dead two patrolmen mortally wounded and a fourth officer plus two citizens slightly injured. Two desperadoes Peter and Charles Mor were captured and moved to the county workhouse at New Castle for safety and to prevent lynching. Police say the suspects fired the fatal shot.
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PERC
Wilmington
del. Mar
Newcastle
Peter, i
Charles Mor
Powder Explosion Kills Four at Haskell DuPont Plant
Four men died and one was seriously injured in a gunpowder explosion at the Dupont powder works in Haskell New Jersey. Clarence Fredericks survived by leaping into the Pequannock River and extinguishing his burning clothes. Several workers also jumped into the river and were rescued.
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ABY Associated Press
Haskell, No.j
Dupont Powder Works
Clarence
Fredericks
Pequamnock
Hatfield Formalizes 1916 Republican Senate Candidacy
Governor H D Hatfield enters the race for the U S Senate in 1916 with Parkersburg announcement. State Labor Commissioner J H Nightingale endorses him as the biggest man in the state and a Senate candidate, while Ot other potential governors Ogden Goodykoonts and Sam Montgomery are noted as possibles.
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H. D. Hatfield
United States Senate
Parkersburg
J. H. Nightingale
Hatfield
United States
Ogden
Wheeling
Goodykoonts
Williamson
Rail Disaster in Mexico Kills Six Hundred
A February report to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions describes a January railway catastrophe near Guadalajara. A special train carried families from Colima when collapse occurred on a steep grade. nine hundred aboard, only six survived, with many dead and local Yaqui people reacting violently.
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Faure
Boston
Mexico
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Manzanillo
Guadalajara
Carranza
Colima
John, Howland
Mission Station
Mexican conflict rumors threaten capital evacuation plan
Friction between General Obregon in Mexico City and General Carranza surfaces over Carranza support for Obregon’s decree taxing all residents. Carranza allegedly ordered evacuation of the capital when deemed necessary, with rail traffic halted between the coast and the city, signaling a possible withdrawal soon.
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Vera-Cruz
New Orleans
Obregon
Mexico City
Carranza
Sis
Mexico
Note of Inquiry Probes Allied Embargo Practice
Washington March 6 press reports say President Wilson and Secretary Bryan discussed sending a note of inquiry to Great Britain and France on how their embargo on all commerce between Germany and neutrals would operate in practice. Many shippers seek legal status of ships and cargoes if detained by British or French cruisers. the U S has prepared a general inquiry to be sent, but it had not gone today.
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Mexico City
Stockholm
United States
Washington
Carranza Tio
Vera Cruz
Garranza
Bryan
Woos
RRO
Wilson
Great Britain
France
Germany
Sinking reports clash over submarines in war note
A Berlin report cites a Berliner Tageblatt correspondent saying seven British merchantmen have been sunk since blockade began, while Berlin sources claim more German submarines were sunk. The Deutsche admiralty provides no loss figures.
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Berliner Tageblatt
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph
Personalities Depart Fragments From City Visits
Local notes list Ham burger’s proprietor off to New York for spring stocks and a stream of visitors arriving in Clarksburg. Names include W F Wilson Richwood L M Ennis Huntington J Craig Morgantown L W Scott Fairmont and others with Stuart Reed delivering an address at First Methodist Episcopal church.
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Hamburger
Hamburger’s
New York
W. F. Wilson
Richwood
B. Crowl
Fairmont
H. P. Chambers
Pairmonton
George N. Blair
West Union
J. G.charter
L. M. Gowan
Morgantown
W. P Barlow
Buckhannon
Gore
L. M. Ennis
Huntington
Ira C. Post
Templemoor
J.graig
L. W. Scott
Stuart F. Reed
Charleston
Clarksburg Brotherhood
Methodist’ S Episcopal Church
Oscar H. Adkinson
Mt. Clare
Fred Warren
Court House
Wilbur Swiger
Fairmont Times
Weather forecast shown in moving picture theaters
Officials of the local Weather Bureau have originated a scheme to flash the daily forecast on theater screens. The service is available to nearby cities in the state and may be shown in moving picture theaters.
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Elkins
Mar
United States Weather Bureau
Athens cabinet resigns after king disapproves policy
London dispatch from Reuters... Premier Venizelos told the Chamber of Deputies that the king did not approve of the government policy, prompting the cabinet to tender its resignation. The report notes the political move in Greece and the royal assent question shaping the crisis.
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Associated Press
London
Athens
Reuters Telegram
Venicelos
Chamber of Deputies
Obituary: Mrs Susan Funderburg Peritonitis in Kingwood
Mrs Susan Funderburg wife of Joseph Funderburg died in a local hospital early Sunday from peritonitis after a brief illness. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs John B Fisher of 425 Mechanic Street and had recently moved to Kingwood. Survived by her parents and two sisters Miss Vera Fisher and Xenna Fisher both at home. No funeral arrangements announced.
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Susan Funderburg
Joseph _Funderburg
Kingwood
Funderburg
John B Fisher
Mechanic Street
Kingwoodr
Vera Fisher
Xenna Fisher
No Allied Success Reported in Dardanelles Attack
Djavid Bey Turkish finance minister said in Berlin that Allied assaults on the Dardanelles have yielded no gains to date. He claimed Turkey has 250000 troops on Gallipoli and travels via Roumania on a mission to secure financial guarantees without expected complications there.
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Berlin
London
Djavid Bey
Dardanelles
Turkey
Djavid
Gallipoli
Roumania
Tthat
Senator Parrish Faces Revenue Clash in State Senate
The Fairmont Times praises Roy Parrish of Harrison County for defying the governor on revenue plans. The editorial lauds his nerve and declares him a rising Republican star likely to gain public applause as Hatfield’s star wanes.
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Fairmont Times
Roy Bb. Parrish
Roy Parrish
Harrison County
Hatfield
Times
Harrison
Miners Vote to Stand by Leaders Amid Benefit Doubt
In Wheeling on March 6 the Fifth Ohio sub district miners, after an eleven month strike, voted unanimously to support their leaders. John Moore and William Green warned of possible benefit reductions due to Ohio union finances and urged a referendum on whether district and state officials should negotiate with the secretary of labor or with the President. The convention plans to reconvene Monday to tally the vote.
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Wheeling
Mar
Ohio
John Moore
Chice
William Green
United Miins Workers ‘of America
Wilson
Bankrupt Notices in Northern District of West Virginia
In the Northern District of West Virginia bankruptcy notices announce that Coffman and Yonke Coffman Tailoring Co. were adjudicated bankrupt. Creditors meet March 15 1915 at 10 am at the Law Office of W Frank Stout Clarksburg WV to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt. A second notice to Audie O Kelley of Wallace Harrison County Virginia shows a March 1 1915 adjudication with creditor meetings to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt.
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District Court of the United States
West Virginia
InsRe
M. Coffman- Ax
Craditora
Coffman &E
Clarksburg
Harrison
Elven
Theta Bhiee E. Coffman
Yonke-Coffman Tailoring Co
William F. Yonke
Coffman
W. Frank’ Stout
Clerksburg
West
Virginia
Frank
STOUT
aReferes
Ania
Steptob. & Johnson
Esgris
Tors
Chumitae
Audie On Kelley
Audie O. Kelley
Wallace
Eforesaid
Audie
Kelley
Bankuph
Ees
Mies We
Reserves Called Up By Associated Press Report
London dispatch from March 6 states that the Rome correspondent reports the reserve noncommissioned officers of four divisions are being called up.
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Associated’ Press
London
Mar
Rome
Exchange ‘Telegraph? Company
General Goethals Hints at Retirement at Panama Banquet
Major General G W Goethals, governor of the Panama Canal Zone, spoke at the annual Society of the Chagres banquet tonight and hinted at his probable retirement. He noted requests that his relief be considered in favor of a younger successor.
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Associated
Pracs
Panama
G.W. Goethals
Canal
Zone
Society of the Chagres
Ribblett acquitted in street whiskey case amid war front reports
A man named Ribblett was arrested on a peace warrant for carrying a half pint of whiskey in a street but was acquitted after witnesses failed to prove he carried it in a street alley. The case overlapped with broader war news on French actions near Paris and shifting German positions, while English grain prices declined due to Allied fleet activity at the Dardanelles.
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Emory
Ribblett
T. G.nicewarner
Henry Wine
Water Street
Ribbiett
Paris
Champagne
Soissons
Dardanelles
England
Austrian Defense Strong in Western Galicia Front
The report notes Austrian defenses are very strong along the Dunajec in western Galicia with Russian attempts at attacking failing to break through. In northern Poland Russians press to push Germans back toward East Prussia and block entrenchment in Russian territory south of the lower Vistula. Some claims describe aggressive drives at certain points.
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Dunajec
Galicia
Poland
East-Prussia
Rus Sian
Vistula
Garrison Fire Fails to Harm Russians at Przemysl
Official dispatch from Petrograd reports garrison at Przemysl facing Austrian siege actions. Fortress artillery fires heavily with many shells but causes few injuries. Aeroplane combat includes downing a German Albatros at Sokolka on March 5 and capture of aviators.
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Petrograd
Padon
Przemysl
Len- Rerlis
Sokolka
Ministers to Meet on Church as a Social Center Topic
A semi monthly meeting of the Clarksburg Ministers' Union is scheduled for Monday forenoon. The Rev H Jenkins, colored, will read a paper on the topic The Church as a Social Center.
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Clarksburg
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