Cumberland City Council names advisory board for new commission
The outgoing Cumberland Maryland council voted to appoint a 15 member advisory committee to aid the incoming administration. The move, seen as a potential rebuke to the new city commission, may be revisited by the next council which must decide whether to retain or replace the panel. The group aims to aid on civic improvements as the city faces debt and bond proposals.
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Lake Gordon
Cumberlain
Cumberland
H. D. Billmeyer
Jas. C. Shriver
Leander Sehaidt
Solomon Gross Wright Butler
George F. Lansbury
Bernard Thames
D. J. Blackiston
W. C. White
George
Auto Ride For Ministers Called Off Amid Cold Weather
The big ministerial auto trip for this afternoon was canceled due to heavy snow in the mountains and freezing conditions. Conference members praised the trip committee for the effort despite weather while morning sessions debated doctrine and welcomed new ministers.
Blizzard Claims 250 Sealing Crews Missing in Bells Isle Strait
St Johns Newfoundland April 4 A blizzard in Bells Isle Strait likely left 250 dead as more ships search for the missing Southern Cross with 173 sailors aboard. Belleventure returns with 58 bodies as the hunt continues aided by Kyle and the Seneca.
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Government to Hear Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission fixed hearing dates for railroad applications to retain water line carriers barred from operation after July 1 under the Panama Canal act. Pennsylvanian and Northern Central hear April 8-9, Erie April 10-14, Lehigh Valley April 20-22, New York Central and Hudson River April 27-30, Rutland May 1-2, Grand Trunk of Canada May 4 and 6.
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Interstate Commerce Today
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Erie
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Grand Trunk of Canada
Death of William Durkin in Eckhart at 31
William Durkin of Eckhart died at 4 30 this morning from tuberculosis at age 31 after a year of illness. He leaves his mother Mrs Hugh Durkin a brother Joseph and two sisters Mrs Patrick Drum and Mrs Michael Nolan all of Eckhart.
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Drum
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Demonstration in Hyde Park Against Home Rule
London text reports a large anti Home Rule protest in Hyde Park with hundreds of police along the parade route. Militant suffragists used the crowd to promote women’s suffrage by distributing literature and banners as they marched through crowded streets.
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Ireland
Hyde Park
Funeral services set for Frostburg church
The Loyal Order of Moose funeral will be held Tuesday at 9 AM from St Michael's Church Frostburg with interment in the church cemetery. Frostburg Undertaking Company is in charge of arrangements.
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Villa Rebels Executing Federal Soldiers in Torreon
Reports from Constitutionalist headquarters say Villa’s forces executed federal prisoners in Torreon, with at least five hundred killed. Four funeral pyres burned as both sides suffered heavy losses. Villa departs after midnight toward San Pedro De Los Colonias while Mexican defenses bolster San Luis Potosi and rail lines northward.
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Boy Runs Away From Home Found Near Deadly Exposure
14 year old Raymond Casserly was found almost frozen in woods behind Clarysville nine miles from town after running away from his Baltimore area home. He had walked from the city to Carysville then slept on cross ties, suffering eye trouble and becoming lost. He was returned to his mother, with a history of earlier departures and wandering due to his eyesight and fondness for long walks.
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New Witness Emerges to Testify Against Becker
Jacob Goldman, a clothing salesman with East Side gang ties, comes out of hiding to testify that an agent of Becker friends paid him to vanish during Becker’s first trial. He claims he overheard Becker and Rose discussing Rosenthal in a Turkish bath steam room and heard a threat to kill if Rosenthal not murdered.
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Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
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East Side
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Goldman
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Rosenthal
Zam Bheem
Local ministers oppose repeal of Allegany Blue Laws
At a Y M C A meeting the Ministry Association sent a telegram to Annapolis denying division over repealing Allegany County Blue Laws. Rev Joseph Dawson said the issue is not repeal but class legislation and urged a state wide remedy and a special committee report to the next Legislature.
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Palm Sunday Observances Ahead in City Churches
Palm Sunday will be observed in Catholic churches with blessed palm distribution at the last mass and special music by church choirs. Protestant churches also prepare Palm Sunday services with rehearsals for Easter Sunday music and impressive services as churches decorate for the season.
Birmingham Faces Whirlwind of Democratic Primary Activity
Birmingham reports a political whirlwind as nearly 500 candidates appeal to voters ahead of Monday's Democratic primaries. Senate, governor, 10 congressmen, supreme court justice, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and other state officers are to be nominated. The Underwood versus Hobson senatorial race draws the most attention.
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Honor Students of La Salle Institute
Certificates of excellence for work accomplished in March were presented to La Salle Institute students after the reading of the April honor list. Notable honorees include John Bar Leo, Ralph Getty, Kam Glick, Faunten May, Emmett Flynn, Edward Snyder, Harry Ways, Joseph Malloy, George Burns, and James Malamphy among others across College Business and Academic departments.
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Emmett Flynn
Vincent Buckholtz
Emmet Moray
Edward Snyder
John Boyle
Schonter
Christ Hauser
Joseph Ney
Carl Schleuss
Thomas Harbour
Raphael Crogan
James la James Rowley
Charles Little
Academic
Harry Ways
Joseph Malloy
Edard Gran
William Blaul
Francis Pe
Edwin Dilger
George Bisling
Bareis
James Lee
Albert’ Haus
Theodore Stegmaier
Ard Hoffman
George Burns
Eugene Gunning
James Malamphy
John McMullen
Walter Keelker
Edmund Lipepold
Madam Caillaux Attacked in St Lazare Prison Corridor
Madame Henriette Caillaux, recent killer of Gaston Calmette, was assaulted in the corridor of St Lazare prison by two women protesting favors shown to the wife of the Finance official. The fight lasted minutes until guards intervened and the assailants were confined.
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Gaston Calmette
la Figaro
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