New Cabinet Takes Over Portugal After Riots
Lisbon reports a quick transfer of power as a new cabinet forms aboard the battleship Vasco de Gama after two days of rioting. Joao Chagas is named prime minister with Fernandes Costa Duarte Leite and Brazillo Telles likely in key posts as republican rule is restored.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Vasco de Gama
Joao Chagas
Oporto
Santarem
Manuel Arriaga
Havas
Revolutionary Committee
Jao Chagas
Interior
Fernandes Costa
Marine
Duarte Leite
Finance
Brazillo Telles
Paulo Falco
Cintra
Omundo
West Virginia Legislature to Convene for Extraordinary Session
Charleston W V May 17 an extraordinary session called by Governor Hatfield will convene Tuesday. Backing is said to exist for revenue measures including a half per cent excise tax on net income of corporations an extra tax on WV chartered corporations and a 4 cent rise in the general levy with three outside legislators in town.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Hatfield
Raiding Yaqui Indians Checked At Last
Washington reports that Yaqui Indians who killed Americans in the Yaqui valley have been checked. Mexican troops joined the fighting and likely prevented land action by marines and bluejackets from the cruisers Raleigh and New Orleans at Guaymas. The situation is described as encouraging with no further American fatalities noted.
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Washington
Yaqui
Mexico
Admiral Howard
Navy Department
Raleigh
New Orleans
Guaymas
Mrs George Lyntz Dies On Train En Route To Cumberland
Mrs George Lyntz aged 89 of Lonaconing died on a Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train at 7 80 last evening en route to a Cumberland hospital for an operation. Death was from acute indigestion. She leaves husband four children Ella Margaret Jessie and John a mother Mrs Ellen Gillies Lonaconing four sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Cumberland
George Lyntz
Lonaconing
Cumberland and
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ella
Margaret
Jessie
John
Ellen Gillies
William Bray
Meyersdale
Charles Vaughan
Fairmont
W. Va
William Patterson
Samuel Smith
Gilmore
Goven
Henry Gillies
Dallas Selects label eggs with a four legged chicken
Dallas began labeling eggs to promote the city. The first Dallas Selects product features a four legged chicken, a normal bird with extra feet, owned by J B Addington. The odd fowl hails from a setting egg and is not from the edible variety.
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Dallas
Tex
J. B. Addington
England's women urge men to join Kitchener's army
From Liverpool to Kilsyth the war reports highlight Emmeline Pankhurst rallying workers to enlist. Sentry bribes and railway guards are noted, alongside Private Q Bayes’s claim of the first German casualty in England's section of the war and a Royal Scots Fusiliers lance corporal’s shocking trench experiences.
General Scott Believes He Could Raise 500000 in Short Time
Washington reports that if the United States entered a European war an army of 500000 could be raised and equipped within a month and ready to fight within months. Plans for rapid mobilization were made by Secretary Garrison and Chief of Staff Hugh L. Scott with U.S. firms ready to supply weapons, clothing, medical gear, and transport.
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Scott
Washington
United States
Hugh L. Scott
National Guard
England
France
Russia
War Department
Garrison
Cardinal Gibbons Confirms 500 In Two Services
His Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons of the Baltimore archdiocese presided at two crowded services in Cumberland. At St. Patrick's he confirmed over 300 adults and children, with a two and a half hour mass and sermon on charity. A reception followed at Carroll Hall, drawing nearly three thousand attendees.
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James Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Cumberland
St. Patrick's Church
Peter and Paul's
Cardinal
St. Patrick’s
Father Mattingly
C. SS. R
New Orleans
Charles R. O'Hara
Thomas McGuigan
St. Patrick's
Washington
A. J. Conion
John Lawless
St. Mary’s
Father Dominick
SS. Peter and Paul's
Cardinal Gibbons
Carroll Hall
SS. Peter and Paul's Hall
SS. Peter and Paul's Church
St. Patrck's
St. Mary’s Church
Merchant and Son Shot by Six Robbers
Washington Pa May 17. Cohen Henry a 55 year old East Mariana grocer was killed and his son Moses Cohen 25 wounded by six men who entered their home at 9 30 last night. Sheriff Lytton and District Attorney Miller investigate as state police sweep the area.
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Washington, Pa
Labor Bureaus Criticized At Charities Meet
Baltimore May 17 Labor bureaus were criticized by Prof. George E. Barnett of Johns Hopkins before the National Conference of Charities and Correction, who said they fail as a permanent solution to unemployment. Mrs Lillian Carpenter Streeter outlined neglect of deaf mute blind crippled and tubercular children in New Hampshire and blamed the Legislature for inaction despite pleas from the State Board of Charities. She noted funds spent on tubercular cattle armories and woodchuck bounties instead of care for defective minors.
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Baltimore
L Labor Bureaus
George E. Barnett
John Hopkins University
National Conference of Charities and Correction
New Hampshire
Lillian Carpenter Streeter
New Hampshire Children's Commission
Blood Poisoning Fatal to Jenkins in Frostburg
William Jenkins 62 a Frostburg joiner died at the Miners Hospital after a weeklong illness from blood poisoning Born in Gloucestershire England he came to the United States 28 years ago Survived by his wife and nine children Funeral at 2 pm Thursday from his Graham town home with Rev H W Lindamood officiating Burial in Allegany Cemetery
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Frostburg
William Jenkins
Grahamtown
Gloucestershire
England
Knights of Malta of
Jenkins
George Atkinson
Conrad Haverline
Richard Williams
John Smouse
German Catholics Stand by Wilson in Baltimore
The German Catholic Union of Baltimore gathered 64 delegates from about 8 000 members at Fourteen Holy Martyrs Hall to transact business and elect officers. They adopted a resolution declaring allegiance to one flag and expressed confidence in President Wilson and loyalty to the American government during the current crisis.
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Baltimore
Head Crushed In Sawmill at Bolyard Farm Near Kingwood
M B Felton aged 53 was killed at Jason Bolyard's saw mill near his home while supervising a silo project. He fell from a tramway and was caught in a line shaft feeding the sawdust conveyor, crushing his head. Felton was a farmer, active Republican, and survived by his widow eight children and both parents.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Im. B. Felton
Jason Bolyard
Felton
Note Delivered By Gerard To Berlin Foreign Office
Washington May 17 Ambassador Gerard's formal notification to the State Department stated he delivered President Wilson's note to the Berlin foreign office. No further details were provided.
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Gerard
Washington
Wilson
Berlin
State Department
Aerial warfare again resumed by the Germans
London's report recounts Zeppelins bombing Margate and Dover. Three people injured at the Bull and Bear Hotel in Margate, which was partly wrecked. Twenty bombs dropped, fishing boats damaged, and attacks on Thanet and Hamagat churches noted. A Zeppelin destroyed near Alst yes terday with all crew killed. Belgian witnesses. A German plane near Paris was chased by French aircraft.
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London
Bull and Bear
Margate
Dover
Cardiff
Downs
Ramagate
Rotterdam
Alst
Paris
Ecouen
Cashier of Maryland Steel Co dies during visit
Scott Carter Jr 32 assistant cashier of Maryland Steel Works Sparrows Point died after appendicitis operations at Allegany Hospital following a visit to Clarendon Lewis in Cumberland. He was transported to Washington by railroad officials for Masonic funeral rites in Sparrows Point and interment in Chatham Virginia. He was unmarried.
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Maryland Steel CO
Scott Carter, Jr
Maryland Steel Works
Sparrows Point
Carter
Mr. Scott Carter
Chatham
Butler Undertaking
Washington
W. Taylor Ross
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Masonic Lodge of Sparrows Pot
Mr. Carter
Cardinal Opposes State Subsidy of Charity
Cardinal Gibbons denounces proposed state funding of charity work saying state control would harm the true charity cause. He spoke at St Patrick's rectory amid conference debates in Baltimore and looks forward to two weeks of Western Maryland work.
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Cardinal Gibbons
St. Patrick’s Rectory
Charities
Baltimore
Cumberland
Maryland
President gets cheers in New York
President Wilson and his party arrived aboard the Mayflower to New York greeted by the mayor and cheering crowds. Police and detectives protected the route to the reviewing stand as tumultuous cheers lasted for minutes amid heightened security.
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New York
Wilson
Transylvania Arrives Safe at Glasgow En Route to Liverpool
The Transylvania arrived safely in Glasgow on May 17 and will proceed to Liverpool. Throughout the day relatives and officials received inquiries about the ship from New York, including the customs office being besieged with calls.
Keyser Hosts Pythians Ninth Gathering At Armory
About fifty local Pythians attend the eighth meet of the Federated Lodges of Pythians of this and Mineral counties in Keyser Armory. Olive Branch Lodge hosts as Cumberland Lodge confers third rank on many candidates including Fred Wertheimer William Wagner and Congressman David J. Lewis. Over 300 members expected with grand lodge officers. refreshments and dancing follow. degree team leaves Keyser at 4 30 p m by Western Maryland line. autos from Frostburg Lonaconing Midland Barton travel together.
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Pythiag
This
Mineral County
W. Va
Keyser
Cumberland Lodge
Olive Branch Lodge
Fred Wertheimer
Wiliam Wagner
David J. Lewis
Order
Grand Lodge
Western Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
Frostburg
Lonaconing
Midland
Barton
Originator of 10-Cent Store Dies in Buffalo at 54
Seymour H. Knox cousin of F. W. Woolworth and credited with originating the six and ten cent store idea died in Buffalo at age 54 after three years of ill health. His death followed the sudden passing of Carson C. Peck, a figure closely tied to Knox and Wentworth.
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Buffalo
M. Y
Seymour H. Knox
F. W. Woolworth
Knox
Carson C. Peck
Mr. Wentworth
Campaign fundraiser for Dr. William E. Biederwolf ends
In Hegerstown Maryland on May 17 twenty four hundred dollars was raised yesterday for Dr. William E. Biederwolf. The six weeks campaign concludes tomorrow night with tonight’s collection directed to the evangelist.
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Hegerstown
William E. Biederwolf
Evangelist Biederwolf
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George McCarroll
McCarroll
Royal Scots
E. J. Wunder
Bathmore
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St. Patrick's Parish
Merchant and Son
Thanet
St. George's Church
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