Will C and P R R Become Feeder For W Md Ry
Baltimore February 3 Rumors say Rockefeller linked to Consolidation Coal bonds may shape a future deal. The 7 percent two year debentures pay no cash interest and are convertible to stock currently about 95. Observers cite a potential tie to Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad to feed Western Maryland traffic, with the line from Cumberland to Piedmont and Eckhart Junction spanning about 60 miles.
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Baltimore
Mad
John PD. Rockefeller
Consolidation Coal Company
Rockefeller
Consolidation Company
Cumberland
Maryland
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
Piedmont
Eckhart
Eckhart Junction
Keyser Robbers Bind, Gag Charles Barnhouse in Stable
Charles Barnhouse was found semi conscious, gagged and bound in a South Keyser outbuilding after two masked men robbed him of $187. He had cash on him after cashing a Cumberland check and was beaten. police pursue multiple clues.
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Charles Barnhouse
Keyser
W. Va
South Keyser
Barnhouse
Cumberland
Westernport
Wean member of local order ends life over love
Charles F. Wean 38 of Summit Point W Va was found dead near Pinto Mineral County. A note to Miss Grace Baldwin stated she would find him at the water plug Tuesday morning. Authorities believe death by own action due to love disappointment. A carbolic acid bottle and whiskey were found. Inquest deemed unnecessary. Wean resided with the Miller family and worked for the Chertland Orchard Company. He was a member of local fraternal orders.
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Wean
Miss Baldwin
Miller
Flood conditions ease as Pittsburg reports best flood in years
Pittsburg on February 3 reports the worst of the flood passed at midnight with a stage near 282.5 feet. Forecaster Henry W. Pennywitt says more rain may come but unlikely to cause trouble and cooler weather should slow snow melt. Damage is not heavy due to ample warning, marking the first major flood since March 1913. Northside streets remain flooded and residents reach homes by skiff.
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Pittsburg
Henry W. Pennywitt
Sandusky Street
Russians Claim Major Victory in Carpathian Fighting
Russians report annihilation of a German battalion in the Carpathians and say German forces concentrate southeast of Beskid Pass with Austrian defense of Hungary. Paris sources cite a violent Aisne artillery duel as German bombardment of Soissons continues.
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London
Carpathianss
Russian War Office
Beskid Pass
Hungary
Canada expects US to surrender bridge destroyer Werner Van Horn
Canadian officials believe the United States will extradite Werner Van Horn for destroying a bridge over the St Croix River at Vanceboro. The case hinges on whether charges relate to criminal law, not politics, with Van Horn held at the immigration office while DOJ reviews the request.
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Ottawa
United States
Werner van Horn
St. Croix
Vanceboro
Department of Justice
Cecil Spring-Rice
van Horn
George M. Ross
Washington County
Joshers Club Hosts Inaugural Dinner At Washington Lunch Room
The Joshers Club held its first monthly dinner today with Charles W. Donnelly presiding. Founding ideas trace to Philip W. Blake and the group aims to be a boosters club for the Chamber of Commerce. Attendees included Blake, Donnelly, Hayward, Billmeyer, McCauley, Holland, Wheeler, Lowndes, Young, Weber, Edwards, Carl, Shoemaker, and guest O. Moser of Hagerstown.
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Joshers’ Club
Washington
Charles W. Donnelly
Philip W. Blake
Chamber of Commerce
Harrys. Hayward
Herman D. Billmeyer
John S. McCauley
Irving T. Holland
George R. Wheeler
Tasker G. Lowndes
George G. Young
Harry E. Weber
John F. Edwards
Frank Lee Carl
G. Guy Shoemaker
O. Moser
Hagerstown
Ambition Balked Girl Takes Life in Uniontown
Miss Harriet Curstead age 20 a nurse trainee formerly in Aljlli ance Ohio hung herself at the home of Mrs Emma Bierer Lenox street Uniontown Pa. She came six months ago to work for Mrs Bierer and had not completed her nursing studies.
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Uniontown
Harriet Curstead
Emma Bierer
Lenox Street
William M. Price Dead in Pittsburgh Former Cumberland Attorney
William M. Price, prominent Cumberland attorney and former city council president, died in Pittsburgh. He practiced here 18 years after reading law with Judge Perry during the war era and was involved in notable homicide cases and the Morey letter affair. He was married to Miss Korns. a son Jesse Price was murdered years ago in the West.
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William M. Price
Pittsburgh
Price
Cumberland
Perry
Morey
Garfield
Mr. Price
Miss Korns
Jesse Korns
Jesse Price
Far West
Potomac River Rises Fast After Heavy Rain and Snowmelt
The Potomac and its tributaries surged after nearly three inches of rain in 48 hours and four inches of snow melt. Rivers overflowed in Williamsport and Hancock with rapid rises, while Conococheague Creek and Antietam Creek also spilled over. Mills at Funkstown shut down as flooding expanded across farms and woods toward the C&O Canal.
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Potomac River
Cumberland
Williamsport
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Hancock
Conococheague
Antietam
Funkstown
Buckhannon and Northern Rail Names Officers in Fairmont
At the annual stockholders meeting in Fairmont West Virginia officers were elected J M Schoonmaker president J J Turner vice president J T Blair secretary treasurer all of Pittsburgh S D Brady chief engineer O E Kennedy auditor W S Meridith chief counsel Fairmont director C M South The Belington and Northern Railroad also elected the same officers and directors announcing completion of a one mile tunnel and plans to run to Pittsburgh from Fairmont by April 1
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Lus
Fairmont
W. Va
The
Buckhannon and Northern Railroad Company
J. M. Schoonmaker
J. J. Turner
J. T. Blair
Pittsburg
Hagerstown Frederick RR Elects Officers
Emery L. Coblentz was reelected president. Two vice presidents were chosen. F Howard Warfield and A Hoag named as officers, S H Bennett elected assistant secretary and M P Mohler as secretary. Alexander Armstrong Jr and others named to executive committee.
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Hagerstown-Frederick RR. K
Hagerstown
Emeryl L. Coblentz
Middletown
Henry Holzapple
Cyrus F. Flook
Myersville
F. Howard Warfield
Explosion In Tenement Claims Nine Dead At Mayburg
Nine men died and twenty five to thirty injured in a gas explosion that wrecked a Mayburg boarding house. Foreign workers of the Tionesto Valley Chemical Company were among the dead. several identified include Henri Stanislaus and Bertini Marconi. Injured were treated at Summit hospital in Kane.
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Kane
Mayburg
Suedovic Martelli
Marino Marsan
Summit Hospital
Wild price spikes hit Chicago wheat and bread markets
Chicago traders saw wheat jump from 1 62 to 1 67 within minutes before settling at 1 65 as bakers raised bread and roll prices. A major Chicago bakery announced a one cent rise for five cent loaves, citing flour costs, while welfare officials reported higher wholesale bread prices. Detroit bakers followed with a one cent loaf increase and potential quick rises for cakes and cookies.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
L. Z. Meder
Municipal Department of Public Welfare
Detroit
Maryland Delegation Retains Labor Chairman Harris Lewis
Democratic lawmakers in Maryland met at Rep J Fred Talbott’s office in Martinsburg to map four key committee seats for the Sixty-Fourth Congress. Mapping shows Coady for Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Price for Appropriations, Linthicum for Foreign Affairs, and Lewis for Labor chair with a Post Office and Post Roads berth, while Talbott seeks Naval Affairs and related duties.
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Maryland
J. Fred C. Talbott
Martinsburg
Talbott
Female Tossers anxious for games in Cavinaugh Hall
Vidland February 3 The girls basketball team in Cav inaugh's Hall elected Agnes Stakem as manager and Lillian Winnet as captain. They plan blue and white suits and seek games with county girl clubs, hosting a dance after a February 12 match with Lonaconing, while Joseph's High School travels to play St Mary's tomorrow night.
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Lillian Winner
Bernice Marshall
Jennie Russel
Bertha McGowan
Florence Ibson
Esther Burns
Janet Anderson
Margeret McGuire
Mary Farrell
Grace Heverage
Rosaleen Stake
Laverne Schombert
Joseph's
Lonaconing
St. Mary's
SONS OF VETERANS TO REESTABLISH CAMPS IN FOUR TOWNS
William A. Keefauver of Hagerstown organizer and former Maryland division commander toured Frostburg Lonaconing and Cumberland. He planned to reorganize a camp in Oakland tonight and return tomorrow to start reestablishing a Cumberland camp. In about a month he would inaugurate camps at Frostburg and Lonaconing.
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Frostburg
Lonaconing
William A. Keefauver
Hagerstown
Maryland
Oakland
Neefauver
Cumberland
Billy Sunday to Visit New York City Event
The Ladies' Aid Society of Allegany Hospital plans a reception and tea for members on Saturday February 6 at 4 o'clock at the hospital. The event coincides with Billy Sunday coming to New York.
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Billy
New York
The
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Allegany Hospital
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Knights of the Mystic Chain of Keyser
Order of Red Men
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Mackenson
Warsaw
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English Channel
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U.S
Tionesto
Henri Stanislaus
Bertini Marconi
Lewis
LABOR
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Philadelphia
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