Armistice Tensions Rise as Huerta Warns of End
Reports from Washington indicate General Huerta demands U S restraint at Vera Cruz and may end the armistice if reinforcements land. Mediators protest, while Mexican cabinet deliberates. Meanwhile ships carry Vera Cruz dead to New York. Huerta official Querido Modeno reportedly commits suicide.
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May
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Huerta
Vera Cruz
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Chile
Mexico
Mexico City
Cabinet Ating
United States
War Department
Navy Department
Washington
Montana
New York
Blyn Navy Yards
Garrison
Querido Mode
Commerce and Industry
el Presente
Modeno
Harry H. Punn
International News Service
Funston
Jalapa
Rio Blanco
Pueblo
Gyn
Suffragette Riot at Lilian Lenton Arson Sentencing
In Leeds on May 8 Lilian Lenton a militant suffragette was found guilty of arson and sentenced to twelve months. She spoke for an hour denouncing the court as she was led away after a disturbance by suffragists in the gallery shouting Votes for Women and pelting the judge with literature. Police reserves cleared the room.
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Leeds
Eng
England
Lilian Lenton
Workman Wins Record $75,000 Damages in Labor Suit
In White Plains on May 8 Oscar Fried an electrician 30 sued the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad for 150600 lost earnings and injuries suffered in December at Mt Vernon in the railroad's electric system. The jury awarded 75000 to Fried the largest ever against his employer.
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White Plains
N. Y
Oscar Fried
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Fried
Mt. Vernon
Franklin Case Goes To Jury For 20 000 Damages
The Mary C Patterson versus A Leo Franklin damage suit consumed the Circuit Court session with jury deliberation pending at 3 30 this afternoon. Witnesses included local surgeons and two Baltimore physicians Drs Winslow and Fisher. Sister Mary and others from Allegany Hospital testified. Utica May 8 Judge Ray named Frank S Wilder as justice and receiver for Remmington Martin Company and Norwood Paper Company at the request of Crocker McCaughlin as creditor committee.
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Mary C. Patterson
A. Leo Franklin
Baltimore
Winslow
Fisher
Mary
Allegany Hospital
Sisters of Charity
Utica
N. Y
Ray Today
Frank S. Wilder
Remmington-Martin Company
New York
Norwood Paper Cmpany
Sherwood
Crocker & McCaughlin
Refugee Protest Over Tampico Ship Withdrawals Reaches Senator
A protest signed by 200 refugees, who arrived in Galveston on April 26, urges Senator Strong to oppose withdrawing U S warships from Tampico and warns lives of Americans there would be endangered. In Denver, Federal troops have failed to quell unrest as Major Holbrook requests more troops, saying current strength cannot control the area.
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Guadalajara
Mex
Cecil Spring-Rice
Stillman
Wilson
Vera Cruz
White House
United States
Tampico
Senator Strong
Theoreign Relation Committee
Galveston
Denver
Col
Holbrook
Roosevelt Denounced as Charlatan by Explorer Savage-Landor
A. Henry Savage-Landor derides Colonel Theodore Roosevelt as a charlatan for his South American discoveries claim calling the trip doubtful and ridiculing the president’s assertions in Paris on May 8.
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Paris
Theodore Roosevelt
A. Henry Savage- Landor
South America
Becker to testify in own murder trial
New York May 8 ex Police Lieutenant Becker will testify in his own defense in the Rosenthal murder case unless later developments force his counsel to decide otherwise. His wife urges the move claiming he is a victim of a conspiracy. Two hundred talismen crowded Judge Seabury's court as six jurors sat awaiting a full panel.
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New York
Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Fortune Gone She Writes For Movies
The Countess of Warwick, now past fifty, writes movie plays as a last effort to restore her fortunes. Once venturing into Socialist lectures and authoring books, she has seen little financial success in either.
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Countess of Warwick
Letters of administration granted in Walker estate
Letters of administration were granted to Thomas H. Walker on the estate of Bertie Walker, late of Allegany County, deceased. Matilda Burkett, administratrix of John A. Burkett, deceased, filed an inventory of personal property, a list of debts due the estate, settled her first and final account and made distribution to heirs.
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Thomas H. Walker
Bertie Walker
Allegany County
Matilda Burkett
John A. Burkett
Lecture by H. Rockwell at Liberty Theatre Sunday
All lovers of ancient history should hear the lecture by H. Rockwell the famous athlete Sunday at 3 pm at the Liberty Theatre. Advertisement May 1 21.
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H. ©. Rockwell
Liberty Theatre
David Coal & Coke Co names assistant secretary
A. W. Calloway, president, announces Joseph Thorp as assistant secretary of the David Coal & Coke Company with Cumberland headquarters. Also invites the public to hear H. C. Rockwell discuss the Great Pyramid of Egypt and its relation to God's plan next Sunday at 8 p m Liberty Theatre seats free no collection May 8s 21
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A. W. Calloway
Joseph Thorp
David Coal & Coke Company
Cumberland
H. C. Rockwell
Egypt
Liberty Theatre
God
Gents Wanted to Deliver The Press in WV and MD
Advertisement seeking men to handle and deliver The Press in surrounding towns of West Virginia and Western Maryland. For particulars write to The Cumberland Press in Cumberland, Maryland. Also note a talk by H. C. Rockwell on The Great Pyramid of Egypt next Sunday at 8 pm at the Liberty Theatre.
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West Virginia
Maryland
Cumberland Press
Cumberland
Great Pyramid of
Egypt
H. C. Rockwell
New York
Liberty Theatre
Midland Mfg. Co
Midland, Maryland
Rooms for Rent and Help Wanted Notices from Cumberland Press
A list of rental ads including four room house with gas at 30 Cecelia street and furnished front room for a gentleman at 121 North Centre Street. Also two unfurnished rooms at 1098 K for light housekeeping with gas and electric. Plus help wanted for a modern dancer pianist at Gardner 106 Harrison Street. Dye works seeks dyeing and repair work with pickup and delivery. Boarders sought at Baltimore Avenue and Virginia Avenue locations. Also listings for used Underwood typewriters and related supplies at Tri State Typewriter Exchange.
Real Estate Transfers include Hendra to Ellen Hunter parcel Lonaconing
Real estate transfer brief notes Peter Hendra and wife convey to Ellen S. Hunter a parcel of land in Lonaconing. Edward Lewis and others transfer parcels on Cresaptown road to William T. Lewis and Margaret A. Lewis for $190. The report records multiple transfers within the Lonaconing area.
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Peter Hendra
Ellen
Sinnott Represents Oregon in U.S. House
Nicholas J. Sinnott, 43, from The Dalles, serves Oregon’s new second district in Congress. A lawyer and Notre Dame alumnus, he is a Republican like the other Oregon representatives and former state senator. May 8-21 advertisement notes a free lecture at Liberty Theatre Sunday at 3 p.m. on the Great Pyramid and God’s plan.
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Nicholas J. Sinnott
Oregon
Dalles
Notre Dame University
Indiana
Oregon State Senate
Storm Toll Across South Reports Two Dead
A night of violent storms across the Southern states left two dead and many injured, with Mississippi bearing the brunt of fatalities. Weather damage also extended to crops and property across varias areas including Georgia.
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Atlanta
Mississippi
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