Allied Forces Press Advance From Ypres To Sea
Paris dispatch reports fighting along a broad battle line from Ypres in Belgium to the sea as Allied troops press forward. In Poland and Galicia Russian forces claim heavy German losses and progress against Przemysl with thousands of prisoners taken, while a Rome dispatch notes Prince William of Wied joining the German army.
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Paris
Ypres
Belgium
Russia
Vistula
Warsaw
Ivangorod
Przemysl
Rome
Prince William
Wied
Albania
France
Hawke Sunk In North Sea By German Submarine
London reports the British cruiser Hawke, a 7850 ton warship with 544 crew, sunk by a German submarine in the Northern North Sea. Theseus escaped damage. 50 Hawke crewmen landed at Aberdeen. Mystery German mining craft captured near Goodwin Sands.
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London
Hawke
North Sea
Admiralty
Shields
Tondon
Theseus
Thesues
Aberdeen
Scotland
Williams
Cunard
English Channel
Edwards
W. Edwards
M. P. Williams
Sidney Austin
James Dennis
Harry Evitt
Thames
Goodwin Sands
Romantic elopement of judge's daughter shocks Newark
Newark headlines told of Olga Kerr 19 daughter of Judge Carl F. Kerr and Dr. John J. Mohr 27 wedded in New York after an elopement plan. Sleuths chased the couple in an auto, two others aided by impersonating them, and a note read Gone to Bermuda. A rope ladder hung from a window as the ruse unfolded.
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Newark
Olga Kerr
Carl F. Kerr
John J. Mohrbacker
Olga
Elopers
New York
Bermuda
Four Parties Excluded From Ballot in Preston County
Preston County ballot commissioners at Kingwood on Tuesday refused to place Democratic Socialist Prohibition and Progressive nominations on the November ballot. Republicans will be the only county ticket unless actions restore the four parties. Officials say the tickets were not properly certified. Prominent figures condemn the move as political despotism likely to hurt the governing party most.
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Preston County
W. Va
Kingwood
Preston
Two Universities Get Big Bequests
Public institutions including Harvard University Johns Hopkins University and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts are named conditional residuary legatees in the will of Cardiner M Lane of Boston and Brooklyn filed for probate in Salem Massachusetts. Harvard receives 250000 for the George Martin Lane fund Johns Hopkins 100000 for a Basil Gildersleeve fund.
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Salem
Mass
Harvard
John Hopkins
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Cardiner
M. Lane
Boston
Brooklyn
Harvard University
George Martin Lane
Johns Hopkins University
Basil Gildersleeve
Dollar Sale Ad for De Mullen Bros. Saturday Only
Read their ad for bargains and unusual values. Saturday only sale offers a doll row and other merchandise at striking prices.
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de Mullen Bros
Medicine tax struck out of war bill by committee
Washington October 16. Senate progress on the war revenue bill continued with the medicine tax removed after debate. Amendments reshaped tobacco and wine taxes and newspaper stamp provisions while cotton, copper, and cereal farm measures sought action. House timing and possible conference actions were discussed as adjournment loomed.
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Waashington
Senate
Champaign
Patton
Smith
Georgia
Sheppard
Texas
Smoot
McCumber
Ohio House Speaker Samuel Vining Dies in Calvia
Columbus Ohio Oct 16 Samuel J Vining former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives and longtime Democratic leader died yesterday in a hospital at his hometown Calvia following surgery for appendicitis He had been in poor health for some time.
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Columbus
Samuel J. Vining
Ohio House of Representatives
Calvia
Cumberland Delegation Shines at Hagerstown Fair Visit
The Cumberland Chamber of Commerce led a sizable, festive party to the Hagerstown Fair attracting about 600 attendees from Cumberland and Alleghany County. They were welcomed by Mayor Scott and officials, met Congressman David J. Lewis and Senator Frederick N. Zihlman, and enjoyed a luncheon, band concert, vaudeville stunts, and PA railroad hospitality. The Western Maryland Railway sponsored excursions, with 226 tickets sold and favorable impressions of the Cumberland visit.
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Hagerstown
Cumberland Pilgrims
Span
Board of Trade
Hotel Iamilton
Hotel Hamilton
Cumberland Concert
L. D. McCauley
Hancock
Cumberlanders
Cumberland
David J. Lewis
Frederick N. Zihlman
Hamilton
Washington County
Zihlman
Congressman Lewis
Boorsboro
Philip W. Blake
Frank St. Darby
Pittsburgh
James D. Mathews
Andrew J. Fesenmeier
J. J. Maguire
George H. Stark
George W. Hast
George Touts Eppler
Louis Wender
John R Littlefield
Edward Harris
Thomas Footer
Chamber of Commerce
Harrisonburg
Thomas F. Smouse
William Cavanaugh
James A. Roden
George A. Mays
Peter Gibson Cowden
Warren Mellinger
Mellinger Bros
Maryland Theatre
Maryland
Allegany County
Steamer Metapan Sinks After Collision in New York Bay
The United Fruit Company steamer Metapan sank in lower New York harbor after a collision with the steamer Lowan amid dense fog. All 77 aboard were saved as rescuers from eight to ten nearby vessels, including the US dredge Atlantic and the British cruiser Lancaster, aided the evacuation. The Lowan, less damaged, stood by and her boats recovered two Metapan passengers.
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New York
Colon
San Francisco
United Fruit Company
United States
Atlantic
Lancaster
Russians Report Big Battle in Poland Yields Prisoners
London reports claim the Russian official tally of the Polish battle shows no overall change in the front. Moscow and Berlin accounts clash over victories near War saw Przemysl and Galicia while the Austrians attack and Russians say they captured officers, men, and machine guns.
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Vienna
Przemysl
London
Poland
Rome
Warsaw
Galicia
Stry. Sambor-Medyka
Lemberg
Congress Grants Brief Leave for Campaign Travel
Washington October 16 Members of the House chafing to campaign in home districts were given temporary leave as Majority Leader Underwood announced that lawmakers who can return next week to vote on the war revenue bill should leave now. The House repealed a ruling docking salaries for absent members. Underwood said Congress would likely adjourn near week’s end.
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House
Underwood
Senate
Washington
Houses
Congress
Union Printers Promote The Cumberland Press
An advertisement urges readers to choose Union Printers The Cumberland Press for job printing with right prices and guaranteed workmanship.
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Cumberlain Press
Car Flips Over Embankment Injuring Passengers
Mrs. William Ruhl of North Centre Street is carried fifty feet down an embankment along the National Pike near Hagerstown Fair night but emerges unharmed. Driver Harry Himmier and others fled after the brake released. Mrs. Shober injured, Mrs. Ruhl unhurt. Taxi contact offered.
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William Ruhl
North Centre Street
Polish Mountain
Ruhl
Chris Shober
Hagerstown Fair
Harry Himmier
Mrs. Shober
Mrs. Ruhl
Warlike Mexican Force Besieges American Outposts at Vera Cruz
At Vera Cruz on October 16 a Mexican detachment led by General Aguilar prepared to attack American lines. About 200 Mexicans with two mounted guns are positioned a half mile from the outposts. Liquor-fueled boasts of driving Americans from the area are reported amid continued rumors Aguilar’s hold may falter.
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Vera Cruz
Aguilar
Agiular
Mother in West Virginia Tried to Burn Infant
Point Pleasant, W Va October 16 A mother Mary Lanier of Apple Grove near here is jailed on charges of setting fire to her home to burn her ten day old baby The act followed quarrels with her husband and she is in the county jail awaiting further action
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Mary Lanier
Apple Grove
Metapan on the brink after collision with Iowan
New York Oct 16 The United Fruit steamer Metapan remains afloat but in danger of breaking up after a collision with the liner Iowan. Some crew and wireless men stay aboard as salvage work begins on Metapan and a ten degree list persists with a gaping bow hole below the water line.
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New York
United Fruit
Peace in Mexico Seems Assured After Aguas Calientes
Washington dispatch reports the Aguas Calientes conference as declaring its supremacy and agreeing to abide by the decision, leading administration officials and diplomats to view further civil strife in Mexico as unlikely. A separate notice announces a bread and pastry exchange hosted by the Missionary Society of St. Luke's Lutheran Church at Lear's Centre Thowery Store, Neosth Centre Street tomorrow afternoon.
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Washington
Mexico
Aguas Calientes
Republic
The
Missionary Society of St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Bedford Street
Lear's Centre
Neosth
Centre Street
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