Boilermakers fall to YMCA in a dramatic alley game
A crowded YMCA alley match saw the YMCA team outplay the Boilermakers in a memorable contest. Captain Johnson led the Boilermakers while William Shaw steered the Royal Blues as the Storekeepers and others also battled hard in a circus-like night of bowling.
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Royal Blues
Pense
William Shaw
Pres Dent
Frederick Leyh
Hay
Doerner
Andy
Shaw Quantly
W. Galloway
New York State Steel reports large unfilled orders
The New York State Steel Corporation reports unfilled orders on February 28 totaling 5,026,440 tons, down from 6,613,680 tons on January 31 and from 7,656,714 tons on February 28, 1908.
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New York
New York State Steel Corporation
C and W to move streetcar stops after council order
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway president Ferdinand Williams says the firm will relocate stopping point 250 feet below Baltimore street as ordered. He notes the council’s directive did not specify a waiting room and says action on that issue will come later.
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Cumberland Press
Cumberland & Westernport Electric Railway
Baltimore Street
Ferdinand Williams
Williams
K O G and Lonaconing Juniors Face Off In Local Court
The K O G basketball team hosts Lonaconing Athletic Club Juniors on the local floor Thursday night. A good game is expected as both sides are evenly matched. The Junior League tie between Union Street School and the High School quintet will be settled that evening with the winner claiming the league shield. Before that contest, Business Boys face Academy basket tossers in a playoff for third place to determine who finishes higher.
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Lonaconing Athletic Club
Union Street
High School
Business Boys
Academy
G. A. North
F. F. Lockenott
George W. Craig
Allegany County Academy
Giolitti Resignation Accepted by King in Rome
The resignation of Premier Giolitti and his cabinet, tendered Sunday, was accepted today by King Victor Emmanuel in Rome. The move ends Giolitti’s tenure and shifts Italy toward new government arrangements amid ongoing political tensions.
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Rome
Giolitti
Victor Emmanuel
Opposed Annexation of Egypt Section Sparks Meeting
Residents of the Egypt area opposed to joining Cumberland plan a meeting at Knobley Plange Mill tonight at 8 PM to discuss the annexation. Critics argue the city cannot afford added fire light police services or garbage collection for the new territory given its tax yield of about 2500 dollars annually.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
Knobley Plange Mill
Potomac Street
Cumberland Evening Press
Unemployed army in California camps in Yolo County
An engineering of 1,009 unemployed men marching from San Francisco toward Washington faced dispersal in Yolo County. Fire hoses drove campers from their sites, leaving hunger and cold as Sheriff Monroe warned they must leave. About five hundred had deserted. the rest were described as a sullen group likely to provoke trouble during dispersal.
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Sacramento
Cal
Washington
San Francisco
Yolo County
Monroe
Mapleside Methodists to Elect Boards at Membership Meeting
The Mapleside Methodist Church invites members to a Thursday evening business meeting to elect a board of stewards and a board of trustees for the upcoming year. Members are urged to attend.
Aviston man charged with cruelty to animals in Frostburg case
Orville Stark of Aviston Garrett County was arraigned before Magistrate Thomas Gatehouse Frostbore and held on bail after pleading not guilty to cruelty to animals. The charge stemmed from a report that he hitched a horse to the tongue of another to force a heavy load up a hill near Sand Spring above Frostburg. State's Attorney Frank A. Perlman prosecuted the case. the incident allegedly occurred weeks ago and left a portion of a horse's tongue found in the roadway.
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Orville Stark
Aviston
Garrett County
Thomas Gatehouse
Frostbore
Government may investigate coal trust actions
Washington reports Senator Tillman introduced a Senate resolution to probe Charlestown port as a permanent coal distribution center in light of rivalry with Norfolk and Chesapeake Bay ports. The inquiry would examine rail links from Appalachia to seaports and ties to the Panama Canal.
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Washington
Coal Trust
Charlestown
D. C
New York
Philadelphia
Chesapeake Bay
Tillman
Senate
Senate Committee of Naval
Panama Canal
Rairoads
South Atlantic
Virginia
West Virgina
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
Real Estate Transfers in Cumberland and Allegany County
Mary Cart and Daniel M. Carl transfer a Cumberland parcel to William H. Kornhoff for about $14, W. J. Knott and Mollie L. Knott sell a MecCoole land parcel in Allegany to George R. K. Davis for about $10, and H Hosack sells a part interest in a McCoole parcel in Allegany County for about $1. These transfers reflect typical land conveyances in the area.
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Mary Cart
Daniel M. Carl
William HH. Kornhoff
Cumberland
W. J. Knott
Mollie L. Knott
George RK
Davis
MecCoole
Allegany County
HH. Hosack
W. K. Hosack
McCoole
Receiver Asked For Herring & Carpenter Firm
An application for appointment of a receiver for Herring & Carpenter wholesalers and retailers of bar supplies was filed in Bridgeport Circuit Court by Frederek Herring. An order requires a statement of costs. E Butler Carpenter is the other member. D Lindley Sloan represents the firm. Bridgeport March 16. Ex President Charlies Mellon of the New Haven Railroad won a victory in his manslaughter case at Westport as Judge Puttle sustained two demurrers. State may amend the warrant. Mellon may escape trial if defeated.
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Herring & Carpenter
North
Mechanic Street
Frederek Herring
D. Lindley Sloan
E. Butler Carpenter
Bridgeport
Conn
Charlies S. Mellon
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
West Port
George Puttle
Mellon
Judson
Meilon
Membership Meeting at Fairview Avenue Church Tonight
The Fairview Avenue Methodist Protestant Church convenes at 8 o clock this evening to elect a board of trustees and a board of stewards for the coming year. Other important church matters will be discussed in a strictly business session, and all members are urged to attend.
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The
Fairview Avenue
St Protestant Church
Marriage notice names spouses from Pennsylvania towns
William Elvin Bowser and Julia Bernice Mack both of Osterville Pa Russell Sherdan Holler Buffalo Mill Pa and Carrie Lucile Scritch field Mans Choice Pa William Barry Davis Riddlesburg Pa and Ruth Estr ght Altoona Pa Frank Ray MecKelver Holidays burg Pa and Dorothy Pinkham Willamsburg Pa
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William Elvin Bowser
Julia Bernice Mack
Osterville
Russell Sherdan Holler
Buffalo Mill
Carrie Lucile Scritchfield
Mans Choice
William Barry Davis
Riddlesburg
Ruth Estr Ght
Altoona
Frank Ray MecKelver
Holidaysburg
Dorothy Pinkham
Willamsburg
Pankhurst Militant Arrival Sparks Rail Picket Action
London dispatch reports Mrs. Emmiline Pankhurst, leader of Scottish militant suffragists, was secretly moved to a London train. Detachments of women were sent to railroad stations at noon to act as pickets and attempt her rescue upon arrival.
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London
Emiline Pankhurst
Scotland
Memorial service for Frederick Townsend Martin in Mayfair
Simple memorial services were held at Christ Church Mayfair for Frederick Townsend Martin a wealthy society and club man who died suddenly on Sunday. The body will be shipped Wednesday on the American Line to New York for interment in the family plot on the ancestral Martin estate between Albany and Troy in New York.
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London
Christ Church
Mayfair
Frederick Townsend Martin
New York
Martin
Albany
Troy
N. Y
Mexico turmoil flares as Villa orders Snyman property seized
London reports agitation over the Mexican situation as General Villa purportedly orders the confiscation of all Chihuahua property owned by General W D Snyman, a former Boer leader and British subject. Snyman has appealed to St Cecil Spring Rice, the British ambassador to Washington.
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London
Villa
Chihuahua
W. D. Snyman
Snyman
St Cecil Spring Rice
Washington
British Minister States US Views On Mexican Crisis
London March 10 Sir Edward Grey the British minister said the United States State Department in Washington did not view the removal of the Huerta regime as the sole solution to the Mexican crisis. He noted Washington’s clarification on its approach to the problem.
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London
Sir Edward Gray
United States
Mexco
State Department
Washington
Huerta
Cigar Makers Ordered to Stop Mouth Wetting Practice
Harrisburg March 10 State Labor Commissioner Jackson ordered cigar makers to stop wetting the cigar ends with saliva to aid sticking. The practice was alleged to be common and is being addressed by labor authorities. Pierceton March 10 Pullman cars of the Manhattan Limited were derailed at 10 40 this morning at 50 miles per hour. Over 100 passengers aboard. no injuries reported due to a broken rail.
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Harrisbug
Jackson
Pierceton
Ind
Manhattan
Chicago
City fire ravages Missouri Athletic Club tragedy rise in deaths
Eleven more bodies were sighted in the smoldering ruins of the Missouri Athletic Club as firemen work through morning debris. The known dead rise to 22 with nineteen guests still unaccounted for and fears the toll may reach 40.
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St. Loui S
Missouri Athletic Club
Inter State Commerce Panel Adopts Panama Canal Toll Reform
In Washington on March 10 the Interstate Commerce Commission approved a second section to the Sims bill by a 14 to 2 vote. The change repeals the free tolls clause of the Panama Canal act and corrects an omission in the original measure.
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Washington
Inter- State Commerce Commission of
House
Will and probate actions file for Rebecca J Leighty
The last will of Rebecca J Leighty of Allegany County was filed proven and admitted to probate. Letters of administration were granted to Landon G Dayton on the estate of Russell H Dayton. Court adjourned to meet Friday March 13 at 9 a m.
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Rebecca J. Leighty
Allegany County
Landon G. Dayton
Russell H. Dayton
Italian general strike ends after day and half
In Rome on March 10 the broad workers strike concluded late this afternoon after a day and a half. Radical leaders protested the end of the stoppage, but most participants agreed to resume work.
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Rome
W W U To Meet At Grace Church
The regular semi monthly meeting of the W C T U will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 oclock at Grace M E Church Virginia Avenue. A large attendance is desired. PMID: Grace M E Church Virginia Avenue. Meeting time 2 30 p m.
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Grace M. E. Church
Virginia Avenue
Berlin Opera Singer Seidler Commits Suicide
Berlin reports prominent operatic tenor Herr Seidler killed himself by firing a shot through the head from a window. His body fell to the cobbles below.
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Berlin
Herr Seidler
Hiself
Vanderbilt Burial at Moravian Cemetery on Staten Island
The body of George W. Vanderbilt was buried today in the Moravian Cemetery on Staten Island after a brief service attended by many notable persons, friends and relatives.
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New York
George W. Vanderbilt
Staten Island
Alfred Edwards Dies Founder of Matin
Paris reports the death of Alfred Edwards founder of the Matin and a leading French journal. He passed away today in France, marking the loss of a prominent press figure and early media pioneer.
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Paris
Alfred Edwards
Matin
France
Miss Hazel Shaffer Visits Williamsport Pa For Month
Miss Hazel M. Shaffer daughter of B F Shaffer president of the Tri State Business College in this city spends a month with Mr and Mrs RK V Scott in Williamsport Pennsylvania during her visit she will tour local points of interest and meet business college friends.
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Hazel M. Shaffer
B. F. Shaffer
Tri- State Business College
Rk, V. Scott
Williamsport
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