First Victim of German War By Submarine
The French cargo steamer traveling from Mare to Dunkirk was torpedoed off Dieppe by German submarine I-16. The ship, named Diorah, stayed afloat after a single plate was torn by the attack and was towed to port after quick pumping and tarpaulin repairs.
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London
Germany
Mavre
Dunkirk
Paris
Dieppe
Dulwich
Ville de Ville
Campatan
England
Lloyd's
Edison Company Permitted to Issue Stock for Past Earnings
The Public Service Commission allowed Edison Electric Plant Cumberland to issue 175000 dollars in stock as a stock dividend paid from past earnings applied to extensions and capital. The action fixes total capitalization at 375000 dollars based on December 31 1913 valuations and requires proper book records and property backing for the new securities.
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Commission
W. Laird Henry
Edison Company
Six Robbers Loot Daily News Branch in Chicago
A six-man gang bound three employees at the Daily News branch in Chicago, drilled the safe with an electric drill, and escaped with over a thousand dollars. The robbery appears well planned with no clues yet. police and detectives are investigating.
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Chicago
The
Daily News
Joe Breckinridge
Gunmen Hold Up Fast Express Outside National Capitol
Armed bandits boarded the Atlantic Coast Lines Florida Flyer near Alexandria Virginia and overpowered the messenger Chambliss. They failed to open the safe, threw it into a ditch, and fled. officials say the safe held nothing of value. The city is stirred by the bold raid.
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Fast Express
National Capitol
Alexanderia
Atlantic Coast Lines
Florida Flyer
Chambliss
Panama Pacific Exposition Opens Amid Massive San Francisco Festival
San Francisco prepares for the Panama Pacific International Exposition opening with a grand citywide celebration. Tens of thousands join in a morning procession along Van Ness Avenue, with officials and 49ers among the dignitaries marching to the grounds. City offices close for the day as spectators and participants anticipate a unique, nonmilitary opening with civic and fraternal participation. The event attracts a cosmopolitan crowd and fills hotels to capacity as decorations color the city.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States
California
Bay Cities
van Ness Avenue
California Street
Exposition Grounds
Rolph
Society of California Pioneers
Esquimaux
Vaccination Move After Smallpox Case In West Virginia Legislature
Charleston February 19. The West Virginia House announced that Delegate Pilchard of Brooke County who has been in hospital the past week had a mild smallpox infection. An executive session was held to plan precautions and members were requested to be vaccinated. No new cases were reported and officials expect no serious outcome.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Pilchard
Brooke County
House
Hatfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Western Lines
Wheat jumps over three cents on grain crop fears
Chicago February 19 May wheat rose three and a quarter cents overnight to 165 cents amid reports Russia may seize its entire grain crop, boosting prices on the market.
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Chicago
Prisoners Released From Mount Airy Jail
Mount Airy Maryland jail broke open Monday night. George Hatfield, jailed for robbing O M Ridgeley of Parsaville, was freed by three men using picks to force the door. Hatfield was recaptured Monday afternoon by Officer Smith on Ridgeley’s warrant. The escape detected at dawn when Policeman Green found the door open and Hatfield gone.
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Vederick
Mount Airy
George Hatfield
O. M. Ridgeley
Parsaville
Taking the fire to the firemen in Cincinnati stunt
Roy Silver drove a covered wagon to Engine Company 39 after an oil stove sparked a straw fire. Firemen quickly extinguished the blaze as Silver thanked them for their help in an unusual display dubbed Taking the fire to the firemen.
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Roy Silver
Silver
Engine Co
Second Week Verse Contest Yields Fourteen Poems
Cumberland Press reports fourteen poems submitted for the second week of its verse contest. Prizes will be announced and top entries published, with subjects focusing on local matters such as the Georges Creek region and civic topics.
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Cumberland Press
Heaven
Georges Creek
Paradise
Cumberland
China presents Japanese demands as no note sent to Japan
Washington reports China instructs ministers in the United States Great Britain France and Russia to deliver a memorandum of Japan demands for concessions and privileges in exchange for Kian Chau. Kai Fu Shah presented the memo but officials say no note has been sent to Japan and the U S government has not taken diplomatic steps beyond being informed.
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Washington
China
United States
Great Britaan
France
Russia
Japan
Kian Chau
Kai Fu Shah
Great Britain
Bryan
State Department
French Reoccupy Norroy in Argonne After German Loss
German war office confirms a reverse in the Argonne where Norroy village and surrounding hills were taken from the French. the French have since recaptured the position, reinforcing their gains in the region.
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Argonne
Gerlin
Norroy
United Press
Ship Bill Side Tracked Ten Days
Washington February 19 Democratic senators blocked a House ship purchase bill vote and sent it to conference until February 27. Republicans made a gentlemen agreement to pass appropriation bills within ten days to avoid extra session. Democrats reportedly agreed to a rivers and harbors cut and Republicans pledged not to filibuster any appropriation measures.
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Washinton
House
Congress
Death of L J Ort longtime Allegany official and banker
Lewis J. Ort a member of the Allegany county board of School Commissioners and vice president of the First National Bank of Midland died at Western Maryland Hospital after being unconscious since February 9. He was born in Germany in 1848 and came to America as a child. Ort served as a teacher principal and bank executive and was active in Democratic party circles. He leaves five children and several siblings. Interment is planned in Berlin Pennsylvania.
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Lewis J. Ort
Board of
Allegany County
First National Bank of Midland
Western Maryland Hospital
Mr. Ort
Stafford Dinning Room
Midland
Joan E. Edwards
Walter C. Ort
Fayette Street
Berlin
Frankfort
Main
Germany
America
Somerset County
Frostburg
Hoffman
Sand Spring
Mr Ort
Caroline Turner
Barton
Ort
Maryland
Frank Brown
Goldsborough
Janes W. Thomas
Democratic State Central Committee
John Walter Smith
Edwin Warfield
M. Thomas
Mielda
Democratic Party
Tie
George Ort
Tieta
George ©. Ort
Pittsburg
Charlies K. Milligan
Germantown
Robert # Fisher
Minnie Jtose
West Kortright
N. Y
Emma O'Malley
German Lutheran Church
West Virginia Labor Men Elect Officers
The State Federation of Labor met in Charleston and elected officers headed by President Charles Huggins of Wheeling. New officers include first vice president Patrick Gitens Bancroft second vice president W K R Taylor Princeton third vice president E 0 Lioyrd Huntington fourth vice president John Farbee Wheeling and fifth vice president W H Rogers Farmont. J L Pauley of Charleston was named secretary treasurer and Harry P Corcoran retires as president and will guard the West Virginia building at the Panama Pacific Exposition. The gathering chose Huntington for next year’s meeting and drafted a memorial to Congress urging a law to prevent transportation of strikebreakers between states.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Federation of Labor
Huntington
Congress
Charles Huggins
Wheeling
Patrick Gitens
Bancroft
W. K R. Taylor
Princeton
E. 0. Lioyrd
John Farbee
W. H. Rogers
Fairmont
J L. Pauley
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Harry P. Corcoran
West Virginia
Mines Operating in Upper Potomac Field
Mines in the Upper Potomac field are active with several operators. The Davis Coal and Coke Company at Bergle runs four openings employing about 250 to 300 men over about two days. Other firms like Masteller at Hampshire, Bloomington firms Pattison and Blomington, Monroe at Barnum, Big Vein at Shaw, and Chaffee at Chaffee run multiple openings for around three days per week. Small vein coal with bone coal and rock often breaks loose, so foremen inspect every car for dirt to protect marketing.
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Upper Potomac
Davis Coal and Coke Company
Bergle
Imines Nous
Masteller Coal Company
Hampshire
Blomington Coal Company
Pattison
Bloomington
Monroe Coal Company
Barnum
Big Vein Coal Company
Shaw
W. Vza
Wheeling Citizen Leo Snow Murdered by Thug
Wheeling Virginia February 19 Leo Snow a well known citizen was found last night in the shadows of a Southside mill. He suffered a head wound from a steel weapon and died at the hospital. The coroner and police are conducting an investigation.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Leo Snow
Sparrows Point to Resume Maryland Steel Operations
Baltimore February 19. Maryland Steel at Sparrows Point plans a March 1 restart in iron and steel making with one shift daily. About 800 new workers will be hired, mostly skilled, as orders, including five ships for the marine department, boost output and revive foundry and machine shops.
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Baltimore
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Iron and Steel Making
Marine Department
Bull Steamship
Aged Woman Dies From Robbery Injuries
In West Virginia on February 19 Mrs Mary Kaack, beaten in a January 9 robbery that also struck her son William and stole $1800, died last night from her injuries. Mrs Menagh wandered wounded through the woods after the attack, barefoot and exposed to the cold.
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W. Va
Mary Kaack
William
Mra Menagh
Haa Ber
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Reuter
the Public Service Commission
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Pelorum
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Ridgeley
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Green
Cincinnati
L. J. Ort
W. MD. Hospital
Upper Potomac Field
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