Mount Savage Big Vein Coal Discovery Along Two Branches
Baltimore investor T Garland Tinsley leases 400 plus acres at Mount Savage in two branches of the big vein. Estimated yield 2.5 to 3 million tons with five feet six inches of breast coal, plus bottom coal later. Immediate development planned with 500 to 700 tons daily start and 20 years of work for 400 to 500 miners.
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Trimble
Baltimore
Mount Savage
George’s
T. Garland Tinsley
Middendorf, Williams & Co
Bankers
Wilson as sole Democratic renomination choice
In St Louis on February 9 the Democratic national committee subpanel agreed Wilson will be renominated with no opposition. They planned no temporary chair until May with Senator James A Reed noted as a possible choice. The group also inspected the Coliseum and named press committee heads Robert Ewing and James Preston.
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St. Louis
Wilson
James A. Reed
Missouri
Robert Ewing
New Orleans Times-Picayune
James Preston
United States Senate
McCombs
Maryland Theater Showings and Photo Plots
A listings page shows Mary Miles Minter in Barbara Frietchie at the Maryland Theater, Franc is X Bush in Pennington's Choice at Grande Theatre, and Charles Rich in The Battle Cry of Peace at the Liberty Theatre. Also notes pictures at Victoria and Belvedere theatres.
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Maryland
Mary Miles Minter
Barbara Frietchie
Grande Theatre
Francis X. Bushman
Pennington’s Choice
Liberty Theatre
Charles Richman
Victoria Theatre
Belvedere Theatre—Pictures
Germany plans triple offensive in major arms push
Dispatches from Amsterdam and Geneva report Germany aims to strike in three theaters including the western front and the Greek frontier. Weather and terrain in the east hinder large battles, but preparations for a massive drive of up to 5.5 million troops against the Allies are under consideration by Germany, Austro-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey.
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Germany
Austro- Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Belgium Rejects German Peace Terms in Vatican Dispatch
A Rome dispatch, via Vatican sources, says Belgium rejected Germanys terms. The Kaiser would restore Belgium with channel port reservations and pay for reconstruction in exchange for neutrality. King Albert reportedly angrily refused the proposal.
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Belgium
London
Germany
Rome
Vatican
Mercier
Kaiser
Albert
Shirt Waist Makers Strike Grips New York
Two hundred thousand waist and shirt waist workers walk out in New York demanding higher wages and union recognition. Police arrest three young women after a near riot on Fourteenth Street marks first disorder.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
Allegany County Delegation Seeks Appointments and Funds
At Annapolis the Allegany delegation from the Democratic State Central Committee pressed for local appointments and state aid. They discussed consolidating Mine Inspector with the State Accident Board under the Goodnow Plan and urged an $8,000 annual appropriation for Allegany County Academy and Miners Hospital, against a recommended $5,000.
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Annapolis
Fev
Allegany
Democratic State Central Committee
Friends of the Miner's Hospital
Frostburg
John B.B. Shannon
Franklin B. Beall
James C. Shriver
Joseph E. Weaver
Thomas C. Dillon
Senator Shannon
Beall
Harrington
State Board of Education
McMullen
Baltimore
Weaver
Allegany County Academy
Miner's Hospital
Shannon
H. V. Hesse
J. Marshall Price
Charles Jefferie
A. B. Montana
Board of State Aids and Charities
Democrats May Eliminate Bryan From St Louis Scene
In St Louis on February 9 Tom Taggart and Bruce Kremer signaled Bryan's waning influence at the June Democratic National Convention. They anticipated Wilson's renomination without opposition and said Bryan would back the nominee. Kremer dismissed peace-at-any-price views and noted strong western support for Wilson's preparedness program.
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St. Louis
William J. Bryan
Wilson
Tom Taggart
Bryan
Thompson Sued in Cleveland Courts
Fifteen suits filed in Cleveland courts total more than 211,500 against J. W. Thompson, indicted at Pittsburgh after the Uniontown bank failure. Plaintiffs say Thompson holds 500,000 in securities in a Cleveland bank. One suit was brought by the First National Bank of Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Ohio
J. W. Thompson
Pittsburgh
Uniontown
National Bank
Thompson
Villa declares war on Americans amid Mexican turmoil
Francisco Villa has vowed to kill every American he can capture in Mexico. The claim was made to miners in Chihuahua and reported to Chihuahua City by Wexleins. German agents are alleged to back Villa as scattered bands are told to let the Germans be. The Pielages mine, owned by Finney and A H Davison, was looted for $7,000 in provisions after Villa raiders arrived.
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Mexico
United States
Villa
Chihuahbua Ity
Wexleins
Interior
Chihuahua City
Carranza
Chihuahua
Pielages
Thomas Ornelas
Finney
H. Davison
Davison
Juan Larrazola
Laguna
Mr. Finney
Polivanoff
Pettogrady
Russia
Baltic Sea
Erzerum
Armenia
U S Acceptance Cabled to Berlin on Lusitania
Washington reports Berlin received a cable noting America's acceptance of Germany's last note on the Lusitania sinking. Officials say a formal note will replace the informal memorandum, signaling a complete settlement and Germany's alignment with U.S. demands similar to May and July 1915 notes.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Cleel
Lusitania
Berlin
von Bernstorf
State Department
Imm
Am Dor
Wilson May Have Rainey for Mate in 1916 Ticket
Washington dispatch says Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey teams with Henry T. Rainey of Illinois as the Democratic vice presidential ticket, replacing Thomas R. Marshall. Rainey, Ways and Means ranking member, backs tariff reform and aids administration bills, including army and navy measures.
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Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Henry T. Rainey
Ilinois
Thomas Riley Marshall
Indiana
Representative Rainey
House
Ways and Means Committee
Marshall
Rainey
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
John M. Rapp
Internal Revenue
Fast St. Louis
Roger Sullivan
Lewis
Champ Clark
Ways and Means
Kitchin
German Fleet Readies Dash Into North Sea
London reports rumors from Dutch sources that the German fleet prepares to dash into the North Sea. A Hague dispatch says Glennian marines along the Belgian coast are being withdrawn and all leaves of absence are canceled amid expectations of a major naval engagement.
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London
Keb
North Sea
Hague
Belxian
Eight Zeppelins in German service, LZ-95 trialed
Berne Switzerland February 9 reports eighty Zeppelins in German service. The latest LZ-95 is tested this week, the ninety fifth in the war series with fifteen lost. The new fish shaped airship uses aluminum power, plated steel gondolas, six machine guns, bombs and air torpedoes. Motors are tested for 48 hours without failure.
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Berne
Switzerland
Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin
Farmer murders wife and attacks daughter in Pa barn
John Hayes a 50 year old farmer near Shickshinny killed his wife by slashing her throat and then attacked his 17 year old adopted daughter Helen. The girl expected to live. Hayes fled and is thought to be mentally unbalanced after separation from his wife. In Buffalo, John Edward Teiper a young businessman must stand trial for first degree murder in the death of his mother Agnes M. Teiper, an indictment returned by the state supreme court.
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Wilkes-Barre
John Hayes
Shickshinny
Helen
Hayes
Teiper
Buffalo
John Edward Teiper
Agnes M. Teiper
Here
Supreme Court
Geassieesie
Irish of America plan convention in New York
Five hundred men of Irish lineage sign a call for a national convention to affirm Ireland cannot be absorbed by England. The meeting is set for March 4-5 in New York with signers including Victor Herbert Joseph McLaughlin T. St. John Gaffney John Cavanaugh Mgr. McDevitt Jeremiah J. Lynch B P C Yorke and Tim Dempsey. The notice links the event to a hoped breakdown of British rule amid wartime pressures.
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New York
America
Ireland
England
Victor Herbert
The
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Joseph McLaughlin
Ancient Orders of Hibernians
T. St. John Gaffney
United States
Munich
John Cavanaugh
Notre Dame University
Mgr
Philip R. McDevitt
Philadelphia
Jeremiah J. Lynch
Butte
Mont
BP. C. Yorke
San Francisco
Timothy Dempsey
St. Louis
Brandeis Wins First Skirmish in Fitness Trial
Washington Feb 9 Louis D Bran deis wins the first skirmish in his fitness trial before a sub committee as a motion to send the matter back to the full committee fails. Chairman Chilton and Senator Walsh oppose sending back with the full committee viewed as unfavourable to Brandeis Clifford.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Clark
Chilton
Walsh
Brandeis
Clifford
British Steamer Sunk by Sea Raider Report Hits Wire
New York reports anxiety over possible captures or sinkings of British liners by a German commerce raider. Shipping men suspect the Orissa of Liverpool was sunk en route from Chile to Liverpool, with no official confirmation. Other vessels are said to have been captured or sunk, but details remain unverified and no word from Oriewa since January 10.
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New York
Liverpool
Chile
Oriewa
Germany Has Copper and Food Supplies Reported
A La Liberte interview with a returning internee details Germany's copper and food status. The source claims Germany hoarded copper by halting exports from iron mines and draining French sources, while wheat potatoes vegetables are scarce elsewhere but meat remains limited and coal is plentiful and cheap, with broader shortages noted.
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Paris
la Liberte
Germany
Empire
France
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NEW Life
Tinsley
Philip Engle
Winfield S. Trimble
L. R. Coates
Basin Coal Company
Barrellville
Hambletons
Duponts, Jenkinses
Keeley Mine
William A. Somerville
Cumberland
Saint Louis
General. K. of
C. Hall
Potomac Club
K. of
R. R
Tri-State
Grecian
Romania
Amsterdam
Geneva
Bucharest
Bukovina
Baltic
Carpathians
Macedonia
Albania
King Albert
State Capitol
Shriver Weaver
Dillon
Allegany County
Herpich
DERBY
Kitchener
Delares
Tarnopol
Egypt
Marl Kitchener
Earl of Derby
Hoye
Chi@innes
Argonne
Somme River
Peronnée
Poperinghe
Dixmude
Delhi
India
Townshend
Kut-El-Amara
Italian War Office
Adriatic
Cattara
Durazzo
el Paso
Tex
Francisco
Aidt Atlowed
Teutons
Sayville
Galicia
Prench
Somme
War Office
St. Hubert
Vauquois
Archangel
U.S
Berli
Ger
Lansing
Coon Bernstorff
Count von Jage
Noed
Mate
Orissa
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