British Try To Cut Turks From Mainland At Gallipoli
London reports heavy fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula as Allied forces push to sever Turkish link to the mainland. Night attacks inland, French advances from the Asiatic side, and coordinated fleet bombardments mark a renewed attempt to force the Dardanelles with several towns captured or shelled and Turkish resistance stubborn.
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London
Gallipoli
Athens
Dardanelles
Gulf of Saros
Aegean Sea
France
Augustowo
Ing
Galipoli
Cape Kum Kaleh
Straits of Turks
Maidon
P Dardanelles Straits
Durks
Kur Kaleh
Seddul-Bahr
Edison Electric Il il Co Opens Its New Sales Room
The Edison Electric Illuminating Company opened its new sales room at 30 North Liberty Street in a remodeled building formerly occupied by Mrs. Daniel Webster. The store shows a large corner display window with a lit D sign and a wide range of electric appliances and fixtures, with opening week discounts. Edgar Dawson manages the department and will oversee the new sales room when open to the public tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Electric Ill. CO
Fadison Electric Illuminating Company
North Liberty Street
Daniel Webster
Liberty Street
Post Office Square
Edison Company
Adam
Fxtser
Edgar Dawson
Canada to send 150000 more men to British ranks
Ottawa Ontario May 1 150000 more Canadian troops are expected to join British forces under current plans rather than in batches as reinforcements. The third and fourth contingents will be mobilized and sent forward earlier than originally intended if required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Bootleg Whiskey Causes 2 Deaths in Charleston
Bootleg whiskey made from wood alcohol and water killed Willis Wallace and Will Massey in Charleston. Coroner J L Gillespie conducts an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Willis Wallace
Will Massey
J. L. Gillespie
German Exodus From Italy Advances Rapidly
Berne May 1 Every German able to leave Italy is exiting as war nears. Nine tenths of the German Austrian community have departed with many abandoning lucrative businesses. The majority are traveling through Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Italy
Switzerland
Court Restraints B and O From West Virginia Fare Hike
Judge L Judson Williams of the West Virginia supreme court of appeals issued an alternative writ of mandamus against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad compelling compliance with a public service commission order. The writ requires the railroad to maintain the two cent passenger fare in the state, despite their plan to implement a 2 1/2 cent rate on May 1. The commission had ordered suspension of the increase pending a public hearing.
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Charleston
W. Va
L. Judson Williams
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Public Service Commission
British Deny German Dunkirk Bombardment Report
London May 1 A British official statement denies that German warships bombarded Dunkirk on the French coast. The Press Bureau says the rumor arose from misreading the French official communique.
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London
Dunkirk
France
William Stewart Convicted of First Degree Murder
In Lewinburg West Virginia on May 1 William Stewart a Black man was found guilty of murder in the first degree for shooting and killing Chief of Police Shires of Ronceverte on April 3 He was sentenced to be hanged on July 2 by the circuit court.
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Lewinburg
W. Va
William Stewart
Shires of Ronceverte
Mrs Carman to Face Jury Again in Mystery Hand Murder
Mineola New York May reports say the state will present five new witnesses when Mrs Florence Carman faces a jury for a second time on charges she killed Mrs Louise Bailey in Dr Edwin Carmans Freeport office. The first trial ended with a jury deadlock. Celia Coleman testified Carman carried a revolver after the shooting and allegedly confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N. Y
Florence Carman
Louise Bailey
Wiliam D. Bailey
Bailey
Earthquake Shocks Reported From Two Cities
The morning brought two sharp tremors at St Ignatius College in Cleveland ten minutes apart. Father Odenbach speculated a distant source about six thousand miles away but could not identify direction. In Washington the Naval Observatory logged ongoing shocks from midnight to early morning and called the tremors possibly destructive but would not name a location.
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Cleveland
St Ignatius College
Odenbach
Ance
Washington
United States Naval Observatory
Inmate Attack on Guard at Penn Reformatory
In Huntington Pennsylvania on May 1 two inmates at the state reformatory mounted a deadly assault on officer L R Poorman in charge of a brick shop squad. A lead pipe struck Poorman from behind as a hammer blow landed above his right ear before fellow inmates halted the attack.
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Hluntington
State Reformatory
L. R. Poorman
John Bell
Bell
Poorman
Praemys Word Confounds Health Board Chemist
Cincinnati reporter notes Clarence Bahlman chief chemist to the board of health sought one fourth ounce of a compound named dimethylparaphenylenediamine hydrochloride for chemical tests. The board suggested a simpler term and identified it as a coal tar product used to color pepper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Praemys
Clarence Bahlman
Board of Health
Explosion at Ikhta ammunition plant kills Russians
Petrograd reports a deadly blast at the Ikhta ammunition factory last night. Several workshops were destroyed and many residents were injured by flying debris though stores of loaded shells were reportedly undamaged and work may resume in a few days.
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Petrograd
Ikhta
Man Seriously Injured Jumping Freight In Oakland
William H. DeWitt age 34 of Newburg West Virginia was badly injured while trying to board a moving Balti more and Ohio freight train in Oakland. A leg was severed and the other crushed his skull fractured he was rushed to Oakland hospital where recovery is doubtful. He had come to Oakland earlier in the day and attempted the jump as he left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Oakland
William H. DeWitt
Newburg
W. Va
DeWitt
Belgian Women Upset Peace Congress With Prowar Stance
At the International Congress of Women in The Hague on May 1 Belgian delegate Mile Hamer declared she is Belgian before anything and cannot think as others do insisting there can be no peace without justice and the war must continue until Belgium's wrongs are righted.
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Hague
Netherlands
Dove of Peace
International Congress of Women
Doctor Augspurg
Munich
Mies Jane Addams
Chicago
Rosika Schwimmer
Hungarian Woman's Suffrage Association
Mile Hamer
Vast Pension Fund Aimed for Aged Ministers
Baltimore and Wilmington conference leaders return from Chicago where they attended a General Conference Board of Conference Claimants meeting. The drive seeks 4 million dollars for pensioning aged Methodist ministers, with Baltimore's share 500 thousand and Wilmington's 200.6 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Herbert Richardson
Charlies W. Baldwin
Baltimore
W. G. Koons
Wilmtington
City
Chicago
General Conference Board of Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilmington
Baldwin
Richardson
Mr. Koons
Opening Day Parade Kicks Off Cumberland League Season
Frostburg and Cumberland Creek base ball fans joined a noon parade from the Arlington Hotel to the field as the Cumberland and Georges Creek Baseball League began. Mayors, commissioners, league officials, and teams led the march with the Boys Band while thousands lined the routes. The opening ceremony featured a national anthem and the league pennant as players gathered for the first game between Frostburg and Cumberland.
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Cumberland and
Georges Creek
Frost Vare
Cumberland
Thomas W. Koon
Shriver and
Eyermann
E. J. Derker
Fuller Barnard, Jr
League
Cum
Berland Boosters Club
Frank Spates
Frosburg Saearn
Freetburg
Proyers
Rusvlier
Gwinberland
Ele
Prace
Arlington Hota
Petcipal
Oand
Feng
Local paving work expands under Lawson contractor
Laborers hired by Saouis Lawson, paving contractor, began work this week on Gran avenue sewer and manhole projects. Concrete machinery shipments from Norfolk, Virginia, arrive soon as crews plan street paving on Gran and Second streets with grading choices under review. local workers already engaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saouis Lawson
New City
Norfolk
J J. Dunbar
Lawson
Gran Avenue
Grend Avenue
Second Street
Warning to Americans Issued by the Germans Had No Effect
Washington May 1 The German embassy issued a warning to Americans about traveling to Europe at their own risk that newspaper advertised. Counselor Prince Von Hatzfeldt said Ambassador Bernstorff prepared the notice to warn Americans to avoid trouble. New York May 1 Nearly three thousand persons sailed on trans Atlantic liners as bookings topped wartime levels.
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Washington
Europe
Prince von Hatefeldt
Bernstorff
New York
Reunion of Sunday's Converts in Huntington Event
Arrangements are finished for tomorrow's Billy Sunday anniversary reunion in Huntington West Virginia. The Personal Workers League, founded by the evangelist, organizes the event to reunite attendees from Sunday's concerts during his campaign here a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Billy
Personal Workers’ League
Jackson Adopts City Manager System in May 1 Handover
Jackson Michigan installs the municipal managerial system with G C Cummin named city manager. Cummin formerly worked in Dayton Ohio where the system originated and will serve twelve years under the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mich
G. C. Cummin
Dayton
Missing newspaper delivery notice to readers
Cumberland Press reminds subscribers to report missed issues promptly. City patrons on carrier routes should notify the office by telephone if the paper is not received daily. If the delay is due to carrier service, the office will investigate to ensure prompt delivery.
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Cumberland Press
Seven to graduate from A. C. Academy
The Alle gany County Academy 117th commencement will be held the first week in June. Seven students make up the class Earl Broadrup Frank Vandegrift John Duke John Keleo Charles Metz Evelyn Cole and Maxie Pile. Atlanta May 1. Swat the Rooster day observed statewide to curb infertile eggs and egg losses.
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Allegany County Academy
George W. Craig
Earl Broadrup
Frank Vandegrift
John Duke
John Keleo
Charles Metz Evelyn Cole
Maxie Pile
Atlanta
Ypres
Georgia
Poultry Department
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Woman Mayor Takes Office in Warren Illinois
Warren Illinois May 1 Mrs A R Canfield aged 75 was sworn in as mayor after a local election. In her inaugural address she pledged to run the cleanest administration in Warren's history and move to close pool halls and bowling alleys to steer youths toward farm work.
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Warren
Ill
A. R. Canfield
Philadelphia Suffrage Parade Opens Pennsylvania Campaign
Women suffragists in Philadelphia march with bands and banners marking the formal start of a statewide campaign. The May 1 parade, described as the largest ever in the city, signals heightened efforts for suffrage across Pennsylvania.
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Quaker City
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bidder Details in Local Auction Revealed
The Citizens National Bank of Burg was the second bidder at the auction, placing a bid of $30,090, with First National Frostburg not selected as the winning party in the event.
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Citizens’ National
Citizens National Bank i Burg
National Frostburg
Ed Yententey
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Tenedos
Majestic
Triumph
West VA
Mrs. Carman
Edwin Carman
Mrs. Beiley
Dr. Carman
Louise Hailey
Penn Reformatory
Frostburg
George's Creek
Edith Storey
Moving Picture
California
A.C. Academy
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