Crown Prince's Army Defeated on Meuse Front
Paris reports that the center of the Crown Prince's German army failed to break French lines between Verdun and Toul and was repulsed. Berlin and London dispatches note retreat possibilities toward Luxembourg and shifting allied counteractions along the Meuse and Aisne. Russians claim victories in East Prussia as other fronts see movement.
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Paris
Meuse
Verdun
Toul
Tyron
Grand Duchy of
Luxemberg
Belgium
von Kluk
Aisne
Rheims
Argonne
War Office
Maubeuge
Berlin
Forest of
Petrograd
Rennenkaupf
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Goldapp
London
Government
Sir John French
France
Vance
Mons
Expeditious Parcel Post Thanks Lewis
Mrs. William C. Thompson of North Center street mailed three dozen large tomatoes to Mrs. Albert A. Marshall in Baltimore by parcel post paying 21 cents. Mrs. Marshall thanked her by letter the next day and Mr. Thompson wrote Congressman David J. Lewis praising the parcel post service.
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William C. Thompson
North Center Street
Albert A. Marshall
East Lafayette Avenue
Baltimore
Thompson
Marshall
David J. Lewis
Parcel Post
Freight collision injures crew near Chewsville Station
An eastbound freight train led by Conductor G T Lynch and Engine man W Spigler collided head on with westbound freight 301 near Chewsville Station on the Western Maryland Railway. The crews escaped by jumping and sustained severe bruising. a box car was pushed onto the line and both locomotives were badly damaged.
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G. T. Lynch
W. Spigler
J. W. Havermill
R. R. Slumpfer
Western Maryland Railway
Chewsville Station
Train plunges into water reported among dead
Frisco Texas Limited westbound from St Louis plunged off a washed trestle into Goodwin Hollow near Lebanon Missouri. About 40 reported drowned five killed outright many women and children among the victims. Fireman drowned engineer saved. A special train to scene, death toll initially reported as at least 290 by a telephoned report.
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ST. Louis
Frisco
Texas Points
Goodwin Hollow
Lebanon
Missouri
Henry Wagner
Elizabeth Rostetter
Alliance
Texas Limited
Springfield
E. D. Levy
Marshfield
Newburg
Maryland Workmen's Comp Board Members Visit New York and Massachusetts
Secretary Hill reports the Workmen's Compensation Board delegation led by Chairman John B. Hanna and Commissioners Charles Wagaman and James Higgins toured New York and Massachusetts to study how their systems operate. New York pursues a strong State insurance fund to curb casualty rates, using Harvard’s Professor Baldwin to run a network of agencies. Maryland weighs whether to adopt a State fund as a negative option against private and mutual insurers or as a positive competitor while considering policy questions.
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John B. Hanna
Charles D. Wagaman
James Higgins
Workmen's Compensation Board
Baltimore
New York
Massachusetts
Hill
Maryland
Baldwin
Harvard
Objection Filed Over Trolley Ticket Rate Increase
A 1914 Frostburg meeting in Allegany County filed objections to Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway’s plan to raise trolley tickets from $4.00 per hundred to 20 tickets for zero dollars. The group urged revaluation of the railway and possible rate reductions, requesting the hearing be held in Allegany County. George Strern J Milton Patterson T A K a signed the filing.
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Burg
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway Company
Public Service Commission of Maryland
Allegany County
Frostburg
Cumberland and Westernport Railway Company
George Strern
J. Milton Patterson
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Heels
England
Norton Griffiths
Dieppe
Roy
Ham
Boulogne
Antwerp
Kirchner
Havre
Bologne
Ostend
Rome
Basle
Switerland
Savas
Than
Sennheim
Haut Alsace
Gallieni
War Department
Bordeaux
Melbourne
Australia
Herbertshoez
New Pommerania
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
Pacific
Russia
Japan
The
Times
Lewis
Sec'y. Hill
C3de Electric Railway
Lic
Prest
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