President Wilson Engaged to Mrs Norman Galt in Formal Announcement
Washington reports the engagement of President Woodrow Wilson to Mrs Norman Galt announced officially. The couple plans a private December wedding at the bride’s home with close family and friends, avoiding White House ceremony. The news follows Wilson’s recent social functions and a dayslong press briefing aimed at timing the disclosure for morning papers.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Norman Galt
White House
Pocahontas
John Smith
Wilson
United States
John Tyler
Tyler
Julia Gardiner
New York
Church of the Ascension
Gardiner
Knickerbocker
Princeton
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Cleveland
Galt
Mr. Wilson
Cornish
N. H
Miss Wilson
Germany
Austro Germans Occupy Serbian Territory in Sudden Move
London reports German troops invaded Serbia crossing the Prina, Sabe and Danube. The German war office confirms invasion and footholds on eastern Brina and southern Danube banks. Allied moves and Bulgarian diplomacy dominate a tense front amid rising war activity.
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London
Serbia
Prina
Sabe
Danube
Berlin
Brina
Road Directors Shut Down Over Exhausted Fund
At a county meeting the road directors ordered no further road work except existing projects due to lack of funds. The Simons damage claim on Bedford road was settled. WV and MD Gas Co. gains rights to lay pipes along Parkersburg road Eckhart with restrictions. A committee discussed a Luke Bloomington road. The Macadam road from Phoenix to Barton will be oiled, completing the Luke to Barton link.
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Simons
Bedford Road
West Virginia and Maryland Gas Company
Parkersburg
Eckhart
Luke
Bloomington
Mr. Pattison
A. Spates Brady
Piedmont
Phoenix
Barton
Hammersmith Sues B and O for 20000 Damages
Albert C. Hammersmith sues the Baltimore and Ohio Railway for 20000 in damages claiming a July 1912 hire as a laborer led to injury from a falling steel car floor sheet. He alleges unsafe stacking caused internal injuries and lifelong disability requiring hospital care and ongoing treatment. Attorneys Roman Capper for Hammersmith and Pearce Smith for the railroad present.
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Albert C. Hammersmith
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Hammersmith
Janu
Relief Department
J. Philip Roman
Walter C. Capper
George A. Pearce
A. Taylor Smith
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company
Chamber to host talk on constitutional amendments
The Cumberland Chamber of Commerce will bring State Senator William J. Ogden of Baltimore to City Hall auditorium Thursday evening October 14 to discuss proposed amendments on November 2. The event aims to inform citizens about home rule for counties the referendum tax property classification and suspension of sentence in a nonpartisan educational meeting open for debate.
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Tical Way
William J. Ogden
Baltimore
City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Cumberland
Philip W. Blake
Puvifé
Allegany County Registration Surges in Two-Day Totals
Registration in Allegany County reaches 1330 names after two days with 639 on day one and 691 on day two. Cumberland records total 587 with a breakdown across districts. precinct eight reports the longest list. 108 names were dropped while 156 were added, signaling strong voter interest ahead of revision day.
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Allegany
Cumberland
Sth
First Snow Fell Today
The first snow of the season fell between one and two o'clock this afternoon. Small flakes occurred for several minutes as the temperature dropped seven degrees from noon to 1:30. Overcast skies and cool weather followed after a warm morning.
Injured Workmen Claims Paid by West Virginia Commission
In September the Workmen's Compensation commission received many applications. Total accidents reached 1,780 with 36 deaths. Full payment was made on 1,168 claims and part payments on 237 and 328 claims involved no compensation. There were 32 cancellations and 27 employer fund elections. As of September 30, 2,044 subscribers covered 158,512 employees.
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Charleston
W. Va
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Dutch Steamer Texelstrom Sunk by German Submarine
London reports the sixteenth hundred ton steamer Texelstrom was sunk by a German submarine off an unnamed area. Only twenty crewmen survived while the rest are presumed lost.
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London
Texelstrom
Robison to Head Republican Publicity Bureau
J. J. Robinson newspaperman this city formerly of Lonaconing left today for Baltimore to take charge of publicity for the Republican State Central Committee during the current campaign. He has served in a similar role in past campaigns.
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J. J. Robinson
Lonaconing
Baltimore
Republican State Central Committee
Mr. Robinson
Mrs Widener to marry Dr Rice in Boston marriage
Dr Alexander Hamilton Rice of Boston obtained a license to wed Mrs Eleanor Elkins Widener of Philadelphia. Widener, survivor of the Lusitania, is 47 and very wealthy. Rice is 40.
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Boston
Alexander Hamilton Rice
Eleanor Elkins Widener
Philadelphia
Widener
Rice
Campaign expense filings shown by Frederick County clerk
Primary election expense accounts filed today with Clerk C. Edgar Keller Republican Register of Wills listed $106.60. Frederick Perry Republican County Treasurer $142.90. J. W. S. Cochrane Democrat House of Delegates $44.50. William E. McHugh Democrat State's Attorney $105.65.
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Circuit Court
C. Edgar Keller
Register of Wills
Frederick Perry
J. W. S. Cochrane
House of Delegates
William E. McHugh
Knights of Pythias plan regional union meetings
Get-Together committee of the Knights of Pythias of Allegany County Maryland and Mineral County West Virginia met in Frostburg to organize a fall and winter campaign with union meetings across counties. Officers elected include Peter E. Mc Farland president and Enoch Thrasher treasurer. A first big gathering is set for Piedmont on November 4 with a special train from Cumberland.
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Knights of Pythias of Allegany Co
MD., and Mineral Co
W. Va
Frostburg City Lodge
Peter E. McFarland
Rising Sun Lodge
Nicholson Eilbeck
Monterey Lodge
Enoch Thrasher
Anchor Lodge
A. A. Ridgeway
Cumberland Lodge
Lafayette
Piedmont
E. J. Cheshire
C. F. Huth
Olive Branch
Keyser
Rex. J. Offutt
E. M. Stallings
B. P
Robert Harvey
Anchor
Midland
Henry Eisentrout
John Bond
Queen City
Nelson W. Russler
J. W. Lucas
F. R. McFarland
Allegany
Cumberland
Wm. A. Huster
Charles Rosenberg
French Hutson
K. F. W. Stuiber
Peter C. McFarland
Edward
Goethals Stays On as Panama Canal Governor
Major General George W. Goethals withdraws his resignation as governor of the Panama canal zone. He announced on arriving from New York after a U S vacation that he will remain in Panama indefinitely while Gaillard cut slides halt canal traffic. He cabled Secretary of War Garrison cancelling the resignation set for November 1.
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Panama
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
General Goethals
Cristobal
New York
United States
Gaillard Cut
Goethals
Garrison
Negro physician held in murder case at Wheeling
The body of Susie Bozusky twenty of Bellevue was found in an alley this morning the victim of an illegal operation Felix Newman a negro physician was arrested Thomas Miller a negro confessed he was an accomplice and moved the body from the doctor's office to the alley
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Wheeling
Suzie Bozusky
Bellaire
Felix Newman
Thomas Miller
French Artillery Threatens German Line in Champagne
Paris reports heavy French artillery wears down German resistance in the Champagne region. Second line trenches crumble as the front seems ready to give way on a wide front.
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Paris
Champagne
Bethlehem Steel Hits New High Amid Wild Exchange Trade
New York markets reported Bethlehem common rising to 429 as wild trading dominated the exchange.
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New York
Bethlehem Common
McMullen and Doub Speak At Meetings In Baltimore
In Baltimore on October 7 the Democratic campaign opened with a large meeting at the Eleventh Card Democratic Club. Speakers included Emerson C. Harrington, Albert C. Ritchie, Hugh A. McMullen, Daniel J. Loden, George Arnold Frick, William Curran, and Eugene H. Beer. The crowd filled the hall and spilled into adjoining rooms as turnout showed unity to back the ticket. The speech focused on party platform pledges, state economy, and audit authority. Republicans at Union League also held a strong meeting with Albert A. Doub and C. E. Welle among others urging mobilization for the November election.
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Baltimore
Eleventh Card
Democratic Club
Hamilton Terrace
Emerson C. Harrington
Albert C. Ritchie
Hugh A. McMullen
Daniel J. Loden
George Arnold Frick
State Senate
William Curran
House of Delegates
Eugene H. Beer
Eleventh Ward
Third District
Harrington
Goldsborough
McMullen
Spee
Goldsborogh
Ritchis
Primarie
Loden
Harringto
Lew
Union League
U E
Meade Republican Party
Albert A. Doub
C. E. Welle
Galen L. Tait
Republican State Central Committee
George W. Padgett
Republican City Committee
William M
Maryland
Mr. Doub
Charles J. Bonaparte
Weller
Ritchie
Ae Ritchie
Five Bodies Recovered In Ruined Aetna Plant
Five bodies were recovered from the collapsed Aetna Explosive plant in Emporium Pennsylvania after a blast that injured more than a dozen workers. The drying department building was destroyed while the rest of the plant suffered only from debris. Guards patrolled the site as investigators seek the cause of the explosion with no ruling yet.
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Aetna
Cratic
P Oa
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Ricky
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Turkey
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