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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1915
Page
1
Berlin dispatches claim the Italian King was wounded by an Austrian grenade and is in hospital while another report says a Italian general was executed for close relations with the enemy. The Berlin press notes Italian public weariness and a possible peace shift if a strong leader emerges.
Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board seeks Attorney General opinion on power to force member banks to join the clearing plan. Only about 2,600 of 3,000 banks have subscribed. plan aims to cut check-collection costs and strengthen reserves, with compulsion possible in some districts.
The Czar Nicholas has dispatched Ambassador Scheleko to Bucharest carrying personal messages to the Romanian King. He asks Romania to intervene on the side of the Allies amid wartime diplomacy.
Local listings show Maryland Theatre features Kirk Brown and Company in The Lure. Grande Theatre presents Beatriz Michelena in Lily of Poverty Flat. Liberty Theatre hosts Florence Reed in The Cowardly Way. Victoria Theatre features Near of the Navy. Belvedere Theatre offers entertainment pictures.
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London dispatch reports Austria plans to propose appointing an international commission to settle outstanding points in the Ancona dispute, according to Swiss sources.
Tokio, Dee 28. A wireless station is being erected at Honolulu to link Japan and America by wireless telephone, the telephone company announced today.
Information from reliable sources in Berlin indicates a movement to form a new party in the Reichstag, prompting discussion and speculation in political circles. The report arrives as officials and observers monitor potential shifts in German parliamentary dynamics.
In 1915 Teutonic forces have overrun Poland Lithuania and Baltic provinces Galicia Bukowina and Serbia. They push at Gallipoli Italian border and French siege line, while British Navy maintains sea control and Germany faces looming food famine amid peace talks uncertainty.
Russian residents of Hopewell Va appealed to the Russian ambassador for protection after a bayonet attack that wounded a Russian man during a militia raid on a house selling liquor. Private J D Bine of the Mecklenburg guards testified the Russian refused to halt and was bayoneted. Bine was exonerated at a court martial.
Judge Francis M. Reynolds in Keyser West Virginia issues an injunction against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company prohibiting passengers from carrying suitcases trunks or other containers labeled as containing liquor on passenger trains. If such luggage is found it will be removed at the next station and reported to the State Commissioner of Prohibition. The hearing involved State counsel Fred O. Blue and railroad attorney Frank C. Reynolds with intent to seek similar injunctions against other railroads in the region.
London December 28 reports say cabinet members rushed back from Christmas to discuss the Derby scheme and other reconvening issues amid rumors of changes. Grey's health may force him to leave while Winston Churchill's sudden return sparks chatter. Lloyd George was greeted by cheering crowds at Downing Street.
London reports the British cabinet held an extraordinary session as pressure mounts over conscription. Rumors said ministers may resign before the government endorses any conscription plan, with Asquith’s opponents demanding figures from the Derby campaign success.
Amsterdam reports Andrew Carnegie sent 12 million dollars for Belgian war victims, but Carnegie representatives in New York flatly deny the Amsterdam claim. The conflicting reports emerged as observers await official confirmation or refutation from Carnegie sources.
Eastern Ohio mines face stoppages as foreign workers in the region celebrate Christmas. The custom has affected mining operations across the eastern district for years.
Dee 28 and John Ross arrested in Clarksburg for beating J. W. Jones a deaf mute mining machine operator of Newburg into insensibility and robbing him of 96 dollars on Monday.
El Paso reports Governor Esteban Cantu has surrendered unconditionally and handed Lower California affairs to a Carranza representative. San Diego says clearance will be issued for vessels sailing from San Diego to Mexican ports as control of Juarez begins, with Villa forces mustering out and Obregon noting few armed leaders remain in Chihuahua.
New York December 28 The Holland American liner Rotterdam sailed for Europe with Col House confidential agent of the President U S Minister to Belgium Brand Whitlock and Captain Bey Ed aboard. House travels to place American ambassadors abroad in closer touch with U S attitude in international affairs. He denied plans to sound out peace prospects.
Geneva reports that important diplomatic papers fell into Austrian hands when Capt. Wilson of the British House of Commons, a messenger for the King, was captured from the Greek steamer Spera by an Austrian submarine en route to King Constantine.
Petrograd reports the destroyer Gromky likely sunk a hostile submarine in a naval action off the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Official confirmation was issued today.
In Manhattan with two masked men breaking into the Star Trawler on Lexington Avenue, they bound janitor Abraham Dorsky his wife and a scrubwoman Anna Simons. They stole about $700 after draining the office safe and fled as patrols were alerted.
Paris and Washington dispatches report the French liner Ville de la Ciotat torpedoed without warning in the Mediterranean near Crete. About 200 saved, 79 drowned. ship returning from Yokohama to Marseilles with many passengers.
Stockholm crowds overflowed a hall as Ford peace mission leaders spoke to a large enthusiastic gathering. Nobel laureate K P Arnoldson urged cautious optimism noting progress comes gradually while Swedes should support the effort. Louis Lochner said delegates cannot set a peace basis but will seek belligerent input.
The Grafton Bank depositors at a mass meeting in Grafton named A A Doak and ILe Thomas as representatives to go to Charleston and present to Governor Hatfield a plea to cut expenses of the local receivership. They will depart tonight and may appoint alternates if unable to travel.
London dispatch reports that the Kaiser will undergo an operation on his throat within days, according to a Swiss source. The brief note notes medical plans and source uncertainty about timing.
The Apettes Press learns from authoritative sources that Austria plans to reply to the second Ancona note. Assurances indicate the entire issue affecting the United States may be cleared up in a few days. Ambassadors engage in discussions as Pontheldi offers expectations of a wathal settlement.
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