German Troops Strike Balkans as Serbia Front Deepens
London reported Germany has struck the Balkans to aid Turkey with artillery and possibly infantry opposing Serbia after weeks of Balkan campaigns. Turkiye's Gallipoli position is described as desperate while Austria-Hungary and Germany plan through Serbia toward Bulgaria and possibly Romania and Greece, with French aid to Serbia.
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Balkan
London
Germany
Balkana
Berlin
Turkey
Serbia
Gallipoli
Kuseia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Romania
Greece
Bachiteh
Danube
Athens
Amick Sails Across Country In Cumberland Car Record
Commissioner of Finance Arthur H. Amick and family drove 3500 miles in a Franklin without a puncture on the trip to the Panama Pacific Exposition. He reports reaching San Francisco with Cumberland air in three tires, one tire punctured in Pittsburgh. They left San Francisco to return September 11 and expect home by mid October.
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Franklin
Arthur H. Amick
Amick
San Francisco
Cumberland
Pacific Coast
Frisco
Pittsburgh
G A R Veterans Headed to Washington Encampment
Several hundred Civil War veterans traveling by special trains from Seattle Detroit Toledo Cincinnati Cleveland and other western cities will pass through here en route to the G A R encampment in Washington. The event expected to draw about 30 000 attendees will strain Baltimore and Ohio Railroad services with large crowds and heavy train movement this weekend.
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Union
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Seattle
Detroit
Mich
Toledo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Teutons Cut Slav Retreat Near Vilna
Berlin reports Von Hind enburg cut the Vilna Baranovitski Railroad used by Russians to retreat from Vilna. The move threatens the retreating 300,000 Slavs as Dvinsk defenses face heavy German artillery. Civil evacuations proceed as the Dvinsk Bridgehead battle looms.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Vilna
Baranovitski
Dvinsk
Petrograd
New IRS Payment Ruling Announced by Local Office
The local office announced a new ruling that after this date only cash certified checks or Post Office Money Orders will be accepted for internal revenue taxes. Uncertified checks will be returned for certification.
Obregon Takes Two Generals
General Lucie Blanco is captured and held prisoner by General Obregon. Eulalio Gutierrez, former provisional president, has surrendered to Obregon at Saltillo. Blanco, a longtime Mexican military figure, lately arrived in San Antonio as a refugee and left for El Paso after meetings with friends.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lucie Blanco
Obregon
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Eulalio Gutierrez
Mexico
Aguas Calientes
Saltillo
Blanco
el Paso
West Virginia lawyers to hold annual meeting in Clarksburg
The West Virginia Bar Association will meet in Clarksburg from December 28 for three days. Judge T. P. Jacobs of New Martinsville will speak on The Virginia Debt. An executive committee session in Clarksburg will arrange the program.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Bar Association
Clarksburg
T. P. Jacobs
New Martinsville
Mighty automobile fleet possible for United States
Washington reports that American automobile engineers foresee a national auto army corps as a defense asset. Experts like Anglada and Edison advisors back mobilizing cars, trucks, and trained mechanics for government use, claiming rapid, flexible transport could outpace other nations and secure victory in war.
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Washington
Automobile Army Service Corps
United States Naval Advisory Board
Thomas A. Edison
Society of Automobile Engineers
Automobile and Allied Industries
Europe
Joseph A. Anglada
Council of the Society of Automobile Engineers
Mr. Anglada
Germany
Joffre
Paris
United States
Leonard Wood
Coal and Iron Railway Wins 12 Year Suit
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond reversed a Martinsburg verdict of 159,885 against the Coal and Iron Railway Company. The decision, affirming the railway’s original position, ends a twelve year dispute over extra work claims tied to the Elkins to Sutton line built by Senators Davis and Elkins.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Peter Reherd
Walton, Moorman, Wurcell and Company
The
Coal and Iron Railway Company
Western Maryland Railway Company
Payton
Martinsburg
Benjamin A. Richmond
Federal Court of Appeals
Coal and Iron
Elkins
Sutton
Davis
Parkersburg
Railway Company
M. Ambler
Cumberland
Supreme Court of the United States
Dayton
Clarence E. Martin
Messrs. Richmond
Ambler
John T. Harris
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Mr. Todd
Ohio
Fred O. Blue
Prohibition
West Virginia
Circuit Court of Appeals
Davis and Elkins
CC. W Dailey
Black Hand Victim Found at Fairmont
The body of Tony Schepis aged 25 was found near the Baltimore and Ohio roundhouse in Fairmont West Virginia. He was killed by stabs from a stilett o and the authorities believe he was a Black Hand victim. Newton M. Hess a railroad employee made the discovery.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Tony Schepis
Baltimore and Ohio Roundhouse
Newton M. Hess
Engineer Shot by Fireman on B and O Engine
Pittsburgh September 21 James Zorn of Connellsville a Baltimore and Ohio engineer was fatally shot during a water stop on a double header at Reduction George Myers a new fireman is held Myers and Zorn argued over inadequate steam in the second locomotive Zorn struck Myers with a monkey wrench Myers then shot Zorn through the chest
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Pittsburgh
James Zorn
Connellsville
Baltimore and Ohio
George Myers
Myers
Zorn
Messenger Held Up in New York Robbed of 2000
Vincent J. Maloney a bank messenger was assaulted in Harlem yesterday afternoon by two men who stole a satchel containing 2000 dollars in cash and checks. One attacker held a pistol while the other struck with a blackjack before seizing the satchel and fleeing. Maloney was hospitalized in serious condition and the culprits escaped into a hallway and over fences.
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Maloney
New York
Dutch Queen Hurt In Auto Accident
The Queen Wilhelmina and the little Princess Julina escaped serious harm after their automobile collided with another car in The Hague. Both vehicles were wrecked and piled high. The Queen and the Princess were injured though not fatally. The occupants of the other car were seriously hurt.
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the Hague
Wilhelmina
Julina
James Grant Honored Citizen Taken by Death
James Grant former water and electric lighting superintendent and cement expert died at Western Maryland Hospital after an abdominal operation. He arrived in Cumberland in 1870 and built several cement works including Potomac and Cedar Cliff plants. He served as a deacon and elder in local churches and was active in politics as a Republican. Survived by wife Margaret Smith two sons Albert and James and daughters Mrs. Jean Spain Mrs. Agnes Fries and Mrs. Margaret Crane. Grandson Dr. Thomas F. Besa arrived at the operating room.
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Western Maryland Hospital
Grant
Thomas F. Besa
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Baltimore
Arthur H. Hawkins
John E. Legge
Frederick W. Fochtman
William A. Gracie
Mr. Grant
Bedford Street
John B. Macfarland
Lee Street
Grasswater
Ayrshire
Scotland
Sunnyside
Aryshire
Lanarkshire
Margaret Smith
John F. Grant
Vancouver
B. C
James Grant
Jean Spain
Francis Spain
Gainesville
Fla
Cumberland
Cumberland Hydraulic Cement Manufacturing Company
Potomac Cement Works
Pinto
County
Cedarcliff
West Newton
George A. Kean
Hancock
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
A. Hunter Boyd
Albert C. Grant
Agnes Fries
Charles W. Fries
Thin City
Margaret Crane
Frank G. Crane
Muskegon
Mich
Duncan Grant
Hedford Street
Butler Undertaking
Thomas E. Bess
Mystic Chain Knights of State Hold Annual Session
The annual state convention of Se lect Castle of Maryland Ancient Order Knights Mystic Chain convened at the Trade's Council Hall Third National Bank Building. Over seventy five delegates attended with fourteen Knights earning the Degree of Mark and new officers elected for the coming year.
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Select
Castle of Maryland, Ancient Order Knights Mystic Chain
Third National Bank
Comig
Edward Humphrey
Lonaconing
J. W. Fyler
Harney
John T. Leamon
McGraw posts $5,000 bail for Grafton Bank trial
Col. John T. McGraw, West Virginia financier and politician, posts $5,000 bond to stand trial October 21 on felony and misdemeanor charges linked to the Grafton Bank closing. Bondsmen include Dr. A. S. Warder and W. R. Dent. Deposits near $360,000, total liabilities about $62,000 in questioned loans.
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John T. McGraw
Grafton
W. Va
West Virginia
Grafton Bank
A. S. Warder
W. R. Dent
Col. McGraw
Fortney
Charles R. Durbin
Clyde A. Cole
Thos. E. Joyce
Taylor E. Cole
Durbin
Ltanchard E. Hiatt
Grafton Sentine
Explosion at Hall colliery kills 269 in North Rugby
An explosion wrecked the Hall colliery at North Rugby. Ten bodies have been recovered and it is believed that 269 have perished. Debris blocks rescue work as investigators assess the disaster's scope.
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London
Hall
North Rugby
Miners' Counsel Leaves Charleston for Trinidad Cal
Charleston West Virginia September 21 A M Belcher counsel for the Mine Workers left here today for Trinidad to confer with mine officials on the question of asking the arrest of young Rockefeller for the recent labor troubles Rockefeller again visited the home of miners and examined the mines today
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Charleston
W. Va
A. M. Belcher
Trinidad
Young Rockefaller
Ockefeller
Kaiser Injured In Auto Wreck
Amsterdam dispatch reports Kaiser and his son Prince Joachim slightly injured in an automobile accident. The location of the wreck is not provided.
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Kaiser
Amsterdam
Mertia Dispatches
Prince Joachim
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Belgrade
A. H. Amick
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Army
San Diego Exposition
Armor Battery
Signal Corps
Army Field Kitchen
Army Red Cross
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Plattsburg
Coal & Iron Railway
Messenger
Inn.y
Vincent J. Maloney
Chatham and Phoenix National
James 8S Grant
City Water and Electric
Mystic Chain Knights OF State
Setihire
William S&s. Johnson
Gilmore
George W. Tankirt
Silver Run
Thos BR. Dick
I. M. Masenhamer
James H. Sloan
Lomeaconing
H. S. Morelock Silver
Nathanial Somerville
Loning
Sapreme Tle
Henry J. Loebner
Frostburg
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