Ancona Sinking Kills Hundreds Off Tunis Coast
London reports the Italian liner Ancona shelled and sunk by an Austrian flagged submarine near Dizerta, Tunis. About 582 aboard. 270 confirmed saved or accounted for with many wounded. Survivors land at Bizerta as details conflict over whether torpedoed with or without warning.
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London
Ancona
Dizerta
Tunis
Lloyds
Mediterranean
Bizerta
New York
E. Giger
Adelaide Stanghieri
Filbert Mazzarulli
Baltimore
Canfield Jones
Philadelphia
Rome
Tunisian
Cape Bon
Jerryville
Genoa
Italian Line
Sociata de Navigazione A Vapore
Belfast
Dacia renamed Yser torpedoed by German submarine
The former Dacia, now the French steamer Yser, seized last February and reflagged in American ownership, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine near Algiers. The report notes the ship carried cotton from the United States to Germany before transfer to France. Also, Athens reports Bulgaria and Greece agreed to keep Greece out of the war.
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Greece
Algiers
Edward N. Breitung
Germany
United States
Rotterdam
Athens
Bulgaria
Athens Press Today
Washington
England
Congress
State Department
Ambasador Page
London
Hocking
Pass
Balmahs
Gerard
George W. Guthrie
Heart Balm Suit Seeks Four Thousand in Martinsburg Case
In a breach of promise case from Martinsburg, Miss Iva Lee Fullhart sued William V. Thrush for four thousand dollars after the circuit court affirmed the district court verdict. Trial traced an engagement from 1895 at Oberlin to 1911, with letters and gifts cited as evidence Thrush argued statute limits and excessive damages.
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Richmond
United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
Pritchard
District Court
Martinsburg
W. Va
Iva Lee Fullhart
William V. Thrush
Burlington
Miss Fullhart
Thrush
Oberlin University
Ohio
Mary E. Whip
Tavo
Bulgars seize Nish area in major Balkan raid
A Bulgarian war office bulletin reports five thousand Serbians captured around Nish. The spoil includes 42 fortress cannons, thousands of rifles, ammunition boxes, 700 railroad cars of food, and a large quantity of supplies.
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Sofia
Nish
War Office
Dynamite Caps Explosion Wounds Miner at Moscow Office
Orville Shaw of Barton badly injured as a spark from a mining lamp ignites dynamite caps kept in the Moscow George Creek Mining Company office. Shaw is in critical condition at Frostburg Miner's Hospital with severe wounds to his right side, hand, and possible eye damage.
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Orville Shaw
Barton
Miner’s Hospital
Frostburg
George Creek Mining Company
Moscow
Shaw
China to keep republic for now as monarchy support grows
Peking reports a government statement delaying any change this year while election returns show 18 of 22 provinces backing a plan to restore monarchy. Britain France RussiaJapan urged postponement to avoid destabilizing the peace of the Orient amid the ongoing European conflict.
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Peking
China
Japan
Great Britain
France
Russia
French recapture of Veles in Serbia reported
Athens reports the town of Veles in southern Serbia has been recaptured from the Bulgars. Front lines say fighting continues northeast of Prilep and observers believe the move will clear that region of Bulgars as part of Serbia Franco British operations.
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Athens
Veles
Prilep
Serbia
Divorce Denied in Nevada Court for Martinsburg Doctor
Dr. John W. Hoffman of Morgan county, who left his home after a divorce suit failed in West Virginia, was denied a divorce by a Nevada court where he sought relief after establishing residence. He was ordered to pay his wife counsel fees and a monthly alimony sum.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
John W. Hoffman
Morgan County
Woods
Nevada
Kloffman
House Wrecked as Powder Explosion Injures Boy
Lawrence Laupert, six, of Westernport, while alone in the kitchen, caused a powder can explosion that wrecked the lower floor of the Laupert home. The child was unconscious and taken to Hoffman hospital, with about ten pounds of powder in the can and damage estimated at $1000.
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Lawrence
William Laupert
Westernport
Hoffman Hospital
Keyser
Z. T. Kalbaugh
Sues Woman for Slander in Berkeley Springs
Miss Aline Hardin of Georgia sues Mrs. Claudia Herbert for 5000 dollars in the Morgan County Circuit Court alleging slanderous remarks. The Herbert family are prominent locals. the defendant’s husband Dr. Jesse Herbert is away in Florida.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Aline Hardin
Georgia
Charles L. Barlett
Claudia Herbert
Jesse Herbert
Herbert
Oil Ship Afire Off Sabine Pass in Gulf of Mexico
The Italian steamer Liviette, with 40,000 cases of gasoline and 80,000 cases of oil aboard, burned fiercely in Gulf waters about twenty five miles east of Sabine Pass. Rescue hopes were abandoned as wireless reports confirmed flames in holds three and four.
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Galveston
Tex
All Hope
Liviette
Gulf of Mexico
Sabine Pass
Japanese Ruler Yoshihito Ascends the Throne
Kyoto reports the coronation of Yoshihito, selected to the throne of Nippon, with foreign representatives attending a Shinto ceremony. The event marks Japan's entry from isolation to active world engagement and includes a formal message of congratulations from U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to the new emperor.
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Kyoto
Japan
Wikado
Yoshihito
Abutshite
Nippon
Heaven
Earth
Yoshinte
Jimmu
Amaterasu Chikami
Washington
Wilson
Tokio
United States
Local Masons in Hagerstown greet Cumberland lodges
About fifty to sixty members from Obr, Potomac and Fort Cumberland Lodges of Cumberland arrived by Western Maryland Railway for a cordial visit. They toured the city, attended a banquet at the Masonic Temple, heard speeches by local officials, and enjoyed a theater outing at the Colonial.
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Obr
Potomac
Fort Cumbersland
Cumberland
Colonial Theater
Colonial
Cumberland Lodges
WV Foot and Mouth Quarantine Costs Pass 15900
Howard F E Williams reports WV quarantine and livestock owner reimbursements exceed 15900 while federal spending matches that amount for the same purpose this year. More than 7000 head of livestock and 32 people have been examined and treated by the state department in year.
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Charleston
W. Va
Howard FE. Williams
West Virginia
Troop C State Police Deploy to Wilkes-Barre Strike
Forty four men from Troop C under Capt. Wilhelm depart Pottsville at 9 30 this morning for Wilkes Barre to suppress riots during a street strike.
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Pottsville
Troop C
State Police
Wilhelm
Wilkes-Barre
Taft Named Head of Red Cross Central Committee
President Wilson appoints former President William H. Taft to head the central committee of the Red Cross to succeed General George Doyle as Doyle retires from ill health and General Davis steps down. Taft's prior Red Cross experience noted in the appointment.
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Taft
RED Cross
Wilson
William H. Taft
Central Committee of the ; Can Red Cross
Davis
Dent Taft
the Red Cross
Dent
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Naples
DACIA
Alpiers
Algeria
Yser
Man Submarine
Hamburg-American Line
Maryland
Keith
Liberty Theatre
Cyril Maude
Grande Theatre
Florence Reed
Victoria Theatre
Belvedere Theatre
Local Morrison Music Co. Dramatic
U. S. Circuit Court
Iva L. Fulbart
Barton Gan May Derand
Miner's Hospital
U. S
Test of Hocking Registry
Westernport, Brown Lp
Kloto
Monarcch
Witc
Imperial Household
House of Representatives
House of Peers
Diplomatic Corps
Ambassador Guthrie
Masons
Hagerstown
Hagerstown, Mayov 10
Friendship Lodge
No. 84, A. F
A. M. of
Masonic Temple
South Potomac Street
Robert McCauley
B. Townsend
J. McPherson Scott
Fred N. Zichtman
Harvey Bomberger
Harry K. Donnelly
W. P. Wachter
Willar A. Huster
Henry Holzapfel, Jr
Lioyrd L. Shaffer
Stouffer's Academy Orchestra
Robert H. McCauley
Messrs. Beck
Rinehart
Fridinger
Kreisinger
Jones
John D. Zentmyer
F. R. Bayley
Bek
Thomas
Florist
Bester and Holzapfel
Theatre Party
The
Uhr Lodge
No. 131
H. R. Donnelly
Jas. Mathews
C. R. Jones
F. N. Zihliman
Jas. Pitzer
C. R. Brant
W. H. Cole
P. M
N. Morgan
F. F. Smith
C. W. Donnelly
Wm. P., Roeder
W H. Troutman
Dr. C. B. Shoemaker
Jac
T. E. Gilchrist
P. Wilson
Gen. Davis
George
Doyle
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