Decisive Western Front Push Foreseen As Allies Press
Reports from London Paris and Amsterdam on September 29 describe the first rush through German lines ending and both sides preparing heavy hammering to break the standstill. French gains in Artois and Champagne are noted with substantial German losses and prisoner captures amid ongoing attacks.
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Artois
Amsterdam
Kaiser
Berlin
Western Front
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Souchez
Aisne
Arras
Verdun
German War Office
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Argonne
Dyvinsk
Tun Fille Morte
Combres
Crowds Rally For Cumberland Fair With Special Trains
Huge crowds flood Cumberland Fair opening day with over 500 aboard Western Maryland trains from Elkins and nearby points. Two daily direct runs from central station planned amid a lively racing card and new poultry and dog exhibits plus fireworks and looping the loop act.
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Elkins
Petersburg
W. Va
Central Station
Smithson
Bulgarian Officials Resign Over Serbian War Stand
Athens reports two Bulgarian cabinet members Toncheff and Blakoff resigned after Czar Ferdinand refused to order an immediate attack on Serbia. Rumor says Premier Radoslavoff may resign for the same reason as Allies gain in the west and Greek mobilization. Rome notes Sofia expects Bulgaria not to join Germany imminently.
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Toncheff
Blakoff
Ferdinand
Serbia
Radoslavoff
Sofia
Derailed B, C. Tie Up At Eagles West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio engine 4221 with nine coal cars derailed at Eagles West Virginia at 1 40 this morning delaying traffic. Trains 8 9 3 18 and 10 detoured via Cumberland Valley through Hagerstown. A broken arch caused the wreck. tracks reopened about 10 30 this morning with no injuries reported.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Eagles
W. Va
Cumberland Valley
Hagerstown
Sinking of Benedetto Brin Confirmed
Rome reports the minister of marine confirms the Benedetto Brin sinking and the death of Admiral Decervin, with 379 crew members lost. The 13,427-ton pre-dreadnought, completed 1904 for 5.75 million dollars, carried a 4x12in 4x8in armament, 12 6-inch guns, torpedo tubes, and a speed near 20 knots.
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Rome
Benedetto Brin
Decervin
Keyser Band to Play in G. A. R. Parade
The Keyser Band of 40 pieces passed through en route to Washington for the Grand Army of the Republic reunion. The group traveled on Baltimore and Ohio train No 16 and will perform in the Capital City this week.
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Keyser
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Potomac
Rio Grande
South
Poole Couple Host Tomorrow Evening at Avirett Avenue Home
Mr and Mrs Thomas E Poole will entertain guests at their Avirett avenue residence tomorrow evening in a private gathering. The event emphasizes social circles and local hosting traditions of the era.
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Thomas E. Poole
Avirett Avenue
Last Grand March Of Veterans Seen In U.S. Capital
General Nelson A. Miles, grand marshal, joined President Wilson as 200,000 veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic paraded before the White House. The writer recalls Civil War leaders, Illinois and Pennsylvania units, and the enduring spirit of national unity amid a nation at peace and amid a world at war.
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United Press
United Preas
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
White House
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Meade
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Wi'son
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Iowa
Crooks
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Minnesota
Connor
Maine
Louis Grant
Gregg
Hardin
Chicago
Nickerson
Somerville
Paine
Massachusetts
Pierce
Michigan
Seward
Albany
Medford
Oregon
George H. Thomas
Nashville
Rock of
Chicamauga
Swinton
Jas. H. Wilson
Spain
George A. Pennypacker
United States to ask Germany to help stop Armenian massacres
The United States may seek Germany's good offices to persuade Turkey to halt Armenian massacres. The President favors the plea on humanitarian grounds. No legal protest grounds exist, but the request could be made on humanity.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Turkey
Massasacres
Forty Special Trains Pass Through Cumberland to Washington
Forty special trains carrying Civil War veterans moved from Cumberland via the Baltimore and Ohio line to Washington, D C, with no delays. John W Deneen, chief trainmaster, directed traffic and supervised the entire operation, praised for efficiency amid congestion on the eastern division.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington, D. C
Washington
John W. Deneen
Ety
Wheeling Black Hand Leader Convicted of Extortion
In Wheeling West Virginia Antonio Vitronelli known as Tony the Wolf denies charges while a jury finds him guilty of extortion. Witnesses say he ran a black hand school on Seventeenth Street teaching assassination methods and stipulating that a failed job within five days would incur death. Vitronelli faces three other indictments as the first of 21 black hand cases to reach court.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Antogio Vitronelli
Tony the Wolf
Frank Angott
Vitronelli
Seventeenth Street
Schriver
Cumberland
Husband tries 10 kill slayer of wife in court
In Chicago Judge Barrett faces John W. Coppersmith who attempted to stab William Russell Pethick after Pethick was sentenced to life for killing Ella Coppersmith and her infant son Jack. Pethick confessed entering the apartment to deliver groceries before slashing the mother and killing the child to silence them.
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Chicago
William Russell Pethick
Ella Coppersmith
Jack
Pethick
Coppersmith
City Considers Chain Gang to Curb Disorderly Acts
Cumberland officials mull a chain gang to provide street labor amid worker shortages. Commissioner Joseph S. Schriver says a belt and strap would curb escapes, reduce drunken and disorderly arrests, and improve city discipline. the proposal awaits city attorney review.
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Joseph S. Schriver
Schriver
Cumberland
Display of Children's Work at Cumberland Fair Charms Visitors
The Cumberland Fair features a prominent Arts Exhibit with handmade handicrafts and a special Playground display by Cumberland children from three city centers. The Civic Club supervised the playground program focusing on sewing, dyeing, rug weaving, card holders, and framed raffia pictures, while emphasizing color training, mental and physical development, and a larger teaching staff for next season.
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Cumberland Fair
Cumberland
North Centre Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
West Side
Civic Club
Italians Within Ten Miles of Trent and Trieste
Rome reports the Italian army has advanced within ten miles of both Trent and Trieste as Alpine troops drag cannons over glaciers and seize three Austrian detachments. A secret cabinet meeting led by Premier Salandra discussed aiding the Allies with overwhelming Balkan forces. Signor Barzilai confirms Italy’s vow to spare no sacrifice until the pan Germanic menace is removed.
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Trieste
Trent
Messagero
Signor V Barzilai
Italy
2000 Welsh Miners Out In Aberdare Protest
Two thousand miners quit work in the Aberdare district to protest non union employment. The stoppage coincides with pressure on mines and underscores wage and labor conditions in Wales.
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Cardiff
Aberdare
Oklahoma disaster toll from dynamite blast rises in Ardmore
Ardmore Oklahoma September 29. The death list from Monday gasoline and dynamite explosion grows as bodies of a man and two small children are found at the former Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway freight depot. Of the dead 26 are white and 19 are negroes. Two injured cannot recover. A few victims have been identified.
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Ardmore
Okla
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Navy to Open Bids for 22 War Vessels Submarines Cruisers
Washington September 20 The Navy Department will open bids for sixteen new submarines eleven cruisers and eleven defense type vessels. The move follows congressional authorization for building a mix of warships including submarines and cruisers.
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Washington
Navy Department
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