Spurning Offer of Work Kelly's Army Reaches Grafton
About 60 men calling themselves General Kelly's army of the unemployed arrived by boxcar in Grafton West Virginia to face trespassing charges by Baltimore & Ohio railroad police. The group claimed the cars were donated by railroad officers and moved on toward Cumberland escorted by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Grafton
Cumberland
C. D. McLennen
McLennen
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago
Windy City
Washington
J. M. Scott
Fairmont
Marion County
Fort Wayne
Lad
Sandusky
Belleview
Brewster
Massilon
Bellaire
Mec- Mechen
Inquiry into Empress of Ireland Disaster Opens in Quebec
A Canadian court hears the largest marine disaster inquiry to date led by Lord Mersey. The Empress of Ireland and Storstad collision caused over 1000 deaths in the St Lawrence. Dominion and British counsel represent respective interests as witnesses, captains, and marine experts testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Canada
Lord Mersey
Empress of Ireland
Adolf Routhier
Faeckial McLeod
C. P. Mower
Navy Department
George Faux
Storstad
Mner
St. Lawrance
H. Kendall
Thos. Anderson
Sterstad Weer
Edmond L. Newcomb
Dominion
St. Lawrence
Pocket Billiard Tournaments Planned at Central U M M Co
Plans announced for monthly pocket billiard tournaments at Central U M M Co. First event starts Monday with monthly winners receiving a valuable private prize, plus a yearly gold medal for the player with most wins. Committee includes Charles Ber, Harry Landis, Somerville Nicholson, Harry C. Aaron, and Theodore Darnm. Enter by Saturday noon. Y M C A members may participate. Pairings set at 5 PM Saturday for June. schedules posted in lobby. Anticipated entry ≥20 young men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central U. mM. Co. A
Charles Ber
Harry Landis
Somerville Nicholson
Harry C. Aaron
Woman Pulled From Inhaled Gas At Boarding House
A Sunday evening incident at 114 Laing Avenue left Mrs Heppler unconscious after inhaling gas from a stove. Dr W R Foard revived her using respiratory treatment as the home windows and doors were shut and bed coverings muffled the room. Her condition improved to favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heppler
Henry Carmier
Laing Avenue
W. R. Foard l
Carmier
Apler
Test Case Planned In Kershner Speeding Charge
In the city case against Jacob W. Kershner for speeding and striking George Dressman and W. D. Lindsay, attorneys Arch A. Young and J. Philip Roman will test whether arrestees on only harees are entitled to a jury trial. The Kershner trial is set before City Magistrate John W. Heck next Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob W. Kershener
George Dressman
W. D. Lindsay
Arch A. Young
J. Philip Roman
Kershner
Hares
John W. Heck
Kalmbach Seeks Injunction Over Hose Contract
Fred W. Kalmbach filed papers to obtain an injunction from William F. McHugh against the Mayor City Council and Fire Commissioner Hummelshire to block a 1,000 foot hose purchase from the Fabric Hose Company of Baltimore. The contract was awarded to Gornall & Wegman as their representatives yesterday though Kalmbach claims he was the lowest bidder. The fire chief approved the hose selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Kalmbach
William F. McHugh
Hummelshire
Fabric Hose Company of
Baltimore
Gornall & Wegman
Fabric Hose Company
Kalmbach
Man Fined For Drunken Disorderly Conduct
John Getty arrested by Officer Wilson on a drunk and disorderly charge was fined $3.75 after asking for a year in the House of Correction to escape whiskey. Judge Heck sentenced him to five days in the blue room at the station house. Herman Robinette, accused by his wife of liquor related mistreatment, received ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Getty
Wilson
Getty
House of Correction
Heck
Station House
Herman Robinette
Miners Rescued from North Amon Colliery Cave-In
In Swainfes Wales on June 16, about 200 miners at the North Amon colliery near Tawdor were freed after a 12 hour entombment following a cave-in. Rescuers worked with desperate energy while families prayed and sang hymns. all miners were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swainfes
Wales
North Amon Collery
Tawdor
Police sergeant identifies river body as Warren McCarrick
Philadelphia officer Edward McCarrick, son of the city police, identified the Delaware river body as his nephew Warren McCarrick. He noted the clothing matched what Warren wore when he vanished months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Edward McCarrick
Delaware River
Warren McCarrick
Warren
Bank of Smithboro Closes Amid La Salle Street Bank Failure
Chicago June 16 The Bank of Smithboro Illinois failed to open today. A sign on the door read Closed to check up accounts Will open in a few days It is the eighth bank closed due to the La Salle Street State Bank failing to open for business List week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bank
Smithboro
Lorimer- Munday
la Salle Street
Hardinger's Body Found In West Virginia
William T. Hardinger a 41 year old lawyer disappeared a week ago near Morgantown West Virginia. His body was found by his father in law W H Twigs of Hazen and died by hanging with bail wire. A coroner's jury returned death by own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hardinger
Thomas F. Smouse
Morgantown
Kingwood
Juncei
West Virginia
W. HH. Twigs
Hazen
Hardinger
John A. White
Highland Street
Thompson
Footer
Raymond
Suffrage Hike Begins in Garrett County From Frostburg
Suffragists start a 13 day hike through Garrett County with a departure from Frostburg. A crowd watched as marchers wore sashes and banners after a well attended City Hall meeting. Speakers included Edna Latimer Minnie Jackson Madge Thurlow and L C Trax with Mary Brennan from Seattle. Forty seven new members enrolled and a reception followed at the Diamond Ice Cream Parlors hosted by Miss Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett County
Frostburg
City Hall
Edward Harris, Sr
Allegany County
Just Government League
Paul
Marriage Licenses Listed For Several Couples In Md Pa
A list of marriage licenses shows Alvin Piper and Ber die Myers. Roy A. McCreary and Reda May Logue. Thomas Frank and Edna Floy Conrad. Clare Moyer and Nora Cher. Joshua Melvin Orr and Esther May Emeigh. Walter Wallace Holman and Sara Siard. Joseph Lawless and Hannah Lawson Lory. Vernon Finkbiner and Gracie May Sibley. Frank Sparato and Rosa Nose. Elmer C. Moore and Katie Belle Suter. George Andrew Doerner and Lenora Fechtman. Jacob Earl Moses and Agnes Veronica Warnick. Also noted is an WM excursion from Cumberland to Pittsburgh on June 28, with 7 a.m. departure and 6 or 7 p.m. return, via Western Maryland Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Piper
Oldtown
Berdie Myers
Okonoko
W. Ba
Charles Seibert
Annie Berth’ Schmeiser
Hancock
Roy A. McCreary
Helixville
Reda May Logue
New Paris
Thomas Frank
South Fork
Edna Floy Conrad
Portage
Ee Clare Moyer
Nora Cher- Bellewich
Ohshua Melvin Orr
Esther May Emeigh
Altoona
Walter Wallace Holman
Boggaley
Sara Siard
Whitney
Joseph Lawless
Hannah Lawson Lory
South Branch
W. Va
Vernon Finkbiner
Gracie May Sibley
Cumberland
Frank Sparato
Eckhart
Rosa Nose
Morantown
Elmer C. Moore
Katie Belle Suter
Somerset
George Andrew Doerner
Lenora Fechtman
Jacob Earl Moses
Pekin
Agnes Veronica Warnick
Barton
Travelers and Visitors From Many Cities Reported
Residents and guests from Brunswick Cumberland Reading Hagerstown Baltimore Martinsburg Frostburg Frostburg Parkersburg Washington and other cities were listed in a long round of visits travel and departures. Notable trips include a Maryland Theatre troupe member heading to New York to tour a road drama and a group traveling to Atlantic City for the master plumbers meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Webb
Brunswick
Cumberland
Otis Hawks
Daniel M. Carl
Margaret Lee
Clara E. Zerr
Reading
John H. Reichard
Hagerstown
Pittsburg
Howard Ingram
Leon Lacksy
Maryland Theatre Orchestra
New York City
Maryland
Owen J. Kelly
Newark
Ohio
Frank P. Dougherty
Baltimore
J. J.maguire
Fayette Street
Neice
Margaret M. Maguire
St. Patrick's School
Matilda Lippold
George L. Long
Green Street
Stoyestown
George Jenkins
Midlothian
Miners’ Hospital
Frostburg
Judee
W. H. Deenen
John R. Keller
Westernport
Malcolm S. Jones
Aillesany County Plumbers Association
John LB. Macfarlane
Atlantic City
National Association of Master Plumbers
Franklin H. Ankeney
Big Spring
Washington County
John Beckley
Martinsburg
William J. Lavelle
Tunnelton
Plage Day Social and Local Dance Event Features
The 1914 Bedford Street German Lutheran confirmation class hosted a Plage Day Social with a musical and literary program in Sunday school rooms. Misses Leoda Danner Marie Long Jennie Newman and Mildred Marean served as hostesses. A Frostburg St Michael's Hall dance by Mountaineer Club drew local attendees with Prof Beall's orchestra. Lena Viola Hartung and Frank Clewin Carter plan to marry at her parents home with Rev C F Bergner officiating. Hartung is a trained nurse with wide local regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
St. Michael's Hall
Frostburg
Mountaineer Club
Beall
Lena Viola Hartung
Theodore Hartung
Bellvue Street
Frank Clewin Carter
Renova
C. F. Bergner
Obituary notices honor several local residents
Mrs. Blanche E. Gorsuch 31 wife of Elijah Gorsuch died after childbirth at Attamont Ter race her burial family to Hamilton Ohio. Mrs. George Knatz 41 died last night at Valley Street burial toward London on Cumberland & Pennsylvania RR train. Henry Willison 84 died at home east of Alaska funeral at Frankfort M E Church. John W. Dorsey 50 retired Baltimore and Ohio foreman died at daughter’s home burial Levels West Virginia. Surviving relatives listed with spouses and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Hipsiey
J. W. Fellers
Martinsburg
Boyd A. Reinhart
Baltimore
Washington
Percy Foster Hall
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Annapolis
J. A. Vaughan
Raleigh
Jas. A. Young
Cumberland Street
Thelma Towles
Washington DD. C
Blanche E. Gorsuch
Elijah Gorsuch
Attamont Terrace
George Knatz
Valley Street
Cumberland & Pensylvania
Lonaconing
Knatz
Hotel Royal
Henry Willison
Henry Wiliscenm
Alaska
Frankfort Methodist Episcopal Church
Lucy Rosenbaum
Elizabeth Robinette
Cumberland
Ella Largeny
John W. Dorsey
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Calvin B. Frestour
North Centre Street
Levels
W. Va
Cacapon
A. M. Dorsey
McKeesport
Harry Dorsey
Perry Dorsey
Okonoko
Otho Dorsey
Cnarces
Frank E. Munsie to End The Evening Times
Philadelphia publisher Frank E. Munsie announces in the current issue that today’s Evening Times will publish its last edition. He cites the failure of his newspaper enterprise in Philadelphia as the reason for discontinuing the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frank E. Munsie
The
Evening Times
Miss Margaret Whiison Attends Chicago Convention
Miss Margaret Whiison daughter of the President arrived in Chicago from Washington and was the guest of honor at the convention. She will speak Thursday night before the Federation on The greatest service the General Federation Can Render the Young Woman of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Margaret Whiison
Washington
Wilson
Federation
General Federation
America
Real Estate Transfers in Allegany County Notice
Caroline M. Smith and James W. Thomas transfer a parcel on Old Town Road to the Road Directors of Allegany County for 100 dollars. John B. Cutter transfers a parcel at Gilmore, Maryland, to the Road Directors of Allegany County for 550 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline M. Smith
James W. Thomas
Allegany County
Oldtown
John B. Cutter
Gilmore
Dnieper Tragedy Claims Thirteen In River Boat Incident
At Krementchug Russia on June 16 a boat capsized in the Dnieper river causing the drowning of thirteen people. Rescue workers searched the waters and recovered several bodies as authorities investigated the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krementchug
Russia
Dnieper
Wanted Housekeeper and Roommate Needing Furnished Space
Classified note seeks a caretaker who can speak English and Romani for shared living. Room available and 231 appears as a contact or reference.
Bedford Street Rooms Listed on Je-16
The notice notes rooms available on Bedford Street with reference to the Je-16 and Je-16-tf markings and an A. lbird St. Je.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.lbird
Bedford Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rody
Pittsburgh
Western Maryland Railway
L. Shirey
Philadelphia College Pharmacy
Carter Hartung
Powel
Bishop’s Motorcycle Garage
Fron Street
Ruppert’s
Burton
North Liberty Street
Shirey Reliafle
Clarke
Baltimore Street
Philadelphia Times
Miss Wilson
Ocho
Thrteen
Industrial and Relations Commission
Austin B. Garetson
Iowa
James Borden Harrim
New York
John B. Lennon
Din
Frank PP. Walsh
Missour
B. Commons
Wisconsin
James Connell
Columbi
Ierick DeLano
Illinois
Pho
Ark
International News
Vaice
Leader Garage
South Cumberland
Broad Am
Keys Hotel
J. J. Zapf
Guarantegst
Biddle
Phorm
Frederick Street
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