German and Allied Actions Across Front Reported
Paris dispatch outlines activity across the front from the Oise to the Woevre region with French gains on the left wing and German attempts repulsed. Berlin claims Craonne captured and Rheims under fire while Belgium remains under German control.
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Paris
Oise
Woevre
Aisne
Rheims
Souain
Argonne Forest
Meuse
Tresaubaux-Vigneullex-Heudicourt
Lorraine
Demestre
Blamount
Landwehr
Craonne
Middle
Alsace
Marconi Wireless Company Faces Navy Ultimatum
Secretary of the Navy Daniel orders Marconi Wireless Company to respond by tomorrow on Siasconsett station censorship. Company must accept government rules or face shutdown. Navy aims to enforce government control after prior letters. Griggs says he will resist but Daniels doubts long resistance.
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Washington
Marconi Wireless Co
Siascosett
Mass
Marconi
Navy Department
Navy Daniels
Daniels
J. W. Griggs
Macrone Co
Griggs
Three British Cruisers Sunk by German Submarines
London reporting that the British armored cruisers Aboukir Cressy and Hogue were sunk in the North Sea by German submarines. The ships, all 12 000 tons and 345 feet, carried heavy armament and were built around 1899 1900. Casualties were described as unknown with some survivors rescued by Lowestoft and other craft.
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London
Aboukir
Cressy
Hogue
North Sea
Harrowing Furness
Fairfield
John E. Drummond
the Hague
Wilmot
Nicholson
Robert W. Johnson
Marriage of Lewis R Williams and Mary of Washington
Lewis R Williams and Mary of Washington, both colored, were married in Martinsburg on Saturday. The room from Cumberland is listed as a cook.
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Lewis R. Williams
Mary of Washington
Martinsburg
Cumberland
Races Open At Cumberland Tract With Strong Attendance
The Cumberland tract races began at 3 PM with good attendance. Two trots a pace and a running race offer purses. William Luckey in a Curtis plane planned a city flight to Frostburg Eckhart and back via Mt Savage if weather allows. The fairgrounds midway holds farm and household exhibits. Johnny Jones’s big tent is set with lights for night. Grounds run 10 AM to 11 PM with special train and streetcar service, and daily band concerts.
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Cumberland Tract
William Luckey
Curtis
Frostburg
Eckhart
Mt. Savage
Fair Grounds
Johnny Jones
Ridgeley 70 Vote On Incorporation
Ridgeley West Virginia voters eligible October 15 for decision on incorporation charter. About 310 residents meet suffrage, majority needed to file charter petition with circuit court convening October 20. If favorable, town of 1¢ Incorporated and 189 acres along Potomac River would form with 1300 plus residents.
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Ridgeley
W. Va
West Virginia Circuit Court
Potomac River
O'Donnell
Baltimore and Ohio Safety Meeting At South Cumberland
The General Safety Committee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad holds a monthly meeting at the Baltimore and Ohio Y M C A Building in South Cumberland. Mr Scoville acts as temporary chairman in place of the late Major J G Pangborn. Station agents from key division points attend along with representatives from other branches. Lunch was served after the morning session and the afternoon session began at 1 o clock with plans to adjourn around 4.
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General Safety Committee
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Y. M. C. A
South
Cumberland
Scoville
J. G. Pangborn
President Wilson Votes in Princeton Primary
President Wilson cast his vote in Princeton New Jersey at 12 26 pm in the seventh primary district Mercer engine house No 8. He arrived shortly before and was greeted by friends. He was the thirty eighth voter to vote a Democratic ballot. He visited the new Stadium and his old home after voting.
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Princeton
N. J
Wilson
Mercer
Brakeman Webster Scalded At Sleepy Creek Yard
Brakeman John P. Webster of Berkeley Springs was severely scalded Sunday night when hot water from an injector overflow struck him below the knees. He is recovering at home under Dr. A. L. Grubb. He is the son of Circuit Clerk W. H. Webster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Webster
Berkeley Springs
Sleepy Creek
A. L. Grubb
Senate panel backs rivers and harbors substitute bill
Washington September 22 the Senate commerce committee reported a substitute for the rivers and harbors bill authorizing twenty million dollars to be spent at the discretion of the Secretary of War and Chief Engineer on projects already under way.
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Berlin
Craonne
Rheims
Galacia
Przemysl
Jaroslaw
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Secretary of War
Ways and Means committee advances Underwood tax bill
The Ways and Means committee moved a favorable report for the emergency revenue tax bill introduced by Representative Underwood. Republicans plan a minority report and will oppose the measure in the House.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Underwood
House
Victim Reopens Hospital Stay After Second Stab Wound
Richard Bobo, previously treated for a stabbing by an Italian assailant, was taken to Western Maryland Hospital last night. He underwent an operation for an abscess stemming from the wound, and hospital reports indicate the procedure was successful and he is much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bobo
Western Maryland
Walford
Bobo
Cement Mill Worker Fatally Burned
Frank Shaver a 23 year old cement mill worker died from burns after an explosion of coal oil in a kiln at Alpha Portland Cement Company near here He died at Miners Hospital Fairmont and was buried at Manheim today He is survived by his wife and child.
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Frank Shaver
Alpha Portland Cement Company
Here
Miners’ Hospital
Fairmont
Manheim
John O Donnell Near Death at Mountain Lake Park
John O Donnell formerly of Fairmont lies at the point of death at his cottage in Mountain Lake Park after a deteriorating health. He previously worked as a traveling salesman for the Haggerty cigar factory and sought to recover in Asheville North Carolina before returning north for treatment. Nancy Rollyson an 11 year old from Amblerburg West Virginia was brought to Allegany Hospital for an appendectomy with her father W S Rollyson accompanying her.
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John O'Donnell
John
O'Donnell
Fairmont
Mountain Lake Park
Haggerty Cigar Factory
Asheville
S. C
Nancy Rollyson
Amblersburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Allegany Hospital
Butler
W. S. Rollyson
Villa to be welcomed by 900 delegates in Mexico City
Plans finalize for a monster reception as General Villa enters Mexico City on Thursday with 900 delegates. A convention will choose the provisional president. One hundred and thirty million dollars in Constitutionalist currency is put into circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
General Villa
City
Refugees sail from Vera Cruz amid fears of reprisals
In Vera Cruz on September 22, eight hundred Mexican refugees boarded the steamer Mexico for the United States. A previous day seven hundred left, among them former Vera Cruz mayor Theo Dehesha and former agriculture minister Eduardo Tamaras. The exodus follows fear that General Angilar may retaliate after American troop withdrawal.
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Vera Cruz
United States
Mexico
Theo Dehesha
Eduardo Tamaras
Angilar
Belgium King Sunk Off Cape Kareli with 120 aboard
The British steamer Belgium King sailing from Trebizond to Constantinople with livestock was sunk off Cape Kareli. All 120 passengers and crew were rescued by the Russian steamer Princess Eugenie.
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Trebizond
Turkey
Asia
Belgium
Constantinople
Cape Kareli
Mays Promoted to Captain of Monongah Police
Grafton W V Sept 22 W Mays has headed the local Baltimore and Ohio police for weeks The order issued last month named Mays captain of the Monongah division police force replacing A J Campbell who was transferred to other points The promotion is merited
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Grafton
W. Va
German Wireless Station Destroyed in Pacific Report
Sydney reports that the German wireless station on Neuru Island may have been destroyed by a British naval force leaving the Germans without a Pacific wireless station. The claim, if true, suggests a significant loss for German communications in the region.
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Sydney
Australia
Neuru
Pacific
Resignation at Trinity Church prompts interim rector
Rev. Edward T. Helfenstein, rector at Trinity Protestant Episcopal church Ten Hills near Catonsville, has resigned. The Trinity congregation will be served by Rev. J. George Carl, rector of St. James' Protestant church at Irington.
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Edward T. Helfenstein
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Ten Hills
Catonsville
Trinity Church
J. George Carl
St. James’ Protestant Church
Iryington
Personal notices from Martinsburg Journal readers
Mrs. J. H. Straughn and her daughter depart for Laurel Delaware after visiting in Martinsburg and Cumberland. Virginia Manford and daughter Josephine visit sisters in Cumberland before returning home. Morris and Louis Kline ride B and C train 3 from New York to Cumberland, derailment near Philadelphia with no injuries.
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J. H. Straughn
New York
Cumberland
Philadelphia
Frank Kaplan
Anna
Dora
Frances Kaplan
Harper’s Ferry
A. C. Batts
Martinsburg
James Smith
Mabel
James Cassell
Harper's Ferry
Harry Burkhart
Gladys
W. A. Burkhart
Wilmer Benjamin
Dan, Nichols
R. A. Welch
Keyser
Society Notes of Marriages in Maryland and West Virginia
Ralph D Morris a Baltimore and Ohio telegraph operator and Miss Inez F Myers of Martinsburg were wed at Martinsburg Christian Church by Rev M Rouch. Currence and Miss Maude H Sanner married in Middletown by Rev S A Hedges. Norwood and Hughes wed at Clarksburg First M E Church by Rev G D Smith D D.
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Ralph D. Morris
Baltimore and Ohio
Inez F. Myers
Martinsburg
W. Va
Chistian Church
M. Rouch
Dorsey Currence
Elkins
Maude H. Sanner
J. Howard Lanner
Union Street
Middletown
S. A. Hedges
the Reformed Church
Western Maryland Railway
M. E
Clarksburg
Estelle V. Hughes
Henry W. Norwood
G. D. Smith
Typhoid Illness Strikes Father and Son in Spring Gap
Undertaker John C. Wolford moved William Twigg and his seven year old son Stanley from their Spring Gap Md. home to Western Maryland Hospital early this morning. Both are seriously ill with typhoid fever.
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John C. Wolford
William Twigg
Stanley Twigg
Spring Gap Md
Western Maryland Hospital
Burns His Hand In Cumberland Tire Accident
George F. Penn a Martinsburg railroad worker is slowly recovering from burns after gasoline spilled on his hand while vulcanizing a tire in Cumberland. The injuries are painful but not serious.
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George F. Penn
Trainman
Martinsburg
Cumberland
Theft at Rockville Pouch Raises Money Loss Concerns
A second pouch was stolen at Rockville following a prior theft three weeks earlier that cost $200 in cash and checks and nearly $15,000 in money orders. Another pouch was taken early Friday morning after being thrown from an eastbound B and O train.
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Rockville
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Webster
Lillian Russell
Pittsburg
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Alex. P. Moore
Talian
Villa
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E. T. Helfenstein
Nyra Fuller
Columbia Street
Eloise Somerlatt
Western Maryland College
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Somerlatt
Mexico” Exposition
Ico
Eghibigh
En -Sa.m
Maryland
Cumberland, Md
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Mc Cleave
Best George's Creek
Piebold
Jamey Flynn
Centre St
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Umberland, Md
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J. H. Holshy & Co
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Citizens Garage
Cumberland Press
Maryland Avenue
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Mechanicst
M W. Broak
Centre Street
Apply
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Jyzat
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Mechanic St
Joly
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Virginia Ave
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