Western Maryland in Grip of Heavy Storm
A severe storm swept western Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia with rain turning to sleet and heavy snow. Telegraph and telephone wires were down, cutting off Pittsburgh from the East. trains and roads suffered, and multiple pole breaks disrupted long-distance links. By afternoon, Western Union partly restored lines to Pittsburgh.
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Tan der elected secretary of state industrial board
William Tan der of Riddlesburg Bedford county, long a member of the state board of education, was chosen secretary of the state industrial board. The new post, created by the legislature, carries a salary of 24000. Lauder, former iron and coal plant manager from Medford, helped draft the school code and served on the first state board of education with Governor Brumbaugh.
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William Tander
Riddlesburg
Bedford County
State Board of Education
State Industrial Board
Lauder
Medford County
Brumbaugh
What's Going On Today in Cumberland Amusements
Maryland Theatre presents Kirk Brown and Company in The Hypocrites. Grande Theatre features Ann Murdock in A Royal Family. Liberty Theatre shows Marguerite Clark in Still Waters. Victoria and Belvedere theatres screen pictures. Knights of Columbus Hall hosts St Joseph's Reserves versus K of C Reserves. First M P Church hosts Sunday School Cantata and Center Street M E presents a Christmas Play.
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Kirk Brown and Company
Grande Theatre
Ann Murdock
Liberty Theatre
Marguerite Clark
Victoria Theatre—Pictures
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St. Joseph’s
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Renew Fighting On Both Fronts
London dispatches report renewed activity on the eastern and western fronts while the Balkans appear quieter. Austro German Bulgarian forces withdraw to defensive positions near Saloniki and the Entente stronghold there is viewed as costly and potentially better left as is.
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Balkans
Saloniki
Majority of teachers are women in state stats
Statistics from the department of free schools show 10,084 teachers employed with only 4,318 men. The average salary is 344 dollars yearly, with McDowell county paying the highest average at 63 dollars a month and Hardy Pendleton Jackson Mason and Calhoun counties the lowest at 40 dollars monthly.
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Pendleton
Jackson
Mason
Calhoun
Osborne Indicted on Perjury Charge in Sing Sing Case
White Plains New York December 29 two indictments with seven counts were returned against Thomas Mott Osborne warden of Sing Sing by the Westchester county grand jury investigating prison conditions One indictment accuses perjury in testimony at a state prison commission inquiry The other lists six counts alleging absence from prison failure to perform duties failure to prevent felonies report immorality permit convicts to visit the death house allow fights and question moral character of the warden Albany December 29 Superintendent Riley says Osborne will be dismissed immediately based on the indictments and sufficient basis for removal.
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N. Y
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
Westchester County Grand Jury
Rudolph Diedling
State Prison Commission
Osborne
Charles Becker
Albany
Warden Osborne
West Chester County Grand Jury
State Superintendent of
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Grand Jury
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Austro American notes near crunch in Ancona case
Washington reports another Austro American clash as Austria prepares a second note on the Ancona incident. Officials say a reply that does not satisfy demands could trigger further exchanges and advance toward a rift. Lansing will advise Wilson by phone when the note arrives.
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Roosevelt Seeks Court Costs After Barnes Libel Suit
Theodore Roosevelt was allowed 1442.52 against William Barnes for costs in the libel suit trial in Syracuse. The jury dismissed Barnes 50900 suit after a lengthy trial. Roosevelt sought only actual costs. Justice Andrews signed the order denying a new trial.
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Syracuse
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Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Justice Andrews
Protests Planned Over British Mail Seizure
Washington reports on advice from the Consul General in London that Lansing is preparing a protest to England regarding the seizure of mail for America via London.</analysis>
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London
Lansing
England
America
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Married Men Germany Ready for Draft in WWI Shift
London reports a major government move to introduce a conscription bill next week while promising to honor Asquith’s pledge that married men will not be recruited before single men. Unmarried men would be drafted first, with about 300000 eligible without dependents. Cabinet debates continue as Hardinge’s successor looms and peace talks surface in Vienna.
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Paron Hardinge
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Austrians Attack Scutari City War Update
Austrian forces have begun an attack on Scutari according to reports received today. The action follows ongoing tensions in the region with no casualty details available yet.
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Scutori
Germanys Peace Terms Announced
London reports a German peace feeler via Wolff agency disclosures. Swiss and Berlin papers hint at terms including German domination over a restored Poland, evacuation of Belgium and northern France, annual payments from Russia and Belgium, return of colonies, and Allied indemnities totaling about 3.6 billion dollars.
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Itinerant watchmaker held for fatal stabbing in Newburg
George Airey of Columbus Ohio is jailed in Newburg with heavy guards on a charge of stabbing Frank Holmes a 30 year old Cornell graduate and engineer for the Preston Coal Company at Independence. Holmes was stabbed in the abdomen and is expected to die.
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W. Va
George Airey
Columbus
Ohio
Newburg
Frank Holmes
Cornell
Preston Coal Company
Independence
Holmes
Austrian submarine sinks French liner off Crete
A French liner bound for Marseilles was torpedoed near Crete on December 24 by a submarine flying the Austrian flag. Of 168 crew and 26% passengers, many were French with 13 children and several women. Lifeboats failed. one overturned with all aboard drowned. The Meroe later rescued survivors at Malta after circling the lifeboats.
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Vile. de la Ciotat
Créte
Reuter’ Tetegram ‘Company
Ma'ta Alent
Survitossars
Crete
Japan
Marseilles
Lascare
Veerer
Meroe
Malta
Germans Plan Drive on Egypt in Early 1916 Context
A Bucharest telegraph reported by Il Avana to Messaggero says Field Marshal von Mackensen leads plans for a major Egyptian campaign. It claims trains with munitions, including 25 flat cars of mortar components, head for Turkey for use in Canal and Egypt operations. The report notes British troops massing in Egypt, mutinies in India, and Arab uprisings, with Italian help expected to end border clashes.
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Estetala
Cairo
Submarine Sinks British Steamer Morning
London reports the British steamer Morning was sunk by a submarine with only the captain and second mate saved. In the last day three neutral vessels were sunk or lost to mines, including the Dutch trawler Ern with three deaths, the Norwegian steamer Nornelen with one death, and the Heidrun wrecked and ashore at Wales.
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London
Great Britain
Nornelen
Heidrun
Famous Yale Star Dies Of Pneumonia
Minneapolis report says Thomas Shevlin, millionaire lumberman and famed Yale football star, died of pneumonia after a six day illness. He contracted a cold while coaching the War football squad in the fall. Dr B W Bippy of Chicago was summoned to his bedside on a special train in hope of saving him.
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Minn
Dee
Thomas Shevlin
Yale
Penumonia
B. W. Bippy
Chicago
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