City Firemen Right of Way Urged by Commissioner
Commissioner Hummelshime urges city to grant fire apparatus priority over trains and other traffic. His report cites a Nov. 23 delay at Pear Street crossing that could have caused total loss if a large fire had occurred. He calls for railroad employee orders to ensure Fire Department access.
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Hummelshime
Council
Madison Street
Central
Pear Street Railway Crossing
Hamelshime
Eichelberger
Egypt
Arch A. Young
Oscar Simmons
Williams
Jas. P. Gaffney
M. J. Craddock
Gaffney
J. W. Kelly
B. & O. Railroad
Polk Street
North Centre Street
Kornhoff
Centre Street
Petrie
Staff changes and local visits noted in Hagerstown area
William Cunningham leaves The Cumberland Press to join the Hagerstown Mail in the same role. Various residents and visitors including Deets, Beckman, Mrs Rosenau, Rev Moffatt, Dr Wedderspoon, Dr Grubb, Congressman Lewis, John Mitchell, Mrs Rand, Mrs Callan, Frank Walken, Judge Henderson, Charles McKenna, Louis Goerder, Major Lowndes, L Enlow, John Redecap, Emmett Reynolds, Clarence Fisher, H H Leavitt, and others appear in a roundup of moves, travels, and engagements across the region with notes on sites like Martinsburg, Baltimore, and Elkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cunningham
Cumberland Press
Hagerstown Mail
Cunningham
Robert R. Deets
Deetz & Mullan
Glebe
W. Va
M. B. Kuykendall
James E. Moffatt
East
W. R. Wedderspoon
Washington
David J. Lewis
Maryland State George
Baltimore
John
Mitchell
Weston
A. P. Rand
Charleston
Robert H. Shearer
Elizabeth Shearer
FE. Effland
Davis W. Va
D. Kinser
Louis E. Goerder
Wang Construction Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles T. Lowndes
Collorado Springs
Cal
Lloyd Lowndes
L. Enlow
Western Maryland Hospital
John P. Redecap
Frank Sowers
Valley of Virginia
Great Colorado mine strike declared off
Denver December statement reports the great Colorado coal strike to be declared off tomorrow morning after a conference with international executive officers of the United Mine Workers of America. President John McClennan of District No 15 announced a resolution would be offered at a special convention of Colorado miners.
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Denver
Colorado
United Mine Workers of America
John McClennan
Fire idles 1000 tin workers at Phillips plant
Fire of unknown origin damages the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company plant at Clarksburg West Virginia yesterday morning. The factory, employing about 1,000 workers, will shut down for a few days for repairs and the losses are estimated at $15,000.
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Clarksburg
Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company
W. Va
Alleged Black Hander Fined in Shantytown Case
Italian suspect Isogno Vinnizo arrested Friday night on disorderly conduct in Shantytown. He was believed connected to a Black Hand gang but was fined 2.75 dollars and released Saturday night after officials found no link to the organization.
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Isogno Vinnizo
Arlington Hotel Dining Room Redecorated
The dining room at the Arlington Hotel is being redecorated with enameled woodwork and pillars and walls covered in heavy green paper. The project aims to enhance beauty and effectiveness of the room.
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Arlington
Arlington Hotel
Katherine Kinger Granted Divorce and Maiden Name Change
Judge Robert R. Henderson grants Catherine Kinger an absolute divorce from Arthur Gus Klinger and allows her to resume her maiden name Catherine Nicholson.
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Judes
Robert R. Henderson
Catherine Kinger
Arethur
Gus Klinger
Catherine Nicholson
Senator Samuel Emmert Dies After Illness
State Senator Samuel Emmert died at Hagerstown yesterday afternoon from a complication of diseases after about three months of illness. He led the Emmert Hardware Company and owned several farms in Washington County. An extensive breeder of registered draft horses, he was elected to the State Senate in 1911 by a 564 vote majority over Democrat D. Clinton R. Miller. His wife survives.
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Samuel Emmert
Hagerstown
Agro
Emmert
Plans Set For New Methodist Chapel Near Millstone
The Hancock charge will erect a chapel one mile north of Millstone with services currently held in a dwelling by Rev. C K Lewis. Construction is planned for next spring after about $500 in funds have been raised.
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Millstone
Hancock
C. K. Lewis
West Virginia Blue Sky Law Hits Unconstitutional Ruling
The United States Court of Appeals in Parkersburg ruled the West Virginia blue sky law unconstitutional Saturday. Judge J. C. Pritchard and A. G. Dayton joined in the majority, with Judge C. A. Wood filing a dissent.
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West Virginia
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Parkersburg
J. C. Pritchard
A. G. Dayton
C. A. Wood
Miss Trax Speaks at Hagerstown Suffrage Meeting
Lola C. Trax of Baltimore spoke at a women’s suffrage gathering hosted by Mrs. Caroline F. Barnett in Hagerstown this afternoon.
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Trax
Hagerstown
Lola C. Trax
Baltimore
Just Government League of Maryland
Caroline F. Barnett
Fine program at Y M C A tonight
Fifteen numbers are planned for the regular monthly concert at the Central Y M C A tonight. Readings violin solos glee club selections and a Ladies Double Sextette will be featured along with several instrumental numbers to benefit local baseball football and basketball teams. The athletic account stands near $100 in debt and organizers hope to raise at least half tonight.
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Y. M. Cc. A. Glee Club
Baxley
Matrimonial notes and a window tragedy in Altoona and Detroit
Krumpff and Seese wed at St Luke's Lutheran in Altoona with Rev Bergner officiating. Ethel Rice and William Skelton unite in Detroit with Rev Walter R Truit presiding. Wright Richardson & Co repaired a Woolworths window on Baltimore Street after a pane fell. An 87 year old man in West Union faces insanity charges as he pursues a 20 year younger woman.
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William Henry Krumpf
Dolly Grace Seese
Altoona
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
C. IF. Bergner
Wright, Richardson & Co
Woolworth
Baltimore Street
Richardson
Swain
West Union
W. Va
Hezekiel Leek
Local man to pilot Western Maryland team
Lester Alvin Twigg of the class of 1916 was elected captain of next year's Western Maryland football team at a Westminster meeting. Twigg, from Twigetown, has played four varsity seasons and been named to the all Maryland team by the Baltimore Sun as guard in 1912 and center this season. He played every minute of this season and will lead a largely unchanged squad after graduation of Graeffe and Norment Pfeffer.
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Western Maryland
Westminster
Lester Alvin Twigg
Twigg
Graeffe
Norment Pfeffer
Negro Robber Escapes Morgan County Jail in Berkeley Springs
News from Berkeley Springs reports the escape of the robber known as Big Boy from the Morgan County jail. He had robbed a Paw Paw store and was captured here on November 19. Accompanying him in the breakout is a black man charged with murder. Details of the escape are not learned.
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Morgan County
West Virginia
Berkeley Springs
Big Boy
Paw Paw
W. Va
Supreme Court declines to review Frank murder case
Washington December 7 The Supreme Court refused to review the Lao Frank murder case. Frank an Atlanta factory foreman was convicted of killing Mary Phagan and now awaits a Georgia governor pardon as his sole remaining option.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Lao Frank
Atlanta
Mary Phagan
Frank
Georgia
Meeting to decide disposition of church holdings
A congregation of the old Reformed Episcopal Church at Union and Centre streets calls a meeting for Monday December 21 at the City Hall auditorium to decide how to dispose of property. The church was built by the Southern Methodist church and later sold to St Stephen's Lutheran, which now occupies the building. A gas explosion severely damaged the church during its ownership.
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Old Reformed Episcopal Church
Union and
Centre Streets
City Hall
Reformed Episcopal Church
Southern Methodist Church
St. Stephen's Lutheran Church
President Opposes Gardner Plan on War Preparedness
Washington on December 7 President Wilson told Representative Gardner he opposes Gardner's plan for a formal investigation into U S war preparedness but favors a proper inquiry by a Congressional committee.
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Washington
Wilson
Gardner
United States
Farmers Laud Engine Test Between Cumberland and Frederick
Frederick Maryland December 7 farmers association praised the state roads commission for a successful traction engine demonstration between Cumberland and Frederick. Members urged thrashermen to use bands on cleated wheels and cooperate to protect improved highways. A committee was formed to investigate why wheat prices differ between Frederick and Baltimore with Baltimore listed 5 to 7 cents higher per bushel, suggesting a possible price manipulation.
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Frederick
Farmers’ Association
State Roads Commission
Cumberland
Thrashermen
Roads Commission
Baltimore
Charcas Sunk Off Chile Coast by Prinz Ethel
The Merchants liner Charcas sank eighty miles north of Valparaiso after being torpedoed by the Chila German transport Prinz Ethel. Charcas crew were rescued and taken aboard Papudo Bay. The vessel was bound for Guayacan Chila.
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Santiago
Valparaiso
Guayacan
Chila
Papudo Bay
Twelve poet cards and folder for a dollar sale
Advertisement notes a discount offer for twelve poet cards and a folder for one dollar. Mentions photography studio details and electric-lit sessions with evening dot measurements and contact tel 630-R at 65 Tree t.
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Cabinet
Phototal
Gerkin
S .N
Udio
Tel
Imperials Tie With Centrals In Bowling Standings
In the B and O Y M C A bowling league for the weekend ending December 5 the Imperials lead with 15 wins for 6 losses and 714 pins. Boilermakers sit second at 14 and 7 with 467 pins. Centrals hold 11 wins, 10 losses at 524 pins, while Ty Ty Tittle has 7 wins, 14 losses and 833 pins. Tomorrow evenings match features Centrals vs Boilermakers. Centrals can clinch first, Boilermakers must win all three to take second, or two to tie Centrals for second.
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Ww. L. Pet. Imperials
Consti Pipe Chess
Boilermakers
CariMen
Centrals
Central
Oakland Quint To Play Coney For Armory Show
Lonaconing Maryland December 7 The fast Oakland Md basketball quintet will face Coney at the armory Wednesday night at 8 oclock It is the locals third game of the season after wins over Mt Savage and Frostburg The Oakland five is regarded as one of the fastest in the region having lost only two games last season.
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Lonaconing
Oakland
Armory
Mt. Savage
Frostburg
Oakland Five
Central High teams start first practice in Spear's Hall
Lonaconing Md Dec 7 Central High School boys and girls opened their first practice in Spear's Hall this Saturday afternoon after remodel by owner Richard Spears. Coach Peter Pell leads the boys who also play on the city team. This marks the first basketball use of Spear's Hall since the Old Olympia Club era. The hall seats several hundred spectators.
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Lonaconing
Central High School
Spear’s Hall
Richard Spears
Peter Pell
Olympia
Builders' Supply to Erect Large Three Story Warehouse
The Builders' Supply Company led by president Charles B. Schaidt and secretary treasurer W P P Roeder begins a large three story concrete warehouse with 60 foot high bins along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad behind Center street near the Cumberland Ice Company. The 100 by 93 foot structure will store 66 carloads of sand and stone hoisted into receptacles and fed into delivery trucks by gravity. Contracts go to Deverell Spencer Co of Bmore for bins and Sell Brow. Co for building. The Cumberland firm maintains crushing plants and employs up to seventy men, fueling Cumberland’s growing industry.
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Builders’ Supply Company
Charles B. Schaidt
W. P P. Roeder
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Center Street
Cumberland Ice Company
Deverell, Spencer and Co
Bamore
Sell Brow. and Co
Commission investigates harvest hand inequalities in west
In Kansas City on December 7 railroad officials state labor commissioners and farmers opened a hearing by the United States Commission on Industrial Relations. Investigators plan to show the uneven harvest labor system causes delay protests and riots in some fields and shortages in others. They aim to devise a distribution plan and possibly form a committee to implement it.
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Kansas City
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
West
Northwest
Italians Returning Home for Christmas in Fairmont
Twenty two Italians left Fairmont in one day bound for Italy to spend Christmas at home. They hail from Monongah and nearby mining towns along the river. Some wish to stay to aid Italy in the war effort, reflecting a local custom of traveling home for the holiday.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Italy
Monongah
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute to Meet in Huntington
Several hundred leading coal operators from the state are expected for the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute semi annual meeting in Huntington on December 10 and 11. The prior session was held in Cumberland Maryland in June.
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Coal Mining Institute
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
Cumberland
Licenses Sought To Sell Intoxicants In Allegany County
Notice of license applications under Maryland law filed in Allegany County. Giuseppe Di Bacco seeks a liquor license for 22 Baltimore Street Cumberland with Levi Hilleary as premises owner. Lloyd L. Shaffer, Clerk, notes filings on December 4 1914 and that remonstrances are due within 20 days.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Allegany County
Circuit Court
Guiseppe DI Bacco
Baltimore Street
Cumberland
Levi Hilleary
Lloyd L. Shaffer
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Max J. Colton
Koon
Washington Street
Cumberland Hydraulic Cement & Manufacturing Company
Campobello Addition
Arthur A. Beckman
Board of Trade
Charlestown
A. Rosenau
Carlisle
Simon Korhman
Chase Street
Germany
Emmett Reynolds
Clarence R. Fisher
Great Colorado
New Methodist Church
L. Lazarus
Eavae
Y. MC. A
Krumpff—Seese
Supreme Court
St. Luke's Church
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Oakland Quint
CONEY
Sun
Williams Street
Fayette Street
Jim
Geo. Sisk
York St
Miller's
Mechanic Street
Bedford Road
Mullin & Company
Third National Bank
New Creek
Keyser
Oneton
Lee Kesner
Sound Bay
Jbly
Independence Street
Hou
Green Street
Decatur Street
No24
Lver Johnson
A. A. Gould
Y. M. Goa Dee
Parcel Post
Parcel Post Loan Library
Third Street
N. W
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Commission
Hiram B.wolfe
Liberty St
Fen Coal
James McHugh
Howard ‘Street
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