Connellsville Man Elected Cumberland Chamber Secretary
FE A Schoveley was chosen secretary of the Cumberland Chamber of Commerce. He brings years of experience from Connellsville and Pittsburgh, including publicity work and leadership in industrial and civic roles. The Board meets at 8 in the Council Chambers to act on pending matters as the Chamber moves into City Hall rooms.
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FE. A. Schoveley
Cumberland Chamber of Commerce
Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Connellsville
Pittsburg
Cumberland
Schooley
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
At & O'Clock
Villa Gathers Big Army To Lead Attack Upon The Capital
Baltimore reports 900 crippled children escape a blaze at school No 26 as firefighters arrive. In Mexico, Villa moves 5 000 troops toward Torreon with 10 000 anticipated nearby and armed trucks. U S rigs border patrol with 18 000 men across Texas to California under Gen Funston Bliss.
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Villa
U. S
Baltimore
Rlves
Preston and
Central Avenue
Despie
Hallxs
Dewa A
Chihuahua
Mex
Mexico
Villa Pegsan
Torreon
Hs Army
Juarez
Shafter
Cuba
Texas Cty
Coma
Fred Funston
Brownsville
Texas
Nogales
Art
Tagker H. Bliss
el Paso
T Force
United States
Garrison
Local bills seen in Maryland General Assembly
Annapolis March 12 Senate introduces two Western Maryland bills. Senator Zhiman proposes magistrates may amend commitments anytime. Senator Speicher seeks to raise Youghio gheny Power capital to 8 million dollars. Several other bills get unfavorable reports and committee actions. Political race for mass vote primary versus county unit plan appears tight with county unit favored in Senate.
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Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
Senate
Zhiman
Speicher
Youghiogheny Power Company
Mr. Gannett
Iterurban
Reinhart
Bruce
Board of
Liquor License Commissioners
Allegany County
Allegany Tuberculos's Hospital
House
Diamond swallowed to hide stolen earrings mystery,sent to Memphis
Vicksburg police puzzled over how to recover a $2,000 diamond swallowed by L A Powers after a search found one stone on him for the theft of Miss Lena Keller's diamond earrings in Memphis. An X ray showed the second diamond lodged in his stomach.
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Vicksburg
Mass
L. A
Women Missionaries Missing in China After Riot
Pekin March 12 President Yuan Shi Kai orders forces to pursue brigands who looted and burned Lachokow killing a Norwegian missionary. Misses Edna and Jesse Black two missionaries are reported missing and believed abducted by the attackers.
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Pekin
Yuan Shi Kai
Cty
Lachokow
Edna
Jesse Black
Battleship Texas Commissioned at Newport News Yard
Norfolk Va March 12 The battleship Texas one of the latest additions to the Navy was put in commission at Newport News Navy Yard. She will proceed to Brooklyn Navy Yard in a few days. The Texas is a 27000 ton ship with 14 inch guns in her main battery.
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Norfolk
Texas
Newport News Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Grace M E Church Neighboring Ladies Meeting and Baptisms
A Grace M E Church meeting in South Cumberland was held at 2 PM with several children baptized by Rev Frank A Kilman who spoke to the ladies. A 4 PM children’s meeting tomorrow will be led by Rev Wilbur M Snyder. Revival services start at 7:45 PM led by Rev Dr N F Loomis. A 7 PM men’s brotherhood gathering is urged for all male members.
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Grace M. E. Church
South Cumberland
Frank A. Kilman
Wilbur M. Snyder
Cumberland
Methodist Protestant Churches
N. Fk. Loomis
The
Baptist Church
Suffragists raid government buildings in Glasgow
Scottish suffragettes raided government offices in Glasgow on March 12 in retaliation for Mrs Emiline Pankhurst's arrest. They smashed windows at the Military Recording offices but were driven off by soldiers.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Emmiline Pankhurst
Peebles Denial Over Disorderly Conduct Charge in Keyser
The Cumberland Press reports that neither Thomas Peebles Jr nor Thomas Peebles Sr were implicated in yesterday’s story about a disorderly conduct arrest in Keyser West Virginia. A $50 fine was mentioned in the column.
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Cumberland Press
Thomas Peebles, Jr
Thomas Peebles, Sr
Keyser
W. Va
John P. McMullen Dies in Hot Springs Visit
John P. McMullen, partner in McMullen Brothers, died at 2:30 PM in Hot Springs Arkansas while there for health reasons. Survived by brother Hugh A. McMullen and Henry J. Glick, he helped build a Frostburg Mount Savage mercantile empire and served as Knights of Columbus Grand Knight in Cumberland Council.
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John P. McMullen
McMullen Brothers
Hot Springs
Ark
Hugh A. McMullen
Henry J. Glick
McMullen
Franklin
Allegany County
Hie
Westernport
Colorado
Mount Savage
Shaffer & Munn Company
D. F. McMullen & Company
Frostburg
Eckhart Mines
Whch
Baltimore Street
Hugh A
Cumberland Council
Knights of Columbus
Order
Maryland
Los Angeles
Cal
Another airman dead in Constantinople aviation accident
In Constantinople today Nuri Bey, a Turkish army aviation corps officer, was killed when the airship he piloted with a passenger fell into the sea from 500 feet. Ismail Bey survived with serious injuries, marking the 895th aviation fatality. twenty-one airmen have died since the start of the year.
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Constantinople
Turkish Army Aviation Corps
Nuri Bey
Ismail Bey
Appeal Planned in Whitacre vs Baltimore and Ohio
Colonel George A. Pearce representing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad says he has ordered an appeal in the Harvey W. Whitacre case. The Hagerstown trial ended with a plaintiff verdict of 5300. He notes key questions may reach the Supreme Court to settle Federal Employers Liability Act interpretations.
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George A. Pearce
Baltimore and Oh'o Railroad Company
Harvey W. C. Whitacre
Baltimore and Oh’o Railroad Company
Hagerstown
Supreme Court of the United States
Employers’ Liability Act
Fire and Gasoline Explosion Hit McKees Rocks Firehouse
An early morning blaze in School street McKees Rocks followed a gasoline explosion in the McKees Rocks Volunteer Fire Department frame building. The blast damaged two adjacent homes, with losses estimated at 6500 dollars and four firemen escaping injury. Explosion time 3 o'clock, cause unknown.
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Pittsburgh
School Street
McKees Rocks
Astor Heir To Wed Huntington In April On Yacht
New York March 12. Following the announcement that Vincent Astor son of the late John Jacob Astor will marry Miss Helen Dinsmore Huntington on April 30 the couple plan a Mediterranean honeymoon aboard Mr Astor’s yacht the Nona Supplies are being purchased for the voyage and other arrangements are underway.
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New York
Vncent Astor
John Jacob Astor
Helen Dinsmore Huntington
Mr. Astor
Nona
Mediterranean
Child's death after dynamite cap accident in West Virginia
Five year old Rudolph Gorak, son of coal miner Joseph Gorak, found a dynamite cap and placed it between his teeth. The cap exploded, blowing off his head instantly in Eccles, West Virginia. In Washington, Senator Kerns of Indiana said he would not seek a presidential pardon for the convicted dynamiters despite labor groups urging intercession.
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Eccles
W. Va
Rudolph Gorak
Joseph Gorak
Washington
Kerns
Indiana
Wilson
Wth
Suffragette Mary Richardson Sentenced to Six Months
London March 13 Mary Richardson the militant suffragette was sentenced to six months imprisonment for slashing Velasquez Rokeby Venus in the National Gallery. The court’s lenient verdict follows recent signs of milder treatment for women prisoners. She declared she would begin a hunger strike and vowed to resist serving her term while in Holloway Jail. Members of the Women’s Social and Political Union attended the trial.
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London
Mary Richardson
Velasquez
National Gallery
Pastor Evangelist Brickley to Aid Revival Soon
The Calvary church revival continues with sermons on The Future Retribution of the Wicked. A children talk on Christ and Sin followed a 2 pm prayer meeting. From Monday the 16th Pastor-Evangelist F M Brickley of Greensburg Pa will assist for two weeks, first at Calvary then at Bethel Church Corner Third and Seymour Streets, as revival services begin Sunday the 22nd.
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Calvary Church
Evangelical Association
Mary Street
M. B. McLaughlin
F. M. Brickley
Greensburg
Calvary
Bethel Church
Corner Third and
Seymour Streets
Bethel Addresses H. W. Tyfer Sermon and Saturday Service
H. W. Tyfer spoke at Bethel and announced a similar service for Saturday evening. The public is invited to attend any of these services.
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Bethel
H. W. Tyfer
Democrats Hold Meeting In Thromtsburg For Municipal Campaign
Local Democrats met at St. Cloud Hotel on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming municipal campaign and to gauge voter sentiment on best and strongest candidates. The informal gathering decided to hold another meeting later with broader participation.
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Thromtsburg
St. Cloud
Ka Donahue
Sded
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