Train gun battle in Welch leaves one dead and others wounded
A Norfolk & Western train near Welch, Bluefield reports a gun fight after a saloon visit. KE. L. Taylor deputy sheriff Mc Dowellville notes one dead, A. D. Beavers shot in chest and abdomen, I. D. W. Beavers gravely wounded, K. T. Hinkle seriously hurt. Passenger Evans aided the melee then was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Welch
A.D. Beavers
Evans
Sunday Defendants Named in Libel Suit in New York
William A. Sunday was named as defendant in a New York supreme court libel action seeking 25000 dollars. Charles H. Bell filed the suit alleging slander while attorney John Nicholson declined to confirm the defendant’s identity and refused to discuss the case.
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New York
William A. Sunday
Supreme Cour
Charles H. Bell
Billy” Sunday
John Nicholson
Nicholson
Thomas Roulette
Bell
Scranton
Wiliam A. Sunday
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Injured After White House Fall
Washington reports Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, ill for 10 days, suffered a fall slipping on a rug in the White House corridor while en route to lunch. Doctors say the spine was injured in the incident though recovery is not feared. she has canceled social engagements and is ordered to rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
State Dining Room
White House
Y M C A Notes on Tuesday Fellowship and Upcoming Games
The Y M C A reports a well attended Tuesday fellowship supper followed by Bible study. Two Junior League basketball games are slated for tomorrow night with Business Boys vs Academy to decide third place and High School vs Union Street for first place. Saturday features Acme of Central Y M C A versus Beall High School Freshmen, and Independents against Temperance Athletic Club Juniors in Mount Savage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Boys
Academy Five
Union Street
Acme
Central Y. M. C. A
Beall High School
Frostburg
Independents
Temperance Athletic Club
Mount Savage
Fred Townsend Martin’s Body Sent to United States
New York mourns Frederick Townsend Martin author sociologist and society leader who died in London. Friends plan a grand reception for his body at arrival, with many charitable groups expressing grief and wishing to honor his varied influence across New York society and beyond.
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F. Townsend Martin
United States
New York
Frederick Townsend
Martin
Berkley Hotel
London
Ife
den Gens
The
Bowery
Maartin
Alaska Railway Bill Passed for Presidential Signature
Washington reports the Alaska Railway bill authorizes up to 1000 miles of government railroad and $35,000,000 in expenditure. Senate adoption of the conference report followed House approval with a 42 to 27 vote. President Wilson is expected to sign once received at the White House.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
White House
Interior Department
Lane
Congress
Conference Committee
Alaska
Obituary records two youths and a worker in city
Jennings Bryan Leasure age 13 died at home of Cromwell and Nannie V. Leasure 5 Harrison street funeral plans not yet set. Ward Tauber 42 a dyer at Footer's Dye Works died at home 2 Glenn street diabetes survived by wife and three children Luther Mary Jane Matilda funeral plans not yet set. Abraham Fanito 19 Italian Piedmont West Virginia died at Allegany Hospital after weeks of typhoid fever survived by father in Piedmont.
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Jennings Bryan Leasure
Cromwell and
Nannie V. Leasure
Harrison Street
Ward F. Tauber
Footer’s Dye Works
Glenn Street
Luther
Mary Jane
Matilda Tauber
Abraham Fanito
Piedmont
W. Va
Allegany Hospital
Graft Committee Leaks New Highway Reform Proposals
Albany March 11. The Assembly graft committee will urge barring highway contractors from campaign contributions and placing all highway department workers under civil service. It also proposes restricting supplementary agreements in highway contracts without State Controller approval. The inquiry is expected to run through the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Highway Department
Civil Service
Assembly
Personal notices from Cumberland area social scene
Mrs J W Coughenour at 16 Grand avenue improves after hospital treatment and returns home. Rev James E Connell visits Oakland relatives. Various locals noted visiting, illness, travel, and family arrivals including Miss Blanche Chrisman, Miss Margaret Donnelly, and Mrs Patrick Casey. Also mentions aging figures Captain Thomas F McCardell ill, and visits by John Cornwell and others. A separate item reports the Wisconsin crop demonstration train touring the state with college instructors aboard.
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J. W. Coughenour
Grand Avenue
Western Maryland Hospital
James E. Connell
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Oakland
Mary Connell
Maryland Avenue
Western Maryland
Blanche Chrisman
Keyser
W. Va
J. L. Pugh
Margaret Donnelly
Spaw Paw
Christopher Kelley
Charles Ho- Fisher
Pittsburgh
Fisher
Hippodrome Theatre
Bessie Sharpiess
Westernport
Lucy Harrison
Ridgeley
William Montgomery
McKeesport
Highland Heights
Broadway
John Bridges
Gay Street
Oldtown Road
Susman Rosenbaum
Norfolk
Morris Kline
Altoona
T. R. Matheney
J. W. McLane
Arch Street
George Miller
Frostburg
Julia Rowden
E. T. Wheeler
Allegany Hospital
L. J. Casey
Patrick Casey
Cumberland
James H. Lillis
Bedford Street
Michael Lillis
South Braddock Street
Winchester
John J. Cornwell
Romney
Thomas F. McCardell
Harry Fenner
Water Street
McCardell
John Dimeling
Clearfield
Dimeling & Bloom
Bond
Garrett County
H. Byrne Hamill
Dimeling
George M. Dimeling
Clearfield County
Harry Little
Park Street
Baltimore
Washington
Jewel Henshaw
Martinsburg
Mabel Bratt
Nellie Moore
Brunswick
T. H. McKay
Missouri Pacific Railway
Greensboro
N. C
Hagerstown
McKay
Western Maryland Railway
Charles B. Burnett
Western
Oak Street
Henry Schaidt
Millard Rice
Pennsylvania Avenue
William Rice
Baltimore Medical College
F. H. Ankeney
I. T. Holland
Baltimore & Ohio
West Baden
Ind
Edith Thayer Interview Shines In Cumberland Visit
A Press interview with Edith Thayer after a Cumberland engagement highlights her quick rise in theater. The Firefly star details travel, weight of 96% pounds, height four feet eleven inches, and her quick ascent from a year on stage to starring under Arthur Hammerstein.
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Thayer
Maryland Theatre
Edith Thayer
New York
Savage
Madame Zeppilli
Oscar Hammerstein
Great Impreasario
Arthur Hammerstein
Miss Thayer
Maryland
Telegraphers Mutual Benefit Association Conference Opens
The Telegraphers Mutual Benefit Association, New York, holds a conference today. It is described as the oldest and richest employes aid society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraphers’ Aid Society
New York
Telegraphers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Layoffs Grow at B and O Railroad Prompting Employee Worries
Local maintenance of way workers and telegraph operators have already been furloughed as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tightens its retrenchment policy. The slowdown in Baltimore and Ohio traffic is blamed for reduced tonnage, with July bond maturities tied to H. H. and D. Railroad financing cited as a contributing factor.
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Baltimore and Oh'o
Baltmore and Ohio Railroad
H. H. and
D. Railroad
Railroad Notes Supt Blaser in Keyser on business
Supt Blaser is in Keyser today on company business of a general nature and will spend the entire day there. No trouble by snow reports trains running on time. Sunset Central lines will allot back hauls on rice originatings west of Houston to Pacific Coast shipments. action marks early Panama Canal recognition and expected transcontinental rate cuts.
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Blaser
Keyser
Houston
Tex
Sunset-Central Lines
Ponts
Pacific Coast
Hill to resume chairmanship of Great Northern Railroad
Louis E W Hill will return as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Great Northern Railway Company. He succeeds Carl K R Gray who resigns to take the role of President and chairman of the board of directors of the Western Maryland Road next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Train 10 Passes After Dirt Slide Damages Cylinder
Train No 10 of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad struck a small slide at Magnolia construction region, slightly damaging a locomotive cylinder. After a thirty minute delay the cylinder was replaced and the Chicago Pittsburgh and New York express continued toward New York.
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Chicago, Pittsburg
New York
Baltimore and Oh‘o
Magnolia
Hunger Sculpts Collapse Sends Man to Hospital
Frank Harris, a Black man, was taken from Al Washington's barber shop on Front Street to Western Maryland Hospital in a patrol wagon after collapsing from extreme hunger and probable exposure. Dr. Thomas W. Koon provided immediate care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Harris
Maryland
al Washington
Front Street
Thomas W. Koon
McMillen Bros Advertises Early Event Next Week
McMillen Bros announce an upcoming early event to be detailed in a forthcoming notice. The ad promises additional information within a day or two.
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McMillen Bros
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KE. L. Taylor
McDowell County
Frederick Townsend Martin
Abraham Fanto
Man Towoc
Wis
Wisconsin Bankers’ Association
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
College of Agriculture
R. A. Moore
KK. L. Hateh
Citizens National Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Citizens National Bank of Cumberland
George L. Wellington
Hugh A. McMullen
W. L. Morgan
George L. Wellingto
Awes A. McHenry
Simon Rosenbaum
Warren C. White
Charles
Geo. D. Dweh
Robert N Thomas , G. A. Henry Olisha
German Savings Bank
G EO. D. Landwehr
Dirk
C. G. Holzshu
James A. McHenry
Geo. D. Landwehr
Conrad Zimm
Cc. G. Holzshu
John Schiller
Usman Rosenbaum
J. N. M. Brandler
Jonn Schiller
H. A. Bachman
Connellsville
Goodman Alley
SA Fame
Shriver Avenue
Decatur Street
South Centre
Baltimore Street
J. Holzshu & Co. Insurance
B. & O. Railroad
Panama Canal
Mr. Hill
Presidency
John W. Dorris
Independ
Baltimove
Speelman wioLg
Lear Retail
Manu
the Victrola
W. F. Frederick Piano Co
Cumberland, MD
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