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Newspaper

The West Virginian

Location

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1915

Page

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Wreck disrupts Genevieve Clark wedding guests in Bowling Green

Crowds filled Bowling Green for the Genevieve Clark and James Thompson wedding. A derailed Chicago and Alton train carrying guests crashed near Curryville, six miles away. no injuries reported. Mrs Champ Clark, her son Bennett, and reporters arrived at the scene. The town prepared to proceed with the event as guests slept in sidetracked cars.

Amociates Press Sowling Green Bowling Green Genevieve Clark Champ Clark National House of Representatives Clark James & ‘Thompson New Falief Bennett Clerk House of Representatives Chicago Kansas Curryvile

Cook Hospital seeks third subscription installment to fund public conversion

The Cook Hospital board urges subscribers to settle the third installment due tomorrow and, where possible, pay the fourth as well. Funds go to retiring notes from converting the hospital from private to public status. Trustees praise progress, note new ambulance and equipment upgrades, and stress the hospital as a civic necessity in Fairmont.

Cook Hospital Instituton Carvass F. Davis Hospital Tke Fairmont Palrmont

Ex Governor Slaton Says People With Him

Former Georgia governor John M Slaton asserted in New York that the good people of Georgia approved his decision to commute the death sentence of Leo Frank to life imprisonment Only the mob caused him trouble He and his wife arrived for a brief visit and planned travel to the Adirondacks Ganfaa Francico and a return to Atlanta in September

New York Govermor John M. Slaton Georgia Ood Hee M. Frank Frank Siaton Adironsiacka Gan Faa Fraccinco Atlanta

Test Car Which Will Carry Liberty Bell

A specially built steel car designed to transport the Liberty Bell across the continent to the California Exposition was prepared. The mock train car, traveling slowly in a local freight yard, featured a water-filled floor tray to test containment and load capacity.

Liberty Bell Associated Preespriladelphia California Exposition

West Virginia AG Rules RoW Workmen Fund Bears Printing Fees

Attorney General A A Lilly holds that corporations subscribing to the workmen s compensation fund must pay the printing bills of the workmen s compensation department. A special fund will be provided.

Assacuated Press Charleston W. Va A. A. Lilly Workmen's Compensation Fund Workmen's Compensation Department

Camp at Parkersburg set for August 9 to 16

Adjutant General John C. Bond issued an order fixing Parkersburg as the place and August 9 through 16 for the annual encampment of the West Virginia National Guard.

John C. Bond Parkersburg West Virginia Tion Guard

Menigo Leaders to Discuss Peace in Mexico

El Paso reports that leaders of the two main Mexican factions may discuss peace terms soon. Minister Robles, from Gutierrez’s cabinet, says peace talks are likely by mid July, while federal authorities seek Felix Diaz nephew of former president Diaz amid the fragile Mexican situation.

Ammortaied Pease EL Paso Texas Mexico Felix Diaz Diaz Jose Hobiles Gutierrez Robles Dollef

Cotton Priority Claimed for German Explosives

Berlin dispatch reports Brandenburg military commandant bans fabric made mainly of cotton for ordinary uses starting August 1. The order implies Germany will divert all cotton to munitions, including explosives, affecting clothing and household textiles.

Berlin London Brandenburg Germany

Fishing Season Opens Tomorrow Statewide

Anglers with reel and rod may fish streams starting tomorrow under revised game and fish laws. The open season runs from tomorrow until April 1, covering all kinds of fish.

Troy

French War Updates Near Arras and Vosges

Paris reports a violent cannonade and infantry clashes north of Arras with slight progress north of Curleul and repulsed German attacks south of Cabaret Rouge. In the Vosges, German attempts east of Metzeral were checked. Wartime notes also mention a French biplane bombing Friedrichshafen near Lake Constance, interception by anti aircraft fire, and subsequent arrests in Switzerland.

Paris French War Department Arras Gether Chateau of Curleul Cabaret Rouge Vosges Metzeral Stuttgart Wartemburg Sarville Wartemburg Ministry of War Friedrichshafen Constance Lake Constance Schnetzenhausen Raggershausen Switzerland

Process servers find Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw at camp

State process servers located Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw at a Lake Chateaugay summer camp and served her with a subpoena to testify against her husband Harry K. Thaw in New York City jury proceedings assessing his mental condition. Dr Mills testified Thaw believed she wanted him kept in an asylum to prevent him from making a will benefiting her.

SRE Malone, S Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw Lake Chateaugay Harry K. Thaw New York City New York Charles J. Mills Philadelphia Harry Thaw Thaw Evelyn Nesbitt ‘Thaw Malleawan Asylum

Assaulted by Prominent Dentist Clue in Charleston

Charleston June 30 Captain Jack Schell a Toledo and Ohio Central railroad conductor found at the foot of the stairway to his rooms last Monday regained consciousness and said police he was assaulted and robbed by Dr Edward A Botkin a well known dentist and politician Botkin is held on $2500 bond Physicians say Captain Schell remains in dangerous condition

Charleston Jack Schell Toledo and Oiilo Cental Edward A. Botkin Botkin Scholl

Weather forecast for West Virginia showers and cooling

A weather notice indicates likely showers across West Virginia tonight and Thursday. It also notes cooler temperatures in the eastern portion tonight.

West Virginia East Portion

Ban Auto Races On Pennsylvania Roads

Harrisburg June 30 State highway commissioner Robert Cunningham announced that no road races or hill climbing contests will be allowed on state highways. A recent Fayette county road damage prompted the move and the attorney general was asked if he could prohibit such contests. Immediate action was taken to permit cancellation of planned events.

Harrisburg Robert Cunningham Fayette County

Quiet Prevails In War

A Russian counterattack begins from the Vistula region in southeastern Russian Poland as German outlets report. London dispatches discuss Austro German munitions victory claims and a new sweeping board to control private industry, while diplomacy in the Balkans shows Bulgaria and Turkey seeking terms. Western fronts remain comparatively quiet aside from trench reports in the Vosges.

Wily Nicholas Largey Russian Poland Galicia Balkans Bulgaria Turkey Constantinople Italy Vosges

Gas kills father and son in Port Wayne home

PORT WAYNE Ind June 30 Matthew Cooley 50 and son Donald are dead and Cooley's widow and two daughters unconscious after police say a plan to asphyxiate the family. Police found Cooley dead as gas poured from kitchen jets. Donald died en route to hospital. Neighbors say Cooley returned home intoxicated and threatened to kill himself and the family.

Port Wayne Ind Matthew Cooley Donald Cooley

Huerta Plot Arrests In El Paso Three Held In Mexico Revolt

In El Paso Texas on June 30 Federal officials arrested General Marcelo Caraveo Ike Alderete and Frank Alderete in connection with an alleged Huerta plot to spark a new revolution in Mexico. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner George Oliver.

EL Paso Texas Geeral Marcelo Caraveo Ike Alderete Frank Alderete Huerta Mexico George Oliver United States

Artillery Active Amid Dardanelles Reports From Front

A dispatch reports ongoing artillery activity on the Gallipoli and Dardanelles fronts. French and Allied forces press a Turkish line near Krithia with 6000 Turkish casualties cited. Reinforcements struggle to reach fronts as officers relocate toward Tripoli and Tema, amid rumors of a regional uprising.

Prens Panis Jane Athens Uipoli Dispatch Dispatch Times Jaffe Tripoli Tema Seine

DOUGT RECOVERY IN FATAL FURREE ACCIDENT

Two dead in Mannington morgue and another in critical condition at Miners Hospital after an afternoon crash on No 16 eastbound near Haffara. E C Toothman died soon after 4 PM. Kinsey Toothman and Auda Ash sustained serious injuries with uncertain outcomes. The Ford struck the Fiat Run auto driven by Colman of Fiat Run. Funeral arrangements for Kinsey Toothman announced. body moved to his late home.

Furbee Mannington Smi Ame Minere Colman Fiat Run Haffara Aiagton E. C. Toothman Fiat Ford Alys Toothman E. C. Miner Tim Auda Ash

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