Orville Wright Proposed to Lead British Air Fleet
London dispatch reports the Daily Mail urged Orville Wright to head the British aviation arm as Britain mobilizes for attack on Germany and bombardment of Cattaro. Other war notes include submarine sinkings and Italian air raids, with war weariness and long conflict outlook central to commentary.
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Orville Wright
British Air Fleet
London
Lucina
Ballycotton
London Daily Mail
Germany
Cattaro
Djakovitha Pass
Lemberg
Brazany
Great Britain
Cettinje
Wright
The
Daily Mail
the Mail
Pretty Wife Leaves Forney In Murder Plot Case
Pittsburgh and Washington reports detail Thomas G. Forney and his father-in-law J Franklin Schneider case. Forney faces alleged plot to kill Schneider to gain fortune, with McHenry linked to extortion notes and a note of $2000. Florence Schneider declares separation, removing belongings while Forney awaits charges and McHenry's arrival.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas G. Forney
Ohio
Franklyn Schneider
Schneider
John Forney
Plainfield
Limer McHenry
Washington
William Morris
Anderson Wotel
McHenry
Forney
T. Franklin Schneider
Anderson Hotel
Homer E. Crooks
George McHenry
Central Station
Florence Schneider
J. Franklin Schneider
Mrs. Forney
Inaugurate Crusade Against Sunday Baseball in County
Dr. Howard A. Kelly and Rev. Dr. W. W. Davis led a Sunday law crusade in Cumberland proclaiming Sunday baseball a menace to morality. An estimated 2000 to 3000 people heard at City Hall Plaza with John W. Young presiding. The speakers urged reform and denounced Sunday games as a dollar sport. Most attendees backed the crusade. few opposed it.
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Howard A. Kelly
Baltimore
Lord’s Day Alliance of Maryland
Cumberland
City Hall
Allegany County
John W. Young
Y. M
Kelly
Dr. Davies
Davis
Che
Superintendent French to Return Home from Hospital
Chester Lee French, superintendent of the Cumberland division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, who underwent several transfusion operations at the Protestant Home and Infirmary in Baltimore, has greatly improved and is expected to make a complete recovery. He will return to duty in a week.
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Chester Lee French
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Protestant Home and Infirmary
Baltimore
De Maud huy winning fame as Joffre's ablest general
Paris dispatch profiles General de Maud'huy commander of the tenth French army leading the drive north of Arras. He rapid rises in fame for recapturing Vermelles Curency Notre Dame de Lorette and trenches to threaten Lens. His troops include Turcos Senegalese territorials and reservists described as France's poorest. He earns praise for personal leadership sharing tents with soldiers and boosting morale amid a hard-fought campaign against German forces including Bavarians and the Prussian guard.
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Paris
Arras
de Maud’huy
Frenc
de Maud'huys
Duri
Vermelles
Curency
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
Lens
de Maxad'huy
France
Althouegh
Maudhay
de Maudhay
von Kluck
The
Aisne
de Mandting
Sta
St. Cyr
West Point
Mae
Dijon
Lorraine
Mery
Alsace-Lorraine
Joffre
Foch
Meuse de Maud
Huy
Eniny
the Marne
von Beulow
Chauteau Thierry
Compiegne
Behtune
Ypres
Artois
Runaway Box Car Wrecks Home Between Points Marion and Cheat Haven
A box car broke loose from a Baltimore and Ohio freight train between Point Marion and Cheat Haven on Sunday. It tumbled down an embankment and crashed into the frame residence of John Robinson, carrying part of the car onto the State road. Robinson's wife and small children escaped unharmed though the house and furnishings were destroyed.
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Ohio
Point Marion
Cheat Haven
John Robinson
Robinson
Italy and Turkey At War In Diplomatic Break
Rome reports Turkish ambassador Mehmed Naba Bey asked for his passports after visiting the foreign office to depart Italy. No war declaration yet mirrors Germany Italy, with Austria the only nation to issue a formal declaration.
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Rome
Mehmed Naba Bey
Italy
Foreign Office
Turkey
Germany
Austria
Naba Bey
Dardane’sea
de Robeck
Germans To Force French Cities To Pay For Damage
Berlin reports the admiralty states French warships destroyed German consulates in Alexandrette and Paiffa in May. As compensation for the outrage and damages to Turkish and German property, Valenciennes and Roubaix will be forced to pay 150000 francs each.
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Warsips
Alexandrette
Paiffa
Valenciennes
Roubaix
Unearth Victims of Insane Man in North Dakota
Workmen digging under a Niagara house previously occupied by Eugene Butler, who died in 1913 in the State Hospital for the Insane, uncovered six crushed skulls. Authorities believe Butler murdered the men he employed as farm hands, though he had shown no prior suspicion.
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Niagara
N. D
Eugene Butler
State Hospital For
Butler
Bass in Baptism Becomes Dinner Talk
In Marlinton West Virginia on June 28 Rev Joseph Johnson baptizing converts in the river felt a one pound black bass crawl up his trouser leg and lodge in the folds of his shirt He kept the fish at his bosom during the service then took it home and fried it for dinner.
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Marlinton
W. Va
Joseph Johnson
Notable Anniversary Marks First Year Since Archduke Assassination
A historical retrospective notes the twelve months ending today as the first anniversary of the Sarajevo assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife, cites the ensuing world war and a chronology of declarations from 1914 to 1916, highlighting major European powers involved.
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Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Tin Mill in Cumberland Runs Full, Embraces Modern Plant
The N. and G. Taylor Company tin plate mill operated all departments in blast for the first time. Three eight hour shifts, 500 to 600 workers, and recent expansions mark a stable future. Scrap to plate production now occurs locally, with tinning moved from Philadelphia. Local manufacturers buy direct from the mill.
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N. & G. Taylor Company
Cumberland
Philadelphia
Temple Report On Cumberland Electric Proposal Filed
The Cumberland City Council filed W E Temple's report opposing Edison Electric and DominatingCo on city lighting. Dusman’s summary urges repairs and new equipment rather than private power, noting high outage and need for regulators turbines and accounting upgrades. A Maryland official urged Americanization Day in the Fourth of July plan.
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W. E
Temple
Philadelphia
Edison Electric and Dominating Company
Cumberland
Edison
J. F. Dusman
Baltimore
Dusman
Robert P. Graham
Maryland
United States
Baltimore Coy Volunteer Firemen's Association
Local Glass Workers Begin Two Week Summer Vacation
The Potomac and Wellington Glass Factories close for two weeks starting Saturday July 3 for the annual summer stop. The move includes repairs and rest. Wellington under Matthew H Sloan and Alex Sloan has thrived. Workers plan a camping and fishing trip. John F Carbrey and Robert Showacre will attend the Glass Workers Convention in Columbus Ohio on July 5.
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Potomac
Wellington
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Matthew H. Sloan
Alex Sloan
John F. Carbrey
Robert Showacre
Columbus
Ohio
Crawford to Be Adjutant on Major Markey's Staff
Major D John Markey Frederick Md announces permanent commission after Board of Examiners results. David L Johnson Ocean City Md named Battalion Sergeant Major. Arthur Kreh Cambridge Md resigns as Trice leaves post. Crawford Cumberland Md to be named first lieutenant of Cumberland company.
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Crawford
Markey
Adj
Charles F. Macklin
Maryland National Guard
D. John Markey - Frederick
Board of Examiners
David L. Johnson
Ocean City
Frederick
Arthur Kreh
Trice
Cambridge, Md
Dorchester County
Walter T. Crawford
Cumberland
Leutenant
Cumberland Company
Campbell Announces Candidacy for Legislature in Barton
Jemen Campbell former deputy appraiser of the port of Baltimore returns to his old home in Barton Maryland and announces his candidacy for the legislature. The announcement highlights his prior public service and aims to secure a nomination for the delegation.
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Barton
Jemen Campbell
Baltimore
Oar
Ee Ask
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Montengero
Montenegro
Ger
Japan
City
Edison Company
J. M. Oliver
Bedford Street
Upper Bedford
Lower Beds Street
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Rhodda Westbrook
Koon
Eyerman
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