Bellevue Man Fights Quarantine Guards at New Castle Junction
Bellevue resident W G Day resisted quarantine guards who attempted to remove him from a train at New Castle Junction. Guards were bruised and scratched. Day was brought to Bellevue and released on condition to report to the board of health. Aldermen refused to handle the case citing lack of authority. The incident prompts a state health department review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Day
Bellevue
New Castle Junction
Ad’’ Moore
Day
Board of Health
State Department
John Hart
Alderman Hart
Dr. Dixon
State Health
No Special Sessions To Nip Strike
Gov. Whitman announced he would not call a special session of the New York legislature to handle the threatened general strike set for tomorrow. Labor leaders plan a strategy to tie up industries through a broad walkout, with unions prepared to assert they were forced to suspend due to a key union’s action. Hugh Frayne of the AFL confirms the plan to pressure the city without a special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
Gov. Whitman
Labor Leaders
Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
Spain Recalls Pro German Diplomat
ROM September 26 reports Spain will recall Senor Pinay Millet the Spanish ambassador to Italy due to pro German sympathies. He will be replaced by an envoy to reflect Spain new attitude toward the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
ROM
Senor Pinay Millet
Italy
Idea Nazionale
Spain
Reverend Vaughn Arrives to Lead Local Churches
Rev. W. J. Vaughn of Grove City, named pastor of Simpson and Wesley Methodist churches, arrived in the city after the Erie conference at Clarion and will assume duties in the new field soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Vaughn
Grove City
Simpson and
Wesley Methodist
Erie
Clarion
Quarantine Lifts for Sunday School Boys Event at Y M C A
T J Davies a First Baptist Church teacher plans a Saturday celebration for his class of boys after the infantile paralysis quarantine ends. At the Y M C A from 10 am to 2 pm there will be table games gym stunts showers and swimming lunch devotions singing and a guessing contest with an address by the Sunday school superintendent Mr Weller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Davies
First Baptist Church
George Carhart
Bartholomew
Deane L. Hart
Weller
Man Confesses Hatchet Killing of Wife at Police Station
Clarence Norton admits to killing his wife with a hatchet and asks to be locked up. Police find Mrs. Norton alive. Norton, known to drift about the city and briefly unconscious from a skull injury, is held under surveillance as a possible hallucination.
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Self
Hast Street
Clarence Norton
Mahoningtown Road
Dysart and
Moore
Umbright
Norton
White
Ellwood Hospital
Two Weeks Pay Biggest In History In Pittsburg District
Officials say Braddock and surrounding area workers will receive the largest two weeks pay in the district's history. Westinghouse payroll alone is about 2 million dollars with Edgar Thompson Steel and others bringing the total near 3 million dollars. Smaller enterprises add to the sum as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Braddock
Westinghouse
Edgar Thompson Steel
Miss Mayme Elmer Hosts Kensington Session Start
Miss Mayme Elmer of 118 Richlieu Avenue will entertain the 1914 Kensington on Thursday evening opening the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme Elmer
Richelieu Avenue
Kensington
Troop F Struggles as Water Runs Short in Desert March
Troop F of the Pennsylvania Division endures a water shortage on the first day of a four day hike in New Mexico. A overturned water wagon left soldiers with only canteens and drinking muddy Rio Grande water while horses drank from the stream. Camp was set ten miles west of El Paso with no nearby water except El Paso and a nearby Mexican camp that denied water. The supply train arrived just before supper as morale strained at Camp Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Hugh Blair
Troop F
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Uncle Sam
Rio Grande
el Paso
Shorty
Fessler
Villa Defeated At San Andres
Headquarters American punitive expedition in Mexi co reports Pancho Villa with 200 followers driven back after an attack on Chihuahua. Villa and remnants were defeated yesterday in a skirmish at San Andres as Pershing receives authentic reports of a last drive into northern Mexico.
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Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Chihuahua
Pancho Villa
Rubio
Villa
San Andres
Pershing
Broken Water Main Triggers NYC Traffic Jam
A 24 inch city water main burst above the New York end of the Steinway tube at Vanderbilt avenue and Forty second street early today flooding an elevator shaft used by passengers and flooding streets. Police halted traffic on Forty second Street from Lexington to Madison avenues for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vanderbilt Avenue
Forty-second Street
Lexington
Madison Avenue
Greece Near Upheaval As Venizelos Heads To London
London dispatches report Greece faces political upheaval with former premier Venizelos possibly heading a provisional government in Crete and gaining Entente support. If King Constantine rejects revolutionary army terms, decisive actions are expected with Venizelos elevated to power and the king and his family likely retreating to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Greece
Constantine
M. Venizelos
Procally Party
Athens
Crete
International New Service
Venizelos
Germany
German Zeppelin Raid Kills 36 in England
London report says 36 people died in a new air raid after two Zeppelins were lost earlier. Seven Zeppelins participated, targeting northeastern and southern counties with many bombs, though industrial centers were avoided by anti aircraft fire and British air assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
England
French
Home Forces
Unidentified man killed along railroad near Leesburg
Workers on the Pennsylvania Railroad found a mangled body about a mile south of Leesburg. The unidentified American man had inquired about trains to Oil City the previous night and was found near the track after leaving Leesburg station. Mercer was the receiving city for the remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Leesburg
Mercer
Oil City
New Castle
Bride And Groom Of An Hour Killed In Train Crash
In Hammond Indiana a newly married couple Joseph Castleman and a 15 year old Russell Stephenson died when a buggy they rode home in after the wedding was struck by a Nickel Plate train. The buggy and bodies were located about 500 feet from the railroad crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Hammond
Ind
Joseph Castleman
Russell Stephenson
Martine Faces Westcott in New Jersey Primaries
In Trenton New Jersey Democratic voters choose among gubernatorial and senatorial contenders. Senator James L Martine seeks re election against ex Judge John Westcott who backed Wilson before. Republican contests include Colgate and Edge for governor and Murphy and Frelinghysen for senator. Polls close at 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Trenton
N. J
Wilson
James L. Martine
John Westcott
Baltimore
St. Louis
Austin Colgate
Walter E. Edge
Franklin Murphy
Joseph S. Frelinghysen
Roumanians Retake Lost Vulcan Pass
Berlin reports that the Vulcan and Szurduk passes, vital routes to Transylvania, have fallen to Roumanian forces after a 24 hour battle. The Austro German army, which had captured them last week, was thrown from the heights and retaken on order last night. Paris notes Bulgarian efforts to halt Russo French advance in western Greek Macedonia were frustrated as French forces held off repeated assaults east of Florina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Vulcan
Szurduk
Transylvania
Paris
Macedonia
Victory on Somme Front as Allies Enter Combles
Allied forces broke through on the Somme to enter the town of Combles after joint British French assaults. Fierce street fighting followed as German defenders were driven back from fortified positions near Combles cemetery and surrounding villages. French troops also reached Combles southern outskirts while Fregicourt fell, tightening the circle around the German garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Somme
Combles
Haig
Carpathians
Greek Macedonia
Belgium
England
England Confident of Victory Told by Visiting Cleric
Rev George Richards pastor of the First Congregational church says English soldiers and people are supremely confident of victory over Germany and its allies. He just returned from a two month stay in England and Wales and notes soldiers appear plentiful though he did not visit France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Europe
George Richards
First Congregational Church
News
Mr. Richards
England
Wales
Atlantic
France
Rev. Richards
Handsome Laurel Boulevard Home to Break Ground
Ground will be broken soon for a two story brick bungalow on Laurel Boulevard. Ehrlich, a Washington street businessman, plans the residence on the south side at Logan Street opposite Charles C. Duff’s Boyles field plot. Ehrlich has announced his engagement to Blanche Straus of Erie family. marriage will be holidays and residence ready early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Boulevard
Boyles Field
Acme Ehrlich
Washington Street
Logan Street
Charles C. Duff
Ehrlich
Blanche Straus
Erie
Fire Truck Bids Opened for Seventh Ward Station
Council opened bids for a triple combination auto fire truck with a minimum 750 gpm pump. Bids from White, Hale, Seagrave, and American LaFrance ranged from 7,075 to 9,000 dollars. The contract was not awarded and bids were sent to the committee for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Ward
White Company
Hale Company
Seagrave Company
American LaFrance Company
Death notices for Sullivan Liebendorfer and others
John L. Sullivan aged 58 of 335 Ne Shannock Avenue and Albert Deep of 1114 Sciota Street and John J. Liebendorfer aged 82 of 104 N Walnut Street are listed in Perry Township area death notices or obituary notices.
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John L. Sullivan
Neshannock Avenue
B. &. Aiken
Perry Township
Albert Deep
Sciota Street
John J. Liebendorfer
Walnut Street
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