Dictator's Fleeing Allies Fearing Anarchy In Mexico City
US press dispatches from Vera Cruz and Washington describe Huerta loyalists fleeing toward the American flag or Havana as the capital veers toward collapse. Deputy Miranda and 40 lawmakers foretell Huerta's fall, while White House channels weigh Villa alliance and peace prospects amid renewed fighting in Mazatlan and Guernevaca.
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Vera Cruz
Huerta
Mexico City
Puerto Mexico
Captol
Fasto E. Miranda
Chamber of Deputies
Gigantic Ocean Greyhound Leaves for Atlantic Voyage
New York May 26 Excitement and danger marked the departure of the enormous Hamburg American liner Vaterland on its second transatlantic run carrying 2000 passengers. Captain Ruser backed out into the bay, engines roared to full speed, and the vessel sent a high wash overturning two coal barges. The Waterland narrowly avoided grounding as harbor officials struggled to maintain order.
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New York
Mner
Vaterland
Hudson
Leviathan
Frostburg Council Sells 60 000 Water Bonds to Frostburg Bank
City Council sold the 60 000 bond issue to Citizens' National Bank of Frostburg at 100.60 the highest bid. Other bids from Second National below par and two Baltimore firms were rejected. The ordinance authorizing issue was passed and bonds ordered printed to cover deficits on the new water system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ National Bank
Frostburg
Second National Bank
City Council
Koon
Owen Daily & Company
Baltimore
Nelson Cook & Company
Council
France
Suffragettes Sentenced For Gallery Attacks
London reports six month terms for Freda Graham and Mary Spencer, militants who slashed Venetian masterpieces in the National Gallery and the Royal Academy last Friday in protest after Mrs Pankhurst’s arrest. A group of unidentified suffragettes and male supporters received four months for window smashing.
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London
Freda Graham
National Gallery
Widower 69 weds widow 58 in church ceremony
Henry North aged 69 a widower from South Cumberland and Mrs Susie E H Benfora aged 58 a widow from Thomas WV were married at 2 pm yesterday at the Kingsley M E Church parsonage by Rev David G Pile.
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Henry North
South Cumberland
Susie E H. Benfora
Thomas
W. Va
Kingsley M. E. Church
David G. Pile
Fire Chief Defies Agents Over Hose Contract
Fire Chief Willison backs Arrow hose choice as superior amid claims of New York influence and dinner with a company agent. City officials, including Fire Commissioner Hummelshime, back Willison’s endorsement while rivals argue. The contract vote was tabled until next Monday after preliminary refusals. Local agents William Gornell and Charles Wegman lead the supplying firm.
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Willison
Fred W. Kalmback
Christ Himmler
Chief Willison
New York
Tummelshire
Cornell
Ordre
William Gornall
Hummelshire
Thomas Connell
Kelly
South Cumberland Company
Connell
West Side Company
Hummelshime
Koon
Hichelberger
Eyerman
Schriver
Automobile Repair Company
Wich Charles Wegman
William Gornell
Gornell
Plan City Wide Athletic Meet in Cumberland
The Central Y M C A decides to hold a city wide boys athletic meet on June 23 at South End Park. Entries will be weight classed rather than by age, with usual events and prizes for winners, plans to be completed soon.
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Cumberland
South End Park
Mining company sued for relief by Allegany County
Walter C. Capper attorney for the Allegany County Commissioners filed suit in the Circuit Court against the Stanton George's Creel Coal Company to recover moneys due under the Miners Relief Law. The defendants allegedly have not paid assessment fees of 27 cents per working miner since last July.
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Walter C. Capper
Allegany County Commissioners
Tuling
Stanton George’s Creel Coal Company
Otis Wallis Recovers From Mercury Poisoning
Western Maryland Hospital reports Otis Wallis who swallowed eight bicloride of mercury tablets at his home on Schriver Avenue near Wills Mountain is expected to leave hospital tonight. He has shown marked improvement and has walked around the hospital for nearly a week.
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Western Maryland Hospital
Otis Wallis
Schriver Avenue
Wills Mountain
Red Letter Day at S. & H. Premium Parlor
Tomorrow is a red letter day offering 10 free stamps at the S. & H. premium parlor. Gross Bros. Dept. Store advertises M26-11 Electric Fans on the third floor and Edison Electric Co. promotes them at 14 Union Street.
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Gross Bros. Dept
Union Street
Edison Electric Co.— Adv
City Council Considers 159000 Bond for Street Paving
The Cumberland Press reports the City Council approved a bond proposition of 159000 to pave unimproved streets and set a special election for July 14. Mayor Koon urged civic bodies to discuss paying propositions and send opinions. Voters in the new southern annex under the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad may be eligible depending on registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koon
Br. Koon
Chamber of Commerce
South End
Baltimore and Ohio
Sol
Woman Shot, Man Kills Self After Breakfast Incident
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on May 26, Samuel Vidihi shot Mrs Pauline Kaufmann at breakfast then fired five bullets into her body and killed himself. Mrs Kaufmann survived initial injuries and was taken to Mercy hospital. Vidihi, 26, a student of Russian literature, died at the scene. Mrs Kaufmann instructed her daughter on how to run the grocery store before hospital transfer.
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Pittsburg
Pauline Kaufmann
Samuel Vidihi
Westernport Man Heads Golden Eagles Meeting Officers
The Grand Castle of Maryland Knights of the Golden Eagle met in Odd Fellows Hall, Hagerstown, adjourned to meet next year in Baltimore. Elected officers include Jesse C. Mullen of Westernport as past grand chief and J. R. K. Moffitt of Northeast as grand keeper of exchequer, with George C. Tracy Towson as grand chief and several others across Frostburg Baltimore Govans Westernport Rising Sun and Towson. Representative to Supreme Castle Trustee for two years is Jesse C. Mullin of Westernport. William L. Foreman of Govans named.
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Grand Castle of Maryland Knights of the Golden Eagle
Odd Fellows Hall
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Jesse C. Mullen
Westernport
George C. Tracy Towson
George A. F. Reinhardt
Elmer Kight
Frostburg
Charles S Cochran
Govans
J. R. K. Moffitt
Northeast
John T. Spellman
H. M. Richards
W. Lewis Ryan, Sr
Rising Sun
Jesse C. Mullin
Supreme Castle
Western Maryland Sets New Record Haul by Rail
The Western Maryland Railway broke its own record by pulling 114 loaded cars from Cumberland to Hagerstown on a single engine, surpassing the prior 110 car haul. Engine 784, new model, pulled the train under Conductor E A Shewbridge and Engineman J J Moors, with towage exceeding 15.75 million pounds as plans aim for 125 to 135 cars per run.
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Western Maryland Railway
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Ernest
Motive Power
Warnock
E. A. Shewbridge
J. J. Moors
Noth
Deer Park Hotel to Open Latter Part of June
The Deer Park Hotel will open its season in the latter part of June. It is a renowned summer resort in the Allegany Mountains drawing visitors from across the country. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company plans to open an agency there to handle summer business.
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Deer Park
Allegany Mountains
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Aged County Inmate Disappears, Recovered Nearby
Mont Barrick, about 78, an inmate at the County Home, slipped past guards and left the institution this morning. He headed toward Frostburg before being overtaken near Narrows over the oil house and brought back to the County Home. He said his plan was to walk to Frostburg.
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Mont Barrick
Frostburg
Narrows Oaer
Miners and Operators Meet as Strike Looms in Renewa
Charleston West Virginia May 26 Joint wage and scale committee of miners and operators in Renewa coal fields meets in final effort to avert a strike. Sub committee failed to agree and hopes for avoiding a strike are slim amid fear of repeats of Paint and Cabin Creek violence.
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Charleston
W. Va
Renewa Coal Fields
Paint and Cabin Creek
Urging Legal Commitment For Insane Borderland Cases
Baltimore, May 26. Dr. D. K. Henderson argues that mentally ill patients in borderland or chronic stages require commitment by two physicians. He cites cases at Henry Phipps Hospital where patients resisted treatment and refused cooperation, thwarting care.
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Baltimore
D. K. Henderson
Henry Phipps Hospital
Dr. Henderson
Henderson
W. M. Expected to Get Rockefeller Aid
Baltimore bankers and others believe John D Rockefeller and associates will aid Western Maryland rather than see a default on its 4 percent bonds. The company has not covered fixed charges. Carl R Gray was brought in to study finances and assurances of help were expected until the property could stand alone. 1908 to 1912 income figures show a decline from about $2.68 million to $1.77 million. 1913 projections rise only modestly, well short of fixed charges including taxes over $3 million.
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Baltmore
Baltimore
John D Rockefeller and Associates
Maryland
Carl R. Gray
Gray
Modern New Hotel For City Assured Fact In Cumberland
A new hotel for Cumberland is planned at a cost between two and three hundred thousand dollars. Prominent citizens have met with a leading architect and contractor to start work soon, with occupancy expected by next fall. The building aims to be modern and comfortable, surpassing other state hotels outside Baltimore. Details on the location are not yet disclosed.
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Cumberland Long
Telephone Company Given 15 Days to Answer Complaint
Dr. Theodore A K Hummelshime a police and fire commissioner received PSC acknowledgement of his complaint about Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co charging Allegany County subscribers who call Westernport He claims the absorption of Western Maryland Telephone Co included free county service The PSC ordered a copy of the complaint to be forwarded to the company and gave it fifteen days to answer Case No 782
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Theodore A. K. Hummelshime
Police and Fire Department
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Allegany County
Westernport
Telephone Company
Western Maryland Telephone Company
Public Se Commission
Cochran Visits Martinsburg on Westward Horse Show Ties
Col W W Cochran, famed race horseman and showman, arrives in Martinsburg W V after twenty years in the west. He plans to back the Eastern Panhandle fair with exhibits and previews his career from hotel days with Edward Hill and Arlington Roush. He previously toured with Young Buffalo Bill and Cochran’s Far East Shows and recently spent a year in Sydney with many horses condemned.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
West
Denver
Colorado
Col
W. W. Cochran
Berkeley County
Hotel Berkeley
Edward Hill
Arlington Roush
Colonel Cochran
Buffalo Bill
Col. Cochran
E. F. Geers
Memphis
Australia
Sydney
Stuck Appointed Relief Agent for B&O Cumberland Division
H P Stuck of Newburg W Wal named relief agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad headquarters in Cumberland Superi nter office. He will work with J W Martin on the Cum Division agency tasks. Previously from Newburg. Notice. Edison Wis tric Co ad appears on page 7.
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H. P. Stuck
Newburg
W. Wal
Baltimore and Ohio
Wealtroad
Cumberland
J. W. Martin
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Thomas P. Coates
International News Service
Mrando
Madero
Ife
Miranda
Havana
William Nelson Taft
White House
Washington
George Carothers
Wilson
Villa
Carothers
Niagara Falls
Bavaria
Puerta
Mexico
Puerto
Cecelie
Navy
Blanquet
Mazatlan
Severa Hun
Dred
Guernevaca
Cee Reef
Shin
Frostburg Bank
Rose
Plan City Wide Athletic Meet
SUE Mining Company
MONYE
Westernport Man Heads
Golden Eagles
Ans
W. M
W.M
Rockefeller
Baltimore City
W.W. Cochran
J. Harry Parr
Stuck
Edison Wistric Co
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