Huerta Abdication Report Sparks Mixed Official Response
Spanish press claims General Victoriano Huerta resigned and left Mexico City while U S officials voiced skepticism. Diplomats in Niagara Falls discuss abdication timing and election terms as mediators press for clarity. In England Durbar won the Derby with Durbar Jr., amid a large crowd and police guard. A cave-in on a Maryland road killed Carl Ward and injured Thomas Shryock, with inquests planned.
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Vera Cruz
el Presente
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico City
Cordova
Santa Lucretia
North Branch
Patterson's Creek
Carl Ward
Spring Gap
Thomas Shryock
Western Maryland Hospital
Chambersburg Booster Run Sets Noon Start Here
The Chambersburg Motor Club launches its second annual Booster Run tomorrow, ending Friday, with 24 cars arriving in two minute intervals. Entrants include George H. Stewart Jr and others driving Cadillacs, Studebakers, Fords, and more. stop in Cumberland lasts 1 hour 15 minutes at the Queen City Hotel hosts and timers J A Hargott and Geo W Crowell manage timing.
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Chambersburg Motor Clun
Queen City
Cumberland
Geo. W. Crowell
Queen City Hotel
JA. L. Hargott
Woman's word fails to convict in Somerset murder trial
In Somerset County Pa a jury found Marion Feruzza James Rock Joseph Rock Philip Rock and Joseph Corporto not guilty of slaying Joseph Defranko and George Lobert at Boswell on April 13 The aunt Agnes Defranko identified the defendants but her testimony did not sway the verdict marking the first time a woman witness did not carry weight in a local murder case.
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Somerset County Pa
Yeterday
Somerset
Marion Feruzza
James Rock
Joseph Rock
Philip Rock
Joseph Corporto
Joseph Defranko
George Lobert
Boswell
Agnes Defranko
Nephew to Be Ordained Catholic Priest in Baltimore
Mrs Alice Hemming and family members travel from Beall Street to Baltimore for the ordination of John Lee Collins to the Catholic priesthood. Collins, an Irish-educated student, will celebrate his first Mass Sunday at SS Philip and James Church with cousin Rev John E Wade as pastor.
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Alice Hemming
Harrison Sr
Susie Rossworth
Beall Street
Altimore
John Lee Collins
Collins
Hemming
Ireland
Cathedrral
O. B. Corrigas
Colline Willl
SS. Philip and James Church
27Th
St. Paul Street
Baltimore
John E. Wade
Candidates for Relief Delegates on Baltimore and Ohio
Ballots are being distributed among Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Relief Department Cumberland Division members to elect six delegates for the relief department convention in Cincinnati on June 25. Nominees include Patrick T. Lacy Oscar S. W. Faz enbaker E P Kalbough Wm H Shaw Leo Yarnall Adam Erdman W H Longsdorf Phil H Groseup and Harry A Hook representing Cumberland Keyser and Piedmont in the Cumberland Division.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Relief Department
Cumberland
Relief Department
Cincinnati
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Lions
Patrek T. Lacy
Foreman
Oscar S. W. Fazenbaker
Keyser
E. P. Kalbough
Wm. H. Shaw
Leo J. Yarnall
Adam Erdman
W .H. Llongsdorf
Phil H. Groseup
M. W
Harry A. Hook
Piedmont
Improvements on Williams Street Progress Report
Several hundred feet of terra cotta pipe are on the ground on Williams street ready to be laid to carry surface water off upper Williams street. The area above Maryland avenue to Johnson's addition will be paved with asphalt once the sewer is laid and new concrete pavements are being laid in front of some residences. The street will be the principal avenue leading to the Johnson addition when formally opened to home builders.
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William Street
Maryland Avenue
Johnson
Johnson Addition
Farewell Service for John Fields in Cumberland
A farewell service for John Fields, set at Grace M. E. Church in Cumberland, will begin at 8:30 pm with Rev. Frank A. Kilman presiding. Fields, who departs Thursday to enter the ministry, will speak on Wales and his boyhood and conversion. Fellow ministers and W C Montigani of the B and O YM Co will also speak.
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Grace M. FE. Church
Virginia Avenue
Second Street
Frank A. Kilman
John Fields
Cumberland
Fields
Wales
W. C. Montigani
Mr. Fields
MD. Fields
South Cumberland
Mine Superintendent Dies Suddenly in Home in West Virginia
Thomas Stiff, 60, superintendent of Merchants Coal Company in Tunnelton, West Virginia, died at home after returning from lunch. Heart failure caused the death. He was a Mason. Survived by wife and two daughters Mrs. August Wilkie of Zanesville, Ohio and Sophie.
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Thomas Stiff
Merchants Coal Company
Tunnelton
W. Va
August Wilkie
Zanesville
Ohio
Sophie Made
Keep you cool. Get them at 14 Union street.
Edison Electric Co. adv. promotes cooling products with location at 14 Union Street.
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Union Street
Edison Electric Co.— Adv
Representatives of U M W Arrested at Lonaconing
Joseph Meager check weighman for United Mine Workers at Georges Creek Coney mine arrested on trespass charges after attempting to post a union notice amid claims of work favoritism. Magistrate Macfarlane set Meager’s and William Ford’s hearings for tomorrow afternoon.
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Joseph Meager
United Mine Workers of America
Coney
Georges Creek
M Nets
Meager
George Staub
James Macfarlane
William J. Ford
United Mine Workers
Secion
Mer
House of Delegates
Mr. Ford
Actress Weds A Millionaire in Secret European Nuptials
New York May 27 A millionaire widower John E K Liggett sailed for Europe with his bride Violet Colby a former chorus girl turned prima donna from The Merry Countess The couple were listed as passengers on the Vaterland but could not be located as the ship sailed Liggett’s father left a fortune in tobacco interests in St Louis The marriage marks another union of wealth and stage fame.
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New York
John EK
Liggett
Europe
Clarence Harvey
Violet Colby
Liggett’s of
St. Louis
First wedding at Central Y M C A by Rev Snyder
The mornings ceremony at the Central Y M C A united Russel Sage Morks and Sadie Work of Broadford Pa aboard the Western Maryland for their honeymoon. It appears to be the first marriage performed at the center.
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Central Y. M. C. A
Wilbur M. Snyder
Russel Sage Morks
Sadie Work
Broadford
Maryland
Elaborate Memorial Exercises Planned for Frostburg May Day
Thoburn Post No. 71 G A R has nearly completed plans for Memorial Day services in Frostburg on May 30. A parade starts at 10 a.m. from G A R headquarters to Eckhart cemetery with the Fife and Drum Corps and Veterans Auxiliary. a memorial program includes Rev. L A Thomas and taps, followed by a war salute. A public Memorial service is set for May 31 in the Frostburg Opera House with speakers including State Senator F N Ziblman.
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Thoburn
Frostburg
Percy and
Porter
G. A. R. Post Fife and Drum Corps
The
Veterans Auxiliary
Eckhart Cemetery
G. A
Plac
L. A. Thomas
Eckhart Baptist Church
Fife and Drum Corps
Guards of Honor
Auxiliary
Thoburam
Guard of Honor
German Arion Band
George Cook
Otto Hohing, Sr
Veterans Fife and Drum Corps
Veterans Auxiliary Military Co
Thoburn Post
Catholic Cemetery
Arion Band
Guards of
Allewany Cemetery
David J. Tewis
Pythian Castle Plans Advance With New Building
Knights of Pythias moving on a four story Pythian Castle on the corner of South Centre and Harrison Streets. Stockholders elected directors F Brooke Whiting B Franz Shaffer L Clarke Madroe John H Reed Karl W Stuiber Douglas H Bauer and George R Henderson. Officers chosen B Frank Shaffer president L Clark Madroe vice president Karl W Stuiber secretary George R Henderson treasurer PF Brooke Whiting attorney. Plans for stock sale and construction discussed to speed the project.
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Pythian Castle
Knights of Pythias
Corner South Centre
Harrison Streets
Castile Association
F. Brooke Whiting
B. Franz Shaffer
L. Clarke Madroe
John H
B. Frank Shaffer
L. Clark Madroe
Karl Wr. Stuiber
George R. Henderson
PF. Brooke Whiting
Seventeen-year locusts emerge early in Clarksburg area
Massive swarms of seventeen-year locusts have appeared around Clarksburg with hatching begun and trees soon covered. Birds are feeding on them, removing many while swarms reappear by evening. The federal agriculture department notes June arrival in Ohio Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Clarksburg
Hopeful Hamel Plane Search Recalled by Dover Authorities
Dover England May 27 reports hope fades for Gustave Hamel the young British aviator missing since crossing the English Channel. Warships which had been tracking Hamels flight were recalled as authorities search for clues.
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Dover
England
Hope
Gustave Hamel
Brittehator
Englise#h
Flast
Hamel
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Philip Hollar
Cadillacs
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D. G. Prontz
Charles M. Wood
George Bartle
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