Cardinal Delivers Vatican Peace Message to Wilson
Cardinal Gibbons conveyed a Vatican peace message from Pope Benedict to President Wilson at the White House on September 3. The message indicated Austria Hungary's willingness to discuss peace terms and Germany's potential openness through neutral mediation, with no immediate word from the Allied powers. Gibbons then met Secretary Lansing at the State Department and discussed Mexico in general while emphasizing the peace motive.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Europe
Pope Benedict
Cardinal Gibbons
White House
State Department
Robert Lansing
Austria-Hungary
Germany
United States
Austria
Turkey
Cazar
Dardanelles
Rome
Mgr
Russell
Executive Avenue
Lansing
Mexico
Mer. Russell
John Bonzano
St. Patrick's
Baltimore
Russian vodka prohibition not stamping out drink evil
Berlin reports the decree banning vodka has not curbed consumption. The Novoe Vremya notes cities on the Volga still drink heavily amid underground production. Samara shows twenty daily denatured alcohol cases and widespread chemical labs making spirits.
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Berlin
Novoe Vremya
Berliner Tageblatt
Volga
Samara
Death threat note implicates Mrs Mohr in Newport case
Providence Sept 3 Mrs Elizabeth Mohr is accused of inciting three colored men to murder her husband Dr C Franklin Mohr after a secretary Miss Emily G Burger was wounded in an attack. Bail set at 10000 as Mohr denies the charges and maintains her innocence.
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Providence
R. I
Elizabeth Mohr
C. Franklin Mohr
George Rooke
Emily G. Burger
Newport
Hnen
Gladding’s
Dr. Mohr
Claude Beach
George F. Brown
Superior Court
James M. Finan
Robert Jones
Eugene F. Gifford
Mrs Moher Gives Ball
Providence Sept 3 Mrs Elizabeth Tiffany Blair Mohr was arrested as a re followed by a lengthy interrogation and event details remain unclear as police pursue further information about the case.
Phillies Manager Pat Moran Dismisses Pennant Talk
Pat Moran, manager of the Phillies, dismisses any talk of copping pennants amid a tight race in the National League. He cautions against overconfidence as the season progresses.
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Pat Moran
Phillies
National League Ia
Warburton campaigns in city amid travel mishap
Republican governor hopeful William T. Warburton arrived at the Queen City Hotel after a late arrival caused by an auto accident involving Gen. Charles F. Macklin. He met with prominent Republicans, planned organization, and reported strong support in Washington county Clearspring Hancock and Frostburg stops before returning to Baltimore.
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William T. Warburton
Queen City
Charles F. Macklin
Town Hill Mountain
W. Wallace McKaig
Col
George A. Pearce
McKaig
Warburton
Allies surround Turks as Gallipoli fighting continues
An Athens dispatch reports a large Turkish force surrounded by Allied forces in the Dardanelles. A London bulletin from General Ian Hamilton notes heavy hand to hand combat on Sept 27 and 28 with capture of Turkish machine guns trench mortars rifles bombs and ammunition.
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Paris
Athens
Dardanelles
London
Gallipoli
Ian Hamilton
Buruk-Anafarta
Heavy Austrian Gun Fires 1200 Shots Notable Milestone
Berlin reports Prof. Otto Rausenberger of Karlsruhe earned an honorary doctor of engineering for designing the 42 centimeter Krupp gun. An Austrian mortar on the Isonzo line fired its 1200th shot, a feat highlighted as proof of the weapon's durability after aiding Namur and Antwerp in prior actions.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Technical Academy
Karlsruhe
Otto Rausenberger
Isonzo
Namur
Antwerp
Belgium
Adamantine Clay Plant in North Mountain Burns
Sparks from a locomotive caused a massive fire at the Adamantine Clay Product Company plant in North Mountain West Virginia. Loss ranged near $100,000 with $57,000 insured. Most machinery and office records were destroyed. The plant had just closed a six month government contract and will be rebuilt immediately.
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Adamantine Clay
North Mountain
W. Va
Washington
Family Walks 200 Miles to Find Father
Morgantown West Virginia September 3 Four Mrs Minnie Murphy and her five children the oldest 18 years old none of whom had ever seen the inside of a school arrived here seeking their husband and father who strayed from home walking the entire 200 miles from the mountain wilds ninety miles south of Sutton The children had never seen a railroad before the father left home suddenly and the family set out on foot to find him.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Minnie Murphy
Mountain Wilds
Sutton
Dry Parade and Revival Address in Hancock
A temperance demonstration drew several hundred in Hancock last night with a dry parade through town. A meeting in the Tabernacle followed, featuring Rev. Charles Beard of Martinsburg and Rev. Dr. T. M. Ware chief organizer of Maryland Anti-Galcon League delivering an address.
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Hancock
Tabernacle
Charles Beard
Martinsburg
T. M.ware
Maryland Anti-Galcon League
Henry W Shuck Jr Succeeds Father as Register of Wills
At the Orphans Court meeting the judges appointed Hervey W Shuck Jr to fill the vacancy left by his father He rvey W Shuck Sr as Register of Wills for Allegany County Maryland The appointment will hold until the general election of 1917 Bond of 7000 dollars was filed and approved Resolutions of respect were adopted for the late Mr Shuck and entered in court records The court adjourned to meet again September 7 at 9 am
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Orphans’ Court
Hervey W. Shuck, Jr
Register of Wills
Allegany County
Hervey W. Shuck
George L. Wellington
James A. McHenry
Richard S. Bellas
Maryland
Cumberland
Alegany County
Peace in the Air at Washington and a possible peace move
Washington sees a hopeful mood as experts note sanity returning to European capitals. Britain signals possible changes to order in council while Grey discusses freedom of the seas. The Pope and Rome hint at mediation and Austria may seek peace parleys, with President Wilson awaiting allied and German readiness.
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Washington, D. C
Edward Grey
Washington
Rome
Austria
America
Wilson
Germany
Hamill Succeeds Baldwin as Mountain Lake Park President
At a Wednesday meeting of Mountain Lake Park Association directors Gilmor S. Hamill of Oakland was elected president to replace Rev. Dr. Charles W. Baldwin of Baltimore. L. A. Rudisill of Oakland became secretary, filling the vacancy left by Rev. Dr. W. D. Reed. Dr. John F. Goucher resigned as director. Reed offered his resignation as secretary and Rudisill, a former secretary, returns to the post. John W. Young of this city serves as a director.
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Mountain Lake Park Association
Gilmor S. Hamill
Oakland
Association
Charles W. Baldwin
Baltimore
L. A. Rudisill
W. D. Reed
John F. Goucher
Dr. Reed
Rudisill
T. DeWitt Talmage
William Jennings
Bryan
Sam Jones
Dr. Baldwin
John W. Young
Two Men Die In Banjo Ownership Dispute In Virginia
In Freeling Virginia on September 3, William Akers and Thomas Yeats from nearby Etty Kentucky died after a dispute over a banjo escalated to gunfire. Both men were found dead after pistols were drawn and the firing stopped.
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Freeling
William Akers
Thomas Yeats
Etty
Kentucky
Frostburg Teachers Injured In Auto Accident Today
Eleven Frostburg school teachers riding to a Frostburg teacher’s institute were injured when a Ford driven by C W Hayes collided with their bus near the National Pike. Miss Grace Dando suffered the worst injuries, with others treated for cuts and bruises. Both drivers escaped harm though their vehicles were badly damaged.
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Frostburg
George Jeffries
National Pike
C. W. Hayes
Grace H. Dando
Ruth O'Rourke
Mary J. Rank
Anna McLane
Nan Jeffries
Alphea Garrett
Edith Girby
Angela Mrady
Miss Dando
Hank
Miss O'Rourke
Hayes
Harrington Fires Diatribe At Blair Lee In Maryland Campaign
Centreville Maryland Sept 3 Comp troller Emerson Harrington Democratic gubernatorial hopeful and Attorney General candidate Albert C Iuitehie assailed rival Senator Blair Lee during speeches at Sadlersville Ford's Shore and Stevensville. Harrington accused Lee of inconsistent statements on the Eastern and Western Shores and criticized Lee's reported positions on finance and corruption while defending his own record and the Legislature's 1914 fiscal actions.
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Centreville
Emerson, Harrington
Albert C. Iuitehie
Teaher
Sadlersville
Ford's Shore
Stevensville
Blair Lee
Lee
Harrington
Treasury
Senate
House of Delegates
South Africans Oppose Sending Troops to Europe
Ons Land, a South African paper, objects to dispatching troops to Europe. It notes wartime costs in German South West Africa and a rising national debt. The publication argues the 1,250,000 population cannot bear further expeditionary costs and warns of a proportional burden if white population were larger.
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Frankfort
Ons Land
South Africa
Europe
Frankfort Gazette
South West Africa
South African Union
British Isles
England
Brother offers blood to save railway worker
To save the life of Harry Mongan, a Western Maryland Railway brakeman, run over by a freight at Doe Gulley Tune, his brother Charles R. Mongan of Martinsburg donated blood. A successful transfusion was performed at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown.
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Harry Mongan
Western Maryland Railway
Doe Gulley Tune
Charles R. Mongan
Martinsburg
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
B and O Files Brief On Free-Storage Time Reduction
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad filed a brief with the Interstate Commerce Commission defending its action in shortening the free-storage period.
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The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Russians Still Hold Grodno After Surrender
Petrograd reports Grodno fortress fell to Germany yet city remains under Russian control. Guns moved to river bank fire on Germans as Russians consider evacuation of Galicia to new positions. Germany pays 240000 pesetas indemnity for deaths of seven Spaniards in 1914 incident.
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Petrograd
Grodno
Galicia
Germany
Madrid
Ambiai
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