Lee Close to Verdict in Vawter Murder Trial
In Christiansburg Virginia May 9 Jack Lee Lynchburg lawyer closes closing arguments in the Vawter murder case as Judge and jury weep after defense counsel R L Jordan and W H Calhoun paint scenes of self defense and accused solemnity. Verdict may come tonight with families of Vawter and Heth strained.
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Wire To the Star
Christiansburg
Jack” Lee
Lynchburg
Vawter
Stockton Heth, Jr
Lee
Commonwealth
Calhoun
Heth
Charles E. Vawter
R. L. Jordan
Mr. Jordan
Professor Vawter
Jack Lee
Lynchburg J
Chris
Heth Family Guests at Local Hotel Amid Courtroom Drift
Capt Stockton Heth Sr father of a deaf mam and his son Lieut Clement Heth U S A along with Misses Virginia and Pickett Heth are guests at a city hotel. Prof Vawter was invited by A J Harless of counsel defending him to dine at the hotel. The Misses Heth described as patricians are noted in a continued item.
Railroads to Curtail Passenger Trains Amid War Demands
The Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads plan to discontinue several Washington to Baltimore trains and may cut more on the Shenandoah division from Harpers Ferry to Lexington and Winchester to Harpers Ferry. Vice President J M Davis orders surveys with division superintendents to report which trains can be removed before the week ends. No curtailment expected on the Winchester end of the Cumberland Valley line.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Baltimore
Shenandoah
Harpers Ferry
Lexington
Winchester
J. M. Davis
Davis
Daniel Willard
Council On National Defense
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Fourteen Killed In Mexican Wreck
Laredo Texas May 9 details of the wrecking of a military train near Queretaro Mexico brought by passengers arriving on the first train to reach the border since last Saturday. Seven arranza soldiers four women and three children were killed in the wreck and more than 100 injured according to survivors.
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Laredo
Texas
Queretaro
Mexico
Liner Reported To Be On Fire Off Nantucket Shoals
Boston May 9 Coast patrol boats answer wireless SOS for the steamer Sebastain believed afire off Nantucket shoals Officials at Charlestown Navy Yard and Lieut Blakelee said the Sebastain would likely be towed into Newport for safety and inspection
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Boston
Sebastain
Nantucket Shoals
Charlestown Navy Yard
Blakelee
Newport
Church Social May 10 At 130 S Market St
Musical and social event at 130 S Market St on Thursday night with refreshments and no admission. Proceeds support the Benefit Young People's Society.
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S. Market St
Young People’s Society
Gypsy Smith Ends Harrisonburg Revival With Huge Turnout
Gypsy Smith Jr closed Harrisonburg’s revival after four weeks drawing 10 000 attendees the last day and 528 new converts. He impressed church members with Rooseveltian force while rocking Rockingham church circles. He was greeted by music, a city delegation, and cheering crowds at his return.
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Harrisonburg
Gypsy Smith, Jr
v _ Smith
Smith
Rockingham
Big Things Are to Be Expected at Winchester Banquet
A Winchester Star friendly critique by a present attendee of the Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Winchester Inn on April 24. The writer notes the honor of attendance, confesses a dollar contribution, and questions the menu sequence suggesting soup should come after salads with sharper critique of rice soup.
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the Star
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Inn
Winchester
Woman Hikes 44 Miles From Berkeley Springs to Winchester
Mr and Mrs V C Somers of Berkeley Springs began a trek Monday toward Winchester a distance of 44 miles. Mrs Somers notes they will not travel as fast as an automobile but will save gasoline and oil.
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V. C. Somers
Berkeley Springs
Winchester
Martinsburg Journal
Building Stone For Sale Bids Sought In County Area
Bids are invited for a stone fence run from the County Clerk's office to Water street and must be removed by May 20. Submit bids to Phil H. Gold at the County Clerk's Office by noon Saturday May 12, 1917. Attest: Phil H. Gold County Clerk.
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Water Street
Phil. H. Gold
Local War Recruiting in Shenandoah Valley
Private Grove of the regular army, in charge of recruiting six Shenandoah Valley counties, received applications from Peter L. Lacount and George F. Patton of Edinburg Virginia to serve in the Signal Service Corps. The Edinburg postmaster secured the applications, and Grove bases his HQ in the Bushnell building on North Main Street. A West Virginia county youth contingent plans to come forward soon.
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Private Grove
Regular Army
Winchester
Peter L. Lacount
George F. Patton
Edinburg
Signal Service Corps
United States Army
Shenandoah Valley
Bushnell Building
North Main Street
West Virginia
Winchester Women’s Relief Commission Meet at Handley Library
A meeting of the Winchester branch of the Virginia War Relief Commissions is set for tomorrow at 4 PM at Handley Library. All women, members or not, are invited to attend.
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Winchester
Virginia War Relief Commissons
Handley Library
Inventor Barlow Calls Naval Consulting Board a Joke
Lester P. Barlow, back from England, says the Naval Consulting Board lacks real work and warns that England’s shipping is at the mercy of submarines. He claims his perfected land torpedo, tested by English authorities, could be fired from airships, mortars, or ships and is consulting with the Navy in Washington.
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New Haven
Conn
Naval Consulting Board
Lester P. Barlow
England
Imegland
Barlow
Barrow
Navy Department
Washington
United States
Wheat hits new price records across markets yesterday
Baltimore closed at 3.16 per bushel with little wheat offered and farmers delaying sales. Winchester dealers report scarce supply for over a week. Gambrill Manufacturing sold 500000 bushels to entente allies, netting about a dollar per bushel. May wheat at Chicago rose to 3. eath bushel. Minneapolis quotes slightly lower.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Xiong
Gambrill Manufacturing Cocaeine
Entente
Chicago
Minneapolis
Gotham Dons Glad Rags For Joffre
New York prepares for the arrival of Papa Joffre and the French war commission. A motor parade from the Battery to City Hall will pass under decorated Broadway canyons as crowds cheer and banners fly. Rev Brubaker resumes charge of his church for another year.
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New York
Papa” Joffre
Marne
French War Commission
Joffre
Viviani
Battery
Broadway
France
FE. W. Brubaker
Weather slows gardening and prompts replanting plans
Chilly spell disrupts spring garden work as seeds struggle to germinate and crops like beans and peas stall. Wet conditions persist, delaying field work for days, with unsettled weather easing only gradually and forecasts predicting fair skies and rising temperatures later in the week.
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J. Pluvius
Weather Bureau
Forst
South Atlantic
Virginia
New Fengland
Fire at Capital Paper Box Factory Wounds Several
A four story paper box factory at Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue across from the Willard Hotel caught fire at noon. Nearly 500 workers were inside but all escaped after about thirty minutes. One fireman was hurt and worker John Whitacre, burned trying to flee. several others suffered minor injuries.
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Walmington
Makeweeee
Fourteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Willard Hotel
John Whitacre
Liberia Breaks with the Kaiser
Liberia severed diplomatic relations with Germany, the negro republic on Africa’s west coast announced to Dr. Ernest Lyon in Baltimore. The cable from Secretary King said Liberia would work in sympathy with the United States and its allies in the war.
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Baltimore
Germany
Republic of
Liberia
Africa
Ernest Lyon
Republic
United States
D. D. King
E. Howard
Men of Virginia Urged to Enlist for War
A Civil War recruitment notice calls physically fit men age 18 to 45 to join Company I, Second Virginia Infantry. Targets 100 volunteers in Winchester or Riverton, offering enlistment with friends under Captain Conrad at 42 Rouss Ave. Sergeant Paul C. Spillman urges prompt application.
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Second Virginia Infantry
Winchester
Riverton
Conrad
Rouss Ave
Paul C. Spillman
British and French Forces Renew Attacks On Western Front
British and Canadian units renewed pressure around Fresnoy and northeast of Hirgicourt driving back German thrusts and consolidating positions as French troops crossed the first German trench line northeast of Chevreux near the Aisne. Cavities in German lines were reported as losses mounted for Berlin with fresh troops sent to battle.
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London
Fresnoy
Arras
Eafter
War Office
Fresnoy Woods
Hirgicourt
Gavrelle
Lens
Budicourt
Paris
Advancin
Aisne
Chevreaun
Nivelle
Cremin Des Pames
Aisne Heights
Young Couple Granted Marriage License
Clerk J B Beverley issued a marriage license to John B Castleman of the county and Miss Mattie V Haines of Winchester. The pact shows both ages as 19 and was witnessed by the groom's mother confirming ages. The groom is son of S O G Castleman and the bride daughter of C N Haines of this city.
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J. B. Beverley
Corporation Clerk's Office
John B. Castleman
Mattie V. Haines
Winchester
Jivm
O. G. Castleman
C.N. Haines
Exhibition of Russian anti aircraft shells at local office
Commissioner J. Maphis displays two nearly foot long anti aircraft shells made for the Russian government. Each shell holds a steel projectile about two inches in diameter and is loaded with sand rather than explosive. They appear ready for use against aircraft and may be among the first large projectiles seen in Winchester since the war began.
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the Revenue
Funeral for Amos H. Foreman Set at Ebenezer Church
Amos H. Foreman, who died after a long illness, will be buried from Ebenezer Church near Gore tomorrow at 11 o'clock. The procession will meet at the McKee residence on North Market street at 7:20 to accompany the casket. He was about 78 years old.
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Amos H. Foreman
T. B. McKee
North Market Street
Ebenezer Church
Gore
Kenda
McKee
Ebenezer
Foreman
Government experts fear Chinese and Mexicans to be brought in
House Ways and Means committee drafts war revenue bill after long session. The plan faces delays and debate as a series of articles on underwood free list are sidelined, with potential taxes to fund the war effort.
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House
Underwood
Labor Shortages Roil US Harvests and Immigration Debate
Washington May 9 reports warn of labor shortages as new crop seasons approach with possible use of national law to seize labor. Debates consider importing Chinese and Mexican workers and relaxing border enforcement to fill farm jobs. Separately the House Ways and Means Committee approves a 10 percent tariff increase to fund wartime revenues, potentially altering free trade provisions under the Underwood law. Senate plans to rework the bill with debate extending through the week.
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Washington
Wilson
Moxa L
House Ways Means Committee
Treasury
McAdoo
Obituary fragment notes survivors across multiple families
Age mentions eleven chél survivors including Mrs. T B McKee Mrs. Alice Patton Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter and others. lists names and places across counties and states with several heirs in Keyser Gore Ohio Bed ford Hayfield Te and Pa, reflecting a large extended family.
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Alice Patton
WH J
Elizabeth Carpenter
Belle Barr
Keyser
W. Va
John
State
James
Gore
Lee
Bedford
Pat Jerome
Ohio
Algernon
Hayfield
Harrison
Clarence Foreman
Pe Pa
Stonewall Band to Play at Confederate Reunion in Staunton
The Washington Post reports the Stonewall Band of Staunton Virginia will perform at the Confederate reunion week of June 4 in Staunton. The Stonewall Jackson Brass Band will lead a parade and give open air concerts at Camp Harper on Union Station plaza. Veterans are asked to wear their old gray and butternut uniforms for contrast with modern khaki.
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Washington Post
Stonewall
Staunton
Post
Stonewall Jackson
Stauston
Stonewall Brigade
Camp Harper
Union Station
Igi
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Vanter
Ton Hethy
Stockton Hethy Sr
Wire
Gypsy Smith
Mr. Rothgeb
Signal Corps
Women’s Relief Commission Meet
Gays Consulting Board
Lester Barlow
Gotham
Capital
Sar
The
Senate
Kitchin
Tomorre
Bes
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