Seven men shot after craps game on Maryland bridge
Edgar Mudge quarrels with Powell near the Western Maryland Railway bridge into West Virginia and fires a shotgun into a crowd, wounding seven men and boys in the legs groin and back. Powell dies? No, Powell is elsewhere. several railroad workers and boys suffer multiple wounds as Mudge faces parole violation at a 4 PM hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Mudge
South Cumberland
Western Maryland
West Virginia
Mudge
Powell
KE. R. Miller
Charles Ralstone
Charles Mahaney
Howard Chesshire
HOUNDS RECAPTURE CONDEMNED MURDERER AT LARGE
Bloodhound aided chase ends with the capture of Stanley Bruss a condemned Burglar sentenced to two and a half years at Moundsville He and two other escapees fled from Harrison county jail in Clarksburg W V after tearing through a floor commode and slipping into a basement corridor police hunt the remaining two suspects south of the city with 30 to 40 men still searching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trailine
Harrison County Jrail
Clarksburg
W. Va
Acros Hills
Stanley Bruss
Moundsville
Meadowbrook
Frank Pandella
State
Pinnickinnick
Jennie Wifong
Ellsworth Shook
Jackon V. Carter
Miss Mogart Weds William Rooke in Quiet Peckville Ceremony
Miss Eatrix Helene Mogart and James Jopling Rooke of Peckville Pa were quietly married at Immanuel Episcopal Church by Rev William Eveland Wicks. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William A Mogart of 104 Whinton Street. The groom, a 1911 Dickinson School of Law graduate, works as a claim agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Tiffin Ohio. They left for a Western Ohio tour and will reside in Tiffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eatrix Helene Mogart
Ely
James Jopling Rooke
Peckville
Immanuel Episcopal Church
William Eveland Wicks
Tite
Migs Mogart
William A. Mogart
Whinton Street
Dickinson Sehowet
Carlisle
Tiffin
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Allegany County Law
Maryland Amateur Winners Shine at Kirk Brown Contest
The Kirk Brown Co. hosted a Maryland amateur contest Saturday night awarding first prize of 5 dollars to the eddon quartet Harry Stein W B Red don Al Gidling and W D Damm. Cleve Himler and Tug Keller won second prize for a dance act. Eri D. Smith captured third for a song specialty as a large crowd applauded the closing performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk Brown Co
Maryland
Eddon Quartett
Harry Stein
W. B. Reddon
al Gidling
W. D. Damm
Cleve Himler
Tug Keller
Eri. D. Smith
Wall Street Detective
Kenney Licensed to Carry Guns
Lieut Earl Kenney head of the special officers at the B and O cutoff at Magnolia was granted a Martinsburg Circuit Court license to carry revolvers. Kenney was previously shot in a duel with Black men at Hansrotes where Officer Orr died. Also notice two horses for sale by quick buyer and ice cream company contact at 106 to 110 N Centre St Aga7tt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kenney
Magnolia
Martinsburg
Kenney
Hansrotes
Orr
Call
National Standard Ice Cream Co
Centre St
Centennial hikers reach Hancock after 140 miles toward Golden Gate
Wwo A Perry John W Webb and Edmund Waters from Baltimore arrived last night after a week long walk to promote the National Star Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration in Baltimore set for September 8 to 15. They traveled 140 miles despite bad weather and carry letters from Mayor Preston and his secretary Robert E Lee. Waters returned to Baltimore to attest a legal paper while the others stay at the Central Young Men's Christian Association awaiting his return to resume the walk to the Golden Gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Perry
John W. Webb
Edmund Waters
Baltimore
San Francisco
Hancock
Preston
Robert E. Lee
Young Waters
Central Young Men's Christian Association
The
Golden Gate
Boy Scouts
Former Cumberland Pastor’s Good Work
A Baltimore paper published a two column photo of Rev. J William McCauley former pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church now leading Evangelical Church of the Incarnation on Madison Avenue near North Baltimore The caption notes the church has advanced rapidly and communicants have doubled during the four years of Mrs Mc Cauley’s pastorate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
J. William McCauley
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Evangelical Church of the Incarnation
Madison Avenue
Last Ocean Mine Victim Buried in Frostburg
Funeral held for Joseph Bush the third victim recovered from Ocean Mine No 1 near Midland. His body was buried urgently in Frostburg beside his uncle Thomas Bush as the last recovery and interment from the mine concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bush
Root
Ocean Mine
No. 1
Midland
Frostburg
Thomas Bush
St. Michael's
Welch Bride of McGee to Wed in Lonaconing
Bernard T. McGee of Benwood West Virginia and Miss Delia Welsh of Lonaconing will marry tomorrow at St Mary’s Church in Lonaconing with Rev Joseph P. Nolan officiating. A wedding breakfast will follow at the Brady House with close relatives present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard T. McGee
Benwood
Delia Welsh
Lonaconing
Joseph P. Nolan
Michael Welsh
McGee
W. Va
James Cullery
Thomas Gately
Miss Welsh
Civil Service Exam Notice for Stenographer and Typist
Civil service examination for stenographer and typist at Cumberland Post Office on February 16. Women will not be admitted to this examination or other stenographer and typist examinations in the Fourth Civil Service district until February 1915 unless the needs of the service require otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland D
Civil Service
Ten years for Crowe in incest case at Circuit Court
Circuit Court convened with Chief Judge Boyd. Thomas Crowe of Mount Savage pleaded guilty to incest and was sentenced to ten years in the Maryland penitentiary, transported by train No 6 under Deputy Hutcheson. The 14 year old daughter testified as the prosecuting witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hunter Boyd
Thomas Crowe
Mount Savage
Maryland
Crowe
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
R. M. Hutcheson
William Sloan
David Jeffries
Lonaconing
Wilson Seeks John D Rockefeller Help To End Colorado Strike
President Wilson dispatches Representative Foster to New York to urge John D Rockefeller to grant concessions to striking miners or accept arbitration. Failure could prompt Federal troops to Colorado. a Waldorf conference with Rockefeller is planned amid rising violence after the Trinidad truce collapsed and 50 shots were fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Foster
Lllinois
New York
Apeal
John TD. Rockefeller
Colorado
Rockefeller Ether
Mr. Foster
United States
Rockefeller
Waldorf Hotel
Colorado Fuel and Tron Company
Diehl Boomed for Red Men Honors at Cambridge Meeting
Charles Amick of Westernport, grand guardian of the Maryland Improved Order of Red Men, attended the Cambridge annual meet. He notes strong support for Mike Diehl of Tonkaway Cumberland as next great junior sagamore, citing Diehl’s persistent work and solid fraternal reputation. Harry Rector, M. J. Northcraft, and Lee Ruddle also attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Amick
Westernport
Great Council of
Maryland
Cambridge
Amick
Black Hawk Tribe
Jacob Stump
Blomington
Mike Diehl
Cumberland
Great Junior Sagamore
Diehl
Red Men
Harry A. Rector
M. J. Northcraft
Lee Ruddle
Ulster Crisis Returns to Front in Parliament
London April 27 Parliament again debated the Ulster crisis. Premier Asquith promised drastic action as 7 15,000 rifles and a large ammunition cargo were smuggled into Ireland and distributed to Ulster volunteers opposing Home Rule. He warned of grave outrages and said the government will enforce law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Asquith
Ireland
Ulster Volunteers
Ulster
Mrs Lafollette Not Coming Postpones Suffrage Talk
Announcement says the May 2 suffrage meeting in City Hall auditorium is indefinitely postponed because Mrs Lafollette will not speak due to urgent business in Panama. The Just Government League will seek an alternative suffrage leader or arrangement. Fort Cumberland Club Smoker set for April 29 7 30 to 11 30 p m with music. Local Red Cross chapter holds a meeting tonight in City Hall auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Lafollette
Robert M. Lafollette
Wisconsin
Just Government League
Ft. Cumberland Club
Fort Cumberland Club
Red Cross Society
American Red Cross Society
Whiting & Eppler to Change Quarters
The law firm Whiting & Eppler, now at 14 Washington Street, will move to the fifth floor of the Third National Bank Building occupying suite 61 and room 52. They will open in their new offices May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiting & Eppler
Washington Street
Third National Bank
Harrington Heads to Washington for Government Health Service
Dr. Francis E. Harrington former City Health Officer left this afternoon for Washington. He is expected to join the government health service with headquarters in the capital. If war with Mexico erupts he may be sent to the war zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis E. Harrington
Washington
Harrington
Government Health Service
Mexico
Local Marriages Listed for Four States
Oscar Grover Haws of Boynton Pennsylvania and Edna Pearl Kaylor of Patterson's Creek West Virginia. Dorland Robert Bennett and Charlotte Hill Nyper of Glen Campbell Pennsylvania. Clem Henry Rowles and Edith Josephine Coffman of Clearfield Pennsylvania. Lewis Floyd Warner of Falling Timber Pennsylvania and Nellie Mac Dugan of Conemaugh Pennsylvania. James Japling Booke and W Seuatrix Helene Morgart of Cumberland Maryland. George Louis Homer Sisk and Annie Pearl Edwards of Cumberland Cream Co. 106 to 119 N. Centre st. Ap27-tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem Henry Rowles
Edith Josephne Coffman
Clearfield
Lewis Floyd Warner
Falling Timber
Nellie Mac Dugan
Conamaugh
Kirk Brown Leaves for Wheeling to Begin Four-Week Engagement
Kirk Brown and his company departed yesterday afternoon in a special car attached to train No. 55 of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bound for Wheeling West Virginia where he opened a four weeks engagement today A large party of relatives and friends were at the station to bid the actor adieu Mrs Ada L Fuller of 191 Baltimore street is a near relative of the Brown party
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk Brown
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wheeling
W. Va
Brown
Ada L. Fuller
Baltimore Street
Adieu
Obituary for Jackson Harris of Meadowsville
Jackson Harris aged 37 of Meadowsville near Montrose West Virginia died at 4 30 this morning at the home of his daughter Miss Sallie Harris 353 North Centre Street Pittsburgh Pa and the city. The body prepared for burial by Undertaker Louis Stein and to be shipped to Meadowsville over the Western Maryland Railway tomorrow morning Survived by two children Simon Harris Pittsburgh and Miss Lai Lie Harris of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Harris
Meadowsville
Montrose
W. Va
Sallie Harris
North Centre Street
Louis Stein
Western Maryland Railway
Simon Harris
Pittsburg
Lailie Harris
Bis City
Funeral for Mary E. Pitzer in Mt. Savage
The funeral for Mary E. Pitzer five youngest child of Mr and Mrs Harry A Pitzer of Mt Savage will be held at 930 am Wednesday from the family home Rev Robert J Nicho son officiating Burial will be made in Rose Hill cemetery this city after a brief illness caused by pneumonia she died at 830 yesterday morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Pitzer
Harry A. Pitzer
Mt. Savage
Robert J. Nichoson
Rose Hill
Lightning kills two men in Albright West Virginia
Ollie Swirer and Jeff Sisler were struck by a bolt of lightning Saturday afternoon in Preston County near Mart Mayfield’s residence. Both men died instantly while standing together in the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Swirer
Jeff Sisler
Albright
Preston County
W. Va
Mart Mayfield
Circus Men Arrested After Drunken Disorder on Knox Street
Two circus workers were arrested Saturday night on Knox street for drunken and disorderly conduct. They were jailed in the Blue room at the station house and fought, causing disturbance to other inmates. Judge Jewel Heck is expected to pass sentence this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox Street
Jwelie Heck
Landscape Gardener Misidentified as Suicide Inmate
The State Administration Board found that Herman E. Lenchner of Dayton State Hospital who hanged himself February 12 was actually C. R. Lenchner a renowned landscape gardener from West Homestead Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Administration Board
Herman E. Lenchner
Dayton State Hospital
C. R. Lenchner
West Homestead
Land Transfers in Cumberland From Rose Hill Addition Also Beall Street Parcel
Andrew Kolb transfers to Arthur P. Dixon a parcel in Rose Hill Addition to Cumberland for ten dollars. Frederick N. Zihlman and others transfer to William E. Barclay a Beall Street parcel in Cumberland for ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Kolb
Arthur P. Dixon
Rose Hill
Cumberland
Frederick N. Zihlman
William E. Barclay
Beall Street
West Virginia G A R Department Meet May 19 to 24
Moundsville West Virginia hosts the West Virginia department of the G A R from May 19 through May 24. Local citizens prepare to welcome veterans with a hospitable reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia Department of the G. A. R
National Standard Ice PreMMn Oo Office Address
Postcard fragment notes an office at 106 to 110 N Centre Street for National Standard Ice related matter. No further details provided.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss More
Cooke
Miss Welch
Brip
Brady House
Lenaconing
Martin L. Keedy
Hagertown
Keedy
Hertha Sherman
David A. Robb
Patrick Conley
J. Philp Roman
John D
Denver
Col
Trinidad
DR. Harrington
Oscar Grover Haws
Boynton
Edna Pearl Kaylor
Patterson's Creek
Dorland
Robert Bennett and
Charlotte Hill Nyper
Glen Campbell, Pa
James Japling Booke
Wseuatrix
Helene Morgart
Cumberland, Md
George Louis Homer Sisk and
Annie Pearl Edwards
S. & H. Green
the City Taxicab CO
North Centre St
John Paul
Kranich & Bach
J. P. Wiesel
Cumberland, Maryland
Agency For Service
Walsh Building Telephone
Jackson Harrs
Pitzer Child
Lars
Cuffs
Cumberland Laundry
N. Mechanic St
Habig Brothers New
N. Centre St
Habig & Stegmaier
Albright, W. VA
John C Wolford
Nigat
South Liberty SI
F. F. Lockenott
Viavi
L. M. Kenniston
Mgr
Borden
Pate
National Standard Ice Premmn Oo
Bubin
John.a. Bopp
North
Third National Bank Building
Rosenbaum
Cumberland’s
Ladies Coats
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