Zeppelins Raid England Causing Heavy Damage Near London
German Zeppelins and aeroplanes conducted a raid within forty miles of London at 3 am. Over 100 bombs fell on South End and West Cliff, with 25 on Leigh on the Sea. Mrs. Agnes Whitwell died after fleeing her home. rumors of other deaths circulated as forts fired on the intruders.
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London
South End
West Cliff
Agnes Whitwell
Queen Mary’s Hospital
Yunture
Sheerness
West Clff
Ben Fleet
Leigh on-the-Sea
the Thames
Funerals Today of Lusitania Victims Reach Queenstown
Queenstown Ireland May 10 burial of 144 recovered Lusitania dead took place today. Three processions moved from marguer to old Church graveyard with police and troop escorts and ten coffin laden horse lorries. Unidentified bodies number around fifty and many injured remain in hospital.
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Queenstown
Ireland
Marguer
Water Department Recommendations To City Council
A Cumberland city council session reviewed the finance report showing a 1915 balance of 17 561 77 and receipts of 35517 92 against 43961 59 disbursements. Commissioner Schriver urged funds for valves, mains mapping, a warehouse, a gas or electric truck, meters and a centralized metering system.
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Joseph S. Schriver
Inethes Bank
Ferdinand Williams
Beasley
Frederick
Schriver
Water and Electric Light
Lake Gordon
Water Department
Charles A. Ashcom
Americans Relied Too Much on British Promises
Berlin reports Germany expressed sympathy with the United States after the Lusitania disaster but blamed British promises for American reliance. It cites British armed merchant vessels ramming submarines and notes the Lusitania carried munitions and contraband cargo on prior voyages.
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Berlin
State Department
Washington
Germany
United States
Lusitania
Local Revenue Office Audit Shows Balance and Efficiency
Leonard M. Dolde of Leavenworth audited the Cumberland division Ninth Maryland district office led by Howard M. Fuller. The audit found the office in balance with excellent records and noted improvements. The office handles one third to one half million dollars annually and faces added duties from wartime revenue acts and various licenses. Dolde commended Fuller for efficient methods and directed reporting of the balance to the head office.
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Leonard M. Dolde
Leavenworth
Kans
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington
Howard M. Fuller
Internal Revenue
Cumberland Division
Maryland
Dolde
Mr. Fuller
Cumberland
Baltimore
Lusitania Victim C Francis Williamson of Cumberland
C Francis Williamson, former Cumberland resident and art collector, is confirmed among Lusitania victims. He traveled with Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, crossed the Atlantic 75 times, lived in Paris, and died unmarried around age 45 after earlier residing in eastern cities and New York's Fifth Avenue Art Gallery 展.
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Francis Williamson
Cumberland
Paris
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery
New York
Williamson
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
South America
Atlantic
U S Court Opens Damage Suit In Keyser Case
Judge John C. Rose presides as jurors are sworn for a damage case against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Thompson Furniture Company seeks damages tied to 1911 building fires, alleging sparks from B&O engine No. 4 caused losses. Jurisdiction questions from prior state rulings were discussed. case to proceed.
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John C. Rose
Baltimore
United States Court For
Arthur L. Spamer
James C. Shriver
Francis C. Leeke
Fred. W. Knierien
George R. Daisy
William C. Korns
Zack Laney
Emil Schwarzenbach
Alva M. Frantz
Frank E. McCullough
Eugene L
Keyser
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Rose
Potomac Milling Company
Keyser Ice Manufacturing Company
Thompson Furniture Company
Baltimore and Ohio
United States
Railroad Company
Frank C. Reynolds
Carville D. Benson
Baltimore County
George A. Pearce
Harry G. Fisher
Albert A. Doub
Walter C. Capper
Lusitania Survivors Say Emergency Prep Lacked Leads
Survivors report only five of thirty five life boats were launched amid emergency prep failings. At Commons Asquith discussed neutral nations stopping German submarine warfare. Coroner opens inquest at Kinsale with Captain Turner testifying. Churchill says Admiralty cannot escort merchant ships.
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London
Admiralty
Ciy
House of Commons
Asquith
Mertens Buy Horses for Russian Army Reported
F Mertens Sons through their agent John Mitchell of Washington are said to be buying horses for the Russian army. A Saturday deal reportedly cleared $16000. Other items note Daniel Redman, 45, of Moorefield West Virginia, struck by a B&O train near Wincow Street hump. he left hospital after treatment. A buggy with Mr and Mrs Hartsock was demolished by a Cumberland and Pennsylvania train at Bedford Street crossing. Hart sock bruised, Mrs Hartsock unhurt.
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F. Mertens
John Mitchell
Washington
Daniel Redman
Moorefield
W. Va
Wincow Street
Western Maryland Hospital
Civil case trials conclude April term at circuit court
Susan Jones colored was found guilty of conducting disorderly houses on Wineow street though sentence not yet pronounced. William Van Buskirk of Barton sues The Cumberland and Westernport Railway for $300 damages after a streetcar collision with his team, trial before a jury.
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Cuit
Susan Jones
Wineow Street
J. P. Roman
William van Buskirk
Barton
Cumberland and Westernport Railway
Buskirk
Benjamin A. Richmond
J.J. Blackiston
P. C. Barnes
Hibernian State Board Holds Annual Meeting at Frostburg
The Ancient Order of Hibernians Maryland state board met at St Michael's Hall Frostburg Allegany county divisions attended led by Henry Kelly national director J T Doyle state president and other officers A county reunion was canceled with funds redirected to boost meetings across the county Despite baseball crowds the gathering drew solid attendance.
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Hibernian State Board
Frostburg
Ancient
Order of Hibernians of
Maryland
St. Michael’s Hall
Allegany County
Henry Kelly
John R. Healy
Wilmington
Del
J. T. Doyle
Baltimore
Thomas J. Harrahan
Thomas Welsh
James H. Lillis
Cumberland
Thomas E. Stakem
Midland
Thomas P. Kenney
M. P. Cosgrove
Westernport
Joshers Club Announces Semi Annual Feed Fest
Invitations issued for the Joshers Club first Semi Annual Feed Fest on May 12 at 6 30 p m at the Maryland Restaurant. Members may bring a guest to the luncheon priced at 75 cents per plate. The notice requests replies by Tuesday noon and invites past associates to attend.
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Joshers’ Club
Maryland
Joshers
Young’s Joshers
Billmeyer
Piedmont Italian Killed by Train
Francisco Larosa of Piedmont West Virginia an Italian man was found with a fractured skull along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks near the Edison plant. He died shortly after at Western Maryland Hospital possibly struck or falling from a train. Relatives claimed the body and sent it to Piedmont on B&O train No. 55.
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Francisco Larosa
Piedmont
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Edison Electric
Nicely
Charles O'Hara
Western Maryland Hospital
J. E. Dawson Killed by Train at Rawlings
J E Dawson about 55 and a widower working on the Llewellyn farm at Rawlings was struck by westbound Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No 55 at Rawlings yesterday afternoon and instantly killed. The body was taken to Stein undertaking rooms in this city. Dawson has a daughter living in Cumberland.
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J. E. Dawson
Llewellyn
Rawlings
Baltimore and Ohio
Stein Undertaking
Mr. Dawson
Cumberland
Plattenville Well Promises Fame Amid Rich-Quick Rivalry
In Plattenville Colorado a famed well draws strangers as Samuel Brosche's hair allegedly darkens after tasting the water. The mayor credits it with curing indigestion while the town’s sole detractor, a local tavern owner, worries excessive drinking crowds out other beverages.
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Plattenville
Colo
Wallingford
Samuel Brosche
Lusitania Incident Pushes Immediate War Action
London reports say the Lusitania sinking shifts public and political mood toward immediate war against Austria. Italian pretexts threaten to pull Italy into conflict as midnight demands deadline nears amid a pope’s horror and Western front bombardment at Dunkirk.
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Lusitania
Austria
Italy
Elbert Hubbard and His First Wife Details Revealed
A historical account notes Elbert Hubbard famed Lusitania victim, his Bloomington normal school romance with Bertha Crawford of this county, four children, and a 500 dollar per year alimony arrangement. It mentions relatives in Buffalo and York Pennsylvania and outlines family movements to Illinois and Colorado.
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Elbert Hubbard
Flintstone
This County
Cumberland
Frostburg
Hubbard
Bertha Crawford
James Crawford
Elizabeth Hinkle
Bertha Hubbard
Harry C. Oglebay
Waverly Terrace
Illinois
Brodoklyn
Til
Crawford
Normal
Bloomington
Larkin
Buffalo
Ill
Elbert Mulchbard, Jr
Roycrofter
Sanford Hubbard
Montana
Ralph Hubbard
University of Colorado
Catherine
West Delevan Avenue
Shen
Titanic and Lusitania Losses On board were
On board losses by class totaled 291 first class 599 second class 361 third class 650 officers and crew.
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Titanic
Lusitania
Seer Ewer
Four Die In Fire At Italian Lodging House
Four persons perished and four others missing are believed dead after a fire gutted an Italian boarding and lodging house on Wylie Avenue in Pittsburgh. In Cleveland six persons drowned and five rescued when the Sand-sucker Junior struck the breakwater offshore at East Seventieth Street.
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Pittsburgh
Wylie Avenue
Cleveland
Seventieth Street
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