Stakes Rise as Allied and Central Powers Trade Blows
British and German advances loom large as London and Berlin gauge a proposed Washington Britain-Germany food and blockade policy. Sinking British ships alarmsBritain, while Russia and Poland weave a tense eastern front picture with mixed reports of German, Austrian, and Russian moves along the Baltic to the Carpathians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Washington
Great Britain
Germany
London
Jeiche
British Press
Engishman
Linthe
Berlin
Grey
Pregaler ‘Asquith
Admiralty
Churchill
Russian
Poland
Baltic
Carpathians
Car Struck by Street Car Injures Wilsonburg Farmer
In Clarkeburg West Virginia on February 25 Peter W. Ash a leading farmer of Wilsonburg was seriously injured when a Wilsonburg street car struck the wagon he rode in the team spooked and bolted across the track just as the car approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkeburg
W. Va
Peter W. Ash
Wilsonburg
Small Boy Dies of Pneumonia in New England Home
Hidward Yeager aged three years, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Yeager, died this morning at his parents home in New England after a weeklong illness with pneumonia. Funeral arrangements handled by Undertaker R L Cunningham and not yet completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidward Yeager
Albert Yeager
New England
R. L. Cunningham
French Troops Hold Champagne Lines After Counter Attacks
Official French report says all positions in Champagne held after yesterday’s attacks and German counter offensives were repulsed. French aviators dropped 60 bombs on railroad targets and concentrations. The update notes infantry progress later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London
Champagne
Buckley in Serious Condition After County Riot
Deputy Sheriff T. W. Buckley remains in a serious coma like state at his 111 High Street home after the strike riot. Baltimore specialists Drs Henry W. Thomas and Sheldon Horsley join Dr J J Durrett for a planned morning consultation in Fairmont. Sheriff C D Conaway recovers slowly and may appear before the grand jury investigating the riot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Buckley
Burt
High Street
J. J. Durrett
Henry W. Thomas
Sheldon Horsley
Baltimore
Durrett
Fairmont
C. D. Conaway
Forty Alleged Riot Suspects Jam Farmington Jail
About 40 men arrested in the Farmington strike riot are held in the county jail as witnesses or principals. A special grand jury probes murder of Constable Riggs and officer injuries, with many held on John Doe warrants from Fairmont and other cities. Several named suspects are listed among the Farmington district and mine crews. Some remain as witnesses while others face charges as the inquest proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Fairmont
John Doe
Grand
Riggs
Matthew Bedonwa
Samuel Burniss
Stephen Burniss
John Bolash
Frank Morance
Michael Scoynick
Matthew Thomas
Obert Kinkle
Michael Wnagler
Alec Mamcary
Mike Debosky
Velon Micklost
E. Slyhock
Tony Brungett
Brono Savvace
John Fletcher
Charles Munholovie
Grand Jury
No. 9
Conaway
Morris
Frank A. Lloyd
Riggs Funeral Set for Sunday in City
Funeral services for W. R. Riggs the constable who died from wounds suffered in a clash with striking miners will be held Sunday afternoon from 221 Spring Street. Rev H G Stoetzer of the First Presbyterian Church and Rev H D Howard of the First M E Church will lead the rites. Brother Charles H Riggs of Cherokes Ja will arrive to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Riggs
Cook Hospital
Spring Street
West
Te City
Weather Report for West Virginia County
Snow flurries expected in the mountains with a cold night across the county. Friday outlook shows light snow and continued frigid conditions in the high elevations with no significant accumulation expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia—County
British Steamer Deptford Sunk off Scarborough
The 230 foot British steamer Deptford of 1208 tons was sunk in the North Sea near Scarborough. Fifteen crew survived after drifting in a snow storm to South Shields. one sailor died. An engineer reported a blue flame as the explosion occurred. Some crew said they saw a submarine wake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Western Coast
English Channel
Beachy Head
Portsmouth
Deptford
North Sea
Scarborough
South Shields
Pulgens
Russians Deny Defeat In Poland Front Claims
Russian general staff rejects Berlin claims of a major defeat and says two corps withdrew with losses while other troops held positions and fought on. Swiss reports describe continued Russian gains in the Carpathians with Austro German losses at Dukla and Uzack. Russians say they captured a transport wagon with 20 000 dollars at Grovnik and an advance post of 600 men at Plage amid broader incursions into Marmaros county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Petrograd
Poland
Berlin
Niemen
Bohr
Wierballen
Russian Poland
Augustawo
Geneva
Paris
Carpathians
Dukla Pass
Uzack Pass
Dubova
Grovnik
Tate
Plage
Marmaros
Hungary
Galacia
Bukowina
Transylvania
Yeggmen Loot Clinchfield Post Office and Rail Offices
At Clinchfield Virginia last night robbers blew the safe at the post office the Southern Express office and the Clinchfield Coal Company commissary ransacking offices and several other business houses and carrying away much United States mail. The town was terrorized by the robbers who escaped before authorities could catch them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Clinchfield
Southern Express Office
Nw.1 Railway
Clinchfield Coal Company
United States
Bey
Dolara
Prohibition Want Filed By Well in Charleston
Leo Well of Pittsburgh, attorney now under indictment for allegedly offering bribes to West Virginia Public Service Commissioners to influence a ruling for Manufacturers Light and Heat Co seeks a writ of prohibition. The petition argues the indictments lack a bribery charge and that any offers to testify do not amount to illegal bribery under state or federal law. The motion is set for March 5 in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
A.leo Well
Pittsburgh
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Ithe’ ‘Manufactors
Light and Hegt Company
He. Wan
Laptlavening
Intermediate Court
Henry K." Black
Seve
United States
West “Virginia
Dayton Probe Details Face Bank Note Testimony
The House Judiciary subcommittee delayed action and plans to hear Frank Burkesa about Judge Dayton and a note loaned by Dayton and Blue. Bank records from First National of Grafton and other WV banks show Dayton co making notes totaling around 96 5500 over years, with testimony expected as part of the probe.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Congress
House Judiciary
Ambasis Sofany
Asseteatenei
Yeaterday
Frank Burkesa
Vieeret
Lant el Ftort
Cotter
Co Ge
Harry, W
Chadduck
Gratton W. Va. Trust Company
Dayton
Blicher
Grafton
Judge Dayton
F. Blue
Daytonn
Coal
Fleming
Seca Reinhard
First ‘National’ Bank
Bellington
W.va
Pioneers
Byspavioa
Mercats Nations
Bank
Clarksburg
W. Va
Ildge
Buckhannon’ Bank
Buckhannon
Sildhig
Totaliog
Cow Sets Milk Record With 12 Tons In Year
In Columbus Ohio a five year old Guernsey cow named Marne of the Berton herd set a world record for milk production. She yielded twelve tons of milk and 1400 pounds of butter in one year, per the Ohio State University Dairy Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State University
Marne
Cowap
Guernsey
Barberton
Germans Buy Dogs for Sausage Meat Reported in West Jutland
In West Jutland German agents purchase dogs from farmers and peasants as part of a wartime procurement. The drive reportedly aims to secure meat, with reports citing large numbers and official interest from German authorities.
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Copenhagen
West
Jutland
Berg
Unclear wartime report from near border areas
Fragmentary text describes firing near a border post with references to Swiss territory and named places. The readable passages are incomplete and do not establish a clear event, date, or involved parties.
Militias Gather in West Virginia Riot Fallout
County officials pledge 600 armed men may form a posse to back deputies and constables in Fairmont district after a violent riot. Grand jurors hear witnesses as indictments for 20 to 50 suspects loom, with martial law avoided by legal authority and militia support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Hatfield
Capiai
Farmington
West Virginia
Fairmont
Court House
Ciolera
Riggs
T. W. Buckley
D. Conaway
Grand Jury
John Doe
Agalnat
Anjalian
Juell
J Justicej
En Wi
Baltimore and Ohio
Orater
Shallibe
Shim
Bey
Protests On Change Of U S Engineers In Charleston
Charleston businessmen and coal shippers urged Senator William E. Chilton to protest to the war department against Major Thomas Jackson’s plan to downsize the Charleston United States engineers office. He would move chief clerk Reginald C. Hewes to Wheeling, cut local staff, shift Great Kanawha dam oversight to Wheeling, and end the daily river bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
William E. Chilton
War Department
Thomas Jackson
Wheeling Rivers and Harbors District
United States Engineers
Jackson
Reginald C. Hewes
Wheeling
Kanawha
Daily River Bulletin
Ohio
Hear Girl's Story In Alleged Crime
Miss Nellie Moore age 12 daughter of farmer Theodore Moore near Hoodsville was questioned by Tusca Morris, prosecutor, after her father Moore was arrested yesterday. The prosecutor’s office awaited a hearing before Justice M R Musgrove this afternoon to allow Moore a chance to prove the bonds and the claims regarding the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Moore
Theodore Moore
Hoodsville
Tusca. Morris
Olce
Justice of the Peace
M. R. Musgrove
Moore Stablesy
Frank Russell
Chas Ear
Satterfield
Frenchman Rewarded for Sinking German Submarine
Paris report says French assurance firms lean toward the minister of marine to award a prize for sinking the German submarine. The Marquis of Ornano offered a $1,000 prize for the victory and a Zeppelin sighting was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Presa
Paris
A Assurance Companies
Minister of Marine
Marquis of
Ornano
Coal Pollution Arrests Reported Along River
A report notes arrests related to coal pollution in a river system. Authorities plan charges against several workers as sulfur-laden water affects streams. Dozens of arrests are believed. thousands of gallons have been released into the river system.
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Guyan River
Ohio River
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U.S
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Przefmyat
Buckley
221
Angler
B. Duke
Palm Beach
Fis
Cordelia. Biddle
Philadelphia
Duke
Duke Alto
Ielay
Érinan
Honfel
Laath
Pretterhausen
Muelhausen
U. S
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