Great White Way Test Shines At Midnight Tryout
Edison Electric Illuminating Company tested the White Way lighting with power from its plant, installing a rectifier at 1100 to convert to city lamps. The display impressed Mayor Koon and Cumberland observers as lights proved bright, steady, and daylight like. The city and Cumberland Electric Railway shared costs, with city power to begin Friday.
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Death Toll Rises From Boomer Explosion
Montgomery reports twenty four dead from the Boomer Coal and Coke mine explosion at Mine Number 2. Rescue teams search a debris blocked entrance while Governor Hatfield orders continued efforts to reach any survivors.
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Montgomery
Boomer
Boomer Coal and Coke Company
Theatre Lineup Delights with Four Shows Across City
Maryland Theatre presents The Garden of Allah. Grande Theatre features Betty Nansen Arthur Hooper and Dorothy Bernard in Song of Hate. Liberty Theatre screens Flash of an Emerald with Robert Warwick. Victoria Theatre showcases Get Rich Quick Wallingford. Belvedere Theatre offers Pictures.
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Maryland
Fire destroys battery plant in Madison
Fire leveled the French Battery and Carbon plant in Madison on December 2, causing more than one hundred thousand dollars in damage. The firm produced batteries largely for automobiles bound for the Allies, with officials denying charges of arson while police investigate suspected anti Allied sabotage.
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Idaho liquor possession law headed to U S Supreme Court
Moscow Idaho December 2 Ed Crane a Moscow laborer was arrested for having a bottle of whiskey in his possession under Idaho's new statute making it a crime to possess liquor The U S Supreme Court will hear the challenge with potential national impact on the wets drys battle Idaho courts upheld the measure while critics argue constitutional flaws Only medicinal alcohol and sacramental wine are allowed under state regulation
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Fight Follows King's Address in Romanian Parliament
Paris despatch reports violent clashes at the opening session as King Ferdinand's speech was interrupted by interventionist and government factions. Shouts of down with the government were followed by cheers for the king when he departed, sparking a general fight between the two sides.
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Marines Permit Swagger Sticks for Afloat and ashore
Major General George Barnett announces marines may carry swagger sticks when in uniform ashore or out of garrison. Sticks 24 to 26 inches long crafted from various woods with ferrules sometimes from Chinese bullets and heads from foreign coins.
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Washington
George Barnett
United States Marine Corps
Tommy Atkins
Foreig
Body of 14 year old girl found on Cleveland tracks
Parts of Fannie Smitl were scattered along the New York Central tracks at Gordon Park near Cleveland. She left home at 6 30 PM to attend a picture show. Officials cannot explain why she was on the tracks at night. Identification came from clothing fragments. Father suspects possible suicide due to school difficulties.
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Fannie Smitl
New York Central
Gordon Park
Fifty Two Villa Officers Executed
Los Angeles December 2 Villa generals Orestes Pereyra and E Jimminez and 50 other officers captured after a battle on the Fuerte river in Sonora were court martialed and shot. Obregon said Villa's power is broken and his main force at Caurbo was dispersed. A raid occurred November 17 with prisoners surrendering to General P Elias. Villa threatened further raids along the border per Major General Funston's report to the war department.
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Alejsandro Ceresola
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Six Bandits Rob Bank of 3000 in Napoleon Ohio
Six auto bandits robbed the Henry County Bank in Hamiet near Napoleon Ohio, holding villagers at bay for an hour and a half and escaping with 3000 dollars in currency. After exchanging shots, the thieves fled north as posses searched the countryside without success.
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Hamiet
Henry County
Philadelphia seeks republican national convention
Philadelphia moves to host the Republican National Convention in Washington week after next. A Philadelphia committee will invite the committee to hold the event here, likely with a 100000 dollar check. Fifty thousand dollars has already been pledged, and the drive aims to raise the remaining fifty thousand quickly.
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Cumberland Press marks its third birthday in 1912
The Cumberland Press celebrates its third year since December 2 1912 in Western Maryland. The editorial emphasizes independence across political business religious and social spheres and invites reader and advertiser input for ongoing community development.
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Cumberland Press
Maryland
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Prominent M. E. Pastor Disappears in Baltimore
The Rev. Dr. Kenneth G. Murray, pastor of Fayette Street Methodist Episcopal church, has disappeared amid reports of a nervous breakdown and potential charges. Dr. Howard A. Kelly says Murray has not been seen for two weeks and is not at the sanatorium. Marshal Carter orders investigation into serious charges while Dr. Kelly offers sympathy and notes Murray’s reform work. Dr. W. W. Barnes of the West Baltimore district also investigates the case.
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Ritter Claims Payment by Germans for Affidavit Sworn
Dr K B W Ritter testified in Cleveland that he was paid five hundred dollars to swear that the Lusitania carried six hundred tons of gun cotton, at the urging of Ernest Ludwig Austro Hungarian consul, and said he has disclosed his relations with foreign officials.
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Lusitania
Ernest Ludwig
Kb. W. Ritter
Italy Assures Aid to Serbia as Albanian Landing Planned
Rome announces definite Italian support for Serbia with troops ready to sail, landing to occur on the Albanian coast. Sonnino states Italy will not seek a separate peace with Austria, amid Balkan diplomacy and Greek Bulgar arrangements.
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Austria
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Ford Leaves Home on Peace Mission
Detroit report Henry Ford departs for Europe on the peace ship Oscar II after placing his business in Edsel Ford’s hands. He issued a statement beforehand and the mission gains wide support with one hundred acceptances, including students, journalists, and a film representative. Also noted, William Jennings Bryan travels to New York to follow the voyage.
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Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
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Oscar
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Final Vice Commission Report Due to Governor Goldsborough
Baltimore December 2 The final draft of the Vice Commission report will reach Governor Goldsborough around December 15. Chairman Dr. George Walker was authorized to make minor changes before the manuscript is reviewed again and forwarded. The 1200 page document lists visits to houses of vice and centers of fill-fame with details, and printing plans depend on gubernatorial funds.
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Col Roosevelt Not To Go Back To GOP
New York dispatch reports Colonel Roosevelt has no plan to rejoin the Republican party. George W. Perkins, Progressive leader, says Roosevelt withdrew from Nebraska primaries to end GOP talk. Perkins plans to update the 1912 Progressive platform for 1916.
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New York
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Republican Party
Geo. W. Perkins
Progressive Executive Committee
Nebraska
Perkina
1000 To Welcome Western Women Parade In Washington
A thousand women will march on December 6 near Washington led by twelve girls in Grecian dress bearing Union colors and twelve women on horseback with Mrs. John Jay White as cavalry marshal. The procession includes envoys from western women seeking floor hearing, with notable participants like Mrs. Mary Austin, Miss Alice Paul, Miss Lucy Burns, and Miss Anne Martin. A Liberty Bell is to be rung at the president’s reception, and 300 guests will join later in the event.
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Congressional Union
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House of Representatives
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British Losses Reach Half a Million, Asquith Says
London December reports Premier Asquith announcing total British war losses amount to five hundred ten thousand two hundred and ty in the Great War. The update underscores the heavy toll and ongoing military strain.
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Two Steamships Sunk by Submarines in Atlantic Action
London reports two steamships sunk by submarines named Colonso and Orange. One crew was landed from Colonso while the fate of Orange remains uncertain. The ships were about thirty five hundred tons and the pubs in the area noted the event.
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