Bulgaria on Brink of War as Allies Move to Aid Greece
Athens reports Allied troops have landed at Salonika to aid Greece against Bulgaria. London expects Russia to declare war next, with up to fifty thousand Bulgarian troops massed on the Serbian frontier. Sofia denies German officers control and cites Russian ultimatum pressure amid tense diplomacy.
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Athens
Salonika
Greece
London
Bulgaria
Petrograd
Bucharest
Mackensen
Serbia
Macedonia
M. Radoslavoff
United Press
Black Sea
Varna
Verna
Russia
Sofia
Today
Germany
Ferdinand
Ministry of War
Ene
Month's Evangelistic Campaign Opens at Centre St Church
Miss Sarah C. Palmer, Belfast native and noted evangelist, opens a month long series at Center Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Large congregations attend with a 100 voice chorus led by Fred B. Cartwright and soprano Miss Laxman. Services begin at 7 30 each evening with the subject The Story of My Conversion.
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Centre ST
Center Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Sarah C. Palmer
Belfast
Ireland
Fred Bd. Cartwright
Delaware
Ohio
Laxman
Miss Palmer
Cumberland
Joseph Dawson
Three Die In Yacht Crush Near Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia October 4 a pleasure yacht named Wilma owned by Owen Friery hit piling at Government Dam No 12 and four aboard were cast into the river. Only Friery survived as Clara Kemple 22 Harry Stewart 40 and Mrs. Stewart 39 perished. Friery said darkness and swift current caused the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Stewart
Stewart
Dorothy Adgate
Martins Ferry
Kunkel Named Likely Successor to Elkin on Supreme Court
Harrisburg reports judge George Kunkel, president judge of Dauphin County, is likely to be appointed to the state supreme court to succeed Judge Elkin who died in Philadelphia. The appointment would await the 1917 election.
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Harrisburg
George Kunkel
Dauphin County
State Supreme Court
Elkin
Philadelphia
Isaac D Boyd Leaves for Akron to Reside
Isaac D. Boyd, long time night watchman at the Baltimore and Ohio shops, resigns and moves to Akron Ohio to take a new position. He was a former train caller at Queen City Station and is credited as the father of the local Moose Lodge for his role in its establishment.
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Isaac D. Boyd
Baltimore and Ohio
Akro
Ohio
Captain Boyd
Queen City
Moose Lodge
B&O Workers Suffer Minor Injuries in Separate Incidents
John Cooner, a B&O laborer, fell from a loaded ballast car Saturday and sustained a hip injury, taken to Western Maryland Hospital in Cumberland. Lawrence Hettenhouser, a track man for B&O, was hurt at Klearneysville when a signaling pole rolled onto his left foot, injuring a toe.
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John Cooner
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
Western Maryland
Lawrence Hettenhouser
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Klearneysville
Hettenhouser
Baltimore Presbytery Meets in Lonaconing for First Time
The Baltimore Presbytery convenes at First Presbyterian Church Lonaconing Md for the first time in the town. About 40 ministers are expected with Rev James E Moffatt Cumberland as moderator and Rev A Hi Barr delivering the opening sermon. The docket includes sessions Tuesday and Wednesday with talks on reviving unchurched souls and keeping members.
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Lonaconing
Presbytery of
Baltimore
First Presbyterian Church
H. L. Earnest
James E
Moffatt
Cumberland
A. Hi. Barr
Presbytery
Lemuel Reichard
Gustav A. Breigler
Democratic notification ceremony draws large Maryland gathering
Baltimore October 4 Democrats held a noon ceremony at the Hotel Rennert to notify nominees Harrington for governor Ritchie for attorney general and McMullen for comptroller. Gen Murray Vandiver was reelected state central committee chair. The event highlighted calls for economy and abolition of useless offices and featured broader national interest warnings about a Wilson stance. Allegany officials including McMullen ally Ditson Beall Carroll Bruce Stern Harrett Taylor attended.
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Baltimore
Rennert
John Hubner
Harrington
Ritchie
William J. Ogden
McMullen
Thomas W. Simmons
Dorchester County
State Central Committee
Murray Vandiver
Maryland
Wilson
Allegany County
Mr. McMullen
Thomas G. Ditson
Frank Bb. Beall
Cumberland
J. P. Carroll
Oliver H. Bruce
George Stern
John Arrett
Joseph B. Finan
John T. Taylor
French Advance Near Arras Continues in Artois
Paris reports the French press their advance north of Arras with no major success claimed in Champagne. German attacks there are repulsed while the French air fleet drops 40 bombs on Metz station. Weather in the last 36 hours hindered artillery but did not stop hand fighting in Artois.
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Paris
Arras
Champagne
Metz
Artois
President Wilson to Attend World Series Games
Washington October 4 President Wilson wired for two seats for the second game of the series at Philadelphia.
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Washington
Wilson
Philadelphia
Allied Aviators Bombard Zeebrugge Naval Base
Amsterdam reports six allied aviators bombarded the Zeebrugge German naval base on Sunday and one aircraft was shot down.
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Amsterdam
Zeebrugge
Potomac Valley Round Table Meets in Frostburg
The Potomac Valley Round Table, a Western Maryland and West Virginia teachers group, will hold its fall meeting at Frostburg Normal school on Friday and Saturday. Wright Denny of Charles Town will preside, with John E Edwards J C Saunders and S A Boer organizing an ambitious program. Prominent educators from other states will address the sessions.
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Potomac Valley Round Table Association
Maryland
West Virginia
Frostburg Normal School
Wright Denny
Charlestown
W. Va
John E. Edwards
J. C. Saunders
Keyser
S. A. Boer
Frostburg Normal
Candidacy Expense Files Show Local Primary Items
Expense accounts filed with the Clerk detail primaries for Republicans and Democrats. Items include Sheriff Peter C. Mc Farland 251.20 and others, Orphans Court P D Getzendanner 46.50, County Surveyor Henry W Schaidt 71, Register of Wills Hervey W Shuck 250, Road director John Farraday 60.50, House of Delegates Samuel Brown 44.60, State Central Committee payments, and agent fees for governor candidate William T Warburton. Democrats list State Central Committee sums as zero for James C Shriver and Thomas G Dillon.
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Peter C. McFarland
Robert M. Hutcheson
the Orphans Court
P. D. Getzendanner
William Close
John B. Rees
Henry W. Schaidt
Register of Wills
Hervey W. Shuck
Frank G. Luman
John Farraday
House of Delegates
Samuel Brown
State Central Committee
George E. Jordan
George W. Taylor
R. A. Williams
William A. Gunter
William T. Warburton
Last Chance to Register for November Election
Voters must register by Tuesday October 5 to vote in the November election or next summer's Presidential primaries. Registration on Tuesday runs 8 AM to 7 PM. October 12 is revision day only.
Lineman Killed Working on Telegraph Line in Altamont
C P Robey of Doe Gully West Virginia, 28, was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train while installing a telegraph line near Altamont Maryland Saturday evening. His leg was crushed and he died yesterday afternoon in Oakland hospital. His body will be returned to Doe Gully for burial preparations.
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Altamont
C. P. Robey
Doc Gully
W. Va
Oakland
Doe Gully
Wey
October Court Meets Grand Jury Foreman Harry Weber
The Circuit court convened for the October term with Chief Judge A Hunter Boyd and Associate Judge Robert R Henderson on the bench. Grand jury drawn with Harry E Weber foreman and a list of 20 members. petit jury likewise drawn. Henderson urged vigilance on corrupt practices act though no current cases. Afternoon session heard Weisengoff appeals affirmed. Litton vs Singer Sewing Machine case heard with Litton contesting payment terms and Singer claiming right to repossess the machine.
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A. Hunter Boyd
Robert R. Henderson
Harry E. Weber
Elijah Skidmore, Jr
John H. Dwyer
John McAlpin
Frank E. McCullough
Thomas P. Albright
John M. Rank
Charles H. Amick
John J. Winters
James L. Dean
Notley Barnard
James D. Williams
August H. Davis
George Lindner
John Mackey
James McKee
Claude A. Robertson
Daniel J. Bradley
Louis H. Ketter
Adam A. Camp
Sanford H. Buley
George Volkman
W. Boyd Smith
James Clark
Ambrose J. Mullin
Virgil T. Wolford
Guy C. Chadwick
Louis Stanton
James F. Donaldson
Charles C. Porter
Terrence J. Boyle
Henderson
Grand Jury
Boyd
Annapolis
Baltimore and Ohio
Court of Appeals
Circuit
Peter Weisengoff
O'Hanly
Westernport
Weisengoff
Fireat
Edward Litton
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Humbird
Singer Company
IlAtton Toe
Litton
Arch A. Young
Charles G. Watson
City Victors in Pest House Case and Civic Finances
City Attorney announces the Pest House decision in favor of Cumberland, extending countywide responsibility and limiting city costs. The council also reports health wins with eleven fewer typhoid cases, ongoing street and water work, and September finances including a $13 000 borrowing plan and several fund transfers.
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Ferdinand Williams
Robert R. Henderson
Thomas W. Koon
Cumberland
Koon
Williams
Max J. Colton
Health Department
Frostburg
Virginia Avenue
Com. Shhriver
Citizens National Bank
Beasley Mill Case
Three Die in Jitney Collision With Locomotive
A jitney carrying the driver and two passengers collided with No. 9 near Leslie Station Cecil county nine miles north of Baltimore at ten last night. The passengers died instantly and the driver Elmer E Gnuasaway of 2408 Orleans street died en route to Baltimore. Officials believe the impact occurred near the driving wheel and the wreckage lay by the track.
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Leslie Station
Cecil County
Baltimore
Elmer E. Gnuasaway
Orleans Street
Cotton rises on government crop report shortage
New York October 4 cotton advanced over a dollar a bale after the government crop report showed the smallest crop since 1909 and a large shortage. October cotton at noon rose 58 points amid record bull runs and sharp reactions, as war stocks climbed and speculators faced losses. Bethlehem Steel hit a new high of 390.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Untermyer Warns Against War Stock Speculation
Samuel Untermyer, noted money expert, warns against stock speculation in war issues. He says the risks are extreme and that quick profits from war bonds or issues are a dangerous pitfall in this historical period. The values are being exploited, he cautions.
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Untermyer
New York
Samuel Untermyer
Ie Pee
Two Thousand Men Strike at Schenectady GE Plant
About two thousand workers walked out at the General Electric plant in Schenectady today as part of an organized workforce action. Union leaders did not specify demands or duration.
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Schenecta
Schenectady
General Electric
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Warwood
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Lens
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de Witt M. Benham
David H. King
Presbyterian Church
Vineland
N. J
Midaland
Barton
King
Allegany
Potomac Valley Round Table
Eisenhauer
Pennsylvania Health Department
City Water Works Hie
Wilton
Central Company
Glison
Centre Street
Cumberland Electric Railway Co
Com
Evermo
Baltimore Street
Sands, Kline and Co
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