Swiss mobilize troops to guard frontier amid Alsace fighting
Swiss forces mobilize to protect neutrality as upper Alsace becomes a battlefield. Railways ready to move large troop numbers. Swiss Red Cross and Sanitary Commission position along the frontier. Germany and France pour more troops. German strength reported at 160,000 with 60,000 at Mulhouse and 35,000 toward northern and western routes. French bases and artillery increase activity. hospital at Dammerkirch established. French control roads Cannes to Belfort. Vosges hills of Ste Marie overlook Munster Valley near Colmar.
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Rame
Switzerland
Alsace
Swiss Red Cross
National Sanitary Commission
Mulhaven
Dammerkirch
Cannes
Belfort
Vosges
Ste. Marie
Munster
Colmar
Russians Press Hungary Invasion Stalled By Snow
Vienna report says no general change along the Vistula as Russians push toward Hungary. Russian attempts to cross the Midi fail while Austrians reconnoiter the Carpathians and heavy snows pause Galician operations.
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Vienna
War Office
Vistula
Hungary
Midi River
Carpathians
Galician Carpathians
Petrograd
Black Sea
Calm Baltimore Mass Fire Tolls Avoided Panic
The Rev. Thomas J. Stanton calmly continued mass as holly and ivy decorations on the altar caught fire. Altar boys and church members quickly stamped out the blaze, causing minor damage to a gilded pillar and arch. damage estimated at about 75 dollars.
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Thomas J. Stanton
St. Vincent’s Catholic Church
North Front Street
Baltimore
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Lonaconing
Alittar
Father Staunton
Philip B. McGuire
Ten thousand men return to work in West Virginia mills
Ten thousand workers in Wheeling Morgantown Riverside Parkersburg and Martins Ferry resumed work as steel mills reopened today. A large cigar factory also restarted employing hundreds. An additional ten thousand workers are expected to return within two weeks. In New Castle Pennsylvania five hundred workers went back at the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company as five hot mills reopened.
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W. VA. Mills
Wheeling
Morgantown
Riverside
Parkersburg
Martin's Ferry
US Relief Effort Delivers 14 Million to Aid Belgians
New York on January 11 reports unprecedented nationwide generosity as cargoes, ships, and charters totaling about 14 million dollars move to aid Belgium. The American Commission of Relief in Belgium directs distribution with major donors including Rockefeller Foundation, John Wanamaker, J. P. Morgan, and others across 36 states and beyond.
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New York
United States
American Commission of Relief In
Belgium
Rockefeller Foundation
Belgian Relief Committee of
Northwestern Miller
Ohio
Kansas
California
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Virginia
Carolinas
Maryland
New England
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Minnesota
Hawaii
Alaska
John
Cotton shipments to Germany aid business outlook
Dun's Review of Trade notes improving business in the new year. Cotton advances ease wartime carrying costs as over 1,000,000 bales exported in four weeks and German credit lines in New York finance shipments to Germany. Bank earnings drop 23.6 percent. Wheat exports rise. U.S. business failures total 692 versus 422 last year.
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New York
Dun
Germany
United States
RATS CHEWED BODY OF DEAD WOMAN IN VERSEILLE TOWNSHIP
Mrs. Mary A. Dittman aged 58 was found dead in her Fire station home Versailles township near McKeesport. She died of paralysis likely Saturday afternoon after visiting her daughter on Fifth avenue McKeesport. Her left hand showed rodent gnawing when found by neighbor Mrs Bridget O Neil.
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Pittsburgh
Mary A. Dittman
Fire Station
Versailles Township
Bridget O'Neil
Negro race owns a billion in lands in Pittsburgh
Dr J E S Stingern of New York told a Bethel AME Church crowd that African Americans own about 1 000 000 000 in property and urged formation of a Pittsburgh branch of the National Reform Association for the Advancement of the Colored Race. He highlighted progress since the Civil War and outlined aims for racial equality.
Attention Subscribers Missed Issue Notification
Cumberland Press subscribers who miss an issue should contact the office promptly via telephone. City patrons on carrier routes missing a daily paper should notify this office to ensure prompt service or report carrier issues.
Compensation Act Is Unconstitutional in Illinois
Belleville Illinois January 11 Judge George Crow of the Circuit Court voided the 1911 work mens compensation act ruling the Illinois General Assembly failed to print the bill and amendments in the journals before final passage Samuel A Harper author of the act said the decision does not affect its validity while Edwin R Wright former Illinois State Federation of Labor leader lamented the ruling noting a Supreme Court review will determine the law The Kentucky Court of Appeals had previously declared unconstitutional the workers compensation law supported by industrial and labor groups.
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Belleville
George Crow
Circuit Cort
Ilinois General Assembly
Legislature
Samuel A. Harper
Thomas
Danville
Supreme Court
Edwin R. Wright
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Labor
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Great Britain's Preliminary Reply to American Note
Washington and London released the British preliminary reply to the US note on American commerce. The exchange sides with limiting interference to when necessary and aligns with international law. Secretary Bryan said the answer is preliminary and will wait for the full reply.
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United States
Washington
Bryan
Resumption of Work at New Castle Tin Plant
Nineteen of the twenty hot mills at the New Castle tin plant resumed operations this morning an increase of five mills from last week. The entire plant will return to full operation and about 500 men will go back to work. At the two American Sheet and Tin Plate Company plants forty nine of fifty nine mills began operation after months of reduced activity.
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New Castle
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Villa Wins Over Constitutionalists at Saltillo Fight
Laredo Texas January 11 Villa forces defeated the troops of Generals Antonio TL Villareal and Maclovio Herrera in a three day battle at Saltillo. Details on troops or casualties were not released but a trainload of wounded was sent to Monterey. The constitutionalists retreated after a confusion of orders and 650 constitutionalists joined Villa.
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Villa
Penrose Faces Questions and Postmaster Appointment
Washington January 11 Senator Penrose returns to the capital to answer charges from Representative Palmer alleging corruption in his nomination and election and $1,000 in expenditures. He also weighs the stalled Susquehanna postmaster appointment of H C MacMahon amid corruption suspicions.
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Washington, D. C
Penrose
Palmer
Senate Committee On
H. C. MacMahon
Susquehanna
West Virginia Solons Assemble for Senate Presidency Race
Charleston W Va Jan 11 Members of the West Virginia Legislature began assembling for the session with four contenders for Senate President. Bliss McCrum of Preston and H Tongland of Logan lead the field with others like Oliver Marshal and R A Blessings expected. Clerks nominees include Guy Pritchard Mont Topping and others. Speakership contenders arrive as W Welch and M K Duty prepare to join the race.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
Bliss McCrum
Preston
H. Tongland
Logan
Oliver Marshal
R.A. Blessings
Fort Pleasant
United States
Davis Elkins
McCrum
Hatfield
England
Guy Pritchard
Mont” Topping
Kanawha County
Capt
E. E. Hood
Fayette County
Stanley Hodges
Pendleton County
E. R. Statts
Wood County
A. B. Moore
Wetzel
Topping
Sherrard
A. E. Scherr
Vernon Johnson
Morgan
W. W. Welch
McDowell
M. K. Duty
Ritchie
City Council In Brief Session Highlights Finances and Claims
December financials show receipts 46386.07 and disbursements 31687.62 leaving 25345.37 in bank reserves. The council discussed the electric light plant hours 3480, moonlight streetlight policy, bond protest by Baltimore Bankers, a $1500 damages claim by Thomas Hickey, and personnel and health reports with possible Harrisburg discussions for Evitts Creek Water.
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Lawler
Eichelberger
Koon
Cumberland
Thomas Hickey
Washington D. Co
Petersburg
W. Va
Mechante Street
Frank Reitmeyer
Samuel G. Dixon
Pennsylvania Department of Health
A. G. Fowler
Harrisburg
Marshall Wilder Dies Humorist in Hotel Final
Marshall P. Wilder author and humorist died in a St. Paul hotel from heart disease with pneumonia complicating the illness. He had canceled vaudeville engagements Friday and had been in poor health for two weeks. The body was sent to New York relatives last night. His wife had died more than a year earlier and friends noted a decline in spirits.
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St. Paul
Marshall P. Wilder
Morgantown Mills Resume Full Operation Today
Morgantown West Virginia January 11 The hot mills department of the American Sheet and Tin Plant Mill resumed in full today at eight o clock. For weeks the hot mills and other mill departments had operated only about three days weekly. The hot mills will run steadily and affect several hundred employees. No word on other departments yet but they are expected to return to full work as business improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
American Sheet and Tin Plant
One-Armed Officer Hired to Cut Connellsville Costs
Connellsville Pennsylvania council reduced monthly expenses by 10 dollars by hiring a one armed police officer. RK C Hartman was elected at forty dollars per month replacing Norval Morgan and six other applicants sought the job. The council also named new officials.
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Connellsville
Council of
South Connellsville
Rk. C. Hartman
Norval Morgan
South Canneleville
Duel Over Woman Ends Fatally in Memphis
In Memphis on January 11 Honan is dead Grace Frazier lies dying and Robert Embleton is jailed after a shooting affray over the same woman in the restricted district this morning.
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Memphis
Tenn
Honan
Grace Frazier
Robert Embleton
Frazier
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