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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
7
Indoor courses multiply in New York hotels and restaurants as golfers chase practice during winter. Mirrors and woven carpets simulate greens, while nine hole layouts offer a concise, improved swing practice despite no long drives. Separately, talk of an outlaw eastern league fades after baseball talks collapse.
Sportsmen and farmers notify your rural mail carrier or undersigned of game birds you locality that need our attention so we can supply feed for them. J. C. Turner, Deputy Warden, Curland, Md. December 22-26-30. Advertisement.
Walter Johnson mailed a $6,000 draft to Chas Weeghman, president of the Chicago Federal League Club, reimbursing the bonus he received when signing a Federal contract. He said the incident is closed and will report to Washington club at spring training, leaving any complications to league heads.
The Y M C A first team meets the K O G five in a rivalry fueled exhibition basketball. Both squads will field their best players as city championship bragging rights hang in the balance, following K O G's earlier win this year. The Y M C A will then face Hollidaysburg on New Year’s night.
Lonaconing Leagues champs defeated Mt Savage Athletic Club 53 to 16 in a packed armory. Davis, W Va team canceled. Savage volunteers to play. Key players include McKenty 3 field goals and 4 four points. Clark 6. Graham 1. Spears 3. Stewart 1. Koontz 1. Referee Durst. Timer Bishop. Scorer Baughman.
Charleston officials announced the West Virginia building at the San Francisco exposition will open February 20. G A Bolden was named state representative in charge, Mrs Francis B Kenna was elected official stenographer, and Harry P Corcoran was named custodian of buildings and grounds. Governor Hatfield may appoint several hostesses to serve two month terms.
The Cumberland School of Art and Design opens Monday January 11 at 10 Baltimore Street 3rd Floor. Applications should be made at the School during the first week of January.
Robbie Wallace of the St Louis Browns is identified as the oldest player by length of consecutive service, at twenty two seasons, beating Hall of Famers Lajoie and Wagner by one and three years respectively. The text notes birthdates and ages for Wallace Lajoie and Wagner to justify the claim.
Fighting between Carranza and Villa adherents near Vera Cruz continues as Villa forces advance and Carranza troops fall back. A strict censorship is in force amid the clash of factions.
Heavy rains trigger a massive landslide at Valmontone, southeast of Rome, burying forty people under collapsed buildings as surrounding rivers overflow and property losses mount.
Ross Laughlin, who fled the House of Corrections on June 22, was recaptured after disguising himself in citizen clothes. He was found intoxicated behind Mrs. Ann Dunn’s residence at 75 Thomass Street and subdued with a police mace. Officers J Thomas Esenhauer, William Cubbage, John J. Trieber, and Robert M. Hutcheson made the arrest.
London shines with khaki and blue as soldiers and sailors fill streets trains and hotels for Christmas 1914. Canadians from Salisbury Plain notable among crowds while Prince Marys fund nears 800000 dollars and wounded and refugees receive gifts and celebrations across camps prisons and hospitals.
Four men in a car rushing home for Christmas were struck by the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Indianapolis Flyer at Coleran avenue crossing. The locomotive slammed the car into the station master’s house, killing the man in the car owner William Geisman and injuring the others. Daniel Gall 39 suffered skull fracture and will die. Stanley Gall 32 fractured leg and internal injuries serious. John E Klein 58 broken leg not serious. Charles Klein 19 skull fracture will die. The victims are local residents.
Paris reports Dr Karl Liebknecht the German Socialist leader who voted against the war credit has been enrolled in the German army. Dispatch from the Swiss frontier says the move follows his Reichstag protest and is intended to quell his opposition while a treason trial is deemed too risky.
Severe earthquakes lasting ten minutes were recorded on Georgetown University seismic instruments. The shocks began at 10 51 Christmas Eve with the disturbance centered about 1200 miles from Washington and moving mainly in an east west direction.
Robert W. Connors aged one year and five months died after surgery at Allegany Hospital. Son of Mr and Mrs James Connors of 2 Estella Street. Funeral set for tomorrow afternoon.
The Cumberland School of Art and Design will open at 101 Baltimore Street on Monday, January 11, led by Miss Gertrude Du Brau. Enrollment begins the prior week. Courses include designing, drawing from life, still life, watercolor and oil painting, with special courses in pastel, leather, china and textile, clay modeling, illustration, and mural preparation.
John R. Douds supported a descending elevator at the Morgan Grand Opera House in Sharon Pennsylvania for 206 minutes to prevent its fall. He lifted the cage with his shoulders and was unconscious for an hour after rescuers freed him. The drama occurred as the elevator descended into the cellar and he could not escape before being heard.
This morning saw temperatures at seven degrees below zero marking a cold spell in winter. The report records a sharp drop earlier, with conditions described as one of the coldest moments of the season.
Sealed proposals for building a section of state highway in Allegany County will be received by the State Roads Commission in Baltimore on January 12 1915. Bid forms and specifications cost 1.00. bids require a 500 surety bond and a certified check. The commission may reject any or all bids and dates refer to December 18 1914.
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