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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1914
Page
1
London reports say German forces took Lodz after a long battle with heavy Russian losses. Petrograd dispatches claim fighting continues near Lodz while German gains hinge on a rapid advance after encirclement. The Noras Sverige struck a mine and sank off Finland with 20 crew lost.
President Wilson delivers annual message to Congress outlining goals for merchant marine rural credits and coast surveys while urging economy and efficiency in government. He defends peace, asserts preparedness, and calls for national defense reforms and strong leadership ahead of Congress session.
Secretary Bryan said Charles M. Schwab informed him the Fore River Shipbuilding Company would heed neutrality and refrain from building submarines for a belligerent nation. Meanwhile Union Iron Works in San Francisco reported eight submarines under construction for the Electric Boat Company with no knowledge of ultimate destination.
Rover West Virginia December reports tell of a genuine African lion seen in daylight near Keyser as Rev John A Shockey met the beast between Cross and Shaw Roads The animal has appeared at various times since then including a sighting at a slaughter house between Keyser and Piedmont Searchers have found no hiding place The incident is thought to stem from a Piedmont circus visiting earlier this summer and kept quiet by handlers.
Geneva reports Germany is rapidly building dirigible bombers at Friedrichshafen with over 1,000 workers. Plans call for 20 airships ready to attack England by year’s start, each carrying 380 crew plus 50 torpedo bombs and capable of water landings. Marine Air ships bear hull marks Meant for London.
Despatches from Mexico City report that former President Carranza jailed six officers on a charge of looting Mexico’s treasury. He allegedly demanded an accounting of six million pesos, and when explanations failed, he seized and imprisoned them. General Alvaro Obregon is said to be in charge of the Carranza government.
Frostburg Maryland mourns Prof Richard Harris 60 a famed choir leader died at 10 10 am on Grant Street from miners asthma Ill for two years but bedfast only a week Survived by second wife and eight children including Lysben Prichard of Girard Ohio and Mrs William Hanna He led choirs at Congregational First M E Presbyterian and Episcopal churches and once led a Wilkes barre choir Funeral plans not yet set
A correspondent estimates French losses up to November 10 at under 100000 dead with about 400000 wounded or sick in French hospitals by November 19 and 90000 French prisoners in Germany. Combined, total French losses reach about 590000.
Professor James H. Brewster of the University of Colorado testified before a Federal commission that Colorado state troops seized coal strike zones and abolished constitutional rights. He said miners were robbed and militia ranks included “scoundrels” with searches conducted while courts were open.
The United Mine Workers representative testifies before a congressional committee probing the coal strike and notes his role as chair of the State Federation of Labor committee that investigated the strike in December 1912 under Governor Ammons.
Report of a major roof coal collapse at Mine No 13 in Frostburg Md caused brief alarm as residents feared buried workers. Investigation found the incident exaggerated with only Harry Daudo suffering bruises and a broken finger while pillar ing. No others injured.
In Cashmere Washington yesterday Harry E Carr a rancher killed C D Franklin former Sunday Schools head at Leavenworth while Franklin faced trial for an offense against Carr s 10 year old daughter A juror J C Parsons was shot and died Franklin died fifteen minutes later Carr surrendered to the sheriff leaving a widow and five children
Tangier dispatch reports a French column returning from a punitive expedition against Zalan tribesmen was ambushed by about 5,000 Zalans. French losses total 33 officers and 600 men killed with many wounded or prisoners. Two batteries captured. Reinforcements ordered from Fez Tadia and other garrison towns. The Zalans, strongest Atlas tribe, field about 18,000 horsemen.
London reports 34 sailors die as the oil steamer Verda burns while en route from Mexico to Barrow. Only two crewmen escape, both badly burned, after rescue efforts fail. In Genoa the Jason arrives as the Christmas ship for war victims with government-supplied presents to Austrian and German children.
Lisbon reports the government plans to dispatch 4000 additional troops to Angola as part of a broader push in Portuguese West Africa. Earlier deployments include 2000 troops in September and 1000 marines by October, with fears of German forces arming colonial Africans and officers. The royalist faction counteracts continental participation, while a German vessel attempting escape was intercepted by a Portuguese warship.
The Cumberland Press reports the fifth installment of its Missing Word Contest pages 3 and 4, noting strong reader interest and advertiser profits as readers spend more time seeking the missing terms. An earlier printing error affected word starts and ends, which were corrected the next day. The clues include Constrain between weather and 18, and Entertaining between how and this in Theatre Frostburg.
Readable bits mention cabinet photos, studio photography, and a photographer named Gerkin. The fragment suggests an image shot at a studio with a center focus and a mention of a price or value, but details are unclear.
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