Greece Mobilizes Army Amid Balkan Crisis Across Europe
London and Paris report Greece moves to mobilize twenty divisions after King Constantine signs the decree. Venizelos seeks full mobilization, Greek reservists recalled, and cabinet to meet to vote on military measures. Bulgarian plans and Allied reactions signal looming wider war.
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London
Constantine
Athens
Venizelos
Irayl
Ferdinand
Paris
Greece
France
Serbia
Washington
United States
Japan Will Aid Allies With Munitions Only
Tokyo reports deny Russia asking for twenty divisions. Japan will max out munitions production for Russia and the Entente, not troops. Cabinet and emperor approve expanded arsenals at Kotakawa Itabashi Osaka and Tokyo, with private work, and Britain’s supply cut. Public debate centers on limited war involvement and Japan's orient influence.
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Japan
Ruseia
Europe
France
England
Russia
Count Okuma
Oka
Taketomi
Premiet Kuna
Kotahikawa
Itabashi
Tsing-tao
Osaka
Tokio
Great Britain
Baltimore Annexation Fight Narrowly Ends in Compromise
The Democratic State convention in Baltimore ended a five hour session with a compromise on annexation and city home rule. Mayor Preston and City Solicitor Field led the Lee Preston faction pushing for city control of finances, police, liquor licenses and parks, while Senator Smith's group secured a harbor and surrounding land extension. Nominations for governor Emerson Harrington, comptroller Hugh McMullen, and attorney general Albert Ritchie were ratified amid the dispute.
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Baltimore
Westerday
Harrington-Smith
Lee-Preston
Preston
Field
Smith
Academy of Music
Resolutions Committee
Murray Vandiver
State Central Committee
John Hubner
Baltimore County
State Senate
Oliver H. Bruce, Jr
Allegany County
John A. Mackintosh
Caroline County
Emerson C. Harrington
Hugh A. McMullen
Albert C. Ritchie
Harrington
Thomas W. Simmons
Ritchie
William J. Ogeden
Robert H. Carr
S. Field
Baltimore City
Elfty
Talbott
Germans Penetrate Russian Positions Southwest of Dvinsk
London reports German forces have breached Russian lines southwest of Dvinsk on the Dvina as they renew their offensive toward the fortified city on the route to Petrograd. Russian retreat from Vilna appears to continue with some prisoners captured, while von Hindenburg pursues.
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London
Dvinsk
Dvina
Petrograd
Vilna
von Hindenburg
Paris
Three Turkish Transports Sunk in the Dardanelles
Paris reports official confirmation that three Turkish transports were sunk by Allied forces in the Dardanelles. One transport was hit by bombs dropped by an aviator in Nagar Bay, and two were sunk by English submarines after heavy difficulties.
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Dardanelles
Paris
Nagar Bay
Frostburg Baseball Star Schombert Dies at 26
Charles Schombert a catcher and outfielder for Frostburg and a Consolidation Coal miner died at 3 am at his Frostburg home from brain hemorrhage He was 26 and survived by three brothers and five sisters The funeral is planned for Sunday with details to follow
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Charles Schombert
Frostburg
Consolidation Coal Company
Schombert
George Schombert
Quinty
Cumberland
George’s Creek
Midland
James
George
John
Pittsburgh
Eva
Severn
Catherine
John Shearer
Frank Beverage
Haitiens Call Off Food Train Attacks
General Rameau with 500 Haitien natives near Gonaives agreed to stop molesting the railroad and telegraph lines and allow food supplies to reach the town after an encounter with American marines. Major Smedley D. Butler led fifty marines and sailors from Gonaives toward Poleau. An exchange of fire occurred with one Haitian dead and no American casualties.
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Washington
Rameau
Gonaives
Smedley D. Butler
Poleau
No Columbus Day Parade In New York For War Year
For first time in 18 years there will be no parade on Columbus Day October 12 under Italian auspices. Italian societies in charge decided not to march because of the war. A charity festival will be held in place of the parade.
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Japan
Russia
France
Great Britain
Okuma
Europe
Orient
New York
British steamer Chancelion sunk by submarine
The 4600 ton British steamer Chancelion was sunk today by a submarine off an unspecified location. Only part of the crew was rescued and rescue boats are seeking missing crew members.
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London
Chancelion
Police Warn Circus Crowds To Watch For Pickpockets
Chief J Thomas Eisenhauer warns the public to guard against pickpockets fake magazine sellers and other con artists near the circus. Special officers will patrol while guards watch crowds and streetcars in Cumberland. Residents urged to call police if they detect pocket-fanning thefts among visitors.
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J. Thomas Eisenhauer
Cumberland
101 Year Old Woman Dead in Washington County
Mrs. Jane Ross Farley aged 101 died at her Chartiers township home after consecutive strokes. A daughter of Thomas Ross an early county settler born in Chartiers township she lived there all her life. She married James Farley in 1851 and outlived him dying in 1891. She retained faculties into her centenarian years.
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Washington, Pa
Jane Ross Farley
Chartiers Township
Here
Ella Gray
James Farley
One American and Ten Mexicans Killed in Border Clashes
Brownsville Texas reports a battle near Progress that killed one American soldier and wounded two others. reinforcement troops rescued a small force amid bandit activity and cut communications. Separate reports from Hidalgo county claim ten Mexican deaths in another clash.
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Brownsville
Tex
Mercedes
Hidalgo County
Subway Accident Cause Described by Mezzanotte
New York September 24 The official inquiries into the Seventh Avenue subway disaster yield no definite cause. Dynamite blaster August Mezzanotte, who left the scene, told the district attorney how three blasting positions were prepared and that the first blast succeeded. He described the deck giving way and the street sinking, with no debris blown high. He appeared with counsel and offered his account. no arrest was ordered. The coroner announced an inquest for Saturday.
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New York
Seventh Avenue
August Mezzanotte
Mezzanotte
Perkins
Feinberg
Westinghouse Strike Is Put Off For Time
The Westinghouse plant strike is held over until next Thursday after an employees meeting last night deferred action.
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Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Goldsborough Presides Over Maryland GOP Convention
Gov. Goldsborough presided at the Republican State convention in Ford's Opera House Baltimore. The body ratified nominations for governor Weller comptroller Dyer and attorney general Comp. Weller and national committeeman Jackson and James E. McEvoy met the governor in Annapolis and invited him to be permanent president, which he accepted.
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Gov. Goldsborough
Ford
Opera House
Baltimore
Weller
Dyer
Mr. Weller
William P. Jackson
James E. McEvoy
Annapolis
Executive Mansion
J. Kemp Bartlett
U. S. Consulate Struck by Bomb in Stuttgart Raid
Consulate in Stuttgart Germany hit by a bomb fragment during a raid by French airmen. No injuries reported. damage unclear. Reports from Romanshorn say royal palace right wing damaged and a salon bomb exploded. several royals present. French planes also bombarded station barracks causing two KIA and 15 seriously injured. some planes then targeted Friedrichshafen Zeppelin factory. Swiss steamer Gothard evacuated.
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Washington
Stuttgart
Germany
Higgins
Geneva
Romanshorn
Switzerland
Friedrichshafen
Gothard
Acquittal of Rosa Bellina Sparks Suffrage Debate
Rosa Bellina, cleared by a jury of murdering artist Montigla, returns to Brooklyn with two children and her common law husband Tony. She says marriage will follow and asserts she acted to avenge his honor under Sicilian customs, while supporters argue justice requires women jurors.
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New York
Rosa Bellina
James Monagh
Tony
Bellina
Montigla
Rosa
Montiglas
Piano breaks pastor's neck at Mount Hope loading
The Rev. N. L. Nutter pastor of Mount Hope West Virginia Methodist Episcopal Church died instantly when a piano fell on him as he helped load it onto a wagon. He had just finished his third year at Mount Hope after attending the annual conference. Survived by his wife and four children.
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N. L. Nutter
Mount Hope
West Virginia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Eous
Three Children Die in Dayton Fire
Dayton Ohio September 24 Three children aged one four and seven of Joseph Szencsek were suffocated when a fire damaged their home. Police believe the blaze started by the children playing with matches while their mother was away on an errand. A tautsic child escaped.
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Dayton
Joseph Szencsek
Funeral for Paw Paw Train Victim Joseph Norton
Joseph Norton son of Mr and Mrs T H Norton of Paw Paw was struck and killed by Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No 1 near Little Capon. He belonged to St Charles Catholic Church Paw Paw and the funeral was held Wednesday by Rev Fr Theodosius. Burial was in the family graveyard on Tunnel Hill. Mrs DD Edminston Mrs Annie Boxwell and Mrs Samuel Young attended.
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Joseph Norton
T. H. C. Norton
Paw Paw
Baltimore and Ohio
Little Capon
St. Charles Catholic Church
Theodosius
SS. Peter and Paul's Church
Tunnel Hill
DD. Edminston
Annie Boxwell
Samuel Young
Canadian Plane Flies Over U S Territory
Oswego N Y September 24 a Canadian military aeroplane completed a 150 mile flight from Toronto yesterday circling over the fort and city above the American border. Aviator Achey led the patrol flight marking the first time a Canadian army aircraft has flown over U S soil.
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Oswego
N. Y
Toronto
Ach Ley
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H. A. M.s Mullen
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