War Bulletins From December Fourteen
Dispatches report Austrian torpedo boats sunk with all hands after mines rather than British action. Western front sees desperate fighting along Ypres Armentier La Bassée with heavy German losses. French advances in Woevre win trenches and push Germans northward toward Metz. Balkan army re arrangement noted as Servian success while Dresden reportedly escaped pursuit. Berlin claims light French attacks easily repulsed and Polish operations normal.
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War Office
Woevre
Meuse
Metz
Berlin
London
Vosges
Poland
GARRANZA WOULD CONSIDER USE OF FORCE A HOSTILE ACT
Washington reports that former Mexican president Carranza would label any US or Naco use of force as an act of hostility. The note, sent via Secretary Bryan, follows a stated US threat. Reports of executions in Mexico City and two American deaths are linked to the war department briefing.
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Garranza
Washington, D. C
United States
Naco
Carranza
Mexico
Bryan
U. S
Washington
Thomas Francis
Agua Prieta
Macozari
War Department
Boom Expected in Mines Along the Mon Valley
Dec 14 McKeesport Pa reports sharp mining activity along the Monongahela valley with idle mines to resume after Christmas. Bunola mine aims for full operation early next year as Pittsburg Coal Company inspectors order improvements. Other Pittsburg Coal Company mines show progress and thousands of idle miners anticipate prosperity by February 1.
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Mon Valley
McKeesport
Monongahela Valley
Bunola
Pittsburg Coal Company
Encourag
War Munitions Sale Criticized at Pittsburgh Sermon
Rector F Orr Johnson condemned the disposal of armor plates and munitions for war in a Christ Episcopal Church sermon. He urged citizens to avoid becoming accessories to murder and to seek inner transformation to honor the coming of the Lord, warning against reverence as outward signs without virtue.
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Pittsburg
F. Orr Johnson
Christ Episal Church
Union Avenue
North
Pittsburgh
Christ
Allies Press Flanders Advance In Heavy Fighting
Boulogne December 14 The Allies wage a fierce offensive in Flanders with superior artillery. British forces seize Passchendaele as gains extend south of Dixmude along the Yser while German withdrawals are aided by floods. Roving German bombardments target Ypres Nieuport and Peroyse amid reported troop movements near Antwerp and punitive shootings at Ledeghene Cortemarch.
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Boulogne
Flanders
Passchendaele
Dix
Yser
Lonnebeke
Armentieres
Lys
Ostend
Nieuport
Dixmude
Ypres
Peroyse
Handelsblad
Antwerp
Ledeghene
Cortemarch
Western Maryland Railway to test Streeter Amep scale attachment
The Western Maryland Railway installs a Streeter Amep weighing and recording attachment at Knobmount to test the device. If the trial succeeds, the system will be adopted at other locations along the line.
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Western Maryland Railway
Knobmount
Get wise. Read the vow that tells you about the war
Advertising blurb notes a 10 cent price and directs readers to The Cumberland Press office for the vow related to the war, implying a publication or pledge tied to wartime effort.
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Cumberland Press Office
Charity drive consolidates Cumberland groups under special committee
A centralized Cumberland charity committee coordinates donations to stop duplication. Members include Miss Hartsock, Miss Mattingly, G. W. Woods, Philip W. Blake, and others with Blake as chairman. Residents are urged to donate via Friday self denial and a Wednesday bundle day for toys, clothing, or food.
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Cumberland
Miss Hartsock
Associated Charities
Miss Mattingly
St. Vincent de Paul's Society
G. W. Woods
Salvation Army
Philip W. Blake
Chamber of Commerce
Blake
City Hall
Heavy new snow blankets western Maryland counties
The heaviest snow of the season began yesterday morning with depths reaching 18 inches in Deal and 15 inches in Garrett County. Snow continued into nightfall with light train delays on Western Maryland lines and significant drifts near Frostburg and rural areas. The Sun briefly appeared Saturday before clouds brought the new storm.
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Here
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Slades
Garrett County
Western Maryland
Connellsville
Thorns W. Va
Deal
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway
Frostburg
Dokie Temple Opens Dramatic Order Temple in Terra Alta
The Dokies formed a Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan temple at Terra Alta Saturday night, instituted by Tau Temple No. 169 of Wheeling under Colonel Houriet. It is the fourth in West Virginia after Clarksburg Charleston and Wheeling. Garrett Lodge of Oakland members Thos. Little A. T. Matthews R. C. Townhend C. B. Johnson Henry Lauer E. G. Naylor and Henry Masden Casteel were among initiates.
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Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan
Terra Alta
Tau Temple No. 169
Wheeling
We Va
Houriet
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Charleston
Garrett Lodge of
Oakland
Thos. Little
A. T. Matthews
R. C. Townhend
Johnson
Henry Lauer
E. G. Naylor
Henry Masden
Real Estate Transfer from Harvey Flake to Shaffer on Williams Street
Harvey Flake transfers a reel of land on Williams Street in Amberland to Joseph A. Shaffer for $10 and related terms.
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Harvey Flake
Joseph A. Shaffer
Williams Street
Amberland
Prosperity brightens McKeesport as steel plants restart
McKeesport is seeing renewed activity as the National Tube Company reports large orders. All four rolling mills resumed operations this morning for the first time in months, promising steadier work from blast furnaces to tube and pipe mills.
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McKeesport
National Tube Company
Alleged railroad thieves to be heard this afternoon
Five men charged with breaking into a B and O freight car at Patterson's Creek and other robberies will face a hearing before U S Commissioner Thomas S Anderson in the Federal building at 2 30 this afternoon. Witnesses will be examined and the session is expected to last an hour or more. The defendants are Sloane Hoadley Fawara Sibley Shannon Jones Dennis Cameron and J Shaffer.
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Patterson's Creek
U. S
Thos. S. Anderson
Federal
Sloane Hoadley
Fawara Sibley
Shannon Jones
Dennis Cameron
J. Shaffer
Obituary of Mrs. Christian Barker of Martinsburg
Mrs Christian Ann Barker 71 former resident of this city died Saturday at her Martinsburg West Virginia home Funeral service was held this afternoon with burial in Green Hill Cemetery Martinsburg The Rev Boyd W Switzer officiated Surviving are her husband John W Barker a longtime Baltimore and Ohio supervisor and children Mrs Louise Buths Hartford Conn Mrs Bernard Weight Cleveland Mrs Raymond J Young Greensboro N C Mrs Chalmers Kilmer Martinsburg Mrs Walter Snyder Martinsburg and Ciola Barker at home An adopted son Walter G Barker Cleveland two brothers R T McGowen James McGowen of Morgan County West Virginia
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Christian Ann Barker
John W. Barker
Martinsburg
W. Va
Green Hill Cemetery
Boyd W. Switzer
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Louise 8. Buths
Hartford
Oakland Knights of Columbus Organized at St Peters
Oakland Council Knights of Columbus to be instituted on New Year’s Eve with first and second degrees. Mass at St Peters Church on New Year’s morning features a sermon by Rev. James E. Connell. Two hundred visiting Knights expected. ladies will provide meals at St Peters Hall. Charter lists 43 members and officers led by Grand Knight Philip T. Peddicord and other officers.
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Oakland
Knights of Columbus
St. Peter's Catholic Church
James E. Connell
Ladies of
St. Peter's Hall
Oak St
Philip T. Peddicord
James A Broderick
H. A. Loraditch
John R. Murphy
R. F. Bartlett
William R. Rice
James P. Treacy
William A. Gonder
William Browning
James A. Kerins
Richard F. Connell
John W. Hart
Edward A. Shaffer
William R. Pendergast
N. I. Broadwater
Russian losses in Poland questioned by Berlin dispatch
A Reuters Amsterdam dispatch cites Berlin saying the figures on Russian losses near Lodz are unofficial. The official press bureau estimates Russia suffered about 150000 casualties with 80000 captured in the Lodz area.
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London
Berlin
Poland
Amsterdam
Reuter
Lodz
Personal Miss Carrie Bender Returns From Visits
Miss Carrie Bender of Green Street returns from visits to Hollidaysburg and Altoona Pennsylvania detailing a brief trip and experiences.
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Carrie Bender
Green Street
Hollidaysburg
Altoona
Good Roads Show Opens With National Infrastructure Focus
Chicago hosts the annual Good Roads Show and Congress with experts from major U S states and colleges. Exhibits include moving pictures of highways and a 20 by 400 foot modern vetvard arena segment displaying varied materials for highway construction.
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Chicago
Eta
United States
Idea
Congress
Internation Amphi Theatre
Feast of Lights Celebrated by Sabbath School Pupils
The Sabbath school at the local synagogue celebrated Chanukah the Feast of Lights with eight candles lit by eight girls. After services, the Ladies Aid served refreshments. The program featured organ and recitation by Rebecca Dantzig Ruth Rosenbaum Bernard Morgan and others with Rabbi M Baron and violin solo by Irvin Sacks. George Kline read the candles and Mrs Irving Rosenbaum directed the music.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Rebecca Dantzig
Ruth Rosenbaum
Bernard Morgan
Fay Klawan
Blanche White
Marshal Von Goltz Decorated By Sultan
Constantinople reports Field Marshal Baron von der Goltz arrived Saturday night with German attaches from Bucharest and Sofia. The Turkish heir apparent greeted him at the railway station and the sultan awarded the baron a decoration in a welcome speech.
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Constantinople
London
Baron von der Goltz
Govenor
Belgium
Bucharest
Romania
Sofia
Bulgaria
Emperor Nicholass visit sparks cheer at Caucasus HQ
Emperor Nicholas of Russia, staying at the Caucasus army headquarters, left Tiflis yesterday amid an enthusiastic demonstration, a Petrograd Reuters dispatch reports. The arrival and departure were met with sizable public acclaim as the ruler traveled with military observers.
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London
Nicholas of
Russia
Caucasus
Tiflis
Reuter
Petrograd
Boer War Leader Brabant Dies in Capetown
Major General Sir Edward Yewd Brabant, famed as Brabant's Horse commander in the Boer War, died today in Capetown. Born in 1839, his death is announced from the Union of South Africa.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Sir Edward Yewd Brabant
Brabant
Application for Saloon License Remonstrances Filed 1914
Notices state that Charles B. Sweitz owner at 128 Wincow Cumberland Md applies for a saloon license in Allegany County. Remonstrances or applications must be filed within 20 days of notice with Clerk Lloyd L. Stiaffar in the Circuit Court.
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Maryland
Allegany
Clerk of the
Circuit Cort
Allegany County
Belovw
Charles B. Sweitz
Wincowberland
Mertens Sons
Lloyd L. Stiaffar
Reet
Circuit Court
Andrew T. Fesefmmeier
Jamed D. Pollock
Allega County
William #. Walsh
Lloyd. L. Shaper
Wanted dressmaker and paper hanging jobs advertised
WANTED experienced dressmaker offering satisfaction guaranteed. Apply 217 Fayette Street or call 13878-1. WANTED paper hanging services by Geo Sisk at 5 York Street, phone 1960. No 28-1m. FOR SALE valuable black furs including pillow muff and scarf offered by Miss Alexandra residing 14 FE Centre St Baltimore MD, discount price 12 dollars, ship by COD with inspection option. Florida winter move noted. De 14 of
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Fayette Street
Geo. Sisk
York St
Florida
Alexandra
Centre St
Baltimore
Local Names Listed In Harmony Marriage Notice
A bridal notice provides a list of couples from Cumberland Braddock Pa Allegheny Pa and other towns including Piedmont W Va Altoona Pa Mt Savage Roaring Springs Hagerstown and Cumberland with dates and partner names like Harry Brotemarkle Margaret Woodings Norman Steffler Trilba Sayre and more. The record notes pairing of these individuals with spouses in a regional notice.
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Harry Brotemarkle
Cumberland
Margaret Woodings
Braddock
E. Franklin Gilpin
Lillian Stein
Norman Steffler
Trilba Sayre
Allegheny
Charles John Grady
Piedmont
W. Va
Lillian Porter
Mt. Savage
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