Scandinavians May Protest To Germany
Washington June 17 reports say Swedish Danish and Norwegian ministers discussed with Acting Secretary Lansing the torpedoing of Scandinavian ships. The talks fuel talk of intervention or neutral participation in U S negotiations with Germany. Denmark Norway and Sweden may plan a joint protest over ship destruction and contraband issues.
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Washingtn
D. C
Lansing
Interevention
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
La Salle Institute to Hold Annual Commencement
The La Salle Institute will hold its commencement at Carroll Hall with Very Rev Edward J Wunder presiding. Academic graduates include John Getty Leon Grant Richard McMullen Leo Reichert James Schriver Ralph Sell. Commercial graduates include John Carney Floyd Hauser Emmett Moran Lee Schleuse Paul Schonter and Gerard Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Salle Institute
Carroll Hall
Edward J. Wunder
St. Patrick's Church
John Harold Getty
Leon Marcellus Grant
Richard Francis McMullen
Leo Casper Reichert
James Joseph Schriver
Ralph Francis Sell
John Joseph Carney
Floyd Christopher Hauser
Emmett Martin Moran
Lee Carl Schleuse
Paul Leon Schonter
Gerard Paul Thompson
F. M. Ruppert
McMullen Brothers
Brother Edmund
la Salle
Knights of Columbus
Maryland
District of Columbia
Maryland Catholic Historical Society
Henry J. Glick
Leo Reichert
James Schriver
Paul Schonter
Emmett Moran
William Glick
Edward McNamee
Thomas Harbaugh
Francis Loughney
John McMullen
Raphael King
George Billings
Charles Laing
Eugene Gunning
Francis Pendergast
George Mullen
Justus Grabenstein
Joseph Brookman
Edward Walsh
Franklin Lear
Prominent Cumberland Attorney Stricken by Paralytic Stroke
D J Blackiston longtime Cumberland attorney was found gravely ill at his Washington street home this morning from a paralytic stroke. Dr E B Claybrook attended him as family members alerted authorities. He was unable to appear for breakfast and remains in grave condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Blackiston
Cumberland
Washington Street
E. B. Claybrook
Blackiston
Gas Discovered in Lonaconing Test Well
Gas found this morning at Knapp's Meadow east of Lonaconing by Bullock Hickman Oil Company. The gas lifted drilling tools several feet and burned three feet high, as the 600 foot well passed coal seams in the George's Creek valley. S. B. Hickman leads the operation with optimism for oil and gas prospects after securing Frostburg lease options.
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Lonaconing
Knapp’s Meadow
Bullock— Hickman Oil Company
S. B. Hickman
West Virginia
George's Creek
Frostburg
Greek War Party Wins Safe Majority in Parliament
London dispatch reports the Greek war party securing a safe majority with 186 supporters for the war party 100 for new lists and 26 scattered. Albanian insurgent aviators bombarded the capital at Duranzo bombs struck the Greek legation and cathedral, with damage noted.
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London
War Party
Pital
Duranzo
Reek Legation
Child Applicants Besiege Bureau For Labor Permits
Miss Maricetor Rose of the Maryland Bureau of Statistics and Information opened a branch in Allegany County to enforce child labor laws. Nearly 200 working permits were issued to children today, with many applicants needing parent or guardian presence. Applicants must show proof of age by birth or christening certificate or family Bible entry. otherwise a physician will examine the child to determine age.
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Maricetor
Rose
Maryland Bureau of Statistics and Information
Allegany County
Miss Rose
Lusitania Carried Permissible Cargo Under US Law
London June 17 Sir Edward Carson stated at the resumed Lusitania inquiry that the liner carried nothing forbidden by US law. He presented official documents while Chief Steward Jones testified the life belt supply was adequate for any emergency.
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London
Edward Carson
United States
Steward Jones
Allies' Fire Weakens in Dardanelles
Athens reports after six days of bombardment the fire of Allied warships at the Dardanelles has slackened.
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Dardanelles
London
Athens
Russ claim Teutons are falling back
Petrograd reports Slav armies repelled German lines along a 160 mile front from the Baltic into Northern Poland. Cossacks crossed the Venta at Pope Jany driving Germans from the far bank. Calvary pursues retreating troops, taking hundreds of prisoners as fighting continues in the Shavl region with shifting gains and a large German force beaten back beyond the Nieman river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Petrograd
Baltic
Poland
Kovno
Venta
Pope Jany
Calvary
Shavl
Nieman River
Baltimore and Ohio May earnings may show gross gains
Rumor in Baltimore financial circles suggests the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will report a May rise in gross revenue driven by increased coal shipments from Consolidation Coal and continued cost cuts. The May earnings, paired with the 11 month fiscal year figure, could indicate a break from several years of stagnant traffic and earnings in the trunk line system.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Curtis Bay
Baltimore and Ohio
Frostburg's Grand Old Man Humbertson to Turn Ninety-Six
Frostburg Maryland June 17 Omas Humbertson known as Uncle Tommy a leading resident will celebrate his ninety sixth birthday Saturday in apparently good health He is recovering from a two week illness caused by lifting while helping with home work He is director of Citizens National Bank and active in the First Methodist Episcopal Church The Grand Old Man of Frostburg title follows him
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Frostburg
Omas Humbertson
Tommy
Humbertson
Citizens National Bank
Hubertson
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Unclear Quote on Securities and Railroads
Fragmentary remark cites a well known Italian saying about reports on securities of common carriers. The passage suggests skepticism about the accuracy of a report. The exact subject, origin, and parties are not identified in the readable text.
Edgar L Flury Jr Undergoes Kidney Stone Operation
Edgar L Flury Jr underwent a successful morning operation at Western Maryland Hospital to remove a kidney stone. Doctors Arthur H Hawkins and Frederick W Fochtman performed the procedure. Prior to illness he operated the motion picture machine at the Bel Vedere Theatre.
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Western Maryland Hospital
Arthur H. Hawkins
Frederick W. Fochtman
Flury
Belvedere Theatre
Piper fined for disorderly conduct at Lexington Avenue home
Harry Piper was fined 25 dollars in police court by Justice Heck for allowing disorderly conduct at his Lexington Avenue house late last night. In default he went to jail after refusing to pay. Piper said he was only giving a chance as guests caused laughter and neighbors called the police. Chief Eisenhauer ordered patrols to arrest violators of the speed and cut-out law in Maryland Avenue near Oldtown Road amid rising complaints.
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Lexington Avenue
Harry Piper
Justice Heck
Piper
Eisenhauer
Maryland Avenue
Oldtown Road
Body of 11-Year-Old Girl Found in Garbage Can
In Cincinnati Ohio the body of Elizabeth Nolte 11 was found wrapped in a sheet in a rear garbage can near her home. Her throat was slashed and she had been missing since Tuesday. Police have no definite clue and will question a man slated for trial tomorrow on improper conduct charges for which the murdered girl was to be the principal witness.
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Cincinnati
Elizabeth Nolte
Crew Reclaims Submarined Ship That Refused to Sink
London reports two British steamers attacked off the Small Islands. Trafford sank after being torpedoed. Turnwell, despite bombs on board, was saved by the crew who regained control and towed the vessel to Milford Haven for repairs.
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London
Trafford
Turnall
Milfeordshaven
Turnwell
Milfords
M'Mullen Endorsed in Somerset County
Supporters of Emerson E Harrington met in Princess Anne Maryland to organize for Democratic primary battles. The meeting with about 70 attendees backed Harrington while denouncing McMullen and Ritchie and praising Wilson and the Sheppard bill aiding oystermen.
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M’mullen
Somerset County
Princess Anne, Md
Emerson E. Harrington
Harrington
Lorie C. Quinn, Sr
Crisfield
Henry J. Waters
Western Starr
Westover
Woodrow Wilson
Hugh A. McMullen
Allegany County
Albert C. Ritchie
Baltimore
Starr
Hazelton A. Joyce, Jr
Dorchester County
State Insurance Department
French Soldiers to Wear Light Steel Helmets Soon
Paris reports French soldiers in the field will start wearing light steel helmets for head protection against shell fragments and bullets traveling at reduced velocity. Behind the front, the traditional cap will be kept for service. Separately, Charleston WV hosts about 2000 teachers at the 45th annual West Virginia Educational Association meeting with welcome by Gov Hatfield and Supt Ladley.
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Paris
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Educational Association
H. D. Hatfield
George S. Ladley
Young Man Found Dead On Rail Line Near Moundsville
Henry Offferdinger, a respected local youth, disappeared Tuesday night and was found early Wednesday on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks east of Moundsville. Authorities believe he was struck by a train while walking home.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Henry Offferdinger
Baltimore and Ohio
Empire Front Faces 2.8 Million Troops In Russia
Reuter's report from Petrograd cites Russian critics estimating Austro German forces against Russia total about 2.8 million men. About fourteen to fifteen German corps and twenty six Austrian corps are in Galicia Lubaczowka Wisznia front with additional German corps in Baltic regions.
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London
Finan Prizes Awarded To County School Pupils
Prizes funded by Thomas Bb Finan Cumberland are awarded after county parochial schools held exams on welfare minded subjects. First prize ten dollars gold goes to Miss Alice Kenny St Josephs Midland. Angela Mattingly receives five dollars gold and Mary Lillian Soethe earns two dollars fifty cents gold. Twenty eight contestants competed.
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Thomas Bb. Finan
Cumberland
Alice Kenny
St. Joseph's School
Midland
Angela Mattingly
St. Patrick’s School
Mount Savage
Mary Lillian Soethe
SS. Peter & Pauls School
Disease outbreak prompts killing of animals near Grafton
In Grafton West Virginia on June 17 the state department of agriculture ordered the killing of 25 horses and cattle to curb the spread of the new disease Sarcopt es Scabiaequi. Several men have been affected but treatment works. The illness, never seen before in West Virginia, is parasitical.
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Grafton
W. Va
Grasped Live Wire Ends Life In Johnstown
Johnstown Pa June 17 Joseph Buck 48 a Chester Springs Cambria contractor killed himself by grasping a live 60 000 volt wire at 8 30 pm Ill health cited as motive local police report states Buck died instantly in the act
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Johnstown
Joseph Buck
Chester Springs
Cambria
Con
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute Opens Summer Meeting
The West Virginia Coal Mining Institute kicked off its summer session in Wheeling on June 17 with a large turnout. President George Mathison of the Board of Trade, Mayor H. Clark, and W. E. Fohbi delivered addresses to attendees.
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Coal Mining Institute
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
George Mathison
Board of Trade
H. Clark
W. E. Fohbi
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D. J. Blackiston
Greek War Party
Lusitania
Chicago
John J. Bruce
Henry A. Blair
Leonard A. Busby
William Quinlan
William D. Mahon
Chicago Traction
Thompson
Transportation Lines
Surface Lines
Edgar L. Flury, JR
Funny Men
ROY _K. MOULTON
Tke Press Building
FATR
Haven
Russia
Empire
Stoge
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