War End Expected as Turkey Sees Shorter Conflict
Paris dispatch quotes Turkish finance minister David Bry predicting the war cannot last much longer due to German reluctance for a second winter campaign, hoping for a definite solution by late October. French forces report capturing the village of Regnieville near Fayen Haye on April 1.
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London
Petrograd
Bessarabia
Schilovizy
Aalintey
Lso
Seneva
David Bry
Paris
War Office
Regnieville
Fayen Haye
State Knights of Columbus Meet In Philadelphia May 8
The State Council of the Knights of Columbus plans a major gathering in Philadelphia beginning May 8, with all 180 Pennsylvania councils represented. Delegations from Wilkes-Barre Scranton Harrisburg and other areas will attend with families, as a wide program is prepared by a special committee.
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Knights of Columbus
Philadephia
Order
Pennsylvania
Overal Ale
Safety Museum Opens New Quarters in New York
The Safety Museum inaugurates a campaign for industrial safety in New York shops and factories. It opens new quarters amid efforts to improve working and hygienic conditions in trials mines, led by banker James Speyer.
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New York
American Safety Museum
James Speyer
Patrick Gilday Replaces as District Leader and Joins Commission
Patrick Gilday, longtime labor leader and former president of District No. 2, CT. M. W. of A., resigned March 31 due to overwork. He joined a federal labor commission with D. R. Reeve to settle silver workers’ disputes in Darby, Connecticut, and has prior roles in the West Virginia coal strike and the Colorado coach strike investigation. James Purcell succeeds him, Charles ONeil becomes vice president, and Richard Gilbert is reelected secretary treasurer.
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Patrick Gilday
CT. M. W
Pennsylvania
Darby
Conn
Gilday
Department of Labor
D. R. Reeve
Trenton
XN. J
West Virginia
Wilson
Colorado
Gillay
Seth Low
New York
Chas. W. Miller
Philadelphia
Charles O'Neil
Purcell
O'Neil
Clearfield
Richard Gilbert
State forestry grants permits for 215 cottage camps
Harrisburg April 3 The state department of forestry has granted permits for 215 cottages and camps on state forest reserves under the act approved last session. More than half of applications were read at this week’s commission meeting. Plans include purchasing 1560 acres of forest land in Union county and further purchases in the western part of the state.
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Harrisburg
State Department of Forestry
Union County
Barvey
Claim Against Fitel Placed At $228,259.54 in Frye Case
Washington April 5 United Press reports America's claim against Germany for the destruction of the William P Frye by the Prins Estel Friedrich was issued this afternoon. The claim is for $228,259.65.
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Fitel
United Press
Washington
America
Germany
William P. Frye
Prins Estel Friedrich
Three Thousand Strike in Chicago by United Workers
In Chicago on April 5 three thousand raid workers formed by sash door blind and window and office fixtures workers walked out demanding wage increases. The strike shows broad participation across building trades as workers press for higher pay.
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United
Chicago
Houtzdale PenN On The Sy Retired List
John W. Baughman of Houtzdale is placed on the Pennsylvania Railroad honor roll for age after retiring March 1 with 66 years and 11 months of service. Born in Blair County in 1845, he joined Pennsy in 1858 and served except for one Civil War year. Boston Elks Dedhay Home.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
John W. Baughman
Houtzdale
Tyrone
Pennsy
Mr. Banaghman
Blair County
Willard Wins World Heavyweight Title in Havana Fight
In Havana on April 5, Jess Willard knocked out Jack Johnson in the twenty sixth round before about forty thousand spectators to claim the heavyweight championship. Willard led from early in the bout as Johnson struggled to counter, ending Johnson’s long title reign in a fierce arena clash.
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Johnson
Havana
Cuba
Big Jess Willard
Jack Johnson
Americans Asked to Pay War Tax 10 Visual Followers
Washington reports say Villa forces demand a second war loan from foreign and Mexican business leaders in Monterey. Americans and British resist, with protests expected from Washington. Germans in Monterey reportedly paying. others refuse. Also notes bridge contract awarded to Curwensville Construction for Deer Creek bridge at $1896.
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Washington
Villistas
Monterey
Villa
Villa Listas
Here
Hanna
Ismael Palafox
Villa-Zapata
Mexico City
Enricn Liorente
Deer Creek
Curwensville Construction Company
Three Men Murdered In Restaurant Cellar Mystery
New York report recounts a brutal crime at a Third Avenue restaurant. Proprietor Otto Zin and two others, Roman Held and Stephen Keporinsky, were killed in a cellar raid. The attackers, presumed robbers, felled Held with an axe in the cellar and later killed Keporinsky and Zin, then fled as the first floor was torn apart.
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New York
Otto Zin
Third Avenue
Roman Held
Stephen Mname
G Bucart
Keporinsky
Zinn
Sige
Easter Morning Impressive Light Con Reopens Presbyterian Church
Yesterday's Easter observances at the Presbyterian church drew large crowds through the week with Dr Daubenspeck delivering powerful sermons. Thirty people joined the church as the self denial offering supported mission boards, marking a blessed day for the church and Jesus Christ’s kingdom.
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Presbyterian Church
Daubenspeck
Galilee
Jesus
Church
Kingdom of Jesus Christ
Bulgarians Attack Servian Guardsmen In Frontier Clash
London reports Bulgarian irregulars dressed in uniforms attacked Servian outposts at Valandevour and Strumitsa. Servians reinforced, held ground, and forced the invaders back across the border after heavy fighting near the Vardar.
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London
Ir‘populars
War of Pa
Valandevour
Strumitsa
Vardar
Trapred Quarrel Sparks Nonsense Dialogue
A fragment shows two speakers quarreling with broken phrases about a mousetrap and pursuit. Incoherent lines include garbled words like yrt cart and Pam eee sested Sune, offering no clear event or identifiable entities beyond vague references to a mouse trap and pursuit.
Womans Club Flower Contest Prizes Announced Date
The Womans club will award prizes in a flower contest open to fifth to seventh grade pupils of Clearfield area. Prizes include 3 dollars first, 2.5 each for two seconds, and five at one dollar. Selections from Madame Butterfly will be performed Thursday evening at the Y.M.C.A. hall with Marian Bigier and others as soloists. admission 25 cents.
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Womans Club
Clearfield
Y. Ilc.a. Hall
Economic movement by New York Central railroad
The New York Central started a coal train experiment from Cherry Tree to Jersey Shore with one crew per trip, replacing the previous two-crew round trip. The 280 mile run now uses two crews, a change not expected to be sustainable as demand grows and river routing needs double tracking. Eighteen men in town were laid off temporarily as a result.
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New York Central Railroad
Cherry Tree
Jersey Shore
Joffre Predicts Allied Victory Soon in War
Paris reports General Joffre, at Belgian HQ visit to decorate officers, told King Albert and Premier De Stoqueville that the war would end soon with an Allied victory. The dispatch from Dunkirk appears in Belair. Also noted is a Knights of Columbus military euchre hosted by Taft at Boston Chamber of Commerce rooms on Wednesday evening April 7 at 8 PM.
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Paris
Joffre
Dunkirk
Belair
Legion of Honor
Albert
de Stoqueville
Boston
Knights of Columbus
Taft
K. of C
Chamber of Commerce
Vocational Education Bill Seeks Expanded Bureau
Harrisburg April measure proposed to create a two subdivision Bureau of Vocational Education within the Department of Public Instruction. One division would oversee agriculture and rural schools, the other city and town schools teaching industrial arts. Heads would be paid 4000 annually with two assistants at 2000 each. The bureau would supervise inspect approve and aid schools and administer compulsory education and employment certs while carrying out act provisions. A $825000 appropriation would fund agricultural industrial and household arts schools and pupil tuition for vocational students outside their districts.
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Harrisburg
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Pennsylvania
Fred Fruit
Bureau of Vocational Education
Boroughs Gain Right of Eminent Domain in Municipal Lands
Governor Brumbaugh approves bill granting boroughs and incorporated towns the right of eminent domain for public use lands once dedicated but no longer employed. It covers lands with defective titles for erecting town halls, hose houses, lockups, and other municipal buildings. The governor also approves deeds and conveyances of lands under wills when copies of wills are filed.
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Brumbaugh
Liverpool April 5 The Tuscania Arrives from New York
The liner Tuscania arrived in Liverpool today from New York after an uneventful voyage. No incidents were reported and passengers disembarked calmly.
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Liverpool
Tuscania
New York
Eight Dead In Pine Grove Fire Mystery
Eight persons were killed and a score of others were hurt when a large department house on Pine Grove avenue burned. The loss is estimated at 25000 dollars.
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Chicago
Pine Grove Avenue
British Steamer Olivine Torpedoed by Submarine
The British steamer Olivine was torpedoed by a German submarine, as announced by the admiralty. Hermes, a Russian three masted vessel, was sunk near the Isle of Wight while sailing from Portsmouth. The American steamer Green Briar from New York struck a mine in the North Sea and sank after leaving Bremen. 16 crew reportedly saved.
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United Preany
London
Olivine
Admiralty
Hermes
Portsmounth
Isle of Wight
the Hague
Stegnice
New York
North Sea
Bremen
United States
Gerard
Prins Maurits sinking leads to rescue search across Atlantic
A distress call from the Prins Maurits triggered a search by ships including the tug Luckenbach and the Clyde liner Algonquin. Reports say the Prins Maurits sank with 49 on board near Cape Henry, with no survivors confirmed. Other vessels, including two coal barges near Cape Henlopen, suffered multiple casualties in Saturday’s storm.
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Prins Maurits
Una
B.D. Bettman
Royal Dutch West India Mail Line
Wireless Frontier
A. A. Bloomt
Clyde
Domingo
Bloom
Cape ‘Henry
Prine Maurits
Cape Henlopen
Norfolk
Easter Day Blizzard Hits Atlantic City Visitors Stranded
One hundred fifty thousand Easter visitors were marooned in Atlantic City hotels as a severe April snowstorm crippled the resort. Snow drifts reached seven feet on the boardwalk while telegraph and telephone wires failed, isolating the area and causing property damage.
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Atlantic City
Tae Ritory
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State Council of the Knights of Columbus
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Frone Vis City
Villard
Ransan
Johnson Mast
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NEW York Central
Loncheon
United Fresco
Boroughs
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Freeman Fhilerton
Easter
Mrs. Gwe
Toller Co Timpike Aru
Pring 'Manugit
Luckenbach
Jefferson
Cave
Revenue Cutter
Pico
Supreme Court
United Prem
Leo M. Frank
Atlanta
Mary Phagan
Aubremg
George & Sancroft
Kytertown
Johnatten
Clearfield Hospital
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