War Bulletins Spark Global Front Updates
Washington reports the U S will admit the right to search American merchant ships on the high seas during wartime with protests limited to ships taken into port. Paris notes Allied gains near Ypres and Arras with trench captures and advances south of Arras. Cape Town reports Botha forces repelling Boer rebels aided by Beyers. Amsterdam confirms German submarines moved to Zeebrugge for dispatch against Britain.
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Washington
United States
State Department
State Lansing
Treasury Department
Lansing
Great Britain
Paris
Ypres
Belgium
Arras
France
Aisne
Argonne
Nieuport
Dixmuder
Apremont
Cape Town
South Africa
Botha
Beyers
Union of South Africa
Germany
Union Defense Force
London
Amsterdam
Zeebrugge
Bruggen
Selgzian
Case on trial for serious charge involving a girl under 14
Alfred M. Case traveling salesman faces trial in Circuit Court on a charge involving a girl under 14. Demurrer to the second count sustained. testimony begins with Dr. Wigfield and a private session for the child. Jury recess until tomorrow morning.
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Alfred M
Selesman
David A. Robb
Arch A. Young
Sour
Paphne M. Wigfield
Wizfield
Wine Street
Robert R. Henderson
Taxicab Bandits Hold Up Messengers in Broad Daylight
In New York on October 29 four men robbed Stanley Soap Works payroll workers of 4000 dollars near Eleventh Avenue and 40th Street. Two held the victims at gunpoint while others seized the money and fled in a taxi, a bold midday heist amid a crowded street.
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New York
Stanley Soap Works
West 40Th Street
29Th Street
John R. Stantey
Eleventh Avenue
Villa's men arrested in U S for planned raid into Mexico
Four officers of General Villa’s army were arrested near Laredo Texas while allegedly organizing a filibustering expedition into Mexico. They face neutrality law violations as authorities seek additional suspects. They allegedly recruited over a thousand Mexicans to attack the Neuvo Laredo garrison held by Carranza troops.
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Larido
Tex
Mexico
Villa
Rio Grande
Neuvo Larido
Crranza
Dollar Sale Day Hinted In Ad
An advertisement hints at another Dollar Sale day from Mullen Bros with a note to watch tomorrow's paper for unusual Dollar Bar gains.
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M¢Mullen Bros
McMaullen Bros
Club Man Charged With Forgery In New York Case
Geo P Lowden of Hempstead New York a broker and Meadowbrooke Hunt Club member was held on 3500 bail after being charged with forgeries totaling 75000 to 80000 dollars. Complainant William H Erich says Lowden forged certificates for 10000 dollars worth of stock. Lowden waived examination.
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New York
Geo. P Lowden
Hempstead
N. Y
Meadowbrooke
William H. Erich
Erich and Co
Lowden
Society Girls Say Men Lack Nerve
Windsor women in Canada decorate every young man under 30 with a wire feather as a symbol of nerve deficiency. The men say they will not enlist without broader troop calls, while the women ostracize those who do not join. The issue pits timid suitors against looming war demands across the river.
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Detroit
Mich
Windsor
Canada
England
Equipment Sent to British Army for Front Line Use
New York today shipped two hundred armored automobile trucks on the Balgray for Liverpool. The voyage will also carry 1,000 hard rubber tires and 2,000 blue breeches and jackets for soldiers bound for the French and British armies.
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New York
Balgray
Fabre
Liverpool
Social Notes From Local Town Visit and Theatre Casting
Mrs Lamar Whittaker and daughter Marcilean of Baltimore visit Mrs Addie Pelton. George Wimmer Bernard and bride Miss Ethel Kendall Levy of Charleston W Va visit sister Mrs D A Fletcher and brother Joshua Bernard. Mrs Walter Wise at home 9 South Mechanic Street. Harry B Pelton arrives to play trap in Leader Theatre South Cumberland.
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Lamar Whittaker
Marcilean
Baltimore
Leader
South Cumberland
Infant Earl Murray Dies at One Year
Death reported for infant Earl Clarence Murray age one year ten months and thirty days son of Mr and Mrs Earl Murray of 127 Seymour Street. He passed away at 2 o'clock this morning.
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Earl Clarence Murray
Earl Murray
Seymour Street
Compromised Stolen Trousers Case In Police Court
Two foreigners accused Stanley Mekenger of stealing a pair of trousers in Paw Paw West Virginia. They met Mekenger in Cumberland wearing the pants, had him arrested, and the case was settled when Mekenger paid for wear and returned the trousers.
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Stanley Mekenger
Paw Paw
W. Va
Cumberland
Mekenger
Justice Heck
Mckenzer
Gifts Due Saturday for European Christmas Ship
Mrs Edward Harris Sr president of the Just Government League for Allegany County directs city Christmas ship drives. She has involved school children and expects many Cumberland gifts. Last day to send gifts to league headquarters is Saturday. The ship sails two weeks from next Tuesday with wagonloads of gifts arriving from this state.
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Edward Harris, Sr
Just Government League
Allegany County
Cumberland
Race War Fears Amid Negro Registration Conflict in Logan
Logan West Virginia October 29 riots and bloodshed feared before the election as efforts to bar negroes from registering provoke tension. A negro has been killed, and gunfire riddled a two story frame house where three occupants were wounded. A mandamus by Judge Wilkinson compelled county officials to register negro voters. A party of negroes met in Senator England's office as chloroform was placed under doors and windows.
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Logan
W. Va
Logan County
B. T. England
Wilkinson
Boy Takes 815000 From Ship in Naples
New York dispatch reports the Carpathia leaving Naples bound for New York when a boy was seen carrying a dinner pail from the ship. Dock officials stopped him and found 15000 inside. The ship was alerted and a search found a rifled package with the funds. Naples police arrested the boy and will hand the money to the company agents.
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New York
Carpathia
Naples
Jerusalem Facing Starvation Says American Vice Consul
New York on Oct 29 American vice consul Samuel Edelman arriving from Jerusalem warned that about 100000 residents face starvation. He noted two thirds are Jewish and the war has cut off income from tourism and charity, leaving subsistence precarious.
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New York
Jerusalem
Samuel Edelman
Ancona
Edelman
Kaiser’s Cousin Sieghart von Schonaich Carolath Captured
Paris dispatch reports Prince Sieghart von Schonaich Carolath cousin of the Kaiser and lieutenant of the Prussian Guards captured in the North and held as a prisoner at Limoges.
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Paris
Sieghart von Schonaich-Carolath
Limoges
Greeks in Albania May Involve Italy
Paris observers call Greece occupying southern Albania a move of major moment that may trigger Italy to seize a portion of Albania.
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Albania
Italy
Paris
Greece
German cruiser Emden sinks Russian and French ships
Toklo Oct 29 reports the German cruiser Emden torpedoed and sank the Russian cruiser Jemthug and a French torpedo destroyer at Penang harbor off the Malay Peninsula. The Emden used a Japanese flag to disguise identity. Jemthug’s crew numbered 834. over 200 from both ships were killed or drowned.
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EMDEN
Toklo
Emden Haw
Jemtchug
Penang
Georgetown
Penag
Malay Peninsula
Jemthhug
New York Town Visited by Big Fire of Incendiary Origin
North Tonawanda New York Oct 20 A major blaze in the business district likely incendiary caused about one million dollars in damage. The fire began at Brady Bros lumber yard and another fire broke out at Adamite Abrasive Co several blocks away. Niagara Falls sent help. A man named Ralph Abbott was badly burned and may die. Workman William Math is missing and feared dead. Firemen were overwhelmed by smoke as fires rekindled after midday.
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North Tonawanda
N. Y
Brady Bros
Adamite Abrasive Co
Niagara Falls
Erie
Ralph Abbott
William Math
President Wilson weighs drastic action on Colorado strike
Attorney General Gregory met with President Wilson at the White House to discuss the Colorado mining dispute and the possible closure of mines pending strike settlement. Officials offered no formal confirmation of drastic measures being considered.
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Colorado
Washington
Wilson
Gregory
White House
Edison Works Wire Operator Creates Boyhood Revisit
Thomas A. Edison, visiting his boyhood area, again tried telegraphy on a Port Huron trip with Henry Ford arranging transport. In Mt. Clemens he sent a message to his New Jersey children while Ford supplied gear for a news butcher stop. Edison sold fruit and candies to friends, raising up to 50 cents a package as proceeds went into a porter’s hat.
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Detroit
Thomas A. Edison
Port Huron
Edison
Henry Ford
Mt. Clemens
New Jersey
Mr. Edison
Ford
Titanic Widow Eloise Hughes Smith Remarries in New York
Mrs Eloise Hughes Smith daughter of Representative James A Hughes of West Virginia and Robert Daniel a Philadelphia stock broker were married August 18 in New York. Smith widow of Lucien Smith met Daniel in a lifeboat after the Titanic disaster and their courtship spanned Huntington West Virginia New York and Philadelphia before the Church of the Transfiguration ceremony.
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Philadelphia
Eloise Hughes Smith
James A. Hughes
West Virginia
Robert Daniel
New York
Smith
Democratic meeting address in Ridgeley West Virginia
Assistant Secretary of Labor delivered the principal address at a Ridgeley rally in West Virginia last night. Sheriff Nethkin of Mineral County spoke and presided, with about fifty attendees present.
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Post
Ridgeley
W. Va
Sheriff Nethkin
Mineral County
Cruiser Ordered to Honolulu From San Francisco
Rear Admiral Pond was informed that the cruiser Cleveland has been ordered to Honolulu to augment the Navy there as a neutral port. A report of a German fleet rendezvous south of Hawaii and coal shipments from the Orient to German merchantmen prompted the move to maintain strict neutrality.
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San Francisco
Pond
Cleveland
Honolulu
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Land Transfers Across Green Ridge and Cumberland
Property records show Benjamin R. Bradley and wife selling to James E. Williams and wife in Grahamtown for a nominal sum. Continental Trust Company transfers to Lissa M. Logan a parcel in Green Ridge for ten dollars. Executor Charles R. Morris transfers to G Clinton Uhl a Mt. Savage parcel for eleven hundred dollars. Robert R. Henderson and others sell to William L. Daw a Helen Street Cumberland lot for three hundred dollars. John M. Montgomery and wife sell to Lida H. Bushfield a Green Ridge parcel for one dollar. Lida H. Bushfield transfers to Charles B. Schildecker a Green Ridge parcel for one dollar. The Dingle Company transfers parcels in The Dingle to Henry Shriver for three thousand dollars. Thomas Bush sells to George Stevenson a Lonaconing area parcel for one hundred dollars.
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Benjamin R. Bradley
James E. Williams
Grahamtown
Continental Trust Company
Lissa M. Logan
Green Ridge
Charles R. Morris
G. Clinton Uhl
Mt. Savage
Robert R. Henderson
William L. Daw
Helen Street
Cumberland
John M. Montgomery
Lida H. Bushfield
Charles B. Schildecker
The
Dingle Company
Henry Shriver
Marital Names From Northern States Listed
The notice lists couples from Maryland Pennsylvania and Indiana in a marriage or civil notice. William Henry Robertson and Edith May Myers of Moscow Mills Maryland. Ralph Boyd Long and Josie May Rankin of Worthington Pennsylvania. William Franklin Johnson of Cumberland and Esther Lillian Zimmer man of Riddlesburg Pennsylvania. William Henry Hardman and Bessie Moyers of Cumberland. John Edgar Stotts of Indianapolis Indiana and Emma Margaret Bissett of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
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William Henry Robertson
Edith May Myers
Moscow Mills
Ralph Boyd Long
Josie May Rankin
Worthington
William Franklin Johnson
Cumberland
Esther Lillian Zimmerman
Riddlesburg
William Henry Hardman
Bessie Moyers
John Edgar Stotts
Indianapolis
Ind
Emma Margaret Bissett
Pittsburgh
Brown resigns as head of Mexican Railways
New York reports E. N. Brown longtime president and director of the National Railways of Mexico has resigned. Word reached the city that Louis Cabrera was elected to the board and later made president in Mexico City. Brown had offered retirement amid the overthrow of the Madero regime.
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New York
E. N. Brown
National Railways of Mexico
Brown
Louis Cabrera
Mexico City
Road
Madero Reogime
Prince of Wales Not Sponsor For Basy Charity
Washington date line The British embassy rejected reports that the Prince of Wales agreed to be an honorary sponsor for a New York charity benefit for bereaved families and wounded soldiers in England.
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Prince OF Wales
BASY
Washington
New York
England
Winter Merchandise Show by the Illa Worth
Dozens of winter items and dollar deals headline a sale on Saturday at The McMullen Bros. store. Ad pages promise bargains and ads to draw shoppers with eye catching merch and sales incentives.
Quarterly conference at Centre Street M E Church tonight
The Centre Street M E Church holds a quarterly conference at 8 o clock this evening in the Sunday School rooms. Rev Dr George C Bacon district superintendent will preside.
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Centre Street
M. E
George C. Bacon
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Westernport
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CLUB
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Kaiser
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Mrs. Smith
Miller’s
Mechanic Street
Arlington Hotel
W. A. Liller
Keyser
Cumberland Hydraulic, Cement and Manufacturing Company
Michael Gianitti
Main Street
Progress
Saltan
Parta
Satay Organ
National Stan Ice Cream Co
N. St
Miller's
North Mechanic Atr
Whiting & Eppler
National Bank
Redu Price
Second Street
Maryland Theatre
Lavalier
Baltimore Street
Railroad
Mexican Railways
Illa Worth
Dozey
Winter ” Merch Dollar Saburday
Waron's Papey
McMullen Bros
Tumor
Humbird
Rex Beach
R. Shafer
Parcel Post
Raneshane
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Third St. N. W
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Fiely
Howard Street
Cumberland, Maryland
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