Italy and Servia Reach Agreement Amid War News
London dispatch reports Italy and Servia settling an Adriatic outlet agreement. Wing Victor Emmanuel suspends army furloughs as German forces push British from key Belgian trenches. French and Belgian artillery advance on the German right. Allied fleet bombs the Dardanelles. Turks mount counterattacks with heavy losses.
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Rome
Italy
Servia
Adriatic
Victor Emmanuel
Pypepaule
Hetsas
Dardanelles
Tenedos
Smyrna
Constantinople
Berlin
Hostilities Averted Yet Between China and Japan
Peking May 6 A Japanese cruiser and four torpedo boat destroyers arrived at Chin Wang To near the gulf of Liaotung east of Peking to remove Japanese legation members from China or concentrate at consulates. Peking remains quiet as cabinet debates Yuan Shikai’s stance and Japan’s ultimatum. The Japanese legation may still avert conflict. Tsao Yulin met both sides after visiting the Winter Palace.
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China
Japan
Peking
Legation
Winter Palace
Yau Shi-Kai
Yuan Shi-Kai
Tsao Yulin
Yaun Shi-Kai
Coleman says bribery attempt in Carman trial
Mineola May 6 Celia Coleman the negro maid testified she was offered three hundred dollars to alter her testimony in the Carman trial. Hicks a former Burns detective visited her at Charlestown and made the offer. Coleman also described events leading up to the shooting at Dr. Carman's Freeport office on the night of June 30.
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Mineola
Celia Coleman
Carman
Hicks
Burns
Charlestown
Coleman
Smith
Florence CC. Carman
Louise Bailey
Brown Sentenced Seven Years for Shooting Fred Snyder
In circuit court George R. Brown was found guilty of assault and shooting with intent to murder Fred Snyder, a former policeman. Judge M. L. Keedy sentenced him to seven years in Maryland Penitentiary. The incident occurred Christmas Eve in the Eagle Hotel bar on Mechanic and Mill streets.
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George R. Brown
Fred Snyder
Maryland
M. L. Keedy
Brown
Eagle Hotel
Mechanic and
Mill Streets
Snyder
Hambleton
W. Va
Slim
May in the country a quiet ode to spring and growth
The piece extols May in the country with airy paths and abundant blossoms. Lush winter wheat reaches two feet as new growth colors trees in pale green against evergreens. The woods reveal a familiar de Cock motif as Memorial Hall is invoked.
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de Cock
Memorial Hall
Three More Ships Sunk by German Submarines
London reports the Stratton torpedoed by a German submarine off the North Sea with crew taken aboard. The Earl of Latham was sunk off the Irish coast after failure to sink quickly, crew landed at Kinsale. Copenhagen records the Swedish steamer Vannadis Blyth sunk by the German cruiser Silvana in the Baltic.
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London
Tracier Stratton
Grimsby Advices
Earl of Latham
Stratton
North Sea
Latham
Copenhagen
Vannadis Blyth
Baltic
Silvana
Changes in B and C schedule under review
Baltimore and Ohio officials are finalizing spring timetable changes with no formal announcement yet. No. 5 west bound local to Clarksburg at 3 pm remains, No. 6 may run Sundays in summer, Martinsburg local at 3 15 pm moves later by about half an hour, Nos. 5 and 8 through trains see large time reductions and fare increases of $2 for No. 5 and $1 for No. 8.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Clarksburg
Martinsburg
New York
Chicago
Mrs Fairgrieve of Carlos Dead in Frostburg
Frostburg Maryland May 6 Mrs William Fairgrieve 43 died at Miners Hospital after an operation She was formerly Annie Hitchins daughter of Mrs James Hitchins of Carlos and member of Star Council Daughters of Liberty and the Methodist Episcopal Church Survived by husband four children two Cumberland residents and three Fairgrieve at home plus three brothers and one sister Funeral conducted by Rev Stanley H Jewell pastor of Barton Presbyterian Church
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Frostburg
William Fairgrieve
Carlos
Miners’ Hospital
Fairgrieve
Annie Hitchins
James Hitchins
Star Council
Daughters of Liberty
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fou
James Stevenson
Cumberland
James
Mabel
Mildred Fairgrieve
Henry
John Hitchins
James Dunn
Stanley H. Jewell
Barton Presbyterian Church
Nonsense on Fashion Forecasts and Severe Weather
A reflective note questions fashion schemes predicting collars and neck emphasis. The writer warns of contradictory styles, citing bitter winter winds and expected summer trends, implying fad cycles distort practical dress guidance.
Melnotte aerialists join Ringling show here Saturday
The Melnotte family aerialists and tight wire artists will perform with Ringling at a local show Saturday. The troupe includes Mr and Mrs Hughie Kirk and Mr and Mrs Cornelius Saville, all from this city. Saville is known as Sweetheart. They star in Solomon and the Queen of Sheba with Cornelius Saville as Hyre and Kirk as a king, with their wives as four queens.
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Ringling
Melnotte
Hughie Kirk
Cornelius Saville
Solomon and
The
Queen of
Sheba
Hyre
Mr. Kirk
Saville
Melinettes
Peace delegation to visit Great Britain led by Jane Addams
The Hague May 6 Great Britain will be first belligerent nation visited by the peace en voys of the international women's congress to push a world peace movement. Miss Jane Addams heads the delegation with Signora Genoni and Dr Aletta Jacobs as permanent members. A local member will be appointed from each nation visited. The party will meet the Dutch premier before London, then travel to Berlin Rome Paris Havre and possibly Madrid.
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Hague
Great Britain
International Women's Congress
King George
Asquith
Jane Addams
Chicago
Signora Genoni
Italy
Aletta Jacobs
Holland
London
Berlin
Rome
Paris
Havre
Madrid
Inroad of Death Deepens in Eckhart Md Community
Eckhart Md May 6 Death has cut a deeper path among elders with nine residents passing away in four months. The deceased include Fred Mitchell George Carter William Myers Mrs William Engle Mrs William Parker Robert Lancaster James Mair William Nelson and Owen Price Sr.
Muskrat corking spree ends with saloon shootout
In Manitowoc Wisconsin a thief muskrat gnaws corks in a saloon cellar and drags bottle loads to the river. After days the rodent leads six companions to a wall hole where the group raids bottles until the proprietor disperses them with a gun.
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Manitowoc
Wis
North Side
Special Train Carrying Governor to Panama-Pacific Exposition
The special train with Governor Goldsborough and state officials will pass Cumberland at 7 45 this evening. Six cars were in the train that departed Baltimore at 8 this afternoon for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
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Goldsborough
San Francisco
Cumberland
Baltimore
City council postpones meeting amid deadlock over commissions
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials and the Advisory Paving board postponed their city meeting until tomorrow at 10. A deadlock persists over the selection of two commissioners with no clear path to unanimous approval. Meanwhile paving discussions on Green Street subway and Grand avenue Second street are expected to be clarified. A Maxwell hill brick test shows loss averages of 17 and 18, below 22 indicating suitability for heavy traffic paving.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Advisory Paving Board
Green Street
Grand Avenue
Second Street
Hummelshire
Eichelberger
Maxwell Hillside
West Virginia seeks Supreme Court verdict on Webb Kenyon liquor law
Counsel for West Virginia asks the Supreme Court to uphold the Webb Kenyon interstate liquor statute as constitutional and to ban shipments for personal use into dry areas. The move ties to the James Clark Distilling Co. case set for imminent decision. Olympic Club marks 55th anniversary in San Francisco with 1860 founding, 1855 idea by Charles and Arthur Nagle.
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Washington
West Virginia
Supreme Court
James Clark Distilling Co
Olympic Club
San Francisco
Charles
Arthur Nagle
British Navy Demoralization Reports From Admlty
London reports quote Admiral Tudor and Vice Admiral Jellicoe describing demoralization in British navy yards and on transports. Officers say crews shirk work, drink hurts performance, and Clyde Tyne shipbuilding may halt, risking fleet readiness during wartime.
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Clyde
John Jellicoe
John Jellico
Home Fleet
Frederick . Tudor
Admiralty
Tyne
Brophy Beats Claim for 8250 Commission in Baltimore Suit
A Baltimore jury ruled in favor of John 8. Brophy of Frostburg in a suit by Herbert W. Claiborne of Richmond seeking 8250 as commission on Cirrus Coal and Coke Co stock. Claiborne alleged a 5 percent finder’s fee. Brophy argued no payment due after sale at 165000. Attorneys for Claiborne included Partlett, Poe, Claggett, Bland and Willis Smith. for Brophy were Keech, Wright, Lord and Anderson.
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Rose
United States Court
Baltimore
John 8. Brophy
Frostburg
Herbert W. Claiborne
Richmond
Cirrus Coal and Coke Company
Claiborne
Brophy
Partlett
Poe
Claggett & Bland
Willis B. Smith
Petersburg
Keech, Wright & Lord
Luther C. Anderson
Welch
W. Va
Monsignor Whelan Elevated in South Baltimore Parish
Rev. John T. Whelan of St Mary Star of the Sea gains the first papal designated monsignorship in a ceremony led by Cardinal Gibbons. A $2,000 purse presented by parishioners capped the event as the church’s debt was noted as cleared.
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Baltimore
John T. Whelan
St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Cardinal Gibbons
Father Whelan
Benedict XV
Thomas J. Kenny
St. Peter's Church
Star of the Sea
South Baltimore
Church
John B. A. Whetale
West Virginia pays back salaries on limited funds
West Virginia began paying some debts with $60,000 from state revenues to cover salaries and pressing demands. State Treasurer E. L. Long told the Board of Public Works that delaying $100,000 borrowed from the Workmen's Compensation Fund until February would allow the state to meet expenses through that date, but the motion failed and revenue solutions remained unresolved.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
E. L. Long
Board of Public Works
Wealthy Quaker City Couple Die in Auto Wreck
Ambler Pa May 6 Philip Merces Maloney a wealthy Philadelphia iron and steel merchant and his wife were killed when their stalled automobile on a grade crossing was struck by an express train on the Philadelphia Reading railway. Maloney was 38 and a member of Allen Iron and Steel Company.
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Ambler, Pa
Philip Merces Maloney
Here
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Maloney
The
Allen Iron and Steel Company
Beasley Accepts $5000 Damage Award
William P. Beasley, who sued the Cumberland Mayor and Council and Evitts Creek Water Company for 10000 dollars, has agreed to a 5000 dollar award. The jury had given 6500 dollars and defendants sought a new trial. The court recommended reducing damages instead of a new trial. Whiting and Eppler represented Beasley. City Attorney Ferdinand Williams and D. Lindley Sloan counseled the defendants.
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William P. Beasley
Council of
Cumberland
Evitts Creek Water Company
Whiting and Eppler
Beasley
Ferdinand Williams
D. Lindley Sloan
Frostburg Near Freezing Teaches Frost Risk
Frostburg Maryland on May 6 saw temperatures fall to four degrees above freezing causing fears of a biting frost. Home gardeners covered outdoor plants and vegetation to protect them from damage.
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Frostburg
Leechburg Records May Snowfall After Seven Years
Leechburg Pa May 6 light rain started in the evening, by time 10 o clock it ended and a light snow fell for almost five minutes marking the first May snowfall here in seven years.
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Leechburg
Leechburg Pa
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